US embassy cable - 03SANAA446

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000446 
 
SIPDIS 
 
THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL; ALSO FOR EMBASSY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2013 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, ABUD, YM, DEMARCHE 
SUBJECT: CWC QUESTIONNAIRES DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 35668 
 
Classified By: Political/Economic Officer Willeah E. Cato for Reasons 1 
.5 (b,d) 
 
1.  (U)  This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 
 
2.  (C)  Summary:  On March 3 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel 
demarche to MFA Legal Affairs Director Mulhi.  Mulhi believes 
the questionnaires will be submitted in time for the CWC 
Review Conference, but requested that future texts be 
translated into Arabic to facilitate ROYG response.  End 
summary. 
 
3.  (C)  On March 3 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel Chemical 
Weapons Convention (CWC) questionnaires and talking points to 
Dr. Ahmed Mulhi, Director of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs.  Pol/EconOff stressed the importance of 
completing the questionnaires before April's CWC Review 
Conference in the Hague, and encouraged the ROYG to contact 
the Embassy for further assistance. 
 
4.  (C)  Mulhi noted that Yemen has already completed some of 
the questionnaires, and is awaiting the formation of a 
national committeee on chemical weapons before proceeding. 
This committee, comprised of the Ministries of Foreign 
Affairs, Health, Customs, Trade and Technology, will, 
according to Mulhi, provide more accurate answers than his 
office alone.  Mulhi also requested that the questionnaires, 
and future technical documents, be translated into Arabic. 
 
5.  (U)  Action requested:  If available, please provide post 
with an Arabic language translation of CWC questionnaires. 
POC for this request is Pol/EconOff Willeah Cato.  She can be 
contacted via e-mail at catowe@state.gov or via fax at (967) 
(1) 303 - 259. 
HULL