BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON IMO COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001537 SIPDIS IO/T/HTP FOR FRANK OSTRANDER L/LEI FOR DENISE MANNING E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL SUBJECT: BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON IMO COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE REF: SECSTATE 127568 Emboffs delivered reftel talking points to the Foreign Ministry's Manuel Montenegro in the Division of Sensitive Technologies and Disarmament, Maria Tereza Mesquita Pessoa of the Division of the Sea, the Antarctic and Space, and the maritime regulator. Econoff met with ANTAQ's (maritime regulator) Director General Carlos Alberto Wanderley Nobrega on June 15, who committed to forward the talking points to London-based Admiral Antonio Ruy de Almeida Silva, Brazil's IMO Coordinator. Counselor Pessoa has attended the Legal Committee meetings, and anticipates attending the next Legal Committee meeting in London. She said she appreciated the information, would distribute it to other interested parties within the Ministry and the Brazilian Navy, but could not give any specific feedback until she obtained interagency reactions. HRINAK