BOSNIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE

C O N F I D E N T I A L SARAJEVO 001406 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/03/2018 TAGS: PREL PHUM UN BK SUBJECT: BOSNIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE REF: STATE 93981 Classified By: Michael Murphy, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) ¶1. (C) We delivered reftel demarche on September 3 to Minister Counselor Sanja Kenig-Corovic, MFA Head of Department for the UN and other International Organizations. Ms. Kenig-Corovic informed us that her government would take a position on each of the human righs issues addressed by the UNGA Third Committee sortly before they are voted upon. She stated tha Bosnia's final position on Third Committee issue would take the U.S. view into serious consideratin, but would also be heavily influenced by the European Union position. Ms. Kenig-Corovic told us that Bosnia had taken a neutral position on the Defamation of Religions issue in the OIC and would likely remain neutral in the Third Committee. ENGLISH