US embassy cable - 04SANTODOMINGO6280

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 006280 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR G, OES, WHA/CAR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV, AORC, EAGR, ETRD, PREL, DR 
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS UNDER GLOBAL 
AGREEMENT TO PROTECT OZONE LAYER 
 
REF: SECSTATE 245175 
 
1. (SBU)  Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso 
received the Ambassador on November 18, heard out USG 
concerns from reftel concerning the requested U.S. allocation 
of methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol, and readily 
assured the Ambassador that the Dominican Republic would 
support the U.S. position.  He said he would immediately 
issue instructions to that effect.  The Ambassador left the 
Department's non-paper with the Minister 
 
2.  (SBU) Morales Tronocoso commented that he believed states 
parties to the Protocol could register their votes 
electronically.  Embassy would appreciate information from 
Department on this point. 
 
3.  (SBU) EcoPol Counselor had raised the subject the 
previous day with MFA Under Secretary of State for Economic 
Affairs Juan Giuliani Cury, providing him the briefing 
material.  Giuliani Cury was in the Minister's outer office 
when the Ambassador arrived, a fact that suggests he was able 
to brief the Minister on the subject. 
HERTELL