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05AMMAN5286
2005-07-03 07:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
DEMARCHE ON UN AGENCIES AND TERROR ORGANIZATION
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UNCLAS AMMAN 005286
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR IO, PRM AND NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER XF UNRWA UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON UN AGENCIES AND TERROR ORGANIZATION
CONTACT: UNRWA'S INTERIM RESPONSE
REF: SECSTATE 118455
Charge sent reftel letter outlining the pressing need for UN
agencies to develop consistent financial controls that
prevent contractual relationships with terrorist
organizations to UNRWA's newly-appointed Commissioner-General
Karen Abu Zayd on June 28. Post also provided copies to
UNRWA's senior Legal Advisor James Lindsay, UNRWA
Administration and Human Resources Department Director Dr.
Issam Miqdadi, UNRWA Comptroller Ramadan Alomari and UNRWA
External Relations Department Director Andrew Whitley. In an
interim response, Abu Zayd told regional refcoord June 30
that UNRWA is in the process of vetting its contracting
partners against the U.S. Treasury list in response to our
request, and is determining how the agency can implement a
more frequent and transparent vetting system that may include
posting a complete list of UNRWA's contractors on its
official website. (NOTE: In addition to the UN 1267
Sanctions Committee List, UNRWA has used the U.S. Treasury
list to vet its contractors periodically in the past, most
recently in 2003. END NOTE.)
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR IO, PRM AND NEA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER XF UNRWA UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON UN AGENCIES AND TERROR ORGANIZATION
CONTACT: UNRWA'S INTERIM RESPONSE
REF: SECSTATE 118455
Charge sent reftel letter outlining the pressing need for UN
agencies to develop consistent financial controls that
prevent contractual relationships with terrorist
organizations to UNRWA's newly-appointed Commissioner-General
Karen Abu Zayd on June 28. Post also provided copies to
UNRWA's senior Legal Advisor James Lindsay, UNRWA
Administration and Human Resources Department Director Dr.
Issam Miqdadi, UNRWA Comptroller Ramadan Alomari and UNRWA
External Relations Department Director Andrew Whitley. In an
interim response, Abu Zayd told regional refcoord June 30
that UNRWA is in the process of vetting its contracting
partners against the U.S. Treasury list in response to our
request, and is determining how the agency can implement a
more frequent and transparent vetting system that may include
posting a complete list of UNRWA's contractors on its
official website. (NOTE: In addition to the UN 1267
Sanctions Committee List, UNRWA has used the U.S. Treasury
list to vet its contractors periodically in the past, most
recently in 2003. END NOTE.)
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