Identifier
Created
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09LUSAKA212
2009-03-27 10:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Lusaka
Cable title:
ZAMBIAN POSITION ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
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UNCLAS LUSAKA 000212
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KIRF PHUM PREL ZA
SUBJECT: ZAMBIAN POSITION ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
RESOLUTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 27376
(SBU) Emboff delivered the reftel demarche to the head of the
Zambian Foreign Ministry's International Organizations
office. He promised to take our position into consideration
as his office re-examines the issue. He suggested that
Zambia would most likely abstain from the vote, as it did in
¶2008.
BOOTH