VZCZCXYZ0044
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSJ #1498 2251453
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 131453Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8664
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0005
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 0025
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0756
UNCLAS SAN JOSE 001498
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CEN, ISN, L, AND S/CT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CS
SUBJECT: NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: COSTA RICA PLANS TO
RATIFY AND COMPLY.
REF: STATE 102149
1. On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel request and
information to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the
Disarmament and Terrorist Section of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA) and Guisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights
Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA.
2. They advised that it is the intention of the GOCR to
ratify the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) and to
implement domestic legislation to comply with the provisions
of the NTC.
HENIFIN