Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BUENOSAIRES456
2006-02-27 15:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
ARGENTINA TO BACK VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000456
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHA FOR PDAS AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO
EB/TRA/OTP FOR BIRD MATTINGLEY
IO/T FOR LAURENCE TOBEY
FAA FOR LEEANN HART
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA TO BACK VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL
REF: BUENOS AIRES 359
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000456
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHA FOR PDAS AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO
EB/TRA/OTP FOR BIRD MATTINGLEY
IO/T FOR LAURENCE TOBEY
FAA FOR LEEANN HART
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA TO BACK VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL
REF: BUENOS AIRES 359
1. The Department informed Post on Friday, February 24 that
some members of the Latin American Commission on Civil
Aviation (LACAC) intend to cast their votes for USG candidate
William Voss as the next Secretary General of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This
information represented a change in the agreement that
members of LACAC had reportedly reached during the
organization's Executive Committee Meeting in November 2005
(Reftel A). The voting on ICAO's leadership positions was
slated to begin the week of February 27.
2. The Ambassador spoke with key aviation/ICAO decision
makers Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and
Secretary of Transportation Ricardo Jaime late on February
SIPDIS
24. Garcia Moritan returned the Ambassador's call on
Saturday, February 25 to inform him that Argentina would cast
its vote for Voss.
3. To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our classified
website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires.< /a>
GUTIERREZ
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHA FOR PDAS AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO
EB/TRA/OTP FOR BIRD MATTINGLEY
IO/T FOR LAURENCE TOBEY
FAA FOR LEEANN HART
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA TO BACK VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL
REF: BUENOS AIRES 359
1. The Department informed Post on Friday, February 24 that
some members of the Latin American Commission on Civil
Aviation (LACAC) intend to cast their votes for USG candidate
William Voss as the next Secretary General of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This
information represented a change in the agreement that
members of LACAC had reportedly reached during the
organization's Executive Committee Meeting in November 2005
(Reftel A). The voting on ICAO's leadership positions was
slated to begin the week of February 27.
2. The Ambassador spoke with key aviation/ICAO decision
makers Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and
Secretary of Transportation Ricardo Jaime late on February
SIPDIS
24. Garcia Moritan returned the Ambassador's call on
Saturday, February 25 to inform him that Argentina would cast
its vote for Voss.
3. To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our classified
website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires.< /a>
GUTIERREZ