HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000062 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR PM-HDP, DRL, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP AND S/GHD ¶E. O 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE CIVIL-MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS COURSE (CMLO) AT THE CENTER OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS (CCMR),FEBRUARY 15-26, 2010 IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, USA REF: 03 SECSTATE 034981 ¶1. This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. ¶2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. ¶3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetting for the following individual to attend the Civil-Military Liaison Officers Course (CMLO) at the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR),February 15-26, 2010 in Monterey, California, USA. NAME: LORY, Kimsoeun (Male) DPOB: October 5, 1975; Battambang RANK/POSITION: Colonel; Assistant to Director General DEPT/UNIT: National Center for Peacekeeping Operation, Mine and ERW Clearance ¶4. U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above individual. ¶5. Individual will attend the Civil-Military Liaison Officers Course (CMLO) at the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR),February 15-26, 2010 in Monterey, California, USA. ¶6. Action request: Please verify whether the Department possesses any credible information that the individual named above has been implicated in gross violations of human rights. ¶7. Points of contacts for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Major Wayne Turnbull turnbullpw@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-219 or Jenae Johnson at Johnsonjd3@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118. RODLEY