US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO689

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CHR/Sri Lanka: GSL agrees to support motion adjourning Cuban resolution on Guantanamo detainees

Identifier: 04COLOMBO689
Wikileaks: View 04COLOMBO689 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Colombo
Created: 2004-04-22 11:33:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PHUM CE UNCHR
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.

C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000689 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SA, SA/INS; NSC FOR E. MILLARD 
 
E.O. 12958:    DECL:  04-22-14 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, CE, UNCHR-1, Human Rights 
SUBJECT:  CHR/Sri Lanka:  GSL agrees to support motion 
adjourning Cuban resolution on Guantanamo detainees 
 
Refs:  (A) 04-22-04 Moley-Novak telcon 
-      (B) Colombo 684, and previous 
 
(U) Classified by James F. Entwistle, Deputy Chief of 
Mission.  Reasons 1.5 (b,d). 
 
1.  (C) On April 22, the DCM spoke with Sri Lankan 
Foreign Secretary Siri Palihakkara and urged Sri Lanka 
to vote in favor of the procedural motion to adjourn the 
Cuban resolution on Guantanamo detainees.  The DCM noted 
that EU states, India, and Nepal among others were in 
favor of the motion.  Palihakkara responded that Sri 
Lanka would support the U.S. on the resolution. 
 
2.  (C) The Sri Lankan MFA Director General for 
Multilateral Affairs R. Uyangoda called polchief later 
and confirmed that the Sri Lankan mission in Geneva had 
been instructed to vote in favor of the procedural 
motion. 
 
3.  (U) Minimize considered. 
 
LUNSTEAD 

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