Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06GEORGETOWN835
2006-08-21 19:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Georgetown
Cable title:
NO PROGRESS ON U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE ON ILLICIT ARMS
how-toVZCZCXRO6559 RR RUEHGR DE RUEHGE #0835 2331935 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 211935Z AUG 06 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3971 INFO RUCNCOM/EC CARICOM COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 000835
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR - BNICHOLS
WHA/FO - GSNIDLE
PM/WRA - SPICO
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL CARICOM
SUBJECT: NO PROGRESS ON U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE ON ILLICIT ARMS
TRAFFICKING
REF: A) WHA/CAR - Georgetown e-mail B) STATE 40149, C) GEORGETOWN
258
UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 000835
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR - BNICHOLS
WHA/FO - GSNIDLE
PM/WRA - SPICO
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL CARICOM
SUBJECT: NO PROGRESS ON U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE ON ILLICIT ARMS
TRAFFICKING
REF: A) WHA/CAR - Georgetown e-mail B) STATE 40149, C) GEORGETOWN
258
1. (SBU) Per ref (A) request, EmbOff informally demarched CARICOM
Assistant Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Colin
Granderson on the status of the U.S.-CARICOM joint statement on
illicit arms trafficking, agreed to at the Nassau Ministerial in
March. Granderson said the CARICOM Secretariat had forwarded the
draft statement to the member foreign ministries and has yet to
receive clearance. He did not specify which member states were
holding up approval. EmbOff reiterated that the statement is
intended to be a political expression of common concern, not a
legally binding initiative at this point. Granderson did not offer a
timeframe for CARICOM approval of the draft text, nor was he able to
offer suggestions in response to EmbOff's inquiry if the USG can do
anything to get the process moving again.
THOMAS
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR - BNICHOLS
WHA/FO - GSNIDLE
PM/WRA - SPICO
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL CARICOM
SUBJECT: NO PROGRESS ON U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE ON ILLICIT ARMS
TRAFFICKING
REF: A) WHA/CAR - Georgetown e-mail B) STATE 40149, C) GEORGETOWN
258
1. (SBU) Per ref (A) request, EmbOff informally demarched CARICOM
Assistant Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Colin
Granderson on the status of the U.S.-CARICOM joint statement on
illicit arms trafficking, agreed to at the Nassau Ministerial in
March. Granderson said the CARICOM Secretariat had forwarded the
draft statement to the member foreign ministries and has yet to
receive clearance. He did not specify which member states were
holding up approval. EmbOff reiterated that the statement is
intended to be a political expression of common concern, not a
legally binding initiative at this point. Granderson did not offer a
timeframe for CARICOM approval of the draft text, nor was he able to
offer suggestions in response to EmbOff's inquiry if the USG can do
anything to get the process moving again.
THOMAS