US embassy cable - 05MADRID2607

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SPAIN'S REACTION TO US OPPOSITION TO ITS CANDIDATE FOR UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR

Identifier: 05MADRID2607
Wikileaks: View 05MADRID2607 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Madrid
Created: 2005-07-12 09:33:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PHUM PTER SP
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.

120933Z Jul 05

 
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002607 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, PTER, SP 
SUBJECT: SPAIN'S REACTION TO US OPPOSITION TO ITS CANDIDATE 
FOR UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 
 
REF: SECSTATE 127795 
 
Classified By: DCM J. Robert Manzanares for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Director 
General for the United Nations Juan Manuel Gonzalez de 
Linares. Gonzalez de Linares was surprised at the strength of 
US opposition to Castresana's candidacy, saying the Spanish 
mission to the UN in Geneva had indicated that the US was 
more indifferent than opposed. Poloff replied that the reason 
for the demarche was to ensure that US policy on this issue 
was clear. He then defended Castresana's abilities to poloff; 
nonetheless, he seemed aware of the source of contention, and 
did not pursue his argument in any depth. Gonzalez de Linares 
did not commit to withdrawing GOS support for Castresana. He 
read over the information on Eric Schwartz, and said he would 
pass all talking points to his colleague in the MFA's Human 
Rights bureau. 
AGUIRRE 

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