US embassy cable - 00HARARE6801

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ZIMBABWE: IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION

Identifier: 00HARARE6801
Wikileaks: View 00HARARE6801 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2000-12-04 16:08:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL ZI
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.

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FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7765
INFO NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 006801 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH 
 
USUN FOR HOLBROOKE 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/04/10 
TAGS: PREL, ZI 
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 
 
REFTEL: SECSTATE 227013 
 
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR TOM MCDONALD FOR REASONS: 1.5 
(B) AND (D). 
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1.  (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO 
UNDERSECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CEPHAS 
TSOKODAYI IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON 
 
SIPDIS 
DECEMBER 1.  IN A FOLLOW-UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATION 
DECEMBER 4, TSOKODAYI HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE REMARKS ON THE 
IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION, BUT SAID HE HAD PASSED OUR 
CONCERNS ON TO MORE SENIOR OFFICIALS. 
 
2.  (C) COMMENT: GIVEN TSOKODAYI'S NON-RESPONSE AND 
ZIMBABWE'S OWN POOR HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD, WE DO NOT 
EXPECT ZIMBABWE TO CHANGE ITS "NO" VOTE ON THIS 
RESOLUTION.  END COMMENT. 
 
MCDONALD 
 
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