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08STATE132722
2008-12-18 22:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING: SAVE THE DATE
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 132722
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PARM PREL KNNP XL XM
SUBJECT: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING: SAVE THE DATE
NOTICE
REF: A. STATE 068499
B. STATE 048221
C. STATE 029766
SUMMARY
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 132722
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PARM PREL KNNP XL XM
SUBJECT: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING: SAVE THE DATE
NOTICE
REF: A. STATE 068499
¶B. STATE 048221
¶C. STATE 029766
SUMMARY
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¶1. The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security
Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG)
meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14,
2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place
on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take
place on May 14. In an effort to implement the
principles expressed in the Washington Declaration
adopted by PSI partners at the PSI Fifth Anniversary
Senior-Level Meeting in Washington, DC on May 28, 2008,
the U.S. will also invite PSI-endorsing countries from
the Western Hemisphere to attend this OEG (Belize,
Chile, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and The
Bahamas),along with additional countries from the
region that endorse the PSI before the meeting.
A networking reception for all delegates to both
meetings will take place on the evening of May 13.
The OEG will explore global and regional dimensions of
the PSI and WMD-related interdictions, and will provide
participants with an opportunity to exchange ideas with
international counterparts in the policy, operational,
legal, law enforcement, and intelligence communities.
The Outreach meeting on May 14 will be open to all
invited non-endorsing countries in the Western
Hemisphere. The purpose of the Outreach meeting is to
provide information about the PSI, and encourage
countries to endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction
Principles. It will follow up on the PSI Outreach
Workshop held in Washington DC on May 29, 2008
(refs A and B).
END SUMMARY.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTION REQUEST
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¶2. Key U.S. objectives for the OEG and Outreach
meetings are:
-- improve understanding of global and regional security
issues related to countering trafficking in WMD, their
delivery systems, and related materials;
-- increase partners' PSI-related knowledge and
capabilities;
-- provide information on PSI operational concepts and
capacity-building opportunities;
-- encourage the endorsement of the PSI Statement of
Interdiction Principles by additional states.
¶3. Embassies are requested to notify host governments of
the upcoming meetings and urge their representation at an
appropriate level. Non-endorsing countries are encouraged
to atten