MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF

UNCLAS MEXICO 003742 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/PPA (GLANCY AND HOPKINS) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX SUBJECT: MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP REF: STATE 129941 (SBU) Poloff conveyed points on the Ministerial at the UN Security Council on the resolution against piracy off the Horn of Africa (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Per reftel instructions Poloff invited the Government of Mexico (GOM) to participate in the Contact Group envisioned in the resolution. Juarez said that he would pass on the invitation to SRE's office that is preparing for Mexico's participation as a non-permanent member of the Security Council next year. Juarez commented that he did not/not believe that the GOM could be an active member on the ground given a lack of diplomatic representation in the region--its closest mission is located in Ethiopia--but he expressed hope that the GOM could assist efforts to combat piracy in the area in some way. He said that members of SRE's Security Council office were traveling to the U.S. to meet with Department officials later this week. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / GARZA