UGANDA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS KAMPALA 008986 FOR S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER SUBJECT: UGANDA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 286744 ¶1. UGANDA WAS NEITHER A VICTIM NOR A SPONSOR OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 1993. ¶2. IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL QUESTIONS: A) THE GOU DID NOT PROSECUTE INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISTS IN 1994. B) THE GOU NEITHER EXTRADITED NOR REQUESTED EXTRADITION OF TERORISTS IN 1994. C) THE GOU DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES. D) GOU OFFICIALS ARE ON RECORD AS OPPOSING THE PRACTICE OF TERRORISM. E) THE GOU IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY MAJOR COUNTER-TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. DURING 1994 THE GOU CONTINUED ITS PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE SECURITY AT ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. F) THE GOU DOES NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. G) THE GOU HAS NOT MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORIST ISSUE. IT HAS NORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ALL OF THE COUNTRIES ON THE TERRORIST LIST. ¶H. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE 1993 IN THE GOU'S ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM. SOUTHWICK