US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA801

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000801 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KUNR, AORC, PREL, ECON, CA, UN, FAC, Pierre Pettigrew 
SUBJECT: CANADA:DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UN REFORM 
 
REF: STATE 042827 
 
1.  Poloff delivered the demarche concerning the results of 
the February 22 meeting in Geneva hosted by IO A/S Kim Holmes 
with Geneva Group counterparts to discuss UN reforms, to 
Peter Taylor, Deputy Director of the United Nations and 
Commonwealth Affairs Division at Foreign Affairs Canada 
(FAC), on March 14.  Taylor thanked us for the points, stated 
that he would coordinate with Mari-Isabelle Massip, Canada's 
representative at the Geneva meeting (who, Taylor indicated, 
was currently in Washington meeting with A/S Holmes), and 
would advise us if FAC had any additional comments to make. 
 
2.  As directed reftel, poloff also requested copies of 
papers that FAC is preparing on CHR reform and the 
Peacebuilding Commission.  Henri-Paul Normandin, Director of 
the Human Rights Division at FAC, indicated that his division 
was in the process of drafting a paper on CHR reform, and 
that he would share it with us when it was more fully 
developed.  Continuing, he referred us to the remarks that 
Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew made on March 14 
at the opening of CHR-61, which, according to Normandin, 
contained the "gist" of Canada's position on CHR reform. 
 
3.  Shawn Barber, Deputy Director of the Peacebuilding and 
Human Security Division at FAC, provided poloff with an 
e-mail copy of FAC's paper on the Peacebuilding Commission, 
entitled "Canadian Views on Strengthening the Peacebuilding 
Capacity of the United Nations."  He further indicated that 
he had previously e-mailed this document to Lisa Tepper at 
S/CRS. 
 
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