Cablegate: Demarche Delivered: Oas Working Group On Racism

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UNCLAS BOGOTA 004303

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AORC CO USOAS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM
AND DISCRIMINATION

REF: SECSTATE 82983

(SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Vice Minister
for Multilateral Affairs Jaime Giron and lead advisor Jose
Renato Salazar on May 5. Giron had not been aware of the
issue prior to our demarche. He expressed his agreement with
our main points, and in particular with protecting the OAS's
limited budget for use in critical areas; for example,
Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process. Giron
offered one caveat, however, stating that he needed to
confirm if the Interior and Justice Ministry had consulted on
the issue with Afro-Colombians and indigenous groups. He
promised to provide a final GOC position in the near future.
We will continue to press.
WOOD

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