Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05PARIS7506
2005-11-03 15:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:  

FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA

Tags:  PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 007506

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
SUBJECT: FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA
FROM ALGERIA, TANZANIA

REF: A. PARIS 7392


B. STATE 199514

Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt for reaso
ns 1.4 (b) and (d).

(C) MFA IO officer Benoit Guidee told us 11/3, with respect
to the GOF's previously positive assessment of Benin's
readiness to support bringing Burma before the UNSC (ref A),
the Benin UNSC delegation may be buckling under "very strong
pressure" from African countries, especially Algeria and
Tanzania. According to Guidee, Benin told the French in New
York that, if such a motion comes to a vote, there is a "very
strong chance" that Benin will vote against it.


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