DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN REQUIREMENTS

C O N F I D E N T I A L FREETOWN 000226 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/RA RISA MONGIELLO AND RICHARD NEPHEW E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/13/2018 TAGS: KNNP MNUC IR UNSC SL SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND 1803 REF: SECSTATE 34974 Classified By: AMBASSADOR JUNE CARTER PERRY, REASONS 1.5 B/D ¶1. (C) DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie, to convey information per reftel and deliver talking points to encourage Sierra Leone to prohibit the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as per UNSCR 1737, 1747 AND 1803. DCM also provided copies of the resolutions. ¶2. (C) In response to the inquiry of how Sierra Leone watchlists the individuals, Ambassador Wurie said that domestic procedures will include placing the named individuals on watchlists for immigration, the Office of National Security and the Sierra Leone Police. PERRY