Cablegate: Spain Asks for Us Backing for Reelection of Marino

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131329Z Oct 05

UNCLAS MADRID 003580

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM SP UNGA
SUBJECT: SPAIN ASKS FOR US BACKING FOR REELECTION OF MARINO
MENENDEZ TO COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE

1. (U) Embassy Madrid received the following diplomatic note
from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking support
for the Spanish candidate for the committee on torture.

2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation sends regards
to the Embassy of the United States of America in Madrid, and
has the honor to communicate that the Government of Spain has
decided to present as a candidate Mr. Fernando Marino
Menendez for reelection as a member of the Committee Against
Torture. The elections will take place during the coming
meeting of the States Participating in the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane, or Degrading Punishments,
in November of this year.

Professor Marino Menendez, whose resume is attached (NOTE:
Post has faxed this to EUR/WE), has extensive academic
experience in International Human Rights Law, to which he has
added since 2002 his notable contribution to the work of the
Committee against Torture, of which he is President since
2004.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs trusts that it will receive
the valuable support of the authorities of the United States
of American for this candidature.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation would like to
reiterate to the Embassy of the United States of America in
Madrid its most distinguished consideration.

Madrid, September 20, 2005

(STAMPED RECEIVED OCT 5 2005 BY US EMBASSY MADRID)

End text.

3. (U) Post has faxed Fernando M. Marino Menendez's resume to
EUR/WE.
AGUIRRE

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