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09REYKJAVIK47
2009-03-04 08:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Reykjavik
Cable title:
ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000047
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL/MLGA, IO/RHS, EUR/NB
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REFS: A) STATE 18282
B) REYKJAVIK 45
UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000047
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL/MLGA, IO/RHS, EUR/NB
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REFS: A) STATE 18282
B) REYKJAVIK 45
¶1. (SBU) Pol Chief delivered ref A points to Ingibjorg
Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry
for Foreign Affairs on 2 March (Note: No MFA officials were
available to receive the demarche at an earlier date). Davidsdottir
said she was very pleased to hear that the U.S. would begin
participating again as an observer at Human Rights Council meetings
in Geneva and expressed her government's hope that the U.S. would
consider running for a seat on the council.
¶2. (SBU) On the Durban Review Process, Davidsdottir noted the
notification of USG withdrawal with some disappointment but said the
U.S. concerns on the document were well-understood at the ministry.
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