US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA4303

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DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION

Identifier: 05BOGOTA4303
Wikileaks: View 05BOGOTA4303 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bogota
Created: 2005-05-05 20:29:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PHUM AORC CO USOAS
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 BOGOTA 004303 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, AORC, CO, USOAS 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM 
AND DISCRIMINATION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 82983 
 
(SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Vice Minister 
for Multilateral Affairs Jaime Giron and lead advisor Jose 
Renato Salazar on May 5.  Giron had not been aware of the 
issue prior to our demarche.  He expressed his agreement with 
our main points, and in particular with protecting the OAS's 
limited budget for use in critical areas; for example, 
Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process.  Giron 
offered one caveat, however, stating that he needed to 
confirm if the Interior and Justice Ministry had consulted on 
the issue with Afro-Colombians and indigenous groups.  He 
promised to provide a final GOC position in the near future. 
We will continue to press. 
WOOD 

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