CYPRIOT DELEGATION AND PLANS FOR UPCOMING GENERAL

UNCLAS NICOSIA 000741 QQQQ SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, S/ES, S/CPR, IO/UNP (REINEMEYER), EUR/PGI (TESSLER). NSC FOR MCDONALD. E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CY SUBJECT: CYPRIOT DELEGATION AND PLANS FOR UPCOMING GENERAL ASSEMBLY REF: NICOSIA 633 ¶1. (SBU) The Republic of Cyprus Presidency on September 16 provided the following information regarding the Cypriot delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly, which updates provisional submission forwarded on August 5 (Reftel): a) Composition: President Demetris Christofias (Head of Delegation),Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou, Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou, Director of the Presidents Diplomatic Office Leonidas Pantelides, Presidency officer Menelaos Menelaou, FM Chief of Staff Kornelios Korneliou, MFA Political Director Rhea Yordamlis. b) Travel Schedule: Arrival into New York JFK on BA 113 at 1815 hrs on September 20. Departure from JFK on BA 172 at 0820 hrs on September 27. The entire party will stay at the Waldkrf-Astoria hotel. Presidency staff already have passed passenger information via Cypriot Permanent Representation to UN Secretariat for protocol and security purposes; diplomatic visas have been secured at Embassy Nicosia. c) Substantive Schedule: President Christofias will meet UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon on September 21 and will address the General Assembly on September 24. He will also represent Cyprus at a Millenium Challenge-related gathering. Presidency contacts report that Christofias has accepted President Bush's invitation for an unspecified event, while the Ambassador personally delivered to FM Kyprianou an invition to attend the Secretary's Transatlantic Lunch (Kyprianou accepted). The Cypriot delegation intends to host some type of Cyprus Problem-focused event for representatives of Permanent-5 countries, and plans to meet with UN Political Undersecretary Lynn Pascoe. Finally, Cyprus is seeking bilats with Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, India, Nigeria, Armenia, and Algeria. d) Requests for Assistance: At this moment, the Cypriot delegation is not requesting Embassy or Department assistance in organizing meetings with USG principals. U.S. requests for meetings with Cypriot officials should be channeled through the Cypriot PermRep in New York. Urbancic