IRAQ: DEAD SEA DONORS' MEETING JULY 18-19 - CANADA

UNCLAS OTTAWA 002119 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR NEA, AND WHA/CAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ JO CA SUBJECT: IRAQ: DEAD SEA DONORS' MEETING JULY 18-19 - CANADA OPTIMISTIC REF: (A) STATE 127710 ¶1. Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. ¶2. The Iraq staff at Canada's International Development Agency are optimistic about the upcoming Iraq Donors' meeting, saying things are going remarkably well so far and they are receiving excellent support from Jordan. They are trying to confirm a meeting between A/S Wayne and Gilles Rivard, CIDA Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Magreb. ¶3. The Canadian Delegation is as follows: Gilles Rivard; Daniel Joly, Coordinator of the Iraq Task Force Julie Delahanty, Senior Policy Analyst, Iraq Task Force Heather Cruden, CIDA rep. for Baghdad, resident in Amman Elizabeth Williams, Embassy Amman (Foreign Affairs Canada) Eleanor Karabatic, communications The Canadian delegation will be supporting Michael Bell in his capacity as Chair of IRFFI. DICKSON