Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KINGSTON268
2009-04-07 11:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kingston
Cable title:
JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
how-toVZCZCXYZ0010 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHKG #0268 0971134 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 071134Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY KINGSTON TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7482 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0149
UNCLAS KINGSTON 000268
SIPDIS, SENSITIVE
STATE FOR WHA/CAR - BRIDGET PREMONT
IO/RHS - AMY OSTERMEIER, GAYATRI PATEL
DRL/MLGA - LYNN SICADE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL JM XL
SUBJECT: JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REF: (A) STATE 31175 (010943Z APR 09)
UNCLAS KINGSTON 000268
SIPDIS, SENSITIVE
STATE FOR WHA/CAR - BRIDGET PREMONT
IO/RHS - AMY OSTERMEIER, GAYATRI PATEL
DRL/MLGA - LYNN SICADE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL JM XL
SUBJECT: JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REF: (A) STATE 31175 (010943Z APR 09)
1.(SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered points in the course of a
private meeting with the Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs in
the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Ambassador Vilma McNish, on the afternoon of
April 1.
2.(SBU) McNish said the GoJ welcomed the USA's candidacy, as it was
always better to exert influence by working from within an
organization than from without. Post will report any further
developments.
HEG