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SUBJECT:  OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP 
 
REF: A.  08 BUENOS AIRES 793 
 ¶B.  08 STATE 27289 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1.  Washington interagency representatives participated in the 
Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support 
of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 
1540) in Kingston June 15-17.  This workshop was the result of 
regional response to UNSC resolutions by the United States, Canada, 
and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  Participants described the 
threats facing Caribbean states and provided detailed descriptions 
of export control and maritime security challenges, and discussed 
regulatory requirements to address such concerns.  A wide range of 
expert participants emphasized the multiple overlapping benefits of 
UNSCR 1540 implementation.  Participants recognized the nexus of 
UNSCR 1540 implementation and other regional security challenges. 
Newly-installed CARICOM 1540 regional coordinator O'Neil Hamilton 
introduced himself to representatives of the 12 participating 
governments.  All participants expressed satisfaction with the 
workshop's outcomes.  This event served as a platform to launch 
future UNSCR 1540 capacity-building activities across the region. 
Embassy hopes that neighboring posts and Washington will seize this 
chance to follow up on progress. 
 
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BACKGROUND 
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¶2.  UNSCR 1540 obligates all UN Member States to develop and 
maintain "appropriate, effective" measures to improve their 
indigenous capacities to counter proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction (WMD) and terrorist threats.  The resolution also 
established a Committee responsible for implementation (the 
Committee).  In 2008, the Security Council unanimously agreed to 
UNSCR 1810, renewing the Committee for an additional three years. 
UNSCR 1810 also outlines funding mechanisms, including voluntary 
contributions such as those used in support of this workshop. 
 
¶3.  With support from the Organization of American States (OAS) and 
CARICOM, and co-sponsorship by the Canadian Department of Foreign 
Affairs and International Trade and the U.S. Department of Energy 
(DoE), the Henry L. Stimson Center organized the workshop. 
Presenters from North America and across the Caribbean discussed 
UNSCR 1540 as an opportunity to respond to security and development 
needs, and focused on practical measures for augmenting export 
controls and maritime security.  The workshop was a follow-up to the 
May 2007 workshop on implementing UNSCR 1540 in Santo Domingo; the 
February 2008 meeting of Caribbean states; the May 2008 OAS regional 
seminar (ref. A); and CARICOM's October 2008 request to the Security 
Council for legislative technical support, a regional coordinator, 
and a series of additional technical assistance workshops (ref. B). 
The United States and Canada have responded to all points of this 
request. 
 
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PROCEEDINGS 
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¶4.  The June 15-17 workshop incorporated the expertise and 
substantive guidance of the Committee, and included 
regional-specific training.  The workshop relied on UN Panel of 
Expert representative Dr. Olivia Bosch, Caribbean officials, 
concerned private-sector actors, and other relevant trainers.  Panel 
topics included current implementation efforts in the Caribbean, new 
options for addressing security challenges, and ways to use UNSCR 
1540 to institute regulations and export controls.  The 
security-development nexus received particular and repeated 
emphasis.  The complete agenda and presentations are available at 
www.stimson.org/cnp. 
 
¶5.  Key presentations covered UNSCR 1540 compliance to confront 
Caribbean national security and development challenges, in addition 
to WMD proliferation in a region where narcotics and small arms fuel 
gang violence.  Panels discussed maritime security from the 
standpoints of enforcement and private industry.  One panel 
discussed UNSCR as a tool to promote secure trade and economic 
development.  Throughout, presenters emphasized that effective 
export controls address all these consequential priorities. 
 
¶6.  The highlight of the workshop was a tour of the Kingston 
Container Terminal and Kingston Wharves.  This demonstrated the 
regional security disparities and showcased the need to redouble 
efforts to strengthen the weakest links in the Caribbean supply 
chain -- particularly for the smaller eastern Caribbean 
governments. 
 
¶7.  Significant interventions: 
 
-- Bosch praised CARICOM states' progress in implementing UNSCR 
¶1540.  She recommended close collaboration with the regional 
coordinator and invited additional assistance requests from the 
region. 
 
-- Vice President Linval Bailey of the Port Authority of Jamaica 
hailed the partnerships promoted by UNSCR 1540 and the Proliferation 
Security Initiative.  In particular, he noted the importance of 
private sector collaboration in implementing UNSCR 1540 and 
maintained that this workshop was the first to systematically engage 
Caribbean industry on UNSCR implementation. 
 
-- LCDR Fair Kim, legal counsel to the U.S. Coast Guard's Seventh 
District, made a multimedia presentation on responding to emerging 
threats, including semi-submersible vehicles. 
 
-- Dr. Basil Picologlou of the DoE's National Nuclear Security 
Administration (NNSA) gave an overview of the global 
nonproliferation regime, detailing the export control challenge and 
emphasizing that small nations can make important interceptions. 
(This added resonance as the project envisions a common national 
legal framework through the Export Control and Related Border 
Security funding.) 
 
-- Monte Mallin, Director of NNSA's Office of Global Security 
Engagement and Cooperation, noted that consensus on the importance 
of partnership and collective action.  He also praised CARICOM for 
taking this important step and noted that other regional 
organizations are looking at the CARICOM example as a model. 
 
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MAINTAINING MOMENTUM 
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¶8.  Some outcomes were a more practical understanding of UNSCR 1540 
obligations, increased buy-in, and a heightened awareness of the 
multiple benefits of UNSCR 1540 compliance, which, inter alia, 
include strengthening states against illicit drugs, small arms, and 
human trafficking.  National points of contact will be solidified 
across all CARICOM governments within the next 60 days. 
 
¶9.  Participants appreciated the opportunity to meet the 
newly-appointed CARICOM UNSCR 1540 coordinator, and agreed with him 
that the workshop exceeded their expectations.  Hamilton plans 
follow-up visits to each of the 12 countries within the next eight 
months.  After the workshop, Hamilton remarked that it was "a 
definite success and that participants left the workshop enthused 
and more focused."  He was particularly pleased with the attendance 
and the quality of discussions.   According to Hamilton, the 
workshop achieved its objective of ensuring that industry would play 
a meaningful role in the discussion, and comprehend the necessity to 
forge real partnerships with governments in the UNSCR 1540 
implementation process.  Hamilton is now able to work directly with 
national points of contact.  He viewed the broad participation as a 
sign of how seriously Caribbean states are taking the resolution. 
 
¶10.  Next steps:  The workshop presents Caribbean posts with an 
opportunity to follow through with CARICOM, host governments, and 
with workshop participants directly in identifying ways to further 
implementation of UNSCR 1540.  Embassy would like to encourage 
follow-through on the success of this workshop by redoubling efforts 
in regional training and technical assistance programs, including 
legislative assistance.  We hope Washington and Caribbean posts also 
will monitor activities of the regional coordinator over the next 
year, and observe the responses of CARICOM Member States to USG 
outreach.   Washington and New York may wish to remain attuned to 
further requests for assistance with the implementation of UNSCR 
¶1540. 
 
¶11.  U.S. 1540 Coordinator Thomas A. Wuchte has cleared this 
report. 
 
MOSS