Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRASILIA712
2009-06-05 13:02:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
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UNCLAS BRASILIA 000712
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC PHUM PREL BR
SUBJECT: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 55852
UNCLAS BRASILIA 000712
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC PHUM PREL BR
SUBJECT: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 55852
1. (SBU) Summary. Brazil has not decided whether to
support a resolution on renewing the Sudan Special
Rapporteur's mandate, and believes dialogue with Sudan and
the African countries in a cooperative spirit must precede
the presentation of any draft resolution. Brazil is willing
to participate in such an overture and believes any other
approach will fail, leading to polarization and a further
weakening of the Council. Brazil could support a resolution
that stresses cooperation, not condemnation. End summary.
2. (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Counselor
Marcia Adorno, chief of the Human Rights Division at Ministry
of External Relations. Adorno recalled that in the recent
case of Sri Lanka, European countries introduced a resolution
without first approaching the Sri Lankan representatives in
Geneva, instead working only in capitals beforehand. This
approach is unproductive and should not be repeated with
Sudan, she said, emphasizing that the way a resolution is
presented is key. It should be done in a cooperative and
constructive spirit, and need not and should not involve
watering down the content simply because it is being raised
with the country in question or a group of interested
countries. She said the first step toward renewing the
Special Rapporteur's mandate should be dialogue with Sudan
and the African countries. She added that it does no good to
renew the mandate without a negotiation with Sudan because
then the Rapporteur will never be able to enter Sudan. The
dialogue should attempt to negotiate the terms of the
resolution, and Brazil is willing to participate in that
effort, she said.
3. (SBU) Asked whether Brazil would support a resolution to
renew the mandate, she replied that she had not seen the EU
draft and could not state what Brazil's position would be.
Brazil is very sensitive to attempts to engage in dialogue
with the concerned countries, she noted, and the text should
be more oriented toward cooperation than condemnation in
order to win Brazil's support. With regard to how best to
address the human rights situation in Sudan, Adorno said the
same holds true: cooperation, not condemnation, is the best
approach.
SOBEL
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC PHUM PREL BR
SUBJECT: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 55852
1. (SBU) Summary. Brazil has not decided whether to
support a resolution on renewing the Sudan Special
Rapporteur's mandate, and believes dialogue with Sudan and
the African countries in a cooperative spirit must precede
the presentation of any draft resolution. Brazil is willing
to participate in such an overture and believes any other
approach will fail, leading to polarization and a further
weakening of the Council. Brazil could support a resolution
that stresses cooperation, not condemnation. End summary.
2. (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Counselor
Marcia Adorno, chief of the Human Rights Division at Ministry
of External Relations. Adorno recalled that in the recent
case of Sri Lanka, European countries introduced a resolution
without first approaching the Sri Lankan representatives in
Geneva, instead working only in capitals beforehand. This
approach is unproductive and should not be repeated with
Sudan, she said, emphasizing that the way a resolution is
presented is key. It should be done in a cooperative and
constructive spirit, and need not and should not involve
watering down the content simply because it is being raised
with the country in question or a group of interested
countries. She said the first step toward renewing the
Special Rapporteur's mandate should be dialogue with Sudan
and the African countries. She added that it does no good to
renew the mandate without a negotiation with Sudan because
then the Rapporteur will never be able to enter Sudan. The
dialogue should attempt to negotiate the terms of the
resolution, and Brazil is willing to participate in that
effort, she said.
3. (SBU) Asked whether Brazil would support a resolution to
renew the mandate, she replied that she had not seen the EU
draft and could not state what Brazil's position would be.
Brazil is very sensitive to attempts to engage in dialogue
with the concerned countries, she noted, and the text should
be more oriented toward cooperation than condemnation in
order to win Brazil's support. With regard to how best to
address the human rights situation in Sudan, Adorno said the
same holds true: cooperation, not condemnation, is the best
approach.
SOBEL