ROKG PARTICIPANTS FOR SECOND NPT PREPCOM UNDECIDED

UNCLAS SEOUL 002270 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/MNSA (SCOTT DAVIS) AND VCI/NA. GENEVA FOR CD. USUN FOR POL. E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT KS SUBJECT: ROKG PARTICIPANTS FOR SECOND NPT PREPCOM UNDECIDED REF: SECSTATE 102585 ¶1. (SBU) On July 26, Ham, Sang-wook, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff that the ROKG has not yet determined who would represent the ROKG at the second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in April-May 2008. Ham speculated based on ROKG participation in the first PrepCom that the Deputy Foreign Minister (Park In-kook) and the ROK CD Ambassador (Chung Dong Lee),as well as someone from the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division would attend. The Ministry of Science and Technology would lead the ROKG delegation to the September IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference in Vienna, Ham said. he would also likely attend. For the UN General Assembly First Committee meetings in NY in October, Ham said that CD Ambassador and one or two members of the ROK Mission in NY would attend. Ham said that final decisions on delegation composition are likely to be made one or two weeks before the meetings, but said that he would be the best ROKG point of contact for nonproliferation Treaty issues in the interim. STANTON