MEXICO'S CANDIDACY TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON

UNCLAS MEXICO 000812 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UN MX SUBJECT: MEXICO'S CANDIDACY TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS ¶1. Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 1070 dated March 3, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico advised us that Mexico has presented Carlos Ruiz Massieu as a candidate to the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for the period 2011-2013 for elections scheduled to take place during the 65th session of the General Assembly in 2010. Ruiz has been a member of the Mexican Foreign Service since 1999 with a Law Degree from the Iberoamericana University and a Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of Essex in England. He has extensive experience in the United Nations with the lead on many issues within intergovernmental bodies, as Mexico's representative in ECOSOC and on the second committee of the General Assembly, the Executive Boards of the UNDP and UNICEF, and as the Alternate Representative on the Security Council. Since 2007, Ruiz has been Mexico's coordinator on administrative and budgetary issues. 2 Action Request: Embassy requests Department guidance on responding to Mexico's appeal for support. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / BASSETT