COTE D'IVOIRE DELEGATION TO UNGA

UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000904 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR AF/W-EPLUMB AND IO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL UNGA IV SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE DELEGATION TO UNGA REF: ABIDJAN 808 ¶1. (SBU) Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) United Nations and International Organizations Department, told Poloff August 27 that Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko will head Cote d'Ivoire's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. Tanoh-Botcoue said the delegation would number about 25 persons, with approximately 15 traveling from Abidjan. ¶2. (SBU) Tanoh-Boutchoue said the MFA has contacted the Ministers of Interior, Culture, and Environment regarding attendance at the High Level Dialogues on Interfaith and Intercultural Relations and Climate Change that will take place on the margins of the UNGA, but no decision has yet been made. AKUETTEH