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06LIMA4249
2006-10-31 22:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Lima
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PERU INTERESTED IN UN COUNTERTERRORISM VISIT

Tags:  KTFN PTER EFIN PREL USUN PE 
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INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0091
UNCLAS LIMA 004249 

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DEPT FOR IO/PSC-JOHN SANDAGE
USUN FOR ELIZABETH WILCOX

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTFN PTER EFIN PREL USUN PE
SUBJECT: PERU INTERESTED IN UN COUNTERTERRORISM VISIT

REF: STATE 174275

UNCLAS LIMA 004249

SIPDIS

SIPDIS
SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR IO/PSC-JOHN SANDAGE
USUN FOR ELIZABETH WILCOX

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTFN PTER EFIN PREL USUN PE
SUBJECT: PERU INTERESTED IN UN COUNTERTERRORISM VISIT

REF: STATE 174275


1. (SBU) On October 19, Pol and Econ Officers delivered
reftel demarche to Carlos Augusto Sibille of the MFA's
Multilateral Affairs Undersecretariat, urging the GOP to
invite the United Nations' Counterterrorism Executive
Directorate (CTED) to Lima to assess how the GOP's UNSCR 1373
implementation efforts are progressing, to identify areas
where improvements could be made, and to link the GOP to
willing donors to achieve capacity building.


2. (SBU) Econoff noted that on October 13, officials from
Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) had requested USG
assistance in improving Peru's implementation of UNSCR 1373.
The UIF is concerned that under current Peruvian law, bank
accounts can only be frozen upon presentation of specific
evidence of a predicate offense. The UIF believes that
unless Peru's laws or regulations are modified, the
non-specific nature of the UNSC's lists of potential
terrorist names may prevent the GOP from actually freezing
any relevant accounts if there is ever a match with a name on
one of the lists.


3. (U) Sibille appreciated the information and thought the
MFA would welcome such a visit. He said he would coordinate
with the other GOP agencies involved in terrorist financing
issues and with Peru's Mission to the UN in New York.
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