Colombia receives a verbal threat by a US Democrat for its vote on a UN

A Democrat from Florida threatens Colombia for its support of a UN Resolution
in favor of an international observer in Palestine/Israel.  

Khaldoun
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Subj: [GNAA] US Threatens Colombia with 'consequences' over UN Vote
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March 29, 2001

U.S. threatens Colombia with 'consequences' over UN
vote

Reuters

WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that
Colombia's UN Security Council vote in favor of an
international observer force in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip would have consequences for relations with
Washington.

"We made it very clear that their vote in the UN will
have consequences. We will be following that up," said
Assistant Secretary of State Edward Walker. He was
answering a question from Rep. Robert Wexler, a
Florida Democrat, who said that it was time for the
United States to hold accountable countries like
Colombia which receive hundreds of millions of dollars
a year in U.S. aid.

The United States vetoed the resolution on the grounds
that it was unbalanced and unworkable. The resolution,
opposed by Israel, would have recommended unarmed
observers to monitor violence between Israel and the
Palestinians, although in practice none would have
been sent amid the uprising.

Colombia is a leading member of the Non-Aligned
Movement of mainly developing nations, which formed a
block in the Security Council to back the
Palestinians. Diplomats said it would have been
difficult for Colombia's ambassador to break ranks
with Non-Aligned Movement colleagues Jamaica,
Singapore, Bangladesh, Mali, Mauritius and Tunisia.

State Department officials said later they did not
know what consequences the United States had in mind
for Colombia, which receives U.S. aid for its campaign
to crack down on the drug trade and make peace with
leftist guerrillas.