US embassy cable - 05WELLINGTON759

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000759 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR G AND EAP/ANP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, EAGR, ECON, KSCA, PREL, SOCI, NZ, WHO 
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND ENDORSES JOINT STATEMENT BY 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA 
 
REF: A. STATE 180478 
     B. STATE 175585 
     C. WELLINGTON 704 
 
1. The New Zealand government supports the International 
Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza and would welcome 
being included in the Joint Statement to be issued by the 
partnership (ref B). 
 
2. Post on September 26 delivered ref A talking points and 
Joint Statement to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and to the External Assessments 
Bureau, which is in the Prime Minister's office and has been 
following the avian flu epidemic (ref C).  On September 30, 
Rosemary Paterson, director of MFAT's Consular Division, 
notified post of her government's support of the partnership 
and its agreement to New Zealand's name being included on the 
release of the Joint Statement. 
 
3. Paterson also noted that the New Zealand delegation to the 
partnership's Senior Officials meeting October 6-7 in 
Washington will be led by New Zealand's Ambassador to the 
United States, John Wood.  The delegation will include 
Paterson and possibly one other member of the New Zealand 
Embassy. 
 
4. Rosemary Paterson's title and contact details are: 
Director, Consular Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs and Trade; tel 64-4-439-8044; fax 64-4-439-8532; 
e-mail Rosemary.Paterson@mfat.govt.nz. 
 
5. Post has provided Paterson with a copy of the notional 
agenda (ref A). 
Burnett