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FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4004
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000047 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR DRL/MLGA, IO/RHS, EUR/NB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS 
COUNCIL 
 
REFS: A) STATE 18282 
  B) REYKJAVIK 45 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Pol Chief delivered ref A points to Ingibjorg 
Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry 
for Foreign Affairs on 2 March (Note: No MFA officials were 
available to receive the demarche at an earlier date).  Davidsdottir 
said she was very pleased to hear that the U.S. would begin 
participating again as an observer at Human Rights Council meetings 
in Geneva and expressed her government's hope that the U.S. would 
consider running for a seat on the council. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) On the Durban Review Process, Davidsdottir noted the 
notification of USG withdrawal with some disappointment but said the 
U.S. concerns on the document were well-understood at the ministry. 
 
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