DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS

UNCLAS FREETOWN 000326 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/MTR JOHN PAUL HERRMANN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTRRE SL SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS REF: SECSTATE 64021 ¶1. On May 22,Ambassador and DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie and delivered demarche per reftel to encourage Sierra Leone to submit the annual declaration on space and ballistic missile policies prior to the sixth annual HCOC meeting. ¶2. Ambassador Wurie stated that Sierra Leone will likely send the simplified annual declaration (or "nil form") since Sierra Leone does not have space launch vehicle or ballistic missile programs. HULL