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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04BRATISLAVA324 |
SLOVAKIA CAN SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION, NOT CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU CH LO CHR |
| 04COLOMBO526 |
CHR: Mission provides GSL with draft Cuba [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 25 meeting at the Sri Lankan MFA, Polchief reviewed talking points and provided a copy of the draft CHR resolution on Cuba. MFA contact was non-committal, noting that the GSL was in a state of flux due to the April 2 elections. Overall, we think moving the GSL to a "y [...] |
2004-03-25 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CE CU CH CHR UN |
| 04COLOMBO618 |
Sri Lanka: Foreign Minister-designate [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: New Foreign Minister Kadirgamar would like to visit Washington in May. He appreciated the US's neutrality during the election. On the Peace Process, the new government "has no grip yet." India has been standing [...] |
2004-04-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CE IN CHR |
| 04GUATEMALA355 |
GUATEMALA ON CUBA UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, called a meeting with Poloffs on February 11 to discuss the Cuba Resolution at the 60th CHR. This is the first time in our collective memory that the GOG has reached out to us on the Cuba resolu [...] |
2004-02-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU GT CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1106 |
CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S. [...] (U) Cuban Ambassador to Honduras Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, in public statements May 12, claimed that the GOC was at military alert for a potential U.S. invasion. He told reporters that the GOC feared such an attack was "closer than ever." He added that Cuban citizens were well prepared to re [...] |
2004-05-13 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA365 |
HONDURAS UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones and Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Foreign Policy Advisor Policarpo Callejas on February 18 to further discuss GOH willingness to draft this year's Cuba human right resoluti [...] |
2004-02-19 01:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA468 |
HONDURAS STILL UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Political Counselor met with Minister of Presidency Luis Cosenza on the draft resolution (Ref C) on February 25 and 26. (Note: President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista were in Guatemala at a Central American Summit on Feb. 25.) Cosenza reviewed [...] |
2004-02-27 23:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA503 |
HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO LEAVES DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Ambassador met March 1 with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro on the issue of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. DCM, Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, and Presidential Advisor Ramon Medina Luna were also present. The meeting followed Ambassador and Polit [...] |
2004-03-02 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA574 |
HONDURAN VICE FM GIVEN INPUT FOR DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 10 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez and MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas on the issue of drafting the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. The meeting followed the Secretary's March 9 meeting with President Ricardo Maduro in [...] |
2004-03-10 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA595 |
HONDURAN VICE FM GIVES EMBASSY WEAK DRAFT UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 12 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez, MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas, and Legal Advisor to the FM Carlos Lopez Contreras (a former FM himself) to receive the first Honduran draft of a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Quinon [...] |
2004-03-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA738 |
HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 29 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to discuss Honduran actions to support their draft UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba (text in ref D). Ambassador emphasized the need for the MFA to issue instructions to the Honduran Mis [...] |
2004-03-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA741 |
HONDURAN FM TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH WILL ANNOUNCE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 30 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to seek confirmation of Honduran Ambassador Mario Canahuati's statement to WHA Acting DAS Trivelli that the GOH would publicly announce its decision to table a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution o [...] |
2004-03-30 23:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA759 |
HONDURAS RELEASES TEXT OF UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION; [...] (U) Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista called Ambassador just prior to 11:00 a.m. to inform Ambassador that the MFA had released the text of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) Cuba Resolution. The text was included in a press release that laid out the GOH's reasons for sp [...] |
2004-04-01 20:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA766 |
TEXT OF HONDURAN PRESS RELEASE ON UNCHR CUBA [...] Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release on the UNCHR Cuba resolution, issued at 12:00 p.m. E.S.T. on April 1. 2. Begin text: Ministry of Foreign Relations Republic of Honduras Press Communique No. 5 The Ministry of Foreign [...] |
2004-04-01 23:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA781 |
MEDIA REACTION ON RESOLUTION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] |
2004-04-02 22:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU OIIP KPAO HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA787 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] |
2004-04-05 17:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA793 |
MADURO ADMINISTRATION SHARPLY CRITICIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: President Ricardo Maduro and his Administration have come under tough criticism from political opponents and left-leaning nongovernmental organizations since the GOH publicly announced that it had drafted a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Much of this c [...] |
2004-04-05 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA802 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] |
2004-04-05 23:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA803 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/3 entitled "The resolution." "President Maduro and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have stated that in the Cuba affair Honduras is acting as a sovereign state, in accordance with the U.N. Charter." "We're going to take their wo [...] |
2004-04-05 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA810 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us Presi Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party ) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinatio [...] |
2004-04-06 19:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA813 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us `Presi' Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinati [...] |
2004-04-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA853 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/14 entitled "Ours and theirs." "To take to Congress the resolution presented by Honduras to the UNCHR will stir a meaningless discussion when we have other issues and laws that, despite their importance, are being ignored by our [...] |
2004-04-14 22:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA854 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-ed by Rafael Delgado in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/7 entitled "Foreign policy and subordination." "President Maduro and his ministers have said it: our foreign policy hasn't changed, which means that the current administration has maintained the same approach o [...] |
2004-04-14 22:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA855 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-ed by Julieta Castellanos in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/13 entitled "The aggression towards Cuba." "The last foreign policy move has placed our country in the disgraceful situation of becoming the backyard of a powerful country. Public officials are losing credibil [...] |
2004-04-14 22:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 05ASUNCION215 |
PARAGUAY ON MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE [...] (C) February 10 Charge raised ref points with VFM Martinez (FM Rachid had not yet returned to the office from travel) stressing the importance of the issue. Progress on human rights, as Paraguay knows well from its own recent history, depends on holding all governments accountable in internat [...] |
2005-02-10 18:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX PA CHR |
| 05ASUNCION455 |
CUBA RESOLUTION AT UNCHR: PARAGUAY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PA CU CHR |
| 05BRASILIA737 |
BRAZIL: UNHCR-61 AND CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered CHR talking points to Christiano Figueroa, Acting Chief for an under-manned Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Human Rights Division. Referring to press reports regarding GOB Human Rights Secretary Nilmario Miranda's not-so-veiled criticisms of the USG in a March 15 co [...] |
2005-03-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
| 05BRASILIA766 |
BRAZIL: CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
| 05CAIRO2893 |
CHR-61 CUBA AND BELARUS RESOLUTIONS: GOE [...] (C) Responding to Ref B demarche request on the UNCHR-61 Belarus resolution, Post coordinated with the Dutch Embassy (representing the current EU President Luxembourg in Egypt) on our request for GOE support ahead of the expected April 14 vote. According to MFA Office of Human Rights Affairs [...] |
2005-04-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG PDEM CHR |
| 05DUBLIN73 |
VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS-NO COURSE YET FOR IRELAND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-21 11:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN UN CHR |
| 05KINGSTON462 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONCERN OVER MEXICO HUMAN [...] (SBU) On February 16, Poloff called Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Director, International Organizations Department (IOD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT), to deliver reftel talking points. Sealy-Monteith accepted the information and then responded at lenghth. First, she asked [...] |
2005-02-18 18:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM PHUM CU MX CHR |
| 05MADRID184 |
SPAIN: UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR), [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-19 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN UN CHR |
| 05OTTAWA531 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING MEXICO [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche (per reftel) regarding Mexico's regional human rights initiative and our concerns that this might serve to undermine Cuba-specific (or other country-specific) resolutions at the UN's Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to Katherine Verrier-Frechette, Senior Human Ri [...] |
2005-02-18 19:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MX CA CHR |
| 05OTTAWA641 |
U.S.-CANADA CONSULTATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. and Canada held consultations on February 14 in Ottawa in preparation for the upcoming session of the CHR. Both sides agreed that engaging Mexico before the CHR in a tri-lateral meeting would be important, particularly if Mexico goes forward with an initiative that coul [...] |
2005-03-01 19:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CA CHR |
| 05OTTAWA802 |
CANADA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO UNCHR-61 [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the U.S. priorities at the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-61) with Henri-Paul Normandin, director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), per ref a, on March 15. Normandin, who will be attending the final 3 weeks of CHR-61, ref [...] |
2005-03-17 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CA UNHRC CHR FAC |
| 05OTTAWA851 |
CANADA: CHR-61 RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche concerning the draft of a resolution on Cuba that the U.S. intends to introduce at the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-61), to Pamela Moore, human rights officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on March 14. Moore thanked us for th [...] |
2005-03-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU CA CHR FAC |
| 05PARIS1720 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM FR CU CHR |
| 05PARIS401 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO AFGHAN WOMEN AND CHR DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN FR UNAUS CSW CHR |
| 05PRAGUE116 |
CZECHS READY TO PROMOTE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: While not a member of the CHR, the Czechs are prepared to lobby in support of a CHR resolution on Cuba and would like to coordinate efforts with Washington. Specifically, the GOCR wants to know if the USG will sponsor this year's resolution. [...] |
2005-01-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CU EZ UN CHR |
| 05QUITO346 |
NOTES ON NEW ECUADORIAN AMBASSADOR TO UN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with newly-named Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UN, Jaime Moncayo Garcia, to express USG interest in a collaborative relationship at the UN. Separately, PolChief raised deep USG concerns over a Mexican human rights initiative (RefTel). Moncayo express [...] |
2005-02-11 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CU MX EC CHR |
| 05QUITO652 |
EMBASSY LOBBYING HARD FOR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: We understand the critical need for Ecuador to support the UNHRC resolution on Cuba and the impact every country has on the outcome. Historically Ecuador has abstained on the issue of Cuba. The GOE is politically unstable and considers Cuba a sensitive issue. Given the situat [...] |
2005-03-22 23:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU EC CHR |
| 05QUITO721 |
FM FIRM ON CUBA ABSTENTION, BUT WILLING TO TALK [...] (C) Summary: FM Patricio Zuquilanda indicated to the Ambassador on March 31 that the GOE will again abstain from voting on the upcoming U.S. resolution on human rights in Cuba. He also requested a meeting in Washington with Secretary Rice on the margins of the OAS extraordinary SIPDIS se [...] |
2005-03-31 22:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU EC CHR |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1432 |
PROMPT RATIFICATION OF CAT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] At an event in commemoration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Center for Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture (CPTRT) called for prompt ratification of the 2002 Optional Protocol (OP) to the Convention Against Torture. The OP mandates a [...] |
2005-07-08 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HO CHR |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA695 |
HONDURAS WILL VOTE FOR UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION; BUT [...] (C) With the Cuban Ambassador in the Casa Presidencial waiting room, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro assured Ambassador on March 30 that Honduras will vote for the annual UNCHR Cuba resolution this year. He said Honduras would not change its historic position of supporting efforts at the UN [...] |
2005-03-31 22:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU HO UNHRC CHR |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA786 |
HONDURAN FM ON UNCHR RESOLUTIONS: YES VOTE ON [...] (C) Ambassador met the morning of April 13, on the margins of a G-17 meeting, with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to verify the GOH's planned vote in favor of the UNCHR Cuba resolution. President Maduro confirmed that the GOH would vote in favor of the Cuba resolution. 2. (C) PolOff the [...] |
2005-04-13 22:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM HO BO UNHRC CHR RU |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA808 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On 4/14, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs titled "Honduras will vote against Cuba." The San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" carried an article entitled "Honduras supports the U.S. in resolution against Cuba." [...] |
2005-04-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA843 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] The Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Mario Alvarado on 4/16 entitled "Global View: Cuba and the UNCHR." "Each year, it's getting more difficult for the U.S. to find an accomplice to present a resolution against Cuba. This time, the Bush administration had to [...] |
2005-04-21 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 05WELLINGTON222 |
NEW ZEALAND ON CHR AND THE CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) Acting Political-Economic Counselor provided Refs A and B demarches concerning the 61st Session of the UN Commission of Human Rights (CHR) and the importance of the U.S.-sponsored CHR Cuba resolution to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs a [...] |
2005-03-16 04:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU PREL NZ CHR UNHRC |
| 05YEREVAN449 |
CHR-61: ARMENIANS WITH US ON CUBA, SHAKY ON [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) upcoming annual session to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan March 11 per reftel instructions. Mkrtumyan predicted that the GOAM would vote with the USG on the expected [...] |
2005-03-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU AM CHR |
| 05YEREVAN521 |
CHR-61: FM OSKANIAN SUGGESTS "LIMITED OPTIONS" ON [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, Ambassador Evans met with FM Vartan Oskanian March 24 to ask the GOAM to rethink its position on a no-action motion on Belarus at the UN Commission on Human Rights. Oskanian said the GOAM would give "serious consideration" to our request given the emphasis the U [...] |
2005-03-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU AM CHR |
| 05YEREVAN611 |
CHR-61: US-EU DEMARCHE ON BELARUS, BUT ARMENIA [...] (C) On April 6, together with the EU Presidency rep, we urged Armenia to vote against a no-action motion on the Belarus resolution at the UNCHR. MFA reps said they appreciated the joint approach and also the substance of the demarche, but said that no decision had yet been taken on how Armen [...] |
2005-04-07 05:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AM BO CHR |
| 05YEREVAN666 |
CHR-61: ARMENIA WON'T SUPPORT US ON BELARUS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baibourtian told us April 15 that the GOAM would vote in favor of the no-action motion on the Belarus resolution at the UNCHR. Baiburtian acknowledged the high-level demarches by the Ambassador and an April 6 approach with the local EU Presidency rep (ref a), [...] |
2005-04-15 12:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BO AM CHR |