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05QUITO391
2005-02-17 17:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Quito
Cable title:  

ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE,

Tags:  PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW 
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UNCLAS QUITO 000391 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW
SUBJECT: ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE,
LEGISLATION DELAYED

REF: SECSTATE 26859

UNCLAS QUITO 000391

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW
SUBJECT: ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE,
LEGISLATION DELAYED

REF: SECSTATE 26859


1. In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered
non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies
representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship
general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted
a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established
its National Authority (NA) for the Chemical Weapons
Convention (CWC). He claimed the CWC NA was composed of
representatives from the MFA, Presidency, Army Polytechnic
University (ESPE),and Chamber of Industry, among others. It
met on an ad hoc basis; its next gathering, the first of
2005, would take place the week of February 21.


2. Reftel's second assertion -- that Ecuador had failed to
pass CWC implementing legislation -- was correct, Herrera
admitted. Additionally, he knew of no CWC bill currently
coursing through Congress. As deputies were unlikely to
draft such technical legislation, responsibility would fall
to the MFA or another NA-represented entity. The Authority
would discuss the matter at the February meeting, Herrera
claimed.
Chacon