LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SENIOR LEADERS

UNCLAS DHAKA 000107 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SENIOR LEADERS WORKSHOP IN USA, FEBRUARY 24 TO 26, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pandemic Influenza Senior Leaders Workshop in USA, which will begin on February 24, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 04, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 17, 2010 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md Mehboobul Haque Rank: Colonel Unit: Armed Forces Medical College Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BA-100306 Date of Birth: 01 June 1954 Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty