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DE RUEHMO #5938 3601351
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261351Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5994
INFO RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 5116
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0396

UNCLAS MOSCOW 005938 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
IO/RHS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE 
ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION 
 
REF: A. MOSCOW 05918 
     ¶B. STATE 169375 
     ¶C. STATE 157655 
 
¶1.  (SBU) In response to reftel C demarche, the MFA conveyed 
its support for Pierre Prosper, but stressed its expectation 
of reciprocal U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor 
A.S. Avtonomov in the same election. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Text of MFA dipnote: 
 
No. 11521-n/dgpch 
 
The Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights 
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 
presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States 
of America in Moscow and, in response to the Embassy's note 
No. MFA/143/07 of November 22, 2007, has the honor to advise 
that the Russian Federation will support the candidacy of P. 
Prosper in the election to the Committee on the Elimination 
of Racial Discrimination, which will take place in the course 
of the 22nd conference of the member states of the 
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
Racial Discrimination in January of 2008 in New York City. 
 
At the same time, the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation 
and Human Rights expresses its hope that, taking into account 
the gentlemen's agreement among the permanent members of the 
U.N. Security Council on mutual support of their candidacies 
to U.N. bodies of limited membership, the Government of the 
United States of America will provide support to the 
candidacy of Professor A.S. Avtonomov in the same election to 
the same body. 
 
The Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights 
of the Ministry avails itself of the opportunity to extend to 
the Embassy renewed assurances of its fairly high 
consideration. 
 
Moscow, December 20, 2007 
(STAMP) 
 
End text. 
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