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UNCLAS MANAGUA 001826 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/PPC BATLLE DEPT ALSO FOR WHA/PPC GONZALEZ, DEACON AND MILLER DEPT ALSO FOR WHA/CEN CORNFORTH DEPT FOR EUR/WE AND WHA/SC DEPT FOR IO/T KOTOK AND S/CPR A. LITTLE NSC FOR K. MCDONALD USUN NEW YORK FOR MCBRIDE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA SOCI TSPL NU SUBJECT: 62ND UNGA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NO DETAILS YET FROM NICARAGUA REF: A. SECSTATE 104172 ¶B. SECSTATE 101170 ¶1. (U) On July 26, POLOFF met with Orlando Gomez, Director General of the America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) to deliver points as directed in REFTELs. Gomez responded that while the Foreign Minister had recently raised the issue of whether to attend UNGA with President Ortega, no decisions had yet been made. Gomez added that earlier this week, FM Santos had meet with UNSYG Ban Ki-moon in New York and had presented Ban with a proposal regarding how to reform development assistance. Gomez noted that Nicaragua had been in touch with Spain and Brazil about the possibility of a thematically-related event attended by President Ortega, Brazilian President Lula and the Spanish PM. Gomez said his office would provide additional details about the GON delegation as they became available. ¶2. (U) COMMENT (for IO/T and S/CPR): Post notes that while the GON has apparently only engaged in preliminary internal discussion about a delegation to UNGA, if President Ortega were to attend, First Lady Rosario Murillo would almost certainly accompany him, though she would be unlikely to have a schedule separate from that of the President. TRIVELLI