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