Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PHNOMPENH596
2007-04-27 09:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Phnom Penh
Cable title:
CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE
VZCZCXRO9124 PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH DE RUEHPF #0596 1170904 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 270904Z APR 07 FM AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8366 INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000596
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/T--GUINNEVERE ROBERTS
VIENTIANE FOR JOSH ARCHIBALD
BANGKOK FOR ESTH--JIM WALLER AND USAID/OFDA--ROBERT BARTON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV TPHY AORC CB
SUBJECT: CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 47359
UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000596
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/T--GUINNEVERE ROBERTS
VIENTIANE FOR JOSH ARCHIBALD
BANGKOK FOR ESTH--JIM WALLER AND USAID/OFDA--ROBERT BARTON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV TPHY AORC CB
SUBJECT: CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 47359
1. On April 25, Poleconoff presented points in reftel to two
officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and
Meteorology, Long Saravuth, Director of Meteorology
Department, and Oum Ryna, Deputy Director of Meteorology
Department. The officials indicated that they had already
been alerted to the WMO meeting by a Thai counterpart and
said that they hoped to attend but had no funding. They were
hoping that the Thai counterpart would be able to arrange
Thai government funding for them. Thailand has reached out
to Cambodia and Laos to encourage them to attend the meeting
together. They had no immediate reaction to the US positions
presented.
2. Oum Ryna said that he would like to see more regional and
global cooperation on climate change. He noted that he had
attended the negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol and asked if
the US had softened its stance on the protocol. Speaking
about disaster prevention and management, the deputy director
noted that Cambodia's most significant severe weather concern
is cyclones. He also noted that Cambodia was improving its
communication alert system. The country now has a GTS
system, but lost funding for this system when a JICA
volunteer, who worked on the system, left. The WMO has
promised to pay the monthly costs of maintaining the system,
but the Meteorology Department has not yet received this
funding.
MUSSOMELI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/T--GUINNEVERE ROBERTS
VIENTIANE FOR JOSH ARCHIBALD
BANGKOK FOR ESTH--JIM WALLER AND USAID/OFDA--ROBERT BARTON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV TPHY AORC CB
SUBJECT: CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 47359
1. On April 25, Poleconoff presented points in reftel to two
officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and
Meteorology, Long Saravuth, Director of Meteorology
Department, and Oum Ryna, Deputy Director of Meteorology
Department. The officials indicated that they had already
been alerted to the WMO meeting by a Thai counterpart and
said that they hoped to attend but had no funding. They were
hoping that the Thai counterpart would be able to arrange
Thai government funding for them. Thailand has reached out
to Cambodia and Laos to encourage them to attend the meeting
together. They had no immediate reaction to the US positions
presented.
2. Oum Ryna said that he would like to see more regional and
global cooperation on climate change. He noted that he had
attended the negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol and asked if
the US had softened its stance on the protocol. Speaking
about disaster prevention and management, the deputy director
noted that Cambodia's most significant severe weather concern
is cyclones. He also noted that Cambodia was improving its
communication alert system. The country now has a GTS
system, but lost funding for this system when a JICA
volunteer, who worked on the system, left. The WMO has
promised to pay the monthly costs of maintaining the system,
but the Meteorology Department has not yet received this
funding.
MUSSOMELI