Cablegate: Demarche Response for Unga Food Security Event

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RR RUEHRN
DE RUEHLO #2131 2571542
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141542Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY LONDON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3488
INFO RUEHRN/USMISSION UN ROME 0029
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1479

UNCLAS LONDON 002131

SIPDIS

EEB/TPP/MTAA/ABT FOR CLEMENTS AND LURIE,
C PASS TO MARISA PLOWDEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE RESPONSE FOR UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT

REF: SECSTATE 93894

1. We delivered invitation letter and draft statement to the offices of UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and the Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, on Friday, 11 September. In the UK, the Department for International Development, DFID, is the policy lead on food security issues. As such, recommendations for the Foreign Secretary's attendance will be made by DFID. 2. DFID contacts told us September 14 that the decision on would attend was still pending, but that they expect high-level UK attendance, as food security remains a key foreign policy priority for the Foreign Office and DFID. We will advise as soon as we have a decision from HMG. Visit London's Classified Website: XXXXXXXXXXXX
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