BURKINA FASO REQUESTS HUMAN RIGTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS OUAGADOUGOU 000237

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DEPT FOR AF/W - DORSEY LOCKHART and AF/RSA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MASS MARR PHUM UV
SUBJECT: BURKINA FASO REQUESTS HUMAN RIGTS VETTING FOR
PARTICPANTS IN CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND REGIONAL SECURITY
SEMINAR

REF: STATE 19800


1. Post requests the Department's assistance pursuant to the Leahy
Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following
individuals who have been selected to participate in the Conventional
Arms and Regional Security Seminar in Rabat, Morocco from 14-15 April

2009.


2. Names of the nominated officials are as follows:

Name: BARRO, Abdoulaye
Grade: Colonel (O-6)
Organization: Air Force
DOB: 12 April 1954
Current Assignment: Permanent Secretary of the National
Counter Light Weapons Proliferation
Committee

Name: COULIBALY, Oula Pierre
Grade: Captain (O-3)
Organization: Army
DOB: 1962
Current Assignment: Director of Equipment for the Third Military
Region


3. Embassy Ouagadougou has reviewed its files and has found no
information concerning gross human rights violation by the
individuals listed above. Inquiries regarding this information may
be directed to LCDR John Tully U.S. Embassy Ouagadougou.
Phone: (226) 50306723 x4408

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