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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 017429 
 
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SUBJECT: GICNT: THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) TO HOST 
2010 PLENARY MEETING JUNE 29-30, 2010 
 
¶1. This is an action request ) see paras 3 and 4. 
 
SUMMARY 
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¶2.  Appropriate Embassy officials are requested, in concert 
with their Russian and UAE counterparts (if possible, but not 
required), to inform host governments that the 2010 Global 
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary 
Meeting will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Abu 
Dhabi from June 29-30, 2010.  The GICNT conducts annual 
Plenary meetings at the Undersecretary/Deputy Foreign 
Minister-level to evaluate work that has been done in the 
previous year and determine new priorities for the coming 
year.  The Plenary meeting is a centralized forum for 
partners to voice their thoughts to the wider GICNT 
partnership.  Additionally, the 2010 GICNT Plenary meeting 
will provide Partners with the opportunity to vote on a 
revision to the Original 2006 Terms of Reference (TOR).  The 
Plenary Meeting will be a 2-day event, with the first day 
(June 29) set aside for the senior Plenary delegation to 
dialogue and vote. On that day, each Partner will have the 
opportunity to make a brief two minute statement to the 
partnership regarding their progress in implementing the 
Statement of Principles. Statements can provide an update on 
the partner's implementation of the Statement of Principles 
or describe plans to host future GICNT activities, but should 
remain under two minutes to allow for substantial discussion 
on the TOR revisions.  The second day (June 30) will include 
a series of expert level working groups to begin work on the 
functional areas prioritized by the Co-Chairs.  End Summary. 
 
 
OBJECTIVES 
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¶3. Department requests Global Initiative Coordinating 
Officers (GICOs) or appropriate Embassy official, together 
with their Russian and UAE counterparts (if possible but not 
required), to inform host countries of the following (Note: 
Embassy Moscow and Embassy Abu Dhabi are excepted from this 
action request, and this serves as INFO only for them): 
 
Begin announcement: 
 
--To all Global Initiative Partners and Observers: 
 
    The United Arab Emirates (UAE), together with the United 
States and the Russian Federation, as Co-Chairs of the Global 
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT), are pleased 
to announce that the 2010 Global Initiative Plenary Meeting 
will be hosted in the United Arab Emirates.  The meeting is 
scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi June 29-30, 2010. 
 
     The GICNT conducts annual Plenary meetings at the 
Undersecretary/Deputy Foreign Minister-level to evaluate work 
that has been done in the previous year and determine new 
priorities for the coming year.  The Plenary meeting is a 
centralized forum for partners to voice their thoughts to the 
wider GICNT partnership.  Additionally, the 2010 GICNT 
Plenary meeting will provide Partners with the opportunity to 
vote on a revision to the Original 2006 Terms of Reference 
(TOR).  The revised TOR gives the partnership new tools to 
generate shared plans, policies, procedures, and best 
practices for the Statement of Principles.  Additionally, it 
activates the Implementation and Assessment Group (IAG), 
which will act as an advisory body to the Co-Chairs.  The 
June 2010 Plenary will vote on the election of an IAG 
Coordinator to lead the IAG for the coming 2 years. The 
Plenary Meeting will be a 2-day event, with the first day 
(June 29) set aside for the senior Plenary delegations to 
dialogue and vote. On that day, each Partner will have the 
opportunity to make a brief two minute statement to the 
partnership.  Statements can provide an update on the 
partner's implementation of the Statement of Principles or 
describe plans to host future GICNT activities, but should 
remain under two minutes to allow for substantial discussion 
on the TOR revisions. The second day (June 30) will include a 
series of expert level working groups to begin work on the 
functional areas prioritized by the Co-Chairs. These working 
groups will begin the work of establishing activities that 
will generate core competencies for consideration by the 
GICNT in selected functional areas. 
 
     Further details regarding content of the 2010 Plenary 
Meeting will be available in the coming months and will be 
posted on the Global Initiative Information Portal (GIIP) 
website, which can be accessed at 
 
STATE 00017429  002 OF 002 
 
 
(https://global-initiative.info). The Terms of Reference 
document to be voted on by the partnership will be released 
in advance of the event once the Co-Chairs have completed 
drafting a joint proposal. 
 
    We ask that those nations who are interested in serving 
as IAG Coordinator notify both Co-Chairs by 5 April, 2010. 
 
    The Co-Chairs would like to thank the Government of the 
United Arab Emirates for graciously offering to host the 2010 
Plenary Meeting. 
 
End announcement. 
 
REPORTING DEADLINE 
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¶4. The Department requests the demarche to be delivered by 12 
March 2010.  GICOs or appropriate Embassy officials should 
report results of efforts by cable before 19 March 2010.  The 
Department greatly appreciates Post,s assistance. 
 
POINT OF CONTACT 
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¶5. All cables associated with the GICNT should be slugged to 
the Department for ISN/WMDT and the relevant regional 
bureaus. E-mails regarding the GICNT may be sent to 
. 
 
BACKGROUND 
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¶6.   The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism 
(GICNT), which is co-chaired by the United States and the 
Russian Federation, was launched in July 2006.  Its mission 
is to strengthen international cooperation and collaboration 
to build partners, individual and collective capacity to 
combat the threat of nuclear terrorism. GICNT partners are 
committed to a set of principles, which encompass a broad 
range of deterrence, prevention, detection, and response 
objectives.  Through multilateral activities and exercises, 
partners share best practices and lessons learned, 
particularly with regional neighbors. To date, over thirty 
multilateral activities and five senior-level GICNT meetings 
have been conducted, resulting in strengthened policies, 
enhanced information sharing techniques, and greater partner 
nation transparency and collaboration.  There are now 77 
partners in the GICNT and four official observers:  the 
European Union (EU), the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA), the International Criminal Police Organization 
(INTERPOL), and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime 
(UNODC). 
 
¶7.  The GICNT holds annual Undersecretary/Deputy Foreign 
Minister-level meetings, which provide leadership with the 
opportunity to determine key themes for the upcoming year and 
provide a centralized forum for nations to voice their 
thoughts to the GICNT partnership.  Earlier meetings were 
held in Rabat, Morocco (November 2006); Ankara, Turkey 
(February 2007); Astana, Kazakhstan (June 2007); Madrid, 
Spain (June 2008), and The Hague, Netherlands (June 2009). 
CLINTON