Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SANAA398
2009-03-04 10:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Sanaa
Cable title:
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
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UNCLAS SANAA 000398
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP AMACDONALD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL YM
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 18282
PolOff delivered reftel talking points on March 2 to Ahmed
Saif al-Kadasi, Director of the United Nations Office at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Kadasi said that the
USG's decision to participate in the UN's Human Rights
Council (HRC) was a welcome step forward, because the U.S. is
the "most important country in the world for human rights."
Kadasi also expressed the ROYG's willingness to vote for the
U.S. should it choose to run for a seat on the HRC. He was
not familiar with the upcoming Durban Review Conference in
Geneva, and accepted the talking points on the USG's decision
to discontinue negotiating on the draft outcome document
without comment.
SECHE