Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE108614
2009-10-21 00:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: MONITORING
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UNCLAS STATE 108614
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: MONITORING
GROUP INQUIRY
REF: SAC.29/2009/MG/OC.27
UNCLAS STATE 108614
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: MONITORING
GROUP INQUIRY
REF: SAC.29/2009/MG/OC.27
1. This is an action request. USUN is requested to send to
the Security Council Committee established pursuant to
resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia
Sanctions Committee" -
www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) the text found in
para 3 below in response to the MG's inquiry of the United
States' alleged involvement in a military operation in
Somalia on 14 September 2009. The letter should also be sent
to the Monitoring Group established pursuant to resolution
1519 (2003),whose mandate has been subsequently renewed,
most recently by resolution 1853 (2008).
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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
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2. The strategic objective is for the United States to
cooperate with the Monitoring Group established by UNSCR 1519
(2003) to aid the Somalia Sanctions Committee and report on
implementation of the measures adopted by the Security
Council.
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LETTER
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3. Thank you for your letter of 7 October 2009
S/AC.29/2009/MG/OC.27. I would like to take this opportunity
to thank the Somalia Sanctions Committee's Monitoring Group
on behalf of the United States for the thorough and unbiased
reporting and recommendations that have come from the Group's
hard work. Sanctions are an important measure the Security
Council can impose to counter threats to international peace
and security. For the measures to be effective, Member
States must have the domestic framework, and more importantly
the political will, to implement the sanctions. We urge
other Member States to fulfill their international
obligations so these preventative measures might have the
impact for which they were designed.
The United States is aware of media reports regarding the 14
September 2009 killing of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and other
terrorists involved in a series of terrorist attacks in East
Africa. As a matter of policy, we do not comment on press
reports of this kind. However, we can assure the Monitoring
Group that the United States complies with its obligations
regarding the arms embargo, including by following the
procedures set out in the Security Council resolutions for
seeking exemptions from the arms embargo as appropriate.
Once again, the United States would like to thank the
Monitoring Group for its diligence.
END LETTER.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: MONITORING
GROUP INQUIRY
REF: SAC.29/2009/MG/OC.27
1. This is an action request. USUN is requested to send to
the Security Council Committee established pursuant to
resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia
Sanctions Committee" -
www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) the text found in
para 3 below in response to the MG's inquiry of the United
States' alleged involvement in a military operation in
Somalia on 14 September 2009. The letter should also be sent
to the Monitoring Group established pursuant to resolution
1519 (2003),whose mandate has been subsequently renewed,
most recently by resolution 1853 (2008).
--------------
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
--------------
2. The strategic objective is for the United States to
cooperate with the Monitoring Group established by UNSCR 1519
(2003) to aid the Somalia Sanctions Committee and report on
implementation of the measures adopted by the Security
Council.
--------------
LETTER
--------------
3. Thank you for your letter of 7 October 2009
S/AC.29/2009/MG/OC.27. I would like to take this opportunity
to thank the Somalia Sanctions Committee's Monitoring Group
on behalf of the United States for the thorough and unbiased
reporting and recommendations that have come from the Group's
hard work. Sanctions are an important measure the Security
Council can impose to counter threats to international peace
and security. For the measures to be effective, Member
States must have the domestic framework, and more importantly
the political will, to implement the sanctions. We urge
other Member States to fulfill their international
obligations so these preventative measures might have the
impact for which they were designed.
The United States is aware of media reports regarding the 14
September 2009 killing of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and other
terrorists involved in a series of terrorist attacks in East
Africa. As a matter of policy, we do not comment on press
reports of this kind. However, we can assure the Monitoring
Group that the United States complies with its obligations
regarding the arms embargo, including by following the
procedures set out in the Security Council resolutions for
seeking exemptions from the arms embargo as appropriate.
Once again, the United States would like to thank the
Monitoring Group for its diligence.
END LETTER.
CLINTON