Cablegate: Ambassador Delivers Hrc Demarche
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DE RUEHYN #1805 1711220
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P 201220Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY SANAA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4396
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
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TAGS: PREL PHUM YM
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS HRC DEMARCHE
REF: SECSTATE 99490
On June 19, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche points
(reftel) on the newly formed U.N. Human Rights Council, to
Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhibbi. Ambassador
emphasized that the council should begin with a more general
and "lean" agenda concentrating on effective processes rather
than country-specific resolutions, particularly at such an
early phase. Dhibbi replied that he would convey those
concerns to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was in
Geneva for the committee's opening.
Krajeski