Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ROME545
2008-04-30 11:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 000545
SIPDIS
IO/UNP FOR GOLDENBERG
AF/S FOR HILL
IO/RHS FOR OSTERMEIER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC XA ZI AU IT
SUBJECT: RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN
REF: A. STATE 44297
¶B. STATE 44905
Classified By: A/DepPolCouns Gabriel Escobar
(C) Poloff delivered ref A and B points to MFA UN Office
Director Natalia Quintavalle April 28 and 29, respectively,
and urged Italy to support a formal UNSC meeting on Zimbabwe
and make strong a statements of concern about the situation
in Zimbabwe during the informal consultations on April 29.
Quintavalle said that on Africa matters Italy was primarily
focused on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, and generally
deferred to the EU common position on Zimbabwe. She said
Italy remained hopeful that the crisis in Zimbabwe could be
resolved through the intercession of regional institutions
like the Southern African Development Community and the
African Union, but if no satisfactory progress could be made
through those fora, Italy would support an expanded UNSC role.
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