SAICM: TANZANIAN DELEGATION TO DUBAI CONFERENCE

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ALSO FOR AF/E FOR B YODER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TZ
SUBJECT: SAICM: TANZANIAN DELEGATION TO DUBAI CONFERENCE
UNDERSTANDS USG POSITIONS

REF: STATE 011460


1. (SBU) The Director of the Environmental Pollution Section
of the Office of the Vice President of Tanzania, Ms. Angeline
Mulande, told EconOff February 2 that the Tanzanian
delegation to the Dubai Conference on the Strategic Approach
to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) understood the
U.S. government positions as outlined in reftel. Ms. Mulande
agreed that the focus in Dubai should be on the chemicals
already under discussion rather than including food additives
or pharmaceuticals. She also stated that since SAICM is
voluntary, the closing clause was also needed in order to
avoid attempts to reinterpret any binding treaties that are
already in force.


2. (SBU) Director Mulande noted that for Tanzania, as for
other developing countries involved in the SAICM
negotiations, a key issue remains how to finance the
implementation and compliance that might be agreed upon
during the conference. She said that the Tanzanian
delegation remained open to any suggestions on this issue
that the US delegation might put forward.
WHITE