UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 000178 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR (C WARD AND E JAFFEE) WHA/OAS (SHANKINS) AND L/HRR EVELYN ASWAD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV DR SUBJECT: UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY REF: SECSTATE 4241 ¶1. In response to reftel, Embassy Santo Domingo does not have current (or future) programs or outreach efforts to assist the indigenous population of the Dominican Republic. While there are some renewed historical and cultural interest among scholars and academics in the country's indigenous Taino population, the country does not have a significant population that identifies as Taino or other indigenous group. Post does not have information on local indigenous group interlocutors or GODR reaction to the passage of UN DRIP. FANNIN