DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH

C O N F I D E N T I A L OUAGADOUGOU 001066 E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/03/2018 TAGS: PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UV SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS Classified by Samuel C. Laeuchli, Deputy Chief of Mission, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). REF: STATE 123081 (C) On December 1, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Issa Soma, the acting director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Soma said he fully understood the dilemma the U.S. presented and commented that the question of whether to support the resolutions discussed in reftel was a political question that he could not adequately address at his level. However, Soma said he would discuss the issue with his superiors and invited the U.S. mission to the U.N. to discuss draft resolutions with the Burkina Faso's permanent mission. Finally, Soma said that Burkina Faso wants, above all, for the Palestinians, Israelis, and others groups involved, to live in harmony and to be treated equally by the international community. JACKSON