VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHDG #2946 2562027
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 132027Z SEP 06
FM AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6102
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0080
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 002946 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR IO, IO/UNP, WHA/CAR SEARBY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL UNGA UNSC DR
SUBJECT: DOMINICANS DECLARE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL, 2008-09 
 
¶1. In a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on September 
7, the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally relayed 
the Dominican Republic's candidacy for non-permanent 
membership on the United Nations Security Council for the 
period of 2008-09, with elections to be held during the 62nd 
UN General Assembly in September 2007.  Post assumes that the 
Department does not wish to provide an answer to the 
Dominicans at this early stage. 
 
¶2. Following is an informal Embassy translation of the 
notification.  A copy of the original document has been 
pouched to WHA/CAR. 
 
¶3. Start translation: 
 
(Title) Candidature of the Dominican Republic for 
Non-Permanent Membership on the Security Council, 2008-2009 
 
(Begin text) The Dominican Republic has presented its 
candidacy for a position as non-permanent member of the 
Security Council for the 2008-09 biennium. 
 
Our country, one of the signers of the Constitutive Act of 
the United Nations at the historic meeting in San Francisco 
in 1945, has played a consistent role since then in every 
request of the institution in the areas of human rights, 
women's rights, refugees, economic and social rights, the 
right to self-determination of peoples, the principal of 
state sovereignty, and peace. 
 
The Dominican Republic has been and is an active participant 
in every request relating to our region, and likewise is a 
member of the NAM and the Group of 77 plus China. 
 
The Dominican Republic considers of particular importance the 
maintenance of peace and security, but likewise considers 
that the same cannot depend solely on timely military and 
political operations, as we find both this problem and its 
possible solutions to be based in sustainable development. 
 
We believe it necessary, in order to maintain an adequate 
equilibrium in the representation of an organ of such 
political importance as the Security Council, that there 
should be increased opportunities for regional blocks, such 
as the Caribbean, and a more significant presence of groups 
representative of the developing world, such as the NAM. 
 
Our history of systematic participation in the United Nations 
and its different requests confirms legitimacy to the 
aspiration of the Dominican Republic to be a non-permanent 
member of the Security Council, of which it has never been a 
part.  Our promise is to be a worthy representative of the 
hemisphere and specifically the Caribbean subregion, as well 
as the ideals that gave birth to our movement. 
 
We are conscious of the importance that attaches to Security 
Council membership and our country is disposed to take on the 
 responsibility to participate with a sprit of cooperation 
and solidarity in the decisions taken for the maintenance of 
world peace, democratic governance, respect for human rights, 
and the struggle against poverty. 
 
Taking into consideration the 61 years of experience and 
activity in the United Nations and the right of geographic 
representation and equality enjoyed by all Member States, the 
Dominican Republic stands as a candidate, for the period 
understood as falling between January 2008 and December 2009, 
for a seat as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. 
 
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 
August 2006 
 
(End text) 
HERTELL