JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000682 SIPDIS WHA/CAR (JOSELYN MACK-WILSON) IO/UNP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL SUBJECT: JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED CANDIDATE FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION (UNWTO) ¶1. Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to advise that the Government of Jamaica submitted its candidature for membership of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for the 2009-2013 period, elections for which will be held during the eighteenth session of the UNWTO General Assembly, in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 5 to 9 October ¶2009. The Ministry further has the honour to enclose an Aide Memoire outlining the importance of tourism to the Jamaican economy, as well as Jamaica's involvement in the activities of the UNWTO. Jamaica is committed to the efforts of the UNWTO in promoting the development of sustainable, responsible and universally accessible tourism, and believes that election to the Executive Council would provide an opportunity to share its experiences in the tourism sector for the benefit of all countries, especially developing ones. The Government of Jamaica would, therefore, be grateful for the valuable support of the Government of United States of America for the aforementioned candidature. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its heights consideration. (END TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) ¶2. Aide Memoire will be scanned and emailed to WHA/CAR. PARNELL