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08KATHMANDU141
2008-02-01 11:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:  

NEPAL: NO TECHNICAL EXPERTS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE

Tags:  PARM PTER PREL KGIC NP 
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STATE FOR ISN/WMDT (DEXTER INGRAM),T (TIM KATSAPIS) AND
SCA/INS
DHS FOR TOM MCILVAIN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PTER PREL KGIC NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: NO TECHNICAL EXPERTS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE
PROGRAMS

REF: A. STATE 8773


B. KATHMANDU 0024

On February 1, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and
International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA),confirmed that the Government of Nepal (GON)
does not intend to send anyone to the Global Initiative
Nuclear Detection Architecture Model Guidelines Document
workshop in Washington, DC, March 31 - April 1 (Ref A). The
Under Secretary said the MFA had been unable to locate anyone
in the GON with the relevant technical expertise. The MFA
previously had reported that, in addition to no experts, it
did not have the budget to send delegates to the workshop
(Ref B).
POWELL