Viewing cable 08REYKJAVIK70, ICELAND WILL SIGN ON TO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08REYKJAVIK70	2008-04-23 19:07	2011-01-13 05:05	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Embassy Reykjavik

VZCZCXRO6158
PP RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHBW RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHRK #0070 1141913
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231913Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3632
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000070 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR DRL/MLGA (WATKINS), IO, EUR/NB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND WILL SIGN ON TO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE 
DECLARATION 
 
REF:  STATE 040380 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Pol Chief briefly mentioned reftel declaration to 
Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic 
Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 22 April and followed up with a 
detailed demarche the next day.  Davidsdottir replied that she had 
spoken with Iceland's UN Mission after the previous day's 
conversation, and after reviewing the draft declaration instructed 
the mission to add Iceland to the list of signatories.  "I told them 
it would be scandalous if we didn't support this," commented 
Davidsdottir. 
 
KLOPFENSTEIN