UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE INSTRUCTION - RESOLUTION ON

UNCLAS STATE 156878 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA SUBJECT: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE INSTRUCTION - RESOLUTION ON "HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY" REF: 11/9/07 2:16 PM YETKEN-OSTERMEIER EMAIL ¶1. Mission is instructed to join consensus on the revised Iran-introduced resolution on "Human Rights and Cultural Diversity" and deliver the EOP in para 2 below. Mission is requested to alert Department to any substantive amendments to the text last provided to the Department. ¶2. Begin EOP: In joining consensus on this resolution, the United States notes that we interpret OP3, as we have in the past, as incorporating the principle of 'on mutually agreed terms' because such a 'right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications' can only be achieved in conjunction with the right of everyone to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author, as reflected in Article 27.2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. End EOP. ¶3. Department appreciates Mission's assistance with this matter. RICE