LEAHY VETTING FOR HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE IN USA, DECEMBER 04

UNCLAS DHAKA 001017 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE IN USA, DECEMBER 04 TO 11, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the HIV/AIDS Conference in USA, which will begin on December 04, ¶2009. Post vetting was completed on November 04, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by November 19, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Kazi Md Tipu Sultan Haider Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-100453 Date of Birth: 24 December 1956 Place of Birth: Jhenidah, Bangladesh ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty