Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NEWDELHI1678
2009-08-11 14:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001678
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN
SUBJECT: INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
REF: A. NEW DELHI 01264
B. SECSTATE 58579
UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001678
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN
SUBJECT: INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
REF: A. NEW DELHI 01264
B. SECSTATE 58579
1. (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political
Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose
an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of
Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to
prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the
option of bringing captured pirates to India and trying them
in Indian courts, stating that it would be "very difficult to
bring and house them here."
2. (SBU) Rana said that while the GOI opposed a Dutch
proposal for an international tribunal at a recent legal
working group meeting of the CGPCS, India seeks a "pragmatic"
solution and would welcome an international mechanism -
preferably overseen by the UN - to prosecute pirates.
Simultaneously downplaying the possibility of national
prosecutions and emphasizing Delhi's preference for all
aspects of anti-piracy to come together under a UN umbrella,
Rana noted that the MEA was still consulting with various
other government ministries on the issue and that an official
determination had yet to be made.
3. (SBU) On the issue of extending participation in CGPCS
proceedings to other countries or international organizations
which meet the objective criteria for participation, Rana's
response was positive: "the more the merrier," he exclaimed,
adding that his government is also in favor of a regional
anti-piracy coordination center. According to Rana, the
Indian Government has no preference for where a regional
coordination center would be located.
4. (SBU) In response to our request for the names of at least
two GOI points of contact to receive any information or
correspondence relating to CGPCS, Rana provided only one
name: Asith Battacharjee, MEA Joint Secretary for UN
Political Affairs.
ROEMER
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN
SUBJECT: INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
REF: A. NEW DELHI 01264
B. SECSTATE 58579
1. (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political
Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose
an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of
Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to
prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the
option of bringing captured pirates to India and trying them
in Indian courts, stating that it would be "very difficult to
bring and house them here."
2. (SBU) Rana said that while the GOI opposed a Dutch
proposal for an international tribunal at a recent legal
working group meeting of the CGPCS, India seeks a "pragmatic"
solution and would welcome an international mechanism -
preferably overseen by the UN - to prosecute pirates.
Simultaneously downplaying the possibility of national
prosecutions and emphasizing Delhi's preference for all
aspects of anti-piracy to come together under a UN umbrella,
Rana noted that the MEA was still consulting with various
other government ministries on the issue and that an official
determination had yet to be made.
3. (SBU) On the issue of extending participation in CGPCS
proceedings to other countries or international organizations
which meet the objective criteria for participation, Rana's
response was positive: "the more the merrier," he exclaimed,
adding that his government is also in favor of a regional
anti-piracy coordination center. According to Rana, the
Indian Government has no preference for where a regional
coordination center would be located.
4. (SBU) In response to our request for the names of at least
two GOI points of contact to receive any information or
correspondence relating to CGPCS, Rana provided only one
name: Asith Battacharjee, MEA Joint Secretary for UN
Political Affairs.
ROEMER