61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE

UNCLAS CAIRO 005528 SIPDIS SIPDIS NEA/RA (HILL),IO/UNP (HARRIS),USUN (OLSON),NSC (WILLIAMS-MANIGAULT) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EG SUBJECT: 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS FOR EGYPT AND THE ARAB LEAGUE REF: STATE 112656 ¶1. We obtained the following information on September 5 from officials of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the Secretariat of the League of Arab States, respectively. SIPDIS Egypt: ¶A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- President Hosni Mubarak will not attend the UN General Assembly. -- First Lady, Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, will also not attend. ¶B. Attendance of the Head of Government. -- Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif will not attend. -- PM Nazif's wife will also not attend. ¶C. Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit will represent Egypt at the General Assembly. -- Arrival date: Not yet confirmed. Coming from NAM Summit in Havana, most likely will arrive September 14 or 15. Departure date not yet decided. -- Minister Aboul Gheit's wife, Laila Aboul Gheit, will travel with the Minister. -- No interpretation is needed. ¶D. No other Egyptian VIP's are expected to join the delegation. ¶E. Attendance of other Foreign Ministry officials. -- Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador/Mrs. Naella Gabr will attend. Ambassador Gabr is expected to arrive on or about September 14. -- MFA Cabinet staff member, Third Secretary Amr Rushdy. ¶2. Arab League Secretariat staff provided us the following information September 5. ¶A. Attendance of the Arab League (AL) Secretary General. -- Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the AL, will arrive in New York from the NAM Summit in Havana, Cuba on either September 16 or 17. He will be joined separately in New York by his wife, Mrs. Laila Moussa Badawi who is scheduled to arrive on September 16. Their departure date is not yet known. -- No interpretation is needed. ¶E. Attendance of other Arab League officials. -- Chief of Cabinet, Hisham Youssef. -- Cabinet staff member, Talal Elamine, Counselor. -- Cabinet staff member, Ms. Elham El Shejny. -- One security guard, name not yet provided. JONES