BRITISH AGREE TO CO-SPONSOR ALL 1518 COMMITTEE

S E C R E T LONDON 003766 SIPDIS SIPDIS EEB/ESC/TFS FOR JJALLORINA IO FOR ECROWE NEA/I-ECON TREASURY FOR OFAC E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2017 TAGS: EFIN KTFN UK UNSC SUBJECT: BRITISH AGREE TO CO-SPONSOR ALL 1518 COMMITTEE NAMES REF: A. LONDON 3283 ¶B. LONDON 3096 ¶C. STATE 104666 Classified By: ACTING MINISTER-COUNSELOR FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SANDRA CL ARK, REASONS 1.4 (B) & (D) (S) The UK will co-sponsor the six names proposed for submission to the UN's 1518 Committee (Ref C),according to Sarah Bennett of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Sanctions Team, International Organization Department on October 1. Per Ref B, the UK will also co-sponsor the seventh name in the package to the 1267 Committee. The FCO (and Post) greatly appreciates U.S. Treasury's, Embassy Baghdad's and State's due diligence in verifying the mala fides of two of the individuals (Ref A),and Washington's reworking of the text to address UK concerns that it more closely correspond with the language in the UN Security Resolutions. Visit London's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/london/index. cfm Tuttle