JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000996 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR (JMACK-WILSON) (BALVARADO) (VDEPIRRO) (WSMITH) L/LEI (CHOLLAND) (AKLUESNER) INR/IAA (GBOHIGAN) JUSTICE FOR OIA (PPETTY) TREASURY FOR ERIN NEPHEW INR/RES (RWARNER) CENTRAL AMERICAN CARIBBEAN BASIN COLLECTIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNGA UNGA KPAL IS SY LE JM XL SUBJECT: JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS REF: STATE 118799 ¶1. (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche and delivered nonpaper expressing U.S. concern regarding the number of UNGA resolutions reflecting an anti-Israel bias. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on the morning of November 24. In recent years, Jamaica has consistently voted in favor of such resolutions; Lewis advised Emboff that these votes are often intended to maintain collegial relations within the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),and are not necessarily indicative of substantive support for the resolutions. Post will relay any substantive response. Parnell