Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09HANOI111
2009-02-11 07:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE PROGRAM OF WORK
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UNCLAS HANOI 000111
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC VM
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE PROGRAM OF WORK
REF: STATE 10774
UNCLAS HANOI 000111
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/CPI (WUCHTE) EAP/MLS (BLACKSHAW)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC VM
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE PROGRAM OF WORK
REF: STATE 10774
1. (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer
responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy
PolCouns urged Vietnam to support efforts to develop a more robust
Program of Work (POW) for the UNSCR 1540 Committee. Per reftel, he
emphasized that the draft POW submitted January 14 was inadequate
and encouraged Vietnam to back U.S. revisions to the text. Drawing
Phong's attention to the non-paper and attached documents, DPolCouns
stressed that in order to carry out its mandate, the 1540 Committee
should have a more open, transparent process for gathering
information and coordinating assistance efforts. DPolCouns assured
Phong that the United States believes that the 1540 process is not
about pointing fingers, but about building capacity and should
provide a mechanism for individual states and regions to best meet
their non-proliferation obligations.
2. (SBU) Phong promised to relay the substance of the demarche, as
well as the non-paper, draft revisions, and additional material, to
his superiors in the MFA and to Vietnam's UN Mission in New York,
where he previously worked as the Mission's action officer on
non-proliferation matters. He said that his colleagues in New York
would work closely with their U.S. and other counterparts. Phong
declined to comment on the substance of the revisions. He
emphasized, however, that as a matter of general principle, Vietnam
shares the 1540 Committee's basic objectives, but also believes that
while individual states must fulfill their obligations, undue burden
should not fall on developing nations.
Michalak
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/CPI (WUCHTE) EAP/MLS (BLACKSHAW)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC VM
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE PROGRAM OF WORK
REF: STATE 10774
1. (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer
responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy
PolCouns urged Vietnam to support efforts to develop a more robust
Program of Work (POW) for the UNSCR 1540 Committee. Per reftel, he
emphasized that the draft POW submitted January 14 was inadequate
and encouraged Vietnam to back U.S. revisions to the text. Drawing
Phong's attention to the non-paper and attached documents, DPolCouns
stressed that in order to carry out its mandate, the 1540 Committee
should have a more open, transparent process for gathering
information and coordinating assistance efforts. DPolCouns assured
Phong that the United States believes that the 1540 process is not
about pointing fingers, but about building capacity and should
provide a mechanism for individual states and regions to best meet
their non-proliferation obligations.
2. (SBU) Phong promised to relay the substance of the demarche, as
well as the non-paper, draft revisions, and additional material, to
his superiors in the MFA and to Vietnam's UN Mission in New York,
where he previously worked as the Mission's action officer on
non-proliferation matters. He said that his colleagues in New York
would work closely with their U.S. and other counterparts. Phong
declined to comment on the substance of the revisions. He
emphasized, however, that as a matter of general principle, Vietnam
shares the 1540 Committee's basic objectives, but also believes that
while individual states must fulfill their obligations, undue burden
should not fall on developing nations.
Michalak