Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NICOSIA233
2008-04-14 12:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND 1803
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UNCLAS NICOSIA 000233
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND 1803
REF: SECSTATE 33674
UNCLAS NICOSIA 000233
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND 1803
REF: SECSTATE 33674
1. Per reftel, we demarched MFA Attache Dionysis Dionysiou
on April 7 and followed up with Counselor Marios Kountourides
on April 10 regarding the implementation of the travel ban
and travel vigilance requirements contained in UN Security
Council Resolutions 1737, 1747 and 1803. Dionysiou affirmed
that Cyprus would enforce the travel bans as required by its
UN obligations, and referred us to Kountarides for specifics
on implementation.
2. Kountourides explained that the MFA would coordinate GoC
actions vis-a-vis these UNSCRs. First, it would pass them to
the Council of Ministers, the government's principal
deliberative body (chaired by the President). Once the
Council approved them, it would notify various ministries,
independent agencies and banks regarding their obligations
under the UNSCRs. It was then the responsibility of each
entity to enact/enforce them. Any that did not cooperate
would be "left exposed" to GoC administrative and/or legal
action, Kountarides asserted, noting that all states were
required to report on the implementation of the UNSCRs within
60 days.
SCHLICHER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND 1803
REF: SECSTATE 33674
1. Per reftel, we demarched MFA Attache Dionysis Dionysiou
on April 7 and followed up with Counselor Marios Kountourides
on April 10 regarding the implementation of the travel ban
and travel vigilance requirements contained in UN Security
Council Resolutions 1737, 1747 and 1803. Dionysiou affirmed
that Cyprus would enforce the travel bans as required by its
UN obligations, and referred us to Kountarides for specifics
on implementation.
2. Kountourides explained that the MFA would coordinate GoC
actions vis-a-vis these UNSCRs. First, it would pass them to
the Council of Ministers, the government's principal
deliberative body (chaired by the President). Once the
Council approved them, it would notify various ministries,
independent agencies and banks regarding their obligations
under the UNSCRs. It was then the responsibility of each
entity to enact/enforce them. Any that did not cooperate
would be "left exposed" to GoC administrative and/or legal
action, Kountarides asserted, noting that all states were
required to report on the implementation of the UNSCRs within
60 days.
SCHLICHER