US embassy cable - 05MANAMA1502

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URGENT UNESCO DEMARCHE/SEC. GUTIERREZ LETTER

Identifier: 05MANAMA1502
Wikileaks: View 05MANAMA1502 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2005-10-17 13:44:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ETRD PREL SCUL BA 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.

171344Z Oct 05
UNCLAS MANAMA 001502 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PARIS PLEASE PASS US/UNESCO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, PREL, SCUL, BA, UNESCO 
SUBJECT: URGENT UNESCO DEMARCHE/SEC. GUTIERREZ LETTER 
 
REF: STATE 189518 
 
Ambassador delivered reftel letter from Secretary Gutierrez 
on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention to Minister of 
Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro during a meeting on 
October 17.  Fakhro said that Bahrain was sympathetic to our 
viewpoint, but that in the face of such a vast majority in 
favor of the resolution, it would be politically very 
difficult for Bahrain to stand against the GCC/Arab League 
consensus.  But, he added, if a certain number of countries 
moved toward postponement, Bahrain would have no objection to 
supporting that position. 
MONROE 

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