Identifier
Created
Classification
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09MEXICO428
2009-02-17 18:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Mexico
Cable title:  

MEXICO ON SUDAN/POTENTIAL ARTICLE 16 REQUEST

Tags:  CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX 
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R 171857Z FEB 09
FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5135
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0278
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.
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