HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE 5TH

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000096 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 5TH ANNUAL SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE, MARCH 8-11, 2010 IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA REF: 03 STATE 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 Fifth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010 in Key West, Florida. NAME: KOEUT, Navuth (Male) DPOB: April 24, 1963; Kampong Cham POSITION: Defense Attach RANK: Brigadier General DEPT/UNIT: Embassy of Cambodia, Washington DC ¶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 Fifth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010 in Key West, Florida. ¶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