DAVID WALKER WINS INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000955 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC UNGA UNGA SUBJECT: DAVID WALKER WINS INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (IAAC) ELECTION AND THE RESULTS OF OTHER FIFTH COMMITTEE ELECTIONS REF: A. SECSTATE 145779 ¶B. USUN 943 ¶C. SECSTATE 151766 ¶1. (U) Summary: Fifth Committee elections were held on Friday, November 2, 2007. As reported in ref B, the WEOG positions on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) were the only contested elections. All other vacancies on the ACABQ, Committee on Contributions (CoC),Board of Auditors (BoA),United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT),IAAC, and Investment Committee were all elected by acclamation. David Walker (United States) was elected to a four-year term on the IAAC. Peter Maddens (Belgium) and Jerry Kramer (Canada) were both elected to a three-year term on the ACABQ. Detailed results of each election are listed below. End Summary. ¶2. (U) ACABQ: USUN followed the Department's voting instructions (ref B). The following were elected to the ACABQ for a term of three years beginning January 1, 2008: - Asian States: Ms. Misako Kaji (Japan),Mr. Nagesh Singh (India),and Mr. Imtiaz Hussain (Pakistan) were elected by acclamation. - Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC): Mr. Jorge Flores Callejas (Honduras) was elected by acclamation - WEOG: Mr. Jerry Kramer (Canada) and Mr. Peter Maddens (Belgium) won the contested election. Mr. Wasim Mir (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) lost. The results of the voting were as follows: 191 votes cast, 191 valid votes, 3 abstentions, 188 voting, 95 required majority, 128 votes for Belgium, 127 votes for Canada, and 106 votes for the United Kingdom. - There were no vacancies from the African States or the Eastern European States. ¶3. CoC. The following were elected to the CoC for a term of three years beginning January 1, 2008: - African States: Mr. Abdelmalek Bouheddou (Algeria) and Mr. Joseph Acakpo-Satchivi (Benin) were elected by acclamation. - GRULAC: Mr. Luis Mariano Hermosillo Sosa (Mexico) and Mr. Bernardo Greiver del Hoyo (Uruguay) were elected by acclamation. - WEOG: Mr. Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Mr. Eduardo Manuel da Fonseca Fernandes Ramos (Portugal) were elected by acclamation. - There were no vacancies from the Asian States or the Eastern European States. ¶6. BoA. The Auditor General of the General Audit Office of the People's Republic of China was elected by acclamation for a period of six years beginning July 1, 2008. ¶7. UNAT. Mr. Agustin Gordillo (Argentina) and Mr. Dayendra Sena Wijewardana (Sri Lanka) were elected by acclamation to the UNAT for a term of four years beginning January 1, 2008: ¶8. IAAC. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 61/275, three of the five members elected to the IAAC will serve for a period of three years, while two members elected for a period of four years. The following were elected to the IAAC for terms of office beginning January 1, 2008: - African States: Mr. John Muwanga (Uganda) was elected by acclamation for a period four years. - Asian States: Mr. Vijayendra N. Kaul (India) was elected by acclamation for a period of three years. - Eastern European States: Mr. Vadim V. Dubinkin (Russian Federation) was elected by acclamation for a period of three years. - GRULAC: Mr. Adrian Strachan (Jamaica) was elected by acclamation for a period of three years. - WEOG: Mr. David Walker (United States) won the contested election. Mr. Rafael Munoz (Spain) and Mr. Moreno Sella (Switzerland) lost. The results of the voting were as follows: 191 votes cast, 4 invalid votes, 187 valid votes, 34 abstentions, 184 voting, 93 required majority, 99 votes for the United States, 59 votes for Spain, and 26 votes for Switzerland. NOTE: USUN would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to this tremendous victory and asks that the Department pass our appreciation to all worldwide posts for their support. ¶9. Investment Committee. Mr. William J. McDonough (United States of America) and Ms. Helene Ploix (France),Mr. Achim Kassow (Germany),and Mr. Ivan Pictet (Switzerland) were appointed by acclamation for a term of three years beginning January 1, 2008. Khalilzad