UKRAINE: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED

UNCLAS KYIV 000295 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PASS TO IO/HR GAYATRI PATEL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM UN UP SUBJECT: UKRAINE: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: STATE 016231 ¶1. (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. On religious and racial intolerance, Ms. Pereverten commented that Ukraine has never and will never support the defamation resolution. The Embassy shared the U.S. proposal on this topic with her. On the Goldstone Report, she reiterated Ukraine's support of the U.S. position. On Iran, she stated that Ukraine does not intend to sponsor any resolutions, but would likely support an EU-sponsored resolution. On DPRK and Burma, she noted that Ukraine supports the EU-led efforts on special procedures mandates. TEFFT