US embassy cable - 03OTTAWA2331

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58TH UNGA: CANADA ON U.S. APPROACH IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Identifier: 03OTTAWA2331
Wikileaks: View 03OTTAWA2331 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ottawa
Created: 2003-08-14 15:55:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PARM PREL MNUC CA UNGA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS OTTAWA 002331 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR AC/ISN AND WHA/CAN, GENEVA FOR CD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, CA, UNGA 
SUBJECT: 58TH UNGA: CANADA ON U.S. APPROACH IN FIRST 
COMMITTEE 
 
REF: STATE 217408 
 
(SBU) Canada shares our view that repetitive resolutions are 
not making a positive contribution to the work of the UNGA 
First Committee (reftel), and will be working with us and the 
rest of the Western Group to develop concrete ideas on 
"rationalization."  That said, the GoC believes that reform 
will be limited by the G77/NAM and by the need to accommodate 
our allies.  Marina Laker, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director 
for Nonproliferation, said that the G77/NAM have linked UNGA 
reform to Security Council reform, and that allies having 
only a single contribution (e.g., Poland on CWC) will still 
want to introduce a resolution.  She added that on some 
long-standing issues there is new information/movement that 
should be brought up in the First Committee. 
CELLUCCI 

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