TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT - EMBASSY

S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 005357 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2016 TAGS: PK PREL PTER KTFN UN SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT - EMBASSY UPDATES GOP ON DESIGNATION TIMELINE REF: A. A. STATE 46628 ¶B. B. STATE 50397 ¶C. C. ISLAMABAD Classified By: DCM Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (U) This message contains action requests; please see Para. 5. 2 (S) Post has had several opportunities in the past week to update the Government of Pakistan (GOP) on the USG intention to request that the UN 1267 Committee amend the designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LET) to include Jammat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and its various aliases: -- On March 24, DCM reaffirmed the U.S. decision to request the 1267 Committee include JUD in the LET designation in his meeting with MFA UN Director General Tasneem Aslam (Ref C); -- On March 29, POLOFF advised MFA UN Director Imran Ahmad Siddiqui of the timeline for pre-notification and submission of the amendment request to the 1267 Committee (per Ref A and B); -- On March 29, Ambassador reviewed the pre-notification and amendment request timeline with Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan and solicited Pakistan's support and full cooperation on implementing any 1267 Committee sanctions against JUD and all other designated organizations and individuals, (per Ref A and B); and -- On March 30, DCM reviewed the pre-notification and designation timeline during his introductory call on MFA Additional Secretary (Americas) Shahid Kamal and requested the GOP's support and vigorous implementation of all 1267 Committee terror finance sanctions (per Ref A and B). ¶3. (S) The GOP has not specifically agreed or refused to support the request to amend the LET designation. (Note: Most GOP officials appeared to view the amendment to include JuD as inevitable. End note.) MFA officials have, however, consistently affirmed the GOP's commitment to honor its international obligation to implement and enforce 1267 Committee sanctions against designated individuals and organizations. ¶4. (S) As reported in Ref C, the MFA has formally requested that the U.S. provide specific information linking designated organizations (Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust, JUD) to terrorist or terrorism finance activities. This request, first raised by Tasneem Aslam on March 24, was repeated in post's MFA meetings on March 29. ¶5. (S) Action Requests: -- Post requests clarification soonest from Department as to (a) whether it can share the Ref B Background Paper (SBU) and List of JUD Aliases (SBU) with the GOP; (b) whether there is additional information that can be shared with the GOP in support of the USG request to include JUD in the 1267 Committee's designation of LET. -- Post requests Department advise soonest (a) what information was made available to the GOP by the USG or the UN at the time of the Al Rashid Trust and Al Akhtar Trust 1267 Committee designations; (b) whether the GOP could presently access the information presented in support of the Al Rashid and Al Ahktar designations through UN channels; (c) if not available through UN channels, could the USG share the information presented to the 1267 Committee with the GOP; and (d) whether the Department or interagency has additional information that could be made available to the GOP on these two designees. CROCKER