Cablegate: Czechs Will Support Wedgwood
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R 161452Z AUG 06
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SUBJECT: CZECHS WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD
REF: STATE 130573
1. (SBU) Poloff met with Czech MFA Deputy Director of the
Human Rights Department Jan Kamenik on August 12 to discuss
Czech support for the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood
and to deliver reftel demarche. Kamenik confirmed the Czechs
will/will vote to reelect Wedgwood to serve on the UN Human
Rights Committee.
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