US embassy cable - 05PARIS7953

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FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC

Identifier: 05PARIS7953
Wikileaks: View 05PARIS7953 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Paris
Created: 2005-11-22 14:12:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PHUM 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 007953 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, BN, BM, FR, UNSC 
SUBJECT: FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC 
 
REF: A. STATE 211115 B. PARIS 7506 
 
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah B. Rosenblatt.  Reas 
ons 1.4b,d 
 
Poloff informed French MFA on November 21 about USG 
assessment that the necessary nine votes were in hand to move 
for a UNSC briefing on the situation in Burma (Ref A).  IO 
desk officer Benoit Guidee reiterated French support for the 
initiative.  Guidee repeated the French lacked certainty 
about how Benin would vote, given previously reported 
pressure from Algeria and Tanzania to adopt a common African 
position in opposition (Ref B).  However, if Tanzania was now 
on board, as the USG calculated, then Benin could join, 
without reservation, in calling for the briefing. 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
 
Stapleton 

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