Cablegate: Goe Supports Iran Resolutions

Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 10:20 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 05QUITO2546

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

092220Z Nov 05

UNCLAS QUITO 002546

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM EC UNHRC
SUBJECT: GOE SUPPORTS IRAN RESOLUTIONS

REF: STATE 204646

1. (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 only
with Iran's deplorable human rights record, Montalvo said GOE
support would "not be a problem" and that he would consult
with Ecuador's mission in New York on the two U.S. sponsored
thematic resolutions, as well as those on Turkmenistan, North
Korea, Uzbekistan, and Burma.
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