SLOVAKIA IMPLEMENTS UNSCRS ON IRAN

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000189 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS ISN/RA FOR RISA MONGIELLO AND RICHARD NEPHEW E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TAGS SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA IMPLEMENTS UNSCRS ON IRAN REF: A. STATE 33674 ¶B. STATE 34974 ¶1. (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Milan Ciganik, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department for Disarmament, Counter-Terrorism and OSCE, and Sona Baiova from the Department of the UN and International Organizations. Baiova explained that Slovakia implements UNSCRs such as 1737, 1747 an 1803 on a national level and in accordance with the terms of the resolutions. The GoS sends implementation reports to the UN within 40 days and reports any attempt to circumvent the restrictions later on. ¶2. (SBU) Under Slovak law, relevant Ministries are responsible for making themselves aware of UNSCRs that effect their activities. However, the MFA sends a fax to relevant ministries informing them of new restrictions they must implement and requiring return notification of actions taken to the MFA within 30 days. MFA then uses these return reports to produce its implementation report for the UN Headquarters. ¶3. (SBU) Baiova showed POLOFF a copy of the implementation report for UNSCR 1803, which she expects to submit to the UN before April 25. The National Bank, and the Ministries of Finance, Interior, and Post and Telecommunications had all been asked to take action to enforce UNSCR 1803. In addition, MFA's Consular Department sent an instruction to all Slovak Embassies and Consulates instructing them not to issue visas to any of the individuals subject to vigilance, restraint or a travel ban. OBSITNIK