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P 121540Z JUN 08
FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9834
INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0791
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0327

UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000501 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, IO/UNP, DRL/MLGA LSICADE AND IO/RHS 
AOSTERMEIER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM UN CS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG AND THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS 
COUNCIL 
 
REF: STATE 61034 
 
¶1. On June 10, we delivered reftel points to Viviana Tinoco, 
MFA Human Rights Officer. Tinoco told us that Costa 
Rica affiliated as only an observer to the HRC upon its 2006 
inception since Costa Rica's efforts and resources were 
then already focused on winning a UNSC seat. She had not 
heard about the U.S. decision to stop participating in the 
HRC, evinced little reaction when we informed her, and said 
that the GOCR has no substantive response to our demarche. 
¶2. Tinoco did say that due to earlier criticism of the  HRC's 
"politicized" activities, Costa Rica planned to join other 
countries to establish a peer-based Universal Periodic Review 
of the HRC's activities and of the human rights 
situations in other countries. 
 
¶3. On June 12, PolCouns followed up with Antonio Alarcon, 
Chief of Staff to FM Bruno Stagno. Alarcon had already been 
briefed by Tinoco, and offered a similarly supportive but 
non-substantive response. He promised to inform the FM 
(currently visiting India) of the USG position. 
CIANCHETTE