US embassy cable - 05KINGSTON1250

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GOJ DISAGREES ON CHR REFORM SESSION

Identifier: 05KINGSTON1250
Wikileaks: View 05KINGSTON1250 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kingston
Created: 2005-05-12 18:45:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PHUM JM UNCHR
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 KINGSTON 001250 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT) 
DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR IO/SHA (SMEHRA), S/UNR (JGERAN), AND 
USUN (MZACK) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, JM, UNCHR-1, UNGA, human rights 
SUBJECT: GOJ DISAGREES ON CHR REFORM SESSION 
 
REF: STATE 082967 
 
On May 6, poloff met with Angella Brown, Deputy Director, 
International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 
Foreign Trade (MFAFT), to deliver reftel talking points. 
Brown disagreed that a working group in Geneva would be 
redundant and inappropriate.  She argued that, since the 
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sits in Geneva, it would not 
be unreasonable to discuss CHR reform there.  Brown added 
that a discussion in New York of broader UN reforms would 
quickly get bogged down in the vast number of issues being 
considered, and that a more focused discussion on the human 
rights body could take place in Geneva.  As a result, she 
anticipated that members would be more likely to reach their 
goal -- consensus on reform -- in Geneva.  In addition, Brown 
said that the costs of such a meeting would likely not be 
particularly high, since most members are already represented 
in Geneva at the WTO. 
TIGHE 

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