MISSION CLEARANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON SUDAN

UNCLAS STATE 043657

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UNSC PREL KE
SUBJECT: MISSION CLEARANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON SUDAN


1. Mission clearance is requested for Robert E. Whitehead,
incoming Charg d'Affaires (CDA),U.S. Embassy Khartoum, for
Tuesday, May 5, 2009.


2. CDA Whitehead is currently conducting pre-deployment
consultations in Washington, D.C., prior to assuming his
position at U.S. Embassy Khartoum in mid-May 2009, where he
will serve as Chief of Mission until 2011. CDA Whitehead is
seeking meetings in New York with relevant Sudan players,
including USUN leadership, the Sudanese Mission to the United
Nations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),the United Nations Mission in
the Sudan (UNMIS) and other meetings as appropriate. CDA
Whitehead is requesting Mission clearance on Tuesday, May 5,
2009, for these consultations.


3. USUN Point of Contact is Gabrielle Cowan, tel.
212-415-4298. Request mission assistance in arranging for a
UN badge for CDA Whitehead and for facilitating meetings as
specified in Paragraph 2. S/USSES Point of Contact is Emily
Bruno, tel: 202-647-5066, email: BrunoEK@state.gov.
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