Cablegate: Demarche Delivered On U.S. Draft Resolution

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI NP
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION
"CONDEMNING THE USE OF RAPE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF STATE
POLICY."

REF: STATE 135255

On October 3, Emboff delivered a copy of the U.S. draft
resolution "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of
State Policy" to Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN Affairs
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and requested the support
of the Government of Nepal (GON). The Under Secretary stated
that he was shocked to learn that rape was being used in this
way and assured Emboff that the GON fully supported the
efforts of the U.S. to call for an end to this egregious form
of violence against women.
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