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06DARESSALAAM1386
2006-08-15 12:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
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TANZANIA'S RESPONSE: UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S

Tags:  IS LE UN PREL PTER TZ 
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DE RUEHDR #1386 2271231
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 151231Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4587
INFO RUCNDT/USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0053
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001386

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DEPT IO/UNP FOR B HARRIS AND S BRENNAN; AF/E FOR B YODER
USUN FOR E BRUNO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: IS LE UN PREL PTER TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA'S RESPONSE: UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S
RESOLUTION ON LEBANON

REF: STATE 0132517

PolCounselor delivered reftel demarche to Vitus Njiku, Head
of the UN Security Council Unit of Tanzania'a Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at opening of
business on August 14. Njiku stated that the Government of
Tanzania (GOT) of course fully supports Resolution 1701 as
evidenced by the GOT'S vote for the resolution as a UN
Security Council member. He noted Tanzania's appreciation
for the Secretary's August 11 statement on the Israel-Lebanon
resolution. Njiku also reiterated that a top GOT priority
remains that the UNSC Resolution 1559 (2004),requiring the
disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, be "fully
implemented, as quickly as possible."
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