Canada on Amendments to GICNT Terms of Reference

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000023 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/WMDT AND WHA/CAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC CA SUBJECT: Canada on Amendments to GICNT Terms of Reference REF: 09 STATE 130750 ¶1. (U) In response to reftel demarche on the draft revised terms of reference for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),expressed appreciation and noted that Canada had also received the draft from the Russian Embassy in Ottawa. McDuff observed that the revised Terms of Reference should help to clarify the structure of the initiative. McDuff said that he and his DFAIT colleagues were looking forward to the report from the Canadian representative to the Exercise Planning Meeting that took place on January 19 in Budapest, which should help DFAIT shape Canada's approach to the initiative and determine what expertise Canada can offer. JACOBSON