VZCZCXYZ0004
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHME #1220 1142314
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 232314Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1563
INFO RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1024
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0221
UNCLAS MEXICO 001220
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DRL/MLGA (WALTERS)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EUN PHUM PREL MX
SUBJECT: MEXICO ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
DECLARATION
REF: STATE 40380
Poloff stressed with both Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Foreign
Ministry's Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security
and Legal Issues, and Armando Vivanco Castellanos, the
Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Human Rights
and Democracy, on April 23, the importance the U.S. attached
to support for the US-EU sponsored Prisoners of Conscience
Declaration at the upcoming UNGA meeting. Both assured poloff
that the Government of Mexico would analyze whether Mexico
would co-sponsor the declaration. Embassy will report any
further response.
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American
Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
GARZA