OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS

C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 002026 SIPDIS FOR IO/UNP - ANDREW MORRISON E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/19/2019 TAGS: PREL KPAL UNGA UP SUBJECT: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS REF: SECSTATE 118799 Classified By: Political Counselor Colin Cleary. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) We delivered reftel message November 19 to Svitlana Pereverten in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We expressed appreciation for Ukraine's courageous vote against the Goldstone report, and underscored that language from the Goldstone report is being introduced into several objectionable UNGA resolutions. ¶2. (C) Pereverten replied that Ukraine favors consensus at the UN and dislikes one-sided resolutions in general. However, Ukraine will have to examine the final text of each draft resolution before deciding how to vote. Pereverten said she would try to keep us apprised of Ukraine's positions, although she cautioned that the MFA frequently has little turnaround time between receiving a draft resolution and voting on it in New York. PETTIT