DEMARCHE ON PROPOSAL TO RESTRUCTURE CTC STAFF:

UNCLAS AMMAN 001599 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PTER JO UNSC SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSAL TO RESTRUCTURE CTC STAFF: JORDAN REF: STATE 44058 ¶1. (U) PolOff delivered reftel talking points March 1 to Rima Alaadeen, Acting Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department of the MFA, requesting support for the proposal to restructure the staff of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Alaadeen said she would immediately raise our request within the MFA and with the Jordanian mission in New York. She also urged the U.S. to directly contact the Jordanian UN mission on this matter. Please visit Embassy Amman's classified web site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ or through the Department of State's SIPRNET site. GNEHM