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### Viewing cable 06PARIS2358, FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN

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06PARIS2358 | 2006-04-11 07:07 | 2010-11-30 16:04 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Paris

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    VZCZCXRO8911
    OO RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
    DE RUEHFR #2358/01 1010753
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    O 110753Z APR 06
    FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6165
    INFO RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE 2322
    RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0710
    RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHZJ/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY 1193
    RUEHSB/AMEMBASSY HARARE PRIORITY 0394
    RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 0324

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 002358

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/09/2016
    TAGS: KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
    SUBJECT: FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN
    RIGHTS COUNCIL

    REF: STATE 55461

    Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah B. Rosenblatt. Reas
    ons 1.4b,d

    ¶1. Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du
    Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council
    (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG
    participation. However, she admitted that she herself had
    urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait
    until 2007 when members would be elected for full three-year
    terms. With the U.S. absent, Le Fraper urged regular
    French-U.S. dialogue so that USG equities could be taken into
    account. She warned that the EU may put forward a
    Guantanamo-related resolution, but suggested that the EU had
    learned lessons from the fracas over renditions at the
    Council of Europe. Le Fraper lauded the U.S. aim to
    encourage the HRC to address the worst human rights abusing
    nations, including Iran. She suggested that France had lost
    patience with Zimbabwe in the domain of human rights,
    although the French UN delegation in New York chafed at any
    confrontation with the Africa Group. Lastly, Le Fraper
    mentioned that France and Argentina would roll out a draft
    convention on enforced disappearances at the HRC. End
    Summary.

    ¶2. (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on
    April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council would be a
    less credible institution without USG participation (ref).
    She tempered her disappointment however with the observation
    that she had likewise argued -- but without success -- that
    France not seek an HRC seat in 2006. From a tactical
    standpoint, it was smarter to hold off until 2007 in order to
    obtain a guaranteed a full 3-year term on the Council.
    Candidates this year, she explained to Poloff, were competing
    for 1-year, 2-year or 3-year terms on the newly launched HRC;
    in future, terms would run for three years. Le Fraper
    bemoaned that France now had to launch a worldwide diplomatic
    campaign for a seat without knowing in advance the length of
    the term it would be alloted on the Council, which would be
    determined later by lottery. Le Fraper asked for USG support
    for the French candidacy. Le Fraper believed that the USG
    would have at least as much influence as actual seated HRC
    members on debates about establishing standard HRC procedures
    during the inaugural year, because that policy would be
    articulated through regional groups.

    ¶3. (C) With the U.S. absent from the HRC, Le Fraper urged
    regular French-U.S. dialogue so that USG equities could be
    taken into account. She noted the French and American
    Geneva-based delegations enjoyed good relations. Regular
    consulatations were crucial, especially given the possibility
    that some EU member would lobby to advance a resolution on
    Guantanamo detainees. However, Le Fraper believed the fracas
    over renditions at the Council of Europe had been salutary,
    if only for cautioning EU members that they should tread
    lightly, since European governments lacked full awareness of
    what transpired on their own territory, whether with or
    without direct government complicity.

    ¶4. (C) Le Fraper lauded the USG aim to actively encourage
    the HRC to address serious cases of human rights abuse in
    countries such as Iran, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Burma, Sudan and
    South Korea. FM Douste-Blazy was now particularly exercised
    about Iran, she said. Moreover, France had lost patience
    with Zimbabwe, Le Fraper insisted, pointing to French support
    for a human rights-related UNGA resolution, a policy
    decision, she added, that had vexed the French delegation in
    New York, which had preferred not to roil the waters with the
    Africa Group.

    ¶5. (C) Le Fraper forewarned that France and Argentina would
    be introducing a new draft legal convention about enforced
    disappearances at the HRC. She regretted that the USG would
    not be present at the Council for discussions, but Argentina
    in particular was keen on rolling out the draft this year,
    which marks the 30th anniversary of the launching of the
    so-called "Dirty War." The draft would also be presented at
    the General Assembly. French involvement in the initiative
    dated to 1978, after the disappearance of French citizens in
    Argentina. Le Fraper commented she knew of U.S.
    sensitivities about possible ramifications in the context of
    the detention of non-state actors. The Government of
    Colombia, Fraper added, had also had expressed concerns, yet
    now appeared ready to support the draft. (Note: Human Rights

    PARIS 00002358 002 OF 002

    Desk Officer Donatienne Hissard clarified on April 10 that
    the U.S. had joined consensus on negotiations of the
    convention while nonetheless expressing reserves about the
    "Right to Truth," e.g. the rights of victims to information
    about the circumstances of their detention, as well as other
    rights for detainees.)

    Comment
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    ¶6. (C) Comment and BioNote: Le Fraper clearly sees the USG
    as an indispensable player in the advocacy of human rights.
    While worrying the HRC would lack weight without USG
    membership, Le Fraper otherwise discounted the impact of USG
    non-participation, apart from advising there would be a need
    to consult closely in order to take USG equities into
    account. Le Fraper said the MFA made an effort to avoid
    dramatization of the U.S. decision in exchanges with the
    press and with NGOs. Bionote: Le Fraper mentioned that her
    sister, Dorothe Le Fraper du Hellen, was also a dedicated
    human rights advocate, and a lawyer on the defense teams of
    both Jose Bove and Zacarias Moussaoui. Le Fraper mentioned
    she had just accompanied her sister to the U.S. consulate to
    apply for an expedited visa so that she could make an
    emergency trip to the trial. Le Fraper mentioned that MFA,
    especially MFA spokesman Mattei, has been taking great pains
    to work hand in glove with the USG with regard to the
    Moussaoui trial.

    Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
    http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm

    Stapleton

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