CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000629 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN, T, EUR, EAP, NEA, AND WHA/CAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IR KNNP PREL PARM SUBJECT: CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION UNDER E.O. 13382 REF: SECSTATE 40909 ¶1. (SBU) On Aril 5, 2007 Econoff delivered points in reftel to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs officials from the legal office, non-proliferation office, and Iran desk. The Canadian officials expressed their support for U.S. and UN policies of freezing financial assets of entities and individuals involved in proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Marc-Antoine Dumas, Legal Officer in the UN, Human Rights, and Economic Law division explained that Canadian law requires UN Security Council designations be immediately incorporated into Canadian law. Therefore, Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) is already designated under Canadian Law. ¶2. (SBU) Chrystiane Roy, Department of Foreign Affairs Iran Desk Officer, noted that U.S. Executive Order 13382 lists several aliases for DIO that were not included in UNSCR 1737. Roy explained that because Canadian Law requires Canadian designations to follow UNSCR information, the aliases not included in the security council resolution have not been incorporated into Canadian law. Therefore, she encouraged the United States Government to work to include as many aliases as possible for designated entities, including these aliases, in Security Council resolution designations. ¶3. (SBU) Meeting Participants: Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs: Michael Blackmore - Senior Policy Officer, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Division Craig Weichel - Nuclear Non-proliferation Officer, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Division Marc-Antoine Dumas - Legal Officer, United Nations, Human Rights, and Economic Law Division Chrystiane Roy - Desk Officer for Iran, Gulf and Maghreb Division U.S. Embassy: Ryan Stoner - Economic Officer Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa WILKINS