U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC,

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SUBJECT: U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC,
AND IAEA

REF: A. USUNVIE 0434

B. USUNVIE 0158

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1. (SBU) Summary: U.S. coordinator for UN Security Council
Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Thomas Wuchte met with OSCE, IAEA,
and UNODC officials to discuss next steps in gaining their
support for further implementation of UNSCR 1540 and 1810,
particularly in the OSCE region. Wuchte met with the chief
of staff to the OSCE Secretary General and representatives of
the Actions Against Terrorism (ATU) and Borders Units, as
well as with UNODC officials from the Terrorism Prevention
Branch (TPB) and IAEA officials from the Office of Nuclear
Security, Office of Legal Affairs, and the Office of External
Relation and Policy Coordination (EXPO). All were supportive
and asked for further details of any U.S. strategy aimed at
better integrating IAEA and UNODC efforts within an OSCE
framework. OSCE ATU officials underscored its need for a
mandate and appropriate funding to undertake 1540 activities.
A UK diplomat at the OSCE meetings noted possible UK funding
for such an initiative.


2. (SBU) IAEA and UNODC officials echoed their support for
making Vienna a 1540 "geographic center of excellence," and
welcomed closer cooperation with the OSCE, but also
emphasized the likely need for additional resources. Wuchte
undertook to keep the IAEA and UNODC informed of efforts at
OSCE to give the ATU a larger 1540 coordination role.
USOSCE/POL will work with the ATU and participating States to
map out a strategy to enable the ATU to undertake 1540
activities. Washington, see para 9 action request. End
Summary.

OSCE Office of the Secretary General
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3. (SBU) Thomas Wuchte, the U.S. coordinator for UNSCR 1540,
met in Vienna on September 1 with Paul Fritch the chief of
staff to OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut.
Fritch a U.S. Foreign Service Officer seconded to the OSCE,
welcomed further work on 1540 implementation. He noted,
however, that currently there were no proliferation experts
in the Secretariat and the OSCE lacked the institutional
infrastructure for proliferation work.


4. (SBU) Fritch also noted, however, that the OSCE is a
"relatively cheap" international organization that does much
good work with a small budget. Vienna could be, he said,
fertile ground for further work on 1540 in light of the
non-proliferation programs related to other international
organizations here. Fritch urged Wuchte to make concrete
proposals on next steps on Vienna-based integration.


5. (SBU) Fritch cautioned that there was some skepticism at
the Secretariat of new initiatives from the U.S., recalling
that U.S. initiatives for OSCE programs in Afghanistan were
unfortunately simultaneously announced with a 20 percent
reduction in the U.S.'s contributions to the OSCE's regular
budget. Early identification of funding to support increased
OSCE 1540 activities, Fritch noted, would assist in garnering
participating States' support for the proposal.

OSCE Actions Against Terrorism and Borders Units
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6. (SBU) Wuchte met on September 2 with Dimitar Jalnev, OSCE
ATU deputy, and Jerome Bouyjou, OSCE Conflict Prevention
Center Border Unit deputy. Wuchte said the OSCE had
tremendous capacity for further work on 1540 implementation,
noting normative work could be done in Vienna at both the
Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent
Council (PC),particularly its Security Committee, while OSCE
field missions could focus on practical implementation.


7. (SBU) Wuchte described specific next steps that OSCE could
take:

-- an information exchange on the current status of national
implementation efforts;

-- creation of a technical assistance template for OSCE
participating States;

-- OSCE Secretariat and field mission support to individual
participating States in devising national implementation
plans;

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-- better coordination and communication with IAEA and UNODC
in the OSCE region; and

-- development of a framework for concrete integration of
IAEA and UNODC 1540 implementation activities into OSCE
programs.


8. (SBU) Wuchte described 1540 work at OSCE as potentially
cross-dimensional, with border security, transshipment, and
financing all relevant to better OSCE support for 1540
implementation and requiring the attention of both the PC and
the FSC. He noted that some participating States (pS) were
concerned that the FSC may lack the expertise to undertake
further, more detailed work on 1540. Because of this, Wuchte
recommended work be done in both the FSC and the Permanent
Council. He further outlined the synergy that could be
obtained by stronger OSCE coordination with the IAEA and
UNODC. Wuchte recommended the FSC invite the 1540 committee
chair or deputy to address 1540 at their October 15 meeting.


9. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Mission requests U.S. 1540
coordinator Wuchte attend the October 15 FSC meeting to
facilitate coordinated U.S. response to the address by the
1540 committee representative.

ATU: Political Mandate and Funding Needed
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10. (SBU) Jalnev, OSCE Secretariat ATU, agreed that 1540
implementation was an important aspect of counter-terrorism
efforts. But from the ATU's perspective, he said, there was
a lack of political mandate and resources. He recalled the
2005 OSCE decision that divided responsibility on 1540
issues, apportioning Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) issues
to the FSC and only civilian radioactive materials/sources to
the ATU. As such, some participating States, particularly
Russia, resisted funding the ATU to do any 1540-related
capacity building.


11. (SBU) Jalnev said ATU thus needed a political mandate to
undertake 1540 implementation activities and recommended a
formal decision to clarify the responsibilities of ATU in
this area. This might take, he admitted, several months. He
noted that, in the past, some pS had rebuked the ATU for
undertaking initiatives without formal guidance; therefore, a
clear mandate was critical to any ATU role in 1540
implementation. He recommended formal consultations with
other pS before proceeding.


12. (SBU) Wuchte acknowledged the need for consultations and
said this could be done through the permanent delegations in
Vienna. In the meantime, the FSC chair could report to the
1540 Committee in New York what steps had already been taken.
The 1540 Committee will complete its work program soon, he
said, and immediate follow-up by the OSCE and participating
States should be considered.


13. (SBU) Jalnev further stressed that resources would be a
key concern to a greater role for any ATU 1540-related
activities. He said the ATU would need at least one
full-time staff member if ATU was to become extensively
involved with 1540 work. Further, he noted that
extra-budgetary contributions were not a long-term cure for
building expertise within the Secretariat for
proliferation-related projects.

UK Funding Possible
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14. (SBU) The UK (Berenice Gare),a strong supporter of
earlier 1540 work at the OSCE, was present at the OSCE
meetings and strongly supported Wuchte's proposal for greater
1540-related activities within the OSCE and stronger
coordination with IAEA and UNODC on 1540 implementation. She
announced the UK might be able to make some funds available.
Continuing FSC jurisdiction over WMD issues, Gare said, was
not so much the result of the earlier decision described by
Jalnev but a certain amount of inertia in the division of
labor between the two decision-making bodies. She pledged UK
support for any initiative to give the ATU a greater 1540
coordination role.

Borders: Ready to Engage
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15. (SBU) Bouyjou, OSCE Secretariat Borders Unit, said his
office was strongly interested in becoming involved in 1540
implementation efforts. Wuchte's recommendations fit within
the "natural mandate" of his office, Bouyjou explained. Much
work had already been done of the OSCE's borders security
concept since it was enacted in 2005. He noted that the OSCE
has successfully collaborated with UNODC on some of the
borders projects but looked forward to further cooperation
with both the UNODC and the IAEA. Bouyjou added that, unlike
the ATU, the Borders unit actually had some funding available
for additional programs including 1540 implementation
activities.

UNODC and IAEA Supportive of Coordination with the OSCE
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16. (SBU) Wuchte met with IAEA and UNODC officials on
September 3 to update them on his discussions with OSCE
officials and to review possible next steps. In a meeting
with UNODC/TPB officials Walter Gehr, Jo Dedyne-Amman, and
Karen Kramer, Wuchte underscored the concept of Vienna as a
"geographic center of excellence," and the benefits of
greater UNODC/IAEA/OSCE coordination. All three officials
welcomed Wuchte's initiative to strengthen the ATU's role in
1540 implementation. Gehr noted that UNODC officials were
aware of the U.S. support for greater coordination with the
OSCE and the IAEA. Dedyne-Amman indicated that UNODC/TPB had
undertaken several programs in cooperation with the OSCE; for
example, in November both would co-host a workshop in
Budapest, Hungary, on legislative issues related to
counter-terrorism and transnational organized crime.


17. (SBU) Dedyne-Amman acknowledged the cross-dimensionality
of counter-terrorism/1540 issues, and she stressed that the
UNODC, with the TPB as coordinator, was reviewing
counter-terrorism issues on a thematic basis. All three
officials indicated that OSCE-UNODC cooperation would be on a
cross-dimensional basis.


18. (SBU) Gehr also raised the need for greater 1540
Committee communication with UNODC; he noted that the TPB
needed more clarity on what action the Committee specifically
wanted from his branch. He said the TPB supported the
establishment of a joint legal working group to identify
areas where UNODC could be of further 1540 assistance.


19. (SBU) Wuchte indicated appreciation for the programs the
TPB has organized thus far for 1540 implementation; he
highlighted the positive impact the southern Africa 1540
reporting workshop had had on participating countries. All
three UNODC officials stressed that the TPB was ready to
assist with further 1540-related activities, such as
reporting workshops in the Pacific Islands region or the
Caribbean. However, the UNODC officials also stressed the
need for increased funding to support such activities.
Wuchte undertook to keep UNODC informed of progress within
the OSCE on strengthening its 1540-implementation role.

IAEA Offers Continued Support
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20. (SBU) Following his meeting with UNODC officials, Wuchte
met with Tariq Rauf, IAEA EXPO; Lourdes Vez-Carmona, EXPO;
Tim Andrews, IAEA Office of Nuclear Security; and Wolfram
Tonhauser, IAEA Office of Legal Affairs. The IAEA officials
welcomed Wuchte's readout of his OSCE meetings. They noted
continued IAEA support for 1540 implementation. According to
Andrews, the Office of Nuclear Security continued to work on
establishing an electronic portal where member states could
review general nuclear-security related activities in
specific countries or regions. He noted the need for a
secure way of exchanging information on IAEA programs.


21. (SBU) The IAEA officials requested further information on
how, specifically, the IAEA could cooperate with the OSCE.
Wuchte noted that the OSCE Borders Unit was already engaged
in discussions with Office of Nuclear Security officials on
integrating IAEA expertise into OSCE border security
assessments in Central Asia. Meeting participants agreed
that, particularly in the sensitive Central Asian region,
greater OSCE-IAEA coordination would be of benefit. Andrews
noted that the Border Monitoring Working Group should be
considered as an avenue for closer cooperation with the OSCE.
Wuchte undertook to keep the IAEA informed on progress

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within the OSCE to strengthen its 1540-related activities.

Next Steps
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22. (SBU) COMMENT: OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC all recognized the
inherent benefits of closer cooperation and coordination on
1540 implementation activities. In order for the OSCE to
adopt a larger role in 1540 implementation, we need to enable
the ATU to undertake a leadership role within the OSCE on
1540 coordination.


23. (SBU) USOSCE will work with key pS to develop a political
strategy to this end. Funding concerns will also have to be
addressed in order to cement increased OSCE-IAEA-UNODC
cooperation and programs. Meanwhile, we will continue to
encourage greater OSCE-IAEA-UNODC communication, in general
terms, and look to identify ways to increase coordination
among the Vienna-based organizations. End comment.
FINLEY