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09STATE73788
2009-07-15 21:56:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM IN MINSK
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UNCLAS STATE 073788
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PGOV BO
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM IN MINSK
HANS-JOCHEN SCHMIDT
UNCLAS STATE 073788
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PGOV BO
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM IN MINSK
HANS-JOCHEN SCHMIDT
1. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the
July 16, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in
Vienna:
Begin text:
Thank you, Madame Chairwoman.
The United States welcomes Ambassador Schmidt to the
Permanent Council. We appreciate the opportunity to hear
from you what the Office in Minsk is doing to promote work in
the OSCE,s three dimensions. We strongly support the
mandate of the Office and welcome the achievements cited in
the report in the human dimension, the media, and in
combating trafficking of human beings.
A key role of the Office should be to encourage the
development of civil society. Ambassador Schmidt,s report
details the work the Office has done in this respect. We
believe the Office can and should do more to function as a
resource and an ally for those seeking to advance OSCE
principles. As such, we urge the Office to broaden its base
of contacts within Belarusian civil society.
Ambassador Schmidt also notes the Office,s presence as an
observer at a number of demonstrations and public rallies.
While we commend the Office,s work in observing these public
events, we would hope to see a greater role for the Head of
Office in this regard.
We continue to be concerned by the long process needed to get
proposed projects approved by the government. We encourage
the Belarusian authorities to work cooperatively with the
Office on project approval as well as with Belarusian civil
society to advance the respect for OSCE principles in
Belarus.
Ambassador Schmidt, the United States, given its severely
constricted diplomatic presence in Minsk, understands the
challenges the Office faces in using limited resources to
fulfill its mandate. Nevertheless, outreach to and
engagement with human rights activists, independent trade
unionists, independent political parties and NGOs is oneamong
the most important functions. This work is particularly
vital in Belarus, and wOSCE effortse urge the Office to
expand its activities in this area.
Thank you, Madame Chairwoman.
End text
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PGOV BO
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM IN MINSK
HANS-JOCHEN SCHMIDT
1. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the
July 16, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in
Vienna:
Begin text:
Thank you, Madame Chairwoman.
The United States welcomes Ambassador Schmidt to the
Permanent Council. We appreciate the opportunity to hear
from you what the Office in Minsk is doing to promote work in
the OSCE,s three dimensions. We strongly support the
mandate of the Office and welcome the achievements cited in
the report in the human dimension, the media, and in
combating trafficking of human beings.
A key role of the Office should be to encourage the
development of civil society. Ambassador Schmidt,s report
details the work the Office has done in this respect. We
believe the Office can and should do more to function as a
resource and an ally for those seeking to advance OSCE
principles. As such, we urge the Office to broaden its base
of contacts within Belarusian civil society.
Ambassador Schmidt also notes the Office,s presence as an
observer at a number of demonstrations and public rallies.
While we commend the Office,s work in observing these public
events, we would hope to see a greater role for the Head of
Office in this regard.
We continue to be concerned by the long process needed to get
proposed projects approved by the government. We encourage
the Belarusian authorities to work cooperatively with the
Office on project approval as well as with Belarusian civil
society to advance the respect for OSCE principles in
Belarus.
Ambassador Schmidt, the United States, given its severely
constricted diplomatic presence in Minsk, understands the
challenges the Office faces in using limited resources to
fulfill its mandate. Nevertheless, outreach to and
engagement with human rights activists, independent trade
unionists, independent political parties and NGOs is oneamong
the most important functions. This work is particularly
vital in Belarus, and wOSCE effortse urge the Office to
expand its activities in this area.
Thank you, Madame Chairwoman.
End text
CLINTON