US embassy cable - 04ZAGREB516

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Identifier:	04ZAGREB516
Wikileaks:	View 04ZAGREB516 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Zagreb
Created:	2004-03-25 12:32:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PHUM PREL CH CU HR UNCHR
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 000516 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, PREL, CH, CU, HR, UNCHR 
SUBJECT: CHR-60: CROATIA ON CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS 
 
REF: A. STATE 64048 
 
     B. STATE 63245 
     C. STATE 62815 
     D. ZAGREB 409 
     E. STATE 65652 
 
    CLASSIFIED BY: MITCH BENEDICT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D) 
 
1. (C) ON MARCH 23, THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS 
WITH BACKGROUND ON THE CHINA AND CUBA RESOLUTIONS (REFS A,C) 
AT THE CHR TO MFA STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER 
EQUIVALENT) BISCEVIC.  AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE GREAT 
IMPORTANCE THE U.S. PLACES IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND SOUGHT 
CROATIAN SUPPORT IN GENEVA. 
 
2. (C) ALSO ON MARCH 23, DCM DELIVERED THE SAME POINTS TO MFA 
ASSISTANT MINISTER VIDOSEVIC AND CHIEF OF THE MFA HUMAN 
RIGHTS OFFICE SIMONOVIC.  SIMONOVIC REITERATED THE STANDING 
GOC POSITION THAT IT DOES NOT SUPPORT NO-ACTION MOTIONS AS A 
MATTER OF PRINCIPLE AND WOULD NOT DO SO IN THIS CASE.  WHILE 
CROATIA DOES NOT, AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, CO-SPONSOR COUNTRY 
SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS IN THE CHR, SIMONOVIC SAID THAT CROATIA 
WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF A CUBA RESOLUTION SUPPORTED BY THE 
U.S. 
 
3. (U) ON MARCH 25, WE PROVIDED REF E FOLLOW UP POINTS TO 
SIMONOVIC AND ANDREA BEKIC, MFA HEAD OF NORTH AMERICA 
DEPARTMENT. 
FRANK 
 
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