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Viewing cable 07BEIJING7610, China Requests Date Change for UN ESCAP Meeting to May,

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BEIJING7610 2007-12-27 05:22 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Beijing
VZCZCXRO9851
PP RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHBJ #7610 3610522
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 270522Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4220
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1744
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 0485
RUEHVN/AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE 4173
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 3700
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 5748
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1933
UNCLAS BEIJING 007610 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE PASS TO IO/OIC MALCIK, STEMPLENSKI 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON CH
 
SUBJECT: China Requests Date Change for UN ESCAP Meeting to May, 
2008 
 
 
1. (SBU)  Mr. Geng Shuang, MFA Director of the Department of 
International Organizations and Conferences, called Embassy to 
request the United States support the Chinese sponsored change of 
date for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asi 
and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) meeting to May 8-3, 2008.  The Chinese 
have difficulties with the originally proposed dates in March during 
which time they will be attending the Mekong Sb-Regional Meeting 
held in Laos. 
 
2. (SBU)  South Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma 
support the change.  Japan is currently considering the change 
according to Geng. 
 
3. ACTION REQUEST:  Please let post know if the USG supports the 
change of date.