VZCZCXRO1940
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHAB #0904 2401208
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 281208Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3451
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0187
UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000904
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W-EPLUMB AND IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL UNGA IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE DELEGATION TO UNGA
REF: ABIDJAN 808
1. (SBU) Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Director of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) United Nations and
International Organizations Department, told Poloff August 27
that Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko will head
Cote d'Ivoire's delegation to the United Nations General
Assembly. Tanoh-Botcoue said the delegation would number
about 25 persons, with approximately 15 traveling from
Abidjan.
2. (SBU) Tanoh-Boutchoue said the MFA has contacted the
Ministers of Interior, Culture, and Environment regarding
attendance at the High Level Dialogues on Interfaith and
Intercultural Relations and Climate Change that will take
place on the margins of the UNGA, but no decision has yet
been made.
AKUETTEH