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05KINGSTON2634
2005-12-01 20:10:00
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Embassy Kingston
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GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR

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012010Z Dec 05
UNCLAS KINGSTON 002634 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR (WBENT)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL JM
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR
RALSTON NETTLEFORD

REF: GOERTZ/BENT 11/15/2005 FAX

UNCLAS KINGSTON 002634

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR (WBENT)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL JM
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR
RALSTON NETTLEFORD

REF: GOERTZ/BENT 11/15/2005 FAX


1. Response guidance is requested for Government of Jamaica
diplomatic note received on November 15, 2005. Note gives
notice of the candidature of Ambassador Professor the
Honorable Ralston Nettleford OM for election to the Working
Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent as
representative for the Group of Latin American and Caribbean
States at upcoming elections in March 2006. Text follows in
paragraph two.


2. Diplomatic Note 50/151/16. Begin Text:

Complimentary opening

...the Government of Jamaica has decided to present the
candidature of Ambassador Professor the Honourable Ralston
Nettleford OM for election to the Working Group of Experts on
Peoples of African Descent as representative for the Group of
Latin American and Caribbean States at elections to be held
during the next meeting of the Working Group in March 2006.

Professor Nettleford, a former Rhodes Scholar and
Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, is an
eminent Caribbean educator, social and cultural historian,
political analyst, choreographer and artistic director. He
has worked extensively on issues regarding race and culture,
labour relations, social policy, and the African Diaspora,
and has authored and edited numerous books and papers on
these issues. Professor Nettleford has also served as an
authority on issues of culture and identity both in Jamaica
and across the Caribbean.

The Government of Jamaica believes that Professor
Nettleford's wide-ranging experience in the international
area, including work with the International Labour
Organisation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation and the Organisation of American
States, among others, equips him to contribute positively to
the mission of the Working Group. A copy of Professor
Nettleford's curriculum vitae is attached.

The Government of Jamaica would greatly appreciate the
valuable support of the Government of the United States of
American for this candidature.

Complimentary closing.

End Text


3. Per Ref, full text of the note and accompanying
curriculum vitae for Ambassador Nettleford have been faxed to
WHA/CAR.
TIGHE