US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI717

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UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004

Identifier: 04ABUDHABI717
Wikileaks: View 04ABUDHABI717 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2004-03-14 10:46:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           March 14, 2004


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 717 - ROUTINE)          

TAGS:     PTER, EFIN, ETTC, PREL, PGOV                           

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL        
          CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004                  

Ref:      None                                                   
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 00717

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: ECON 
    INFO:   DCM P/M POL AMB 
Laser1:
    INFO:   FCS 

DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: DCM: RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: NONE

VZCZCADI705
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DE RUEHAD #0717 0741046
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141046Z MAR 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3582
INFO RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE
RUEATRS/TREASURY DEPT WASHDC
RUEAWJA/DOJ WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000717 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP - HEFFERNAN, NEA/RA -SUTPHIN, 
EB/ESC/ESP, INL/C - CASSARA, INL/ENT - NOVIS, AND 
S/CT - REALUYO 
TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT DAS JUAN ZARATE AND IEA 
DIRECTOR BOYLAN, ALSO FOR LONERGAN 
TREASURY PASS FINCEN FOR NEAU 
TREASURY PASS OTA FOR N. WORTHINGTON 
TREASURY PASS OFAC FOR NEWCOMB 
JUSTICE FOR ASSET FORFEITURE AND ML UNIT -- DEPUTY 
CHIEF DAVITT, ALSO TED GREENBERG 
JUSTICE PASS OPDAT FOR SILVERWOOD 
NSC FOR GARY PETERS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: NA 
TAGS: PTER, EFIN, ETTC, PREL, PGOV, TC 
SUBJECT:  UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL 
CONFERENCE ON HAWALA, APRIL 3-4, 2004 
 
REF: 02 ABU DHABI 2522 
 
1.  This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 
 
2.  Following the very successful May 2002 Hawala 
Conference in Abu Dhabi (reftel), the UAE Central Bank is 
prepared to host the Second International Conference on 
Hawala in Abu Dhabi, April 3-4, 2004.  The Central Bank 
intended to hold the follow-up conference last spring, but 
cancelled the forum once hostilities commenced in Iraq. 
 
3.  The theme of this year's Hawala Conference will be 
"Best Practices on the Supervision of Informal Funds 
Transfer Systems."  The preliminary agenda includes panel 
discussions by representatives from FATF, law enforcement 
agencies, and academia, and presentations from banking 
representatives from Central Asia, the Middle East, and 
Africa among others.  More than 400 participants attended 
the 2002 Hawala Conference, and subsequently agreed to 
further examine informal remittance networks in the "Abu 
Dhabi Declaration on Hawala." 
 
4.  Comment:  Additional information regarding the 
conference agenda and a registration form is available on 
the UAE Central Bank's website (WWW.CBUAE.GOV.AE).  The 
draft agenda does not mention charities and charitable 
organizations, despite the Governor's earlier indications 
that the topic would be discussed during or on the margins 
of the Second Hawala Conference.  End comment. 
 
5.  Action request: The Central Bank advises interested 
parties to register for the conference by April 1, 2004 via 
the website.  Post requests that USG participants also 
forward their names to Econoff Cara Martin-Crumpler (email: 
MARTIN-CRUMPLERCE@STATE.GOV) to coordinate travel and 
accommodations.  This will ensure that the U.S. delegation 
can be located together, simplifying considerably the 
logistical arrangements.  Official USG visitors also must 
obtain country clearance approval prior to their travel to 
the UAE.  End action request. 
 
WAHBA 

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