COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN

UNCLAS BOGOTA 007399 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CO OAS SUBJECT: COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR THE CHILD AND THE ADOLESCENT ¶1. Post received on August 2 dipnote DPM/CAI No. 39477 dated March 16 requesting U.S. support for Geraldo Burgos Bernal's candidacy as Director General of the Inter-American Institute for the Child and the Adolescent with Burgos's CV (dipnote and CV faxed to WAH/AND). The candidacy is to be proposed to the OAS SYG at the 80th Ordinary Meeting in Mexico City August 22-23. ¶2. The dipnote specifies Burgos's expertise in public administration, including social security, planning, government contracting, public awareness, policies and programs for development of vulnerable communities, and in particular for children and adolescents. Also noted is Burgos's 17-year career directing programs in the GOC and Bogota Ministries of Health and in the GOC Family Welfare Institute with special reference to fiscal management and child and adolescent development. Burgos's CV lists graduation and subsequent specialization in public administration from the Superior School of Public Administration in Bogota and a 2003 Diploma in current methods of quantitative analysis and research from the University of the Andes. ¶3. Post notes that the GOC has without fail supported U.S. candidacies for international boards and commissions. DRUCKER