Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08JAKARTA1142
2008-06-11 07:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001142
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, IO/RHS (OSTERMEIER),
DRL/MLGA (SICADE)
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM ID
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO
USG DISENGAGEMENT
REF: STATE 61034
Classified By: Acting Pol/C Stanley A. Harsha for reasons 1.4 (b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001142
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, IO/RHS (OSTERMEIER),
DRL/MLGA (SICADE)
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM ID
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO
USG DISENGAGEMENT
REF: STATE 61034
Classified By: Acting Pol/C Stanley A. Harsha for reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has informed the GOI of the decision
by the Government of the United States to disengage from
participation in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) due to the
HRC's continued politicization and double standards.
Indonesian interlocutors agreed that the HRC had problems but
expressed disappointment that the USG would no longer play a
role in that forum. END SUMMARY
2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel message to Diana Sari Sutikno,
Head of the Subdirectorate for Civil and Political Rights
Mechanisms at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on
June 10. POLOFF stressed that the UN Human Rights Council
(HRC) had fallen prey to the same problems--politicization
and double standards--that had bedeviled its predecessor, the
UN Human Rights Commission. As a result, the USG could no
longer participate in the HRC.
3. (C) Explaining the decision, POLOFF underscored that the
HRC had failed to take firm action on key human rights
issues, including in Iran and Zimbabwe, and had eliminated
the mandate for Special Rapporteurs. POLOFF also stressed
that the HRC had issued numerous unbalanced resolutions
regarding Israel, further proof that the HRC had become
politicized.
4. (C) Sutikno said Indonesia was disappointed that the USG
would no longer play an active part in the HRC. She
conceded, however, that the "old habits of politicization and
double standards" plagued the HRC. Indonesia had sought to
push the HRC to function in a more impartial and less
politicized fashion--as its creators had intended--and would
continue to do so. The USG might have a better chance to
influence the HRC toward reform if the USG remained engaged,
Sutikno suggested. Indonesia looked forward to future
cooperation with the USG on human rights in other fora and
hoped that the USG could someday reengage with the HRC.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, IO/RHS (OSTERMEIER),
DRL/MLGA (SICADE)
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM ID
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO
USG DISENGAGEMENT
REF: STATE 61034
Classified By: Acting Pol/C Stanley A. Harsha for reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has informed the GOI of the decision
by the Government of the United States to disengage from
participation in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) due to the
HRC's continued politicization and double standards.
Indonesian interlocutors agreed that the HRC had problems but
expressed disappointment that the USG would no longer play a
role in that forum. END SUMMARY
2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel message to Diana Sari Sutikno,
Head of the Subdirectorate for Civil and Political Rights
Mechanisms at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on
June 10. POLOFF stressed that the UN Human Rights Council
(HRC) had fallen prey to the same problems--politicization
and double standards--that had bedeviled its predecessor, the
UN Human Rights Commission. As a result, the USG could no
longer participate in the HRC.
3. (C) Explaining the decision, POLOFF underscored that the
HRC had failed to take firm action on key human rights
issues, including in Iran and Zimbabwe, and had eliminated
the mandate for Special Rapporteurs. POLOFF also stressed
that the HRC had issued numerous unbalanced resolutions
regarding Israel, further proof that the HRC had become
politicized.
4. (C) Sutikno said Indonesia was disappointed that the USG
would no longer play an active part in the HRC. She
conceded, however, that the "old habits of politicization and
double standards" plagued the HRC. Indonesia had sought to
push the HRC to function in a more impartial and less
politicized fashion--as its creators had intended--and would
continue to do so. The USG might have a better chance to
influence the HRC toward reform if the USG remained engaged,
Sutikno suggested. Indonesia looked forward to future
cooperation with the USG on human rights in other fora and
hoped that the USG could someday reengage with the HRC.
HUME