COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): AGREEMENT TO

UNCLAS PRAGUE 000179 SIPDIS STATE FOR S/CT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PREL PTER EZ SUBJECT: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): AGREEMENT TO DEMARCHE ON THE 12 COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS REF: 04 SECSTATE 269653 Reftel asked Embassy Prague to demarche MFA on three counterterrorism conventions which reftel stated had not yet been ratified by the Czech Republic. These were: The Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, The Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),and The Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf. While the first of these three has not yet been ratified, the latter two (SUA and the Protocol) were ratified on December 10, 2004 and will go into effect on March 10, 2005. Post will continue working with the Czech government on ratification of the remaining convention. CABANISS