Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09WINDHOEK182
2009-05-20 16:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Windhoek
Cable title:
NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ECONOMIC CRISIS
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UNCLAS WINDHOEK 000182
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
IO/EDA/DBALLARD AND EEB/IFD/ODF/KEMONAHAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN UNGA WA
SUBJECT: NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ECONOMIC CRISIS
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 50892
UNCLAS WINDHOEK 000182
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
IO/EDA/DBALLARD AND EEB/IFD/ODF/KEMONAHAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN UNGA WA
SUBJECT: NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ECONOMIC CRISIS
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 50892
1. (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the
upcoming United Nations Conference on the "World Financial
and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development" to the
Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julius Zaya Shiweva,
at the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 20. Post
also delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Asoka Seneviratne,
Special Advisor to the Director General of the National
Planning Commission (NPC). The NPC is the lead government
agency that coordinates development projects and foreign
assistance in Namibia.
2. (SBU) Namibia plans to send a delegation to the
conference. Dr. Peter Katjavivi, the Director General of the
NPC, is currently slated to lead the delegation. However,
according to Seneviratne, Namibian President Hifikepunye
Pohamba has not ruled out attending the conference himself or
sending Prime Minister Nahas Angula in his stead to lead the
delegation. Whether or not he is the lead, Katjavivi will be
a member of the Namibian delegation, Seneviratne explained.
Susan Lewis, the NPC's Director for Development Cooperation,
will also likely serve on the delegation. Seneviratne
promised emboff that his staff would notify Embassy Windhoek
as soon as the composition of the Namibian delegation is
finalized.
3. (SBU) Neither Shiweva nor Seneviratne was familiar with
the draft outcome document released by the President of the
General Assembly (PGA) Miguel D'Escoto Brockman on May 8.
Emboff provided both with a copy of the draft document and
the non-paper contained in reftel. Seneviratne explained
that the Namibian government was still crafting its position
for the conference. He noted that Namibia is keen to see the
conference yield "concrete deliverables" and not just
"macro-level promises of assistance to developing countries.
Emboff responded that the USG and other nations are concerned
that the draft outcome document could hinder UN member states
from reaching consensus, thus preventing the opportunity for
the conference to result in the kind of substantive document
the GRN seeks.
MATHIEU
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
IO/EDA/DBALLARD AND EEB/IFD/ODF/KEMONAHAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN UNGA WA
SUBJECT: NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ECONOMIC CRISIS
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 50892
1. (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the
upcoming United Nations Conference on the "World Financial
and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development" to the
Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julius Zaya Shiweva,
at the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 20. Post
also delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Asoka Seneviratne,
Special Advisor to the Director General of the National
Planning Commission (NPC). The NPC is the lead government
agency that coordinates development projects and foreign
assistance in Namibia.
2. (SBU) Namibia plans to send a delegation to the
conference. Dr. Peter Katjavivi, the Director General of the
NPC, is currently slated to lead the delegation. However,
according to Seneviratne, Namibian President Hifikepunye
Pohamba has not ruled out attending the conference himself or
sending Prime Minister Nahas Angula in his stead to lead the
delegation. Whether or not he is the lead, Katjavivi will be
a member of the Namibian delegation, Seneviratne explained.
Susan Lewis, the NPC's Director for Development Cooperation,
will also likely serve on the delegation. Seneviratne
promised emboff that his staff would notify Embassy Windhoek
as soon as the composition of the Namibian delegation is
finalized.
3. (SBU) Neither Shiweva nor Seneviratne was familiar with
the draft outcome document released by the President of the
General Assembly (PGA) Miguel D'Escoto Brockman on May 8.
Emboff provided both with a copy of the draft document and
the non-paper contained in reftel. Seneviratne explained
that the Namibian government was still crafting its position
for the conference. He noted that Namibia is keen to see the
conference yield "concrete deliverables" and not just
"macro-level promises of assistance to developing countries.
Emboff responded that the USG and other nations are concerned
that the draft outcome document could hinder UN member states
from reaching consensus, thus preventing the opportunity for
the conference to result in the kind of substantive document
the GRN seeks.
MATHIEU