Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUENOSAIRES210
2009-02-27 19:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000210
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL AORC UNGA KUNR AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE POSITIONS
REFS: A) STATE 16118
B) STATE 16254
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000210
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL AORC UNGA KUNR AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE POSITIONS
REFS: A) STATE 16118
B) STATE 16254
1. (SBU) POLOFF met February 25 with Secretary Christian Hotton of
the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Relations' Directorate for
International Organizations to discuss Argentine judge Ines Weinberg
de Roca (per ref A),a candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, and
U.S.-endorsed candidate Judge Mark P. Painter (ref B). Hotton
offered the GOA's endorsement of Weinberg and noted she was one of
only two Latin American candidates.
2. (SBU) Hotton said that Judge Weinberg had an excellent reputation
in Argentina and noted her impressive breadth of Argentine judicial
work and international experience (since 2003 with the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda). She has served with distinction as a
Federal Judge in Argentina (1993-2000) and on the Buenos Aires City
Court of Appeals in Administrative Matters (from 2000, though on
leave with ICTR since 2003). She has studied and lectured in many
countries, including the United States, and has published
extensively in Spanish and in English.
3. (SBU) The GOA has no information that reflects negatively on
Judge Weinberg.
4. (SBU) Hotton welcomed our biographic material on Judge Painter
and said that Argentina intended to determine its preferences based
only on the qualifications of candidates. He said that Judge
Painter's qualifications would be fully considered before the vote.
WAYNE
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL AORC UNGA KUNR AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE POSITIONS
REFS: A) STATE 16118
B) STATE 16254
1. (SBU) POLOFF met February 25 with Secretary Christian Hotton of
the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Relations' Directorate for
International Organizations to discuss Argentine judge Ines Weinberg
de Roca (per ref A),a candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, and
U.S.-endorsed candidate Judge Mark P. Painter (ref B). Hotton
offered the GOA's endorsement of Weinberg and noted she was one of
only two Latin American candidates.
2. (SBU) Hotton said that Judge Weinberg had an excellent reputation
in Argentina and noted her impressive breadth of Argentine judicial
work and international experience (since 2003 with the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda). She has served with distinction as a
Federal Judge in Argentina (1993-2000) and on the Buenos Aires City
Court of Appeals in Administrative Matters (from 2000, though on
leave with ICTR since 2003). She has studied and lectured in many
countries, including the United States, and has published
extensively in Spanish and in English.
3. (SBU) The GOA has no information that reflects negatively on
Judge Weinberg.
4. (SBU) Hotton welcomed our biographic material on Judge Painter
and said that Argentina intended to determine its preferences based
only on the qualifications of candidates. He said that Judge
Painter's qualifications would be fully considered before the vote.
WAYNE