UNGA COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001811 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, VCI (HORN, CONNOR AND CRITTENBERGER),ISN (MENOLD) E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2018 TAGS: PREL PARM UNGA ID SUBJECT: UNGA COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA REF: STATE 101817 Classified By: DepPol/C Stanley Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the proposed UNGA Third Committee compliance resolution to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 24. Poloff underscored the importance of a strong resolution re noncompliance with nonproliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements. Poloff urged Indonesia to support the resolution and to consider cosponsoring it. ¶2. (C) Tinangon agreed that the matter was important. She took our points on board and promised to review the draft resolution with other DEPLU officials. Tinangon said Indonesia had not yet decided how it would vote. She noted, however, that in 2005 Indonesia abstained on the previous iteration of the noncompliance resolution. HUME