Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BAMAKO957
2008-12-22 14:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bamako
Cable title:
MALI: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAMAKO 000957
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/UNESCO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2018
TAGS: PREL UNESCO ML
SUBJECT: MALI: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 130915
Classified By: Political Officer Aaron Sampson for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Foreign
Ministry Director of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse on
December 18. Cisse noted that the African Union has a
candidate selection committee that operates independently of
the AU Summit scheduled for January 2009. Cisse acknowledged
that concerns raised in reftel were legitimate and said the
AU's candidate committee exists to forge continent-wide
consensus by resolving exactly these kinds of questions. He
told the Embassy he doubted whether any concrete steps
regarding this candidacy would occur during the January
summit - especially since the actual deadline for candidate
submissions is not until the end of May - but allowed that
this remained a possibility.
MILOVANOVIC
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/UNESCO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2018
TAGS: PREL UNESCO ML
SUBJECT: MALI: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 130915
Classified By: Political Officer Aaron Sampson for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Foreign
Ministry Director of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse on
December 18. Cisse noted that the African Union has a
candidate selection committee that operates independently of
the AU Summit scheduled for January 2009. Cisse acknowledged
that concerns raised in reftel were legitimate and said the
AU's candidate committee exists to forge continent-wide
consensus by resolving exactly these kinds of questions. He
told the Embassy he doubted whether any concrete steps
regarding this candidacy would occur during the January
summit - especially since the actual deadline for candidate
submissions is not until the end of May - but allowed that
this remained a possibility.
MILOVANOVIC