US embassy cable - 05ALMATY3157

UNCLAS ALMATY 003157 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/CACEN, IO/UNP 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM, KZ, POLITICAL 
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL TO SWAP SUPPORT AT UNESCO 
GENERAL CONFERENCE 
 
REF: STATE 122739 
 
1. (U) This cable contains an action request; please see 
paragraph 3. 
 
2. (SBU) On August 23, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 10- 
1-1/1947 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to 
reftel demarche.  Text follows: 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan presents its compliments to the Embassy of the 
United States, and in response to the Embassy's Diplomatic 
Note No. 0746/05 of July 8, has the honor to propose an 
exchange of mutual support of the candidacy of the United 
States of America for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO 
and the candidacy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the 
Executive Committee of UNESCO in the upcoming elections 
which will take place during the thirty-third session of the 
General Conference of UNESCO in October 2005 in Paris. 
 
(Complimentary Close) 
 
3.  (SBU) Action Request: Post requests guidance on a 
response to the GOK proposal.  Post has no substantive 
objection to the proposal. 
 
4.  (U) Embassy Almaty point of contact is Pol/Econ Chief 
Deborah Mennuti, email: mennutid@state.gov. 
 
ASQUINO 
 
 
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