Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09QUITO965
2009-11-17 21:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Quito
Cable title:
Demarche on Country Specific Resolutions at UNGA - Ecuador
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C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000965
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/11/17
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA EC IR
SUBJECT: Demarche on Country Specific Resolutions at UNGA - Ecuador
REF: STATE 116264; QUITO 915
CLASSIFIED BY: Andrew Chritton, Charge d'Affaires; REASON: 1.4(B),
(D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000965
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/11/17
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA EC IR
SUBJECT: Demarche on Country Specific Resolutions at UNGA - Ecuador
REF: STATE 116264; QUITO 915
CLASSIFIED BY: Andrew Chritton, Charge d'Affaires; REASON: 1.4(B),
(D)
1. (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs
Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, upon her return from
travel. Puma said that she believed that Ecuador would continue
its previous practice of voting against any no-action motions, but
said that she was unaware of how Ecuador would vote in each of the
country specific resolutions, noting only that it could be
different in each case. She added that the "priority given to
considering multilateral votes on the basis of bilateral
relationships" had grown in recent months at the MFA, and that the
Multilateral Under Secretariat was no longer informed prior to
voting on certain issues with bilateral implications. Rather, such
decisions were discussed between the Foreign Minister and the
President, and communicated directly to Ecuador's UN mission.
2. (C) Embassy's assessment on the Iran resolution, given Lourdes
Puma's hints about the likelihood of President Correa's involvement
in the decision, is that Ecuador is likely to vote for a no-action
motion and against the resolution. These votes would be consistent
with Correa's efforts to strengthen the bilateral relationship
between Quito and Tehran: the Correa administration agreed to
Iran's request to establish first commercial offices and then
embassies in each other's capitals over the past two years,
President Correa made a high profile visit to Iran in December 2008
(and even stated GOE support for an Iranian nuclear weapons
program),and the GOE is increasingly looking to Iran as a source
of financing and place to purchase weapons systems.
CHRITTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/11/17
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA EC IR
SUBJECT: Demarche on Country Specific Resolutions at UNGA - Ecuador
REF: STATE 116264; QUITO 915
CLASSIFIED BY: Andrew Chritton, Charge d'Affaires; REASON: 1.4(B),
(D)
1. (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs
Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, upon her return from
travel. Puma said that she believed that Ecuador would continue
its previous practice of voting against any no-action motions, but
said that she was unaware of how Ecuador would vote in each of the
country specific resolutions, noting only that it could be
different in each case. She added that the "priority given to
considering multilateral votes on the basis of bilateral
relationships" had grown in recent months at the MFA, and that the
Multilateral Under Secretariat was no longer informed prior to
voting on certain issues with bilateral implications. Rather, such
decisions were discussed between the Foreign Minister and the
President, and communicated directly to Ecuador's UN mission.
2. (C) Embassy's assessment on the Iran resolution, given Lourdes
Puma's hints about the likelihood of President Correa's involvement
in the decision, is that Ecuador is likely to vote for a no-action
motion and against the resolution. These votes would be consistent
with Correa's efforts to strengthen the bilateral relationship
between Quito and Tehran: the Correa administration agreed to
Iran's request to establish first commercial offices and then
embassies in each other's capitals over the past two years,
President Correa made a high profile visit to Iran in December 2008
(and even stated GOE support for an Iranian nuclear weapons
program),and the GOE is increasingly looking to Iran as a source
of financing and place to purchase weapons systems.
CHRITTON