VZCZCXYZ0007
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHUL #2270 2080827
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 270827Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5739
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0090
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1914
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0465
UNCLAS SEOUL 002270
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/MNSA (SCOTT DAVIS) AND VCI/NA.
GENEVA FOR CD.
USUN FOR POL.
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT KS
SUBJECT: ROKG PARTICIPANTS FOR SECOND NPT PREPCOM UNDECIDED
REF: SECSTATE 102585
1. (SBU) On July 26, Ham, Sang-wook, Deputy Director of the
Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff that the ROKG has not
yet determined who would represent the ROKG at the second
Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in April-May 2008. Ham
speculated based on ROKG participation in the first PrepCom
that the Deputy Foreign Minister (Park In-kook) and the ROK
CD Ambassador (Chung Dong Lee), as well as someone from the
Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division would attend. The
Ministry of Science and Technology would lead the ROKG
delegation to the September IAEA Board of Governors and
General Conference in Vienna, Ham said. he would also likely
attend. For the UN General Assembly First Committee meetings
in NY in October, Ham said that CD Ambassador and one or two
members of the ROK Mission in NY would attend. Ham said that
final decisions on delegation composition are likely to be
made one or two weeks before the meetings, but said that he
would be the best ROKG point of contact for nonproliferation
Treaty issues in the interim.
STANTON