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Cablegate: Malaysia Not Attending Technical Seminar On Unscr

Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 5:36 am
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 07KUALALUMPUR1455

VZCZCXRO6609
PP RUEHDBU
DE RUEHKL #1455 2680536
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 250536Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0020
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0113
RUCNEXC/EXPORT CONTROL AND RELATED BORDER SECURITY

UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 001455

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM MNUC KNNP IR MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA NOT ATTENDING TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR
1737 IMPLEMENTATION

REF: STATE 119645

1. Malaysia's Foreign Ministry informed us that there would
be no Malaysian government representative at the Open-Ended
Technical Seminar on UNSCR 1737 Implementation scheduled for
26 September. According to to Bala Chandran Tharman,
Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry's Multilateral
Political Affairs Division, all potential Ministry attendees
were occupied with other UNGA preparations and events.
Tharman stated that he was unaware of any Government of
Malaysia official planning to attend the seminar in Vienna.

2. To Embassy's knowledge, Malaysia has yet to submit a 1737
implementation report to the UN.
KEITH

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