US embassy cable - 04MAPUTO975

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000975 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
STATE FOR AF/S 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, ECON, PHUM, KDEM, MZ, UNGA, Trafficking in Persons 
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 
59TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
REF: STATE 152009 
 
1. (SBU) Econ/poloff delivered reftel demarche in a meeting 
with Farouk Faquira, Chief of the United Nations Department, 
Office of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs on Tuesday, July 20. Faquira appreciated the 
presentation of U.S. initiatives prior to the opening of the 
59th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September. At the same 
time, he stated that Mozambique is preparing its initiatives 
for the UNGA and they are simliar to those initiatives 
espoused by the U.S., specifically in terms of advancing 
economic freedom and promoting democracy. Additionally, 
Faquira noted that Mozambique is becoming more active in the 
area of trafficking in persons. The GRM is acutely aware of 
its vunerability to such illegal activity due to weak border 
patrol on land, sharing borders with six other nations, and 
on the 1600-km unprotected coastline. The GRM would like to 
embark upon an in-depth study on trafficking in persons and 
how Mozambique, in particular, is vunerable in this regard. 
On the issue of human cloning, Faquira assured econ/poloff 
that the GRM would not block a U.S. initiative to vote 
against a partial ban. He admitted that Mozambique does not 
have the technology or the knowledge to analyze the potential 
affects of cloning. Without this know-how, the GRM would 
rather take a stance to vote against cloning regardless of 
the purpose. Finally, Faquira noted that the GRM was also 
reviewing options to reduce the number of Middle East 
resolutions present in the UNGA. 
 
2. (SBU) Providing thoughtful responses and acknowledging 
upcoming U.S. UN initiatives, Faquira indicated that the GRM 
will soon complete a list of their own 59th UNGA initiatives. 
Post will maintain contact with the MFA on this and seek to 
receive and transmit initiatives at the soonest opportunity. 
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