Cablegate: Costa Rica Will Support Gaer Candidacy (Convention

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CS PREL UNGA PHUM
SUBJECT: COSTA RICA WILL SUPPORT GAER CANDIDACY (CONVENTION
AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION)

REF: STATE 107679

1. On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel information via
diplomatic note to Christian Guillermet Fernandez, Director
General of the Foreign Policy Office of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Rita Hernandez Bolanos, Director of
Protocol of the MFA.

2. MFA officials indicate that they will support Ms. Gaer's
candidacy to continue her work on the Committee.
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