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Cablegate: Usunesco: Ukrainian Rep, Citing

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS PARIS 006632

SIPDIS

FROM USMISSION UNESCO PARIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO
SUBJECT: USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING
INSTRUCTIONS FROM CAPITAL, SUPPORTS CANADIAN
RESOLUTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

Refs: A) Paris 6564 B) State 170909 C) Kiev 3834

As recounted in ref A, the United States stood
alone in voting against a Canadian resolution that
paved the way for the October 2005 adoption of a
cultural diversity Convention at UNESCO's General
Conference. Per ref B, posts met with host
country officials to explain the reasons why the
UNG opposes this badly flawed instrument. Though
Ref C indicates that the Ukrainian ambassador to
UNESCO had the authority to formulate a position
on behalf of her government, she told the DCM that
she had been instructed by her government to
support the convention and voted in favor of the
Canadian resolution.

Oliver

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