Identifier
Created
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Origin
09KAMPALA1308
2009-11-13 05:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kampala
Cable title:
UGANDA: GOLDSTONE VOTE RESULT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
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UNCLAS KAMPALA 001308
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AF/FO JUN BANDO, AF/RSA LEARNED DEES
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAL PRE PHUM UNGA PTER UG
SUBJECT: UGANDA: GOLDSTONE VOTE RESULT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 155531
(SBU) Poloff reported the Goldstone vote results to Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Officer Issac
Sebulime on November 10 per reftel, and thanked the
Government of Uganda for abstaining on the vote. Sebulime
reiterated Uganda's policy of abstaining on
"politically-motivated" resolutions in the UNGA, noting also
that this particular report was hundreds of pages long and
that Uganda cannot analyze human rights questions beyond the
region of East Africa.
LANIER