Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

Minister/Ministerial adviser/Ministerial staff/Parliamentary Secretary/Exempt Staff

United Nations General Assembly: Represented Canada and spoke at the United Nations Security Council Debate on Iraq. Meetings with HE Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France; HE Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Meeting with Canada’s Consul-General to New York, John Prato. Working dinner with HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. Attended and spoke at working breakfast with Graca Machel and Mabel van Oranje of Girls Not Brides on fighting early and forced marriage. Meeting with HE Harry Kalaba, Foreign Minister of Zambia. Co-hosted UN Signature Event on Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage along with HE Federica Mogharini of Italy, HE Harry Kalaba of Zambia, HE Khaled Bahah, Yemeni Permanent Representative to the UN, Ms. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, and Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International. Attended and spoke at the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee. Meeting with HE Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. Meeting of the Ministerial Consultation Group hosted by the International Peace Institute. Working dinner with Foreign Ministers from the Middle East hosted by the International Peace Institute. Attended and spoke at working breakfast hosted by HE Martin Lidegaard, Foreign Minister of Denmark on Strengthening Engagement on Countering Violent Extremism. Attended and spoke at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum and Ministerial Meeting. Hosted Strategic Dialogue Luncheon with the Gulf Cooperation Council, attended by HE Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid al Zayani, Secretary General of the GCC, HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain, HE Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdulla, Foreign Minister of Oman, HE Hunaina Al-Mughary, Omani Ambassador to the USA, HE Reem Al Hashimi, Minister of State UAE, HE Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait, HE Alya Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN, HE Abdallah Al Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN. Meeting with HE Albert del Rosario, Foreign Minister of the Philippines. Attended Opening of the UN General Assembly. Meeting with David Rothkopf, CEO and Editor of Foreign Policy Magazine. Attended the Summit on Foreign Terrorist Fighters hosted by HE Barack Obama, President of the United States. Meeting with HE Luiz Figueiredo, Foreign Minister of Brazil. Attended the Transatlantic Working Dinner hosted by HE John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States. Attended and spoke at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. Attended the Every Woman Every Child signature event hosted by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Prime Minister Harper. Meetings with HE Nikola Poposki, Foreign Minister of Macedonia; HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifah of Bahrain, HE Luis Fernando Carrera, Foreign Minister of Guatemala, HE Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Foreign Minister of Cuba. Attended and spoke at the OSCE/Ukraine meeting. Meetings with Dr. Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group; HE Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister of Austria; HE Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt; Honourable Aaron Schock, US Congressman (Illinois); and HE Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Minister of Israel.

Sep 19, 2014 to Sep 28, 2014

New York

T-2014-P06-00061

Accommodations paid by ICA