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UNCLAS VIENNA 002347 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IO/UNP AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER AU UNGA
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE 
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (CCIT) 
 
REF: A. (A) STATE 127272 
 
     ¶B. (B) VIENNA 2252 
     ¶C. (C) VIENNA 2247 
 
¶1.  EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 12 to 
Helmut Tichy, the DAS-level head of the Austrian Foreign 
Ministry's Legal Division.  Tichy's deputy, Michael Postl, is 
Austria's negotiator on the Comprehensive Convention on 
International Terorrism (CCIT). 
 
¶2.  Tichy said Austria supports the U.S. desire to conclude 
the CCIT as soon as possible, and agrees with the U.S. 
position on the specific issue of the treatment of activities 
of military forces.  Tichy undertook to ensure that the 
Austrian delegation in New York was aware of U.S. views and 
would work toward agreement. 
 
¶3.  Tichy expressed some surprise at our timeline.  Recent 
discussions in New York on the CCIT had pointed toward action 
at next April's Working Group meeting.  He said, however, 
that Austria was very much in favor of an agreement in time 
for the September High Level Event (HLE). 
Brown