Identifier
Created
Classification
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06MEXICO5293
2006-09-19 18:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Mexico
Cable title:
MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR W.H.O.
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UNCLAS MEXICO 005293
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MX PGOV PHUM PREL WHO
SUBJECT: MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR W.H.O.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
Per a dipnote dated September 6, 2006, the Mexican
Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) reiterated its request
SIPDIS
for USG support for Secretary of Public Health Dr. Julio
Frenk's candidacy as Director General of the World Health
Organization (WHO). The election of the next Director
General will take place at the next WHO Executive Board
meeting in Geneva, 6-8 November. In the same dipnote, the
SRE announced its support for Ruth Wedgwood, the USG
candidate for the UN Human Rights Committee, who was
re-elected on September 7, 2006.
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