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### Viewing cable 06REYKJAVIK218, ICELANDERS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS

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06REYKJAVIK218 | 2006-06-16 11:11 | 2011-01-13 05:05 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Reykjavik

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L REYKJAVIK 000218

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2016
    TAGS: PHUM PREL IC
    SUBJECT: ICELANDERS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS
    OF FIRST UNHRC SESSION

    REF: SECSTATE 94561

    Classified By: AMBASSADOR CAROL VAN VOORST, REASONS 1.4 (B)
    AND (D).

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with Embassy officials June 13
    and 14, Icelandic MFA officials indicated agreement on most
    key issues for the June 19-30 first session of the UN Human
    Rights Council (HRC). The Declaration on Rights of Indigenous
    Peoples may prove to be a sticking point, as Nordic
    solidarity dictates that Iceland should not openly oppose
    what has been a Norwegian priority.  End Summary.

    ¶2. (U) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with MFA Political
    Department Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June
    ¶13.  The Ambassador followed up June 14 with a call on MFA
    Permanent Secretary Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson in which she
    emphasized establishing effective HRC processes and
    maintaining a lean agenda, and outlined the potential
    problems with the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous
    Peoples.  Both Davidsdottir and Gunnarsson expressed sympathy
    with U.S. views but said final decisions on Icelandic
    positions would need to be cleared by new Foreign Minister
    Valgerdur Sverrisdottir (note: who took office June 15; end
    note).  Sverrisdottir may herself travel to Geneva for the
    HRC session.

    NATURE OF THE FIRST SESSION
    ---------------------------
    ¶3.  (C) Iceland MFA officials agree that the first session of
    the HRC must avoid the rancor of the organization's
    predecessor body by eschewing country-specific resolutions
    such as those that the Organization of the Islamic Conference
    may intend to raise against Israel.  That said, Iceland
    will/will take positions on any country resolutions that do

    get discussed.

    ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS
    -------------------------------
    ¶4.  (C) The GOI agrees that there must be a review of Human
    Rights Commission mandates and that older mandates and
    special procedures (rapporteurs) should be extended one year
    for review -- indeed, Davidsdottir said she saw no realistic
    alternative.  She added, however, that as Iceland has a
    member on the Sub-Commission on Human Rights the GOI probably
    would not speak out in favor of that body's elimination.

    ¶5.  (C) Davidsdottir agrees that there should be a working
    group to establish the processes and rules for the new
    Universal Periodic Review mechanism.

    DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
    -------------------------------------------

    ¶6. (C) The Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    presents the main impediment to full Icelandic cooperation
    with the U.S. in Geneva.  While Davidsdottir personally
    shares our concern that the Declaration's text is seriously
    flawed, she and Gunnarsson asserted that Iceland's equities
    lie with following the Scandinavian lead in supporting the
    document.  Iceland is the only Nordic country without an
    indigenous population.

    ¶7. (C) Comment:  As Sverrisdottir, who comes from six years
    at Iceland's Ministry of Industry and Commerce, is a foreign
    affairs neophyte, we expect her to accept the MFA career
    officials' advice on what positions Iceland should take at
    the HRC.  Unfortunately, that is likely to include going
    along with the other Nordics in their outreach to indigenous
    peoples.  End comment.
    Van Voorst

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