US embassy cable - 05ASUNCION947

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PARAGUAY SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE

Identifier: 05ASUNCION947
Wikileaks: View 05ASUNCION947 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Asuncion
Created: 2005-07-27 14:42:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PREL SCUL PA 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 ASUNCION 000947 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, SCUL, PA, UNESCO 
SUBJECT: PARAGUAY SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD 
HERITAGE COMMITTEE 
 
REF: A. ASUNCION 889 
     B. STATE 122739 
 
(SBU) On July 19, Foreign Minister Leila Rachid contacted the 
Ambassador to advise him that Paraguay would be pleased to 
support the USG in its candidacy for a seat on the World 
Heritage Committee (WHC), but the Ministry of Education must 
pay Paraguay's arrears to UNESCO to regain its voting 
privileges.  Paraguay owes USD 300,000 in arrears.  Rachid 
added that Paraguay would like the USG to support their 
candidacy for a position on the Economic and Social Committee 
(ECOSOC).  She did not explicitly condition Paraguay,s 
support for our WHC candidacy, but her mentioning both in the 
same breath implied it and is certainly within character for 
Paraguay and Rachid.  (NOTE: MFA International Organizations 
Director Julio Peralta told EconOff that Paraguay considers 
their ECOSOC candidacy a high priority. 
KEANE 

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