Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KATHMANDU330
2009-04-22 09:37:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000330
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/RHS (AMY OSTERMEIER AND GAYATRI PATEL),
DRL/MLGA (LYNN SICADE) AND SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/22/2019
TAGS: PHUM PREL NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: A. KATHMANDU 305
¶B. STATE 36629
¶C. STATE 31175
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Randy W. Berry. Reasons 1.4 (b/
d).
(C) Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya told the
Ambassador on April 21 that the Government of Nepal (GON)
would welcome U.S. participation on the UN Human Rights
Council (UNHRC). Acharya said the GON had been disappointed
when the United States, which had been instrumental in
reforming the UN's human rights structures, chose not to join
the UNHRC from the outset. In response to the Ambassador's
request, the Foreign Secretary said he would be pleased to
convey the GON's position to Nepal's permanent representative
in New York in time for the vote in May.
POWELL