Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08COTONOU562
2008-09-09 16:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Cotonou
Cable title:
BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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UNCLAS COTONOU 000562
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/W ACOOK; IO/UNP FOR SUN; USUN; NSC FOR MCDONALD; AF/RSA
FOR HADELMAN AND BARLERIN
LONDON FOR PETER LORD
PARIS FOR BKANEDA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
SUBJECT: BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
REF: (A)Brown/Cook email dated 9/5/2008, (B)STATE 72078
UNCLAS COTONOU 000562
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/W ACOOK; IO/UNP FOR SUN; USUN; NSC FOR MCDONALD; AF/RSA
FOR HADELMAN AND BARLERIN
LONDON FOR PETER LORD
PARIS FOR BKANEDA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
SUBJECT: BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
REF: (A)Brown/Cook email dated 9/5/2008, (B)STATE 72078
1. Further to Ref (A),the list of Beninese attendees at the 63rd
UNGA follows:
-- Head of Delegation, H.E. President Boni Yayi;
-- President's Wife, Chantal de Souza Yayi;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie
and the Beninese Diaspora, Moussa Okanla (AF);
-- Minister of State in Charge of Economic Forecasting, Development
and Public Action Development, Irenee Koupaki;
-- Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing, Roger
Dovonou;
-- President's Special Advisor for Diplomatic Affairs, -- Ambassador
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo;
-- Director of International Organizations, Thomas Adoumasse(AF);
-- Assistant to the Director of International Organizations, Amina
Ganiyi (AF);
-- President's Protocol Chief, Ambassador Adelui Jean Pierre Edon;
-- Director of State Protocol, Ambassador Claude Ruben Fassinou;
-- President's Physician Doctor, Captain Cisse;
-- President Physician Doctor, Jin Hui Ming;
2. The members marked (AF) are travelling separately on Air France
flights.
3. The Beninese official delegation will travel on a chartered
BOEING 737-700, belonging to an Emirati company called Royal Jet.
The pilots are Garvin Eric Lister (Australian) and Michael
Scweighofer (German).
4. The plane will arrive in New York (JFK) on September 20 at 16:05
(ETA.) They will depart from New York (JFK) on September 27 at a
time TBD.
5. The POC is the Beninese Ambassador to the UN, Jean Marie Ehouzou.
His telephone number is (917) 957-4956.
BROWN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/W ACOOK; IO/UNP FOR SUN; USUN; NSC FOR MCDONALD; AF/RSA
FOR HADELMAN AND BARLERIN
LONDON FOR PETER LORD
PARIS FOR BKANEDA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
SUBJECT: BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
REF: (A)Brown/Cook email dated 9/5/2008, (B)STATE 72078
1. Further to Ref (A),the list of Beninese attendees at the 63rd
UNGA follows:
-- Head of Delegation, H.E. President Boni Yayi;
-- President's Wife, Chantal de Souza Yayi;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie
and the Beninese Diaspora, Moussa Okanla (AF);
-- Minister of State in Charge of Economic Forecasting, Development
and Public Action Development, Irenee Koupaki;
-- Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing, Roger
Dovonou;
-- President's Special Advisor for Diplomatic Affairs, -- Ambassador
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo;
-- Director of International Organizations, Thomas Adoumasse(AF);
-- Assistant to the Director of International Organizations, Amina
Ganiyi (AF);
-- President's Protocol Chief, Ambassador Adelui Jean Pierre Edon;
-- Director of State Protocol, Ambassador Claude Ruben Fassinou;
-- President's Physician Doctor, Captain Cisse;
-- President Physician Doctor, Jin Hui Ming;
2. The members marked (AF) are travelling separately on Air France
flights.
3. The Beninese official delegation will travel on a chartered
BOEING 737-700, belonging to an Emirati company called Royal Jet.
The pilots are Garvin Eric Lister (Australian) and Michael
Scweighofer (German).
4. The plane will arrive in New York (JFK) on September 20 at 16:05
(ETA.) They will depart from New York (JFK) on September 27 at a
time TBD.
5. The POC is the Beninese Ambassador to the UN, Jean Marie Ehouzou.
His telephone number is (917) 957-4956.
BROWN