CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION: GREECE OFFERS

UNCLAS ATHENS 001557 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE IO/RHS, L/HRR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA GR SUBJECT: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION: GREECE OFFERS OWN CANDIDATE REF: SECSTATE 107687 ¶1. (SBU) PolOff and visiting DeskOff delivered reftel dipnote, points, and CV of Felice Gaer to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Deputy Head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis. Rallis said he would forward the materials to the FM's Cabinet and to the Greek mission in Geneva with the recommendation that one of Greece's votes be cast for Ms. Gaer. ¶2. (SBU) Rallis also informed us that a Greek candidate, Dr. Maria Piniou-Kalli, was also running for one of the five seats on the Committee Against Torture (CAT). Rallis provided a CV for Piniou-Kalli, a copy of which post will fax to EUR/SE. Highlights of Piniou-Kalli's CV include: -- MD in Internal Pathology; -- Founder and Medical Director of the Center for Torture Victims in Athens since 1989; -- President of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, 1998-2003; -- Founding Member of the Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims of Thessalonica, 1997; -- General Secretary of the Middle East & North Africa Network for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims since 1996; -- Founding Member and General Secretary of the Balkan Network for the Prevention of Torture and the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, 1993-1996. COUNTRYMAN