GUIDANCE: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON IRAQ

UNCLAS STATE 011941 SIPDIS USUN FOR GERMAIN AND FINERTY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNSC IZ SUBJECT: GUIDANCE: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON IRAQ REF: 09STATE130342 ¶1. (U) This is an action request(paras 2 and 3). ¶2. (U) USUN is instructed to seek Council consensus towards a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Iraq containing the elements outlined in the non-paper in para 3. USUN should keep Washington informed on the progress of negotiations and seek further guidance as needed. ¶3. (U) Begin Non-paper: --The Security Council welcomes the letter sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq on 18 January 2010 which reiterates that the Government of Iraq supports the international non-proliferation regime and complies with disarmament treaties and other relevant international instruments and is committed to taking additional steps to comply with non-proliferation and disarmament standards, and has also committed to inform the Security Council, IAEA and other relevant agencies on progress made towards implementing those measures in accordance with the Government of Iraq,s constitutional and legislative procedures and in compliance with international norms. --The Security Council warmly welcomes Iraq,s accession to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, becoming the 186th State party on 12 February 2009. --The Security Council also welcomes that Iraq has signed the Additional Protocol to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and that the Additional Protocol is currently before Parliament for ratification, as is the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The Security Council further notes that, consistent with Iraqi law, Iraq has agreed to apply the Additional Protocol provisionally, pending its entry into force. --Reaffirming the need to be assured of Iraq,s peaceful intentions, the Security Council requests that the IAEA inform the Council as soon as possible regarding the quality of Iraq,s safeguards-related cooperation with the IAEA, including whether Iraq is implementing provisionally the Additional Protocol pending entry into force. --Following such a determination by the IAEA, the Security Council would be prepared to review, with a view towards lifting, the restrictions in UNSCR 687 and 707 related to weapons of mass destruction and civil nuclear activities. End Non-paper. CLINTON