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| 01ABUJA1156 | NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO WCAR DEMARCHE (ROUND TWO) [...] (SBU) In the absence of the Charge from Abuja, Acting Polcouns delivered the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) demarche on the proposed language on the Middle East for the WCAR Declaration. A/Polcouns spoke with Olusegun Akinsanya, Director of the UN 2nd Unit (which among other matters, [...] |
2001-05-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI NI UNHRC |
| 01ABUJA999 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIA'S UNCHR VOTES [...] (C) During a discussion with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed on President Obasanjo,s visit to the United States (Ref C), Ambassador Jeter raised Nigeria,s voting record in the UNCHR (Ref A). The Ambassador expressed deep disappointment in Nigeria,s voting record, especially after the [...] |
2001-05-04 19:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NI UNHRC |
| 02ABUJA1218 | NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO UN RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Hart was surprisingly open to the possibility of a Nigerian abstention after hearing our points April 17. Hart agreed that the language was mild, saying, "Cuba should have nothing to fear" from it." He said that he would discuss the resolution with Foreign Ministe [...] |
2002-04-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NI UNHRC |
| 02ABUJA1229 | NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO UN RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C/NF) A senior official of Nigeria's Foreign Ministry contacted us at about 1000 Abuja time (0900Z) to inform us that, at the level of the Foreign Ministry, a decision had been made to "support the other guy." Asked if the USG had any hope of reversing that decision, the official said, "Mayb [...] |
2002-04-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNHRC NI |
| 02ABUJA1254 | 58TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: CUBA [...] (C) Further to Ref A, PolCouns April 19 passed a copy of the draft Cuba resolution and diplomatic Note to Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye. PolCouns SIPDIS emphasized that GRULAC states had come forward to sponsor and support the resolution and that the resolution [...] |
2002-04-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC PREL AORC CU NI |
| 02ABUJA3381 | NIGERIA: UN CHR-59 COUNTRY PROFILE [...] (C) Nigeria's interests in the Human Rights Commission are conflicting. Nigeria wants to maintain a position of leadership among the developing nations. It is very sensitive to the G-77 views and most especially those of the Africa Group. In this vein, another Nigerian tradition has been to [...] |
2002-12-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO NI UNHRC |
| 02AMMAN4519 | DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] (U) On August 7, Poloff delivered reftel information on the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood to the Jordanian MFA. On August 12, Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Head of the MFA's International Organizations Department, and Samer Naber, MFA's Legal Advisor, told us that MFA has since conveyed all the [...] |
2002-08-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JO UNHRC |
| 02AMMAN4975 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY: JORDAN [...] (U) On September 3, A/Polcouns contacted Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, to again urge Jordan's support for the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood in the September 9 UN Human Rights Committee election. Aamiri had no new information to co [...] |
2002-09-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM JO UNHRC |
| 02COLOMBO1969 | GSL generally receptive to concerns raised by [...] (C) Summary: During an October 10 visit to Sri Lanka, DRL P/DAS Michael Parmly raised USG concerns regarding the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission with Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo. Rodrigo was generally receptive to the points raised. In a meeting with Atto [...] |
2002-10-21 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CE UNHRC |
| 02HANOI2956 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...] |
2002-12-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR |
| 02ROME1556 | 58TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) IN THE ABSENCE OF OFFICE HEAD COUNSELOR EMANUELE PIGNATELLI IN GENEVA, POLOFF DISCUSSED REF A DEMARCHE POINTS 3/19 WITH MFA OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELOR ALBERTO CECCARELLI. ON SAME DAY (3/26) AMBASSADOR MET WITH MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI (SEPTEL), POLOFF SIPDIS [...] |
2002-03-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AORC IT UNHRC HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME1557 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON CHINA RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (SBU) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS MARCH 21 TO MFA OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNSELOR ALBERTO CECCARELLI. DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, THE AMBASSADOR WROTE MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI MARCH 22, FOLLOWING-UP WITH A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 015 [...] |
2002-03-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IT UNHRC HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME1649 | (C) ITALY: LUKEWARM SUPPORT FOR PROJECT VARELA [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A DEMARCHE MARCH 26 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 01649 031054Z AMBASSADOR NICCOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. GORETTI IS A FORMER AMBASSADOR TO NICARAGUA. 2. (C) ACCORDING T [...] |
2002-04-03 10:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT UNHRC |
| 02ROME1769 | UNCHR: ITALIANS EXPECT INCREASED U.S. EFFORT TO [...] (C) MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA IS SCHEDULED TO MEET YOU 4/11, AFTER ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON 4/10. ARAGONA'S ROLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL, IF NOT DECISIVE, IN THE GOI'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ITS UNCHR CANDIDACY AND THEREBY MAKE WAY FOR THE U.S. TO RETURN TO THE COMMISSION IN 2003. ALTHOUG [...] |
2002-04-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IT US UNHRC |
| 02ROME6134 | UNHCR PROFILE: ITALY [...] (C) FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS TO ASSIST IN PREPARATION OF CHR COUNTRY PROFILE FOR ITALY. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 06134 241147Z 2. (C) THE MFA WILL DEVELOP AND COORDINATE ITALY'S POSITIONS ON CHR RESOLUTIONS AND RELATED ISSUES; BUT [...] |
2002-12-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO IT UNHRC |
| 03ABUJA113 | NIGERIA: LIBYAN CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly is making telephone calls in an effort to replace Libya with Mozambique as the Africa Group's candidate to chair the 2003 CHR session. End Summary. 2. (U) DCM Andrews delivered ref A demarche by phone to Presidential International Aff [...] |
2003-01-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LY NI UNHRC |
| 03ANKARA1632 | TURKEY: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff March 13 discussed reftel talking points with Kaan Esener, head of the MFA Council of Europe Department, and his deputy, Serhat Aksen. Esener and Aksen noted that Turkey will participate as an EU candidate country in certain EU coordination meetings at the Commission. They said the [...] |
2003-03-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA623 | NEW GUATEMALAN AMBASSADORS TO GENEVA, TOKYO, AND [...] (SBU) An excellent MFA source confirmed that Ricardo Alvarado was sworn in at noon on March 4 as Guatemalan Ambassador to Geneva. Ambassador to the OAS, Arturo Duarte, will move to Tokyo and will probably be replaced by Victor Godoy. Bio information below. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Ricardo A [...] |
2003-03-07 18:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GT UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA678 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO 59TH UNHRC DEMARCHE: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel points, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Castillo told us Guatemalan positions at the UNHRC this year might differ from previous years. On Cuba, Castillo repeated that President Portillo would ultimately decide how the GOG will vote, but said the decision [...] |
2003-03-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GT UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA784 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO CUBAN CRACKDOWN AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 22 meeting with President Alfonso Portillo, the Ambassador raised USG concerns (Ref A) over the Cuban crackdown against the opposition. As noted in Ref B, Portillo acknowledged that the arrests carried out by the Cuban Government were worrisome, but stopped short of committing [...] |
2003-03-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU GT UNHRC |
| 03OTTAWA1109 | CANADA SUPPORTS COSTA RICAN AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-16 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CU CA UNHRC |
| 03OTTAWA2454 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: CANADA TAKING LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Post delivered points contained reftel on August 26 to Adrian Norfolk, Acting Director of DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. Norfolk said that Canada takes a long-term view towards the human rights situation in China. While Canada does n [...] |
2003-08-27 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CA UNHRC |
| 03OTTAWA708 | CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...] |
2003-03-14 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CA UNHRC |
| 03ROME1168 | CHR-59: ITALIANS SUPPORT VIRTUALLY ALL U.S. [...] (U) ITALY LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES AND PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT CHR-59, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US MARCH 19. RESPONDING TO OUR MARCH 13 DEMARCHE (CALVETTA WAS UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 19TH), CALVETTA SAID THE MFA WAS PLEASED WITH THE EXPANDED U. [...] |
2003-03-20 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IT UNHRC AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03ROME3825 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: ITALIANS EQUALLY [...] (C) THE ITALIAN MFA SHARED OUR PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD THIS YEAR, HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US AUGUST 21 (CHINA OFFICE DIRECTOR AND STAFF ARE STILL ON VACATION). SOME OTHER EU MEMBER-STATES WERE STILL WEARING ROSE-TINTED SHADES, AND IT WAS TOO SO [...] |
2003-08-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IT EU UNHRC |
| 03ROME4186 | EU WILL NOT TABLE AN IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 11, POLOFFS MET WITH MFA GULF COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA, TO CONSULT ON THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION (REF C). POLOFF ALSO LEFT POINTS WITH THE MFA'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, WHOSE OFFICIALS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. MACCOTTA STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE E [...] |
2003-09-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR EU IT UNHRC EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE1857 | DUTCH: SUMMARY OF EU THOUGHTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Following delivery of HR reftels on July 21, MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Human Rights, Hans Docter (protect source), confirmed that the EU will introduce UNGA resolutions on Burma and the DRC; a decision on Iran has been postponed until early September, but appears likely. Docter also s [...] |
2003-07-22 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR BM CG ZI KN NL UNGA UNHRC UN |
| 03THEHAGUE2114 | PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...] |
2003-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA |
| 03THEHAGUE2171 | DUTCH SUPPORT EU RESOLUTION ON IRAN DURING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-28 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IR EU NL UNHRC |
| 03THEHAGUE2227 | DUTCH THOUGHTS ON EU GYMNICH MEETING [...] (C) We spoke with working-level contacts about Gymnich while the FM was in Washington. According to contacts, the Dutch will push EU counterparts at Gymnich for an EU designation of HAMAS (ref B) and greater international support for the transition phase in Iraq. The Dutch will also query E [...] |
2003-09-04 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU NL UNHRC OSCE |
| 03THEHAGUE2310 | DUTCH MFA ON GYMNICH, MEPP, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met with MFA Director for Political Affairs Jaap Werner and Deputy Director Joop Wijnands on September 9 to discuss the results of the September 5-6 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Werner termed the September 2-3 visit of PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Sch [...] |
2003-09-15 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL NL UNHRC OSCE |
| 03THEHAGUE2917 | DUTCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS: IRAN, CHR, TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Dutch human rights concerns continue to run parallel to those of the United States. Specifically, the GoNL will co-sponsor the Canadian UNGA 3rd committee resolution on the human rights situation in Iran (ref A). The Netherlands, [...] |
2003-11-20 08:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TX IR NL UNGA UNHRC |
| 03ZAGREB82 | CHR 59 -- CROATIA WAIVERS ON LIBYAN CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED CHR DEMARCHE (REF A) ON JANUARY 10 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00082 131714Z ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER MARIO NOBILO. NOBILIO, WHO WAS ALREADY AWARE OF OUR EFFORTS ON THE ISSUE, STATED THAT THE GOC HAS NOT TAKEN A FINAL DECISION, BUT F [...] |
2003-01-13 17:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HR LY UNHRC LZ |
| 04BRASILIA755 | BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...] |
2004-03-29 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP |
| 04BRATISLAVA189 | CHR 60TH SESSION DEMARCHE: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-26 06:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LO UNHRC |
| 04COLOMBO438 | UNHRC: Ambassador reviews U.S. priorities at [...] (C) As requested Ref B, Ambassador discussed upcoming UNHRC session with Foreign Secretary Bernard Goonetilleke on March 11. Goonetilleke is the number two in the Foreign Ministry and highest-ranking career official. (Embassy had previously presented similar material to MFA's Director Gener [...] |
2004-03-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE UNHRC |
| 04GUATEMALA583 | GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...] |
2004-03-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
| 04GUATEMALA747 | GUATEMALA SUPPORT LIKELY ON CUBA AND CHINA IN UNCHR [...] (C) On March 25, in response to reftel demarches, MFA Vice Minister Jorge Skinner-Klee told DCM and PolOff that the GOG will support the Honduran resolution on Cuba, but is undecided on whether to co-sponsor. DCM forcefully argued for co-sponsorship and co-tabling on the merits, using reftel [...] |
2004-03-25 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
| 04GUATEMALA97 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR CHR 60 CHAIR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GT OIC UNHRC |
| 04KATHMANDU554 | NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU NP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID1079 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...] |
2004-03-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID822 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN [...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...] |
2004-03-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID998 | CHR 60 - DEMARCHE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) Political Counselor conveyed reftel points March 23 to Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ramon Gil-Casares, stressing the importance of passage of these resolutions for the USG. We also passed our points to MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations Departments. Juan Manuel Cabre [...] |
2004-03-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA338 | IRAQ HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STILL OFF MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IZ BA UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA351 | BAHRAIN AND THE 6OTH SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-13 13:04:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA410 | BAHRAIN TO STUDY CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA429 | ENCOURAGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA485 | BAHRAIN NON-COMMITTAL ON CUBA AND CHINA UNCHR [...] (U) Foreign Affairs MinState Muhammad Abdulghaffar responded to Charge's April 3 delivery of reftel demarche with a promise to refer the matter to his staff and Geneva mission for study. On April 6, MFA Director for International Organization Affairs said he had of no new instructions and w [...] |
2004-04-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA504 | SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 04ROME1190 | ITALY: CHR CHINA CUBA RESOLUTIONS - G-77 MAIN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH MFA SECRETARY GENERAL UMBERTO VATTANI REGARDING REFTEL POINTS AND POL MC DELIVERED POINTS, RESOLUTION TEXT AND NON-PAPER TO MFA DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO AND MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA. VATTANI THANKED THE AMBASSADOR AND ASSURED HIM [...] |
2004-03-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU IT UNHRC |
| 04ROME1546 | ITALY OPPOSES CUBA RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO AND MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR, CARLO CAMPANILE TOLD POL M/C THAT ITALY STRONGLY AGREES WITH REFTEL POINTS AND QUESTIONS CUBA'S CREDENTIALS AND MOTIVATION. MFA OFFICIALS STATED THAT ITALY WILL OPPOSE [...] |
2004-04-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU IT UNHRC |
| 04THEHAGUE544 | DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR [...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...] |
2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC |
| 04VATICAN1300 | HOLY SEE RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CONCERNS ON CHINA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-02 04:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH CU KIRF PHUM VT UNHRC |
| 05AMMAN7825 | JORDAN SEEKS MEMBERSHIP ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post received a diplomatic note dated September 25 from the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, addressed to all missions in Amman, seeking support for the nomination of Jordan for membership on the UN Human Rights Committee for 2007-2009. 2. The GOJ has not yet raised this request with us in other [...] |
2005-10-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO UNHRC |
| 05AMMAN8935 | JORDAN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR JO UNHRC |
| 05ANKARA6625 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Political Counselor Charles O. Blaha, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Darama on November 9. Darama indicated that she would immediately forward our talking points to [...] |
2005-11-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA7223 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK YOU [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Nilvana Darama on December 8. Darama indicated that the GOT appreciates U.S. consideration of the sensitivity of the Turkish position. She reiterated that the GOT had to balance EU positions and rela [...] |
2005-12-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA UNHRC TU |
| 05ASUNCION1399 | PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE AND [...] On 11/8, A/DCM discussed reftel (A) points with the MFA's Director of International Organizations Julio Peralta stressing the importance we attached to support of the resolution on Iran. Peralta consulted with Paraguay's Mission to the UN in New York and later advised of Paraguay's intention [...] |
2005-11-10 22:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PA UNHRC |
| 05ASUNCION1503 | PARAGUAY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK YOU AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA UNHRC |
| 05BOGOTA10640 | COLOMBIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC CO |
| 05BRUSSELS585 | US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR [...] (SBU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for the spring UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR), and to review the human rights situation in China and Iran. Also discussed were the Global War on Terrorism (GW [...] |
2005-02-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CANBERRA704 | CHR 61: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON RESOLUTION ON [...] . (SBU) Polcouns raised reftel points on April 19 with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Richard Sadleir. SIPDIS Sadleir assured us that Australia would vote against a Cuban resolution on Guantanamo if one came to a vote. Sadl [...] |
2005-04-19 05:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AS UNHRC EUN |
| 05COLOMBO516 | SRI LANKA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNCHR 61 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 11. Ekanayake identified child soldiers (Ref B) as an issue of particular concern and one that the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister will emphasize [...] |
2005-03-11 06:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UNHRC |
| 05COLOMBO606 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...] |
2005-03-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE |
| 05COLOMBO663 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT MAKES NO COMMITMENTS ON CHR [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting with President Chandrika Kumaratunga during the visit of Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth, Ambassador raised the resolution on Cuba. As in previous demarches (Refs A-C), Ambassador stressed the closeness of last year's vote, the composition of th [...] |
2005-04-05 07:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UNHRC |
| 05COLOMBO672 | CUBA AT UNHRC: GSL UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE, ALMOST [...] (C) Ambassador called Foreign Minister Kadirgamar April 6 to discuss Cuba resolution. Ambassador said that he had raised the issue with President Kumaratunga who had said she would discuss it with the Minister. Kadirgamar said that the GSL had "given this very close attention" and "tried to s [...] |
2005-04-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE UNHRC |
| 05DJIBOUTI1147 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD CMTE VOTE [...] (C) Charge called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan on November 15 to seek support on the subject resolution. Charge urged the Government of Djibouti to vote with the United States on this issue. Mr. Hassan said he would convey the request [...] |
2005-11-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05DUBLIN1281 | SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary. On October 14, the Ambassador met with Sudanese human rights activist Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Dr. Mudawi is in Ireland for a human rights defenders conference and will travel to the U.S. to receive an award from Human Rights First, a U.S.-based NGO. In the meeting with the Amb [...] |
2005-10-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC |
| 05DUBLIN1392 | IRELAND SHARES USG VOTING PRIORITIES IN UN THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL EI |
| 05DUBLIN318 | IRELAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PDEM EUN |
| 05DUBLIN319 | IRELAND: UNCHR 61 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 13:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 05DUBLIN394 | CHR 61: IRISH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC EUN |
| 05DUBLIN462 | IRELAND: CUBA IS TRYING TO DIVIDE THE EU [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-19 15:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05DUBLIN534 | IRELAND OPPOSES UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-06 11:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC UNGA |
| 05DUBLIN573 | IRELAND HONORS ARRESTED SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. On May 13th, President of Ireland Mary McAleese presented the inaugural Front Line Human Rights Defender Award to the wife and daughter of Sudanese Human Rights Activist, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Per reftel, Dr. Mudawi was arrested by GOS authorities on May 8th and was not allowed [...] |
2005-05-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA1669 | FOUR SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THAT THE SR ON [...] Mission received the following communication from the four Special Rapporteurs who have requested to visit the detention facilities in Guantanamo and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Asma Jahangir, informing the United States that Ms. Jahangir will participate in the [...] |
2005-07-07 12:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA1908 | REPLY FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] Mission received the following reply from Christine Chanet, Chairperson, Human Rights Committee, to a letter from Glyn Davies regarding the United States' combined second and third periodic reports. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA and DRL/MLA via fax and is number 24 on the G [...] |
2005-08-10 08:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2079 | READOUT FROM WORKING GROUP ON COMMUNICATIONS [...] PolCouns De Pirro met September 1 with Maria Echazu, who recently took over handling of 1503 cases for the OHCHR Secretariat, for a readout of the August 15-26 meeting of SIPDIS the Working Group on Communications (WGC) and its decision on U.S. cases. Echazu reported that the WGC decided t [...] |
2005-09-02 12:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC WGC |
| 05GENEVA2085 | SR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY [...] Mission received the following communication from Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, regarding the death of Haitham al- Yemeni. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 26 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log. [...] |
2005-09-06 07:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2088 | SR ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON THE [...] Mission received the following communication from Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers regarding the recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals ordering a retrial of the case against Mr. Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez, Mr. Fernando Gonzalez Llor [...] |
2005-09-06 09:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2090 | SRS ON ARBITRARY DETENTION, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] Mission received the following communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Right to the Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporte [...] |
2005-09-06 11:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2101 | LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYG ON THE HUMAN [...] Mission received the following communication from Walter Kalin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, regarding the situation in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-ma [...] |
2005-09-07 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2113 | WG ON ARBITRARY DETENTION OPINION #6 ON 2005 LOG [...] Mission received the following communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the opinion on the case of Mr. Abdullah William Webster. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is included in number 6 on [...] |
2005-09-09 10:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2114 | SR ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS REQUEST INFORMATION [...] Mission received the following communication from Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, requesting information for her final report to the Commission on Human Rights. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail [...] |
2005-09-09 10:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2235 | LETTER FROM SRS ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND ESA [...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Abritrary Executions, regarding the fatal shooting of Mr. Waleed Khaled [...] |
2005-09-21 12:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2317 | COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMAL MEETING [...] The Commission on Human Rights met September 27 in Geneva to review the work of the OHCHR Secretariat since the close of the 61st CHR session, and to preview resolutions that governments plan to introduce during the Third Committee in New York. Most of the planned resolutions hew closely to [...] |
2005-09-28 07:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2372 | MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT FRANCISCO [...] (C) Colombia VP Santos shared September 23 with Ambassador Moley his concerns about the growing UN presence in Colombia and his hopes for drastic changes in the mandate of the OHCHR field office there. Santos stressed the need for cooperation but not interference from the UN agencies. He no [...] |
2005-10-03 10:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF CO UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2378 | MEXICO WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Mission has received note OGE04632 from the Mission of Mexico, dated September 29, withdrawing Mexico's note of August 19 announcing Mexico's candidacy to chair the next Human Rights Commission. The note has been faxed to IO/SHA and WHA/MEX. 2. Begin text: The Permanent Mission of Mex [...] |
2005-10-04 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MX UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2522 | COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIRPERSON ON RIGHTS OF THE [...] Mission received the following communication from Jakob Egbert Doek, Chairperson, Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the two overdue reports on optional protocols that were ratified by the United States, Children in Armed Conflict and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and C [...] |
2005-10-18 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2630 | COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIVE SRS REGARDING [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs regarding the invitation to visit Guantanamo that was extended to Mr. Nowak, Ms. Zerrogui and Ms. Jahangir. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on # [...] |
2005-10-31 08:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2638 | COMMUNICATION FROM WG ON ARBITRARY DETENTION [...] Mission received the following communication from Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the case of Mr. Majeed Hameed. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 38 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log [...] |
2005-10-31 09:47:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GENEVA2812 | FIVE SRS REQUESTING ANSWER TO OCTOBER 31 LETTER [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who have been invited to visit Guantanamo. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on #10 on the 2005 correspondence log. 2. Begin text of letter: [...] |
2005-11-17 06:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA847 | LETTER FROM INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] Mission received the following letter from the Independent Expert on Afghanistan, Cherif Bassiouni on March 30, 2005. The letter is addressed to Ambassador Moley and responds to a letter sent on March 18, 2005 in which Ambassador Moley offered Mr. Bassiouni a briefing on the conditions of DO [...] |
2005-04-04 08:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 05GUATEMALA2642 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL GT UNHRC |
| 05HELSINKI1216 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Finland shares USG concerns about possible no-action motions on important Third Committee resolutions. Johanna Suurpaa, MFA Director for Human Rights, told Poloff that the GoF was increasingly pessimistic about the Uzbekistan and Burma resolutions. The Burmese regime has been embolden [...] |
2005-11-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL FI UNHRC |
| 05HELSINKI312 | FINLAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM BO FI UNHRC PDEM |
| 05KATHMANDU2494 | DEMARCHE: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister and other senior officials at the Ministry, Pol/Econ Chief called on the Under Secretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kali Pokharel and, drawing on Ref A's points, urged Nepal to oppose a No-Action Motion on the Third Committee resolution [...] |
2005-11-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC NP |
| 05KINGSTON2528 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 20:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JM UNHRC UNGA |
| 05LIMA1228 | UNHCHR-61 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
| 05LIMA1233 | PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC [...] (C) ... id: 28627 date: 3/11/2005 19:08 refid: 05LIMA1233 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ----------------- header ends ---------------- C O N [...] |
2005-03-11 19:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
| 05LIMA4783 | PERU: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 22:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
| 05LIMA5264 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PE UNGA UNHRC |
| 05MADRID1073 | UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...] |
2005-03-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP UNHRC |
| 05MANAMA1656 | BAHRAIN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 05MANAMA356 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON UNCHR 61 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-14 10:07:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 05MAPUTO1600 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-13 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA UNHRC MZ |
| 05OTTAWA3335 | CANADA'S VOTING PRIORITIES FOR UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) On 8 November, poloff delivered points in reftel with Wendy Drukier, Deputy Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (U) The Canadian positions on each of these resolutions remains unchanged from those discussed at the semi- [...] |
2005-11-08 21:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CA UNGA UNHRC |
| 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 |
| 05PARAMARIBO734 | SURINAME - UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Frederick Boekstaaf, who was accompanied by a representative of the Americas desk. The ambassador promised to verify Suriname's position with his international organizations department, but the desk off [...] |
2005-11-10 18:28:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SN UNHRC |
| 05PARAMARIBO745 | Iran Resolution Third Committee Vote [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Frederick Boekstaaf, on Tuesday, November 15 regarding Iran Resolution Third Committee. She urged Suriname to oppose no action motion and to support Iran resolution. Noting Suriname's membership in OIC, she asked [...] |
2005-11-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NS UNHRC |
| 05PARIS1713 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO BELARUS DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | BO FR UNHRC PDEM EUN |
| 05PARIS2405 | CHR 61: FRENCH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR UNHRC EUN |
| 05PARIS2659 | CHR 61: FRENCH ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Donatienne Hissard in the Human Rights office of the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau on April 19. Hissard noted that France agreed completely with our view that t [...] |
2005-04-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM FR UNHRC EUN |
| 05PARIS7667 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC |
| 05PRAGUE1587 | CZECHS VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EZ UNHRC |
| 05PRAGUE473 | CZECH PLANS TO LOBBY FOR CHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff contacted Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding the referenced request for EU Member State assistance on the Commission on Human Rights Cuba resolution. Kaminek was happy [...] |
2005-04-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EZ UNHRC EUN |
| 05QUITO2546 | GOE SUPPORTS IRAN RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered RefTel points on November 8 to Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio MontalvoPer RefTel request, PolChief stressed the USG's hope that the GOE vote for the resolution on Iran's human rights record. After clarifying that the Third Committee resolution deals [...] |
2005-11-09 22:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EC UNHRC |
| 05QUITO2607 | IRAN: GOE AGAINST NO ACTION, FAVORS UNSC REFERRAL [...] (C) The DCM delivered RefTel points on November 15 to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Montalvo, requesting GOE support in opposing the no action motion against the pending human rights resolution on Iran. The DCM stressed the importance of maintaining the Third Committee's credibil [...] |
2005-11-15 22:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EC UNHRC |
| 05QUITO866 | ECUADOR WILL ABSTAIN ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On April 19, PolOff conveyed reftel pertinent to Carmen Larrea in the MFA's Human Rights Office and requested the GOE oppose Cuba's resolution on Guantanamo. Larrea thanked us for sharing the draft resolution, and said the GOE will follow its well-established position of abstaining on [...] |
2005-04-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EC UNHRC EUN |
| 05ROME917 | UNCHR 61: ITALIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) Laborcouns met 3/17 with Carlo Campanile, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office, to deliver reftel points. Italy remains supportive of almost all U.S. positions on pending UNCHR resolutions but will continue to work primarily within the EU framework. Specific Italian concerns include [...] |
2005-03-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IT UNHRC |
| 05SANSALVADOR3023 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ES UNHRC |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2319 | HONDURAS SUPPORTS UN 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on UN Third Committee Resolutions to Irene Cardona, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Foreign Ministry, on November 8. PolOff followed up November 10 with Cardona, who said that she had sent a memo to Foreign Minister Mario Fortin and would follow-up [...] |
2005-11-15 21:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HO UNHRC UNGA |
| 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 |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA817 | HONDURAS TO OPPOSE CUBAN UNCHR RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns delivered April 15 ref A demarche to Honduran MFA Vice Minister AMB Mario Fortin on the Cuban UNCHR resolution on the Guantanamo detainees. Acting PolCouns repeated the demarche April 18 to MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Allan Oviedo. 2. (SBU) AMB Fortin told [...] |
2005-04-19 23:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL HO UNHRC |
| 05THEHAGUE1063 | CHR 61: DUTCH REJECT POLITICAL MOTIVATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-20 07:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NL UNHRC EUN |
| 05VIENNA1062 | AUSTRIA IN LINE WITH EU CONSENSUS ON CHR CUBA [...] (SBU) On March 22, following receipt of ref a, Embassy Vienna provided a copy of the draft Cuba resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau and requested Austria's support for EU co-sponsorship. On April 1, Acting head of the Human Rights Bureau Ingrid Pech told EconPolOff that the de [...] |
2005-04-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN |
| 05VIENNA1124 | CHR 61: REQUEST TO AUSTRIA FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE [...] On April 5, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented reftel points to Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's Americas director. Lennkh noted (per ref b) that Austria had supported EU co-sponsorship of this year's Cuba resolution in the UN Human Rights Commission. He said that Fidel Castro's [...] |
2005-04-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AU UNHRC EUN |
| 05VIENNA3703 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - AUSTRIA SHARES [...] On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department. According to Theuermann, Austria plans to vote with the U.S. in favor of the UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Turkmenistan, North K [...] |
2005-11-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC |
| 05VIENNA840 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UNHCR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 11 to Engelbert Theuermann, head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau (with responsibility for the CHR). Theuermann reported that he had attended an EU Human Rights working group meeting the previous day which had discussed comm [...] |
2005-03-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN |
| 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 |
| 05WELLINGTON977 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 16 delivered reftel demarche points to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the UN, Human Rights, and Commonwealth Division at the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. On December 19, Meyer responded that GNZ continues to support the U.S. position on all Third Committee [...] |
2005-12-19 03:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA UNHRC NZ |
| 05YEREVAN1991 | ARMENIA STILL UNDECIDED ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-10 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR AM UNHRC |
| 05YEREVAN2006 | ARMENIA UNLIKELY TO CHANGE ITS POSITION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR AM IR UNHRC |
| 05YEREVAN434 | ARMENIA'S PLANS FOR APRIL 24 COMMEMORATION, STATUS [...] (SBU) Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian convoked chiefs of mission resident in Yerevan March 10 to preview events planned in April to mark "Genocide Memorial Day." The two main events will be an academic conference, April 21-22, featuring several American scholars, and the April 24 formal co [...] |
2005-03-11 07:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS AM TU UNHRC |
| 05YEREVAN675 | CHR 61: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR USG "LIKELY" ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AM UNHRC |
| 05YEREVAN703 | MCHR 61: MFA CONFIRMS ARMENIANS WILL VOTE WITH US [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-20 12:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AM UNHRC |
| 06AMMAN932 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING AT JORDANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with MFA Secretary General Nabih Shuqom January 17. Discussions SIPDIS focused on the formation of the new Human Rights Council, the UN Peacekeeping Commission, and Syria. Jordanian participant [...] |
2006-02-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ IS JO UN UNHRC |
| 06ANKARA2448 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 2 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul. Ugdul told us that he was already well aware of the USG position vis--vis Iran,s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The GOT is still considering var [...] |
2006-05-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNHRC PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA6377 | TURKEY STUDYING COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AND ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points Nov. 8 with MFA D/US Apakan. He stressed the importance the USG attaches to these country resolutions and expressed the hope that Turkey could support us. Separately, we also discussed the issue of UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, no-action motions [...] |
2006-11-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TU |
| 06ASMARA384 | ERITREA WILL VOTE AGAINST IRAN'S UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PHUM UNHRC ER |
| 06ASUNCION447 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO IRAN'S CANDIDACY TO UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL PA |
| 06ASUNCION634 | PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGEWOOD'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC |
| 06ASUNCION867 | PARAGUAY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 18:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC PY |
| 06BAKU673 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU689 | FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN,S CANDIDACY FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AJ |
| 06BANGKOK2420 | THAILAND TO SUBMIT CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KUNR TH UN UNHRC |
| 06BANGKOK2548 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - THAILAND SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On April 28, POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel A) to the Thai MFA regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The MFA confirmed Thailand's own candidacy within the Asia Group for a UNHRC se [...] |
2006-05-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR TH UNHRC UN |
| 06BANGKOK3543 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 02:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TH UNHRC UN |
| 06BANGKOK4921 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) On August 11, Poloff delivered diplomatic note and Reftel demarche to Deputy Director of the Social Division of the Department for International Organizations, Ms Phantipha Iamsudha. Poloff conveyed the great importance that the USG attached to the re-election of Professor Ruth Wedgwood, [...] |
2006-08-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5215 | RTG RECONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 06:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TH |
| 06BELIZE502 | BELIZE: DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Ambassador Amalia Mai, CEO of Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Belize MFA U.N Desk Officer Alphonso Gahona. Mai stated that she would pass along the diplomatic note and Professor Wedgwood's C.V. to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...] |
2006-06-07 19:08:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM US UNHRC BH |
| 06BERLIN3492 | A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) (Summary) A/S Kristen Silverberg met Commissioner for Global Affairs, Peter Wittig, State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg, Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel, and other German officials and opinion leaders in Berlin on December 4 and 5 to discuss UN policy issues such as Iran, Leba [...] |
2006-12-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE |
| 06BERN1253 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC SZ |
| 06BRASILIA1219 | BRAZIL STILL EVALUATING WEDGEWOOD RE-ELECTION BID [...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points to Marcia Adorno of the MFA's Division for Human Rights. During the discussion Adorno reflected on Wedgewood's "impressive resume" and record as an incumbent, making special note of Wedgewood's demanding analysis of Brazil's latest report. However, Ado [...] |
2006-06-20 18:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC BR |
| 06BRASILIA1236 | BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points to Marcia Adorno of the MFA's Division for Human Rights. Adorno stated that the GoB concurred with the USG's overarching message that the inaugural session of the Council should be devoted to planning and building an effective framework for future proce [...] |
2006-06-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC BR |
| 06BRASILIA1772 | (C) BRAZIL DEFENDS UNHRC VOTES ON LEBANON AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Brazil defended its votes in favor of UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolutions on Lebanon and Gaza when presented with demarche (reftel A). Marcia Adorno, the Foreign Ministry's chief of the Human Rights Division, told poloff on August 22 that Brazil opposes unbalanced resolu [...] |
2006-08-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC BR |
| 06BRATISLAVA510 | SLOVAKIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR SEAT ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the candidacy of Ruth Wedgwood for a seat on the United nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to Slovak MFA on June 1. A close contact in the MFA's Division of Human Rights told us June 13 that she had seen a draft of the instructions to suppo [...] |
2006-06-23 00:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA670 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UNHCR SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC LO |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1526 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1026, Barbados #1027, Dominica #1028, St. Kitts #1029, St. Lucia #1030, St. Vincent #1031, and Grenada #1032) on August 29, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...] |
2006-08-30 17:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1527 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1026, Barbados #1027, Dominica #1028, St. Kitts #1029, St. Lucia #1030, St. Vincent #1031, and Grenada #1032) on August 29, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...] |
2006-08-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1561 | BARBADOS OFFERS TO VOTE FOR WEDGWOOD IN EXCHANGE [...] The following response to Diplomatic Note No. 1027 was received 6 September. Begin Text No.IR/2006/201 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to refer to its Diplomatic Not [...] |
2006-09-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA UNHRC BB |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1569 | BARBADOS PROPOSES OFFER OF RECIPROCAL SUPPORT [...] The following message was received 6 September. Begin Text No.IR/2006/199 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to refer to its candidature to the International Law Commiss [...] |
2006-09-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC UNGA UNHRC BB |
| 06BRUSSELS1521 | BELGIUM: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-08 09:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL BE |
| 06BUCHAREST1300 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] (C) MFA Acting Director for UN Affairs Eugen Mihut confirmed to PolOff on August 16 that Romania would support U.S. candidate Ruth Wedgwood for the Human Rights Committee. He said the MFA had just sent those instructions to NY. 2. (C) Mihut added, however, that this support meant that Roman [...] |
2006-08-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM US UNHRC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1338 | ROMANIA AGREES WITH U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT U.N. HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 05:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC RO |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2570 | ARGENTINA UNDECIDED ON BELARUS BUT WILL SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftels A-C, Argentina's MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations Ana Berta confirmed on November 16 that the GOA has issued instructions to their mission in New York to vote with the United States on the country-specific [...] |
2006-11-16 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 06CAIRO3792 | EGYPT CONSIDERING USG NOMINATION OF RUTH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC EG |
| 06CARACAS3439 | DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-20 21:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC VZ |
| 06COLOMBO668 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON ASIAN CANDIDATES TO UN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara on April 20. The Ambassador stressed the US commitment to ensuring the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council and the need for the Asia group to support candidates [...] |
2006-04-25 07:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KUNR UNHRC UN CE |
| 06DARESSALAAM1068 | PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD REELECTION NOT A PROBLEM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-29 05:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | US UNHRC TZ PHUM |
| 06DARESSALAAM1321 | TANZANIA SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD; ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) The Embassy received diplomatic note Ref. No. CLA 119/738/01/8, dated July 20, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 26, in response to the USG request for support of Ruth Wedgwood's reelection to the UN Human Rights Commission (reftel A). The text of said note is in [...] |
2006-08-04 09:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1375 | TANZANIA SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD; REQUEST FOR USG [...] (U) Poloff delivered points and diplomatic note regarding candidacy of Ruth Wedgwood for reelection to the United Nations Human Rights Committee per reftel A. Tanzania supports Ms. Wedgwood's candidature as communicated in a diplomatic note received July 26 (reftel B). 2. Post reiterate [...] |
2006-08-13 14:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TZ |
| 06DHAKA2682 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 10:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL BG |
| 06DUBLIN473 | NO IRISH SUPPORT FOR IRAN ON HRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 18:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL EI |
| 06DUBLIN664 | IRELAND CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] On May 31 emboff delivered reftel dipnote and talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Section Director Eamonn MacAodha. MacAodha confirmed Ireland's participation at the September 7 New York meeting of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Politica [...] |
2006-06-09 13:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC EI |
| 06GENEVA1456 | JUNE 13 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS [...] Discussion during the June 13 informal consultations focused on the second, more substantive week of the June 19-30 Human Rights Council inaugural session. President-designate Luis Alfonso de Alba provided attendees with a draft program of work (e-mailed to IO-RHS and DRL-MLA-DL), which drew [...] |
2006-06-14 14:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA1468 | JUNE 15 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) President-designate de Alba circulated a revised agenda for first session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) during June 15 informal consultations. Delegates complained of a lack of transparency regarding the agenda item "pressing human rights issues" and demanded to see a precise list of [...] |
2006-06-16 04:11:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA1610 | HRC: JUNE 27 WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP MEETING [...] Summary: The Western Human Rights Group met June 27 to review the state of play at the Human Rights Council. Swiss Ambassador Blaise Godet, the Western Group's Bureau representative, reported on the Bureau's June 26 meeting, at which the priority was President de Alba's effort to avoid a Pal [...] |
2006-06-29 05:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA1637 | RESOLUTIONS ON ALL FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] The Human Rights Council (HRC) passed resolutions on all five inter-governmental working groups during the June 29-30 conclusions and recommendations portion of the inaugural session. Discussion on the working group resolutions took place June 26-27, at which time the United States delivered [...] |
2006-07-03 14:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA1638 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT [...] UN General Assembly President and Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson opened the inaugural session of the Human Rights Council (June 19-23) with a speech recalling why the Council was created and the challenges it faced. UN Secretary General Annan endorsed the adoption of the SIPDIS Conv [...] |
2006-07-03 14:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA1673 | HRC: SPECIAL SESSION ON PALESTINE \ [...] (U) Summary: The Human Rights Council concluded its first \ Special Session on July 6 with the passage of a resolution \ entitled "Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian \ Territory" by a vote of 29-11-5. The resolution demands that \ Israel end its military operations in the OPT, abi [...] |
2006-07-07 09:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA1954 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT [...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...] |
2006-08-12 11:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2030 | INSIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) The newly established Human Rights Council (HRC) \ within the space of two months held an inaugural session \ (June 19-30) and two special sessions (July 5-6 and August \ 11) both focused on condemning Israel. As the U.S. \ Government debates whether or not to seek election to the \ Council n [...] |
2006-08-23 05:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL |
| 06GENEVA2161 | SEPTEMBER 1 INFORMALS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S [...] Human Rights Council (HRC) President Luis Alfonso de Alba chaired informal consultations September 1 to discuss the upcoming HRC session (Sept. 18-Oct. 6), which is expected to deal with substantive matters deferred at the first session in June. According to de Alba's draft timetable, each m [...] |
2006-09-05 15:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2169 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles held a series of bilateral meetings in Geneva August 31 and September 1 with select missions to discuss the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) session. The meetings are summarized below. United Kingdom -------------- 2. (C) DAS Barks-Ruggles discussed w [...] |
2006-09-06 15:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2170 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ISRAEL'S [...] (C) In an open and friendly meeting August 31 with DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, Mexican Permanent Representative and Human Rights Council (HRC) President Luis Alfonso de Alba explained his interactions with the Israeli and Lebanese missions in the aftermath of three resolutions calling for in [...] |
2006-09-06 15:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2171 | UNITED STATES CONSULTATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE [...] DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles and Ambassador Tichenor, accompanied by PolCouns and Washington- and Geneva-based staffers, met with High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour August 31 to discuss a broad range of human rights-related issues, including OHCHR field ope [...] |
2006-09-06 15:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2251 | PAKISTANI PERMREP ON OIC TACTICS FOR HRC -- TIT [...] (C) In a meeting, at our request, Ambassador Tichenor delineated U.S. concerns regarding the Human Rights Council and urged Pakistani PermRep Masood Khan to take a more constructive approach to safeguard the Council's credibility. Khan, while appearing calm and reasonable, laid out an OIC s [...] |
2006-09-14 15:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PK |
| 06GENEVA2337 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON [...] This is an action request. See para 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. Informals, led by Swiss Permanent Representative Blaise Godet, were held September 15 to continue discussions on replacing the existing 1503 human rights procedure with a new complaints procedure endorsed by the Human Rights Co [...] |
2006-09-22 08:20:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2628 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AMBASSADORS REGROUP [...] (U) Ambassador Tichenor hosted Community of Democracies Convening Group (CD/CG) ambassadors Oct. 13 to discuss the second Human Rights Council (HRC) session and ways for the CD to play a more meaningful - and visible - role in Geneva by taking common positions on issues, making joint statements [...] |
2006-10-17 14:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2654 | LITTLE PROGRESS AND MUCH CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION \ [...] (C) The Human Rights Council's second session was \ adjourned without achieving much after three weeks. It is to \ resume November 27-28, when it will deal with 44 resolutions \ tabled by members when it became apparent that little of \ substance would be achieved. The Council's failure was due [...] |
2006-10-19 13:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2657 | WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PREPARES FOR THIRD [...] (SBU) The Western Human Rights Group (WHRG) met October 18 to strategize how best to prioritize its efforts to ensure better results for the November 27-December 8 Council session. The WHRG's efficacy risks being undermined by divisions between the EU- and non-EU members of the group, with T [...] |
2006-10-19 16:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2658 | JUSCANZ FOCUSES ON NEXT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) JUSCANZ members met October 18 to review outcomes (or lack thereof) of the second session of the Human Rights Council (9/18-10/6) and to discuss enhancing coordination on issues coming before the next HRC session (11/27-12/8). The view, broadly shared in the group, is that President Luis [...] |
2006-10-20 05:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2913 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE [...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...] |
2006-11-15 19:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA2928 | HRC: CANADA ASKS WESTERN GROUP TO CONSIDER A [...] (SBU) The Western Human Rights Group (WHRG) met November 17 at Canada's request to discuss the possibility of requesting a special session of the Human Rights Council to address the situation in Darfur/Sudan or of asking that a segment of the November 27 - December 8 Council session be devote [...] |
2006-11-17 14:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC SU |
| 06GENEVA2993 | HRC: PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED DECISION FOR FUNDING OF [...] (U) Human Rights Council President Luis Alfonso de Alba has circulated the text of a Presidential decision to be adopted by consensus during the third regular session of the Council, 11/27-12/8, requesting adequate funding for the HRC to discharge its responsibilities under UNGA resolution 60 [...] |
2006-11-22 17:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC AORC |
| 06GENEVA3120 | Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006 [...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, concerning Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, near Kabul, Afghanistan. This communication has been sent via e-ma [...] |
2006-12-14 11:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06GENEVA3134 | HRC: CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL MEETS OHCHR, COUNCIL [...] Congressional staffers for the outgoing and incoming chairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House International Relations Committee were in Geneva Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2006 to discuss the state of the Human Rights Council (HRC) with key players from the diplomatic community, United N [...] |
2006-12-15 08:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC UN |
| 06GENEVA3143 | JORDANIAN PERMREP ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON DARFUR [...] (U) The Jordanian Mission in Geneva December 15 issued a press release (para 2), which has been posted on the Human Rights Council's extranet page, stating that remarks made by Jordanian PermRep Mousa Burayzat November 28 regarding Darfur during second HRC session were "his personal impression [...] |
2006-12-15 16:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC JO |
| 06GENEVA763 | COMMUNICATION FROM SRS ON ESA EXECUTIONS REGARDING [...] Mission received a communication from Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, regarding a raid conducted by Multinational Forces on March 15, 2006 at the house of Faiz Harrat Al- Majma'ee in Iraq. This communication has been sent via e- mail to IO [...] |
2006-04-03 14:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06HANOI1324 | VIETNAM: WEDGEWOOD/UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 07:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC VM |
| 06HANOI2084 | VIETNAM MFA NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC VM |
| 06ISLAMABAD7823 | GOP SUPPORTS PAKISTANI, NOT IRANIAN, HRC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PK PREL UNHRC |
| 06JAKARTA5551 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) We met May 2 with with Jonny Sinaga, Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to deliver demarches contained reftels on our opposition to Iran's candidacy for the UN Council on Human Rights. Drawing on talking points [...] |
2006-05-03 01:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL UNHRC IR ID |
| 06JAKARTA5779 | IRAN: AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES INDONESIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador urged Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda to press Iran on its nuclear weapons development program during President Ahmadi-Nejad's state visit to Jakarta May 10-11 and during the D-8 Summit in Bali May 12-13, and to use extreme caution in making public statements on t [...] |
2006-05-08 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KUNR KNNP UNHRC IR ID |
| 06JAKARTA7716 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IS ID |
| 06KATHMANDU1429 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] On June 5, 2006 A/DCM Larry Schwartz met with Acting Foreign Secretary Pradeep Kumar Khatiwada to seek Nepal's support for Professor Ruth Wedgwood's re-election to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. The A/DCM specifically highlighted Ms. Wedgwood's commitment to human rights and trafficking as [...] |
2006-06-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL NP US |
| 06KATHMANDU3011 | SUPPLEMENTAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3029 | SENIOR LEVEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NP |
| 06KHARTOUM1301 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] (U) On June 1, PolOff delivered reftel demarche points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood for re-election to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The government had no comment. STEINFELD [...] |
2006-06-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC SU |
| 06KIEV3256 | (C) UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 14:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UP |
| 06KIGALI1073 | CUBA EMBARGO AND UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-09 06:16:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC KTIA UN CU RW |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2112 | DEMARCHES ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN UNHRC MY |
| 06LAPAZ1231 | BOLIVIA: KEEPING IRAN OFF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-08 19:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL BL |
| 06MADRID1080 | SPAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 06MADRID2028 | SPAIN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC US SP |
| 06MADRID2869 | SPAIN ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel A and B demarches to the MFA Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on November 8. Fernandez-Arias said, "You have nothing to worry about from Spain" with respect to these resolutions. He said he thought it was a good strategy to have an up [...] |
2006-11-13 14:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN SP |
| 06MANAGUA1014 | NICARAGUA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN,S BID FOR SEAT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-08 22:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL |
| 06MAPUTO1145 | MOZAMBIQUE: SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 14:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC MZ |
| 06MAPUTO681 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR WEDGWOOD'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-09 07:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC MZ |
| 06MASERU212 | FOLLOW UP ON CANDIDACY OF IRAN TO UNHR COUNCIL - LESOTHO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki in conversations on April 28 and 29, 2006. The FOMIN stated the GOL agreed that Iran should not be a candidate for the UNHR Council and though Lesotho has not made a public statement about this candidacy, the F [...] |
2006-05-03 10:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL LT |
| 06MASERU218 | LESOTHO'S POSITION RE: IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] (C) After follow-ups by the DCM, Acting MFA Principal Secretary Thabang Lekhela contacted post late Friday afternoon SIPDIS regarding Lesotho's position on Iran's candidacy for the UNHR Council. Lekhela reiterated the information in Ref B, i.e., that the GOL would not support Iran for a s [...] |
2006-05-08 09:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL LT |
| 06MASERU257 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 07:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PGOV US LT |
| 06MEXICO2407 | MEXICO: U.S. DOESN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reiterated the SRE's earlier statement that Mexico would not negotiate votes on Human Right [...] |
2006-05-04 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM UNHRC MX |
| 06MEXICO4290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR RE-ELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-03 01:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4704 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 23:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC US MX |
| 06MEXICO4708 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OBJECTIVITY OF UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX |
| 06MEXICO5566 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UPCOMING SESSION OF HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-28 22:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MONTEVIDEO1078 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN [...] (C) On November 8, Political Counselor met with the MFA's Director for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo, his Deputy Gerardo Pratto and acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Beatriz Nunez to deliver ref A senior level demarche and to discuss country specific human rights resolutions. (Note: [...] |
2006-11-09 18:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC KTIA UN UY |
| 06MONTEVIDEO397 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY TO UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-03 19:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL UY |
| 06MONTEVIDEO785 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON US CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN [...] (C) On August 22, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the only available officer in the MFA's office of the Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo, stressing that the US had genuine concerns that new Human Rights Council (HRC) was less than balanced on its treatment of Israel [...] |
2006-08-23 19:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UY |
| 06MOSCOW12470 | COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: [...] (C) In a November 16 conversation, Grigoriy Lukyantsev, Head of the UN Division of the MFA's Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, told us that Russia would oppose resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Belarus and Uzbekistan. He said Russia would support a N [...] |
2006-11-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC RS |
| 06MUSCAT733 | OMANI FM CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S CANDIDACY TO [...] (C) FM Bin Alawi reiterated to the Ambassador on May 9 that Oman feels obligated to support Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council as part of an OIC agreement on a slate of 13 states. The Ambassador urged Oman to reconsider and warned of USG disfavor over its decision. End summary. [...] |
2006-05-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA OPDC PREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IR MU |
| 06NAIROBI2023 | IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UNHRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging Kenya to oppose Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. Amolo's response was not encouraging. Thanking poloff for sharing the U.S.' view, he noted t [...] |
2006-05-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL KUNR KE IR |
| 06NAIROBI2564 | KENYA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] Kenya sent Embassy Nairobi a diplomatic note indicating it will support the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood for the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC). 2. The text of the Government of Kenya's diplomatic note follows. (BEGIN TEXT.) MFA 33/214/001 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] |
2006-06-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI819 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT KIBAKI TO FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (U) On February 21, Post received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note transmitting the following letter from His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki of the Republic of Kenya to former President Jimmy Carter via the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the letter, Kibaki spells out Kenya's curre [...] |
2006-02-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OPDC PREL KE UNHRC |
| 06NDJAMENA822 | CHAD TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post delivered June 9 reftel demarche diplomatic note regarding the candidature of Prof. Ruth Wedgwood for re-election to the UNHRC to Chad MFA North America Desk Officer Adoum Mahamat Yahya. Pol/Econ Officer stressed Prof. Wedgwood's qualifications, and provided her CV with the diplomatic no [...] |
2006-06-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC CD |
| 06NEWDELHI2997 | INDIA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Reflecting the priority the GOI places on participating in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called together resident Chiefs of Missions on May 1 to promote the GOI candidacy. Adding to the previous GOI non-paper outlining India's qualificaitons [...] |
2006-05-02 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNHRC KDEM IN |
| 06NEWDELHI3153 | FINAL PUSH ON IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador used a May 8 meeting with NSA Narayanan to reiterate our message on Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council and to underline our expectation that New Delhi will send clear instructions to the Indian delegation that will be voting on May 9. Narayanan was familiar wit [...] |
2006-05-08 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL IR IN |
| 06NEWDELHI7723 | GOI NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns delivered the points in reftel (a) to MEA Joint Secretary Manjeev Singh Puri (UN Economic and Social) on Nov. 9. Puri stated that the GOI is not in favor of country specific resolutions, noting that this would include any resolution specific to the United States. He said that th [...] |
2006-11-09 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN UNHRC IN |
| 06NICOSIA591 | CYPRUS ON ASIAN CANDIDATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-20 11:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC UN CY |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1036 | (C) DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MR |
| 06OSLO682 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WEDGEWOOD RE-ELECTION TO UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 10:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC NO |
| 06PANAMA875 | PANAMA TO VOTE AGAINST IRAN MEMBERSHIP IN UN HUMAN [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered talking points (reftel A) to acting Panamanian MFA Director Ricardo Duran this morning. Duran told PolCounselor this morning that Panama will vote against Iran's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. MFA passed the instructions to their UN representative last [...] |
2006-05-08 22:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL |
| 06PARAMARIBO729 | (C) DESPITE PRESSURE, SURINAME NONCOMMITTAL BUT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Pol/Econ officers have approached the GOS Foreign Ministry on four separate occasions regarding ref A, most recently on 11/15, when the Ambassador and Pol/Econ section chief personally delivered points in reftels A and B. As with all previous approaches, and despite the [...] |
2006-11-15 19:28:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN XG BO NS |
| 06PARIS2835 | HRC: FRANCE WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR UNHRC FR |
| 06PARIS5697 | FRENCH SHARE CONCERNS ON HRC; NOTE NOMINATION FOR [...] (C) Acting Polcouns shared ref A points August 21 with newly arrived MFA DAS-equivalent for UN Human Rights Affairs Jacques Pellet and discussed ref A demarche with him August 24, highlighting growing U.S. concerns with the Council's lack of balance and objectivity, particularly as demonstrate [...] |
2006-08-24 17:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC FR |
| 06PARIS6436 | FRANCE AGREES WITH U.S. ON CUBA/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU FR UNHRC |
| 06PARIS6511 | FRENCH MFA PLEADS FOR USG TO SEEK HRC SEAT [...] (C) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini welcomed reftel demarche with affirmations of broad agreement between French and U.S. positions on the Human Rights Council (HRC) during a 9/27 meeting with poloff (ref A). Giacomini concurred on the necessity of maintaining country-specific mandate a [...] |
2006-09-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC PINR CU FR |
| 06PARIS7419 | FRENCH RESPONSES TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 9 Poloff delivered demarches seeking French support for defeating any procedural moves that could prevent voting on the substance of any resolution before the Third Committee, and defeating retaliatory resolutions brought by Iran and Belarus against Canada and the United State [...] |
2006-11-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CA FR IR BM KN BO UZ |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN958 | MFA STILL UNDECIDED ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY [...] On August 15, PolChief and PolAsst met with MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Susan Gordon and Senior Multilateral Affairs Officer Roanna Gopaul. Among other topics, we delivered the August 9 demarche(reftel)requesting confirmation of what the department reported as T&T's commitment [...] |
2006-08-16 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TD |
| 06PRAGUE1049 | CZECHS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ON UNHRC [...] (C) Polec Counselor and Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Department Acting Director Martin Boucek on August 28 to discuss U.S. concerns that the UNHRC may be unable to credibly address serious human rights situations around the world, and to deliver Ref A. Boucek said the Czechs share U.S. con [...] |
2006-08-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC EZ |
| 06PRAGUE969 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Czech MFA Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department Jan Kamenik on August 12 to discuss Czech support for the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood and to deliver reftel demarche. Kamenik confirmed the Czechs will/will vote to reelect Wedgwood to serve on the UN Human [...] |
2006-08-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM US UNHRC EZ |
| 06QUITO1106 | IRAN: GOE DISTRACTED BY ITS OWN HRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) PolChief delivered RefTel points on May 3 to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, Mauricio Montalvo, conveying U.S. and international concerns over Iran's bid for a seat on the Human Rights Council (HRC). Montalvo said no decision had been taken on the issue but said he did not believe that [...] |
2006-05-04 16:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL EC |
| 06QUITO2093 | ECUADOR WILL NOT SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR THE HRC [...] (SBU) On August 18, PolOff met with Lourdes Puma, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver the diplomatic note in reftel. Ms. Puma said the GOE will not support Professor Ruth Wedgwood's candidacy for re-election to the HRC. She said [...] |
2006-08-21 20:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN UNHRC EC |
| 06QUITO2811 | GOE TO VOTE YES ON IRAN, DPRK; ABSTAIN ON BELARUS [...] (SBU) PolChief conveyed Ref A points to Ambassador Gonzalo Salvador, MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, on November 15, and followed up our November 8 approach on related Ref B issues. 2. (C) Salvador said Ecuador planned to follow the GRULAC consensus and planned to abstain on Belarus' "S [...] |
2006-11-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO EC |
| 06QUITO2812 | GOE TO VOTE YES ON IRAN, DPRK; ABSTAIN ON BELARUS [...] (SBU) PolChief conveyed Ref A points to Ambassador Gonzalo Salvador, MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, on November 15, and followed up on our November 8 approach on other pending UN human rights issues (Ref B). 2. (C) Salvador said Ecuador planned to follow the GRULAC consensus and planne [...] |
2006-11-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO EC |
| 06RABAT1097 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR WEDGWOOD'S [...] Per reftel, poloff delivered diplomatic note number 183 on June 6 to MFA Director of UN and International Organizations Affairs Nasser Bourita requesting GOM support for the Ruth Wedgwood's re-election to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. Poloff also left a copy of Wedgwood's CV. The diploma [...] |
2006-06-06 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC MO |
| 06RABAT1587 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Abdelfetah Kadiri, assistant to the Director of United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 24. Kadiri noted that Morocco did pass the resolutions and that this decision was made because of the conflict [...] |
2006-08-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MO |
| 06RABAT787 | MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita and urged Morocco to oppose the candidacy of Iran and other serious human rights abusers during the May 9 vote for the UN Human Rights Council. Bourita said that Iran [...] |
2006-04-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MO |
| 06REYKJAVIK226 | ICELAND: WEDGWOOD UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION [...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 13. Davidsdottir responded June 19 that the GOI would probably make its decision on which candidates to support for the UN Human Rights Committee in August. She adde [...] |
2006-06-20 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL IC |
| 06REYKJAVIK308 | ICELAND WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 18:16:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC PREL IC |
| 06RIYADH8860 | SAUDI MFA DEMARCHED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS, CPC [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations, human rights lead, Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, on November 15 regarding Afghan Hajj flights (Ref A), Saudi Arabia's November 13 redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (Ref B), and UN [...] |
2006-11-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EAIR ECON KIRF UNHRC AF SA |
| 06ROME2481 | ITALY SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC |
| 06ROME3051 | ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...] |
2006-11-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT |
| 06SANJOSE2614 | COSTA RICAN RESPONSES TO UN-RELATED DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 14, PolCouns and Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to discuss pending Third Committee country-specific human rights resolutions, the upcoming International Law Commission election, and the recent Costa Rican UNGA votes concerning Cuba. In attendance were D [...] |
2006-11-17 19:54:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ILC PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CS |
| 06SANTIAGO917 | IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points urging Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on May 3. Portales (the MFA's number 3 official) did not address Iran's candidacy specifically, but said [...] |
2006-05-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ |
| 06SANTIAGO955 | AMBASSADOR URGES GOC TO OPPOSE IRAN'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) Following up on his earlier demarche (reftel B), the Ambassador telephoned Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren on May 8 to urge Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Van Klaveren reiterated Chile's position of supporting only those countries commi [...] |
2006-05-08 20:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2771 | DOMINICANS SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDATE, STUDY ILC [...] On August 24, poloff delivered reftel B talking points with accompanying diplomatic note to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen, both requesting Dominican support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission (ILC). 2. Cohen noted that the Dominic [...] |
2006-08-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNGA UNHRC |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3502 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NONSUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO [...] On November 14, poloff delivered Ref C talking points to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen. This was followed up on November 15 by delivery of additional country-specific points contained in Ref A. Neither demarche resulted in substantive comment from Dominican authorities. [...] |
2006-11-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC UN KTIA BO DR |
| 06SEOUL1279 | ROKG SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON UN HRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-19 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL KS UN |
| 06SEOUL1445 | ROK OPPOSES IRAN'S HRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) On April 27, POL M/C delivered Ref A points, urging opposition to Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council, to Cho Tae-yong, Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The same points were also delivered to Jang Hyun-cheol, D [...] |
2006-05-01 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL KS |
| 06SEOUL2721 | ROK WELCOMES U.S. NOMINEE'S CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 05:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC KS US |
| 06SKOPJE413 | MACEDONIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-04 17:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MK |
| 06SKOPJE537 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE U.N. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC MK |
| 06SUVA174 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - PACIFIC VIEWS OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary: We delivered reftel demarche on UN Human Rights Council membership to the highest-levels available in Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu on April 27 and 28. Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu expressed general concurrence with the points made. All four implied that they are [...] |
2006-04-28 01:22:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC FJ TO KR NR TU |
| 06SUVA180 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - REQUEST FOR EMBASSY SUVA [...] (C) Ref A requested follow-up re Ref B report of the result of Embassy Suva demarches to the Governments of Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. While Ref A suggested only Tuvalu had already come on board, actually, per Ref B, Fij [...] |
2006-05-02 00:12:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL FJ TO KR NR TU |
| 06SUVA189 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - TONGA OPPOSES IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 01:48:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL TN FJ KR NR TV |
| 06TALLINN504 | DEMARCHE AND DIP NOTE DELIVERED ON RUTH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC EN |
| 06TELAVIV1720 | ISRAEL OPPOSES IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff shared appropriate reftel (B) points with Daniel Meron, the MFA's director for human rights and international organizations, on April 28 and discussed the issue again after receipt of reftel (A) on May 2. Meron said the GOI strongly opposes Iran's candidacy for the U.N. Human Right [...] |
2006-05-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR PREL IR IS UNGA UNHRC GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06THEHAGUE1203 | NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, PROFESSOR RUTH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-30 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1855 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1857 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC [...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...] |
2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1896 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1897 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC [...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...] |
2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
| 06TIRANA455 | ALBANIA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN BID FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) PolEcon Chief raised Ref A pointS with M)moza Ko.do, Office Director for th% Americas, aNd Saimi2 Rapishti, Office Director for I.ternational OpGanizations at the MFA. RapiqHtI sa)d the assue had been raised at the "highest letElS qitQi. t`e anistry, and that it had bee decaded,QQGithouT [...] |
2006-05-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AL |
| 06TIRANA881 | ALBANIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PROF. RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC AL |
| 06TOKYO1766 | JAPAN DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC JA |
| 06TOKYO3096 | JAPAN "FAVORABLY CONSIDERING" PROFESSOR WEDGWOOD'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-06 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM US UNHRC JA |
| 06TOKYO4512 | UNHRC LEBANON RESOLUTION: GOJ TO MAKE LAST MINUTE [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principal Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki August 10. Suzuki said Japan was unconvinced that Article 12 precludes UNHRC jurisdiction over the conflict in Lebanon. She said that Japan shares U.S. concern [...] |
2006-08-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNHRC JA |
| 06TOKYO4549 | JAPAN EXPRESSES CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM US UNHRC JA |
| 06TOKYO6469 | JAPAN SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC KTIA UNDC JA PREL |
| 06TOKYO6470 | SENIOR-LEVEL DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS: [...] (C) Political Section Deputy conveyed reftel demarche November 9 to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principle Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki. Ms. Suzuki responded later that day, noting that Japan did not yet have much information on Iran's resolution against Canada, but ga [...] |
2006-11-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JA |
| 06TUNIS1761 | GOT REQUESTS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] This is an action request. Post received a dipnote from MFA June 12 seeking an exchange of support for Tunisian candidate to the UN Human Rights Committee Abdelfattah Amor and US candidate Prof. Ruth Wedgwood. Post seeks Department guidance in responding to this request. 2. Relevant text [...] |
2006-07-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC TS |
| 06TUNIS1967 | TUNISIA: GOT REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO [...] This is an action request. On August 2, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting support for Tunisian candidate Professor Hatem Kotrane for reelection as a member of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child during elections in New York i [...] |
2006-08-03 08:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC TS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1540 | S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with South Korean Perm Rep Choi Young-jin to discuss North Korean human rights resolutions this fall at the UN General Assembly Third Committee and the UN Human Rights Council. They also discussed refugees, the Kaesong Industrial Complex and a poss [...] |
2006-08-15 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL UNGA UNHCR UNHRC KN KS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2256 | UN BUDGET: GUIDANCE NEEDED ON BUDGET IMPLICATIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: The Fifth Committee will, beginning Monday, December 18, consider the budgetary requirements emanating from decisions made by the Human Rights Council (HRC). USUN seeks guidance on whether the U.S. can agree to the Secretary-General's proposals, with which the Advisory Commit [...] |
2006-12-15 15:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC KUNR PHUM UNHRC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK422 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MOVING TOWARDS A VOTE ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 3, the Swiss and Liechtenstein PermReps reiterated to Ambassador Wolff that re-opening of the text of the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution to accommodate core U.S. requirements is not a realistic option. They remain eager to identify whether there is [...] |
2006-03-04 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNGA PREL UNHRC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK946 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED [...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...] |
2006-05-11 14:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR |
| 06VIENNA3245 | DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Human Rights Director. Charge delivered ref SIPDIS (b) points to Theuermann upon receipt on November 7. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria shared U.S. views on the c [...] |
2006-11-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN AU |
| 06VIENNA3278 | AUSTRIA ON BOARD ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Charge conveyed ref (a) points on country resolutions to Austrian MFA Human Rights chief Engelbert Theuermann on November 8. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria -- and all EU member states -- opposed, in principle, any no-action motions on human rights issues. Therefore, Austria would v [...] |
2006-11-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AU |
| 06WARSAW1159 | POLISH CANDIDATE UP FOR RE-ELECTION TO UNHRC WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PL |
| 06WARSAW2399 | POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarches upon receipt to Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA UN Department. Luczka confirmed that, consistent with the EU common position, Poland would oppose procedural efforts to block consideration of Canadian, EU and U.S.-sponsore [...] |
2006-11-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO |
| 06WELLINGTON640 | NEW ZEALAND ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] On August 11, Poloff delivered a diplomatic note containing ref A points, text and c.v. to Michelle McGillivrary; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note f [...] |
2006-08-16 05:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC NZ |
| 06YEREVAN1096 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING U.S. HRC CANDIDATE RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] Per ref B, we thanked MFA United Nations Desk Head Varsik Baghdasaryan August 10 for the GOAM's commitment to vote for Professor Wedgwood (ref A), and reminded her that elections for the UN Human Rights Council would be held in the General Assembly September 7. EVANS [...] |
2006-08-10 12:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | AM PHUM UNHRC US |
| 06YEREVAN617 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - FOLLOW UP ON CANDIDACY [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 1 and 2, the Ambassador and DCM raised demarche points on Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council with Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian (May 1) and Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baiburtian (May 2). Kirakossian told the Ambassador that Armenia [...] |
2006-05-03 12:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL IR AM |
| 06ZAGREB1347 | DELIVERED COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC HR |
| 07ABUDHABI766 | ASSSESMENT OF UAE POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 10:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AE |
| 07ABUJA1257 | HRC: NIGERIA CONCURS IN THEORY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-15 13:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC NI |
| 07ABUJA946 | BELARUS DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ms. Janet Odeka at the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's Second UN Division. Odeka could not tell poloff whether or not Nigeria would support Belarus' candidacy for the HRC. 2. (C) The Nigerian Foreign Ministry is virtually deserted at present as MFA of [...] |
2007-05-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC NI |
| 07ACCRA2499 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC GH |
| 07ADDISABABA1438 | DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL-CANDIDACY OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref B points on May 9 to MFA Director of Europe and the Americas Tebege Berhe and to desk officer for the U.S. Third Secretary Adam Tesfaye. Tesfaye inquired about the status of discussions with other Eastern European member states, and asked whether any additional candida [...] |
2007-05-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC ET |
| 07ALGIERS861 | MFA'S BOUGUERRA DISCUSSES HRC BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 9 visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met with the MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Madjid Bouguerra to discuss special procedures used by the Human Rights Council (HRC) to monitor and publicly report on human rights situations. Bouguerra indicated that Alg [...] |
2007-06-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV UNHRC AG |
| 07AMMAN1998 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
| 07AMMAN3917 | JORDAN APPEARS OPEN TO BACKING U.S. UNCAT NOMINEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
| 07ANKARA1101 | UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 08:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU |
| 07ANKARA1111 | UNHRC ELECTION: TURKISH MFA SIGNALS INTENT TO VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI |
| 07ANKARA1151 | UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU |
| 07ANKARA1181 | UNHRC ELECTION: MFA UNDERSECRETARY SIGNALS TURKEY [...] (C) Ambassador raised the UN Human Rights Council election issue (ref a) during a May 15 meeting covering various topics with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan. Ambassador noted that the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia should simplify Turkey's decision on whom to vote for and reitera [...] |
2007-05-17 07:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI |
| 07ANKARA1907 | TURKEY: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU |
| 07ANKARA1908 | TURKEY: IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNESCO |
| 07ASUNCION386 | PARAGUAY ON BELARUS AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: [...] (C) POL staff delivered reftel points to Ana Maria Baiardi, the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Policy, and Terumi Matsuo, the MFA's Director for International Organizations. Baiardi conveyed that Paraguay shared our concerns regarding Belarus and had no intention of supporting Belarus [...] |
2007-05-10 21:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC PA |
| 07BAKU285 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC AJ |
| 07BAKU568 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarches on Belarus and the UN Human Rights Council in separate May 10 conversations with President Aliyev's Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev and Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. (Foreign Minist [...] |
2007-05-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AJ |
| 07BANJUL245 | THE GAMBIA: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN [...] (C) Per ref a, on May 10, Ambassador made follow-up demarche on the May 17 UN Human Rights Council election to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Mawdo Touray (President and Foreign Secretary are travelling), urging the GOTG to support the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia and oppose that of [...] |
2007-05-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC GA |
| 07BEIRUT1539 | LEBANON: "SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM" TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC UNGA LE |
| 07BEIRUT657 | URGENT: REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON [...] (C) As of May 10, it appears that Lebanon has not yet determined whether it will support the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia, and refrain from support for Belarus, at the May 17 elections for new members of the UN Human Rights Council. The Ambassador met on May 10 with Prime Minister Sin [...] |
2007-05-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LE |
| 07BISHKEK538 | KYRGYZ FEEDBACK ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (C) Emboff raised reftel issues with Kyrgyz MFA representative Erkin Atabekov May 10. Atabekov said the MFA had not yet consulted with its New York mission to discuss the election, and seemed unaware of reftel A point that Kyrgyzstan is "not eligible" to vote in the election. However, he adde [...] |
2007-05-10 11:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM RPEL UNHRC KG |
| 07BOGOTA5392 | COLOMBIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] This is an action request (see paragraphs 2). 2. We received a request from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez. Pastor Murillo is well-known [...] |
2007-07-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UN UNHRC AORC CO |
| 07BRATISLAVA119 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT BOSNIA FOR UN HRC SEAT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Slovak MFA Director of the Human Rights Department Ambassador Emil Kuchar indicated that Slovakia will support Bosnia for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. SILVERMAN [...] |
2007-02-27 13:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC LO |
| 07BRATISLAVA178 | SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Human Rights Department on Mar 21. The desk officer for Human Rights Council issues agreed with the U.S. assessment of the situation and passed the recommendation onto the Slovak mission in Geneva. VALLEE [...] |
2007-03-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHRC PREL PHUM LO |
| 07BRATISLAVA265 | SLOVAKIA WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS IN UNHRC [...] (SBU) In response to ref (A) demarche, the Slovak MFA Human Rights section confirmed its consistent stance against Belarus gaining a seat on the UNHRC by noting that its mission in New York will not vote for Belarus on May 17 in the UNGA. Slovakia had been willing to support a theoretical Bos [...] |
2007-05-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC LO |
| 07BRATISLAVA274 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SLOVENIA, OPPOSES BELARUS FOR [...] (C) MFA has assured us that Slovakia will vote for Slovenia -- and will not vote for Belarus, -- for the UNHRC. Slovakia has previously indicated a willingness to vote for Bosnia. (Ref A) I believe Slovakia would still be willing to support Bosnia for the UNHRC, but Bosnia should be encouraged [...] |
2007-05-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LO |
| 07BRUSSELS825 | IO DAS LAGON ROUND-TABLE AT BELGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 roundtable with Belgian Foreign Ministry counterparts working on United Nations issues, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Mark Lagon pointed to precedent-setting steps taken by new UNSYG Ban toward reform and stated that the U.S. was giving Ban the b [...] |
2007-03-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN PHUM PREF UNSC UNHRC BE |
| 07BUCHAREST219 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING EU-COORDINATED [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche to MFA Deputy Director for the UN and Specialized Institutions Directorate, Eugen Mihut, on February 25. Mihut told POLOFF that based on the U.S. support of Bosnia for a soon-to-be-vacant UN Human Rights Council (HCR) seat his office would also support Bosnia for [...] |
2007-02-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC RO |
| 07BUCHAREST336 | DEMARCHE: ROMANIA ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT MANDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC PREL PHUM RO |
| 07BUCHAREST554 | ASSESSMENT OF ROMANIA ON UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) In my estimation, Romania will not support Belarus's bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. That said, Romania will not/not take an overtly visible role to block Belarus unless it can do so as a footnote in support of U.S. or preferably an agreed European Union position. While R [...] |
2007-05-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC RO |
| 07BUCHAREST778 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HRC 5TH SESSION [...] (C) D/Pol chief delivered ref a demarche on July 3 to MFA Director for OSCE and Human Rights Affairs Brandusa Predescu. Predescu noted that the EU members were working from a common position to obtain the compromises necessary to keep the HRC process moving forward. She hoped the U.S. would [...] |
2007-07-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EUN UNHRC RO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1045 | GARCIA MORITAN'S VIEWS ON UN REFORM AND UNHRC [...] (C) Summary. On May 24, Ambassador Wayne hosted a lunch in honor of new Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arguello, with Deputy Foreign Minister Garcia Moritan present, among others. The Ambassadors discussed the importance of UN reform and stressed the need to work together [...] |
2007-05-24 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNHRC UNAUS PHUM KNNP PARM AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1151 | GOA SUPPORTS PRESERVING ALL MANDATES AND BROAD [...] (C) On June 11, Poloff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Human Rights Gabriela Quinteros and Third Secretary Alexis Am. Quinteros stated that the GOA, in principle, supports the continuation of all country-specific and thematic mandates at the UN Human [...] |
2007-06-12 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNAUS AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2094 | ARGENTINA LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG ON NO-ACTION [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftel A, Argentina's Acting Director for International Organizations Manuel Fernandez Salorio told poloff that the GOA will likely support the USG on no-action motions and country-specific resolutions at the United Nations Third Com [...] |
2007-10-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2124 | ARGENTINA WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF U.N. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES447 | ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO USG OBJECTIVES FOR 4TH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN |
| 07BUENOSAIRES527 | ARGENTINA WILL NOT TABLE A RESOLUTION AT UNHRC TO [...] On March 19, Poloff contacted Third Secretary Alexis Am to follow up on whether the GOA intended to table a resolution at the UNHRC to protect freedom of expression and promote freedom of religion to counter the OIC-sponsored resolution on "defamation of religion." Mr. Am confirmed that Arge [...] |
2007-03-19 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PRES PHUM UNHRC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES913 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Early May 11, I contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to raise reftel points. Garcia Moritan emphatically stated that Argentina would not vote for Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He asked that convey to U/S Burns that he is personally involved in the [...] |
2007-05-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07BUJUMBURA676 | BURUNDI: SECOND PROMOTION OF US CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting Burundian support for the candidacy of Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture. Burundian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Cabinet Alain Nyamitwe and the Director General in Charge of Relations with North America, Eur [...] |
2007-09-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC |
| 07CAIRO1381 | EGYPT'S POSITION ON BELARUS'S CANDIDATURE FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EG UNHRC |
| 07CAIRO1424 | EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DECRY EGYPT'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A COALITION OF 19 EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS HAS PROTESTED THE GOE'S CANDIDACY FOR MEMBERSHIP (REFTELS) IN THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) AND EXPRESSED "AMAZEMENT" AT WHAT IT ALLEGED WERE "FALSIFICATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT,S TRUE STANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS" INCLUD [...] |
2007-05-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC EG |
| 07COLOMBO1253 | SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA UNHRC CE |
| 07COLOMBO1267 | MALDIVES LIKELY TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 04:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA UNHRC MV |
| 07COLOMBO1308 | SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] DCM phoned Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on September 20 to follow up on ref b demarche. Kohona indicated that Sri Lanka would likely support the U.S. candidate, remarking that this was "an easy decision." He said he would ask the Office of UN and Multilateral Affairs to answer the demarc [...] |
2007-09-21 07:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC CE |
| 07COLOMBO1329 | MALDIVES TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC MV |
| 07COLOMBO686 | SRI LANKA: NO DECISION YET ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref B demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Satya Rodrigo on May 4. Rodrigo agreed that electing Belarus to the Human Rights Council (HRC) would send a signal that human rights are of little concern to the international c [...] |
2007-05-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE |
| 07COLOMBO712 | SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Ambassador spoke today with Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona to urge that Sri Lanka vote on May 17 in the UN General Assembly for Bosnia and Slovenia -- and not for Belarus -- as members of the UN Human Rights Council. Several other western embassies also demarched the GSL on this issue. [...] |
2007-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE |
| 07CONAKRY515 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION -- GUINEA [...] (C) On May 9, we delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Ousmane Diao Balde, National Director for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the U.N. Human Rights Council and the candidacy of Belarus. Kabele Camara, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, Afri [...] |
2007-05-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07CONAKRY531 | U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION -- GUINEA [...] (C) On May 14, the Ambassador met briefly with Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate (in the absence of the Foreign Minister who is abroad) to urge Guinea not to support Belarus's candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council. The Ambassador expressed dismay that the Foreign Ministry had informed us [...] |
2007-05-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC GV |
| 07CONAKRY536 | U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION -- GUINEA [...] (C) Further to our demarche (ref D), Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate called the Ambassador on May 15 to state that he had given firm instructions for Guinean representatives to oppose Belarus's candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council. 2. (C) The Prime Minister said he had overturned t [...] |
2007-05-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC GV |
| 07DAKAR1025 | GUINEA-BISSAU AND SENEGAL WILL OPPOSE BELARUS IN [...] (C) Guinea-Bissau Watcher delivered Ref A demarche and talking points to Bissau-Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities Maria da Conceicao Nobre Cabral on May 10 via telephone. Minister Cabral said she would instruct the Bissau-Guinean Permanent Represe [...] |
2007-05-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC PU SG |
| 07DAKAR562 | SENEGAL NOT SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 18:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC SG |
| 07DARESSALAAM147 | TANZANIA YET TO COMMIT TO CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania appreciates USG interest in the composition of the Human Rights Council, M.K. Sella, Head of Section for International Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Multilateral Cooperation, told Poloff on January 30. Mr. Sella said [...] |
2007-01-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC TZ |
| 07DARESSALAAM336 | TANZANIA SUPPORTS MADAGASCAR'S CANDIDACY FOR SEAT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Division, told PolCouns March 8 that Madagascar has decided to run for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and that Tanzania will support Madagascar's candidacy. Taj noted that informally the UN Africa Gr [...] |
2007-03-13 08:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC TZ |
| 07DARESSALAAM690 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: TANZANIA WILL [...] (C) We reconfirmed on May 10 with Sule Sella, Deputy Head of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), that Tanzania will not vote for Belarus as a member of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the May 17 election in New York. Tanzania's position is clear: a countr [...] |
2007-05-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TZ |
| 07DILI176 | EAST TIMOR WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS CANDIDACY AT UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TT |
| 07FREETOWN290 | SIERRA LEONE: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN [...] (C) We received an assurance from the Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie, that he would send instructions to the Sierra Leone UN PermRep not to vote for Belarus in the upcoming Human Rights Council election. Per Ref B, this assurance was provided at the time of the demar [...] |
2007-05-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC SL |
| 07GENEVA113 | Republic of Congo-Brazzaville and Darfur [...] (U) Mission has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Congo in reply to our dip note 367-06 informing us of the visit to Darfur of its Geneva Ambassador. The Government of the Republic of Congo expressed its concerns regarding the humanitarian and security situation, and t [...] |
2007-01-17 16:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC OPDC PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
| 07GENEVA114 | Jamaica Candidature - Rights of the Child [...] (U) Mission has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica informing us that the Government of Jamaica will present the candidature of Mrs. Mary Clark for election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at elections to be held in New York in February 2007. 2. ( [...] |
2007-01-17 16:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN JM |
| 07GENEVA115 | ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...] |
2007-01-18 06:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT |
| 07GENEVA116 | ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...] |
2007-01-18 06:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT |
| 07GENEVA1170 | UN EXPERT GROUP ON DARFUR [...] (U) Summary: MissionOffs met May 3 with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to discuss follow-up to A/HRC/4/L.7, the March Human Rights Council consensus Darfur resolution. The group created by that resolution, the UN Expert Group on Darfur, met in Geneva April 24-27 [...] |
2007-05-11 10:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC SU |
| 07GENEVA1371 | Five manslaughter incidents - Geneva 2007 Communications [...] (U) Mission has received a communication from Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions regarding five incidents of manslaughter. It is number 12 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to address you [...] |
2007-05-30 15:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA1418 | Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006 [...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the case of Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, Afghanistan. Letter dated 11 December 2006 referenced in [...] |
2007-06-04 14:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA1656 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, JUNE [...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) held the first organizational meeting of its second year June 19-22 to follow up on institution-building in preparation for the next Council session (Sept. 10-28). In a worrisome indication that negotiations in Geneva are unlikely to be more transparent th [...] |
2007-06-25 15:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA1713 | SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...] |
2007-07-03 09:47:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PINR CE |
| 07GENEVA1754 | Air strike in Afghanistan - #18 in Geneva 2007 [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the U.S. led Coalition air strike in Zarghun Sha, Afghanistan. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is number 18 on the Geneva 2007 [...] |
2007-07-10 09:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA1755 | Death in Custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah - #19 in Geneva 2007 [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the death in custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is #19 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...] |
2007-07-10 09:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA1948 | Ahmed Belbacha - #22 in Geneva 2007 Communications Log [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, Manfred Nowak, regarding Ahmed Belbacha who is detained at Guantanamo without charge or trial. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS. It is #22 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...] |
2007-08-13 15:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA1992 | DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS - [...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...] |
2007-08-22 15:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR |
| 07GENEVA2048 | DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA TALKS - [...] (SBU) Summary: IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees used a human rights-focused August 6-8 visit to Geneva to also address a range of humanitarian, refugee, and health issues, as well as UN reform. DAS Singh also underscored the importance the [...] |
2007-08-29 08:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREF UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA2110 | EU CONSIDERS CONDEMNING SRI LANKA IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request in para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The EU is considering whether to table a resolution in the Human Rights Council condemning Sri Lanka's recent human rights record. To avert a resolution, the Sri Lankan Government sent its Human Rights Minister and two [...] |
2007-09-10 05:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER UNHRC CE |
| 07GENEVA2184 | HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER ARBOUR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she had felt obliged to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran even though she would have preferred another venue, given Iran's poor human rights record. She [...] |
2007-09-19 05:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC IR CE |
| 07GENEVA2373 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...] |
2007-10-11 15:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA2447 | ICRC PONDERS BROADENING ITS ROLE IN DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us of their interest in expanding their work in North Korea. ICRC efforts are currently limited to medical assistance, but it hopes that progress in the Six-Party Talks might create the conditions to increase [...] |
2007-11-02 17:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC PREF KN CH |
| 07GENEVA2541 | UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...] |
2007-11-30 16:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA261 | CZECH CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic requesting U.S. Government support for the Czech candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in 2008. 2. (U) Mission has responde [...] |
2007-02-02 16:00:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN EZ |
| 07GENEVA2626 | Human Rights Council Session Highlights Troubling [...] Summary: The Human Rights Council's resumed Sixth Session of December 10-14 highlighted the pernicious dynamic of previous sessions in which important resolutions were held hostage to negotiations between the European Union and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). That dynamic was e [...] |
2007-12-17 16:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA385 | FRENCH CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of France requesting U.S. Government support for the French candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in New York in 2008. 2. (U) Mission has responded that the information contained in the [...] |
2007-02-20 08:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN FR |
| 07GENEVA551 | RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP [...] The inter-governmental Right to Development (RTD) Working Group completed its Feb. 26-March 2 session with an unusual compromise "consensus" agreement on the chair's conclusions and recommendations that left it up to various states to decide whether or not the report opened the door for a new [...] |
2007-03-07 14:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GENEVA617 | WORKING GROUP ON FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN DECLARATION [...] (U) Summary: The intergovernmental working group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action met for the first part of its fifth session March 5-9 chaired by Chilean Permanent Representative Juan Martabit. Main areas of contention remain the inclusion [...] |
2007-03-14 06:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC |
| 07GEORGETOWN447 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC CANDIDACY OF BELARUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche on UN Human Rights Council Candidacy of Belarus on May 4, 2007 to Jacqueline Hamer, Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Hamer stated that Guyana was currently looking at many different candidates for UNHRC seats, bu [...] |
2007-05-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC GY |
| 07HANOI410 | BURMA: MFA INQUIRES ABOUT NEXT SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC VM |
| 07ISLAMABAD2129 | UNHRC VOTE: PAKISTAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA [...] (C) PolOff discussed the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with MFA Director (UN) Haider Shah on May 11 and emphasized demarche points per refs B and C, urging Pakistan to support Slovenia and Bosnia. Shah reacted positively to Bosnia's official candidacy (ref A), saying Pakis [...] |
2007-05-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC PK |
| 07JAKARTA1330 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR [...] (C) Summary. Indonesia and Belarus have agreed to vote for each other in the first round of the May 17 UN Human Rights Council elections, according to a well-placed Department of Foreign Affairs contact. The GOI has already instructed its Mission in New York accordingly, despite demarches fr [...] |
2007-05-11 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO BK ID |
| 07JAKARTA2642 | SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST -- UN COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 17, poloff met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs, to request GOI support for U.S. candidate Felice Gaer's reelection to the UN C [...] |
2007-09-19 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC ID |
| 07JAKARTA2697 | INDONESIA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC ID |
| 07JAKARTA805 | DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) We raised the situation in Zimbabwe in a March 21 meeting with Heru Santoso and Dicky Yunus of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Directorate, per reftels. We urged the GOI to publicly condemn the Zimbabwe regime's violence against the opposition and to support urg [...] |
2007-03-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNHRC PHUM PGOV ZI ID |
| 07JAKARTA806 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA: HRC OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] (U) On March 21, met with Heru Santoso and Dicky Yunus of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Directorate to urge that the Human Rights Council not take up the question of the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories outside the context of the Mandate R [...] |
2007-03-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM ISCON ID |
| 07KAMPALA780 | UGANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA'S UNHRC MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 06:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UG |
| 07KATHMANDU1842 | NEPAL TO SUPPORT GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07KATHMANDU937 | NEPAL WILL OPPOSE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) I am confident that Nepal will oppose Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission discussed the issue May 10 with Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise. Dr. Chalise assured both the A/DCM and, later, in a [...] |
2007-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO NP |
| 07KATHMANDU956 | NEPAL TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC SI BK NP |
| 07KINGSTON708 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY [...] (U) Poloff sent talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. All relevant officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - including XXXXXXXXXXXX - have been involved in two days of training and have been unavailable fo [...] |
2007-05-11 18:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM RPEL UNHRC |
| 07KINGSTON741 | JAMAICA: JAMAICAN RESPONSE ON BELARUS CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Angella Brown, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to ascertain whether the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) was planning to vote for Belarus to join the Human Rights Council. Without explicitly stating that they would vote for [...] |
2007-05-15 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM RPEL UNHRC JM |
| 07KINSHASA517 | KINSHASA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA, UNSURE ON BELARUS [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post demarched Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the candidacy of Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council. Matondo was receptive to the U.S. argument in favor of Slovenia and promised to pass a reco [...] |
2007-05-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC CG |
| 07KUALALUMPUR436 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR817 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR835 | MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON HRC VOTE, MIGHT STRIKE [...] (C) We engaged with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry at senior and working levels again May 10 to convince Malaysia to support Bosnia and Slovenia instead of Belarus in the UNHRC vote. In addition, the Canadians delivered a high-level demarche yesterday. The Ministry's Deputy Secretary Genera [...] |
2007-05-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MY |
| 07KUWAIT192 | DEMARCHE: SEEKING ASIA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07KUWAIT663 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-02 11:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO KU DEMARCHE |
| 07KUWAIT753 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC ELECTION ASSESSMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 12 to Dr. Hamad Bou Rahamah, the Acting Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Department. Bou Rahamah agreed that Belarus' human rights record was an obstacle to its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a [...] |
2007-05-13 12:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC BO BK SI KU |
| 07KYIV1107 | UKRAINE: BELARUS UN HRC CANDIDACY - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Our soundings with the Ukrainian MFA, detailed below, indicate the Ukrainians are on the razor's edge regarding whether to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Their concern is to ensure that this year's vote not result in keeping Slovenia off the Council (Slov [...] |
2007-05-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO UP |
| 07KYIV499 | UKRAINE: RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC GROUPS IN ODESA CONDEMN [...] (SBU) On February 26, representatives of more than 40 religious denominations and ethnic communities from the Odesa oblast signed a joint statement condemning the February 17-18 desecration in Odesa of Holocaust memorials, a Jewish cemetery, and a memorial to a well-known Odesan Jew (reftel). [...] |
2007-02-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNHRC UP |
| 07LAPAZ1337 | BOLIVIA ON BELARUS' HRC CANDIDACY: PART II [...] (C) On May 10, Poloff delivered (reftel A) demarche to the MFA's director of international organizations. According to the director, the GOB still has not made a decision regarding Belarus' candidacy. In a May 3 (reftel B) meeting on this issue, the director mentioned that Belarus had approac [...] |
2007-05-15 08:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM RPEL UNHRC BL |
| 07LISBON1275 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN [...] (C) After receiving your message, I spoke to deputy MFA political director Antonio Ricoca Freire to urge Portugal's support for both Slovenia and Bosnia, and to encourage the GOP to weigh in with countries with which it has influence to encourage them to do the same. My conversation followed [...] |
2007-05-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC PO |
| 07LUANDA463 | ANGOLA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT BELARUS [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche on Belarus' candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (reftel A) on May 10th, 2007 to Jacinto Rangel, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Rangel thanked us for our points and confirmed that the Fre [...] |
2007-05-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNHRC PHUM AO |
| 07LUSAKA340 | ZAMBIA: EXTENSION OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM ZA |
| 07MADRID1357 | UNHRC: SPAIN LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights told Poloff July 11 that Spain, while understanding U.S. concerns, was "not deeply unhappy with the results" of the UNHRC institution building process. Fernandez-Arias said that the package deal agreed to in Geneva was the best outco [...] |
2007-07-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC SP |
| 07MADRID1767 | SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FELICE GAER FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC SP |
| 07MADRID362 | UNHRC: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA, AMENABLE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 07MADRID514 | ZIMBABWE: SPAIN WOULD SUPPORT BUT NOT LEAD IN UNHRC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Sub-director General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on March 19. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain is appalled by the abuses in Zimbabwe and he noted that Spain has issued a strong condemnation of the abuses on March 15. (NOTE: Text of c [...] |
2007-03-20 08:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHRC PHUM PREL ZI EUN SP |
| 07MADRID835 | SPAIN ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 07MADRID897 | SPAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (C) DCM raised with Spanish MFA PolCouns Rafael Dezcallar May 10 the USG's strong desire for Spain's support in countering the Belarus candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and its active efforts in favor of the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia. DCM underscored that the requ [...] |
2007-05-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 07MANAGUA1272 | NICARAGUA UNDECIDED ON UNHRC VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-16 21:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC NU |
| 07MANILA717 | PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ISSUES [...] (C) The Philippines is "very concerned" that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) may table a potentially stronger resolution on defamation of religion at the fourth regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), according to Noel Servigon, Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) [...] |
2007-03-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC RP |
| 07MANILA965 | EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT [...] (SBU) In a meeting on March 23 with Julius Torres, the Executive Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, Acting Pol/C conveyed reftel points regarding the review of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territori [...] |
2007-03-26 02:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC PREL PHUM RP |
| 07MAPUTO540 | MOZAMBIQUE: ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MZ |
| 07MASERU273 | LESOTHO: UNHCR/BELARUS DEMARCHE [...] (U) On May 10, poloff delivered reftel demarches to Acting Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs P. P. Makosholo. The Foreign Minister and his top two deputies are currently in Durban, South Africa attending an African Union (AU) meeting and will remain unavailable to receive the demarche dir [...] |
2007-05-10 18:54:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC LT |
| 07MASERU277 | LESOTHO: BELARUS - AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH GOL'S PRIME [...] (C) On May 11, the Ambassador raised with Prime Minister Mosisili, in the presence of Acting Foreign Minister Mothetjoa Metsing (Minister of Communications), the points concerning Belarus' bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Prior to talking with the Prime Minister, Amb [...] |
2007-05-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LT |
| 07MEXICO2886 | HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS REVEAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials held trilateral talks in Mexico City on human rights cooperation. This is the first of two cables summarizing the talks, and will focus on issues relating to the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA); issues relating to the UN Hum [...] |
2007-06-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN |
| 07MEXICO2947 | NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...] |
2007-06-06 19:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN |
| 07MONTEVIDEO440 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) On May 8, Charge raised reftel demarche with the MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela, stressing the SIPDIS need to keep human rights violators such as Belarus off the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Cancela who appeared keenly interested in the subject said that Uruguay " [...] |
2007-05-08 17:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UY |
| 07MONTEVIDEO454 | URUGUAY: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) We have taken ref B demarche very seriously. Embassy Montevideo has adequately covered allof the bases with the exception of Foreign Minister Reinaldo Gargano. He is very anti-US and I fear it would be counterproductive for me to directly approach him on this topic. Gargano is the only one [...] |
2007-05-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UY |
| 07MUSCAT453 | BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: OMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC MU |
| 07MUSCAT460 | ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION: OMAN [...] (C) In response to ref A, the Ambassador met May 10 with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to urge the Omani government to support Slovenia and Bosnia for seats on the UN Human Rights Council and to reject the bid of Belarus. (Note: The Ambassador previously raised U.S [...] |
2007-05-10 18:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MU |
| 07NASSAU610 | FOREIGN MINISTER SYMONETTE PLEDGES NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge paid his first official courtesy call on new Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Brent Symonette May 13, outlining U.S. priorities including the upcoming Conference on the Caribbean, elections to the UN Human Rights Council, a Proliferation Security Agreem [...] |
2007-05-15 22:08:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC EAIR ETRD PTER BF |
| 07NEWDELHI1097 | DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOURTH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-06 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC BM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1425 | EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 10:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC KISL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2107 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-03 07:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC BO IN |
| 07NICOSIA194 | CYPRUS WAITING ON BOSNIA TO ASK FOR UNHRC SUPPORT [...] (C) On February 23, Embassy transmitted Reftel points on Bosnia's UNHRC candidacy to MFA Multilateral Affairs Attache Demitra Chrystodoulou, and followed up several times afterward. Chrystodoulou responded March 6, noting that Bosnia had not yet officially requested Cyprus's support for its c [...] |
2007-03-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CY |
| 07NICOSIA385 | CYPRUS TO OPPOSE BELARUS'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CY |
| 07NICOSIA568 | CYPRUS TOES EU LINE ON UNHRC DECISIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY EUN PHUM UNHRC |
| 07OSLO285 | NORWAY AGREES MANDATE SHOULD NOT BE SINGLED OUT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHRC PREL PHUM NO |
| 07OSLO455 | NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NO |
| 07PANAMA772 | PANAMA: NO POSITION ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY, [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 19:05:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC PM |
| 07PARAMARIBO146 | ZIMBABWE: SURINAMESE MFA NOT FOLLOWING ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff spoke with three officials at the Surinamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Zimbabwe (ref A), all of whom admitted not following the issue. All accepted further information on the issue, and one said that Suriname would like to support a UN Human Rights Council stanc [...] |
2007-03-23 20:06:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NS ZI UNHRC PHUM |
| 07PORTAUPRINCE858 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC HA |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN480 | GOTT UNHCR VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TD |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN489 | T&T WILL SUPPORT BELARUS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Margaret Rousseau told Polchief, on May 16, that T&T has already made a commitment to Belarus to support its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, along with the candidacy of Slovenia. She claimed the GOTT had made this commitment &last week som [...] |
2007-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TD |
| 07PRAGUE236 | CZECHS HESITANT ON SPECIAL SESSION ON BURMA AT UN [...] (C) Summary: While the Czech MFA has not reached a final decision, MFA staff are concerned about the timing and tactics of hosting a UNHRC special session on Burma. Czech unease relates to the possibility that a special session could undermine efforts to complete UNHRC institution building p [...] |
2007-03-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA UNSC BM EZ |
| 07PRAGUE310 | CZECHS OPPOSE UNHRC RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE [...] (SBU) The Czech government will oppose the proposed UNHRC resolution to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur in the Palestinian territories. MFA Human Rights Department Head of EU and UN Issues Jan Kaminek informed Poloff on March 23 that the Czech government will oppose the resolution [...] |
2007-03-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC EZ |
| 07PRAGUE507 | CZECHS ON UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The Czechs have told us they will vote for Slovenia, and will not vote for Belarus, in the upcoming UNHRC election (ref b). They have said they would support Bosnia, if it formally declares itself a candidate. But they also fear that the Bosnian candidacy could weaken support for Slovenia [...] |
2007-05-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EZ |
| 07QUITO2219 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.N. COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] (SBU) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared reftel points emphasizing USG candidate Felice Gaer's performance as an incumbent of the Committee. As expected, Puma expressed interest in the USG's support of Ecuador's candidate, [...] |
2007-09-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EC |
| 07RABAT1466 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the points conveyed reftels during a September 13 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs Abdelmounaim El Farouk, urging the Government of Morocco (GOM) to support Felice Gaer's candidacy to the Committee Against Torture (CAT [...] |
2007-09-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC MO |
| 07RABAT164 | SEEKING AFRICA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), on January 30 to discuss reftel. Bourita expressed pleasure that Morocco's human rights record is recognized positively and that the USG considers it impor [...] |
2007-01-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07RIGA143 | LATVIA SEES NO PROBLEMS WITH BOSNIA AND SLOVENIA [...] (C) Latvian political director Klava told Pol/econ chief February 23 that he foresaw no difficulties in Latvian supporting Bosnia and Slovenia for the Eastern European seats on the Human Rights Committee. Latvia certainly would not support Belarus, he said, and he agreed that Bosnia raised fe [...] |
2007-02-27 07:31:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LG |
| 07RIGA215 | LATVIA CONSIDERS RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNHRC PHUM LG |
| 07RIGA326 | LATVIA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS [...] (C) I am comfortable that Latvia will not vote for Belarus for election to the Human Rights Council. The government has already made that decision. If Bosnia announces its candidacy, there should not be any difficulty in getting Latvia to vote for them along with Slovenia. 2. (C) A/DCM an [...] |
2007-05-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO LG |
| 07RIGA328 | LATVIA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS [...] (C) I am comfortable that Latvia will not vote for Belarus for election to the Human Rights Council. The government has already made that decision. If Bosnia announces its candidacy, there should not be any difficulty in getting Latvia to vote for them along with Slovenia. 2. (C) A/DCM an [...] |
2007-05-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO LG |
| 07RIGA500 | LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 6 to Aiga Liepina, Director of International Organizations and Human Rights at the MFA. Liepina was unfamiliar with the exact details of the UN Human Rights Council 5th Session and reserved comment on the specific events that occurred in June. Howe [...] |
2007-07-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC LG |
| 07RIGA84 | LATVIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HRC, LUKEWARM AT BEST [...] (C) Pol/econ chief has held several conversations with Latvian MFA pol dir Ilgvars Klava regarding ref A request to explore Latvian willingness to pursue a seat on the Human Rights Council. Klava, who has been very critical of the council (ref C), has agreed that we should avoid having Belaru [...] |
2007-01-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC LG |
| 07RIYADH1018 | NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...] |
2007-05-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA |
| 07RIYADH562 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HRC [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. (NOTE: On March 7, the reftel non-paper was originally sent to the MFA by diplomatic note. MFA had not responded to the original diplomatic note. END NOTE). Berri stated [...] |
2007-03-20 15:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC SA |
| 07ROME1332 | ITALIANS SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL IT |
| 07ROME1472 | ITALY HAS MIXED VIEWS ON HRC SESSION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini July 5. Carpini said Italy was "not overwhelmingly happy" with the results of the Council's fifth session, but suggested that the compromise was necessary to move the Council forward. Considering the [...] |
2007-07-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC IT |
| 07ROME428 | ITALY HAS NO POSITION YET ON BOSNIA UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC IT |
| 07ROME564 | ITALY WILL WORK WITHIN EU ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel A and B demarches to Laura Carpini, MFA Human Rights Office Director, March 19, and to Umberto Malnati, MFA Southern Africa Office Director, March 20, emphasizing U.S. concern for the grave situation in Zimbabwe and requesting Italy's support in speaking out against [...] |
2007-03-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC ZI EUN IT |
| 07ROME601 | ITALY STUDYING DEMARCHE ON UNHRC OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC IT |
| 07ROME987 | ITALY PREOCCUPIED WITH OWN UN HRC CANDIDACY, HOPES [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini May 9, urging Italy not to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, but rather to support Slovenia and a third candidate. Bencini responded May 10 that Italy was absorbed in its own candidacy for the [...] |
2007-05-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO IT |
| 07SANJOSE202 | COSTA RICA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT [...] (U) Per reftel, on January 30, Poloff discussed the May UN Human Rights Council (HRC) election with Tatiana Vargas, head of the international candidacies division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff noted the USG's concerns about the performance of the HRC to date and encouraged Co [...] |
2007-02-02 16:58:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC CS |
| 07SANJOSE254 | COSTA RICA WILL NOT PURSUE UNHRC SEAT [...] (U) Further to Reftel, we have continued to follow up with MFA contacts re GOCR interest in a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. While Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano earlier had shared our concerns about the negative impact of Venezuela taking a seat on the UNHRC, he wa [...] |
2007-02-09 17:44:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC CS |
| 07SANJOSE580 | COSTA RICA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OIC RESOLUTION [...] On March 21, as instructed in reftel, we raised the OIC resolution issue with Guisella Sanchez, who handles human rights issues in the MFA,s foreign policy division. We stressed USG concern that the review of mandates outside of the HRC working group dedicated for such reviews would undermin [...] |
2007-03-23 21:09:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM CS |
| 07SANSALVADOR210 | EL SALVADOR: KEEN TO RUN FOR HRC SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-07 20:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ES UNHRC |
| 07SANSALVADOR274 | EL SALVADOR WILL RUN FOR HRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-16 19:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ES UNHRC |
| 07SANSALVADOR904 | EL SALVADOR WILL VOTE FOR SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 20:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC ES |
| 07SANTIAGO169 | SOUNDING CHILE ON 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The GOC plans to run a candidate for the Human Rights Council in 2008, but may be open to running in 2007. Per Reftel A, EPOL Counselor met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Patricio Acuna January 31. United Nations Affairs Section Chief Patricio Utreras and Poloff also atte [...] |
2007-01-31 20:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC CI |
| 07SANTIAGO768 | CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT BOSNIA (IF IT RUNS) AND [...] (C) It is highly likely that Chile would support Slovenia and Bosnia for the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC), if Bosnia runs. Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for Human Rights Jorge Tagle told Poloff May 10 that Chile currently plans to support the two declared candidates, Solvenia [...] |
2007-05-10 21:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CI |
| 07SANTODOMINGO1130 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding the Human Rights Council (HRC) to Acting Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing (i) our view that for UN Member States should vote for countries with a strong human rights record, such as Slovenia, and not vote for those that do not resp [...] |
2007-05-11 20:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC DR |
| 07SARAJEVO210 | BOSNIA CONSIDERS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) On January 29, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anton Rill, Deputy Foreign Minister, inquiring whether Bosnia would consider running for an Eastern Europe Group seat in the UN Human Rights Commission. Deputy Minister Rill replied that a Bosnian UNHRC candidacy would be an "excellent i [...] |
2007-01-29 17:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC BK |
| 07SARAJEVO438 | BOSNIA WILL PURSUE UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] Following leadership changes in the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the DCM delivered REF. A demarche to incoming BiH Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Trisic-Babic on February 21. Embassy had demarched the previous Deputy Foreign Minister Anton Rill on January 29 (REF. B). Trisic-Babic said Bosn [...] |
2007-02-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PREL UNHRC |
| 07SARAJEVO528 | BOSNIA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON PURSUING UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see action request, paragraph 4. 2. (C) On March 7, the DCM and BiH Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj discussed Bosnia's potential bid for one of the two Eastern European Group (EEG) seats on the UN Human Rights Council (REF. B and C). Alkalaj said Sloven [...] |
2007-03-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SI BK |
| 07SEOUL1286 | ROK OPPOSES BELARUS, SUPPORTS SLOVENIA FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-02 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC KS |
| 07SEOUL1404 | ROK VIEWS ON UNHRC ELECTION--AGAINST BELARUS, FOR [...] (C) Nick: We enjoy good cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on UN Human Rights Council (HRC) issues and have been told that the ROK will oppose the Belarus bid for a seat on the HRC. MOFAT told us on two occasions on May 2 (Ref B) and again on May 10, that Seoul would [...] |
2007-05-10 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC KS |
| 07SEOUL673 | ROKG COMMENTS ON U.S. GOALS FOR FOURTH HRC SESSION [...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities at the Human Right Council fourth session to Kim Pil-woo, Deputy Director of MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division and requested ROKG views. On March 7, Kim responded with an initial assessment, adding that MOFAT was [...] |
2007-03-07 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC KS |
| 07SEOUL860 | ROK LIKELY TO OPPOSE OIC RESOLUTION AT HRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 05:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC KS |
| 07SKOPJE351 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MK |
| 07SOFIA1189 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07SOFIA589 | UNHRC: BULGARIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SLOVENIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BU |
| 07STATE35404 | EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT [...] At the current session of the Human Rights Council, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) tabled a resolution that would extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967 until the end of Israeli occupation. [...] |
2007-03-21 00:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM |
| 07STATE91539 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. DISAPPOINTMENT IN UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-29 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC |
| 07STATE91929 | CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 091539: [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2-6. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Action requested: Posts, except for Ottawa, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, and London are requested to approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to convey deep USG unhappiness with the resu [...] |
2007-07-02 14:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN UNHRC |
| 07TALLINN125 | ESTONIA PREFERS SLOVENIA OVER BOSNIA IN UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC EN |
| 07TALLINN194 | ESTONIA: EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] On March 19, we delivered reftel points to Tiina Krevald, MFA Acting Director for the International Organizations and Regional Cooperation Division, requesting Estonia's support for a review of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories. [...] |
2007-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PREL PHUM |
| 07TALLINN311 | ESTONIA WILL OPPOSE BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] On May 4 and 10, we delivered points (Ref A and B) to Minna-Liina Lind, MFA UN Desk Officer, to seek Estonian support in opposing Belarus' candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Lind reiterated that the Government of Estonia (GOE) opposes Belarus' bid for election to [...] |
2007-05-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO EN |
| 07TALLINN443 | ESTONIA DISTURBED BY UNHCR 5TH SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO EN |
| 07TALLINN641 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS GAER'S RE-ELECTION TO UN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 07:55:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC EN |
| 07TBILISI1037 | GEORGIA: UN HRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC GG |
| 07TBILISI1079 | GEORGIA: REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON [...] (C) The Georgian government has confirmed to us that they oppose Belarus' candidacy to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and will vote against Belarus in the upcoming election (Ref B). In my assessment, this is a very firm commitment. The government of Georgia is dedicated to [...] |
2007-05-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM RPEL UNHRC GG |
| 07TBILISI2414 | GEORGIA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR UN CAT [...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered demarche to Merab Manjgaladze, the Head of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Manjgaladze said that it was in Georgia's interest to elect candidates from democratic countries to the UN Committee Against Torture, and therefore Georgia would [...] |
2007-09-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC GG |
| 07TEGUCIGALPA803 | AMBASSADOR FORD DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Ambassador Ford delivered demarche (reftel) to Honduran Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez on May 10, 2007. The Foreign Minister responded that Honduras will support the bids of Slovenia and Bosnia for the UN Human Rights Council in New York on May 17. He also said that he would convey his [...] |
2007-05-10 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC HO |
| 07TELAVIV1363 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: ISRAEL TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC IS |
| 07TELAVIV900 | ADDITIONAL GOI CONCERNS WITH THE UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC IS |
| 07THEHAGUE366 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO BOSNIAN AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to Pieter van der Vliet, Head of Political and Legal Affairs, MFA UN and IFIs Department. Van der Vliet had not yet heard of the Bosnian run but speculated that, given the current pool of candidates, the Dutch would back the bid. The Netherland [...] |
2007-02-27 16:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
| 07THEHAGUE406 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: LUKEWARM ON U.S. SUGGESTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to new MFA Human Rights Division Head, Maryem van de Heuvel (who recently returned from an assignment in Brussels) and Human Rights Policy Officer Joris Geeven, March 6. Van de Heuvel said she had not previously heard that the U.S. was pushing for an HRC s [...] |
2007-03-06 16:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC NL |
| 07THEHAGUE849 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: BELARUS CANDIDACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs Division, UN and IFIs Department, Dutch MFA. 2. (C) Van der Vliet stated that the Netherlands is fully occupied with its own campaign for re-election to the HRC and is wary of campaign [...] |
2007-05-04 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
| 07TOKYO1214 | ZIMBABWE: JAPAN TO CONSULT WITH U.S. MISSION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL ZI JA |
| 07TOKYO1315 | JAPAN AGAINST EXTENSION OF UNHRC MISSION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNHRC PHUM JA |
| 07TOKYO1950 | JAPAN OPPOSES BELARUS BID FOR HRC, UNCOMMITTED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-01 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JA |
| 07TOKYO2054 | JAPAN WANTS ALL UNHRC SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EUN JA |
| 07TOKYO4560 | JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT GAER FOR UNCAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JA |
| 07TOKYO795 | ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY: AMBASSADOR REES' [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the United States need to work together to reduce the systematic sexual violence against women in Burma, Ambassador Rees told Japanese officials during his February 8-9 Tokyo meetings. Japan shares U.S. concerns about human rights in Burma, but prefers a softer approa [...] |
2007-02-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNSC BM JA |
| 07TUNIS590 | UNHRC: TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR BELARUS CANNOT BE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission on May 10 delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Director Holla Bachtobji, who served at the Tunisian Mission in Geneva prior to taking up her current position, and at the GOT's UN Mission in New York prior to that. Embassy has also double-tracked the demarche, [...] |
2007-05-11 18:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TS |
| 07ULAANBAATAR285 | Mongolia Undecided on UNHRC Vote, But Mulling Belarus [...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia cast its vote for Slovenia and Bosnia, and to not vote for Belarus to join the UN Human Rights Council. 2. (SBU) Enkhtsetseg responded that Mongolia ha [...] |
2007-05-16 04:41:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC MG BO |
| 07ULAANBAATAR57 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MONGOLIA DOES NOT INTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-01 07:00:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC MG |
| 07USEUBRUSSELS1564 | EU ASSESSMENT OF UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The European Union will not openly endorse specific candidates for the Human Rights Council, but the German Presidency has circulated a letter to other missions in New York stating that it only supports countries with good records on human rights issues. In conversations May 10, Nicole Re [...] |
2007-05-10 15:51:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EUN |
| 07VATICAN140 | HOLY SEE: FELICE GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-01 11:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC VT |
| 07VIENNA1197 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- AUSTRIA OPPOSES BELARUS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to Engelbert Theuermann, the head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau. 2. (C) Theuermann said that while EU lobbying efforts on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) did not name Belarus, the criteria that the EU Political and Securi [...] |
2007-05-09 08:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AU |
| 07VIENNA1814 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNHRC FIFTH SESSION [...] (SBU) On July 5, EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the HRC fifth session to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann said that the GoA was disappointed with the number of unsatisfactory outcomes. He cited the expiration of the country-specif [...] |
2007-07-09 11:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EUN UNHRC AU |
| 07VIENNA2447 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 07:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC AU |
| 07VIENNA492 | AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding UNHRC EEG candidates on February 26 to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann agreed it was important to have strong democracies occupy as many seats as possible on the Council. Theuermann added that the Go [...] |
2007-02-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07VIENNA722 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, acting Middle East director in the Austrian MFA, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's Near East Director. We argued that the review of the mandate of the special rapporteur should take place in the working group that is re [...] |
2007-03-22 07:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNHRC PHUM AU |
| 07VIENTIANE382 | UNHCR MEMBER VOTE: LAO POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador presented text of non-paper on upcoming UNHRC membership voting, including USG support for Slovenia and Bosnia as preferred members vice Belarus, to Lao Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha on May 10. The Vice Foreign Minister said the Ministry would consider the U.S. posit [...] |
2007-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LA |
| 07VILNIUS714 | LITHUANIA CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC LH |
| 07WARSAW582 | ACTION REQUEST AND BACKGROUND: USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN |
| 07YEREVAN591 | CHARGE'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Based on conversations with foreign ministry officials and Armenia's previous voting record on Belarus, we expect that Armenia will support Belarus' candidacy even once Bosnia enters the race. Dzunik Aghadjanian, head of the MFA's International Organizations Department, told us May 10: "It [...] |
2007-05-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AM |
| 07ZAGREB450 | CROATIA TO BACK SLOVENIA, WILL SNUB BELARUS AT MAY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC HR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 07ZAGREB455 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) ELECTION - CROATIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC HR |
| 08ABUJA2432 | NIGERIA: UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PREPARATIONS [...] (U) In anticipation of action request (ref A), Post had already contacted both GON officials and key local NGOs and reported on their efforts to prepare for the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for February 2009 (ref B). Both the GON and civil society have been proactively engaged [...] |
2008-12-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNHRC NI |
| 08ACCRA292 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON MALDIVES DRAFT UNHRC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-29 12:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KCHG UNHRC MV GH |
| 08AMMAN674 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION LINKING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
| 08BAMAKO223 | MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC ML |
| 08BANGKOK940 | UNHRC RESOLUTION: THAIS REQUEST MORE INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On March 25 we conveyed reftel points regarding the extension of the mandate of the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression to Pornnika Garnjana-Goonchorn in the Thai MFA Social Division. Pornnika was not familiar with the resolution as initiated by C [...] |
2008-03-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC |
| 08BEIJING758 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 29 DELIVERED TO MFA REFTEL POINTS ON THE MALDIVES' RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE PROPOSED AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S 7TH SESSION IN MARCH. MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION DEPUTY DIRECTOR ZHAO XING [...] |
2008-03-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KGHG PGOV PREL UNHRC MV CH |
| 08BERLIN273 | GERMANY BACKS MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION, [...] (SBU) On February 28, ECONOFF delivered reftel points to Karsten Sach, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation at the Environment Ministry. Sach is also Germany's lead climate negotiator. Sach passed our request to both Christian Lindemann and Marcus Schroeder, who handle inter [...] |
2008-03-04 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08BRATISLAVA208 | SLOVAKIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Denisa Frelichova at MFA's UN and International Organizations Department on May 2. Frelichova was familiar with U.S. concerns related to the UNHRC, which U.S. PermRep Khalizad shared with MFA State Secretary Diana Strofova during meetings in New York the we [...] |
2008-05-06 08:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LO |
| 08BRIDGETOWN137 | MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Maldive's resolution on climate change and human rights were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0170, Barbados #0171, Dominica #0172, St. Christopher and Nevis #0173, St. Lucia #0174, St. Vincent [...] |
2008-03-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08BUCHAREST163 | ROMANIA WILL ALLOW MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08BUDAPEST1026 | HUNGARY TO SUPPORT CUBA CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) In an October 29 meeting, MFA America's Directorate Head Szilveszter Bus told DCM that Hungary has reached an agreement with Cuba to support each other's candidates for the UN Human Rights Council. Bus stated he was instructed by the Foreign Minister to convey the information for the sake [...] |
2008-10-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CU HU |
| 08BUENOSAIRES515 | ARGENTINA URGES SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO UN [...] (C) The Argentine MFA convoked all resident Ambassadors April 17 to solicit support for Argentina's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council in the May 16 vote. The meeting followed up on the MFA's January Diplomatic Note announcing the candidacy, which was forwarded via e-mail to WHA/BSC in [...] |
2008-04-21 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES598 | ARGENTINA CONFIRMS CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, Polcouns delivered ref A demarche to Martin Romero in the Argentine MFA's Directorate for International Organizations (DIOIN). Polcouns expressed U.S. concern about the performance of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), including its tendency to focus on Israel while simultan [...] |
2008-05-06 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNGA AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES810 | ARGENTINA'S REACTION TO USG DISENGAGEMENT AT THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Minister Silvia Fernandez. She expressed "shock" and "disappointment" at the USG's decision to disengage from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), especially [...] |
2008-06-12 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA AR |
| 08DJIBOUTI1036 | DJIBOUTI PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW [...] Djibouti is slated to take part in the United Nations Human Rights Council's new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism on February 2, 2009. 2. The GODJ has already undertaken preparations for the February session. In October, the GODJ and the UN co-hosted a workshop on the submission o [...] |
2008-12-28 06:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV UNHRC DJ |
| 08GENEVA107 | UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: AN INSTRUMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Universal Periodic Review, a new UN human rights mechanism, remains untested but could prove a useful instrument for promoting USG human rights goals. There is general consensus that it should proceed in a cooperative not confrontational spirit, and we are likely to get more tra [...] |
2008-02-04 16:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA108 | SRI LANKA AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajiva Wijesinha, General Secretary of Sri Lanka's Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process, held meetings in Geneva on February 1 as part of continuing GoSL efforts to sway thinking here on Sri Lanka's human rights situation. Meeting with Ambassador Tichenor, Wijesinha cr [...] |
2008-02-04 17:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UNHRC CE |
| 08GENEVA111 | OHCHR FACT-FINDING MISSION TO KENYA AHEAD, HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will depart February 6 for an approximately three-week fact-finding mission to Kenya. The mandate of the relatively low-level mission is to focus on human rights, including accountability for the recent violence, and [...] |
2008-02-05 14:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC KE |
| 08GENEVA1127 | GENEVA REACTIONS TO EVENTS IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: While some Geneva diplomats have begun to discuss the possibility of calling a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Gaza, it currently seems likely that there will not be any session before next week at the earliest. Both Palestinian and Egyptian [...] |
2008-12-29 15:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC IS |
| 08GENEVA153 | LOOKING TOWARD SELECTING THE NEXT UN HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, tendered her resignation to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon several months ago, according to a well-informed Mission contact at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). SYG Ban asked Arbour to exte [...] |
2008-02-28 13:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA155 | AFRICA GROUP AND OIC FACE OFF AGAINST EU IN DURBAN [...] SUMMARY: The inaugural week-long meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards displayed the irreconcilable rifts between the European Union (EU) and the African Group (AG) and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) approaches to racism issues. Nothing less [...] |
2008-02-29 15:11:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA158 | UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: GEARING UP FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council passed a major hurdle to getting its new Universal Periodic Review mechanism underway when it selected "troikas" on February 28 for the first two tranches of country reviews. This came after disagreements over the selection process were finally resolved, [...] |
2008-03-02 10:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA180 | SRI LANKA CONTINUES TO RESIST PRESSURE IN HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU continues to hold out the prospect of tabling a resolution critical of Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council, but it has failed to pressure the GoSL into dropping its opposition to establishing an independent presence on the ground of the Office of the High Commissioner fo [...] |
2008-03-10 17:25:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC CE |
| 08GENEVA220 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TIBET STATEMENT IN HUMAN [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Eva Tomic, Political Counselor at the Slovenian Mission in Geneva, on the morning of March 24. Tomic said she would pass the content of our demarche to EU PermReps ahead of their meeting, to be held on the morning of March 25, at which they will decid [...] |
2008-03-24 12:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA254 | UKRAINE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON "HOLODOMOR" AT [...] (SBU) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Ukraine's Kyiv-based ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mykola Maimeskoul, said his government was interested in proposing a resolution at the September session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Holodomor, the Great Famine of the early 1930s. Mai [...] |
2008-04-04 10:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA256 | OIC POWER PLAY DOMINATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh session of the Human Rights \ Council, which ran March 3-28 with an April 1 extension, \ highlighted the power of the Organization of the Islamic \ Conference (OIC) in that still evolving body. The session's \ defining moment came in the closing minutes of its last \ sche [...] |
2008-04-04 15:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA311 | UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: FUTURE UNCERTAIN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Human Rights Council kicked off its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with an April 7-18 session that examined the human rights behavior of an initial tranche of sixteen countries. It is too early to fully assess UPR's value, but the initial session revealed some of the mec [...] |
2008-04-25 15:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA320 | RAISING ZIMBABWE IN GENEVA UN INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is considering ways to further influence the situation in Zimbabwe. Responding to the Ambassador's April 29 demarche, Deputy High Commissioner Kang said the proposal to appoint a special human rights envoy was among se [...] |
2008-04-29 16:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XA ZI AU UNHRC ELAB |
| 08GENEVA360 | GENEVA-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES FIND IT TOUGH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's Mission in Geneva has taken a hard line on Geneva-based UN bodies' efforts to address the situation in the country. In a meeting with officials of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Zimbabwe's ambassador here had harsh words for High Commiss [...] |
2008-05-16 15:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF UNHRC ELAB ZI |
| 08GENEVA392 | HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the right to food, called by more than 30 countries, took place on May 23. Per reftel, USDel attended as notetaker only. The session featured interventions from many countries, as well as from international organizations and other U [...] |
2008-05-29 17:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC EAGR EAID FAO |
| 08GENEVA410 | SPECIAL ENVOY ON ANTI-SEMITISM RICKMAN MEETS [...] Summary: On the margins of a conference in Geneva on the Durban Review Conference, Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman held meetings on May 26 and 27 with leaders of the Jewish community, representatives of the Geneva cantonal government, and officials from other UN missions and the [...] |
2008-06-03 16:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA419 | NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tomas Ojea Quintana, who recently assumed the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Myanmar, told us June 4 that he has much to learn about that country but is determined to use his experience as an Argentine human rights lawyer to press hard for democ [...] |
2008-06-05 14:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR UNHRC BM |
| 08GENEVA424 | OHCHR'S CONTINUED EFFORTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) sees its principal challenge as being to press Zimbabwe in public as hard as it can on human rights without jeopardizing its ability to continue its works on the ground there. Despite expressing reservations to the DCM [...] |
2008-06-06 10:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC ZI |
| 08GENEVA446 | RESPONSES IN GENEVA TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Mission officers deployed \ reftel language in discussions with numerous delegations \ concerning the new USG posture toward the Human Rights \ Council. Most delegations with whom we spoke agreed that the \ Council was seriously flawed. While a few, notably Poland [...] |
2008-06-13 15:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC PINR |
| 08GENEVA455 | ADDRESSING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the elimination in March of the mandate of the Independent Expert on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Geneva-based human rights bodies are seeking new ways to address the situation in that country. There is little prospect for significant action in the Human Rights Cou [...] |
2008-06-16 14:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA489 | FIRST RAFT OF UPR RESOLUTIONS OFFERS VANTAGE POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) completed its first experience with one of its key innovations, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, in its June 2008 Eighth Session. The Council adopted consensus resolutions on each of the 32 UPR reviews conducted so far. There was sig [...] |
2008-06-26 14:00:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA495 | EFFECTS OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council's Eighth Session, which ran from June 3-18, featured renewed efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to weaken human rights instruments, although with less drama than in previous sessions. In cases w [...] |
2008-06-30 16:30:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA498 | NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARTIN UHOMOIBHI \ [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Permanent Representative to the \ UN in Geneva, Martin Uhomoibhi, was formally elected \ President of the UN Human Rights Council June 18. His \ nomination by the African Group to serve as the Council's \ President for the 2008-2009 session had been contested from \ within [...] |
2008-07-01 12:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNHRC PHUM PINR NI |
| 08GENEVA504 | EGYPT'S AMBASSADOR SHOUKRY AND HIS AGGRESSIVE \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's \ delegation in Geneva has stood out for its activist and at \ times aggressive approach to Geneva multilateral diplomacy, \ in pursuit of goals the U.S. does not support. This has been \ most noticeable in the Human Rights Council, where Egyp [...] |
2008-07-02 17:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR UNHRC EG |
| 08GENEVA511 | NEW OPT SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR RICHARD FALK [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, took the Human Rights Council by surprise in his first appearance before the body June 16 by proposing that his mandate be expanded to include violations of international humanitarian law [...] |
2008-07-03 15:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC IS |
| 08GENEVA515 | NGOS CONTINUE TO USE UPR PROCESS TO PRESS SRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the government of Sri Lanka and its critics implemented the same strategy in the plenary session of Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as they had in the working group phase of that newly-created mechanism. Defending itself against criticism leveled at it in both [...] |
2008-07-07 11:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNHRC CE |
| 08GENEVA526 | ACTING A/S BRIAN HOOK MEETS A RANGE OF OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a June 26-27 visit to Geneva, Acting A/S Brian Hook met with officials from a range of international organizations. With the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Hook brainstormed about innovative fundraising for international organizations. Officials from the O [...] |
2008-07-10 12:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA55 | MANEUVERING INTENSIFIES ON SRI LANKA IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lanka Government is continuing its efforts to forestall action by Geneva-based UN bodies on its human rights situation. Most recently, in a January 11 meeting with High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour, Sri Lanka's human rights minister reiterated the GoSL position t [...] |
2008-01-18 16:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UNHRC CE |
| 08GENEVA636 | STRATEGIES TO RENEW THE HAITI SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The "Group of Friends" of the Haiti mandate of the Human Rights Council met to address their concerns that some countries might seek to scale back or eliminate that mandate when it comes up for renewal in the Council. The Group members focused on gaining the support of the GoH [...] |
2008-07-31 09:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNHRC PINR HA |
| 08GENEVA672 | EU AMBASSADORS TAKE STOCK OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French EU presidency held a July 18 "retreat" near Geneva to allow EU ambassadors to hash out their assessments, in a closed session, of the UN Human Rights Council. Several of the participants have told us that the general view was that the Council has serious problems and [...] |
2008-08-07 16:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA679 | COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 34 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honour to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur [...] |
2008-08-12 07:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA684 | COMMUNICATION FROM SR ON THE PROMOTION AND [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 38 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. [...] |
2008-08-12 13:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA686 | COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. This communication is number 43 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honor to write you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on Contempor [...] |
2008-08-12 13:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA694 | COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. This communication is number 47 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honor to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on freedom [...] |
2008-08-15 15:29:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA722 | COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 48 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. The letter is dated 21 August, 2008. 2. Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to address yo [...] |
2008-08-25 16:19:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA727 | GEORGIA CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 27 meeting, Georgian Deputy PermRep Teimuraz Bakradze told us that Tbilisi was considering using the upcoming Human Rights Council session to criticize Russia over recent events in Georgia, although no decision had yet been taken. It remains unclear whether Russia w [...] |
2008-08-27 16:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC GG |
| 08GENEVA759 | RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's ambassador used the September 8 opening session of the Human Rights Council to criticize Georgia, which he accused of engaging in genocide. Georgia plans to respond on September 9, but to avoid getting into a retaliatory exchange, including charges and counter-charges, [...] |
2008-09-08 16:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU |
| 08GENEVA773 | COMMUNICATION FROM UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, [...] (U) Mission has received a communication from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston, dated September 12, 2008. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO/RHS. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to ad [...] |
2008-09-16 09:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA790 | FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first two and a half weeks as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanetham Pillay has demonstrated an intelligence and deep commitment to human rights that we find somewhat encouraging; also encouraging, from our perspective, were her initial, positive comments a [...] |
2008-09-18 14:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA800 | COMMUNICATION FROM UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE [...] (U) Mission has received a communication from Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, dated 18 September 2008. This communication has been sent via e-mai [...] |
2008-09-22 15:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA803 | GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: AFTER A [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an initial burst of activity regarding the Georgia crisis in the early days of the UN Human Rights Council's current session, the Council took up the issue again on September 16-17. The plenary discussions featured harsh words from the Russian delegation and a more measured [...] |
2008-09-23 15:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU |
| 08GENEVA816 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON BEIT HANOUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a departure from their past practice, all seven of the EU's Council members voted "no" on the latest resolution on Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) during the recently completed session of the HRC. Several EU ambassadors told Ambassador Tichenor t [...] |
2008-09-30 09:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA882 | COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON BAD NEIGHBORS, GRULAC, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombian Ambassador to the UN in Geneva and soon-to-be-appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Clemencia Forero Ucros, called on Ambassador Tichenor on October 7 to present Colombia's forthcoming submission under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and to explain Colomb [...] |
2008-10-23 14:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC CO |
| 08GENEVA89 | RENEWED CHALLENGES TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF OHCHR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Countries seeking to weaken the independence of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have been stepping up their efforts. They did so most strikingly when High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour presented OHCHR's new Strategic Management Plan [...] |
2008-01-31 06:55:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA915 | UK MAY CONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK ambassador in Geneva privately told the Charge on October 31 that HMG might withdraw from the Durban process early in 2009 if that process did not improve and UK redlines were crossed. In that and a previous meeting, the UK delegation said that maintaining EU consensus o [...] |
2008-11-03 16:30:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UK |
| 08GENEVA96 | UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: UN'S NEW HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the UN's newest human rights mechanism, remains set to get underway in April, but concerns are emerging that many unresolved issues involving its modalities might lead to a delay. Already, countries of the African Group and others have blocke [...] |
2008-02-01 11:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA993 | CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING [...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...] |
2008-11-20 15:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC |
| 08JAKARTA913 | INDONESIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON HRC [...] (C) On May 7, DepPol/C conveyed points in reftel to an official in the Directorate for Human Rights, Department of Foreign Affairs. The official agreed that the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) could be more effective if more strong democracies were to win seats on the HRC, and pledged to conv [...] |
2008-05-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08KINSHASA178 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Mandate of the Independent [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo said that the DRC will not/not support the renewal of the mandate of Independent Expert Titinga [...] |
2008-02-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC CG |
| 08KYIV869 | UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) We confirmed on May 7, per ref A inquiry, that Ukraine is seeking re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with Iryna Kachenko, UN Desk Officer for elections in the MFA's International Organizations Division. We also conveyed the USG position expressing deep concern about the [...] |
2008-05-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08LAPAZ505 | BOLIVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON MALDIVES' [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-05 21:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC BL |
| 08MADRID519 | SPANISH FEELING GOOD ABOUT UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA Human Rights Office believes France and Spain are poised to win the two WEOG seats on the UN Human Rights Council. Deputy DG Fernandez-Arias asked for U.S. support and also asked that the U.S. remember a "debt" to Spain from a previous election. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2008-05-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 08MANAGUA252 | NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION RE CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 22:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM PGOV KGHG PREL UNHRC NU |
| 08MANAMA300 | BAHRAIN SEEKING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BA |
| 08MANILA519 | Philippines Response to Climate Change and Human Rights [...] Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Assistant Director Noel Sancon told us Secretary Alberto Romulo will head the delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Council's 7th session beginning March 3, 2008. Sancon said that they were not familiar with subject resolution, but will rela [...] |
2008-02-29 08:32:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG MV PGOV PHUM UNHRC RP |
| 08MANILA520 | Philippines Response to Climate Change and Human Rights [...] Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Assistant Director Noel Sancon told us Secretary Alberto Romulo will head the delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Council's 7th session beginning March 3, 2008. Sancon said that they were not familiar with subject resolution, but will rela [...] |
2008-02-29 08:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG MV PGOV PHUM UNHRC RP |
| 08MANILA743 | DEMARCHE ON UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RP UNHRC |
| 08MEXICO623 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Area Director of International Policy on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Dr. Rodolfo Godinez Rosales, Director for the Environment under the General Direction of Global Themes, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SR [...] |
2008-03-03 23:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | MV MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC KGHG |
| 08MEXICO866 | RETAINING THE MANDATE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-26 22:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC |
| 08MONTEVIDEO113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Dr. Elsa Borges, on February 29, 2008. The GOU did not immediately offer a substantive response. 2. Post will provide any further response septel. Baxter [...] |
2008-03-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC UY |
| 08MONTEVIDEO155 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RETAINING THE MANDATE OF THE [...] (C) On March 24, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's acting Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and to the MFA's Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. The officials acknowledged that Uruguay had once voted for the UNGA defamation but then abstained [...] |
2008-03-25 21:00:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNHRC UY |
| 08MONTEVIDEO716 | URUGUAY PREPARING FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW BY [...] (U) On December 16 and 17, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Laura Dupuy and President of Amnesty International Marisa Ruiz. Both parties reported wide-spread awareness of the May review. The MFA indicated that they are currently compiling their submission. [...] |
2008-12-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNHRC UY |
| 08NDJAMENA584 | CHAD - UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN [...] SUMMARY: Three of the four human rights NGOs contacted by Embassy N'Djamena are aware of and have contributed to the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review. Given that the three human rights organizations are not even the major Chadian human rights NGOs, it seems that the mechani [...] |
2008-12-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF UNHRC CHAD |
| 08OTTAWA1567 | CANADA'S UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Human Rights Victoria Berry and Policy Officer for Human Rights Daniel Ulmer, the Canadian government will soon submit a 20 page report for the Human Rights Council's February 3rd Universal Periodic Re [...] |
2008-12-18 19:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC CA |
| 08PARAMARIBO90 | MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarche to Terry Shameem, official at the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname. Shameen had no immediate comment. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...] |
2008-03-03 18:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC HR |
| 08PARIS15 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met in Paris on December 21 with her French counterpart, Sylvie Bermann. They discussed a range of issues currently before the UN Security Council (UNSC). Bermann pushed for a UNSC endorsemen [...] |
2008-01-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA EUN UNHRC FR |
| 08ROME261 | ITALY ON UNHRC DRAFT CLIMATE CHANGE RESOLUTION: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KGHG PGOV PREL UNHRC MV IT |
| 08SANJOSE183 | COSTA RICA COMMITTED TO RESOLUTION ON MALDIVES [...] (SBU) On February 28 we met with Randolf Coto, Coordinator of Foreign Policy at the Foreign Policy Section of the MFA and made him aware of the USG concerns regarding the resolution. We further urged the GOCR to consider alternative approaches 2. (SBU) Coto indicated he would forward those [...] |
2008-03-07 11:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08SEOUL993 | ROK COURTS U.S. AND WESTERN VOTES ON HRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) In a May 15 breakfast meeting with Ambassadors and DCMs from Europe and the U.S., Vice Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan asked for support of the ROK's re-election bid to the U.N. Human Rights Council. VFM Kim noted that Japan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, East Timor, and Bahrain had also announced [...] |
2008-05-15 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC PREL PHUM UNGA KS |
| 08STATE13331 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR THE MANDATE OF THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventh regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (March 3-28, 2008) will continue addressing the role of country specific mandates in the HRC. Since the elimination of the special mandates on Cuba and [...] |
2008-02-08 15:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC CG |
| 08THEHAGUE216 | DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Econoff shared on February 28 reftel points concerning USG concerns with the Maldives' draft resolution on climate change and human rights with appropriate Dutch officials at the ministries of Foreign (MFA), Economic, and Environmental Affairs. Joris Geeven, Policy Officer in the MFA' [...] |
2008-03-04 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG PGOV |