Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10BRUSSELS136
2010-02-04 16:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:  

BELGIUM: OUTREACH FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC

Tags:  IR PHUM PREL BE 
pdf how-to read a cable
VZCZCXRO6352
PP RUEHSL
DE RUEHBS #0136 0351638
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 041638Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9975
INFO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 0097
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 1701
RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA PRIORITY 0432
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 0138
RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY 4657
RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST PRIORITY 0352
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY 0002
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 4043
RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN PRIORITY 3636
RUEHDL/AMEMBASSY DUBLIN PRIORITY 0289
RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PRIORITY 4642
RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY 0622
RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA PRIORITY 0357
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 1858
RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG PRIORITY 0002
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 0801
RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA PRIORITY 0534
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO PRIORITY 0346
RUEHNC/AMEMBASSY NICOSIA PRIORITY 2704
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0005
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 2245
RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 5168
RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 2382
RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA PRIORITY 0173
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH PRIORITY 0264
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 3591
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO PRIORITY 0136
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY 1379
RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA PRIORITY 0345
RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 7925
RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN PRIORITY 0248
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 8814
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 0834
RUEHVT/AMEMBASSY VALLETTA PRIORITY 1727
RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 1506
RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS PRIORITY 0292
RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW PRIORITY 7202
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON PRIORITY 0105
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1125
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0320
UNCLAS BRUSSELS 000136

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

STATE FOR EUR/WE, IO/RHS:CNEVILLE,AOSTERMEIER AND
DRL/MLGA:LSICADE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: IR PHUM PREL BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM: OUTREACH FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC
REVIEW SESSION

REF: SECSTATE 07242

(U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Veronique Joosten,
Attach for International Organizations in the Human Rights
Department at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),
on January 27. Joosten said that Belgium supports the U.S.
recommendations. She said that she had been directed to
prepare Universal Periodic Review questions for Belgium on
Iran covering "everything" by her boss, Lieke Biesemans, the
human rights deputy director at the MFA. However, she said
that the EU would soon be meeting to divide up the topic
questions on Iran to reduce any overlap with other EU
countries. She said that Belgium has "no idea" how to best
influence Iran to show greater respect for human rights.

GUTMAN
.