AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM

UNCLAS VIENNA 003470 SIPDIS DEPT FOR OES/IHA, EUR/PGI, AND EUR/AGS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL AU WHO FAO SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM IPAPI MEETING DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA REF: STATE 195603 On October 24, Post shared the Chairman's Summary and the Reports of the Working Group Rapporteurs from the first Senior Officials' Meeting of the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza with Clemens Auer, Chief of Staff to the Austrian Minister of Health, Gisela Polte, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Energy, Nuclear Security and Health, Dr. Johann Damoser, Austria's Chief Veterinary Officer, and Dr. Elisabeth Reisp-Poechhacker, Head of the Health Ministry's Department for Animal Welfare, Animal Epidemics, and Zoonosis. Post will report any response. van Voorst