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06PARIS683
2006-02-02 12:02:00
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Embassy Paris
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INVITATION TO A MULTILATERAL CONSULTATION AMONG

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UNCLAS PARIS 000683 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EUR/ERA ECKERT

CABLE SENT FROM STRASBOURG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: COE
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO A MULTILATERAL CONSULTATION AMONG
CONTRACTING STATES TO THE CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME (T-CY),
20-21 MARCH 2006, COUNCIL OF EUROPE, STRASBOURG, FRANCE.

UNCLAS PARIS 000683

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EUR/ERA ECKERT

CABLE SENT FROM STRASBOURG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: COE
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO A MULTILATERAL CONSULTATION AMONG
CONTRACTING STATES TO THE CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME (T-CY),
20-21 MARCH 2006, COUNCIL OF EUROPE, STRASBOURG, FRANCE.


1. This is an action request. See para 4.


2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 1st
Convention of Cybercrime for a Multilateral Consultation
Among Contracting States (T-CY),at the Council of Europe
(COE),Strasbourg, France, 20-21 March 2006. The meeting
will begin at 09h30 on the 20th and will end at 17h30 on the
21st. Working documents will be available on the Council of
Europe website (www.coe.int/economiccrime) in time for the
meeting. The meeting will be held in Room 5 of the Palais
de l'Europe (the site of the COE).


3. The draft agenda includes:

- Exchange of views on the signature, ratification, and
accession of the Convention on Cybercrime and its Additional
Protocol

- Identification of any problems concerning the
effectiveness of the Convention, including the effects of
any declarations or reservations

- Exchange of information on significant legal, policy or
technological developments concerning cybercrime and the
collection of evidence in electronic form, including
strengthening the role of law enforcement officials,
strengthening the cooperation between law enforcement and
the private sector, and strengthening the operation of the
24/7 network and central authorities

- Possible extension or amendment of the Convention of
Cybercrime

- Assistance which may be available to the States to enable
them to amend their legislation or train law enforcement
officials


4. Please contact both Ms Dominique Wulfran and Strasbourg
CG Frankie Reed (reedfa@state.gov) concerning any planned
attendance. Wulfran, who needs to know the name, function,
address, e-mail address, fax number, and working language of
the USG representative, can be reached by fax at 33-3-88-41-
27-94. The USG expert representative will have observer
status - no voting rights or defrayal of expenses from the
Council of Europe. Hotel information can be found at
http://home.coe.int/t/E/Travel.

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