Cablegate: Nam Summit Stance On Un Peacekeeping Force In

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU RP
SUBJECT: NAM SUMMIT STANCE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN
DARFUR

REF: STATE 151212

1. (SBU) Acting Political Counselor raised reftel points
September 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Acting
Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organizations
Julius Torres, emphasizing the importance of ending violence
in the Darfur region of Sudan. Torres said he would
immediately convey our demarche to the Philippine delegation
in Havana. He stated that the Philippines in principle
supported deployment of a UN Peacekeeping Mission to the
troubled area.

Visit Embassy Manila's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm
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