Identifier
Created
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04ABUDHABI717
2004-03-14 10:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/15/2007 03:06:45 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM March 14, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 717 - ROUTINE) TAGS: PTER, EFIN, ETTC, PREL, PGOV Captions: None Subject: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004 Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 00717 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: DCM P/M POL AMB Laser1: INFO: FCS DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: DCM: RALBRIGHT DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI705 RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEATRS RUEAWJA RHEHNSC RUEAIIA DE RUEHAD #0717 0741046 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 141046Z MAR 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3582 INFO RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEATRS/TREASURY DEPT WASHDC RUEAWJA/DOJ WASHDC RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000717
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: NA
TAGS: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
SUBJECT: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000717
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: NA
TAGS: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
SUBJECT: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522
1. This is an action request; please see paragraph 5.
2. Following the very successful May 2002 Hawala
Conference in Abu Dhabi (reftel),the UAE Central Bank is
prepared to host the Second International Conference on
Hawala in Abu Dhabi, April 3-4, 2004. The Central Bank
intended to hold the follow-up conference last spring, but
cancelled the forum once hostilities commenced in Iraq.
3. The theme of this year's Hawala Conference will be
"Best Practices on the Supervision of Informal Funds
Transfer Systems." The preliminary agenda includes panel
discussions by representatives from FATF, law enforcement
agencies, and academia, and presentations from banking
representatives from Central Asia, the Middle East, and
Africa among others. More than 400 participants attended
the 2002 Hawala Conference, and subsequently agreed to
further examine informal remittance networks in the "Abu
Dhabi Declaration on Hawala."
4. Comment: Additional information regarding the
conference agenda and a registration form is available on
the UAE Central Bank's website (WWW.CBUAE.GOV.AE). 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. End comment.
5. Action request: The Central Bank advises interested
parties to register for the conference by April 1, 2004 via
the website. Post requests that USG participants also
forward their names to Econoff Cara Martin-Crumpler (email:
MARTIN-CRUMPLERCE@STATE.GOV) to coordinate travel and
accommodations. This will ensure that the U.S. delegation
can be located together, simplifying considerably the
logistical arrangements. Official USG visitors also must
obtain country clearance approval prior to their travel to
the UAE. End action request.
WAHBA
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: NA
TAGS: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
SUBJECT: UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522
1. This is an action request; please see paragraph 5.
2. Following the very successful May 2002 Hawala
Conference in Abu Dhabi (reftel),the UAE Central Bank is
prepared to host the Second International Conference on
Hawala in Abu Dhabi, April 3-4, 2004. The Central Bank
intended to hold the follow-up conference last spring, but
cancelled the forum once hostilities commenced in Iraq.
3. The theme of this year's Hawala Conference will be
"Best Practices on the Supervision of Informal Funds
Transfer Systems." The preliminary agenda includes panel
discussions by representatives from FATF, law enforcement
agencies, and academia, and presentations from banking
representatives from Central Asia, the Middle East, and
Africa among others. More than 400 participants attended
the 2002 Hawala Conference, and subsequently agreed to
further examine informal remittance networks in the "Abu
Dhabi Declaration on Hawala."
4. Comment: Additional information regarding the
conference agenda and a registration form is available on
the UAE Central Bank's website (WWW.CBUAE.GOV.AE). 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. End comment.
5. Action request: The Central Bank advises interested
parties to register for the conference by April 1, 2004 via
the website. Post requests that USG participants also
forward their names to Econoff Cara Martin-Crumpler (email:
MARTIN-CRUMPLERCE@STATE.GOV) to coordinate travel and
accommodations. This will ensure that the U.S. delegation
can be located together, simplifying considerably the
logistical arrangements. Official USG visitors also must
obtain country clearance approval prior to their travel to
the UAE. End action request.
WAHBA