Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08OTTAWA1271
2008-09-26 18:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION
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UNCLAS OTTAWA 001271
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS VCI S. HORN AND ISN W. MENHOLD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL UNGA CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION
REF: A. HORN-MATTEI E-MAIL OF SEPTEMBER 22
B. STATE 101817
C. OTTAWA 1251
D. STATE 87531
UNCLAS OTTAWA 001271
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS VCI S. HORN AND ISN W. MENHOLD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL UNGA CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION
REF: A. HORN-MATTEI E-MAIL OF SEPTEMBER 22
B. STATE 101817
C. OTTAWA 1251
D. STATE 87531
1. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Craig Weichel has verified that Canada had co-sponsored the
U.S. Compliance Resolution at the UN First Committee in 2005
(ref a) and that DFAIT was therefore "in a good position" to
co-sponsor the 2008 Resolution, despite the pre-election
caretaker rules in effect that limit bureaucrats only to "do
as they did" in the past until a new government emerges after
the October 14 federal election. Weichel confirmed that he
had shared this information with colleagues at the Canadian
Mission in Geneva.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS VCI S. HORN AND ISN W. MENHOLD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL UNGA CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION
REF: A. HORN-MATTEI E-MAIL OF SEPTEMBER 22
B. STATE 101817
C. OTTAWA 1251
D. STATE 87531
1. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Craig Weichel has verified that Canada had co-sponsored the
U.S. Compliance Resolution at the UN First Committee in 2005
(ref a) and that DFAIT was therefore "in a good position" to
co-sponsor the 2008 Resolution, despite the pre-election
caretaker rules in effect that limit bureaucrats only to "do
as they did" in the past until a new government emerges after
the October 14 federal election. Weichel confirmed that he
had shared this information with colleagues at the Canadian
Mission in Geneva.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS