Cablegate: Peruvian Proposal to Reform Unhrc

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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001233

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR IO, WHA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/11/2015
TAGS: PHUM PREL PE UNHRC
SUBJECT: PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC

Classified By: Ambassador Curt Struble for Reason 1.4 (B, D)

1. (C) ...

id: 28627
date: 3/11/2005 19:08
refid: 05LIMA1233
origin: Embassy Lima
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001233

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR IO, WHA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/11/2015
TAGS: PHUM PREL PE UNHRC
SUBJECT: PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC

Classified By: Ambassador Curt Struble for Reason 1.4 (B, D)

1. (C) At the end of a social event on 3/10, Foreign Minister
Manuel Rodriguez told Ambassador that he would be traveling
to Geneva on 3/14 to attend the 61st session of the
Commission on Human Rights, and that he intended to present a
proposal for reforming the Commission. Rodriguez said Peru
believes that the lack of action in passing resolutions
condemning major human rights violators hurt the credibility
of Commission. The Peruvian reform proposal would transform
the Commission from a political grouping into a Commission of
experts, who would presumably play a more objective role.

2. (C) Rodriguez said he already had some commitments of
South American support, and he hoped the U.S. would look
favorably on Peru's proposal as well.

3. (C) Embassy received a copy of the Peruvian proposal on
3/11. In essence, it calls for creating a new 56-member
Commission made up of independent experts elected by the
General Assembly. Its functions would include: elaborating
new international guidelines for protecting human rights;
protecting, acting as guardian, and monitoring the human
rights situation in all countries of the world; and
coordinating human rights functions within the UN system.
The new organism would have an ordinary session lasting two
months each year, and would meet in extraordinary sessions as
conditions warranted. The full text of the Peruvian proposal
is being faxed to IO/SHA and to U.S. Mission Geneva (POL).
STRUBLE

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