President Robert Mugabe maintained a small delegation of seven to the United Nations general assembly in August 2008 though he had just won the controversial presidential elections six weeks earlier. There was only one change. Tourism Minister Francis Nhema was replaced by intelligence director Happyton Bonyongwe.
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VZCZCXRO6306
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHSB #0671 2210957
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 080957Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3268
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1948
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS HARARE 000671
AF/S FOR G. GARLAND
AF/RSA FOR HALDEMAN AND BARLERIN
P FOR ANNELIESE REINEMEYER
IO/UNP FOR DOUGLAS SUN
NSC FOR MCDONALD
SIPDIS
E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ZI
SUBJECT: UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS –
ZIMBABWE
REF: STATE 72078
¶A. Attendance of the Head of State:
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President
September 23 to October 1, 2008. Exact date/time of
arrival/departure not available.
Grace Mugabe, First Lady, will accompany the President.
No interpretation required.
¶B. Attendance of Head of Government:
Same as A.
¶C. Attendance of Foreign Minister:
S.S. Mumbengegwi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
September 23 to October 1, 2008. Exact date/time of
arrival/departure not available.
No spouse will accompany.
No interpretation required.
¶D. Other VIPs:
Amb. Munyaradzi Samuel Kajese, Chief of Protocol
September 23 to October 1, 2008. Exact date/time of
arrival/departure not available.
No spouse will accompany.
No interpretation required.
George Charamba, Secretary for Information and Publicity,
President’s Office
September 23 to October 1, 2008. Exact date/time of
arrival/departure not available.
No spouse will accompany.
No interpretation required.
Major Gen. H. Bonyongwe (Rtd.), Director General, President’s
Office
September 23 to October 1, 2008. Exact date/time of
arrival/departure not available.
No spouse will accompany.
No interpretation required.
¶E. Attendance of the Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO
affairs:
Joey Mazorodze Bimha, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs
September 23 to October 1, 2008. Exact date/time of
arrival/departure not available.
No spouse will accompany.
No interpretation required.
MCGEE
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