HIGH-LEVEL AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE SUMMIT

UNCLAS VIENNA 002423 SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/UNP (HARRIS),EUR/PGI (COOK),AND EUR/AGS USUN FOR POL NSC FOR WILLIAMS-MANIGAULT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP AU UNGA SUBJECT: HIGH-LEVEL AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE SUMMIT (HIGH-LEVEL EVENT) AND 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REF: STATE 122846 ¶1. (SBU) The MFA's International Organizations Division has informed us that the following GoA officials will attend the High-Level Event (HLE) and the 60th General Assembly: ¶A. Head of State --President Heinz Fischer will attend the HLE. --Spouse may or may not attend. --Arrive September 13; depart September 16 --No interpretation required ¶B. Head of Government --Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will not attend either event. ¶C. Foreign Minister --Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik will attend the UNGA. --Arrive September 16; depart September 22 --No interpretation required ¶D. Other VIPs --MFA State Secretary Hans Winkler will accompany President Fischer to the HLE and attend part of the UNGA. --Arrive September 13; depart September 18 --No interpretation required ¶E. Foreign Ministry Official Responsible for IO Affairs --Helmut Boek, Deputy Head of the MFA's International Organizations Division (Note: Boek has not yet officially assumed this position, but an MFA contact told us unofficially that he would be accompanying the Foreign Minister to New York End Note). --Arrive September 16; depart September 22 --No interpretation required. Brown