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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02AMMAN3931 |
CWC: POINTS ON JULY 25 CSP MEETING DELIVERED TO [...] (U) On July 17, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel points on the July 25 meeting of the CWC's Conference of State's Parties to Ali Al-Ayed, personal aide to Foreign Minister Muasher, encouraging Jordanian participation at the meeting and the GOJ's support for the candidacy of Ambassador Pfirter as mew [...] |
2002-07-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL JO CWC |
| 02COLOMBO2346 |
SRI LANKA: COMMERCE A/S LASH PUSHES INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Following up on President Bush's July commitment to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to examine areas for greater economic engagement with Sri Lanka, William H. Lash III, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, brought a Commerce Department delegation to Sri La [...] |
2002-12-24 05:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR CWC |
| 02ROME1461 |
OPCW ITALIANS CONCERNED ABOUT LINKAGE TO [...] (C) ITALY DOUBTS THE REMOVAL OF DG BUSTANI WILL BE SETTLED BY THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND EXPECTS IT WILL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED AT THE STATES PARTIES MEETING THIS FALL, ACCORDING TO MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR ALESSANDRO CEVESE. CEVESE MET WITH POL-MIL OFFICER JUST AFT [...] |
2002-03-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 02ROME3280 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AD REF HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED AD REF HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT (HCA) IN TALKS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS JUNE 21. TEAM BELIEVES THAT AD REF HCA PROTECTS FULLY U.S. INSPECTION RIGHTS WHEN ITALY IS THE INSPECTED STATE PARTY (ISP) AND RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE ISP. END SU [...] |
2002-07-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM MARR KTIA IT CWC |
| 03AMMAN1049 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) On February 17, Poloff delivered reftel points and copies of OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) questionnaires to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. On February 18, Poloff followed up on this issue with Jusuf Bataineh, the MFA's action officer on CWC issues. Bataineh [...] |
2003-02-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 03COLOMBO1312 |
Mission conveys talking points and CWC [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-29 02:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ABUD MV CWC OPCW |
| 03ROME2791 |
ITALY CONCERNED ABOUT ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (C) POLMIL OFFICER ON JUNE 18 CONVEYED REFTEL POINTS TO GIOVANNI IANNUZZI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS. NBC EXPERT GENERAL GIANFRANCO TRACCI ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PURSUANT DISCUSSION. 2. (S) IANNUZZI WAS PLEASED THAT THE U.S. [...] |
2003-06-19 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PARM IT CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1451 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 12 [...] Details about the 2003 cash flow difficulties emerged during the first round of 2004 budget consultations and the OPCW informed member states that they will have to begin cutting program delivery. 2. Two rounds of 2004 budget consultations were held in June with senior OPCW management int [...] |
2003-06-06 14:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ABUD CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1509 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENE-SETTER [...] (SBU) The First Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference, April 28 - May 9, consumed a great deal of Technical Secretariat and national delegation energy, and the last month has been frankly rather quiet. While the annotated EC-33 agenda (faxed to Washington) is long at this point, many [...] |
2003-06-12 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1545 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] There has been little commentary or discussion on the RevCon. However, in general, the RevCon exceeded expectations. Many delegations are eager to discuss how we will pursue RevCon follow-up. 2. Three rounds of budget consultations were held 11-13 June on Programs 3-6. The facilitator wil [...] |
2003-06-16 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1633 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)-33, U.S. DELOFF PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS RELATED TO RUSSIAN CWD ASSISTANCE THAT INCLUDED VIKTOR KHOLSTOV, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR-GENERAL (D-G) OF THE RUSSIAN MUNITIONS AGENCY (RMA). U.S. DELOFF EMPHASIZED THE URGENT NEED FOR [...] |
2003-06-25 10:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1707 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RUSSIAN [...] In Delegation's view, during these meetings it became clear that Russia does not intend, and perhaps never intended, to abide by the present terms of the CTR MOU dated 14 March and signed by then-Director of the Russian Munitions Agency Zinovy Pak. The Russian delegation expressed its view th [...] |
2003-07-03 06:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1727 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...] |
2003-07-07 13:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1729 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 14TH SESSION OF [...] (U) The Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held its 14th session in The Hague, from 9-13 June 2003. The primary focus of attention was on the draft programme and budget 2004, which calls for an 8.36 [...] |
2003-07-07 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1731 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 16 [...] (U) No other delegations showed enthusiasm for committing, as of Friday, June 20, to a serious, sustained effort at a systemic fix for Article IV/V financing. 2. (U) There were no immediate results from this round of industry intersessional consultations, but it is possible that the Sep [...] |
2003-07-07 14:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1740 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...] |
2003-07-08 11:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1877 |
EMERGENCY PAYMENT REQUEST [...] DUE TO MONTHEND AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT POST WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INITIATE ANY PAYMENTS BEFORE JULY 28, POST REQUESTS EMERGENCY PAYMENT TO BE MADE AS FOLLOWS: 2. AMOUNT PAYABLE: EUR 14,085,883 3. VENDOR: OPCW PROGRAMME BUDGET ACCOUNT 4. DEBITOR/CREDITOR CODE: 1404 [...] |
2003-07-24 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC PARM OPCW CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1930 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE VII [...] (U) This is the weekly reporting cable for July 21-25, 2003. 2. (U) RFGs contained in paragraphs 17 & 24. ------------------------------------ Informal Consultations of the EC on Plan of Action Preparations Article VII and Universality ------------------------------------ 3. (U) [...] |
2003-07-31 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1958 |
FY 2002 OPCW PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS AUTHORIZED IN REFTEL, POST FORWARDED EURO 130,469.19 FOR PAYMENT INTO OPCW'S PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ACCOUNT 40.47.74.881, VIA VOUCHER NUMBER 2563BZ02677, DTD. 08/01/2003 2. TOTAL AMOUNT IN USD 146,759.49 (AT RATE OF EXCHANGE: EURO 0.889 IS 1 US DOLLAR) IS CHARGED TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL [...] |
2003-08-05 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC PARM OPCW CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2289 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RESPONDING TO [...] (C) As you consider the U.S. response to the ILO's egregious decision regarding former Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Jose Bustani, I want to provide my thoughts, as your eyes and ears on the ground, on the key U.S. interests involved with [...] |
2003-09-11 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC ILO UN |
| 03THEHAGUE2331 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TS COMMENTS ON [...] (U) This is CWC-91-03. Action required, see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Del representative Betsy Sanders met with Greg Linden, chief of the Information Services Branch (ISB) of the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS), and Subhash Paradkar, CEO of Sitar, Inc, Annandale, Va. Issues discussed include [...] |
2003-09-17 06:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2338 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (SBU) There will be one major topic for discussion at EC-34 (budget), a number of key issues of importance to the U.S. on which there may be substantial discussion (U.S. destruction deadline extension, Article VII) and one question that will be difficult to avoid discussing (the ILO decision o [...] |
2003-09-17 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2367 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 19, OPCW Director-General Pfirter made a strong pitch to delegations for an effective increase in the 2004 OPCW budget of approximately 7.4%. Pfirter assured the delegates that he and the leadership of the Technical Secretariat (TS) would work hard to identify and im [...] |
2003-09-19 14:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2431 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: ON THE MARGINS OF OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)-34, U.S. DELOFFS PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS RELATED TO RUSSIAN CWD ASSISTANCE. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) REP ANNOUNCED DOD PLANS TO OBLIGATE AN ADDITIONAL $60.3 MILLION FOR SHCHUCH'YE CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITIES (CWDF) C [...] |
2003-09-25 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2576 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DELINEATION OF [...] On 2 October 2003, Larry Denyer, Department of Commerce, presented the U.S. practice on plant and plant site delineation that is used to support the declarations and inspections of industry facilities under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This issue underlies many of the past difficul [...] |
2003-10-08 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND ETTC CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2577 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE VI [...] US Del met with Per Runn (Deputy Director, Verification Division), Faiza Patel-King (Verification Division), Alexandru Dolea (Officer, Industry Verification Branch), and Cinthia Echavarria (Senior Policy Officer, Policy Review Branch) of the OPCW on 1 Oct 03 to discuss a variety of Article VI [...] |
2003-10-08 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2578 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SAMPLING AND [...] Washington experts and the U.S. Permanent Delegation held bilateral consultations with the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) on September 30, 2003 in The Hague on technical considerations associated with sampling and analysis (S&A) during CWC inspections at U.S. declared industry facilities. Dir [...] |
2003-10-08 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND ETTC CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2581 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) The Oct. 20-24 Conference of States Parties will be dominated by discussion of the budget and other financial issues. We have supported the Director-General's request for a 7.36% increase, and share the DG's view that an increase of this magnitude is needed to ensure core functions are [...] |
2003-10-08 13:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2627 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):WRAP-UP FOR WEEK [...] (U) It appears a consensus has been reached on an Article VII action plan for national implementation. Following an Oct. 9 meeting chaired by DG Pfirter with the Ambassadors of the U.S., U.K., India and Iran, agreement was reached on the one final substantive issue, which was the acceptable [...] |
2003-10-14 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2685 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Informal budget discussions on Oct. 16 broke little new ground, and the stage is set for last-minute negotiations during CSP-8. DG Pfirter was in attendance and reiterated his call for a 7.36% increase. France stated that it had sent the DG's proposals and his calculations on the impact [...] |
2003-10-22 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UK KS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2707 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...] |
2003-10-28 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2734 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FIRST MEETING [...] This is CWC-114-03. 2. The OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) convened a 16-17 October 2003 meeting of the fourth Security Audit Team (SAT-IV) in The Hague, The Netherlands. SAT-IV is comprised of representatives from Japan, France, The Netherlands, and the U.S. Yonosuke Harada of Japan, w [...] |
2003-10-31 06:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2766 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Oct. 30, U.S. delegation members met with OPCW officials to discuss the status of upcoming ILO Administrative Tribunal actions stemming from the OPCW tenure policy. Additional points on side-bar discussions at the Eighth Conference of States Parties are also provided for t [...] |
2003-11-04 10:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2794 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...] |
2003-11-06 07:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL RS CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2854 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CTFS AND GREG [...] On November 10, U.S. Delegation to the OPCW representatives Pete Ito and Betsy Sanders met with Greg Linden, Chief of Information Systems Branch (C/ISB) of the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) to discuss TS plans for data automation (two reports, FAXed back to AC/CB) and the upcoming Security [...] |
2003-11-14 10:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2908 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) As the October Conference of States Parties resolved most of the key issues facing the OPCW (budget, destruction deadline extensions, action plans), the focus of the December 2-5 Executive Council meeting will be on a number of technical, particularly industrial, issues. There have be [...] |
2003-11-19 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2939 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 1ST MEETING OF [...] (U) Summary. Two USG legal experts (Bernard Seward from State/L/ACV - JAGLCS/CLAMO and Randy Pratt from Commerce/OGC/IS) participated in the first meeting of the CWC "Network of Legal Experts" November 4-7, supported by the Commerce representative to the U.S. CWC Delegation (Brandon Williams [...] |
2003-11-24 18:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2944 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) OPCW Director for Policy Making Organs Sylwin Gizowski addressed the WEOG November 18, responding to the group s invitation to suggest improvements to the work of the Executive Council. Gizowski spoke in a personal capacity, acknowledging that is was not the responsibility of the Technica [...] |
2003-11-25 10:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2955 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) This is CWC-126-03. 2. (U) Under Secretary Bolton met with OPCW Director-General Pfirter on Nov. 19 to convey strong U.S. support for Pfirter's leadership of the Organization. The DG in turn expressed his appreciation for U.S. support regarding his efforts on reform and transparenc [...] |
2003-11-25 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2956 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): A/S DESUTTER'S [...] (U) On November 17-18, Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, visited SIPDIS The Hague and consulted with officials of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other officials. She so [...] |
2003-11-25 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2977 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) OPCW Director General Pfirter, in a note dated November 21, designated External Relations (ERD) Director Huang Yu as the Technical Secretariat (TS) Point of Contact (POC) for implementing the action plan on universality. On November 26, Huang chaired the first meeting with delegations on [...] |
2003-11-28 11:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2979 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE IV/V - [...] (U) There is widespread support for the proposal submitted by the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters to address the issue of Article IV and V payments. No delegation has spoken out against the ABAF recommendation. Guidance request at para 11 on whether the proposal is accep [...] |
2003-11-28 12:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE2994 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) This November 19-20 workshop provided a valuable exchange of ideas and information. Mainly structured to put experts in the area of CW assistance and protection in touch with various companies who provide equipment, it also gave experts (and local delegations) the chance to hear how a n [...] |
2003-12-02 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE3010 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): REQUEST FOR [...] (U) India is blocking agreement on a document supported by the U.S. and all other delegations to the OPCW concerning the technical issue of "captive use." Failure to reach consensus on this important document before the end of the current Executive Council session on Friday, December 5 will [...] |
2003-12-04 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IN CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE3038 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Having resolved most critical policy issues at the October Conference of the States Parties, the 35th Executive Council managed only to remove a bit of the administrative underbrush. Russian hostage-taking of the U.S. plans regarding the Aberdeen destruction facility continued, althou [...] |
2003-12-10 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE3039 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) This is CWC-134-03. 2. (U) Del reps met on 24 November 2003 with OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) Administration Division head Herb Shultz and SIPDIS Information Support Branch head Greg Linden to relay U.S. concern regarding the pace of the TS effort to achieve a working digital in [...] |
2003-12-10 12:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE3088 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) OPCW's External Relations Division (ERD) distributed the Director-General's Invitation to States Parties to Designate Points of Contact on Universality (S/388/2003, faxed to AC/CB) to all delegations on December 11. ERD's Keith Wilson told DelOff that the TS is looking at January 8 as [...] |
2003-12-17 07:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE3155 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USDel briefed the OPCW Chief of Staff and Director for Verification December 22 on Libya's agreement to abandon its chemical weapons, and conveyed U.S. readiness to provide more detailed information in the near future. The OPCW officials welcomed the offer and congratulated the [...] |
2003-12-22 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP LY CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE3175 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Deloffs exchanged views with Chinese counterparts Yu Dunhai and Dai Huaicheng on OPCW activities, nonproliferation issues, and CW destruction over lunch on December 23. Separate conversations with Korean First Secretary Lee Sang Soo and others covered much of the same ground. 2. (U) The [...] |
2003-12-24 10:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04ABUDHABI1941 |
Chemical Weapons Convention demarche [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AROC ABUD CWC CBW OPCW TC |
| 04ACCRA1232 |
GHANA'S PROGRESS ON CWC ARTICLE VII: DEMARCHE [...] On Wednesday, June 9, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, John Kuleke, regarding Ghana's commitment to fulfill its national implementation obligations under Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). PolO [...] |
2004-06-10 11:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC ABUD CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04AMMAN6416 |
DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points July 28 to Samer Naber, Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber stressed Jordan's support for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and promised to formulate a response to our points after consulting with relevant GOJ officials. Post wi [...] |
2004-07-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04AMMAN6505 |
IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04COLOMBO1085 |
Sri Lanka to support Libya and the technical [...] Poloff met on June 28 with Sumedha Ekanayake, MFA Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs, to raise the points in Ref A. Massimo Darchini, Italian Charge' d'Affaires was also present. In responding to the joint U.S.-Italy-UK request for support, Ekanayake said that Sri Lanka shou [...] |
2004-06-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CE CWC |
| 04DUBLIN975 |
IRISH SUPPORTIVE OF TECHNICAL CHANGE TO CWC [...] Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sarah McGrath, Deputy Director of Disarmanent and Non-Proliferation at the DFA. McGrath informed emboff that the GOI will likely support the technical change, and noted that she saw "nothing immediately problematic" about the amendment. While the GoI [...] |
2004-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04GUATEMALA1464 |
GOG RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Sylvia Corrado on June 8. Corrado asserted that GOG wished to respect its obligations to Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention, but that she was not aware of any current legislation. Corrado will bring up the CW [...] |
2004-06-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES GT AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04KUWAIT1996 |
(SBU) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC TECHNICAL CHANGE TO [...] (C) A/DCM joined the British, Italian and Libyan DCMs in delivering reftel demarche June 28 on MFA Acting Director of Legal Affairs Ghanem al-Ghanem. Ghanem promised to contact the Kuwaiti OPCW Executive Council delegation urgently (it had just left for The Hague that morning) and to put the [...] |
2004-06-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY KU CWC |
| 04MADRID2417 |
SPANISH UNDECIDED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel points June 24 with Marcos Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of International Disarmament Affairs. Poloff delivered the demarche jointly with Enrico Vencenti, political counselor at the Italian Embassy and Peter Spoor, first secretary political officer at t [...] |
2004-06-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SP CWC |
| 04MADRID2487 |
SPAIN AGREES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-01 10:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SP CWC |
| 04MADRID2872 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C) We reviewed the revisions to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with newly-designated Deputy Director General of International Armament Affairs Marcos Rodriguez July 8 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rodriguez told us that officials at Spain's Nat [...] |
2004-07-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA SP CWC |
| 04MADRID4373 |
SPANISH DELEGATION TO THE CWC DISCUSSIONS ON HOST [...] (C) In response to reftel request regarding Spain's participation in host country agreement (HCA) discussions on the margins of the 29 November-3 December session of the 9th Conference of States Parties (CSP), an MFA official told poloff November 10 that the following officials plan to attend [...] |
2004-11-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA SP CWC |
| 04MADRID4501 |
SPANISH OFFICIALS CANNOT ATTEND MEETING IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Spanish officials have indicated that they will now be unable to attend discussion on the host country agreement (HCA) on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as previously promised because it conflicts with other arms control meetings that they are scheduled to attend during the [...] |
2004-11-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA SP CWC |
| 04ROME1459 |
CWC: COORDINATING WITH ITALY ON RABTA CONVERSION [...] (C) Summary. Italy is concerned that using a technical change to the CWC to help Libya with its conversion request (as described ref A) could result in an overly lengthy process. Italian officials, after consulting with the OPCW Technical Secretariat, are recommending that an attempt be made [...] |
2004-04-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IT CWC |
| 04ROME1853 |
CWC: ITALIAN POSITION ON RABTA CONVERSION, CW [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy now agrees with the U.S. that partitioning the Rabta CW production facility to facilitate conversion is not feasible. It also is in sync on using a technical change to the CWC to ensure that Libya--and other states in the future--can convert CWPFs to legitimate uses. Ita [...] |
2004-05-12 17:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 04ROME2083 |
OPCW AMBASSADOR JAVITS DISCUSSES RANGE OF ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. OPCW Ambassador Eric Javits discussed Italy's concerns over the timing of converting Libya's Rabta Chemical Weapons production facility, the Working Capital Fund, the OPCW budget format and universality with Italian officials in Rome on May 10. End Summary. RABTA ----- 2. [...] |
2004-05-27 11:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IT CWC |
| 04ROME3670 |
CWC/ITALY'S SCHEDULE 2 FACILITY AGREEMENTS: [...] (U) Summary. Most of the USG's suggestions (reftel) for improving Italy's facility agreements (FAs) were judged by Foreign Ministry technical experts to be either superfluous (because already covered by the FAs) or undesirable (because they would introduce unwanted flexibility into the conduct [...] |
2004-09-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CW IT CWC |
| 04SANAA1512 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE TO [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 6/19 and per reftel guidance briefly reviewed ROYG obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Noman was familiar with issue, noting that 2-3 months ago he [...] |
2004-06-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD AROC CWC CBW OPCW YM |
| 04THEHAGUE101 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EXPANSION OF [...] (U) Summary and Request for Guidance: January 27 consultations at the OPCW will focus on a proposal to expand the Working Capital Fund (WCF) and extend the period for replenishment of the fund. Delegation believes the initiative can be the basis for resolution of the cash flow aspect of the [...] |
2004-01-16 10:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1105 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...] |
2004-05-03 13:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1106 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Prior to the April 28 Bureau meeting, Ambassador Javits spoke with DG Pfirter, EC Chairman Kubernat (Czech) and incoming EC Chairman Arrospide (Peru) to emphasize the need for a substantive special EC session in May. The Ambassador highlighted the fact that this is especially importan [...] |
2004-05-03 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1144 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...] |
2004-05-10 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1223 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The May 13 consultations on proposed changes to financial regulations chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada) focused on one issue: proposed language on Regulation 5.4 and a period for payment of Article IV/V invoices. The result was inconclusive. Per Washington instructions, [...] |
2004-05-19 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1224 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - IRANIAN [...] (C) On May 17, Gholamhossein Dehghani and S. Ali Mohammad Mousavi of the Iranian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met with the U.S. delegation to provide Tehran's answers to the U.S. questions passed to the Iranian delegates on the margins of the March 2 [...] |
2004-05-19 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBM |
| 04THEHAGUE13 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 2 [...] (U) Canadian representative Peter van Brakel briefly raised the U.S. push on TS data automation with del. He noted Canada's support of the U.S. initiative and said that Canada had been submitting its redacted industry data declarations via electronic means (CD-ROM) for some time. French and [...] |
2004-01-06 10:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1391 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The Director General presented the FY 2005 budget proposal on May 27 (faxed to AC/CB), stating that it was consistent with the objectives set by the Review Conference and maintained the spending power of the TS. The nominal increase is 4.8 percent, which means that, if accepted, annual [...] |
2004-06-04 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1431 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting, Sophie Moal (France) and Peter Beerwerth (FRG) informed the U.S. Del that they believe anything which the U.S. does on optimization, including the trial run in the fall, will require Executive Council approval. They want some kind of paper to be proffered by the T [...] |
2004-06-09 14:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1487 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the June 10 consultation chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada), agreement was reached on all of the outstanding issues. Most important for the U.S., there were no objections to the language concerning payment of Article IV/V invoices, as approved by Washington. South Kore [...] |
2004-06-16 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1499 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...] |
2004-06-17 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1512 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - STATUS OF [...] (SBU) As noted in the scene setter for the 37th Executive Council session (septel), one important set of decisions under consideration at the EC involve the requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines. At this point, the prospects for the adoption of both se [...] |
2004-06-17 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1533 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan provided strong support for the proposed technical change to permit conversion of the Libyan chemical weapons production facility at Rabta, although Tunisia and Sudan emphasized that they would need to await instructions from capi [...] |
2004-06-21 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1548 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The Russian Federation hosted a June 15 meeting of P-5 Ambassadors in The Hague, noting that the idea originated in Moscow with Universality suggested as the first topic for discussion. Russia also noted the connection between the CWC and UNSC Resolution 1540 that increases the importanc [...] |
2004-06-22 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1550 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The following are the results of the June 14-17 facilitations on industry issues. Schedule 1 captive use remains under consideration due to differences in opinion over whether or not a decision clarifying the declarability of Schedule 1 'captive use' production is necessary. On one han [...] |
2004-06-22 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1593 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Susan Ryan to attend the 37th session of the OPCW Executive Council. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...] |
2004-06-25 13:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1594 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Robert Metcalf to receive orientation training. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...] |
2004-06-25 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1694 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EC-37 [...] (SBU) Summary: During EC-37, the U.S., UK, Italian and Libyan dels cooperated closely in actively educating and seeking support from other EC members regarding the proposed technical change that would permit Libya to seek conversion of chemical weapons production facilities (CWPF). Without e [...] |
2004-07-06 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1695 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its objectives at a very successful 37th Executive Council (EC) session. The requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines were adopted. Agreement was reached on a larger Working Capital Fund with a longer replenishment period, [...] |
2004-07-06 16:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1697 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF THE [...] (U) We discussed the status of the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement Project with a number of officials in the Technical Secretariat (TS) on the margins of the June 29-July 2 Executive Council session. The project remains on schedule, although some TS officials expressed conc [...] |
2004-07-07 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1720 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS REPORT [...] (U) The successful completion of the 37th Executive Council session (Ref B) marks the appropriate time to assess the status of U.S. priorities for the first half of 2004 (Ref A). There has been substantial progress on results-based budgeting, more effective intersessional work and EC session [...] |
2004-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1828 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The co-facilitators Gordon Eckersly/Australia and Ian Mundell/Canada held four sessions on 13-14 July 2004 to discuss Executive Management, Policymaking Organs, and Administration. The DDG made a brief introduction to the elements covered by the Executive Management section. Delegations [...] |
2004-07-20 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE194 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STAFFING [...] The staffing information for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was sent to IO/S/EA via DHL on 27 January 2004 from Embassy The Hague. The tracking number is 580 4054 060, and can be tracked at www.dhl.com. 2. Javits sends. RUSSEL [...] |
2004-01-27 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER POL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE195 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The one agenda item for the January 22 meeting of the Geneva Group was Article IV/V financing, and the proposal from the ABAF for expansion of the Working Capital Fund. At the time, the U.S. Del did not have guidance on the proposed expansion of the Working Capital Fund. We have since [...] |
2004-01-27 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1967 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) A recent trip by the Director General proved uneventful and produced little or nothing in terms of substantive results - an outcome considered very successful by the DG. The OPCW Chief of Cabinet Raphael Grossi expounded on a number of personnel issues, most notably appealing for a solid [...] |
2004-08-05 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE20 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYAN REQUEST [...] (U) On January 6, Brian Hawtin, the acting Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, provided a copy of a letter from the Libyan Ambassador to the Netherlands to OPCW DG Rogelio Pfirter. The letter transmitted a note verbale from the Libyan government requ [...] |
2004-01-07 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2168 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (U) The Technical Secretariat has distributed an information paper (transmitted to AC/CB) providing responses to questions raised by delegations during the July budget consultations. Budget co-facilitators Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Ian Mundell (Canada) have announced that they intend [...] |
2004-08-31 13:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE218 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S./U.K [...] (C) On January 20, Under Secretary of State John Bolton and William Ehrman, Director-General for Defense and Intelligence of the U.K.'s FCO, met with the senior leadership of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to discuss the state of activity on Libyan accession [...] |
2004-01-29 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2272 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Del rep attended a September 1 OPCW National Implementation workshop on National Implementation in London. Santiago Onate, Office of the Legal Advisor, Anan Dhavle, International Cooperation Division, and facilitator Mark Matthews (UK) presented tutorials on Article VII obligations to t [...] |
2004-09-08 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2321 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) On September 8, Del reps met with Rick Martin, head of the OPCW's Budget and Finance Branch, and Ali Asghar Special Advisor on B&F issues, to outline substantive U.S. requirements outlined in reftel. In response to the requirements raised, Asghar noted that there is currently only one " [...] |
2004-09-14 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2399 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Delegations made little progress towards a draft decision on Schedule 1 "captive use." Germany presented a non-paper providing several examples of known processes where Schedule 1 chemical(s) were produced during the production of certain final products. France, Switzerland, Italy and t [...] |
2004-09-20 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2407 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VISIT OF ARMS [...] (U) CWC Delegation and Embassy welcome the September 27-29 visit of AC PDAS Record. Hotel reservations have been made at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel; Van Stolkweg 1, The Hague 2585 JL; (phone)(31)(70) 352-5161; (fax) 31-70-354-1046. Control officer for the visit is Pete Ito, who will [...] |
2004-09-21 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OVIP OTRA CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2409 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the request of DG Pfirter, Glen Johnson, Office Director of VC/VO, assessed the Technical Secretariat accomplishments on the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement project over the past year and recommended how best to move the project forward. Johnson determined that sign [...] |
2004-09-21 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2410 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is granted to the following individual traveling to The Hague to attend the OPCW 2005 Budget meeting: --BENTHIEN, Lisa Arrive: 26 September Depart: 03 October Hotel reservations have been made for 26 Sept-2 Oct at the Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel; address: Johan de [...] |
2004-09-22 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2492 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...] |
2004-09-30 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2493 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...] |
2004-09-30 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2518 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCTOBER 1 [...] (U) At the October 1 consultations on the Libyan proposal to make a technical change to permit conversion of the Rabta facility, the overwhelming number of attendees voiced strong support. A limited number of "usual suspects" raised questions, in particular Pakistan, but also Russia, India an [...] |
2004-10-04 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2526 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) On October 1, South Korean del rep Park Yong Kyu informed us that his delegation was recommending to Seoul that South Korea not/not support a continuation of the political consultancy for General Chong, who is tasked with working on universality on the Korean peninsula. The ROK delegat [...] |
2004-10-05 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2606 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Facilitator Mark Matthews/UK held a 6 October consultation on the recommendations contained in the Second progress Report on the OPCW Plan of Action Regarding the Implementation of Article VII (EC-38/DG.16, 15 September 2004). Delegations welcomed the limited progress made since the last [...] |
2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2682 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ENSURING [...] (SBU) When PDAS Frank Record visited recently, it was particularly important that he brought the news that Washington had finally cleared payment of 9.4 million Euros to the OPCW. The organization was beginning to feel the pinch of the late U.S. payment, and Director-General Pfirter was most [...] |
2004-10-18 07:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2687 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - APPROVAL OF [...] (U) The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), at its October 12-15 session, unanimously adopted a recommendation to all States Parties to approve a change to the Chemical Weapons Convention. This change allows Libya to request approval for the [...] |
2004-10-18 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2698 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF THE [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its one essential goal at the October 12-15 Executive Council session -- unanimous approval of the proposed technical change to allow for Libyan conversion of the Rabta facility. The issue dominated EC-38, with a record 26 delegations asking to make opening statements a [...] |
2004-10-19 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY AL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2699 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) It was apparent at the October 12-15 Executive Council that member states remain divided on the Director-General's budget and program proposal for 2005. While the differences are not great, whether on the level of increase or specifics in the program, it will still require some time and [...] |
2004-10-19 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2750 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...] |
2004-10-26 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE282 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - BRIEFING THE [...] (C) In preparation for OPCW Director-General Pfirter's February 4-6 trip to Libya, the U.S. and U.K. provided a joint briefing to the DG and some of the accompanying staff members. Ambassador Javits utilized the points in reftel, and the U.K. provided one of its technical experts who recent [...] |
2004-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE283 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 30 [...] (C) Greek OPCW Attache Vassilios Kraniotis provided us with an update on planning for a potential terrorist attack using chemical agents at the Olympic games. Most of these plans, he said, had been downgraded from "Confidential" to "Official Use Only" by his government, but he asked us to pr [...] |
2004-02-04 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3184 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...] |
2004-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3197 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The wrap-up includes items from discussions on the margins of the November 24 special Executive Council session and the Nov 29-Dec 2 Conference of States Parties (CSP) which were informally reported back to Washington. ------ TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) The application by the Taiwan Chem [...] |
2004-12-08 10:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3202 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IRANIAN RECEIPT [...] (S) On December 7, a senior official of the Verifications Division of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that transfer of the Schedule 3 chemical trimethyl phosphite in 2003 was declared by both India and Iran in their 2003 Aggrega [...] |
2004-12-08 10:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL IR CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3281 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The December 14 Executive Council session produced the following results. 2. (U) Under agenda item 5: -- On 5.1, at the request of the U.S. and Russia, the EC agreed to defer the verification plan for Aberdeen to the next EC. -- On item 5.2, regarding the verification plan for [...] |
2004-12-16 13:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE343 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DG PFIRTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: OPCW Director General Pfirter was very pleased with the outcome of his February 5 discussions in Libya, which included a meeting with the Foreign Minister. Pfirter utilized the visit to emphasize the OPCW's desire to work with Tripoli to meet the requirements of the CW Conventi [...] |
2004-02-10 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE348 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF [...] (U) The decision regarding Schedule 2/3 Captive Use remains on a political track, with the Indian delegation indicating they support the Schedule 2/3 Captive Use decision, as written, but noting their interagency review process has not yet completed. Privately, the Indians informed Del that [...] |
2004-02-11 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE349 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCPF SITE [...] (U) The U.S. hosted a technical experts workshop on February 5 to facilitate understanding of the Swiss/U.S. Other Chemical Production Facility (OCPF) site selection methodology proposal. The morning session focused on the rationale and mechanics of the proposal. In the past, acceptance of [...] |
2004-02-11 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE351 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Nilkanthsing Jagarnath (External Relations Division) advised Del on February 6 that Chad is about to ratify the CWC. He was also optimistic that Libya's accession would soon bring on board Sierra Leone and Djibouti -- saying that Tripoli has bought a measure of influence with them. Nil [...] |
2004-02-11 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE39 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: Brian Hawtin, acting Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, made a strong pitch for close cooperation with the U.S. and UK in ongoing discussions to address Libya's CW program. He concurred on the need to keep the focus on the larger goal [...] |
2004-01-08 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE424 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep met on February 11 with Ralf Trapp, Special Assistant to DDG Brian Hawtin, who reported that only nine countries responded to the TS Note Verbale requesting States Party respond with their requests for or offers of assistance by February 1; one responded on February 2. Of the ten [...] |
2004-02-19 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE467 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Dr. Tom Inch (UK), Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), participated in the Western European Group (WEOG) meeting on Feb 17 to field questions from WEOG delegations on SAB priorities as well as scientific and technological developments. Inch noted that the SAB, as the technic [...] |
2004-02-24 09:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE478 |
CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): [...] (SBU) The following is the text of a February 23 note provided by OPCW Director General Pfirter to Ambassador Petr Kubernat (Czech Republic), the Chairman of the OPCW Executive Council, regarding an agreement with Libya on destruction of Category 3 munitions (unfilled bombs), which will comme [...] |
2004-02-25 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE494 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): REPORT ON OPCW [...] (C) Horst Reeps, head of the Verification Division of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), provided a February 25 read-out to the U.S. and U.K. delegations on the Technical Secretariat (TS) visit to Libya on February 16-23. Reeps said the objectives were to assist [...] |
2004-02-26 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE585 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) The accession of Libya to the OPCW undoubtedly will be the highlight of the March 23-26 Executive Council session. The presence of the Libyan Ambassador also provides an opportunity to emphasize the importance of the OPCW tackling new challenges, and having the financial and administr [...] |
2004-03-10 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE586 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FOURTH SECURITY [...] The fourth Security Audit Team (SAT-IV) found that the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) had done little to further secure its IT infrastructure since the 2001 security audit. The team noted that significant personnel resources have been directed toward documenting processes and procedures, but f [...] |
2004-03-10 11:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE587 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Simply put, the RBB Workshop was a success. There were no objections to implementing RBB in the 2005 budget document, and the objectives of the workshop were accomplished. As summarized by the Mark Mathews (U.K.), the workshop demonstrated that 1) the OPCW has been living in "the middl [...] |
2004-03-10 12:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE680 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) On March 8, the Geneva Group discussed U.S. proposals for reform of the Office of Internal Oversight. There was general consensus on the need to strengthen the ability of the OIO to perform its oversight functions properly, but a concern about undoing the "political" agreement that out [...] |
2004-03-17 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE733 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP CABLE - [...] (U) As a result of the March industry cluster meetings, the March Executive Council will have several industry issues for States Parties to consider. Two decisions, one on Captive Use and the other on Clarification Requests, appear ripe for adoption by the Executive Council. In addition, th [...] |
2004-03-19 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE765 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The facilitator for consultations on improving the funding mechanism for Article IV and V verification costs, Johan Verboom (Netherlands), told us on March 18 that he hoped to reach consensus on a decision document for consideration at Executive Council Session 36 the following week. Ins [...] |
2004-03-24 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE769 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORTING THE [...] (U) This is CWC-40-04. 2. (U) The guidance cable from the Department for the current OPCW Executive Council session instructs me to support the efforts by the Technical Secretariat to implement measures to assist staff members affected by the tenure policy. As Washington wisely notes, [...] |
2004-03-24 10:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE774 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): - U.S./U.K. [...] (C) AC DAS Don Mahley and Patrick Lamb, Deputy head of the Counterproliferation Department of the U.K.'s FCO, met with senior OPCW officials and delegations from the Western Group on March 19 to discuss Libya. There was substantial interest in what procedure the U.S./U.K. supported to addres [...] |
2004-03-25 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE798 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...] |
2004-03-29 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE799 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VIS ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Del reps met with OPCW Chief of Administration Herb Schulz, Chief of the Information Support Branch (ISB) Greg Linden, and Chief of the Office of Confidentiality and Security (OCS) Rob Simpson to discuss issues related to Technical Secretariat (TS) work on the Verification Information Sy [...] |
2004-03-29 13:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE812 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DELIVERY OF [...] (S) On the margins of the March 23-26 Executive Council session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the U.S. delegation delivered to the Iranian delegation the cover letter (signed by Ambassador Javits) contained in paragraph 8 of reftel and the list of questions in [...] |
2004-03-30 10:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBW |
| 04THEHAGUE814 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYA AT EC-36 [...] (C) Summary: In addition to many formal welcomes during the 36th Executive Council (EC) session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) U.S., U.K. and Libyan representatives had several opportunities to interact. Each meeting was cordial and held in a mutually coop [...] |
2004-03-30 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 05AMMAN1245 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 15 to Waleed Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office concerning the proposed U.S.-Jordan agreement on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber informed post in December 2004 tha [...] |
2005-02-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA JO CWC |
| 05AMMAN1578 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 24 to Bashir Khassawneh, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Legal Department. Khassawneh said the GOJ was well aware of its obligations under Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and was currently determining if existing legi [...] |
2005-02-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC OPCW |
| 05AMMAN8455 |
JORDAN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PARM PREL JO CWC |
| 05AMMAN9631 |
CWC HCA DISCUSSIONS PRODUCTIVE; ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) During bilateral talks about a draft Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) in Amman December 13, both sides agreed to add a sentence to the end of Part II, paragraph one in the proposed HCA text. The new sentence would read: "Likewise, the principles and proced [...] |
2005-12-13 17:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW |
| 05ANKARA2564 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (C) PolMilCouns raised the CWC host country agreement (HCA) with MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric and provided the revised text of the agreement on April 22, as instructed ref a. Meric said that t [...] |
2005-05-05 08:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA TU CWC |
| 05ANKARA3196 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) This is an action request. Acting PolMilCouns delivered reftel A points and draft HCA/U MOU text to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 6. Yavuzalp said the MFA had already completed the legal review of the revised HCA/U MOU text presented by Post in A [...] |
2005-06-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA TU CWC |
| 05ANKARA3261 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MODIFIED DEC [...] (C) Acting PolMilCouns submitted to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 9 an annotated copy of the modified Dec. 1999 CWC Host Country Agreement with Turkey on Challenge Inspections draft MoU that highlighted changes from the original Dec. 1999 text. Post a [...] |
2005-06-09 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA TU CWC |
| 05ANKARA4784 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA TU CWC |
| 05ANKARA6339 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY REQUESTS [...] Acting PolMilCouns delivered to Turkish MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Osman Yavuzalp on Oct. 20 reftel talking points and request for a meeting with Turkish experts on the margins of the CWC 10th Conference of the States Parties to discuss the draft agreement on challenge i [...] |
2005-10-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA TU GR CWC |
| 05BRASILIA2066 |
SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF A/S DESUTTER [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, August 14-16. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy dis [...] |
2005-08-04 17:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC US |
| 05BRASILIA2282 |
BRAZIL: A/S DESUTTER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter met on 15 August with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy discussions, led on the Brazilian side by Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs (in [...] |
2005-08-24 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC |
| 05CAIRO4120 |
CWC: EGYPT SENDING NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed ref B demarche with MFA cabinet member responsible for disarmament Sherif Kamel, who reported back on May 31 that Egypt would not send a governmental representative to the OPCW regional workshop in Cyprus June 13-15. Although the GOE would not participate officially, h [...] |
2005-06-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EG OPCW CBW CWC |
| 05COLOMBO413 |
SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE VII [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CE CWC OPCW |
| 05COLOMBO414 |
MALDIVES: STATUS OF ARTICLE VII IMPLEMENTATION [...] Poloff presented reftel demarche by fax to Foreign Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya on February 23. On February SIPDIS 24 poloff received the following reply by fax from Ahmed Rasheed, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Begin text of reply: We have so far identified a nationa [...] |
2005-02-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MV CWC OPCW |
| 05DJIBOUTI1212 |
DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO CWC DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche 7 December per reftel to Mohamed Omar Djama, Chief of Americas/Europe Office of Bilateral Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama responded that Djibouti has shown its willingness to work against the proliferation of weapons of mass dest [...] |
2005-12-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CN DJ CWC |
| 05GABORONE227 |
BOTSWANA RESPONSE: SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF CWC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD BC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05HANOI835 |
VIETNAM: IAEA Additional Protocol and Other Arms [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST for NP and EAP/EP. Please see Paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We met with our primary GVN arms control and nonproliferation counterpart April 6 to discuss a wide range of outstanding arms control/nonpro issues and the constraints faced by the GVN. [...] |
2005-04-08 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ABUD VM AROC CWC CBW OPCW APEC |
| 05KINGSTON687 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 19:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM PARM ABUD ES CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05LIMA4212 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PERU UNLIKELY TO PAY [...] (U) Polcouns presented the demarche on persuading Peru to pay its dues to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/27. 2. (C) Garro said that it was highly unlikely that Peru would pay [...] |
2005-09-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PE CWC |
| 05LIMA4270 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PRIME MINISTER AGREES [...] (C) The Ambassador, on 9/28, phoned Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (who was out of the country) to explain why it is so important that Peru pay 68,600 Euros towards its OPCW dues. Kuczynski grasped the point immediately when the Ambassador mentioned that the chair might otherwise fall [...] |
2005-09-30 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PE CWC |
| 05MADRID2451 |
SPAIN AGREES TO MEETING WITH USG ON CHEMICAL [...] (C) Poloff met with the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director of International Disarmament Affairs, Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, June 24 to convey Washington's desire to meet with Spanish experts in The Hague during the 41st Executive Council Session June 28 to July 5 to discuss the text of [...] |
2005-06-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA SP CWC |
| 05MADRID635 |
SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-16 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KTIA SU CWC |
| 05MANAMA1531 |
BAHRAIN: VISIT TO NEGOTIATE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA BA CWC |
| 05MANAMA295 |
BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] Pol/Econ chief February 28 delivered reftel demarche concerning implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention Article VII to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran requested additional information about the provisions of Article VII, and we directed him to the Organizat [...] |
2005-03-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD BA AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05MANAMA720 |
BAHRAIN: CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief May 18 delivered reftel demarche concerning a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) negotiation visit to Bahrain to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said he was open to a visit by an interagency USG team to Bahrain to [...] |
2005-05-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA BA CWC |
| 05OTTAWA269 |
A/S RADEMAKER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH CANADIANS ON CWC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During consultations in Ottawa on January 11, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC/PDAS Frank Record discussed with Canadian Foreign Affairs (FAC) and National Defense officials progress on the BTWC and CWC. Discussion of Canada's prospective participat [...] |
2005-01-28 17:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM CA CWC BWC FAC |
| 05PARIS5575 |
USUNESCO: UPCOMING KEY SENIOR POSTS [...] Given the Director General's campaign for re- election and the uncertainty of UNESCO's budget, senior post openings at UNESCO are unpredictable. It is worth noting at this point however, that now that US citizens are in the ADG Education position and the Deputy ADG of External relations posit [...] |
2005-08-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PARM PREL CWC UNESCO OPCW |
| 05QUITO391 |
ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE, [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established i [...] |
2005-02-17 17:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05YEREVAN2030 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: ARMENIA MISSES [...] (C) Following what appeared to be good progress toward implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), Armenian MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Acting Division Head Karen Matirossian told us during a recent meeting that, as he had predicted in March (ref B), the GOAM w [...] |
2005-11-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05YEREVAN371 |
ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CWC ARTICLE VII DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 06ACCRA2623 |
NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points per Ref A on October 27 to the MFA's Supervising Director for Multilateral, Passport and Legal Affairs, Kwesi Quartey. Quartey noted that Ghana was totally committed to preventing chemical weapons from reaching the wrong hands. Its failure to pass implem [...] |
2006-10-31 16:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC GH |
| 06AMMAN483 |
NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C-Rel Jordan) An interagency team led by Dr. David Cooper, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, met December 13 in Amman with Jordanian officials to work toward conclusion of a U.S. - Jordan Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (H [...] |
2006-01-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW |
| 06AMMAN8964 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JO |
| 06ASTANA607 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MFA WILL PUSH FOR ACTION ON CWC, BWC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA International Security Section Advisor Kayrat Sarzhanov on November 16. Sarzhanov stated that the GOK understands the necessity of implementing measures to uphold its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Other agencies have caused dela [...] |
2006-11-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC KZ |
| 06ASUNCION1186 |
PARAGUAY: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW PA |
| 06BAKU1687 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CWC AND BWC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN |
| 06BANGKOK2888 |
CWC: THAILAND ON EXTENSION REQUEST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. The Thai government was still working out internally which agency would represent Thailand on the OPCW Executive Council (EC) a [...] |
2006-05-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL TH CWC |
| 06BANGKOK6666 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC - SEEKING SUPPORT FOR US [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nichamon Agrasuta of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Nichamon noted that Thailand "does not have any objection" to the extension request. BOYCE [...] |
2006-11-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW TH |
| 06CARACAS3437 |
DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-20 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW VE |
| 06COLOMBO676 |
SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC CE |
| 06CONAKRY1824 |
GUINEA'S UNIONS PUT STRIKE ON HOLD, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's CNTG-USTG union coalition has decided that it will not call a general strike during December. Ongoing negotiations have resulted in government concessions on retirement-related issues. With the upcoming end-of-year celebrations, union leadership believes that the cos [...] |
2006-12-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC PREL PGOV OPCW CBW GV |
| 06COTONOU1199 |
BENIN: CWC IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 26 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. (SBU) On December 7 Pol/Econ Chief asked Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office to provide additional in [...] |
2006-12-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC BN |
| 06DARESSALAAM1059 |
COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO DAR ES SALAAM: DR. [...] (U) SUMMARY: VCI/PDAS Ford and his VCI team visited Dar es Salaam June 19-23, 2006, to hold compliance diplomacy discussions with key host country interlocutors and embassy staff on the U. S. approach to verification, compliance assessment, and compliance enforcement of arms control, nonprol [...] |
2006-06-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHARM UNGA CDG NPT IAEA CWC OPCW |
| 06DARESSALAAM1425 |
CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION HELP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1501 |
CWC IMPLEMENTATION: SLOW PROCESS UNDERWAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tanzania believes it is on track to submit draft legislation implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) before the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) meets on November 7, officials told Poloff Augus [...] |
2006-09-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1762 |
TANZANIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE [...] (U) Suleman Saleh, Assistant Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, promised to determine the status of Tanzania's legislation on Chemical Weapons and inform the Embassy about the legislation's status by November 6. With the upcoming Eleventh Session of the Chem [...] |
2006-10-31 03:46:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1883 |
TANZANIA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION LEGISLATION [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is making steady progress toward implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). In late October, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) finalized draft legislation for [...] |
2006-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM385 |
TANZANIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-28 10:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD AF TZ AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 06DJIBOUTI65 |
DJIBOUTI RATIFIES CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (U) Ambassador confirmed, and received a copy of the decree as proof, that the Republic of Djibouti has ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention referred to in reftels. 2. (U) The ratification process was in two stages, beginning with formal ratification by the National Assembly on 24 Decem [...] |
2006-01-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CN DJ CWC |
| 06DOHA1743 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION [...] DCM delivered ref demarche to Dr. Hassan al-Hamadi, Head of the Legal Affairs Department at the MFA, on December 13. Al-Hamadi said that Qatar has an inter-agency committee (of which he is a member) charged with implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention. "You will see it becoming more active [...] |
2006-12-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC QA |
| 06GEORGETOWN1216 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC [...] EmbOff delivered reftel talking points on November 6 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Director Jackie Hamer and followed up on November 14. Hamer had no substantive response but promised to follow up on the issue. ROBINSON [...] |
2006-11-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW GY |
| 06GUATEMALA2246 |
GUATEMALA: CWC DEMARCHE ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND [...] (C) In a follow up to October 30 delivery of reftel demarche, Poloff met November 3 with Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs Directorate, and again on November 7 to seek further clarification. During the November 3 meeting, Carranza opi [...] |
2006-11-08 18:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW GT |
| 06GUATEMALA2247 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CWC NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER CBW CWC OPCW OAS GT |
| 06ISLAMABAD7884 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG REQUEST TO EXTEND CWC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-03 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PK PREL CWC |
| 06JAKARTA11475 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INDONESIA [...] (U) The Fourth Regional Meeting of CWC States Parties in Asia met in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, 2006. The meeting was attended by 24 States Parties from the Asian Group: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, N [...] |
2006-09-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PTER PHUM AMGT ASEC CWC SA AF MV |
| 06JAKARTA13564 |
CWC: STATUS OF INDONESIAN IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION [...] POLOFF met with Daniel Simanjuntak of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on December 13 to present reftel points and discuss the status of Indonesia's implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Simanjuntak sai [...] |
2006-12-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW ID |
| 06KABUL5770 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF [...] (SBU) Polmiloff discussed reftel message December 10 with Ismail Amerkhil, MFA UN Desk. Amerkhil said that Afghan draft CWC implementing legislation has been developed by a GOA interagency commission. The draft legislation currently is at the MOD, which has responsibility for forwarding the [...] |
2006-12-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC OPCW PREL AF |
| 06KATHMANDU3149 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) On December 4, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary for the Europe and Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the need for the Government of Nepal (GON) to promulgate and enact implementing legislation for the Chemical Weapon [...] |
2006-12-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC NP |
| 06MANILA4512 |
PHILIPPINES ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarche requesting an extension of the destruction deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Jesus Domingo and Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Do [...] |
2006-10-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW |
| 06MANILA4910 |
MEETING NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal & Security Affairs Jesus "Gary" Domingo, draft legislation to implement Philippine obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention is currently under review by Foreign Secretary Romulo. Doming [...] |
2006-12-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JA AS RP |
| 06MAPUTO1498 |
Mozambique: Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 11:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC MZ |
| 06MASERU199 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - EXTENSION OF U.S. [...] On April 25, Ambassador reviewed U.S. commitment to destroying its stockpile of CWC. We explained the need for an extension to the year 2012, the latest date allowable under the CWC. We added that our commitment to the CWC is deep and we are making every effort to honor the treaty obligation [...] |
2006-04-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC LT |
| 06MEXICO6248 |
CWC EXTENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-02 00:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW |
| 06NEWDELHI3300 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW IN |
| 06PARIS4215 |
FRANCE PRAISES U.S. TRANSPERENCY IN DRAFT DECISION [...] (U) Poloff delivered talking points June 16 to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) action officer, Etienne Sur. In a follow-up conversation June 19, Sur said that the GoF was pleased with the language in the U.S. Request for establishment of a revised date for the final deadline for destructio [...] |
2006-06-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW FR |
| 06PHNOMPENH2142 |
RGC RESPONSE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 5, post received a preliminary response to the demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Cambodia's CWC status. The MFA said that in 2006, the RGC established through Royal Decree a National Authority to deal with chemical, biological, and other weapons of mass [...] |
2006-12-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH2212 |
UPDATE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Acting DCM met with Lt. General Chau Phirun, Director General of the MOD's General Department of Material and Technique; Major General Chey Son, Chief of the Directorate of Chemical Protection, and his deputy, Lt. Colonel Yin Sothy. Acting DCM reviewed reftel B demarche [...] |
2006-12-21 01:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB |
| 06PRAGUE195 |
MTAG: CZECHS TO INVESTIGATE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY [...] (S) Poloff February 22 delivered reftel demarche on WEOG mention of "next generation agents" to MFA UN and Nonproliferation Director Jan Kara (Note: Reftel reported the Czech Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) had made several inappropriate comments at the February 8 WEOG meeting [...] |
2006-02-22 17:35:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC NL AU EZ |
| 06PRAGUE319 |
MTAG: CZECHS MUZZLE ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN ON [...] (S) Poloff March 23 spoke with Ivan Pinter of the MFA UN and Nonproliferation Department. Pinter was happy to relate that his office had successfully instructed Jiri Matousek, Czech Chairman of the WEOG Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), not to publicly discuss next generation agents in the futur [...] |
2006-03-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC NL AU EZ |
| 06RABAT2063 |
MOROCCO ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 PERCENT [...] (U) On November 3, Poloff presented reftel demarche concerning Morocco's support for the U.S. request and draft decision document to extend the 100 percent destruction deadline to MFA Chief of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane. In response, Farhane said he did not envision any pro [...] |
2006-11-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW MO |
| 06RABAT2064 |
MOROCCO PROVIDES UPDATE ON CWC NATIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff met November 3 with Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge Morocco to fulfill its Article VII national implementation obligations, including the implementation of national legislation that criminalizes activiti [...] |
2006-11-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW MO |
| 06RABAT788 |
MOROCCO: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - US [...] (SBU) On April 27, poloff discussed reftel U.S. extension request to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita expressed surprise that the U.S. was requesting an extension, noting that it was usually the Russian [...] |
2006-04-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06ROME1466 |
ITALY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF CW DESTRUCTION DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Poloff on May 10 received a response to Ref demarche from Giulio Picheca, director of the MFA's Disarmament Office. Picheca said Italy understands the rationale for the USG request and noted that there were other countries, such as Japan, in similar circumstances. Picheca said his offi [...] |
2006-05-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 06SANAA804 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention to MFA Office Director for the Americas, Mohammed Saleh al-Hilali. Hilali accepted the points without comment. Post will report any substantive comment septel. Krajeski [...] |
2006-03-21 06:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM CWC YM |
| 06SANSALVADOR2853 |
EL SALVADOR: COMPLIANCE WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW ES |
| 06SEOUL1268 |
ROKG REQUEST FOR CHANGES TO CWC/HCA [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On April 6, MOFAT Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Kwon Hee-seog informed poloff of the ROKG's request to amend the proposed Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons (CWC) challenge inspections (Ref A). [...] |
2006-04-18 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR KTIA CWC KS |
| 06SEOUL728 |
OSD/NP COOPER MEETING WITH ROKG ON CWC/HCA [...] (C) During a cordial March 7 discussion, OSD Nonproliferation Policy Director Dr. David Cooper and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Kwon Hee-seog exchanged views on the outstanding Chemical Weapons Convention Host Country Agreement. While recogn [...] |
2006-03-07 08:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR KTIA CWC KS |
| 06THEHAGUE1041 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Ambassador Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on April 28 to discuss a number of issues. Xue raised the PRC request on the margins of last year's Conference of States Parties for bilateral discussions concerning issues ranging from destruction of abandoned CW to chemical indust [...] |
2006-05-09 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1167 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...] |
2006-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1209 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 26 [...] (U) The week ending 26 May 2006 was relatively slow, so this week the wrap-up will bring together a few subjects that have yet to be reported to Washington: Japan views on CW destruction in China, anti-terrorism, and Article X. ------------------------------ Japan/China O/A CW Destruction [...] |
2006-05-30 14:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1273 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) A WEOG meeting was held on May 29, despite it being a U.S. holiday. As the focus was the Article VII experience from EC-45, Betsy Sanders attended. Facilitator Amb. Maartin Lak (Netherlands) was furious about the failure of the report language during the EC and implied that it was the fau [...] |
2006-06-07 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1321 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) hosted a June 8 informal consultation to present the results of the meeting of National Authorities in Mexico City, which focused on national implementation. Lak, Ambassador Arrospide (CSP Chairman, Peru), Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, and Mexican DCM [...] |
2006-06-13 14:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1383 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with French, German and UK delegations on June 15 to deliver talking points, proposed draft decision text, and suggested site visit parameters. Del reps met initially with UK rep to express concern over the UK insistence upon visits to capitals (in the context of site visit p [...] |
2006-06-20 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1386 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) There are two key objectives for the U.S. at EC-46. First, distribute the draft decision document on the U.S. 100% extension request and initiate discussion on that document. With careful management of expectations and timely circulation of documents, this can likely be steered in a posit [...] |
2006-06-21 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1411 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) In his June 21 meeting with Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Under Secretary Joseph reaffirmed that the U.S. is working to complete destruction of its CW stocks as soon as possible. He also emphasized to Pfirter the imp [...] |
2006-06-23 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1431 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...] |
2006-06-27 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1457 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LETTER TO [...] (U) The following is the text of a June 23 letter from Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Secretary Rice regarding an OPCW workshop to be held in Rome on October 25-27. 2. (U) Begin text. Excellency, A Regional Wor [...] |
2006-06-29 10:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1486 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) held two informal consultations on 23 and 26 June to discuss Executive Council 46 report language. On Monday, delegations were asked to choose between two texts, the draft EC-45 text and a new facilitator's proposal. Mexico intervened to relay its in [...] |
2006-07-04 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1530 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) It has been clear for some time that EC-47 in November would be a crucial (and difficult) session. The twin goals for EC-46 were to 1) lay a solid foundation for EC-47 approval of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline, and 2) establish an atmosphere and fram [...] |
2006-07-11 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1537 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INFORMING THE [...] (C) On July 3, per reftel, del rep passed the letter informing the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of the recovery by Coalition Forces of approximately 500 chemical munitions to Horst Reeps, Director of Verification for the Technical Secretariat. Reeps' only comment was [...] |
2006-07-12 14:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1585 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] |
2006-07-20 12:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1624 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although generally a quiet week, delegations made up for it on Thursday 20 July, holding a WEOG meeting, two informal consultations (Budget and Article VII), and one small group discussion of the Schedule 3 Transfer draft decision language. ------ Budget ------ 2. (U) Co-facilitato [...] |
2006-07-26 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1664 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 28 [...] (U) The CW Delegation had a quiet week with no meetings scheduled for the foreseeable future. Delegates took the opportunity to host the new South African delegate Martinus Van Schalkwijk to lunch and found him to be a personable and experienced multilateral diplomat. -------------- Securi [...] |
2006-07-31 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1666 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] |
2006-07-31 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1893 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps delivered on August 23 the U.S. responses to Russian questions regarding the U.S. CW destruction program (formally received during the 46th Executive Council session), as well as a series of questions for Moscow related to Russia's CW destruction program and coordination with int [...] |
2006-08-29 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1949 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with senior Technical Secretariat staff on August 31 to discuss the operational requirements that would arise with Iraq's accession to the CWC. The Iraqi Ambassador in The Hague had written to the Director General to inform him that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had appro [...] |
2006-09-06 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE1987 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The first budget consultations after the summer break were held on September 5. The first intervention was made by the Malaysian delegate who provided delegations with the "NAM" position on the budget. This included: concerns about the low level of funding for ICA, concerns about the re [...] |
2006-09-12 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2048 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on September 12 and 14. The consultations covered the International Cooperation and Assistance Division (ICA), the Secretariat for the Policy Making Organs (PMO), the External Relations Division (ERD), and the Executive Management (EM) sections of the budget [...] |
2006-09-20 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2049 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Background: In December 2005, the Technical Secretariat (TS) announced its intention to begin sampling SIPDIS and analysis (S&A) (on a limited basis) during subsequent inspections of Schedule 2 facilities beginning in the third quarter of 2006. This will be done on a trial basis for ap [...] |
2006-09-20 07:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2067 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF OPCW [...] (U) Ambassador Javits recently held extensive discussions with OPCW Director General Pfirter on the prospects for the workshop on the universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention to be held in Rome on October 25-27. Pfirter said he had been reflecting on the value of the conference and re [...] |
2006-09-22 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2186 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...] |
2006-10-06 09:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2220 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Amb. Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on Oct. 6, and began by raising the issue of the Taiwan Chemical Industry Association requesting observer status at the December Conference of States Parties. She noted that Beijing still objects to the TCIA receiving observer status. Sh [...] |
2006-10-12 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2253 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with South African delegate Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Oct. 13 to discuss the perceived need among delegations for an open discussion of the U.S. and Russian extension requests. Van Schalkwyk confirmed that although delegations have not voiced specific concerns, some have ap [...] |
2006-10-18 10:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2289 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) If Iran elects to be reasonable and not block consensus, it should be possible to get agreement on three critical issues at EC-47: the U.S. extension request, the 2007 OPCW budget and the Director General's proposal for tenure reform. It will also be possible to approve a mechanism for p [...] |
2006-10-23 10:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2299 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Marten Lak (Netherlands) held two consultations on his draft EC-47 report language. The first session on October 5 introduced the draft and invited general comments. Other than Sudan, all delegations that spoke supported the basic thrust of the draft. Sudan asked that the f [...] |
2006-10-24 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2342 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep continued meeting with interested delegations on the subject of the U.S. extension request. A meeting with the Indian delegation was positive. The Indians expressed support for U.S. transparency, and an understanding for difficulties the U.S. has encountered in its destruction pr [...] |
2006-11-01 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2429 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On October 31, EC Vice Chair Alexander Petri (Germany) chaired a discussion of requests for extension of the deadline for completion of destruction of 100% of Category 1 CW. The meeting was very widely attended across all regional groups, and had to be moved to the much larger Ieper Room a [...] |
2006-11-09 12:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2445 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) It was not possible to reach agreement at EC-47 on the U.S. request for an extension of the 100% destruction deadline, as details could not be ironed out regarding visit to the U.S. and Russia in connection with both extension requests. There also was no agreement on the 2007 OPCW budget [...] |
2006-11-15 09:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2487 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EXTENSION [...] (U) On November 20, Ambassador Javits, Ambassador Parker (UK) and Ambassador Gevorgian (Russia) reached agreement on the text in para 2 on a draft decision document concerning visits by Executive Council representatives to CW destruction facilities. Delegation believes the text is in accordan [...] |
2006-11-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2490 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the RevCon Working Group (WG) on November 13. The agenda for the meeting was: (1) Involvement of external bodies in the review process (continued from earlier meetings); (2) The role of the CWC in enhancing international peace and security (init [...] |
2006-11-21 16:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2524 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on November 22. Once again the focus was Article VI inspections, and once again the Director General attended and made an impassioned plea for delegations to accept the Technical Secretariat's Article VI proposal found in the budget. The DG urged delegations [...] |
2006-11-30 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2602 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline to April 29, 2012. It also approved the Russian 100% destruction deadline request to 2012 and an accompanying decision regarding site visits that concerns the U.S. and Russia. Iran dragged the pro [...] |
2006-12-13 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2603 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF [...] (SBU) U.S.-China bilateral consultations on implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), held at Chinese initiative, were substantive and detailed. Chinese Ambassador Xue Hanqin, who participated throughout the two full days of discussions, said in an opening statement that these [...] |
2006-12-13 16:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE2627 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the 11th Conference of States Parties, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla met with Horst Reeps (Director, Verification), Ichiro Akiyama (Inspectorate), and Bill Kane (Industry Verification) regarding a number of industry implementation issues. 2. (U) A [...] |
2006-12-18 13:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE450 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with Victor Smirnovskiy of the Russian delegation on February 21 to go over a variety of issues in the run-up to the March Executive Council session. Smirnovskiy confirmed that Russia has submitted a proposal for its 45% deadline (requesting Dec. 31, 2009) to the Technical [...] |
2006-02-28 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE481 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: The focus of delegations at the March 14-17 Executive Council session will be whether possessor states in general, and the U.S. in particular, will submit extension requests regarding their 100% destruction deadlines. If those requests are not on the agenda, delegates will be l [...] |
2006-03-06 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE487 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In coordination with Ian Richards (special assistant to the Deputy Director General) and Renato Carvalho (head of Inspectorate Management), del rep will participate in selected sessions of Technical Secretariat inspector training during the week of March 13. The goal will be to get a bet [...] |
2006-03-07 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE534 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Russia hosted a March 7 meeting of the P-5 ambassadors. The Director General made a presentation on universality-related efforts of the OPCW. He noted that much has been achieved, membership now stands at 178 states, and the organization rapidly is being faced with approaches to just th [...] |
2006-03-13 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE612 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 44th Executive Council session of March 14-17 resulted in modest movement on some issues of importance to the U.S. Most critical was what did not happen: there was no protracted discussion of the fact that the U.S. did not provide its extension request for the 100% destruction deadli [...] |
2006-03-22 06:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE717 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) New facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) held a March 30 consultation, the first of a series of Article VII consultations. Lak announced that Special Advisor Krzysztof Paturej would be the new Article VII "go to" person, replacing the now departed Ralf Trapp. Lak, in company with Legal [...] |
2006-04-04 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE806 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del confirmed that, during the proposed week of the U.S. extension request submission and briefing, EC Chair Dastis, DG Pfirter, most senior Verification staff, Amb. Onate, and Amb. Khodakov will be available in The Hague. Del continues to field questions concerning U.S. intent (both timi [...] |
2006-04-11 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE865 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) chaired a April 10 informal consultation on the Implementation Support Branch's Article VII-related program. Magda Bauta (TS/Cuba) made a detailed presentation (faxed back to ISN/CB) of her branch's program, primarily pointing out where she lacked fu [...] |
2006-04-19 11:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE896 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. SUBMITS [...] (U) U.S. presented its extension request for the maximum allowable extension of the deadline for finishing destruction of 100% of its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile to the OPCW Executive Council this week. Del made it clear that the U.S. remains committed to complete elimination of its CW [...] |
2006-04-24 05:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE909 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands), assisted by International Cooperation and Assistance chief John Makhubalo and Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, held a April 20 informal consultation on Article VII. Onate began with an update for delegations on developments in the National Authority (NA [...] |
2006-04-25 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE912 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. SUBMITS [...] (U) U.S. presented its extension request for the maximum allowable extension of the deadline for finishing destruction of 100% of its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile to the OPCW Executive Council this week. Del made it clear that the U.S. remains committed to complete elimination of its CW [...] |
2006-04-25 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE977 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Feedback has been fairly limited on the U.S. 100% extension request. In WEOG, delegations have generally been very supportive of U.S. transparency, and grateful for the presence of DASA Ormond to answer initial program questions. A notable exception was Norway, who (claiming she was speak [...] |
2006-05-02 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE982 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TAIWAN AND CHINA [...] (C) On the margins of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council meeting in mid-March, Washington-based delegation officers discussed the question of Taiwan's relationship to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) separately with representatives of the local [...] |
2006-05-03 10:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06THEHAGUE987 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) The focus of the May Executive Council session will be on extension requests of destruction deadlines, and the U.S. request clearly will get the lion's share of attention. Now that delegations and capitals have had a chance to analyze the U.S. presentation from April 20, there probably wi [...] |
2006-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06TRIPOLI626 |
(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge discussed Reftel points (concerning U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance to Libya) with senior Qadhafi advisor and General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (GPCFLIC) Secretary Abdulati al-Obeidi October 31. Their discussion [...] |
2006-11-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY |
| 06WARSAW2333 |
CWC: POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Post provided reftel talking points November 2 to Janusz Wawrzyniuk, CWC action officer in the MFA Security Policy Department. Wawrzyniuk responded on November 6, stating that the MFA was prepared to support fully the U.S. request for an extension to April 29, 2012 of the CWC 100 percent [...] |
2006-11-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PL CWC OPCW |
| 07ABUDHABI1732 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C/NF) Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani on October 18 to discuss the host country agreement negotiations and to propose a meeting during the CWC Conference of the States Parties (November 5-9). Al-Hosani confirmed that the UAE would send a delegation [...] |
2007-10-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KTIA CWC AE |
| 07ABUDHABI606 |
CWC - UAE/U.S. HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT - NOT YET [...] (C/NF) On April 10, Econchief met with MFA Director of International Organizations (and MFA representative the UAE's Non-Proliferation committee) Yacoub Al-Hosani to ask about the status of the host country agreement on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Inspections. Al-Hosani wa [...] |
2007-04-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTIA PARM PREL CWC AE |
| 07AMMAN1413 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - JORDAN/U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW MARR MASS MOPS KTIA JO |
| 07AMMAN4578 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) From 2005 through 2007, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has held a series of meetings with Iraqi officials to assist them in preparing for accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (Ref A). The Technical Secretariat (TS) hosted the fourth and final me [...] |
2007-11-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC IZ JO |
| 07ASTANA1117 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PAVLODAR CHEMICAL PLANT SOLD [...] The Pavlodar Chemical Plant was sold at auction on March 26 to Bazalt PV for 1.5 billion tenge ($13 million). All of the plants assets - the buildings on the plant's territory, equipment and transport, and the Bylkyldak retention lake - were sold as one lot. Little is known about Bazalt PV. [...] |
2007-04-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC KZ |
| 07ATHENS1953 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points and proposed text (from 2005) of a host country agreement on CWC Challenge Inspections to Dionyssios Kyvetos, the senior officer responsible for CWC affairs in the Greek MFA Directo [...] |
2007-09-28 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR |
| 07ATHENS2155 |
CWC: U.S./ITALY TEXT PASSED TO GREEKS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-02 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR |
| 07BAKU740 |
AZERBAIJAN EXPECTS PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP CWC IN [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Poloff addressed outstanding Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) issues with Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs Department Deputy Director Yusuf Mammadaliyev on June 13. Mammadaliyev said that the Legislation requ [...] |
2007-06-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN |
| 07BEIJING6155 |
CHINA APPROVES SHANGHAI PORT FOR MEGAPORTS PILOT [...] (SBU) The Chinese State Council has approved the deepwater port of Yangshen in Shanghai as the Chinese location for the Megaports pilot program, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Song Jia told Poloff on September 19. FM Yang Jiechi will notify Secretary Rice of the Chinese de [...] |
2007-09-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH |
| 07HELSINKI112 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche Feb. 15 to Jani Raappana, Counselor for Chemical and Biological Disarmament in the MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. 2. (SBU) Although Finland has received no "official" word that Iran intends to put forward a candidate [...] |
2007-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FI |
| 07ISLAMABAD4833 |
PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTANI [...] (C) On November 13, Haider Shah, Director of the United Nations desk at the Pakistan MFA, called Polcouns to respond to reftel demarches. Shah said that after careful review of the pros and cons, Pakistan had decided to decline the Chairmanship for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chem [...] |
2007-11-14 03:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PK PREL CWC |
| 07KUWAIT1530 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR NO SP TU KU |
| 07MUSCAT1012 |
U.S.-OMAN MEETING IN THE HAGUE ON CWC HOST COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on November 3 with Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to confirm a proposed meeting in The Hague between the Omani and U.S. delegations to the conference of the states parties to the Chemi [...] |
2007-11-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
| 07MUSCAT358 |
MOU ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS UNDER CHEMICAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on April 10 to Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Riyami stated that he was very well acquainted with [...] |
2007-04-11 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
| 07MUSCAT953 |
OMAN OPEN TO MEETING IN THE HAGUE ON CWC HOST [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met on October 10 with Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver ref A information and inquire on the status of the bilateral host country agreement (HCA) concerning the conduct of cha [...] |
2007-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
| 07OTTAWA1956 |
CANADA AGREES TO HCA NEGOTIATIONS MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 20:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
| 07PARIS3027 |
FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON LIBYAN CW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officers for CW issues Olivier Sigaud and Minh-di Tang. Sigaud related that the GOF understood that, as of late 2006, Libya was considering the U.S. and French proposals. He commented that the U.S. proposal was expensive, but [...] |
2007-07-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC GM IT LY FR |
| 07PARIS433 |
CWC: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO IRAN AS EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Poloff met February 2 with Frederick Junge, desk officer in the office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Disarmament at the MFA and delivered reftel demarche. Junge said the MFA shares the USG's strong opposition to Iran as Executive Council Chair of the Organization for the Prohibition [...] |
2007-02-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FR |
| 07REYKJAVIK152 |
ICELAND: MFA REPORTS HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT "NIL FORM" [...] (U) PolOff presented reftel points on May 18 to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson. Thorsteinsson reported that Iceland had just submitted its "nil form" Annual Declaration for the Hague Code of Conduct on Ballistic Missile Proliferat [...] |
2007-05-21 17:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KSCA ETTC CWC IC |
| 07SEOUL332 |
CWC: ROK SUPPORT REQUESTED TO BLOCK IRAN BECOMING [...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff delivered reftel instructions to Kim Jae-woo, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim stated that the ROK Ambassador at the Hague did not discuss the possibility of South Korea running for the Executive C [...] |
2007-02-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR KS |
| 07SINGAPORE1611 |
SINGAPORE SUGGESTS CHANGES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA ETRD CWC |
| 07STATE162259 |
CLARIFYING IRAQ'S ACCESSION TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (C) On November 26, President Talabani's office issued a press statement indicating that the presidential council endorsed the Council of Representatives vote ratifying accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Post is requested to seek clarification of Iraq's actual position in the [...] |
2007-11-30 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1002 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) launched his facilitation with an extremely informative May 22 session, focusing on implementation developments since February 2007 and upcoming Technical Secretariat outreach activities. The facilitator noted that his goal would be to create a structu [...] |
2007-05-29 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1018 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ACHIEVING U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: It has become increasingly apparent that most formal consultations at the OPCW are of marginal value in meeting U.S. goals and objectives, and there are much more productive ways of achieving progress. On certain subjects (budget, Article VII), they are obviously unavoidable. [...] |
2007-05-31 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE104 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (U) While 2006 was dominated by the extension of the U.S. 100% destruction deadline, there will be a number of key issues of importance to the U.S. in 2007. Article VII will remain a critical policy objective throughout the year, with the focus on practical steps to promote full implementatio [...] |
2007-01-19 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1061 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) With regard to the Director General's paper dated May 25, the delegation notes that most of the text addresses the history of selection from the TS perspective, and its rationale for making the changes. There basically were two options: a two-step method analogous to what is currently be [...] |
2007-06-05 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1103 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) Two issues will likely dominate the June 26-29 EC session: Albanian and Russian CW destruction. If Albania does not complete destruction by the start of the EC, there is every reason to expect that Iran will again be on a mission to generate a precedent that can be used against the U.S. i [...] |
2007-06-08 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1152 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In the June 5 WEOG meeting, the facilitator for consultations on this issue (Luis Garcia, Spain) announced that, in light of the May 25 Note by the DG on the Technical Secretariat's initiative in this area, he had asked the SIPDIS Vice-Chair for the Industry Cluster to cancel the June 13 [...] |
2007-06-15 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1186 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On June 11, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of States Parties and chemical industry representatives for the preparation of the Second RevCon. In his opening remarks, the Director General made mention of: UNSC 1540, the chlorine gas attacks in Iraq, the importance of establishing nat [...] |
2007-06-20 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1234 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) held an 18 June 2007 consultation to discuss the Director General's Note "Summary of Developments in the Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention from 16 February to 25 May 2007 (EC-49/DG.12 dated 7 June 2007). In brief, Legal A [...] |
2007-06-26 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1274 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The June 26-29 Executive Council session was an exercise in punting. Only 13 of some 50 items for EC action were actually decided and everything else was deferred to EC-50. On the most important issue of all, the Council deferred consideration of the verification plan and facility agreem [...] |
2007-07-05 07:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1305 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 3, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK), the RevCon Working Group Chair, convened a meeting to discuss: the list of potential NGOs to be invited to a meeting with States Parties on 19 November; the final CWC clauses (Articles XII to XXIV); the protection of confidential information; and the functi [...] |
2007-07-09 10:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1347 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 10, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, U.S.) chaired a consultation on late declarations, which was well-attended. The discussion centered around the latest facilitator's draft decision text, as well as the Technical Secretariat's supporting paper, both of which were SIPDIS distrib [...] |
2007-07-16 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1348 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S. [...] (U) At mid-year, a number of U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 have been achieved. An Executive Council chairman very supportive of the U.S. was selected. The Director General proposed a 2008 budget with zero nominal growth and increased funding for inspector training. The Technical Sec [...] |
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