UPDATE: SLOVAKIA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000468 SIPDIS SIPDIS IO/PPC (BATLLE),USUN (MCBRIDE),NSC (MCDONALD),EUR/PGI (ELDRIDGE) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA LO SUBJECT: UPDATE: SLOVAKIA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA REF: A. STATE 101170 ¶B. BRATISLAVA 439 ¶1. An updated report on high-level Government of Slovakia representation at the UN General Assembly follows: ¶A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Ivan Gasparovic, President, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates: September 22 / 27 -- Spouse Silvia Gasparovicova will attend -- Interpretation: Interpretation in Slovak is required. Gasparovic will have his own interpreter. ¶B. Attendance of the Head of Government: -- Robert Fico, Prime Minister, will not/not attend -- Arrival and departure dates: not applicable -- Spouse Svetlana Ficova will not/not attend -- Interpretation: not applicable ¶C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister: -- Jan Kubis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates: September 22 / 30 -- Spouse Jaroslava Kubisova will attend -- Slovak interpretation is not/not required ¶D. Attendance of other VIPs: -- Mrs. Olga Algayerova, State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates: In October, but not confirmed. Will attend High Level Meeting - Financing for Development on October 22-27. -- Spouse will not attend. -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Roman Buzek, General Director of the Political Section, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates: September 22 / 29 -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Jan Varso, Director for UN and International Organizations, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates: September 22 / 27 -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Igor Grexa, Director General for Legal and Consular Affairs, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, Chef de Cabinet, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Ambassador Jan Foltin, Director of Foreign Policy Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Milan Kollar, Director of International Law Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Karol Mistrik, Director of OSCE and Counter-Terrorism Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Alexander Micovcin, European Correspondent in Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mrs. Denisa Frelichova, Deputy Director of United Nations Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Marek Lisansky, Deputy Director of Human Rights Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed E-- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required -- Mr. Marek Brencic, Development Cooperation Department, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates not yet confirmed -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required ¶E. -- Mrs. Maria Krasnohorska, Director General for International Organizations and Development Cooperation, will attend -- Arrival and departure dates: September 29 / October 6 -- Spouse will not/not attend -- Slovak translation is not/not required ¶2. Post will send an update when travel dates for all participants have been confirmed. SILVERMAN