BUISIR: GOI SUPPORTS USG ACTION

S E C R E T DUBLIN 000417 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (M. BRUNO),S/CT (T. KUSHNER), EUR/UBI, IO/OSC (B. FITZGERALD) TREASURY FOR (J. ZARATE),OFAC DIRECTOR (R. WERNER) STATE PASS TO NSC (K. EMERSON) E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/08/2015 TAGS: PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC SUBJECT: BUISIR: GOI SUPPORTS USG ACTION REF: A. DUBLIN 409 ¶B. SECSTATE 61751 Classified By: DCM Jonathon Benton for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (S) On April 8, Maurice Biggar, acting Director of the DFA's UN office, called to say that following consultations with Ireland's DOJ and higher levels at the DFA, the GOI wishes to confirm its support of the USG plan to submit Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. ¶2. (S) Biggar noted that the GOI cannot co-sponsor at this time because of its domestic, legal and political concerns (ref A). At the same time, he said that the GOI has agreed to Embassy's request to look into legal questions surrounding co-sponsorship of an action against an Irish citizen, in case this comes up again. He also asked if the USG could explain precisely how co-sponsorship would work, since Ireland is not on the UNSC now and thus not part of the UN 1267 Committee. He closed by expressing GOI appreciation of the close cooperation between our governments on this issue. KENNY