Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07STATE156878
2007-11-15 19:43:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE INSTRUCTION - RESOLUTION ON
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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
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
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