MONGOLIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS

UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000665 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/CM AND USUNNY/POL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNGA KPAL KBCT KMPI PHUM IS MG SUBJECT: MONGOLIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION REF: SECSTATE 159386 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 29 that Mongolia will likely absent itself from votes on two upcoming anti-Israel UNGA resolutions and abstain on a third. G.Batjargal, Counselor of the MFA's Multilateral Cooperation Department, told us that Mongolia intends to not be present for votes on two resolutions: the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and the Division for Palestinian Rights within the UN Secretariat. Batjargal said Mongolia will likely abstain on a related resolution: the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories. (Note: In 2006, Mongolia abstained or was absent for votes on these three resolutions. End Note.) ¶2. (SBU) Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar is currently touring the Middle East, with state visits to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar. He is expected to return to Mongolia on December 1. MINTON