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INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE

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SUBJECT: CHAIRMEN OF THE 1267, 1373, AND 1540 COMMITTEES 
BRIEF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 
 
REF: SECSTATE 1411922 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Summary:  The Chairs of the UN Security Council,s 
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) 
Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee (nonproliferation) 
briefed the Council in a public/open meeting on May 26.  The 
Chairs described their committee,s accomplishments over the 
last six months and outlined their future plans.  Following 
the briefings all Council members and Switzerland, Brazil, 
Australia, Qatar, New Zealand, Syria, Cuba, Czech Republic, 
Norway, Morocco, Israel, Argentina, Venezuela, Pakistan, and 
Liechtenstein made statements.  Common themes included a call 
for the 1267 Committee to engage in a dialogue with 
interested states on how to ensure that fair and clear 
procedures exist for placing individuals and entities on the 
Consolidated List and for removing them, and the notion that 
security (counter-terrorism) and human rights are not 
mutually exclusive.  Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo delivered 
the U.S. statement drawing from the points included in 
reftel.  End Summary. 
 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Although Cuba and Venezuela raised the issue of 
Luis Posada-Carriles, they used softer language compared to 
previous meetings.  Venezuela said that the Bolivarian 
Government reiterates its request for the United States to 
extradite Posada to Venezuela so that he can be prosecuted 
for his crimes.  Cuba also called for the United States to 
extradite Posada to Venezuela and said that the way the 
United States has addressed the case is a clear and flagrant 
violation of resolution 1373.  (statements faxed to IO). 
USUN responded and conveyed the point in reftel that the 
United States sought and obtained a criminal indictment in 
U.S. federal court charging Posada with violations of our 
immigration laws in April 2009.  In rebuttal, Cuba said that 
instead of charging Posada for violating immigrations laws, 
the United States should charge him for violating terrorism 
laws.  Cuba also said that if the new U.S. Government is 
truly committed to countering terrorism, it now has the 
opportunity to act and to move 
along the path of cooperation rather than confrontation. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Austrian Permrep and Chairman of the 1267 
Committee, Thomas Mayr-Harting, reported that almost ten 
years after the adoption of resolution 1267, the threat posed 
by Al-Qaida and the Taliban continues, especially in South 
Asia.  He referred to the Committee,s revised guidelines for 
its work and said that two new sections that include 
reviewing  the Committee,s Consolidated List of individuals 
and entities subject to sanctions measures and one on 
exemptions from the travel ban, have been critical to the 
Committee,s work.  Mayr-Harting said that the 1267 sanctions 
regime currently faces serious challenges including a growing 
number of cases before national and regional courts filed by 
listed individuals and entities.  He concluded that the 
review process is an important step towards improving due 
process and strengthening the regime. 
 
¶4. (SBU)  Jean-Pierre Lacroix, French Deputy Permrep and 
Acting Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to 
resolution 1373, known as the Counter-Terrorism Committee, 
focused on the increased number assessment visits the 
Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) has made over 
the last six months.  Lacroix said that in addition to 
comprehensive visits, which analyze all aspects of 
implementation of resolution 1373, CTED,s organizational 
plan envisaged a more flexible approach by allowing shorter 
visits focused on one or two particular aspects of the 
counter-terrorism regime of the state concerned.  In 
addition, the plan established the basis for regional visits 
that examined areas of good practices as well as 
vulnerabilities. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) Costa Rican Permrep and Chairman of the Committee 
established pursuant to resolution 1540, Jorge Urbina, 
stressed that the 1540 Committee,s main focus during the 
last six months was to adopt the Committee,s annual Program 
of Work and to facilitate outreach activities, assistance and 
cooperation with relevant organizations.  Urbina said that 
the Program of Work will strengthen the Committee,s role of 
facilitating technical assistance for implementation of 
resolution 1540 by further developing its function of 
matching offers and requests for assistance.  Urbina said the 
establishment of four working groups will streamline 
assistance requests as well as focus on national 
implementation and monitoring, cooperation with international 
organizations and bodies including the CTC and 1267 
Committees, and transparency and outreach. 
RICE