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STATE FOR EUR/WE, IO/RHS:CNEVILLE,AOSTERMEIER AND DRL/MLGA:LSICADE
E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IR, PHUM, PREL, BE SUBJECT: BELGIUM: OUTREACH FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION
REF: SECSTATE 07242
(U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Veronique Joosten, Attach for International Organizations in the Human Rights Department at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), on January 27. Joosten said that Belgium supports the U.S. recommendations. She said that she had been directed to prepare Universal Periodic Review questions for Belgium on Iran covering "everything" by her boss, Lieke Biesemans, the human rights deputy director at the MFA. However, she said that the EU would soon be meeting to divide up the topic questions on Iran to reduce any overlap with other EU countries. She said that Belgium has "no idea" how to best influence Iran to show greater respect for human rights.
GUTMAN .
