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06DARESSALAAM1012
2006-06-22 02:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
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TANZANIA VIEWS NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN AS A

Tags:  PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TZ 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001012 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/22/2016
TAGS: PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA VIEWS NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN AS A
COMPROMISE

REF: A. STATE 089324

B. DAR ES SALAAM 0910

Classified By: Political Officer Mary B. Johnson for reasons 1.4(b andd
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Summary
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001012

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DEPT AF/E FOR BYODER
LONDON, PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/22/2016
TAGS: PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA VIEWS NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN AS A
COMPROMISE

REF: A. STATE 089324

B. DAR ES SALAAM 0910

Classified By: Political Officer Mary B. Johnson for reasons 1.4(b andd
)

Summary
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1. (C) According to Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, head of the
Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International cooperation, the Government of Tanzania (GOT)
worked in committee for several weeks with Non Aligned
Movement (NAM) partners to tone down the language of the NAM
statement that was issued in Malaysia on May 30. PolCouns
delivered Reftel A points June 14 expressing our strong
disappointment that the NAM statement was not balanced,
failing to mention that Iran has consistently ignored the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommendations nor
to note the Iranian regime's long-standing record of serious
safeguard failures.


2. (C) Mulamula indicated that the GOT representative on the
NAM statement drafting committee had been instrumental in
convincing other NAM nations not to allow any language in the
statement condemning countries by name or implication that
have either not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
and/or are pursuing non-peaceful uses of nuclear power. In
addition, a strong push to condemn the "pressure being put on
one country" (i.e. Iran),while other countries are "left
free" to develop not only peaceful nuclear energy, but also
nuclear weapons programs, was stopped. Mulamula claimed the
GOT representative had insisted that the NAM statement must
take into consideration the views reached within the UNSC.


3. (C) Ambassador Mulamula believed that the NAM statement
"could have been much worse", stressing that the GOT worked
hard to keep the statement's language from undermining either
the efforts of the Board of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) or of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC). "The
compromise that emerged was to focus only on principles of
the legitimacy of the development of peaceful nuclear power,"
Mulamula stated.


4. (C) However, PolCouns pressed that in view of Tanzania's
position on the UNSC, the GOT role within the NAM needs to be
even more active than Singapore's, the sole voice to speak
out and express disappointment about the unbalanced NAM
statement. Moreover, since shortly after the NAM statement
was adopted, the United States made the difficult decision to
join the EU-3 in order to negotiate directly with Iran, we
look to Tanzania to work proactively to support this major
step the United States has made.


5. (C) PolCouns stressed that at this stage, Tanzania is in a
key position to work with other NAM members and help them
understand the important step that the United States has
taken toward finding a permanent solution to the question of
Iran's nuclear ambitions. In addition, since Tanzania
maintains diplomatic relations with Iran, the GOT can work
directly to persuade Iran to "do the right thing" and come to
the negotiating table.


6. (SBU) Mulamula reiterated that the GOT fully supported the
important step that the U.S. took to join negotiations with
Iran (Reftel B). PolCouns urged that the GOT find the right
venue to make a public statement to that effect.
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