Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BAMAKO799
2008-09-17 16:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bamako
Cable title:
MALI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNAIDS
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UNCLAS BAMAKO 000799
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/T GUINNEVERE ROBERTS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID KHIV UNGA
SUBJECT: MALI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNAIDS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
REF: STATE 97114
Charge informed Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs Moctar
Ouane and Health Minister Oumar Ibrahima Toure of the USG's
active support for Michel Sidibe's candidacy for UNAIDS
Executive Director on September 12, a position that had been
presaged during U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary
Michael O. Leavitt's visit. In response to her inquiry about
Mali's efforts to promote his candidacy, both replied that
while Mali had not yet reached out to Secretary General Ban
or formally contacted UN members states in support of Mr.
Sidibe's candidacy, they expected to imminently; each
expressed gratitude for U.S. support for Sidibe.
LEONARD