Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06DARESSALAAM1410
2006-08-18 09:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Cable title:
TANZANIA: DEMARCHES TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR UN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001410
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP FOR BHARRIS AND DBRENNAN; USUN FOR EBRUNO; AF/E FOR
BYODER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/17/2016
TAGS: PREL KPKO SU UNSC TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA: DEMARCHES TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR UN
TRANSITION IN SUDAN
REF: A. STATE 133250
B. STATE 131646
Classified By: DCM D. Purnell Delly for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001410
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP FOR BHARRIS AND DBRENNAN; USUN FOR EBRUNO; AF/E FOR
BYODER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/17/2016
TAGS: PREL KPKO SU UNSC TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA: DEMARCHES TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR UN
TRANSITION IN SUDAN
REF: A. STATE 133250
¶B. STATE 131646
Classified By: DCM D. Purnell Delly for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
¶1. (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered
directly to the State House through a personal assistant of
President Kikwete August 17 the Ref A points, stressing the
importance of Tanzania's efforts to convince President Bashir
of Sudan to accept the expansion of the United Nations
Mission in Sudan to Dafur. Clearly outlining the key role of
Sudan to agree to the rehat in order to gain the support of
China and Russia for a UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR)
vote, the DCM emphasized that as regional neighbor and a UNSC
member, President Kikwete's intervention directly with the
President of Sudan to guide Bashir to understand the
importance of agreeing now, rather than later, to the U.N.
expansion could be pivotal in turning around the alarming
deterioration of the situation in Darfur.
¶2. (C) In a separate meeting between the Head of the U.N.
Security Council Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
PolOff August 17, Tanzania expressed willingness to approach
Russia, China, Ghana and Congo regarding Darfur, but knows
that Sudan's approval of the transition from AMIS to UNMIS is
crucial. In Lebanon, Tanzania considers implementation of
UNSC resolution 1559 as key. At the UN, Tanzania had hoped
for Security Council reform before now and is thought to
support South Korea's candidate for Secretary General. End
summary.
SUDAN MUST AGREE TO TRANSITION
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¶3. (C) Tanzania believes the approval of the Government of
Sudan is crucial to Darfur's transition from AMIS to UNMIS.
The personal assistant to President Kikwete, January Makamba,
told the DCM that he understood need for and urgency of
Tanzania, Ghana and the Congo, all UNSC members, to try to
"talk sense" into President Bashir of Sudan to agree to the
transition, and would pass the message that evening directly
to President Kikwete. In an earlier meeting, Vitus Njiku,
Head of the U.N. Security Council Unit in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that Sudan's President Bashir's
description of a UN force in Sudan as "neo-colonialism" was
an inappropriate term. He suggested that in addition to
approaching Russia an