VZCZCXYZ0011
OO RUEHWEB
DE RUEHZP #0563 1911903
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 091903Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2264
INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 000563
SIPDIS
IO/UNP-REBECCA GOLDENBERG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/09/2018
TAGS: UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU
SUBJECT: PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON
ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 73173
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS BRIAN R.NARANJO REASON: 1.4 (d)
1. (C) "Panama will be with the United States", Panamanian
MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC matters Nils Castro reaffirmed to
POLCOUNS on July 9th in response to reftel demarche on
Zimbabwe. Furthermore, he stated that Panama supported a UNSC
Chapter VII Resolution and did not want to debate the
"cosmetics" of the resolution because "now is the time to
act." Castro underscored Panama's hope that South Africa
would get on board and that China and Russia would not block
adoption of a Chapter VII Resolution.
2. (SBU) POL double tracked delivery of this demarche with
working-level contact Janio Tunon.
MESA