EL SALVADOR: GOES CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000190 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ES PGOV PHUM PREL UN SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: GOES CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ¶1. Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that the GOES will nominate Ambassador Roberto Mejia Trabanino for a 2007-2010 position on the UN Human Rights Committee, the elections for which will take place September 9, 2006 in New York. Trabanino has served as MFA Director of Human Rights, on the 1994 Presidential Commission for Human Rights, and as El Salvador's representative on the Committee of Independent Experts of the European Union's Program for Human Rights Promotion in Central America and Panama. Post will transmit copies of letter and accompanying bio to WHA/CEN via fax. Barclay