Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MEXICO428
2009-02-17 18:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Mexico
Cable title:
MEXICO ON SUDAN/POTENTIAL ARTICLE 16 REQUEST
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UNCLAS MEXICO 000428
SIPDIS
IO/UNP FOR REBECCA GOLDENBERG/JOSEPH FITZGERALD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX
SUBJECT: MEXICO ON SUDAN/POTENTIAL ARTICLE 16 REQUEST
REF: STATE 12900
Deputy Political Counselor conveyed to the Foreign Ministry's
Office Director for the UNSC David Olvera the USG's strong
desire not to see an Article 16 resolution tabled at the
Security Council that would defer the probably ICC arrest
warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Olvera
conveyed the GOM's support for ICC action on this case and
its objection to an Article 16 resolution.
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American
Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
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