UNSCR 1540 - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003365 SIPDIS STATE FOR NP/PPC - SMITH AND LANDWEBER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL DR SUBJECT: UNSCR 1540 - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REF: STATE 107450 ¶1. Santo Domingo Embassy on June 20 and again on June 15 delivered reftel demarche to MFA's UN/OAS affairs division. We inquired about the reasons for the Dominican Republic's delay in delivering its report under the resolution and asked whether the government might require technical assistance (which we mentioned as a tentative possibility). As of June 24, Deputy division chief Rhadys Abreu de Polanco had requested further information from the Dominican Republic's military authorities and was awaiting a response. HERTELL