Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08LUSAKA883
2008-09-05 10:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Lusaka
Cable title:
ZAMBIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNCLAS LUSAKA 000883
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN ZA
SUBJECT: ZAMBIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS
PRIORITIES
REF: A. SECSTATE 93981
B. LUSAKA 757
(SBU) Emboff delivered the Ref A demarche concerning U.S.
human rights priorities for the upcoming UNGA Third Committee
meetings. Peter Monga, head of the International
Organizations unit of the Zambian Foreign Ministry,
acknowledged the points and requested the opportunity to
discuss in more detail during the week of September 8. In
the ongoing period of national mourning for Zambian President
Levy Mwanawasa, who passed away on August 19, and in the
immediate aftermath of the state funeral on September 3, more
senior Zambian officials are unavailable. Post will also
follow up on a late-July discussion with Foreign Minister
Pande (Ref B),during which the Ambassador and DCM solicited
increased support from the Government of Zambia at the UN.
KOPLOVSKY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN ZA
SUBJECT: ZAMBIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS
PRIORITIES
REF: A. SECSTATE 93981
B. LUSAKA 757
(SBU) Emboff delivered the Ref A demarche concerning U.S.
human rights priorities for the upcoming UNGA Third Committee
meetings. Peter Monga, head of the International
Organizations unit of the Zambian Foreign Ministry,
acknowledged the points and requested the opportunity to
discuss in more detail during the week of September 8. In
the ongoing period of national mourning for Zambian President
Levy Mwanawasa, who passed away on August 19, and in the
immediate aftermath of the state funeral on September 3, more
senior Zambian officials are unavailable. Post will also
follow up on a late-July discussion with Foreign Minister
Pande (Ref B),during which the Ambassador and DCM solicited
increased support from the Government of Zambia at the UN.
KOPLOVSKY