Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI619
2003-02-05 13:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 06/05/2007 10:36:48 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS TELEGRAM February 05, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 619 - ROUTINE) TAGS: PTER, EFIN, ETTC, PREL, PGOV Captions: None Subject: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 2-3, 2003 Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 00619 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: P/M AMB DCM POL Laser1: INFO: FCS DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: CDA: TWILLIAMS DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI640 RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEATRS RUEAWJA RHEHNSC RUEHDE DE RUEHAD #0619 0361307 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 051307Z FEB 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8261 INFO RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEATRS/TREASURY DEPT WASHDC RUEAWJA/DOJ WASHDC RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 2777
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000619
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP - HEFFERNAN, NEA/RA -SUTPHIN,
EB/ESC/ESP, INL/C - CASSARA, INL/ENT - NOVIS, AND
S/CT - REALUYO
TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT DAS JUAN ZARATE AND IEA
DIRECTOR BOYLAN, ALSO FOR LONERGAN
TREASURY PASS FINCEN FOR NEAU
TREASURY PASS OTA FOR N. WORTHINGTON
TREASURY PASS OFAC FOR NEWCOMB
JUSTICE FOR ASSET FORFEITURE AND ML UNIT -- DEPUTY
CHIEF DAVITT, ALSO TED GREENBERG
JUSTICE PASS OPDAT FOR SILVERWOOD
NSC FOR GARY PETERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2008
TAGS: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
SUBJECT: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
HAWALA, APRIL
2-3, 2003
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000619
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP - HEFFERNAN, NEA/RA -SUTPHIN,
EB/ESC/ESP, INL/C - CASSARA, INL/ENT - NOVIS, AND
S/CT - REALUYO
TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT DAS JUAN ZARATE AND IEA
DIRECTOR BOYLAN, ALSO FOR LONERGAN
TREASURY PASS FINCEN FOR NEAU
TREASURY PASS OTA FOR N. WORTHINGTON
TREASURY PASS OFAC FOR NEWCOMB
JUSTICE FOR ASSET FORFEITURE AND ML UNIT -- DEPUTY
CHIEF DAVITT, ALSO TED GREENBERG
JUSTICE PASS OPDAT FOR SILVERWOOD
NSC FOR GARY PETERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2008
TAGS: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
SUBJECT: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
HAWALA, APRIL
2-3, 2003
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522
1. (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5
(B) and (C).
2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5.
3. (C) On the heels of the very successful May 2002 Hawala Conference
in Abu Dhabi
(reftel),UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al-Suweidi officially
notified the
Ambassador on February 5 of his intention to host the Second
International Conference
on Hawala in Abu Dhabi, April 2-3, 2003. The preliminary agenda
includes panel
discussions by representatives from FATF, law enforcements agencies,
and academia,
and presentations from banking representatives from Central Asia, the
Middle East,
and Africa among others.
4. (C) Comment: Additional information regarding the conference
agenda and a
registration form will become available on the UAE Central Bank's
website
(WWW.CBUAE.GOV.AE) in the next few days. The draft agenda does not
mention charities
and charitable organizations, despite the Governor's earlier
indications that the
topic would be discussed during or on the margins of the Second Hawala
Conference.
We will raise this with the Governor in subsequent meetings and report
any response
we receive. End comment.
5. (C) Action request: Post requests that USG participants -- once an
official
delegation is constituted via the interagency process -- allow the
Embassy to
coordinate travel and accommodations and that they not/not register
directly for the
conference via the UAE Central Bank website. This will ensure that the
U.S.
delegation can be located together, simplifying considerably the
logistical
arrangements.
Williams
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP - HEFFERNAN, NEA/RA -SUTPHIN,
EB/ESC/ESP, INL/C - CASSARA, INL/ENT - NOVIS, AND
S/CT - REALUYO
TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT DAS JUAN ZARATE AND IEA
DIRECTOR BOYLAN, ALSO FOR LONERGAN
TREASURY PASS FINCEN FOR NEAU
TREASURY PASS OTA FOR N. WORTHINGTON
TREASURY PASS OFAC FOR NEWCOMB
JUSTICE FOR ASSET FORFEITURE AND ML UNIT -- DEPUTY
CHIEF DAVITT, ALSO TED GREENBERG
JUSTICE PASS OPDAT FOR SILVERWOOD
NSC FOR GARY PETERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2008
TAGS: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
SUBJECT: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
HAWALA, APRIL
2-3, 2003
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522
1. (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5
(B) and (C).
2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5.
3. (C) On the heels of the very successful May 2002 Hawala Conference
in Abu Dhabi
(reftel),UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al-Suweidi officially
notified the
Ambassador on February 5 of his intention to host the Second
International Conference
on Hawala in Abu Dhabi, April 2-3, 2003. The preliminary agenda
includes panel
discussions by representatives from FATF, law enforcements agencies,
and academia,
and presentations from banking representatives from Central Asia, the
Middle East,
and Africa among others.
4. (C) Comment: Additional information regarding the conference
agenda and a
registration form will become available on the UAE Central Bank's
website
(WWW.CBUAE.GOV.AE) in the next few days. The draft agenda does not
mention charities
and charitable organizations, despite the Governor's earlier
indications that the
topic would be discussed during or on the margins of the Second Hawala
Conference.
We will raise this with the Governor in subsequent meetings and report
any response
we receive. End comment.
5. (C) Action request: Post requests that USG participants -- once an
official
delegation is constituted via the interagency process -- allow the
Embassy to
coordinate travel and accommodations and that they not/not register
directly for the
conference via the UAE Central Bank website. This will ensure that the
U.S.
delegation can be located together, simplifying considerably the
logistical
arrangements.
Williams