CANADIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000247 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/PPA - EVANS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL EAID PROP PTER MARR KISL SUBJECT: CANADIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON MODERN INSURGENCY REF: STATE 12490 ¶1. (U) Embassy Ottawa nominates the individuals identified in paras 2-6 to attend the conference on modern insurgency in Munich, 26-27 March 2007. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) -------------- -------------- ¶2. (SBU) DFAIT nominees in rank order -- Associate Deputy Minister (A/S equivalent) David Mulroney. Currently foreign and defense policy adviser to the Prime Minister, Mulroney shifts to DFAIT February 13 where he will coordinate GOC whole-of-government policy on Afghanistan. -- Assistant Deputy Minister (A/S equivalent) Colleen Swords. Swords is DFAIT PolDir and chief of its international security division. -- Assistant Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations James Fox. Fox is SCA A/S Boucher's counterpart. He oversees Canada's bilateral relations with Afghanistan as well as the rest of the world except North America. -- Director General (DAS equivalent) Don Sinclair. Sinclair directs the GOC's S/CRS equivalent, the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START). Department of National Defence (DND) -------------- ¶3. (SBU) DND nominees in rank order: -- Assistant Deputy Minister Vincent Rigby. Recently promoted to ADM for Policy, Rigby rose through the ranks quickly after joining DND's policy shop less than ten years ago. -- Brigadier General David Fraser. Fraser commanded Task Force Aegis (RC-S) in Afghanistan until November 1 2006. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) -------------- -------------- ¶4. (SBU) PSEPC nominee: -- Chief Irvin Studin, PSEPC (DHS counterpart). Studin heads the Counter Terrorism Policy and Coordination Division of PSEPC's National Security Policy Directorate. Before joining PSEPC, Studin was at the Privy Council Office. He was loaned to the Australian Prime Minister's Cabinet in 2006 where he served as the principal drafter of Australia's whole-of-government counter terrorism strategy. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) -------------- ¶5. (SBU) RCMP nominee: -- Chief Superintendent David Beer, RCMP. Beer is the RCMP's director general for international policing Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) -------------- --- ¶6. (SBU) CIDA nominee: -- Vice President Hau Tsing Tse, CIDA. Tse is responsible for CIDA policy and programming throughout Asia. Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa WILKINS