ANTARCTIC TREATY: POLAND MAKING PROGRESS ON

UNCLAS WARSAW 000909 SENSITIVE SIPDIS OES/OA FOR ROB HUGHES, EUR FOR NCE, E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ECON KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY PL SUBJECT: ANTARCTIC TREATY: POLAND MAKING PROGRESS ON ADOPTION OF ATCM MEASURE 1 REF: STATE 74080 (SBU) EconPff delivered reftel demarche to Jakub T. Wolski, of the MFA's Legal and Treaty Department, on July 25. Wolski stated that Poland has been making progress on approving Measure 1 (2003) of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM). The major roadblock has been translating the large number of documents associated with the measure. They finished translation of all the required materials in June 2008, and now only need to forward the documents to the Council of Ministers for final approval. Barring any unforeseen problems, Wolski anticipated that Poland would be able to approve Measure 1 by September 2008. (SBU) Econoff and Wolski briefly discussed the U.S.-hosted 32nd ATCM, scheduled for April 2009, particularly with respect to approving Measure 1 well before the conference. Wolski anticipated that Poland would likely be represented at Minister level at the 2009 ATCM. To ensure the highest possible level of participation, he requested additional details regarding the conference, including logistics and a recommendation for the optimal dates for Ministerial participation. QUANRUD QUANRUD