SLOVENIA PROVIDES NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000099 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KGHG MV SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA PROVIDES NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON MALDIVES' DRAFT RESOLUTION REF: SECSTATE 19889 ¶1. (SBU) On 29 February, Emboff delivered reftel talking points on concerns about the Maldives' resolution on climate change and human rights to Andrej Kranjc, Secretary for International Affairs at the Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. Kranjc, who handles climate change issues for the ministry and who led the Slovenian delegation to the MEM in Honolulu, confessed that he knew very little about the draft resolution. He requested additional information and inquired whether the issue would be discussed at the upcoming US-EU High Level Dialogue on Climate Change scheduled for March 7, which he will attend. ¶2. (U) Emboff attempted to deliver reftel demarche to the office of International Organizations and Human Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but all personnel in that office are currently in the Washington for the US-EU Troika on human rights. Post suggests that Department pursue this with the MHA human rights delegation in Washington. SHELTON