LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED

UNCLAS BEIRUT 001427 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE PASS TO EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE STATE FOR NEA/ELA, EEB/ESC/TFS (DBENDANA) STATE PASS USTR TREASURY FOR MNUGENT AND SBLEIWEISS NSC FOR ABRAMS/RAMCHAND/YERGER/MCDERMOTT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE SUBJECT: LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED BY 1267 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE (LIST 103) REF: STATE 65133 ¶1. (SBU) Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Oussama Khachab orally informed us September 18 that Lebanon undertook the necessary measures regarding the nine names approved by 1267 Sanctions Committee (List 103). He indicated that "the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) fighting money laundering and terrorism finance has sent to the Lebanese mission to the UN a sealed envelope to be delivered to the UN Commission (Taliban and al Qaida Sanctions Committee) that was formed in compliance with resolution 1267." ¶2. (SBU) SIC Secretary told us September 25 that the SIC has circulated the list of names to all banks operating in Lebanon, and banks reported that they have no accounts under these names. GRANT