Summary: "The PRC is prepared to block a UN Security Council resolution on Burma but appears confident there will not be enough support to bring such a resolution to a vote, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Cong Jun. MFA Director General for International Organizations told CDA that China agrees with many of the U.S. points about the bad behavior of the Burmese regime, commenting that he and other MFA officials had raised PRC concerns with the Burmese Ambassador in Beijing. Wu claimed that Beijing has also pushed ASEAN countries to take a stronger stance toward Burma and expressed a desire for better cooperation with the United States. China does not believe that a UNSCR will be effective and worries that it could open the door to further resolutions that will lead to a deterioration of the situation in Burma, he stressed. MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Cong Jun later told us that Beijing remains strongly opposed to a Burma resolution and, noting previous discussions about the possible use of the PRC veto, said China "will not permit passage of the resolution." Commenting that vote-counting is best done in New York, Cong expressed confidence that fewer than nine countries would be willing to vote in favor of the resolution." End Summary.