TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE

S E C R E T ABU DHABI 003693 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, EB/ESC/TFS, A/CT TREASURY FOR MATTHEW LEVITT NSC FOR TODD HINNEN E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2016 TAGS: KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER AE SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE RADICAL IDEOLOGUE INITIATIVE REF: A. ABU DHABI 3537 ¶B. STATE 136710 Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.4 (b & d). ¶1. (S) Embassy first raised reftel request for the UAEG to co-sponsor and support the nomination of the listed individuals in the UN 1267 Committee on August 30. To date the UAEG has not provided any substantive response. Econchief again raised the issue with the office of the Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation and with the Americas' desk on September 19, which committed to getting a response to us. ¶2. (S) Comment: The UAE Central Bank freezes accounts of any individual placed on the UN 1267 list; however, in our experience the UAE has not played an active role in designating individuals to the UN 1267 committee. In most cases, the UAE prefers to keep its anti-terrorist cooperation with us and other countries low key. In many other areas, the UAE is not willing to "get out ahead" of a GCC consensus. To the best of our knowledge, the UAE has never co-sponsored anyone for inclusion in the UN 1267 Committee list. In this case, especially since some of the potential designees are Kuwaitis, post believes that it is highly unlikely that the UAEG will agree to co-sponsor. End Comment. SISON