FREETOWN DELIVERED MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND

UNCLAS FREETOWN 000121 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON ETRD PREL SL SUBJECT: FREETOWN DELIVERED MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND AND 2008 REVIEW PROCESS REF: SECSTATE 15117 ¶1. On February 28, Ambassador Perry spoke with Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura to convey information on the Monterrey consensus and the review process. She provided the Minister with a full text of the 2002 Monterrey consensus document and a copy of UNGA Resolution. Minister Bangura commented that Sierra Leone was in full accord with the precepts of the Monterrey Consensus. ¶2. On March 11, DCM also followed up with the MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie on the same subject. Post will continue to seek opportunities to express the U.S. position on the Monterrey Consensus. PERRY