Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LONDON6714
2006-09-15 15:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy London
Cable title:
FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT UNABLE TO ATTEND UNGA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 006714
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PLEASE PASS OES/ETC CHRISTINE DAWSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2016
TAGS: SENV UK
SUBJECT: FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT UNABLE TO ATTEND UNGA
CAWT PRESS EVENT
REF: STATE 148162
Classified By: EST OFFICER JASON HAHN
FOR REASONS 1.4 B AND D
C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 006714
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PLEASE PASS OES/ETC CHRISTINE DAWSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2016
TAGS: SENV UK
SUBJECT: FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT UNABLE TO ATTEND UNGA
CAWT PRESS EVENT
REF: STATE 148162
Classified By: EST OFFICER JASON HAHN
FOR REASONS 1.4 B AND D
1. (U) Ambassador Tuttle wrote to Foreign Secretary Beckett
on September 12 inviting her to participate in Secretary
Rice's Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) press
event on the margins of the UNGA on September 22. HMG
contacts tell us that Barry Gardiner, the junior minister
responsible for CAWT at HMG's Department of Environment Food
and Rural Affairs (Defra) also wrote to Secretary Beckett
urging her to attend.
2. (U) On 15 September the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
told us that Foreign Secretary Beckett would be unable to
attend the CAWT press event because she will be attending a
Commonwealth Foreign Minister's meeting at the same time.
3. (C) POLOFF spoke with contacts in the FCO's UN Division on
September 15. They told us Beckett had made a decision not to
break away from the Commonwealth Meeting for the CAWT event
because "she could not be seen to not take the Commonwealth
meeting seriously."
4. (U) FCO and Defra contacts have suggested a change in
venue or time for the press event. They have indicated that
Foreign Secretary Beckett might be able to participate if the
venue was shifted to a place closer to the Commonwealth
Foreign Ministers' meeting venue (in the UN Building).
5. (C) COMMENT: While Foreign Secretary Beckett's inability
to participate would be dissapointing, Secretary Rice's
invitation has highlighted to HMG the importance that the USG
attaches to CAWT. Rescheduling or changing the meeting
venue, while difficult, may prove to be the only way to
include Foreign Secretary Beckett in the CAWT event.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/london/index. cfm
Tuttle
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PLEASE PASS OES/ETC CHRISTINE DAWSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2016
TAGS: SENV UK
SUBJECT: FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT UNABLE TO ATTEND UNGA
CAWT PRESS EVENT
REF: STATE 148162
Classified By: EST OFFICER JASON HAHN
FOR REASONS 1.4 B AND D
1. (U) Ambassador Tuttle wrote to Foreign Secretary Beckett
on September 12 inviting her to participate in Secretary
Rice's Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) press
event on the margins of the UNGA on September 22. HMG
contacts tell us that Barry Gardiner, the junior minister
responsible for CAWT at HMG's Department of Environment Food
and Rural Affairs (Defra) also wrote to Secretary Beckett
urging her to attend.
2. (U) On 15 September the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
told us that Foreign Secretary Beckett would be unable to
attend the CAWT press event because she will be attending a
Commonwealth Foreign Minister's meeting at the same time.
3. (C) POLOFF spoke with contacts in the FCO's UN Division on
September 15. They told us Beckett had made a decision not to
break away from the Commonwealth Meeting for the CAWT event
because "she could not be seen to not take the Commonwealth
meeting seriously."
4. (U) FCO and Defra contacts have suggested a change in
venue or time for the press event. They have indicated that
Foreign Secretary Beckett might be able to participate if the
venue was shifted to a place closer to the Commonwealth
Foreign Ministers' meeting venue (in the UN Building).
5. (C) COMMENT: While Foreign Secretary Beckett's inability
to participate would be dissapointing, Secretary Rice's
invitation has highlighted to HMG the importance that the USG
attaches to CAWT. Rescheduling or changing the meeting
venue, while difficult, may prove to be the only way to
include Foreign Secretary Beckett in the CAWT event.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/london/index. cfm
Tuttle