LEAHY VETTING FOR SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

UNCLAS DHAKA 001089 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA AND EMERGING INFECTIONS DISEASE WORKSHOP IN USA, FEBRUARY 02 TO FEBRUARY 03, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the South Asia Regional Pandemic Influenza and Emerging Infections Disease Workshop in USA, which will begin on February 02, 2010. Post vetting was completed on December 07, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by December 22, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md Azizul Hoque Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Army Medical Corps Centre and School Unit Location: Rajshahi Personal Number: BA-100266 Date of Birth: 02 July 1954 Place of Birth: Mymensingh, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Sk Md Bahar Hussain Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Combined Military Hospital Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA-100292 Date of Birth: 07 January 1956 Place of Birth: Noakhali, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: Md Nazim Uddin Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Armed Forces Medical College Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-100296 Date of Birth: 01 January 1956 Place of Birth: Tangail, Bangladesh ¶4. Name: Giash Uddin Chowdhury Rank: Colonel Unit: Army HQ, Medical Directorate Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-100290 Date of Birth: 08 July 1953 Place of Birth: Sylhet, 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. DEAN