UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000670 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR IO/UNP HARRIS, EAP/RSP SCROGGS AND EAP/ANP RICCI USUN FOR POL NSC FOR WILLIAMS-MANIGAULT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NZ UNGA SUBJECT: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUEST FOR MEETINGS REF: SECSTATE 122846 ¶1. (U) Poloff requested reftel information from Valerie Meyer, Deputy Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division (UNHC),Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). ¶2. (SBU) Because New Zealand will hold general elections on September 17, New Zealand will not send a high-level representative to the UNGA and Summit. New Zealand's lead representative will be Ambassador Rosemary Banks, NZ's Permrep to the UN. Joan Mosely, Director of UNHC/MFAT, may also attend. ¶3. (U) Meyer said that this information is also being directly provided to USUN by NZ's UN Mission. Burnett