Cablegate: Goi has Agreed to Co-Sponsor Unscr 1267 Listing Against

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DE RUEHGB #3092 3291446
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R 251446Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
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UNCLAS BAGHDAD 003092

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STATE FOR NEA/I/ECON

E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PINR PTER ECON IZ
SUBJECT: GOI HAS AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING AGAINST
TERRORIST FINANCIERS

REF A. STATE 69127
REF B. BAGHDAD 002043
REF C. Grauer/Mandelkorn emails

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(SBU) The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has indicated that
the GOI is willing to co-sponsor a resolution requesting UNSCR 1267
listing for the two individuals named in Ref A. Ambassador Mohammed
al-Humaimidi, our MFA contact on terrorist financing issues, said
the Prime Minister's Office agreed on November 24 to support a
co-resolution, and that the MFA would instruct the Iraqi Mission to
the United Nations to approach USUN on the issue and to submit a
request to list the two individuals "very soon." Al-Humaimidi also
said the MFA would be sending Embassy Baghdad a diplomatic note to
confirm the GOI's positive response to our demarche (Ref B and Ref
C). To our knowledge, this is the first time that the GOI has
co-sponsored a resolution on terrorist financing with us in a
multi-national forum.

HILL

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