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06DARESSALAAM1803
2006-11-08 14:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
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TANZANIA SUPPORTS CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION WITHOUT

Tags:  UNGA PGOV PHUM PREL TZ 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2011
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SUBJECT: TANZANIA SUPPORTS CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION WITHOUT
AMENDMENT

REF: STATE 184156

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission, D. Purnell Delly, for reason
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2011
TAGS: UNGA PGOV PHUM PREL TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA SUPPORTS CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION WITHOUT
AMENDMENT

REF: STATE 184156

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission, D. Purnell Delly, for reason 1.
4(d).


1. (C) Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the
Multilateral Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
told PolCouns November 8 that Tanzania would continue its
long-standing support for the Cuba embargo resolution.
Mulamula questioned why Australia had decided to propose the
amendment and if it was appropriate to attempt to amend
Cuba's own resolution to address the human rights situation
in Cuba.


2. (C) Mulamula said that the issues covered in the
amendment's draft language should be proposed in the new
Human Rights Council. PolCouns emphasized that the US thinks
it is not likely that the Human Rights Council would table a
resolution on Cuba this year. Australia's amendment would
ensure that the embargo resolution was balanced, by placing
responsibility also on the Cuban government for policies
which have caused the suffering of its own people.


3. (C) Ambassador Mulamula said that the Tanzanian
government might be willing to support moves by Australia or
other countries to address the human rights situation in
Cuba, if there were any indication by the U.S. to modify or
lift the embargo. Absent such an indication, Tanzania's
position is that this amendment would distract from the
negative impact of the embargo. She also noted that from her
experience, the amendment may not have a good chance of
moving forward since Cuba might well request a "no action"
vote.
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