Identifier
Created
Classification
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09OTTAWA237
2009-03-25 17:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA TO SPONSOR UNSCR 1540 SEMINAR FOR CARICOM
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UNCLAS OTTAWA 000237
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CPI - T. WUCHTE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PARM ETRD KSTC XL HA DR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA TO SPONSOR UNSCR 1540 SEMINAR FOR CARICOM
MEMBER STATES IN MAY
REF: STATE 27289
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000237
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CPI - T. WUCHTE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PARM ETRD KSTC XL HA DR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA TO SPONSOR UNSCR 1540 SEMINAR FOR CARICOM
MEMBER STATES IN MAY
REF: STATE 27289
1. (U) This is an action request for ISN/CPI -- see para 5.
2. (U) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer
David MacDuff expressed Canada's appreciation for the U.S.
decision to provide both legislative drafting support and a
regional coordinator to help CARICOM members states comply
with UNSCR 1540 requirements. For its part, MacDuff said,
Canada plans to sponsor a seminar in May on the
implementation of export controls and integration of the
newly developed legislative and legal framework into CARICOM
member state legal systems.
3. (U) According to MacDuff, the upcoming seminar will be
billed as a follow-up to the February 2008 meeting of
Caribbean states that the Washington-based Stimson Center,
Canada, and other underwriters funded to encourage Caribbean
states' buy-in to UNSCR 1540. Canadian and Stimson Center
officials expect to complete the seminar design soon, he
added. The next step will be to seek Canadian government
approval for approximately USD 30,000 of the estimated USD
50,000 cost of the seminar, with Stimson and other donors
paying the rest, MacDuff noted.
4. (U) MacDuff commented that, according to the Italians,
the Dominican Republic and Haiti have not yet complied with
initial UNSCR 1540 reporting requirements. Canadian and
Stimson Center planners would need this "baseline
information," he remarked, in order to design a useful
seminar. MacDuff asked whether the U.S. intends to take
additional action to encourage the Dominican Republic and
Haiti to complete their reports well in advance of the
seminar. Barbados, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad
and Tobago have completed their reports, he confirmed.
5. (U) Action request: please advise whether the USG
intends to take additional, near-term action to urge the
Dominican Republic and Haiti to complete outstanding UNSCR
1540 reporting requirements, and whether the USG would be
interested in conducting joint demarches with Canada. Also,
please advise whether we support/encourage the Canadian
proposal to organize the upcoming seminar.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BREESE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CPI - T. WUCHTE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PARM ETRD KSTC XL HA DR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA TO SPONSOR UNSCR 1540 SEMINAR FOR CARICOM
MEMBER STATES IN MAY
REF: STATE 27289
1. (U) This is an action request for ISN/CPI -- see para 5.
2. (U) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer
David MacDuff expressed Canada's appreciation for the U.S.
decision to provide both legislative drafting support and a
regional coordinator to help CARICOM members states comply
with UNSCR 1540 requirements. For its part, MacDuff said,
Canada plans to sponsor a seminar in May on the
implementation of export controls and integration of the
newly developed legislative and legal framework into CARICOM
member state legal systems.
3. (U) According to MacDuff, the upcoming seminar will be
billed as a follow-up to the February 2008 meeting of
Caribbean states that the Washington-based Stimson Center,
Canada, and other underwriters funded to encourage Caribbean
states' buy-in to UNSCR 1540. Canadian and Stimson Center
officials expect to complete the seminar design soon, he
added. The next step will be to seek Canadian government
approval for approximately USD 30,000 of the estimated USD
50,000 cost of the seminar, with Stimson and other donors
paying the rest, MacDuff noted.
4. (U) MacDuff commented that, according to the Italians,
the Dominican Republic and Haiti have not yet complied with
initial UNSCR 1540 reporting requirements. Canadian and
Stimson Center planners would need this "baseline
information," he remarked, in order to design a useful
seminar. MacDuff asked whether the U.S. intends to take
additional action to encourage the Dominican Republic and
Haiti to complete their reports well in advance of the
seminar. Barbados, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad
and Tobago have completed their reports, he confirmed.
5. (U) Action request: please advise whether the USG
intends to take additional, near-term action to urge the
Dominican Republic and Haiti to complete outstanding UNSCR
1540 reporting requirements, and whether the USG would be
interested in conducting joint demarches with Canada. Also,
please advise whether we support/encourage the Canadian
proposal to organize the upcoming seminar.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BREESE