TANZANIA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON GRULAC UNSC SEAT

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000450

SIPDIS

DEPT AF/E FOR B YODER, C PELT, DEPT AF/RSA FOR JA NAY
DEPT ALSO IO AND WHA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/09/2016
TAGS: PREL GT VE TZ UNAUS UNSC
SUBJECT: TANZANIA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON GRULAC UNSC SEAT

REF: A. STATE 020173


B. DAR ES SALAAM 00311

Classified By: Political Officer Maureen B. Latour for
reasons
1.4(b) and (d).


1. (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador
Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs' Multilateral Division, on March 9, 2006. Mulamula
said the Government of Tanzania (GOT) usually leaves the
countries of Latin America to decide which country occupies
the GRULAC seat on the UN Security Council but noted that
Venezuela's candidacy makes this election more complicated
than usual.


2. (C) Comment: Mulamula did not disagree with the position
that Venezuela would be a disruptive element on the
Security
Council, but she refrained from indicating any preference
for
a specific country for the GRULAC seat. End comment.
DELLY