VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHFN #0232 1371322
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 161322Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY FREETOWN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1917
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 0007
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0277
UNCLAS FREETOWN 000232
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, EB, NEA, IO, VCI, P, T AND TREASURY-TFI AND
ISN/RA RICHARD NEPHEW AND RISA MONGIELLO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR SL
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR
1803
REF: STATE 48615
1. (SBU) On May 15 Ambassador spoke with Sierra Leone's
Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Vandi Minah to present the
U.S. 60 day report on Iran Sanctions, per UNSC 1803.
Ambassador stressed the need to ensure robust international
implementation and highlight the continued IAEA reports of
Iran's failure to comply with the requirements imposed by the
UNSC Resolution.
2. (SBU) Acting Minister Minah appreciated presentation of
the report and commented that he was familiar with the UNSC
resolution 1803 as well as the IAEA Report. He added that the
GoSL wished to support the UNSC resolutions. He did not
commit to raising this with the Iranian envoy in Freetown.
PERRY