CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 001959 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE REGIONAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA COURSE REF: A. SANTIAGO 01903 ¶B. COMSOCSOUTH 071600Z NOV 05 ¶C. 05 STATE 83724 ¶1. This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. ¶2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. This individual is a replacement for one of the individuals included in reftel A. Please transmit the results of such, including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to Embassy. ¶3. The proposed training is the Regional Pandemic Influenza Counter Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP) Course, which will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, September 25 through September 28, 2006. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appears in the following format: Name, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Mauricio Leissner Seitter, Chilean Navy Health Services, 22 Aug 1951, Santiago, 6246360-0 ¶4. Embassy has conducted its own review and did not find credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY