Identifier
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Classification
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08COPENHAGEN257
2008-05-06 09:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Copenhagen
Cable title:  

DANES SUPPORTIVE ON NEW YORK PRISONERS OF

Tags:  PREL PHUM KDEM EUN CU DA 
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OO RUEHAG RUEHROV
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ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 060931Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4228
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0662
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1519
C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000257 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA, EUR, IO, DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM KDEM EUN CU DA
SUBJECT: DANES SUPPORTIVE ON NEW YORK PRISONERS OF
CONSCIENCE EVENT

REF: STATE 40380

Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Bill Mozdzierz, reasons 1.4b,d

C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000257

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA, EUR, IO, DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM KDEM EUN CU DA
SUBJECT: DANES SUPPORTIVE ON NEW YORK PRISONERS OF
CONSCIENCE EVENT

REF: STATE 40380

Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Bill Mozdzierz, reasons 1.4b,d


1. (C) Post reached Emil Hother Paulsen, Danish
representative to the EU's COHOM human rights meeting, early
May 6 in Brussels to urge Denmark's support for our latest
compromise on the Prisoners of Conscience events this summer.
We emphasized the importance of these events to political
prisoners worldwide, the strong arguments for a New York
event, and the flexibility we have demonstrated in
accommodating EU members' concerns.


2. (C) Paulsen immediately indicated agreement with the U.S.
position, noting that the broadening of the event's scope to
include prisoners beyond Cuba and the addition of a meeting
in Geneva should have addressed any "reasonable" concerns
among member states. He also agreed that New York is the
right place for such an event, given media coverage there and
what he described as "a more receptive environment" than in
Geneva. Paulsen allowed that he was not certain that the
issue would be discussed during the COHOM meeting that day,
but pledged that he would do what he could to build support
for the compromise and that he would also coordinate his
approach with the Swedes, Dutch and possibly the British.
CAIN