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Viewing cable 08COLOMBO1044, MALDIVES WILL VOTE WITH U.S. IN UNGA THIRD

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08COLOMBO1044 2008-11-19 09:03 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo 
VZCZCXRO4514
PP RUEHDE
DE RUEHLM #1044 3240903
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 190903Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8923
INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 4592
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 2403
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 0980
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 0827
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 0155
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0854
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 3032
 
UNCLAS COLOMBO 001044 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/UNP, DRL AND SCA/RA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNGA BM KN IR MV
SUBJECT: MALDIVES WILL VOTE WITH U.S. IN UNGA THIRD 
COMMITTEE ON BURMA AND DPRK, BE ABSENT FOR IRAN 
 
REF: A) STATE 117901 B) STATE 93981 
 
ΒΆ1.  (SBU) Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed reported to 
Ambassador that Maldives would vote against the no-action 
resolutions on Burma and DPRK and vote in favor of the 
resolutions.  However, citing a common stand taken by the 
Organization of Islamic Countries, Shaheed said Maldives 
would not be able to vote in a similar way on the Iran 
resolution.  Instead, the FM instructed his UN delegation to 
be absent during both the no-action motion as well as the 
resolution itself.  Embassy understands that this represents 
an improvement in Maldives' position on Third Committee 
resolutions since last year. 
Blake