US embassy cable - 05CANBERRA806

C O N F I D E N T I A L CANBERRA 000806 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NP AND EAP/ANP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/08/2015 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, ETTC, EAID, ETRD, KNNP, KSTC, AS 
SUBJECT: APEC: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR USG'S 
RADIOACTIVE SOURCES INITIATIVE 
 
REF: STATE 79844 
 
Classified By: POLCOUNS WOO LEE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B AND D). 
 
1.  (C) We presented ref A points on May 4 to Department of 
Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Arms 
Control and Counterproliferation Peter Shannon, and 
separately to International Safeguards Director Russell 
Leslie in the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation 
Office (ASNO).  We also passed the points to DFAT's APEC 
Business Facilitation and Secure Trade Director Karen Lanyon. 
 We sought Australian co-sponsorship of the U.S. initiative 
to obtain APEC economies' adherence to IAEA guidelines on the 
import and export of radioactive sources and to the IAEA Code 
of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources. 
 Shannon said he saw no problem with Australia endorsing and 
cosponsoring the initiative.  Leslie undertook to pass the 
points to appropriate counterparts at the Australian Nuclear 
Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) who had the 
responsibility for this type of outreach to APEC economies. 
 
STANTON