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09ROME230
2009-02-27 15:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
ITALY PLEASED WITH U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HRC
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DEPARTMENT FOR IO/RHS AMY OSTERMEIER AND GAYATRI PATEL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL IT
SUBJECT: ITALY PLEASED WITH U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HRC
REF: STATE 18282
Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to MFA Human
Rights Desk Officer Filippo Cinti informing Italy of U.S.
reengagement in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and our
decision not to participate further in negotiations on the
draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference.
Cinti said Italy was pleased to hear the U.S. would once
again participate in the HRC, which he thought would
strengthen the hand of those pressing for reforms to make it
a more balanced, useful body. Cinti said Italy had been very
pleased with the U.S. decision to send a delegation to Geneva
to participate in Durban negotiations, and said Italy (and
the EU) shared many of our concerns. He took note of our
disappointment with the current document, and said the EU was
still working to formulate a common position in response to
the draft.
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