PIRACY OFF SOMALIA: WORKING GROUP 2 INVITATION,

UNCLAS COPENHAGEN 000487 SIPDIS STATE FOR L:LANDSIDLE, PM/GHD:HOPKINS, AF/RSA, EUR/NB E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EWWT KCRM MARR PREL SO SUBJECT: PIRACY OFF SOMALIA: WORKING GROUP 2 INVITATION, NOV. 26-27 IN COPENHAGEN REF: EMAIL BELL-LANDSIDLE 10/29/2009 ¶1. Embassy has received an invitation for the United States to send a delegation to the fourth meeting of The Working Group on Legal Issues (WG2) of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),to take place on November 26-27 at the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen. The invitation is from WG2 Chair Ambassador Thomas Winkler, who is MFA's Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs. ¶2. Delegations are asked to limit their participation to a maximum of three delegates, and to inform MFA about their participation no later than November 11. Point of contact is given as Ms. Mette Juul Trepka, email: mettre(at)um.dk, with cc's requested to tironi(at)um.dk and sabteg(at)um.dk. For its part, Embassy would appreciate earliest possible notification of arrivals/departures and any support requested. ¶3. The invitation with accompanying information packet has been been emailed to Jennifer Landsidle of L. FULTON