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GRPS 430 " - - •IMMEDIATE CYPHER CAT A FH UKMIS GENEVA 2516422 CONFIDENTIAL TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELMO 118 CF 25 FEBRUARY INFO XA.4PALA PARIS UKMIS NEW YORK WASHINGTON TELCON CALLAN/BROAD / COMfil SS ION On HUMAN RIGHTS 3 UGANDA (/r«****) f W PLEASE SEE MY 4 IFTS (MOT TO ALL) FOR THE TEXTS OF A) THE NON- ALIGNED DSCISIOM D) OUR TWO PROPOSALS. AF-JD C) A STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CIRCULATED TO THE COMMISSION. 2. AT THE REQUEST OF THE US DELEGATION, WH ICH COULD MOT OBTAIN INSTRUCTIONS IN TIME, VOTING HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO THE AFTERNOON OF 28 FE3RUARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH TILE 24-HOUR RULE. THE UGANDANS HAD STATED THEY COULD ACCEPT THE NO;I~AI..IGN£D DECISION AND NO OTHER. V/E ACCORDINGLY WITHDREW CUR SECOND PROPOSAL OH PARAGRAPH 63 OF . .RESOLUTION 1593 AND REQUESTED A VOTE ON OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. SENEGAL AND EGYPT MOVED PRIORITY FOR THE NON-ALIGNED DRAFT, WHILE INDM ARGUED THAT WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF OUR SECOND PROPOSAL THE NON-ALIGNED DRAFT NOW HAD PRIORITY IN AMY CASE. THE CHAIRMAN IS LIKELY TO UPHOLD F&BLNDLA'S POSITION AMD RATHER THAN OPEN A PROCEDURAL DEBATE ON PRIORITY WHICH WE WOULD IN AMY EVENT LOSE, WE WOULD PROPOSE ONCE THE NON-ALIGNED DRAFT HAS BEEN ADOPTED TO REQUEST A VOTE ON OUR OWN PROPOSAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 61(2). ALTHOUGH V/E WOULD EXPECT TO LOSE THIS VOTE, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO SHOW THAT WE BELIEVE ONLY A STUDY UNDER PARAGRAPH 6 OF RESO- LUTION 1533 IS ADEQUATE TO THE SITUATION A.ID PERMIT L IKE-MI WDED DELEGATIONS TO PLACE THEIR POSITION ON RECORD. 3..ON THE NOW-ALIGNED RESOLUTION, UNLESS THE US CAN JOIN'US, WE SHALL PROBABLY BE ALOMH IN VOTING AGAINST. YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO ABSTAIN IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESSURE AFRICAN'DELEGATIONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EXERCISED ON UGANDA TO ACCEPT THE NON-ALIGNED DRAFT. IN INTRODUCING IT, /SSKEG-AL