Identifier
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06REYKJAVIK142
2006-04-24 17:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Reykjavik
Cable title:
AUSTRALIA GROUP: ICELANDIC LEGISLATION STUCK IN
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/CB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/23/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC IC
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA GROUP: ICELANDIC LEGISLATION STUCK IN
CLEARANCE PROCESS
REF: SECSTATE 57932
Classified By: AMBASSADOR CAROL VAN VOORST, REASON 1.5 (D).
(C) Post discussed reftel points with Icelandic MFA Acting
Political Director (and Head of Security and Disarmament
Division) Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson
confirmed that catch-all controls legislation has been
drafted but regretted that it has been stuck for some time in
the understaffed MFA Legal Adviser's office. The Legal
Adviser has undertaken to approve the draft for delivery to
the Althing (Icelandic Parliament) in time for the
legislature's fall session, which will begin in October.
(Note: The spring session is ending shortly to allow
politicians to campaign in the run-up to municipal elections
scheduled to be held nationwide May 27. End note.)
Gudjonsson asserted that for practical purposes Iceland is
meeting its nonproliferation obligations even in the absence
of a comprehensive domestic legal regime.
van Voorst