US embassy cable - 05PANAMA1435

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PANAMA'S POSITION SIMILAR TO U.S. ON UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM

Identifier: 05PANAMA1435
Wikileaks: View 05PANAMA1435 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Panama
Created: 2005-07-06 22:24:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PHUM KUNR PREL PM 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.

062224Z Jul 05

 
UNCLAS PANAMA 001435 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, KUNR, PREL, PM, UNCHR-1, POLITICS & FOREIGN POLICY 
SUBJECT: PANAMA'S POSITION SIMILAR TO U.S. ON UN COMMISSION 
ON HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM 
 
REF: A. STATE 114051 
 
     B. PANAMA 1339 
 
(SBU) On June 29, PolOff followed-up on June 20 demarche 
(reftel B), and delivered reftel A talking points on UN Human 
Rights Commission (CHR) reform to MFA International 
Organizations Human Rights Officer Janio Tunion.  On July 5, 
Tunion told PolOff that the GOP's position on UNCHR reform 
and the creation of a Human Rights Council was similar to 
that of the USG.  GOP supports a Human Rights Council of 25 
members, distributed equally among the five geographic 
regions.  Tunion also said that the UNCHR sub-commission 
should be much smaller.  Tunion had been in contact with the 
GOP PermRep in New York, and said that the GOP understood it 
would have to negotiate on its position.  Embassy will report 
any updates to the Department. 
 
WATT 

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