GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 14 BRIEFING BY UNRCCA SRSG

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC UN TX
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 14 BRIEFING BY UNRCCA SRSG
MIROSLAV JENCA


1. (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following
talking points in paragraph two for the January 14 Security
Council Briefing by the United Nations Regional Center for
Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA) Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General(SRSG)
Miroslav Jenca.

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Talking Points
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2. (SBU) Begin Points:

-- I would like to welcome Special Representative Jenca back
to the Council today and thank him for his report.

-- We applaud the Center's growing reputation as an effective
institution that will advance the cause of regional
cooperation and stability in Central Asia.

-- We offer the Special Representative our full support as he
continues to implement his mandate. We encourage him in
particular to move forward in efforts to establish a regular
framework to resolve regional water disputes with a long-term
approach, to work on regional approaches to counterterrorism,
and to encourage leaders in the region to intensify their
counter-narcotics cooperation.

-- We commend UNRCCA's efforts to develop a regional
framework of consultations on water and energy issues, such
as its hosting of a constructive meeting of the International
Fund for Saving the Aral Sea which brought together water
ministers of the five Central Asian countries in Ashgabat in
July.
-- We hope UNRCCA will become a successful platform for
Central Asian countries to develop a long-term approach to
water and energy resource cooperation and coordination; and
we look forward to its assessments of the prospects for
Central Asian energy and water cooperation.
-- On the topic of counterterrorism, we understand that
UNRCCA is working with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism
Implementation Task Force (CTITF) on efforts to counter the
roots of terrorism in Central Asia. We would welcome more
information about this effort. We also look forward to
hearing the results of the ministerial conference on
counterterrorism planned for next October.
-- Finally, I would like to note that the Center's activities
are potentially a vital complement to the international
community's efforts to establish peace and security in
Afghanistan.

-- We look forward to the outcomes of the UNRCCA and UNAMA
conference scheduled for next year to address the support
that Central Asian countries can provide to Afghanistan.
-- Given that Central Asia is a critical transit region in
the battle against narcotics trafficking from Afghanistan,
UNRCCA's ministerial level conference on drug trafficking
next year can be useful in addressing this critical issue.
-- We also encourage UNRCCA to get ahead of any issues that
may arise as Afghanistan begins looking into taking more
control and ownership of its water resources for power and
irrigation needs.
End points.
CLINTON