Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO775
2009-04-06 06:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. RETURN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000775
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/RHS: AMY OSTERMEIER, GAYATRI PATEL; DRL/MLGA:
LYNN SICADE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2019
TAGS: AORC PREL UNGA JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. RETURN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REF: STATE 31175
Classified By: A/DCM Michael Meserve per (1.4b, d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000775
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/RHS: AMY OSTERMEIER, GAYATRI PATEL; DRL/MLGA:
LYNN SICADE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2019
TAGS: AORC PREL UNGA JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. RETURN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REF: STATE 31175
Classified By: A/DCM Michael Meserve per (1.4b, d).
1. (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the reftel demarche to Deputy
Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami welcomed the U.S.
decision to return to the council and saw "no problem in
Japan supporting the nomination" especially since New
Zealand's withdrew its bid and left only three candidates
(Norway, Belgium, and the United States) for three positions.
2. (C) Kawakami went on to state that there are three main
problems facing the council that he hoped Japan and the U.S.
could cooperate in solving. First is the issue of "making
the council less divisive between countries supporting
Western universalistic interpretations of human rights and
non-Western developing countries with different approaches."
Second is the need to "maintain support for country-specific
resolutions, such as against Burma and the DPRK, despite the
argument that the new Universal Periodic Review process
eliminates the need." Third is the "need to make the Council
more effective in preparation for the review in 2011 of its
mandate and mechanisms," he said.
ZUMWALT
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/RHS: AMY OSTERMEIER, GAYATRI PATEL; DRL/MLGA:
LYNN SICADE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/06/2019
TAGS: AORC PREL UNGA JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. RETURN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL
REF: STATE 31175
Classified By: A/DCM Michael Meserve per (1.4b, d).
1. (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the reftel demarche to Deputy
Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami welcomed the U.S.
decision to return to the council and saw "no problem in
Japan supporting the nomination" especially since New
Zealand's withdrew its bid and left only three candidates
(Norway, Belgium, and the United States) for three positions.
2. (C) Kawakami went on to state that there are three main
problems facing the council that he hoped Japan and the U.S.
could cooperate in solving. First is the issue of "making
the council less divisive between countries supporting
Western universalistic interpretations of human rights and
non-Western developing countries with different approaches."
Second is the need to "maintain support for country-specific
resolutions, such as against Burma and the DPRK, despite the
argument that the new Universal Periodic Review process
eliminates the need." Third is the "need to make the Council
more effective in preparation for the review in 2011 of its
mandate and mechanisms," he said.
ZUMWALT