TANZANIA SEES UN AS PROPER VENUE FOR PSI

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000600 SIPDIS SIPDIS NP, T, AND AF/E FOR BYODER E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/05/2016 TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PRL KNNP TZ SUBJECT: TANZANIA SEES UN AS PROPER VENUE FOR PSI REF: STATE 50811 Classified By: Political Officer Maureen B. Latour for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 5, 2006. While sympathetic to the intitiative, Mulamula asked "why not raise the issue through the United Nations" and suggested the Security Council, General Assembly or the Disarmament Committee. Mulamula said it is difficult for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to attend meetings in a variety of countries, like the PSI Senior Level Political Meeting in Poland in June, but has representatives available at the UN. Mulamula added that if the USG really wants the PSI to have political strength it should bring the issue to where countries already have representatives and make it a true collective endeavor by putting it on the agenda of the UN. DELLY