LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) SENIOR

UNCLAS DHAKA 000513 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) SENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, JUNE 07-11, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Near East South Asia (NESA) Senior Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on June 07, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 21, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 1 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: A K M Muzahid Uddin Rank: Major General Unit: Adjutant General Branch Unit Location: Army HQ, Dhaka Service Number: 1895 Date of Birth: 15 August 1958 Place of Birth: Gopalgonj, 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. PASI