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09STATE24054
2009-03-13 14:35:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Secretary of State
Cable title:
HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 024054
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/13/2034
TAGS: MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
SUBJECT: HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES
TO SUBMIT THEIR ANNUAL DECLARATIONS (PART II)
Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS
1.4 (B),(D),AND (H).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 024054
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/13/2034
TAGS: MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
SUBJECT: HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES
TO SUBMIT THEIR ANNUAL DECLARATIONS (PART II)
Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS
1.4 (B),(D),AND (H).
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph
5.
2. (SBU) Summary: At the May 29-30, 2008 annual
meeting of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic
Missile Proliferation (HCOC),the Immediate Central
Contact (ICC) reported that as of the meeting's
opening, 72 of the 126 subscribing states (now 130) had
submitted their Annual Declarations (ADs) on space and
ballistic missile policies. This constitutes a
significant improvement over the 57 ADs submitted by
subscribing states in 2007, and is a result of the
significant "inreach" efforts of the Chair and a number
of the subscribing states (including the United
States). However, it still falls well shy of the full
participation of all HCOC subscribers. Additionally, a
significant number of the ADs received by the ICC were
submitted after the March 31, 2008 deadline. We want
to conduct "inreach" demarches to all Subscribing
States in order to encourage them to submit their ADs -
and submit them on time - this year. The due date is
March 31, 2009.
3. (C) Background: The HCOC is aimed at bolstering
efforts to curb ballistic missile proliferation
worldwide, and at further delegitimizing such
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proliferation. It consists of a set of general
principles, modest commitments, and limited confidence
building measures, which include the submission of pre
launch notifications (PLNs) and ADs on space and
ballistic missile policies. At the fifth annual
meeting of the HCOC in June 2006 in Vienna, delegates
discussed the importance of all Subscribing States
fulfilling their PLN and AD obligations. The Austrian
Immediate Central Contact (ICC),noting that only forty
ADs for 2005 had been submitted, called on all
Subscribing States to submit their ADs as part of the
HCOC's transparency and confidence building measures,
and recalled the simplified annual declaration form (or
"nil form") that had been agreed at the fourth annual
meeting in 2004. In an effort to stimulate further
submissions, the ICC in both 2007 and 2008 attached the
simplified form to its reminder to Subscribing States
to submit their ADs.
4. (C) In addition, and at the request of the HCOC
ICC, the USG in 2007 and 2008 approached Subscribing
States bilaterally and encouraged them to submit their
ADs, reminding them that the simplified "nil form" was
available to all countries that do not have space
launch vehicle/ballistic missile programs. Due in part
to our efforts (and similar efforts undertaken by other
subscribing states),by the time of the HCOC annual
meeting in May 2008, 72 subscribing states had
submitted their ADs, which was a significant
improvement over the 57 submitted in 2007.
5. (C) Objective/Action request: We want to boost even
further the number of HCOC ADs received this year. We
also want to emphasize to subscribing states the
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importance of submitting their ADs on time - i.e., by
March 31, 2009. ADs are one of the primary
transparency measures of the HCOC, and their timely
submission by as many HCOC states as possible is key to
the HCOC remaining a useful missile nonproliferation
tool. Addressee posts therefore are requested to
approach appropriate host government officials and
encourage them to submit their HCOC AD by the March 31,
2008 due date, reminding them that the simplified "nil
form" is available to all countries that do not have
space launch vehicle/ballistic missile programs. Posts
should also highlight the fact that the HCOC's eighth
annual meeting will convene on May 28 and 29, 2009.
(Note: A substantively identical cable will be sent to
the HCOC Subscribing States not listed as addressees on
this cable. End note.)
6. (U) Please contact ISN/MTR's John Paul Herrmann
(202-647-1430 - herrmannjp@state.sgov.gov) or Sarah
Ayers (202-647-1142 - ayerssl@state.sgov.gov) with any
questions or follow-up related to this issue and slug
reporting on this issue for ISN/MTR. Copies of the
full text of the HCOC and the "nil form" can be
provided to post via e-mail upon request.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/13/2034
TAGS: MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
SUBJECT: HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES
TO SUBMIT THEIR ANNUAL DECLARATIONS (PART II)
Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS
1.4 (B),(D),AND (H).
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph
5.
2. (SBU) Summary: At the May 29-30, 2008 annual
meeting of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic
Missile Proliferation (HCOC),the Immediate Central
Contact (ICC) reported that as of the meeting's
opening, 72 of the 126 subscribing states (now 130) had
submitted their Annual Declarations (ADs) on space and
ballistic missile policies. This constitutes a
significant improvement over the 57 ADs submitted by
subscribing states in 2007, and is a result of the
significant "inreach" efforts of the Chair and a number
of the subscribing states (including the United
States). However, it still falls well shy of the full
participation of all HCOC subscribers. Additionally, a
significant number of the ADs received by the ICC were
submitted after the March 31, 2008 deadline. We want
to conduct "inreach" demarches to all Subscribing
States in order to encourage them to submit their ADs -
and submit them on time - this year. The due date is
March 31, 2009.
3. (C) Background: The HCOC is aimed at bolstering
efforts to curb ballistic missile proliferation
worldwide, and at further delegitimizing such
STATE 00024054 002 OF 003
proliferation. It consists of a set of general
principles, modest commitments, and limited confidence
building measures, which include the submission of pre
launch notifications (PLNs) and ADs on space and
ballistic missile policies. At the fifth annual
meeting of the HCOC in June 2006 in Vienna, delegates
discussed the importance of all Subscribing States
fulfilling their PLN and AD obligations. The Austrian
Immediate Central Contact (ICC),noting that only forty
ADs for 2005 had been submitted, called on all
Subscribing States to submit their ADs as part of the
HCOC's transparency and confidence building measures,
and recalled the simplified annual declaration form (or
"nil form") that had been agreed at the fourth annual
meeting in 2004. In an effort to stimulate further
submissions, the ICC in both 2007 and 2008 attached the
simplified form to its reminder to Subscribing States
to submit their ADs.
4. (C) In addition, and at the request of the HCOC
ICC, the USG in 2007 and 2008 approached Subscribing
States bilaterally and encouraged them to submit their
ADs, reminding them that the simplified "nil form" was
available to all countries that do not have space
launch vehicle/ballistic missile programs. Due in part
to our efforts (and similar efforts undertaken by other
subscribing states),by the time of the HCOC annual
meeting in May 2008, 72 subscribing states had
submitted their ADs, which was a significant
improvement over the 57 submitted in 2007.
5. (C) Objective/Action request: We want to boost even
further the number of HCOC ADs received this year. We
also want to emphasize to subscribing states the
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importance of submitting their ADs on time - i.e., by
March 31, 2009. ADs are one of the primary
transparency measures of the HCOC, and their timely
submission by as many HCOC states as possible is key to
the HCOC remaining a useful missile nonproliferation
tool. Addressee posts therefore are requested to
approach appropriate host government officials and
encourage them to submit their HCOC AD by the March 31,
2008 due date, reminding them that the simplified "nil
form" is available to all countries that do not have
space launch vehicle/ballistic missile programs. Posts
should also highlight the fact that the HCOC's eighth
annual meeting will convene on May 28 and 29, 2009.
(Note: A substantively identical cable will be sent to
the HCOC Subscribing States not listed as addressees on
this cable. End note.)
6. (U) Please contact ISN/MTR's John Paul Herrmann
(202-647-1430 - herrmannjp@state.sgov.gov) or Sarah
Ayers (202-647-1142 - ayerssl@state.sgov.gov) with any
questions or follow-up related to this issue and slug
reporting on this issue for ISN/MTR. Copies of the
full text of the HCOC and the "nil form" can be
provided to post via e-mail upon request.
CLINTON