Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BERLIN645
2007-03-29 11:28:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000645
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, IO, AND EUG/AGS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2017
TAGS: KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
SUBJECT: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
PASSED TO GERMANY
REF: STATE 37801
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000645
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, IO, AND EUG/AGS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2017
TAGS: KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
SUBJECT: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
PASSED TO GERMANY
REF: STATE 37801
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer
delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of
the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and
Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28.
Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects of
UNSCR 1747 and the sanctions against Iran.
2. (C) Karsten and Schuett said the German Government, under
the authority provided by the Foreign Trade and Payments Act,
issued a national directive to freeze the assets of the Bank
Sepah branch in Frankfurt. According to Schuett, the
Bundesbank's Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) acted to
ensure that the liquidity of Bank Sepah was not transferred
abroad via individual withdrawals. Schuett added that a
BaFin official entered Bank Sepah earlier this week to
supervise the freezing of assets, to which the Iranian
Embassy lodged a complaint with the German MFA. Karsten said
BaFin is implementing the sanctions to block any potential
transactions connected with Iranian WMD proliferation
financing and also to ensure that no German creditors'
deposits will be used to support Iranian WMD programs.
3. (C) In response to Global Affairs Counselor's query about
an EU directive to implement the sanctions under UNSCR 1747,
Karsten said the procedure will be the same as for the
earlier UNSCR 1737 sanctions against Iran. First, the EU
Council will have to adopt a common position, which will be
published, and then the EU will issue a binding directive to
all EU members. Karsten predicted that the EU Council will
act faster than it did with UNSCR 1737, because UNSCR 1747
implementQion will only require an amendment to the earlier
directive.
KOENIG
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, IO, AND EUG/AGS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2017
TAGS: KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
SUBJECT: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
PASSED TO GERMANY
REF: STATE 37801
Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski,
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer
delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of
the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and
Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28.
Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects of
UNSCR 1747 and the sanctions against Iran.
2. (C) Karsten and Schuett said the German Government, under
the authority provided by the Foreign Trade and Payments Act,
issued a national directive to freeze the assets of the Bank
Sepah branch in Frankfurt. According to Schuett, the
Bundesbank's Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) acted to
ensure that the liquidity of Bank Sepah was not transferred
abroad via individual withdrawals. Schuett added that a
BaFin official entered Bank Sepah earlier this week to
supervise the freezing of assets, to which the Iranian
Embassy lodged a complaint with the German MFA. Karsten said
BaFin is implementing the sanctions to block any potential
transactions connected with Iranian WMD proliferation
financing and also to ensure that no German creditors'
deposits will be used to support Iranian WMD programs.
3. (C) In response to Global Affairs Counselor's query about
an EU directive to implement the sanctions under UNSCR 1747,
Karsten said the procedure will be the same as for the
earlier UNSCR 1737 sanctions against Iran. First, the EU
Council will have to adopt a common position, which will be
published, and then the EU will issue a binding directive to
all EU members. Karsten predicted that the EU Council will
act faster than it did with UNSCR 1737, because UNSCR 1747
implementQion will only require an amendment to the earlier
directive.
KOENIG