Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI299
2003-01-20 09:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAEG FORMING CABINET LEVEL COMMITTEE
null Diana T Fritz 06/05/2007 04:14:24 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS TELEGRAM January 20, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 299 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: ETTC, PARM, PREL, PTER, KSTC Captions: None Subject: UAEG FORMING CABINET LEVEL COMMITTEE TO MANAGE EXPORT CONTROLS PORTFOLIO Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 00299 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: DCM POL P/M AMB Laser1: INFO: FCS DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS CLEARED: A/DCM:TEW; ECON:CM VZCZCADI899 OO RUEHC RUEHLO RUEHRO RHFJUSC RHEBAAA RUCPDOC RUEHDE DE RUEHAD #0299 0200952 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 200952Z JAN 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7961 INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0561 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 0656 RHFJUSC/US CUSTOMS SERVICE WASHDC RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 2705
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000299
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NP/NPC/ECNP FOR KCROUCH, LONDON
AND ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHES, DOC/BIS FOR RCUPPITT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/19/2013
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
SUBJECT: UAEG FORMING CABINET LEVEL COMMITTEE
TO MANAGE EXPORT CONTROLS PORTFOLIO
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000299
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NP/NPC/ECNP FOR KCROUCH, LONDON
AND ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHES, DOC/BIS FOR RCUPPITT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/19/2013
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
SUBJECT: UAEG FORMING CABINET LEVEL COMMITTEE
TO MANAGE EXPORT CONTROLS PORTFOLIO
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba,
Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (C) During a 1/14 meeting with MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin
Zayid Al-Nahyan (other topics reported septel),the
Ambassador pressed Hamdan and MFA Assistant Undersecretary
Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi on the need to jumpstart the
export controls training initiatives put on hold since
October 2002. She noted that this issue was center stage
during the Bilateral Dialogue and that we were eager to move
forward as soon as possible. She hoped that the UAEG could
schedule the WMD Commodity Identification Course in
February.
3. (C) Hamdan briefed that the MFA had run up against
roadblocks in the UAE "interagency" process and had been
unable to recruit the high quality of attendees merited for
this training. Hamdan wants to avoid a potentially
embarrassing situation if the wrong candidates are put
forward for training. He has decided to take up the matter
at the next Cabinet meeting, scheduled for 1/27, where he
will recommend the formation of a Cabinet-level committee to
manage the portfolio. Through this mechanism, Hamdan hopes
to achieve "buy-in" from his ministerial colleagues.
4. (C) Comment: Hamdan and his subordinates at the MFA are
clearly frustrated by the bureaucratic inertia which has
impeded progress on our bilateral EXBS agenda. Previously
the Ministry of Economy and Commerce was deemed responsible
for federal-level customs issues (a key element in the
planned EXBS training road-map) and did a lackluster job
organizing a program for a visiting USG team on "Trade-Based
Money Laundering." By bumping export controls up to the
Cabinet level, Hamdan is placing the issue on the
national/federal agenda, where it rightly belongs, given its
importance to our relationship and the UAE's national
security.
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NP/NPC/ECNP FOR KCROUCH, LONDON
AND ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHES, DOC/BIS FOR RCUPPITT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/19/2013
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
SUBJECT: UAEG FORMING CABINET LEVEL COMMITTEE
TO MANAGE EXPORT CONTROLS PORTFOLIO
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba,
Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (C) During a 1/14 meeting with MFA Minstate Hamdan Bin
Zayid Al-Nahyan (other topics reported septel),the
Ambassador pressed Hamdan and MFA Assistant Undersecretary
Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi on the need to jumpstart the
export controls training initiatives put on hold since
October 2002. She noted that this issue was center stage
during the Bilateral Dialogue and that we were eager to move
forward as soon as possible. She hoped that the UAEG could
schedule the WMD Commodity Identification Course in
February.
3. (C) Hamdan briefed that the MFA had run up against
roadblocks in the UAE "interagency" process and had been
unable to recruit the high quality of attendees merited for
this training. Hamdan wants to avoid a potentially
embarrassing situation if the wrong candidates are put
forward for training. He has decided to take up the matter
at the next Cabinet meeting, scheduled for 1/27, where he
will recommend the formation of a Cabinet-level committee to
manage the portfolio. Through this mechanism, Hamdan hopes
to achieve "buy-in" from his ministerial colleagues.
4. (C) Comment: Hamdan and his subordinates at the MFA are
clearly frustrated by the bureaucratic inertia which has
impeded progress on our bilateral EXBS agenda. Previously
the Ministry of Economy and Commerce was deemed responsible
for federal-level customs issues (a key element in the
planned EXBS training road-map) and did a lackluster job
organizing a program for a visiting USG team on "Trade-Based
Money Laundering." By bumping export controls up to the
Cabinet level, Hamdan is placing the issue on the
national/federal agenda, where it rightly belongs, given its
importance to our relationship and the UAE's national
security.
WAHBA