REQUEST DIPLOMATIC TITLES FOR USAID REPRESENTATIVE TO THE

UNCLAS USEU BRUSSELS 001550 SIPDIS FOR USAID/HR: M/HR/EPM, SHERRON B SCOTT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: APER EAID SUBJECT: REQUEST DIPLOMATIC TITLES FOR USAID REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION REF: SECSTATE 098701 PERSONAL INFORMATION: NAME: ANDERSON, GRANT WILLIAM. SSN: XXX-XX-8358, FE-OC ¶1. DIPLOMATIC TITLE REQUESTED: COUNSELOR OF MISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ¶2. NAME OF OFFICER: GRANT WILLIAM ANDERSON. ¶3. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ASSIGNMENT AT POST: 11/17/2009, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. ¶4. FUNCTIONAL POSITION TITLE AND POSITION NUMBER TO WHICH ASSIGNED: COUNSELOR FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND USAID REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION, POSITION NUMBER 10-27019. ¶5. LEGAL RESIDENCE OF EMPLOYEE AND DATE OF BIRTH: PEARISBURG, VA, DOB: 09/16/1946. ¶6. NAME, GRADE, AND DIPLOMATIC TITLE HELD BY PREVIOUS INCUMBENT: JONATHAN STUART ADDLETON, FA-MC, COUNSELOR OF MISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ¶7. JUSTIFICATION FOR TITLE: MR. ANDERSON HAS BEEN ASSIGNED (SEE REFTEL) AS A SENIOR OFFICER TO THE USAID SECTION OF THE U.S. MISSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION (USEU) IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. HIS DUTIES INCLUDE REPRESENTING USAID AND THE USG IN MEETINGS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS OF EU, FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES IN PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN THIS AREA. THE USAID REPRESENTATIVE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE BRUSSELS END OF THE EU-US DIALOGUE ON DEVELOPMENT. EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF THESE DUTIES REQUIRES A DIPLOMATIC TITLE, SO THAT THE USG REPRESENTATIVE HAS STATURE COMMENSURATE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS. LACK OF A TITLE WOULD DIMINISH THE USG'S STATURE IN THESE FORA. HE WILL ALSO TRAVEL TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, WHERE THE PROTECTION OF FULL DIPLOMATIC STATUS IS IMPORTANT. ¶8. RECALL ASSIGNMENT CABLE: SEE SECSTATE 098701. MURRAY