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06COLOMBO209
2006-02-08 11:35:00
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Embassy Colombo
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CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER CE
SUBJECT: CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON TERRORISM
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000209
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER CE
SUBJECT: CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON TERRORISM
1. (SBU) On February 8, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary
H.M.G.S. Palihakkara hosted the Chiefs of Missions of the G-8
countries and India for a discussion concerning the
outstanding issues facing the February 27 meeting of the Ad
Hoc Committee on Terrorism (AHCT). AHCT chairman Dr. Rohan
Perera (and MFA Legal Advisor) presented a broad overview of
the operational and criminal definitions of terrorism, the
exemptions and exclusions covered by other humanitarian laws
and the introduction of political elements such as struggles
for national liberation, struggles for self-determination and
conflict against an occupying power. He explained that many
of the political elements had been introduced by the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and urged the
countries present to spare no effort assisting the Chair in
bringing the Comprehensive Convention of Terrorism (CCT) to
its conclusion.
2. (SBU) COMMENT: Perera, a close Embassy contact, has done
a remarkable job in guiding the AHCT thus far but this
meeting was essentially preaching to the choir. Perera did
not share if he would also be addressing the COMs of the OIC
members in Sri Lanka. END COMMENT.
LUNSTEAD
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER CE
SUBJECT: CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE
ON TERRORISM
1. (SBU) On February 8, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary
H.M.G.S. Palihakkara hosted the Chiefs of Missions of the G-8
countries and India for a discussion concerning the
outstanding issues facing the February 27 meeting of the Ad
Hoc Committee on Terrorism (AHCT). AHCT chairman Dr. Rohan
Perera (and MFA Legal Advisor) presented a broad overview of
the operational and criminal definitions of terrorism, the
exemptions and exclusions covered by other humanitarian laws
and the introduction of political elements such as struggles
for national liberation, struggles for self-determination and
conflict against an occupying power. He explained that many
of the political elements had been introduced by the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and urged the
countries present to spare no effort assisting the Chair in
bringing the Comprehensive Convention of Terrorism (CCT) to
its conclusion.
2. (SBU) COMMENT: Perera, a close Embassy contact, has done
a remarkable job in guiding the AHCT thus far but this
meeting was essentially preaching to the choir. Perera did
not share if he would also be addressing the COMs of the OIC
members in Sri Lanka. END COMMENT.
LUNSTEAD