OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION

UNCLAS MONTEVIDEO 000239 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT ALSO FOR WHA/USOAS,WHA/BSC,WHA/AND, WHA/PPC AND S/CT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER OAS UY SUBJECT: OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION REF: STATE 31112 ¶1. (U) This telegram responds to action requests in reftel. ¶2. (U) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to the MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Gustavo Alvarez on March 6. Alvarez said that the Uruguayan delegation to the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) Sixth Regular Session meeting in Bogota with "probably" be headed by Vice-Minister of Defense Jose Bayardi. He said that no decision had been made yet regarding other Uruguayan officials who might attend the OAS CICTE VI. ¶3. (U) The Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism has not been ratified and is under review by the Senate's International Affairs Committee. Nealon