KUDOS TO USUN NEW YORK

UNCLAS TASHKENT 000469 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/CEN AND IO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA UZ SUBJECT: KUDOS TO USUN NEW YORK REF: A. USUN NEW YORK 105 ¶B. 06 STATE 181371 Sensitive But Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. ¶1. (SBU) On March 19 the DCM followed up with the UN Resident Representative on UNDP funding of what turned out to be a GOU delegation lobbying against a U.S.-sponsored Third Committee human rights resolution. The UN Resident Representative confirmed the information in ref A, regretting the funding of this delegation, and stated it would not happen again. ¶2. (SBU) Post extends kudos to USUN for its timely and effective work in responding to the UNDP Resident Coordinator's misuse of UNDP funds to support the travel of five Uzbek government officials to New York to lobby against a U.S.-sponsored Third Committee human rights resolution, and for providing Post the details on which to reinforce the point in Tashkent. PURNELL