US embassy cable - 05SANTIAGO2351

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CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

Identifier: 05SANTIAGO2351
Wikileaks: View 05SANTIAGO2351 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Santiago
Created: 2005-11-16 20:17:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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DE RUEHSG #2351 3202017
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O 162017Z NOV 05
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7880
INFO RUEHSW/AMEMBASSY BERN IMMEDIATE 0098
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV IMMEDIATE 0171
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM IMMEDIATE 0032
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0115
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE 0466
C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTIAGO 002351 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR PRM/MCE, WHA/PPC, WHA/BSC 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2015 
TAGS: AORC, ICRC, PHUM, PREF, PREL, IS, SZ, CI 
SUBJECT: CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD 
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL 
 
REF: A. STATE 206954 
 
     B. SANTIAGO 01410 
     C. SANTIAGO 1347 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Craig Kelly.  Reasons: 1.4 (b and d). 
 
1. (U) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director 
General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number 
three) on November 16, in part to deliver Ref A demarche 
seeking Chile's vocal support for the Third Additional 
Protocol to the Geneva Convention.  The Ambassador expressed 
appreciation for Chile's past support and asked the GOC to be 
more vocal in its backing of the Protocol.  He noted that 
Chile's large Palestinian-descent population would give 
Chilean backing even more meaning. 
 
2. (C) MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Pedro Oyarce, 
who was also at the meeting, noted Chile officially had 
informed the Swiss of its support for the Protocol and the 
diplomatic conference on December 5-6.  Oyarce said the GOC 
could possibly be more vocal in its support.  Before doing 
so, however, the MFA needed to consult with the Chilean 
Mission in Geneva to gauge the Swiss government's reaction if 
Chile were to adopt such a position. "If we adopt a more 
vocal stance and it is against the wishes of the Swiss, it 
could be counterproductive," Oyarce said.  Portales agreed 
and said the MFA would ask its Mission in Geneva for an 
assessment. 
KELLY 

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