DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000069

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR (WBENT)

STATE FOR IO/T (BLACKWOOD)

STATE PLEASE PASS TO HHS/GLOBAL HEALTH AFFAIRS (PARTRIDGE)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL AORC TBIO JM WHO
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM

REF: SECSTATE 232766


1. (U) On January 5, Econoff delivered reftel talking points
via fax to the office of Ambassador Wolfe, Under Secretary
for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Wolfe then transmitted the
points to Dr. Barrington Wint, Chief Medical Officer at the
Ministry of Health (MOH),and the head of the Jamaican
delegation at the WHO Executive Board meeting from January
23-28. In a follow-up call on January 10, Ambassador
Wolfe's assistant Andrea Wilson stated that neither MFAFT
nor MOH had any substantive comments at this time.

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