US embassy cable - 04ANKARA5936

Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.

59TH UNGA: TURKEY LOOKING FOR WEOG CONSENSUS ON "NEW AGENDA" RESOLUTION

Identifier: 04ANKARA5936
Wikileaks: View 04ANKARA5936 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2004-10-19 13:49:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP TU
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 ANKARA 005936 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO EUR/RPM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, AORC, KNNP, TU 
SUBJECT: 59TH UNGA: TURKEY LOOKING FOR WEOG CONSENSUS ON 
"NEW AGENDA" RESOLUTION 
 
REF: STATE 220896 
 
Deputy PolMilCouns shared reftel points with MFA Arms Control 
and Disarmament Affairs Department Chief Bulent Meric on 
October 19 and urged Turkey to oppose the UNGA draft "New 
Agenda" resolution when it comes to a vote.  Meric said that, 
while Turkey had abstained from voting on the 2003 resolution 
because it was not balanced, this year's resolution had been 
significantly improved.  The GOT welcomed the shorter length 
and supports both the underlying principle of the resolution 
- a total ban on nuclear weapons - and the substance.  Bulent 
noted that the GOT attaches importance to early universality 
of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and to 
resumption of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off 
Treaty.  However, the GOT supports solidarity within the 
Western and Other Group (WEOG).  For that reason, while 
Turkey could support the resolution, the GOT is watching the 
WEOG deliberations and is prepared to support a consensus 
position. 
EDELMAN 

Latest source of this page is cablebrowser-2, released 2011-10-04