Cablegate: Demarche On Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0408
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UNCLAS FREETOWN 000856

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL KTIA UN SL
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

REF: STATE 78740 STATE 169257

1. On October 17, Charge met with Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Director General Umaru Wurie to deliver reftel points
and non-papers. Charge expressed USG concerns about the
flaws of the text, noting that the document endorsed by the
Human Rights Council lacked consensus and a definition of the
term indigenous peoples. Wurie agreed and said that the text
was flawed and could create divisiness. He indicated that his
government would be unlikely to support it.
PRATT

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