233042: India will not support USG position on Goldstone report

India is likely to continue to vote along with Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries on issues related to the Middle East as it seeks to build up support for its candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the run up to October 2010 UN Security Council elections.

233042 11/4/2009 13:29 09 NEWDELHI 2227 Embassy New Delhi CONFIDENTIAL 09 SECSTATE 106423 "VZCZCXRO8624OO RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHDBU RUEHLH RUEHNEH RUEHPW RUEHROVDE RUEHNE #2227 3081329ZNY CCCCC ZZHO 041329Z NOV 09FM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHITO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8456INFO RUCNCLS/ALL SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA COLLECTIVERUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVERUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 8043RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 6947RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 3738RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1961RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 0678RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 6552RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0179RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 8610RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDCRUEAIIA/CIA WASHDCRHEHNSC/NSC WASHDCRUEIDN/DNI WASHINGTON DCRUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 8614RHMCSUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FLRHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HIRUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC" "C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 002227

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STATE IO/HR, PAUL KRUCHOWSKI IO/UNP, ANDREW MORRISON NEA/IPA, JEFFREY GIAUQUE USUN/NY, ELLEN GERMAIN.

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/04/2019 TAGS: PHUM, PREL, UNHCR-1, IS, IN

SUBJECT: INDIA WILL NOT SUPPORT USG POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT

REF: SECSTATE 106423

Classified By: POLCOUNS Uzra Zeya for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)

1. (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 4 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretaries for UN Political (UNP) and UN Economic and Social (UNES) Divisions and emphasized the significance the USG would place on India's support for opposing a resolution based on the biased conclusions of the Goldstone report. UNES Under Secretary Abhishek Verma told Poloff during a conversation later the same day that India will retain the same position as it held in Geneva (Read: India will vote in favor of the resolution proposed by the Arab Group, the NAM, and the African Group), explaining that official positions on such issues take a long time to change.

2. (C) Comment: India is likely to continue to vote along with Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries on issues related to the Middle East as it seeks to build up support for its candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the run up to October 2010 UN Security Council elections. End Comment.

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