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