LATVIA PLANS HRC RUN - BUT NOT UNTIL 2014

C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000579 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/12/2019 TAGS: KDEM PHUM PREL LG SUBJECT: LATVIA PLANS HRC RUN - BUT NOT UNTIL 2014 REF: SECSTATE 120835 Classified By: DCM Bruce Rogers for reasons 1.4 b and d. ¶1. (C) Though post considers Latvia a suitable candidate, the GOL will not seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in the upcoming elections. They have already mapped out a strategy to run for a seat in 2014 and wish to remain with that plan. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Maris Klisans, head of the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights division. Klisans said the GOL has already entered into discussions with others regarding support for their eventual candidacy in 2014. He explained that Latvia plans to run for an ECOSOC seat in 2010, and that they anticipated aligning a potential slot on the HRC with their EU Presidency in 2015. GARBER