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The White House is quietly pressuring UN member nations to oppose Palestinian membership ahead of the UN meeting today.

MRN: 24 Quito 332 Date/DTG: Apr 13, 2024 / 131332Z APR 24 From: AMEMBASSY QUITO Action: WASHDC, SECSTATE Routine E.0. 13526 TAGS: PGOV, PREL, PUND, PTER, KPAL, IL, EC Captions: SENSITIVE Reference: A) 24 STATE 387761 B) 24 QUITO 59 Subject: (SBU) Ecuador Will Not Support Any UNSCR Recommending Palestine UN Membership 1. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref. A points to Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld April 12. Sommerfeld agreed with our position and said Ecuador would not support any UN Security Council Resolution recommending the admission of "Palestine" as a UN member state. She added that she would also instruct Ecuador's UN Perm Rep Jose de la Gasca to lobby France, Japan, Korea, and Malta to not support any such resolution. 2. (SBU). Sommerfeld stressed it was important any proposed resolution fail to achieve the necessary votes without a U.S. veto, noting Ecuador would not want to appear isolated (alone with the United States) in its rejection of a "Palestine" resolution (particularly at a time when the most UN member states are criticizing Ecuador over its April 5 incursion into Mexico's embassy in Quito - Ref. B). Signature: FITZPATRICK Drafted By: QUITO: Rider, James T Cleared By: POL: Rider, James Approved By: EXEC: Fitzpatrick, Michael Released By: QUITO: Rider, James T Info: USUN New York, USMISSION Routine; JERUSALEM AMEMBASSY Routine; OFFICE OF PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS JERUSALEM, USOFFICE, Routine Action Post: NONE
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