Identifier
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05MANAMA1314
2005-09-12 09:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:  

BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND

Tags:  EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BA 
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120910Z Sep 05
UNCLAS MANAMA 001314

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

REF: STATE 164134

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(SBU) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche concerning
joining the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic
Influenza to MFA Director for International Organization
Affairs Ghassan Shaikho by telephone on September 9 and in a
meeting on September 11. Shaikho pledged to relay the
substance of the demarche to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed
bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, who is currently out of the country
and will be in New York for the High Level Event (HLE) and
the UNGA, and to relevant ministries. He will also pass the
Statement of Core Principles to the staff of Crown Prince
Salman, who will lead the Bahraini delegation to the HLE.
Shaikho wanted to know if joining the Partnership implied a
commitment of resources at this time, and he inquired whether
other countries, in particular Arab and Gulf countries, would
join the Partnership. He recognized the importance of this
humanitarian issue and said the Bahraini mission to the UN
would follow up in New York.

MONROE