Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09OTTAWA577
2009-07-24 18:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
INTERIM RESPONSE ON CANADIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE
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UNCLAS OTTAWA 000577
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/UNP (SUN) AND WHA/PPC (BEN-YAHUDA),USUN FOR
DUGAN, AND NSC FOR BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CA
SUBJECT: INTERIM RESPONSE ON CANADIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE
REF: STATE 68590
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000577
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/UNP (SUN) AND WHA/PPC (BEN-YAHUDA),USUN FOR
DUGAN, AND NSC FOR BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CA
SUBJECT: INTERIM RESPONSE ON CANADIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE
REF: STATE 68590
1. Responses keyed to reftel, per instructions.
A. Attendance of Head of State -- The Governor General has no
plans to attend UNGA, according to Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) UN and Commonwealth
Affairs Policy Advisor David Murphy Haglund.
-- Governor General Michaelle Jean
B. Attendance of Head of Government -- The Prime Minister's
Office will not decide on his participation or meeting
requests until "much later in the summer and most likely in
September" according to DFAIT's Murphy Haglund.
-- Prime Minister Stephen Harper
-- No interpretation required.
C. Attendance of Foreign Minister -- The Foreign Minister
will "definitely attend" UNGA, according to Haglund, but has
still not fixed his arrival date or meeting requests.
-- Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon
-- No interpretation required.
D. Attendance of other VIPs -- Haglund had no information at
this time on other VIPs or their attendance plans. He added
this will likely change as Canada refines its UNGA plans in
mid to late August.
E. Attendance of Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO
affairs -- Haglund reiterated that the Foreign Minister will
decide on senior DFAIT attendance in mid to late August.
-- Assistant Deputy Minister (Under Secretary equivalent)
Keith Christie
-- International Organization Director General David Angell
-- No interpretation required.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BREESE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/UNP (SUN) AND WHA/PPC (BEN-YAHUDA),USUN FOR
DUGAN, AND NSC FOR BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CA
SUBJECT: INTERIM RESPONSE ON CANADIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE
REF: STATE 68590
1. Responses keyed to reftel, per instructions.
A. Attendance of Head of State -- The Governor General has no
plans to attend UNGA, according to Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) UN and Commonwealth
Affairs Policy Advisor David Murphy Haglund.
-- Governor General Michaelle Jean
B. Attendance of Head of Government -- The Prime Minister's
Office will not decide on his participation or meeting
requests until "much later in the summer and most likely in
September" according to DFAIT's Murphy Haglund.
-- Prime Minister Stephen Harper
-- No interpretation required.
C. Attendance of Foreign Minister -- The Foreign Minister
will "definitely attend" UNGA, according to Haglund, but has
still not fixed his arrival date or meeting requests.
-- Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon
-- No interpretation required.
D. Attendance of other VIPs -- Haglund had no information at
this time on other VIPs or their attendance plans. He added
this will likely change as Canada refines its UNGA plans in
mid to late August.
E. Attendance of Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO
affairs -- Haglund reiterated that the Foreign Minister will
decide on senior DFAIT attendance in mid to late August.
-- Assistant Deputy Minister (Under Secretary equivalent)
Keith Christie
-- International Organization Director General David Angell
-- No interpretation required.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BREESE