62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: CROATIAN ATTENDANCE, A-3

UNCLAS ZAGREB 000715 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/SCE - BALIAN, PFEUFFER; EUR/PGI - ELDRIDGE, IO/PPC - BATLLE USUN FOR MCBRIDE DEPT PLEASE PASS TO NSC - MCDONALD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA HR SUBJECT: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: CROATIAN ATTENDANCE, A-3 MEETING REF: SECSTATE 101170 ¶1. PolOff delivered reftel to MFA Asst Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic on July 24. Following is initial GOC response: ¶A. Attendance of the Head of State: Yes -- Name and title: Stjepan Mesic, President of the Republic of Croatia -- Arrival and departure dates to and from New York and other U.S. locations, and whether the Head of State will be present for the General Debate: Travel dates still unknown. President Mesic will deliver Croatia's plenary speech. -- Whether spouse of the Head of State will travel to New York: Still unknown -- Whether interpretation would be required in a bilateral or multilateral meeting: Yes, Croatian. ¶B. Attendance of the Head of Government: Still unknown ¶C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister: Yes -- Name and title: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration -- Arrival and departure dates to and from New York and other U.S. locations, and whether the Foreign Minister will be present for the General Debate: Travel dates still unknown, but she plans to attend the General Debate. -- Whether the spouse of the Foreign Minister will travel to New York: Unknown -- Whether interpretation would be required in bilateral or multilateral meetings: No ¶D. Attendance of other host country VIPs: Still unknown ¶E. Attendance of the Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO affairs or official who is a regular interlocutor of regional assistant secretaries or Department principals: Yes -- Name and title: Pjer Simunovic, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Organizations and Security -- Arrival and departure dates to and from New York and whether the VIP will be present for the General Debate: Still unknown -- Whether the spouse of the official will travel to New York: Still unknown -- Whether interpretation would be required in bilateral or multilateral meetings: No ¶2. Simunovic did not make any initial requests for high-level meetings but did report that Croatia, as current chair of the Adriatic Charter (A-3),planned to propose an A-3 meeting on the margins of the UNGA and would be seeking appropriate USG representation. BRADTKE