HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

UNCLAS KINGSTON 002133 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT) SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AND J7 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA SUBJECT: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REF: A. STATE 122846 ¶B. KINGSTON 01857 ¶C. BENT-POWELL EMAIL 9/9/05 ¶1. Per Ref A instructions, Post has since July (Ref B) contacted repeatedly the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to inquire about high-level GOJ attendance at the UNGA. As reported Ref B, MFAFT confirmed that Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight will both travel to New York. However, MFAFT was not forthcoming with the delegation's itinerary, insisting that Post contact the Jamaican mission in New York for information related to UNGA. ¶2. Post only learned from the Secret Service (Ref C) that both Patterson and Knight will arrive in New York on Monday, September 12 at 9:00PM. They will both leave New York at 7:55AM on Sunday, September 18. TURNER