US embassy cable - 05KINGSTON1523

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UNESCO NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Identifier: 05KINGSTON1523
Wikileaks: View 05KINGSTON1523 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kingston
Created: 2005-06-17 12:44:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ETRD SCUL JM UNESCO
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 001523 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, SCUL, JM, UNESCO 
SUBJECT: UNESCO NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY 
 
REF: A. STATE 067937 
 
     B. STATE 089776 
 
1. On April 18, poloff deliverd Ref A talking points by 
telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, 
International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 
Foreign Trade (MFAFT).  Brown's initial reaction was that the 
Cultural Diversity Convention is a UNESCO issue that would be 
appropriately discussed either by the Executive Board or the 
General Assembly.  She reserved further comment until she had 
the opportunity to review the European resolution in detail, 
and to discuss the matter with MFAFT's UNESCO officer. 
 
2. On April 28, poloff contacted Brown for a more definitive 
response.  She offered that the Jamaican delegation did not 
object to a discussion of the the Convention among Executive 
Board Members because, according to Brown, there was no 
precedent for a case like this to be considered by the 
General Assembly.  She added that the issue had already been 
decided by the time she asked MFAFT's UNESCO officer to 
research the matter. 
TIGHE 

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