Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TOKYO1950
2007-05-01 10:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:  

JAPAN OPPOSES BELARUS BID FOR HRC, UNCOMMITTED

Tags:  PHUM PREL UNHRC JA 
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DE RUEHKO #1950 1211012
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 011012Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3211
INFO RUEHZJ/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 4119
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 3063
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001950

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN OPPOSES BELARUS BID FOR HRC, UNCOMMITTED
ABOUT THIRD COUNTRY

REF: STATE 058036

Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission W. Michael Meserve for re
asons 1.4 (b) and (d)

(C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May
1 to MOFA Human Rights Division officer Noriko Tanaka.
Tanaka said that Japan will not vote for any country with a
bad human rights record, including Belarus. Japan cannot
commit to supporting an undesignated third country, but will
evaluate any new candidates based on their human rights
record, she finished.
DONOVAN