HONDURAN DELEGATION TO CICTE IN EL SALVADOR; GOH

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000139

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT. FOR WHA/USOAS, S/CT, AND WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL AORC HO OAS
SUBJECT: HONDURAN DELEGATION TO CICTE IN EL SALVADOR; GOH
HAS SIGNED BUT NOT RATIFIED 1971 AND 2001 OAS CT CONVENTIONS

REF: A. STATE 7902


B. OLSEN/MAKENS E-MAILS DECEMBER 2002

C. TEGUCIGALPA 3318


1. (U) PolOff delivered reftel A demarche January 10 on the
CICTE Third Regular Session January 22-24 in El Salvador to
MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. Fortin informed
PolOff January 16 that the Honduran delegation to the CICTE
meeting would be AMB Policarpo Callejas, Advisor to the
Foreign Minister, AMB Jaime Guell Bogran, Ambassador to El
Salvador, and Fortin.


2. (SBU) Post notes that the GOH has signed but not ratified
either of the two OAS counterterrorism (CT) conventions (1971
and 2001). EmbOffs have continuously pressed the GOH to
become a party to these conventions, along with five other
international counterterrorism conventions still pending.
EmbOffs have requested a meeting with Vice Minister Anibal
Quinonez to deliver official copies in Spanish of the two OAS
CT conventions. WHA/USOAS and WHA/CEN obtained these
documents and forwarded them to Post and Honduran OAS PermRep
AMB Salvador Redezno, at the request of the MFA Director
General for Treaties Ivonne Bonilla (ref C). Bonilla had
said that the GOH wanted to become a party to all pending CT
conventions but claimed that the GOH first needed official
Spanish-language copies of the conventions that would be
suitable for forwarding to Congress for consideration. Post
is guardedly optimistic that once the MFA has the official
copies of the two OAS CT conventions it will finally move to
send the two conventions to Congress for approval.
Palmer