Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SINGAPORE81
2007-01-11 10:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Singapore
Cable title:
SINGAPORE NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA
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UNCLAS SINGAPORE 000081
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA
REF: A. STATE 3586
B. SINGAPORE 3772
UNCLAS SINGAPORE 000081
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA
REF: A. STATE 3586
B. SINGAPORE 3772
1. (SBU) On January 11, DCM pressed MFA Deputy Secretary
Andrew Tan for Singapore and ASEAN to support the UN Security
Council resolution on Burma (Ref A). Tan said he was leaving
on January 12 for the ASEAN Summit in Cebu and would convey
our message to MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho, who was
already there. Tan indicated that there was no consensus
within ASEAN on how to deal with Burma, so he didn't think
there would be a united ASEAN position at the Cebu Summit
either in favor of or opposed to the resolution. Burma was
not making it possible for ASEAN to support it, since the
regime hadn't determined a path forward, he commented.
2. (SBU) Earlier, E/P Counselor asked MFA International
Organizations Director Tan Yee Woan whether Singapore had
reached a decision on our earlier requests that it indicate
support for the resolution in conversations with UN Security
Council members or among ASEAN countries (ref B). Tan
responded that no UNSC members had asked for Singapore's
views and that "realistically" Singapore was unlikely to
publicly support the resolution.
HERBOLD
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA
REF: A. STATE 3586
B. SINGAPORE 3772
1. (SBU) On January 11, DCM pressed MFA Deputy Secretary
Andrew Tan for Singapore and ASEAN to support the UN Security
Council resolution on Burma (Ref A). Tan said he was leaving
on January 12 for the ASEAN Summit in Cebu and would convey
our message to MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho, who was
already there. Tan indicated that there was no consensus
within ASEAN on how to deal with Burma, so he didn't think
there would be a united ASEAN position at the Cebu Summit
either in favor of or opposed to the resolution. Burma was
not making it possible for ASEAN to support it, since the
regime hadn't determined a path forward, he commented.
2. (SBU) Earlier, E/P Counselor asked MFA International
Organizations Director Tan Yee Woan whether Singapore had
reached a decision on our earlier requests that it indicate
support for the resolution in conversations with UN Security
Council members or among ASEAN countries (ref B). Tan
responded that no UNSC members had asked for Singapore's
views and that "realistically" Singapore was unlikely to
publicly support the resolution.
HERBOLD