Cablegate: Honduras to Consider Opposing Unga Resolutions

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DE RUEHTG #1055 3291158
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 241158Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0194
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8917
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
RUEIAYF/ATO LATIN AMERICA

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001055

SIPDIS

DOS:IO/UNP ANDREW MORRISON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS TO CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS

REF: A. SECSTATE 123081
B. TEGUCIGALPA 965

Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the pursuit of a
reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General
Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, the defeat of
three resolutions contained in ref A to the MFA,s Director
of Multilateral Policy Jose Lorenzana on November 21. Poloff
stated that the resolutions noted above are among the
important votes on which we have been hoping for an
improvement in UNGA voting coincidence as discussed earlier
this year with the Foreign Minister (ref B). Lorenzana
stated that, in the past, Hondurans had voted against some of
the resolutions and then been absent for the others, but said
he would check with the Foreign Minister and be in touch with
us. Post will continue to follow-up on the UNGA voting
coincidence of the GOH and report back any updated response
to this particular demarche.
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