GUATEMALA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 000438 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CEN AND WHA/USOAS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV GT SUBJECT: GUATEMALA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR INTERAMERICAN JUDICIAL COMMITTEE ¶1. This is an action request (see paragraph 4). ¶2. We received a request from the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the Inter-American Judicial Committee Qthe Organization of AmericanQates, Rodolfo Rohrmoser-Valdeavellano. A copy of the request and a biography will be faxed to WHA/CEN and WHA/USOAS. ¶3. Begin informal Embassy translation of diplomatic note: (Complimentary opening) The Government of the Republic of Guatemala has decided to present the candidacy of Rodolfo Rohrmoser-Valdeavellano to occupy one of the two vacant positions in the Inter-American Judicial Committee, in the elections that will take place during the Thirty-seventh Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, to be held in Panama, in June 2007. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to highlight the merits of Rohrmoser-Valdeavellano, who has an extensive career in the sphere of civil, mercantile, administrative and international law. He has been an Arbiter with the American Arbitration Association (AAA),President and Manager of the Private Center of Resolution, Conciliation and Arbitration and President of the Coordination of Entities Interested in the Peaceful Resolution of Controversies (CENIREPAC). He has been a Judge and substitute Judge of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Judge and substitute Judge of the Constitutional Court, Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and member of several diplomatic missions in different countries and international organizations. Due to the value that the Government of Guatemala places on the candidacy of Mr. Rohrmoser, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs kindly asks for the support that the Honorable Government of the United States of America can provide to his candidacy. (Complimentary closing) End informal Embassy translation of diplomatic note. ¶4. Please advise how to respond to Guatemalan request. Derham