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The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): A Record of Success
We are all aware of the dangers of proliferation. The A.Q. Khan network sold nuclear know-how to proliferators in flagrant violation of international export control norms and national laws. While the Khan network is the most prominent example, other proliferators and middle men across the globe continue to procure sensitive technologies for states and non-state actors willing to pay their price. ... We are further operationalizing the PSI by pursuing and concluding bilateral ship-boarding agreements, a tool specifically encouraged in the WMD Commission Report issued last March. We have so far signed four such agreements, with Liberia, Panama, the Marshall Islands, and — just last week — with Croatia. In addition to establishing key points of contact and procedures to facilitate requests to board suspect vessels, these agreements also serve to deter proliferators that might consider the use of a flag with which we have a ship-boarding agreement. We have engaged a number of other countries seeking to conclude similar agreements and will aggressively continue to promote these efforts to create additional tools to facilitate PSI operations. ... [Read More]
Security Initiative Puts Proliferators On Notice - US Department of State
We are all aware of the dangers of proliferation. The A.Q. Khan network sold nuclear know-how to proliferators in flagrant violation of international export control norms and national laws. While the Khan network is the most prominent example, other proliferators and middle men across the globe continue to procure sensitive technologies for states and non-state actors willing to pay their price. ... We are further operationalizing the PSI by pursuing and concluding bilateral ship-boarding agreements, a tool specifically encouraged in the WMD Commission Report issued last March. We have so far signed four such agreements, with Liberia, Panama, the Marshall Islands, and - just last week - with Croatia. In addition to establishing key points of contact and procedures to facilitate requests to board suspect vessels, these agreements also serve to deter proliferators that might consider the use of a flag with which we have a ship-boarding agreement. We have engaged a number of other countries seeking to conclude similar agreements and will aggressively continue to promote these efforts to create additional tools to facilitate PSI operations. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: UNEP Report on Governing Council Meeting
This was dramatically demonstrated by a satellite link, set up at this week's meeting, to a research vessel skippered by Sir Peter Blake, the world renowned yachstman. He described in graphic detail how his vessel located at 71 degrees South and sporting the UNEP flag, was then sailing in clear water in an area previously covered by ice. Sir Peter linked the dramatic disappearance of the ice to global warming. ... [Read More]
South America
Accomplishments. Cocaine seizures in Venezuela climbed dramatically in 2003, reaching a level more typical of the amount normally seized in Mexico—according to figures provided by Venezuelan authorities, more than 32 metric tons in 2003. At more than double the annual average of 15 metric tons in recent years, 2003's record seizures indicate an improving interdiction capability within the GOV, as well as an increase in cocaine transit through Venezuela. A further indication of this increased flow is the approximately 61 metric tons of cocaine seized by the Government of Spain on the high seas from ships sailing under the Venezuelan flag during a three-month period in mid-2003. ... [Read More]
Vol 31 No 1, January - March 1993 Page 44
The exercise about which we have been speaking provides an excellent and practical lesson in the English language for our students, and it enables them to feel confident in their ability to speak and understand this foreign language they are studying. Once the contact has been made and the coordinates have been noted, one proceeds by sending the QSL (the postcard or letter that confirms contact), which contains technical data and greetings with reference to the initial radio exchange. One may include a request for a sticker of the national flag. We, for example, send one of Spain and another of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. We also include information in English about Alcalá la Real-its monuments, its history, and also a coin. It is possible to receive similar material in exchange, and over a period of time the ... [Read More]
South America
Accomplishments. By working with its neighboring Latin American and U.S. law enforcement counterparts, Chile accomplished stunning control successes during 2000. In January, Chilean authorities seized nearly nine metric tons of refined cocaine hidden in a Panamanian-flag cargo ship making a call in the northern port of Arica. In August, following a four-year investigation, Chilean authorities participated in the dismantling of a precursor chemical diversion operation involving 11,000 tons of sulfuric acid manufactured in Chile for cocaine processing in Bolivia. Chilean authorities wrapped up 2000 with their largest ever seizure of marijuana (1.5 tons), dismantling a drug ring moving Paraguayan product through Argentina for distribution in Chile. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
New Year’s Day January 1Malvinas April 2Veterans Day April 2Memorial Day April 2Good Friday late March or AprilLabor Day May 1Revolution Day May 25Flag Day 3rd Monday in June [Read More]
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