Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DARESSALAAM834
2009-12-03 12:55:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Cable title:
"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS": INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
how-toVZCZCXYZ0001 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHDR #0834 3371255 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 031255Z DEC 09 FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9103 INFO RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0521 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000834
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E JTREADWELL; DRL/IRF JMORALES, NBADAT;
IO/HR AOSTERMEIER, CNEVILLE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA TZ
SUBJECT: "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS": INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
IMPORTANT IN SECULAR TANZANIA
REF: A. SECSTATE 122637
B. DAR ES SALAAM 735
(SBU) PolOff delivered ref a demarche as well as a copy of
the non-paper on "Defamation of Religions" to MFA Foreign
Affairs Officer John Kambona on December 3. Although Kambona
did not comment on Tanzania's voting intentions, he noted
that Tanzania is a secular state and reiterated the GOT's
interest in protecting individual rights (ref b). We expect
Tanzania will continue to abstain when the resolution comes
to a vote.
LENHARDT
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E JTREADWELL; DRL/IRF JMORALES, NBADAT;
IO/HR AOSTERMEIER, CNEVILLE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA TZ
SUBJECT: "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS": INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
IMPORTANT IN SECULAR TANZANIA
REF: A. SECSTATE 122637
B. DAR ES SALAAM 735
(SBU) PolOff delivered ref a demarche as well as a copy of
the non-paper on "Defamation of Religions" to MFA Foreign
Affairs Officer John Kambona on December 3. Although Kambona
did not comment on Tanzania's voting intentions, he noted
that Tanzania is a secular state and reiterated the GOT's
interest in protecting individual rights (ref b). We expect
Tanzania will continue to abstain when the resolution comes
to a vote.
LENHARDT