HUNGARIAN QUID PRO QUO OFFER OF SUPPORT FOR U.S.

UNCLAS BUDAPEST 001136 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/CE JAMIE LAMORE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNIDROIT HU SUBJECT: HUNGARIAN QUID PRO QUO OFFER OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO UNIDROIT REF: BUDAPEST 00841 ¶1. On November 21, Post received a note verbale in English dated November 21 announcing the candidacy of Professor Attila Harmathy for re-election to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) for the 2009-2013 period and proposing Hungarian support for the U.S. candidate, Henry D. Gabriel, in return for U.S. support for the Hungarian candidate. ¶2. Here is the full text of the note verbale exactly as received: Begin text The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to inform it that the Government of the Republic of Hungary decided to nominate Professor Attila Harmathy as a candidate for re-election to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) for the 2009-2013 period. The elections will be held at the 63rd session of the General Assembly of UNIDROIT on 11th December 2008 in Rome. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary therefore has the honour to propose to support the candidacy of Henry D. Gabriel for election to the Governing Council of UNIDROIT, in return for the support of the United States of America to the candidacy of Professor Attila Harmathy to the same body. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest consideration. Budapest, 21 November 2008 End text. Foley