US embassy cable - 05PARIS7506

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FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA FROM ALGERIA, TANZANIA

Identifier: 05PARIS7506
Wikileaks: View 05PARIS7506 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Paris
Created: 2005-11-03 15:24:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR 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.

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 007506 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2015 
TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, PREL, BN, BM, FR, UNSC 
SUBJECT: FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA 
FROM ALGERIA, TANZANIA 
 
REF: A. PARIS 7392 
 
     B. STATE 199514 
 
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt for reaso 
ns 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) MFA IO officer Benoit Guidee told us 11/3, with respect 
to the GOF's previously positive assessment of Benin's 
readiness to support bringing Burma before the UNSC (ref A), 
the Benin UNSC delegation may be buckling under "very strong 
pressure" from African countries, especially Algeria and 
Tanzania.  According to Guidee, Benin told the French in New 
York that, if such a motion comes to a vote, there is a "very 
strong chance" that Benin will vote against it. 
 
 
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http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
Stapleton 

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