US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA8181

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COLOMBIA HINTS AT LINK BETWEEN US WHO AND GOC UNESCO CANDIDATURES

Identifier: 05BOGOTA8181
Wikileaks: View 05BOGOTA8181 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bogota
Created: 2005-08-30 17:23:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: AORC PREL KSEP OPDC CO 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 BOGOTA 008181 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC, PREL, KSEP, OPDC, CO, UNESCO 
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA HINTS AT LINK BETWEEN US WHO AND GOC 
UNESCO CANDIDATURES 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 109128 
     B. BOGOTA 1757 
 
Post delivered Ref A demarche regarding the US candidacy for 
the WHO executive board via diplomatic note dated June 20. 
During poloffs' most recent follow-up on August 26, MFA 
Multilateral Affairs Director Ignacio Ruiz suggested a 
possible link between Colombian support for the US candidate 
for the WHO executive board and US support for the GOC 
candidate for the UNESCO Executive Council, Ref B.  Ruiz 
acknowledged US policy neither to reveal nor trade votes, but 
stressed the special importance of the UNESCO candidature to 
the GOC. 
WOOD 

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