GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO ALL

C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 001754 SIPDIS NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR JFRAZER LONDON FOR CGURNEY PARIS FOR CNEARY E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2012 TAGS: PTER PREL ZI SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO ALL ANTI-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS REF: A. HARARE 1665 ¶B. SECSTATE 125639 Classified By: Political Officer Todd Faulk for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) On July 30, post received a dipnote from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our dipnote of July 15 informing the GOZ of the U.S.'s accession to all 12 UN anti-terrorism conventions (REF A). The GOZ's note stated: "The Ministry wishes to advise that as a demonstration of its commitment to fight terrorism, Zimbabwe is considering the outstanding nine conventions with a view to acceding to the same in the near future." ¶2. (C) Comment: This is the first positive communication we have received from the MFA this year. The dipnote, combined with the Minister of Justice's tabling in Parliament of one of the conventions in May (REF A),indicates the GOZ still treats counter-terrorism issues with some seriousness. Although the dipnote was vague on timing, we may look forward to some action on the outstanding conventions in the current session of Parliament, which began on July 23. End comment. SULLIVAN