US embassy cable - 05BRASILIA182

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BRAZIL: SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS

Identifier: 05BRASILIA182
Wikileaks: View 05BRASILIA182 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Brasilia
Created: 2005-01-20 16:54:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PARM BR UN Non
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS BRASILIA 000182 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM, BR, UN, Non-Proliferation 
SUBJECT: BRAZIL:  SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS 
 
REF: STATE 9788 
 
(SBU)  Ministry of External Relations (MRE), Division Chief 
for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Santiago 
Mourao indicated that Brazil supported making the Instrument 
a legally-binding international agreement and the inclusion 
within it of ammunition.  Ammunition manufactured in Brazil, 
Mourao pointed out, already met this standard and could be 
traced by 8 character lot numbers.  Only a legally-binding 
document, Mourao said, would provide the "extra assurance in 
a volatile scenario."  The GOB supported the use of Interpol 
as a channel for information exchange since it provided 
"reliability, accountability, and assurance of 
confidentiality." Mourao added, however, that Brazil would be 
 
SIPDIS 
willing to look at other options. 
 
Danilovich 

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