Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PORTLOUIS375
2008-10-29 12:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Louis
Cable title:
MAURITIUS NOT ATTENDING BIOETHICS MEETING
how-toVZCZCXYZ0012 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPL #0375 3031205 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 291205Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY PORT LOUIS TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4251 INFO RUEHFR/USMISSION UNESCO PARIS 0006
UNCLAS PORT LOUIS 000375
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO UNESCO UNGA MP
SUBJECT: MAURITIUS NOT ATTENDING BIOETHICS MEETING
REF: STATE 114207
On October 29, Post delivered reftel demarche to Mrs. Nivedita
Sohawon, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional
Integration and International Trade. Sohawon said that Mauritius
will not attend the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and
Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC) meetings in Paris. She
added, however, Mauritius plans to attend the 2009 UNGA and UNESCO
general meetings and would be willing to vote toward upholding the
2005 UNGA resolution at that time.
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