MOROCCO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR GICNT 1ST COMMITTEE

UNCLAS RABAT 000495 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/MAG DESK OFFICER RANDALL KAAILAU AND ISN/WMDT MEGGEN WATT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP RU NL MO SUBJECT: MOROCCO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR GICNT 1ST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ¶1. (SBU) Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations and International Organizations Directorate Azzedine Farhane met with Poloff today and said that Morocco would like to jointly sponsor, with the United States and Russia, a United Nations (UN) 1st Committee resolution to promote the Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). This offer comes on the heels of a successful Moroccan-hosted GICNT Conference in Rabat last week. ¶2. (SBU) Farhane said when he met with Russian Ambassador to Morocco Boris Bolotine this morning, he received a favorable response on the proposal from Bolotine. Morocco will not take action on this issue before U.S. and Russian concurrence. ¶3. (SBU) Farhane suggested that Morocco could discuss this matter in more detail next week with the U.S. and Russia delegations attending the GICNT Plenary Session at The Hague. Underscoring its importance to Morocco, Farhane requested that the U.S. provide an initial response to Morocco's proposal tomorrow, June 12, if at all possible. Post would appreciate Department's timely response to this inquiry. ***************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Moro cco ***************************************** Jackson