Cablegate: Bahrain: Demarche On the Un Declaration On The
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SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE
RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
REF: A. STATE 169257
B. MANAMA 0883
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(SBU) Pol/Econ Chief October 10 delivered Ref A demarche
concerning the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples to MFA Director for International Organization
Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Echoing comments he had made
previously (Ref B), Shaikho said that Bahrain was not engaged
on this issue but promised to take the U.S. position into
account.
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