Identifier
Created
Classification
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09PARISFR1382
2009-10-13 06:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Mission UNESCO
Cable title:
HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed
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UNCLAS PARIS FR 001382
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO AND WHA
E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: SCUL PREL UNESCO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed
UNCLAS PARIS FR 001382
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO AND WHA
E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: SCUL PREL UNESCO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed
1. (U) Summary: The Plenary of the General Conference today approved
inscription of a Honduran item on the General Conference's agenda
after extensive negotiations led by General Conference President
Hepburn. The item was immediately referred to a working group
charged with preparing a resolution text that will be debated in the
Education Commission. The working group is likely to deadlock, and
it is possible that no resolution will be adopted. End Summary.
2. (U) With the agreement of Brazil and the U.S., the President of
UNESCO's 35th General Conference, Davidson Hepburn (Bahamas),
rapidly gaveled a decision through the Plenary of the General
Conference this morning that inscribed an item on Honduras on the
agenda of the General Conference. Hepburn explained to the Plenary,
however, that there had been no consensus in the General Committee
that an agenda item on this topic was necessary, and he announced
that he was assigning the item to the Education Commission and
appointing a working group to deal with the resolution text.
3. (U) The working group will be made up of six members and a
chairman. Brazil will name three members, and the U.S. will name
three members. A neutral Chair acceptable to both Brazil and the
U.S. will also be named. (Note: It is likely that Brazil, Chile
and Jamaica will make up one side of the working group. Canada has
agreed to be on the other side, and the U.S. Mission has asked
Colombia and St. Lucia to join it as well. The Colombians have said
they must receive permission from Bogota to proceed. Zimbabwe has
been suggested as possible Chair).
4. (U) Comment: Given the strong opinions on both sides of the
issue, the working group may be unable to find a consensual position
to forward to the Education Commission for approval. Colombia, in
particular, believes strongly that UNESCO should not involve itself
in this issue. If the working group deadlocks, as expected, we may
be able to keep the Honduras issue bottled up with no action by
UNESCO at all. In any case, we are in a strong position to bargain
both in the working group and in the Education Commission to ensure
that nothing more than an anodyne text is adopted. End comment.
KILLION
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO AND WHA
E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: SCUL PREL UNESCO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed
1. (U) Summary: The Plenary of the General Conference today approved
inscription of a Honduran item on the General Conference's agenda
after extensive negotiations led by General Conference President
Hepburn. The item was immediately referred to a working group
charged with preparing a resolution text that will be debated in the
Education Commission. The working group is likely to deadlock, and
it is possible that no resolution will be adopted. End Summary.
2. (U) With the agreement of Brazil and the U.S., the President of
UNESCO's 35th General Conference, Davidson Hepburn (Bahamas),
rapidly gaveled a decision through the Plenary of the General
Conference this morning that inscribed an item on Honduras on the
agenda of the General Conference. Hepburn explained to the Plenary,
however, that there had been no consensus in the General Committee
that an agenda item on this topic was necessary, and he announced
that he was assigning the item to the Education Commission and
appointing a working group to deal with the resolution text.
3. (U) The working group will be made up of six members and a
chairman. Brazil will name three members, and the U.S. will name
three members. A neutral Chair acceptable to both Brazil and the
U.S. will also be named. (Note: It is likely that Brazil, Chile
and Jamaica will make up one side of the working group. Canada has
agreed to be on the other side, and the U.S. Mission has asked
Colombia and St. Lucia to join it as well. The Colombians have said
they must receive permission from Bogota to proceed. Zimbabwe has
been suggested as possible Chair).
4. (U) Comment: Given the strong opinions on both sides of the
issue, the working group may be unable to find a consensual position
to forward to the Education Commission for approval. Colombia, in
particular, believes strongly that UNESCO should not involve itself
in this issue. If the working group deadlocks, as expected, we may
be able to keep the Honduras issue bottled up with no action by
UNESCO at all. In any case, we are in a strong position to bargain
both in the working group and in the Education Commission to ensure
that nothing more than an anodyne text is adopted. End comment.
KILLION