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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
03COLOMBO847 2003-05-21 09:26 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Colombo
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000847 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SA/INS, IO, WHA 
 
E.O. 12958:  DECL:  N/A 
TAGS: PREL OPDC PHUM CE CU
SUBJECT:  Mission conveys Secretary Powell's letter to Sri Lanka re 
its abstention on CHR Cuba resolution 
 
Ref:  State 134745 
 
Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed Secretary's Powell letter to the 
Sri Lanka government regarding the GSL's abstention on the Cuba 
resolution at this year's UN Commission on Human Rights. 
 
WILLS