Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.
| Identifier: | 05MADRID2113 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05MADRID2113 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Madrid |
| Created: | 2005-06-03 15:30:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL SP PREM |
| 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.
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002113 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/WE ALSO FOR PM/WRA (S. PICO) E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2025 TAGS: PREL, SP, PREM SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS EU CONSENSUS ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING AND TRACING REF: STATE 99866 Classified By: Ricardo Zuniga, Political Officer. Reasons 1.4 (B) & (D) (C) Poloff discussed June 3 reftel demarche regarding the upcoming UN negotiations on marking and tracing of small arm/light weapons (SA/LW) with Luis Gomez, the Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief of staff to the deputy director of International Disarmament Affairs. Gomez said it was unlikely that EU members would show flexibility on negotiations to include ammunition and the marking and tracing of SA/LW in a legally binding agreement. He said there were already numerous political instruments on SA/LW and adding an additional non-binding agreement for greater cooperation on stockpile management or reduction would not strengthen existing Firearms Protocol or OAS conventions on SA/LW. Gomez stated Spain supports the common EU position that marking is an effective means to allow member states to identify and trace illicitly trafficked and light weapons. MANZANARES
Latest source of this page is cablebrowser-2, released 2011-10-04