Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO2773
2009-12-04 07:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
UNGA DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 002773
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR DRL/IRF: JOANNELLA MORALES, NASREEN BADAT;
IO/HR: AMY OSTERMEIER, COLLEEN NEVILLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/03/2019
TAGS: AORC PHUM UNGA JA
SUBJECT: UNGA DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 122639
Classified By: Political M/C Robert Luke per 1.4 (b, d)
(C) EMBASSY Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to
Deputy Director Yuki Okada of MOFA's Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs Division. Okada said Japan understood
and sympathized with U.S. concerns and was fully committed to
the protection of minority rights. She stated that Japan had
not made an official decision on how it would vote but added
privately that the most likely outcome was a repeat of its
previous action. (Note: Japan previously abstained on this
resolution. End Note.)
ROOS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR DRL/IRF: JOANNELLA MORALES, NASREEN BADAT;
IO/HR: AMY OSTERMEIER, COLLEEN NEVILLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/03/2019
TAGS: AORC PHUM UNGA JA
SUBJECT: UNGA DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 122639
Classified By: Political M/C Robert Luke per 1.4 (b, d)
(C) EMBASSY Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to
Deputy Director Yuki Okada of MOFA's Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs Division. Okada said Japan understood
and sympathized with U.S. concerns and was fully committed to
the protection of minority rights. She stated that Japan had
not made an official decision on how it would vote but added
privately that the most likely outcome was a repeat of its
previous action. (Note: Japan previously abstained on this
resolution. End Note.)
ROOS