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07BERLIN1495
2007-08-01 15:01:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
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UNCLAS BERLIN 001495
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
REF: STATE 102149
(SBU) Germany was one of the first countries to sign the
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of
Nuclear Terrorism, on September 15, 2005. According to MFA
counterterrorism desk officer Anke Reiffenstuehl, the
Bundestag (lower house of the German federal parliament)
passed ratification legislation and implementing legislation
on July 5, 2007. Both measures now move to the Bundesrat
(parliament's upper house) for consideration in September.
German officials hope to deposit the instrument of
ratification by the end of 2007. Reiffenstuehl noted Germany
has already ratified the other 12 UN counterterrorism
conventions.
TIMKEN JR
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, EUR, L, AND S/CT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
REF: STATE 102149
(SBU) Germany was one of the first countries to sign the
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of
Nuclear Terrorism, on September 15, 2005. According to MFA
counterterrorism desk officer Anke Reiffenstuehl, the
Bundestag (lower house of the German federal parliament)
passed ratification legislation and implementing legislation
on July 5, 2007. Both measures now move to the Bundesrat
(parliament's upper house) for consideration in September.
German officials hope to deposit the instrument of
ratification by the end of 2007. Reiffenstuehl noted Germany
has already ratified the other 12 UN counterterrorism
conventions.
TIMKEN JR