US embassy cable - 04TEGUCIGALPA2524

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HONDURAS WANTS TO TRADE VOTES FOR ICTY CANDIDACIES

Identifier: 04TEGUCIGALPA2524
Wikileaks: View 04TEGUCIGALPA2524 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Tegucigalpa
Created: 2004-11-08 18:47:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PHUM KJUS KAWC AORC HO UNGA
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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002524 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR IO/UNP, IO/SHA, S/WCI, L/UNA, AND WHA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, KJUS, KAWC, AORC, HO, UNGA 
SUBJECT: HONDURAS WANTS TO TRADE VOTES FOR ICTY CANDIDACIES 
 
REF: A. TEGUCIGALPA 2382 
 
     B. STATE 218465 
     C. OLSEN/PATEL E-MAIL 10/20/04 
     D. TEGUCIGALPA 2288 
     E. OLSEN/IO/SHA FAX 10/08/04 
     F. GENEVA 2780 (NOTAL) 
 
1. (U) This is an action request.  Please see para. 4. 
 
2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran 
Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note 
regarding the candidacy of Theodor Meron for re-election to 
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 
(ICTY) at elections to be held in New York during the 59th 
General Assembly in November 2004 (refs A-C).  The dip note 
suggested an exchange of votes, with the GOH voting for Meron 
and the USG voting for Honduran candidate Dr. Rigoberto 
Espinal Irias (refs D-F). 
 
3. (SBU) PolOff told MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario 
Fortin November 8 that the USG does not generally announce 
its vote for prior to an election, but that Post would 
forward the request to the Department for consideration. 
 
4. (SBU) Action request for IO: Please provide guidance on 
how Post should respond to the GOH's suggestion of an 
exchange of votes for ICTY candidacies. 
Pierce 

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