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Viewing cable 06KABUL5770, CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KABUL5770 2006-12-10 11:40 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kabul
VZCZCXRO1134
OO RUEHAP RUEHDBU RUEHKN RUEHMJ RUEHPB
DE RUEHBUL #5770 3441140
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 101140Z DEC 06
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4756
INFO RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI PRIORITY 1716
RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 0209
RUEHAP/AMEMBASSY APIA PRIORITY 0001
RUEHAH/AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT PRIORITY 5668
RUEHBD/AMEMBASSY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN PRIORITY 0011
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 0252
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO PRIORITY 0536
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 0303
RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA PRIORITY 0474
RUEHDBU/AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE PRIORITY 0333
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY 0031
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 0288
RUEHKN/AMEMBASSY KOLONIA PRIORITY 0006
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT PRIORITY 0393
RUEHMJ/AMEMBASSY MAJURO PRIORITY 0153
RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA PRIORITY 0208
RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA PRIORITY 1530
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 6992
RUEHPF/AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH PRIORITY 0024
RUEHPB/AMEMBASSY PORT MORESBY PRIORITY 0002
RUEHYN/AMEMBASSY SANAA PRIORITY 1111
RUEHSV/AMEMBASSY SUVA PRIORITY 0002
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 0654
RUEHUM/AMEMBASSY ULAANBAATAR PRIORITY 0014
RUEHVN/AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE PRIORITY 0005
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON PRIORITY 0209
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 6660
UNCLAS KABUL 005770 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ISN/CB AND SCA/A; THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM CWC OPCW PREL AF
SUBJECT: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC):  STATUS OF 
AFGHAN DRAFT IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION 
 
REF: STATE 193643 
 
1. (SBU) Polmiloff discussed reftel message December 10 with 
Ismail Amerkhil, MFA UN Desk.  Amerkhil said that Afghan 
draft CWC implementing legislation has been developed by a 
GOA interagency commission.  The draft legislation currently 
is at the MOD, which has responsibility for forwarding the 
text to the Cabinet for approval.  Once approved by the 
Cabinet, the draft legislation must be sent to the Parliament 
for review and approval. Amerkhil could not predict when the 
implementing legislation might be promulgated.  He emphasized 
the difficulty of moving the process forward amidst the GOA's 
many other competing legislative priorities, but underlined 
that the MFA will continue its efforts.  Amerkhil mentioned 
that the Finnish Embassy and local European Commission office 
had queried the MFA on the status of the implementing 
legislation.  He further noted that he has provided a copy of 
the GOA's draft legislation to an OPCW representative at an 
October conference in Kyrgyzstan.  Amerkhil said that the MFA 
also is following up on an offer from the OPCW to provide 
further training on national implementation issues. 
 
2. (SBU) Comment:  Since the formation of the Afghan 
Parliament following national elections one year ago, the 
system for developing and approving national legislation is a 
work in progress.  The constitutional framework is in place, 
and legislation addressing a number of urgent Afghan national 
priorities is under review, but government officials and 
parliamentarians are facing a large backlog of presidential 
decrees and laws.  Agenda priorities for Parliament are very 
difficult to predict.  Parliament is on winter recess until 
January 21.  It therefore is difficult to assess when the 
GOA's draft CWC implementing legislation will be finalized. 
NEUMANN