US embassy cable - 04GUATEMALA3162

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Identifier:	04GUATEMALA3162
Wikileaks:	View 04GUATEMALA3162 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Guatemala
Created:	2004-12-10 18:32:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PHUM PGOV PREL GT IR UNGA
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 003162 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN AND IO/UNP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, PGOV, PREL, GT, IR, UNGA 
SUBJECT: GOG ON IRAN RESOLUTION IN UNGA 
 
REF: A. GUATEMALA 02964 
 
     B. GUATEMALA 2941 
     C. STATE 243652 
     D. GUATEMALA 2819 
 
Classified By: DCM D. Bruce Wharton, reason: 1.4 (d). 
 
1.  (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN 
Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry, to express 
appreciation for Guatemala's vote in 3rd Committee on the 
Turkmenistan resolution, but again note disappointment about 
Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution.  Poloff asked 
whether the GOG would consider changing their position and 
voting &yes8 on the Iran resolution during the UNGA plenary 
session.  Carranza said that he doubted that the GOG would 
vary its position on the Iran resolution (specifically, he 
said "only in a very extreme situation"). 
 
2.  (C) Carranza promised to advise the MFA leadership again 
of our explicit interest in the vote and will inform us if 
there are any developments.  Carranza ignored PolOff,s 
reference to the contrast between Guatemala,s vote and the 
votes of Belize, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras in favor 
of the resolution. 
HAMILTON