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P 011021Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY RANGOON
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1914
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8004 UNCLAS RANGOON 000620 
 
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DEPT FOR IO/UNP (SUN), USUN (TBD), NSC (MCDONALD), P 
(REINEMEYER), AND EAP/RSP (TIKVART) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
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SUBJECT: BURMA DELEGATION FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
REF: STATE 72078 
 
 1. (U)  On August 1, the Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
(MFA) provided us with the names of the Burmese Delegation to 
the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 
 
 A.    The Head of State will not attend. 
 
 B.    The Head of Government will not attend. 
 
 C.    The Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, will attend.  He will 
arrive on September 20 and depart on October 4, 2008.  His 
spouse will not accompany him and he does not need 
translation services. 
 
 D.    According to the information MFA has provided, the 
following three MFA officials will attend as "alternate 
members" of the delegation: U Thant Kyaw, Deputy Director 
General for the International Organizations and the Economic 
Department; U Kyaw Tin, Deputy Director General of the 
Political Department; and U Maung Wai, Deputy Director 
General of the Consular and Legal Affairs Department.  They 
will arrive on September 14 and depart on December 13, 2008. 
Their spouses will not accompany them. No further information 
was provided. 
 
 E.    The MFA's Deputy Director General for International 
Organizations and Economics, U Thant Kyaw, will attend as the 
senior MFA official responsible for IO affairs.  He will 
arrive on September 14 and depart on December 13, 2008.  His 
spouse will not accompany him and he does not need 
translation services. 
 
 2. (U)  The MFA informed us that the delegation would like to 
travel to Washington D.C., if permitted.  In previous years, 
Burmese Ambassadors assigned to various countries around the 
world have attended UNGA, but we have not heard whether they 
will do so this year.  We will report further information as 
it is received. 
 
 3. (SBU)  Comment: In previous years the visas of the entire 
Burmese delegation were limited to within 25 miles of New 
York.  Accordingly our visas for TDYers have also begun to be 
limited.  While the Foreign Minister may be ineligible for an 
unrestricted visa under our law, the lower-level officials 
accompanying him are not, so we urge that their visas not be 
restricted. 
VILLAROSA