CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000913 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/UNP (SUN),P (REINEMEYER),WHA/CAN, AND WHA/PPC NSC FOR MCDONALD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CA SUBJECT: CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REF: STATE 72078 ¶1. (SBU) Currently available information requested in reftel: ¶A. Head of State not expected to attend ¶B. Head of Government expected to attend -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper -- Arrival on evening of September 24; participation in Millennium Development Goal meeting on morning of September 25; speech to UNGA on afternoon of September 25; departure either on evening of September 25 or on morning September 26 -- spouse Laureen Harper likely to accompany -- No need for interpretation ¶C. Foreign Minister expected to attend -- Minister of Foreign Affairs David Emerson -- Arrival o/a September 22; departure o/a September 27 -- Spouse unlikely to accompany -- No need for interpretation ¶D. No other VIPs expected to attend ¶E. Senior Foreign Ministry official -- Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations James Fox -- Arrival o/a September 22; departure o/a September 27 -- No information on spouse -- No need for interpretation. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada WILKINS