US embassy cable - 05RANGOON794

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GOB DECRIES SECURITY COUNCIL EFFORT

Identifier: 05RANGOON794
Wikileaks: View 05RANGOON794 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Rangoon
Created: 2005-07-06 09:07:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PGOV PREL BM UNSC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

060907Z Jul 05
UNCLAS RANGOON 000794 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, IO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, BM, UNSC 
SUBJECT: GOB DECRIES SECURITY COUNCIL EFFORT 
 
REF: A. USUN 1438 
 
     B. STATE 116517 
 
1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called us in on July 6th 
to complain about the USG raising Burma at the UN Security 
Council on June 24th (ref A).  An account of the Security 
Council intervention appeared in the embassy's "American News 
and Views" publication, produced daily by the Public Affairs 
Section and sent to, among others, many senior GOB officials. 
 
2. MOFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs U Phae 
Thann Oo told us he "regretted very much" U.S. efforts to 
"push" a "purely internal" issue at the Security Council.  He 
said this was not something that "friendly nations" did to 
each other.  He lauded the Chinese and Russians, who clearly 
"understood the situation much better," for their vocal 
opposition to raising Burma in the UNSC.  He urged the USG to 
be more patient with Burma's "Roadmap to Democracy" and try 
harder to realize that the GOB was trying its best "in its 
own way" to bring about national reconciliation. 
Martinez 

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