PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA REVIEWING

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002188 SIPDIS DEPT FOR P (MULL),EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, AF, PM, IO, IO/UNP NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2018 TAGS: PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO SUBJECT: PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA REVIEWING COMPROMISE LANGUAGE REF: S.MULL-C.HUME/J.HEFFERN EMAIL NOVEMBER 29 Classified By: A/Pol/C Stanley Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials say the U.S.-proposed compromise language may allow Indonesia to support the renewal of UNSCR 1816, but the language must still pass the review of foreign affairs legal experts. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (C) Poloff discussed the renewal of UNSCR 1816 authority to conduct counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa with Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff underscored the need for a unanimous resolution on this issue and urged Indonesia to support it. ¶3. (C) Cassidy responded that he thought the USG-proposed compromise language regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) would address Indonesian concerns. However, he cautioned that DEPLU's Office of Legal Affairs was still reviewing the matter. (Note: Indonesia had raised concerns about the draft resolution's reference to the IMO and the SUA). ¶4. (C) Poloff reminded Cassidy that the UNSC could vote on the matter as early as Tuesday, December 2, and urged DEPLU to complete its review quickly. Cassidy promised to convey the urgency of the matter to his colleagues in the Office of Legal Affairs. HUME