SURINAME: WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER PARTNERSHIP

UNCLAS PARAMARIBO 000121 SIPDIS DEPT FOR WHA/CAR: MSEIBEL, FOR EB: OES: DWILBUR, AND FOR USAID: MBLACKWOOD BRASILIA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HUB SAN JOSE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HUB E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV PREL NS SUBJECT: SURINAME: WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE DELEGATION REF: (A) STATE 1130, (B) PARAMARIBO 35 ¶1. PER REF B, EMBASSY PARAMARIBO IS PLEASED TO CONFIRM THAT SURINAME WILL ATTEND THE MARCH 21-26 WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE (WW2BW) IN MIAMI (REF A). MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE PERMANENT SECRETARY JASWANT SAHTOE HAS CONFIRMED THE FIVE-PERSON SURINAMESE DELEGATION WILL BE COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS: - JAINOEL ABDUL, DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN CHARGE OF ENERGY, MINING AND WATER; - GERRIT BREINBURG, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT; - MARGRET KEREKHOFFS-ZERP, ENVIRONMENT POLICY OFFICER FROM THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENT; - RIGILLO BANSIE, OFFICER AT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S FISHERY STATISTICS AND RESEARCH DIVISION; AND - MICHEL AMOFO, MANAGER FROM THE MARITIME AUTHORITY SURINAME. ¶2. THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS DELEGATION IS GERRIT BREINBURG, AGRICULTURE MINISTRY, LETITIA VRIESDELN, PARAMARIBO; PHONE NUMBER +597 470-301; EMAIL ADDRESS: DIRLVV@SR.NET. ¶3. THE EMBASSY NOTES THAT AGRICULTURE MINISTRY PERMANENT SECRETARY JASWANT SAHTOE HAS REQUESTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE SURINAMESE DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE MIAMI WW2BW CONFERENCE. BARNES NNNN 2004PARAMA00121 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.3