Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ROME746
2008-06-12 11:43:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: ITALY REGRETS U.S.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 000746
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR DRL/MLGA LYNN SICADE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM IT
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: ITALY REGRETS U.S.
DISENGAGEMENT
REF: 61034
Classified By: A/DepPolCouns Gabriel Escobar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
(C) Poloff met June 9 with MFA Human Rights Office Director
Laura Carpini to deliver reftel demarche on the USG's
deepening disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and
the decision to withdraw as an observer from the Council.
Carpini said Italy shared our concerns about the
effectiveness of the UNHRC, but worried that U.S.
disengagement would only exacerbate the problem. She
inquired about whether this meant that the USG presence in
Geneva would be reduced and whether we would continue to seek
opportunities to advance human rights in other multilateral
fora. Poloff assured Carpini that the U.S. commitment to
human rights was unwavering, and that we would be especially
interested in collaboration with Italy and the rest of the EU
in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee.
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