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Viewing cable 08NIAMEY198, NIGER: COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08NIAMEY198 2008-02-15 07:52 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Niamey
VZCZCXRO9178
PP RUEHTRO
DE RUEHNM #0198/01 0460752
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 150752Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY NIAMEY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4113
INFO RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA PRIORITY 0161
RUEHAS/AMEMBASSY ALGIERS PRIORITY 3421
RUEHBP/AMEMBASSY BAMAKO PRIORITY 0433
RUEHCO/AMEMBASSY COTONOU PRIORITY 1059
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR PRIORITY 1896
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0555
RUEHOU/AMEMBASSY OUAGADOUGOU PRIORITY 8624
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0655
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0186
RUZEHAA/CDR USEUCOM INTEL VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
RHMFISS/CDR USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY 0001
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NIAMEY 000198 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL NG
SUBJECT: NIGER: COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTORATE VISIT 
 
REF: NIAMEY 97 
 
1. (U) A U.N. Counter-terrorism Committee Executive 
Directorate (CTED) team led by Mike Smith  on February 13 
briefed diplomats on their visit to Niger.  The meeting was 
under the auspices of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group 
(CTAG) and was hosted by the French Embassy on behalf of G-8 
president Japan.  The CTED team included representatives of 
the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODI), the World Customs 
Organization (WCO), Interpol and the African Union Center for 
the Research and Study of Terrorism (ACSRT).  Niamey-based 
diplomats included representatives of the French, German, 
Spanish, Canadian and U.S. Embassies, the UNDP resident 
representative and the EC delegate.  An official from the 
Japanese Embassy in Abidjan also attended the meeting. 
 
2. (U) The French Ambassador, who chaired the meeting, noted 
that the last CTAG meeting in Niamey was in April 2006 under 
the Russian G-8 presidency. 
 
3. (SBU) CTED executive director Smith provided an overview 
of CTED.  He explained that its mandate was to monitor 
implementation of UNSC resolution 1373.  It initially met 
resistance from many developing countries, who complained 
that it identified weakness, but did not provide assistance 
to address those weaknesses.  It therefore works to try to 
link developing country CT needs with G-8 resources.  The 
objective of the CTED visit to Niger is to analyze Government 
of Niger (GON) obligations under UNSCR 1373, assess its 
capacity to meet those obligations, and identify sources of 
assistance for the GON. Smith and other CTED team members 
reviewed their initial findings: 
 
-- There are gaps in GON CT laws and regulation. 
 
-- The GON has only ratified 10 of the 16 international CT 
instruments. 
 
-- The GON office responsible for money laundering has 
virtually no resources. 
 
-- The GON does not have a good system to track people 
entering and exiting the country. 
 
-- There are gaps in aviation security. 
 
-- Separate Customs and Police checkpoints are not efficient. 
 
-- There are flaws in the civil registry which facilitate the 
fraudulent obtention of civil documents. 
 
-- The police lack training and resources. 
 
-- The GON's CT structure is unclear. 
 
4. (SBU) The diplomats reviewed their CT cooperation 
activities.  The French are by far the most active.  Their CT 
assistance includes: 
 
-- General GON institution building, which has an indirect 
effect on CT. 
 
-- Military cooperation.  There are 16 French military 
personnel working with the Nigerien military.  France sends 
Nigerien military personnel to France and elsewhere for 
training.  France also provides about one million euros in 
financing.  France is helping with transportation and 
communications, and built an operations center in Niamey. The 
French DATT said the Nigerien military was generally 
professional and well motivated, but lacked resources and 
suffered from corruption ("affairisme"). 
 
-- Police Cooperation.  France supports the Police, the 
 
NIAMEY 00000198  002 OF 002 
 
 
Gendarmerie, the FNIS (a paramilitary force under the 
Interior Ministry), and the fire department.  It has provided 
training on crises management, explosives detection and 
established a joint command post.  With EU funding, France is 
working on a computerizing systems to track people and goods, 
developing a police laboratory, assisting with immigration 
and trafficking in persons, and providing intelligence 
collection and analysis training. 
 
5. (SBU) Assistance provided by other countries included 
military assistance (U.S.), police assistance (U.S., Germany, 
Canada, EU), judicial sector reform (EU), and immigration 
(EU). Several countries also cited general 
governance/institution building programs. 
 
6. (SBU) In response to Smith's question about coordination 
on police cooperation, the French police advisor said that 
while there is no formal structure to coordinate assistance 
to the police, he  was generally aware of what everyone is 
doing.  He believed that there is so much to do regarding the 
police that the risk of duplication was minimal. The German 
DCM said that his government was developing a security sector 
plan and would coordinate with the French.  (Comment: 
Programs to assist the police are important.  It is therefore 
unfortunate that our effective NADR/ATA program has been 
zeroed out for FY2008 and 2009.  End Comment.) 
 
7. (SBU) The French Ambassador highlighted the gap between 
needs and resources, but noted that countries not represented 
in the meeting were also involved in security-related 
activities, notably China, Libya and some Arab gulf 
countries.  He said that the activities by these countries 
was not "transparent." 
 
8. (SBU) There was some discussion of how general governance 
programs could be tied to CT.  The French and Canadian 
officials thought good governance was essential for CT.  The 
EC representative said that some governance problems could be 
more focused on CT issues. 
 
9. (SBU) A French representative noted that European 
Development Funds are limited to assistance to the police, 
and could not be used to assist the army. 
 
10. (U) Tripoli minimize considered 
ALLEN