MOROCCO REVIEWING GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT

UNCLAS RABAT 000521 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/MAG AND ISN/WMDT; DHS FOR ZAC PALMER AND MARK WITTROCK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO SUBJECT: MOROCCO REVIEWING GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT REF: STATE 061180 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Security and Disarmament Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on June 17 to discuss reftel seeking Morocco's comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Model Guidelines Document. Eloumni reminded Poloff that he had requested the U.S. delegation to address this issue during the recent GICNT Conference held in Rabat earlier this month but no one was available to lead the session. According to Eloumni, many GICNT participants have questions about the Model Guidelines Document. ¶2. (SBU) Eloumni agreed to share the document with relevant departments within the Government of Morocco (GOM) as well as with the Moroccans who participated in the recent GICNT Model Guidelines Document Technical Review Workshop in Garmish, Germany last April. He agreed to submit Morocco's comments via the Global Initiative Information Portal (GIIP) by the July 13 deadline. ¶3. (SBU) Eloumni requested that the Department upload a French version of the Model Guidelines Document to the GIIP to encourage more participation from French-speaking countries. He suggested that consistently providing documents in French will be especially helpful to Morocco as it plans to host a GICNT West Africa outreach program in late 2009 or early 2010. According to Eloumni, French-speaking countries will be more likely to get involved and provide feedback if they can easily read the documents on the portal. ***************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Moro cco ***************************************** Jackson