US embassy cable - 04GUATEMALA2964

C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 002964 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, PREL, GT, UNGA 
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS /// 
CORRECTED COPY//// 
 
REF: A. GUATEMALA 2941 
 
     B. TRIVELLI-HAMILTON E-MAIL 
     C. STATE 243652 
     D. GUATEMALA 2819 
 
Classified By: DCM Bruce Wharton for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d). 
 
1. (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN 
Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention 
on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the 
remaining country resolutions.  According to Carranza, 
following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated 
support for all the resolutions including the one on Iran, 
Vice Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez reviewed the draft Iran 
resolution and expressed doubts about its failure to 
acknowledge some positive developments in Iran.  Martinez met 
with the Canadians, who also failed to persuade him.  He then 
gave the instruction to abstain. 
 
2. (C) Carranza said the GOG still planned to vote in favor 
of the resolutions on Belarus, Zimbabwe, Congo, and Sudan. 
The MFA issued instructions to that effect to its people in 
New York.  Carranza said he understood that the text of the 
resolution on Sudan was still being negotiated in New York, 
thus suggesting that GOG support for that resolution might be 
contingent on the outcome of those deliberations.  Poloff 
stressed to Carranza the importance we placed on the votes 
and our interest in the GOG's positions. 
 
3. (C) Acting FM Marta Altolaguirre subsequently confirmed to 
polcouns that the MFA had instructed its New York mission to 
vote "yes" on these resolutions. 
 
 
HAMILTON