MACEDONIA: 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SKOPJE 000495 SIPDIS FOR IO/UNP (SUN),NSC (MCDONALD),P (REINEMEYER),EUR/PGI (TESSLER) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MK SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS ¶1. (U) As requested reftel on planned high-level attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly, please find below planned GOM attendance. ¶A. Head of State, President Branko Crvenkovski, will attend UNGA. -- Branko Crvenkovski, President -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25, 2008. President Crvenkovski will be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- President Crvenkovski's wife will not/not travel to New York. -- Macedonian interpreter will be provided by the GOM. ¶B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, will not/not attend UNGA. ¶C. Foreign Minister, Antonio Milososki, will likely attend UNGA. -- Antonio Milososki, Foreign Minister -- Arrival/departure TBD. Presence at the UNGA General Debate TBD. -- Milososki's wife will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. ¶D. Attendance of other VIPs. VIP, Natasa Savova, will attend UNGA. -- Natasa Savova, Secretary General of the Cabinet of the President -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25, 2008. Savova will likely be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- Savova's husband will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. VIP, Stevo Pendarovki, will attend UNGA. -- Stevo Pendarovki, Advisor to the President - Foreign Relations -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25, 2008. Pendarovki will likely be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- Pendarovki's wife will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. VIP, Darko Kostadinovski, will attend UNGA. -- Darko Kostadinovski, Assistant to the President's Advisor on Foreign Relations -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25, 2008. Kostadinovski will likely be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- Kostadinovski's wife will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. VIP, Pece Mirceski, will attend UNGA. -- Pece Mirceski, Advisor to the President - Internal Policies -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25, 2008. Mirceski will not/not be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- Mirceski's wife will not/not travel to New York. SKOPJE 00000495 002 OF 002 -- Interpretation is not required. VIP, Zoran Jovanov, will attend UNGA. -- Zoran Jovanov, Member of the President's Cabinet -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25, 2008. Jovanov will not/not be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- Jovanov's wife will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. VIP, Svetlana Geleva, will attend UNGA. -- Svetlana Geleva, MFA State Counselor for Multilateral affairs -- Arrival September 20, 2008; departure October 2, 2008. Geleva will likely be present for the UNGA General Debate. -- Geleva's husband will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. ¶E. Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO affairs, Zoran Dabic, will attend UNGA. -- Zoran Dabic, Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO affairs -- Arrival September 20, 2008; departure October 2, 2008. -- Zoran Dabic's wife will not/not travel to New York. -- Interpretation is not required. Navratil