BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ICSC CANDIDATE

UNCLAS GABORONE 000460 SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/MPR B. HACKETT USUN FOR B. RASHKOW E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA BC SUBJECT: BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ICSC CANDIDATE REF: STATE 55499 ¶1. Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche June 9 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff stressed Ms. Myers long experience in personnel matters, including her exemplary service on the ICSC. She also noted the need for balance on the commission and emphasized that the other candidates for this contested election are all from within the EU. Mr. Nkoloi promised to share our message and copies of Ms. Myers CV with his colleagues in Multilateral Affairs. He agreed that Ms. Myers' qualifications are strong. He offered no other substantive reply to the demarche. NOLAN