UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE FIFTH COMMITTEE -

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000943 SIPDIS SIPDIS PASS TO BRIAN HACKETT IO/MPR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC UNGA SUBJECT: UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE FIFTH COMMITTEE - GUIDANCE REQUEST REF: SECSTATE 145779 ¶1. This is a guidance request. See para 3. ¶2. Summary: The Fifth Committee will hold elections on Friday, November 2, 2007, for the following offices: Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), Committee on Contributions (CoC),Board of Auditors (BoA), United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT),and Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC). There are no retiring members this session on the International Civil Service Commission or the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board. The Committee will also confirm the appointments by the Secretary General to the Investments Committee. The Western European and Other States (WEOG) position(s) for election to the ACABQ and IAAC are the only contested races. End Summary. ¶3. USUN requests guidance on which of the 3 candidates to support in the contested election for the 2 ACABQ WEOG vacancies. Unless told otherwise, USUN will join in acclamation for all other uncontested elections. Please find outline below of candidates for each body. CVs for all nominees will be sent to Brian Hackett on the unclassified system. ¶4. ACABQ. There are no retiring members from the African States or the Eastern European States. - Asian States: Ms. Misako Kaji (Japan) is running for reelection. Mr. Rajat Saha (India) is retiring and Mr. Nagesh Singh (India) is the candidate for his replacement. Ms. Sun Minqin (China) is retiring. Mr. Imtiaz Hussain (Pakistan) is running for election. Ms. Misako, Mr. Singh and Mr. Hussain have been endorsed by the Asian States. (Uncontested) - Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC): Mr. Jorge Flores Callejas (Honduras) is running for reelection and has been endorsed by GRULAC. (Uncontested) - WEOG: Mr. Ronald Elkhuizen (The Netherlands) is retiring. Mr. Jerry Kramer (Canada) is running for reelection. Mr. Peter Maddens (Belgium) and Mr. Wasim Mir (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) are running for election. This is a contested election for 2 vacancies between Canada, Belgium and the UK. As such, none of them have been endorsed by the WEOG and USUN requests guidance on which 2 candidates to support. (Contested) ¶5. CoC. There are no retiring members from the Asian States or the Eastern European States. - African States: Mr. Paul Ekorong A Dong (Cameroon) and Mr. Hassan Mohammed Hassan (Nigeria) are retiring. Mr. Abdelmalek Bouheddou (Algeria) is running for election and has been endorsed by the African States. The candidate for the second vacancy has been not been nominated by the African Group at this time. USUN will pass any additional information received on this matter to the Department. (Uncontested) - GRULAC: Mr. Eduardo Iglesias (Argentina) is retiring and Mr. Luis Mariano Hermosillo Sosa (Mexico) is the candidate for his replacement. Mr. Bernardo Greiver del Hoyo (Uruguay) is running for reelection. Mr. Greiver del Hoyo and Mr. Sosa have been endorsed by GRULAC. (Uncontested) - WEOG: Mr. Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Mr. Eduardo Manuel da Fonseca Fernandes Ramos (Portugal) are running for reelection. Mr. Ramos has been endorsed by the WEOG. (Uncontested) ¶6. BoA. The Chairman of the Commission of Audit of the Philippines is retiring. The Auditor General of the General Audit Office of the People's Republic of China is running for election. (Uncontested) ¶7. UNAT. Mr. Julio Barboza (Argentina) is retiring. Mr. Agustin Gordillo (Argentina) is the candidate for his replacement. Mr. Dayendra Sena Wijewardana (Sri Lanka) is running for reelection. (Uncontested) ¶8. IAAC. The WEOG position is the only contested seat for election to the IAAC (ref A). USUN is working diligently and tirelessly to promote the election of Mr. David Walker, and, of course, will vote for him. - African States: Mr. John Muwanga (Uganda) (Uncontested) - Asian States: Mr. Vijayendra N. Kaul (India) (Uncontested) - Eastern European States: Mr. Vadim V. Dubinkin (Russian Federation) (Uncontested) - Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC): Mr. Adrian Strachan (Jamaica) (Uncontested) - Western European and other States: Mr. Rafael Munoz (Spain),Mr. Moreno Sella (Switzerland) and Mr. David M. Walker (United States of America) (Contested) ¶9. Investment Committee. Mr. William J. McDonough (United States of America) and Ms. Helene Ploix (France) have been reappointed. Mr. Jurgen Reimnitz (Germany) is retiring and Mr. Achim Kassow (Germany) has been appointed. Mr. Ivan Pictet (Switzerland) has been appointed as an ad hoc member. (Uncontested) Khalilzad