AUSTRALIA DELEGATION TO DOHA CONFERENCE ON FFD

UNCLASSIFIED,FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY UNCLAS CANBERRA 001191 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR EEB/ODF MONAHAN AND IO/EDA HARRIMAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON, EAID, UNGA, AS SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA DELEGATION TO DOHA CONFERENCE ON FFD REF: 122053 1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Treasury, AusAID, and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Vanessa Hegarty of AusAID noted they were working with State on a joint "statement by international development assistance donors on the impact of the current financial crisis on donor commitments." 2. (SBU) The Australian delegation to Doha is: Bob McMullen, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance Margaret Watt, Chief of Staff for McMullen Andrew Laing, Assistant Director General, Economics and Service Delivery Branch, AusAID Edward Archibald, Senior Economic Analyst, Economics Section, AusAID Professor John Langmore (NGO Representative), United Nations Association of Australia Vanessa Hegarty, Economics Section, AusAID. MCCALLUM