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UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 000777 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR WHA/CAR, WHA/USOAS, WHA/PPC, AND S/CT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL AORC DR
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE MEETING 
IN PORT OF SPAIN, FEBRUARY 16-18 
 
REF: STATE 017684 
 
Embassy officer followed up our fax and phone demarche 
(reftel) in a meeting February 11 with MFA UN, OAS, and 
international organizations division director Michelle Cohen, 
who is the point of contact for counter-terrorism issues. 
She said that she normally serves as the Dominican 
Government's designated representative to CICTE, but that the 
press of business had delayed a final MFA decision.  On 
February 15 her office informed us that she was on her way to 
Port of Spain to attend the fifth regular CICTE meeting.  The 
MFA also informed us that the Dominican Republic has not yet 
ratified the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism and 
has not submitted its annual report to CICTE.  The Dominican 
Government has submitted the convention to the Senate, which 
is considering ratification.  The last annual report to CICTE 
was submitted in 2003. 
HERTELL