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Viewing cable 08PANAMA193, PANAMA: GAZA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08PANAMA193 2008-03-05 15:59 2011-05-31 00:00 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Panama 
VZCZCXYZ2431
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHZP #0193 0651559
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 051559Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1791
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA IMMEDIATE 0024
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0028
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 0038
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0022
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 000193 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/05/2018 
TAGS: PREL UNSC IS PM
SUBJECT: PANAMA:  GAZA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 22380 
 
Classified By: POLCOUNS Brian R. Naranjo.  Reason:  1.4 (d) 
 
"Panama would like to see a more balanced text with respect 
to Gaza," Panamanian MFA UNSC advisor Ernesto Cerrud told 
POLCOUNS on March 5 in response to reftel demarche.  "The 
problem with these Middle East resolutions is that they are 
always so unbalanced and fail to adequately acknowledge the 
co-responsibility that both sides have."  Cerrud asserted 
that PanPR Ricardo Arias was likely to propose that the word 
"disproportionate (desproporcionado)" be replaced with 
"inordinate (desmesurado)."  POLCOUNS suggested that such 
word-smithing was unlikely to restore balance to the text and 
urged Panama to support broader efforts to restore balance to 
the text.  Cerrud agreed that if the language 
"disporporcionate or excessive" were struck that it would be 
possible to move forward on discussions on the text. 
(Comment:  The Spanish words "desporporcionado" and 
"desmesurado" have essentially the same meanings or at the 
very least are too close in meaning to have much of a 
distinction in this context.  The both mean: 
disproportionate, excessive, and inordinate.) 
EATON