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TELEGRAM                                             May 17, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2369 - PRIORITY)        

TAGS:     PGOV, EAID, EINV, ECON, ETRD, KCRM                     

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAEG DOWNGRADES REPRESENTATION TO THE THIRD GLOBAL     
          FORUM DUE TO SARS; NOTIFIED OF U.S. PARTICIPATION      

Ref:      None                                                   
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C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 02369

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    INFO:   FCS 
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: CDA: RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: ADCM: TWILLIAMS POL: MMENARD

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FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9972
INFO RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 0113
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 3127
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002369 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR INL/C -- D. LUNA AND J. BRANDOLINO, AND NEA/ARP 
JUSTICE FOR OIA, AFMLS, AND NDDS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/08 
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SUBJECT:  UAEG DOWNGRADES REPRESENTATION TO THE THIRD 
GLOBAL FORUM DUE TO SARS; NOTIFIED OF U.S. PARTICIPATION 
 
REFS:  A) ABU DHABI 2081  B) STATE 125551  C) STATE 103851 
 
 1.  (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. 
Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 
 
 2.  (C) Despite earlier indications to the contrary (ref 
A), the UAE Justice Ministry notified Post 5/14 that the 
Minister and his staff would not/not attend the Third 
Global Forum on Fighting Corruption.  When queried by 
Poloff 5/17, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy 
Director of Legal Affairs Yacub Al-Hosani intimated that 
many UAE officials (including the Justice Minister) are 
unwilling to travel to Korea right now because of the SARS 
virus.  He confirmed, however, that while the UAEG would 
not be represented at the Forum at the ministerial-level, 
someone of Ambassadorial rank -- possibly the UAE 
Ambassador to Korea -- would attend. 
 
 3.  (C) Post also confirmed to the UAE Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs via diplomatic note 5/14 that Secretary of Commerce 
Donald Evans will head the U.S. delegation to the Third 
Global Forum on Fighting Corruption (ref B).  We also 
conveyed the information to our colleagues at the Korean 
Embassy in Abu Dhabi. 
 
Albright