Cablegate: Ambassador Delivers Hrc Demarche

Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 12:20 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 06SANAA1805

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E.O. 12958: N/A
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

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