Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Wilton Park Conference On the Use Of

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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR WILTON PARK CONFERENCE ON THE USE OF
MILITARY ASSETS IN THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN
UNITED KINGDOM, SEPTEMBER 28-30, 2009

1. This is an action request. See para three.

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Wilton Park conference on the use of military assets in the
humanitarian response to natural disasters in United Kingdom, which
will begin on September 28, 2009. Post vetting was completed on
September 02, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by
September 15 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post
requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following
candidates:

1. Name: Md. Farhad Uddin
Rank: Additional Secretary
Unit: Director General, Disaster Management Bureau
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: 2252
Date of Birth: 01 July 1955
Place of Birth: Gazipur, Bangladesh

3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make
the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies
that the Department of State possesses no credible information of
gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or
unit."

4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass
e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov.

5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these
individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in
gross violations of human rights.

Moriarty

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