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United Kingdom E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2018
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Editorial SUBJECT: UK DOESN'T EXPECT STRONG NEW BURMA SANCTIONS FROM
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Summary: The UK agrees with U.S. desires to maintain pressure on the
regime, but claims other EU Member States are not as eager to increas
Browse latest releases - particularly financial ones. FCO is preparing a brief policy paper
2010/11 2010/12 2011/01 steps forward, which it intends to share with us and the French. End
2011/02 ¶2. (C/NF) The international community must continue to apply pressur
Junta in Burma, Nigel Boud, Head of Burma and Mekong Team, and Stephe
Browse by creation date Head of International Organization Sanctions Unit, UK Foreign Office
August 7. The UK is fully in agreement with the U.S. that we must no
66 72 73 75 79 86 88 89 approach to the Burmese leadership. Boud and McCormick described the
90 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 sanctions as the strongest of all the EU's autonomous sanctions, but
07 08 09 10 were constrained in going much further by their EU partners. Boud sai
Member States were not eager to increase sanctions following the cycl
others - who are traditionally skeptical of using sanctions - were us
Browse by origin cyclone as an excuse to try and weaken the current package. Boud and
applauded the U.S. measures and were eager to delve into the details
A B C D F G H I Lantos JADE Act addresses the third-country transfer and sale of jade
J K L M N O P Q an issue of great importance to UK-based pro-democracy lobbyists. Th
R S T U V W Y Z strict customs rules which bind all Member States to a rigid interpre
"country of origin", and there are no current plans to try and modify
Boud said. The FCO officials were also interested in following USG
Browse by tag implementation of the legislation, noting that it is very hard to enf
A B C D E F G H monitoring of third country transfers.
I J K L M N O P ¶3. (C/NF) HMG is finishing up a brief policy outline covering overal
Q R S T U V W X with Burma, sanctions, treatment of senior officials, etc. which it w
Y Z with the USG and France in the next few days. The goal is to use thi

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consultations over the next six months, for the P3 to drive the debate on Burma.
Towards that end, FCO greatly appreciated ideas from Treasury's OFAC a few months
ago and has worked them into EU and French thinking. The UK will conduct
extensive bilateral discussions with the French on the EU's path forward.

EU POSITIONS ------------

¶4. (C/NF) According to Boud and McCormick, in addition to the UK, the strong
players on this issue are the Nordics - led by a forceful Danish position and
then the Swedes and Finns, as well as the Czechs, Dutch and a strong and
effective Irish approach. The French are in the middle, constrained primarily by
their Total investments and concerns that financial sanctions could impact all of
Total's operations in Burma. The French political level (Ministers) are publicly
very committed and ready to act, while the official French position within EU
meetings is that the French are not convinced that sanctions (at least financial
ones) are the best tool, according to Boud. At the far end opposing sanctions
are the Germans and Austrians - for legalistic reasons - and the Mediterraneans
(Italy, Portugal), who are philosophically reluctant to believe that sanctions
can have an impact. Boud mentioned that during recent meetings in Berlin the
Germans pushed to "incentivize" Burma, but when the UK tried to channel that
desire into increased EU humanitarian aid, it was rebuffed. According to Boud,
the same countries who like the incentive idea are the ones with the smallest aid
budgets. Finally, Boud mentioned that many EU countries are feeling the pressure
of "sanctions fatigue" due to the Zimbabwe sanctions, considering that they have
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