TANZANIA CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORING DARFUR

UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001473 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS IO/UNP FOR BHARRIS AND DVANBRANDT; USUN FOR EBRUNO; AF/E FOR BYODER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KPKO UNSC SU TZ SUBJECT: TANZANIA CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORING DARFUR RESOLUTION REF: A. STATE 142509 ¶B. USUN 1660 ¶1. (U) Co-sponsorship of the draft UN Security Council resolution on Darfur is "under serious consideration" by Tanzania, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff August 30. Poloff inquired as to whether instructions had been sent from the capital to New York and Mulamula said the Tanzanian delegation in New York just received the draft resolution and she expects instructions to be sent from the capital shortly. Mulamula and Poloff agreed to discuss the issue again at OOB August ¶31. ¶2. (SBU) COMMENT: "Seriously considering" co-sponsoring the resolution indicates there is a real possibility of Tanzanian co-sponsorship. Post will press the Tanzanians again at OOB August 31 when they have the final text of the resolution in hand. The DCM subsequently followed up with Ambassador Mulamula, emphasizing the importance the United States attaches to this resolution and Tanzanian co-sponsorship. RETZER