COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000857 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OTRA ICTY ICTR PREL PGOV BE NL TZ SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE UN ATTORNEY ADVISER JAMES B. DONOVAN ¶1. Country Clearance is requested for James B. Donovan of the United States Mission New York to travel to The Hague the Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium and to Arusha, Tanzania. The UN Security Council Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, which deals with issues related to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as well as the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR),both subsidiary organs of the Security Council, is planning a mission to the respective seats of the Tribunals (The Hague, The Netherlands, and Arusha, Tanzania). The Informal Working Group is chaired for 2008 by the Permanent Mission of Belgium. Mr. Donovan will represent the U.S. on this mission. Mr. Donovan holds a diplomatic passport. Passport number is 910076913. ¶2. Proposed itinerary: 26 Sept LV Newark 16:25 via KLM flight 6064 27 Sept AR Amsterdam 0600 27 Sept LV Amsterdam 0650 via KLM flight 1721 27 Sept AR Brussels 0745 28 Sept LV Amsterdam 1020 via KLM flight 567 28 Sept AR Kilimanjaro, TZ 1945 30 Sept LV Kilimanjaro TZ via KLM Flight 571 01 Oct AR Amsterdam 0700 03 Oct LV Amsterdam via KLM Flight 641 03 Oct AR JFK 1520. ¶3. Embassy assistance is not required as accommodations and transportation have already been arranged by the Kingdom of Belgium. Khalilzad