US embassy cable - 02HARARE1754

C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 001754 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR JFRAZER 
LONDON FOR CGURNEY 
PARIS FOR CNEARY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2012 
TAGS: PTER, PREL, ZI 
SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO ALL 
ANTI-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS 
 
REF: A. HARARE 1665 
 
     B. SECSTATE 125639 
 
Classified By: Political Officer Todd Faulk for reasons 1.5 (b) 
and (d) 
 
1.  (C) On July 30, post received a dipnote from Zimbabwe's 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our dipnote of July 
15 informing the GOZ of the U.S.'s accession to all 12 UN 
anti-terrorism conventions (REF A).  The GOZ's note stated: 
"The Ministry wishes to advise that as a demonstration of its 
commitment to fight terrorism, Zimbabwe is considering the 
outstanding nine conventions with a view to acceding to the 
same in the near future." 
 
2.  (C) Comment: This is the first positive communication we 
have received from the MFA this year.  The dipnote, combined 
with the Minister of Justice's tabling in Parliament of one 
of the conventions in May (REF A), indicates the GOZ still 
treats counter-terrorism issues with some seriousness. 
Although the dipnote was vague on timing, we may look forward 
to some action on the outstanding conventions in the current 
session of Parliament, which began on July 23.  End comment. 
 
 
SULLIVAN