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UNCLAS GUATEMALA 002649 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM GT UNHCR
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO THE GOG ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE 
AGAINST TORTURE 
 
REF: STATE 287167 
 
¶1. DCM and Polcouns met with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 
Gabriel Aguilera and MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs 
Carla Rodriguez on October 15 to request GOG support for the 
candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN 
Committee Against Torture.  The DCM provided the MFA with a 
diplomatic note officially requesting GOG support, as well as 
a copy of Ms. Gaer's CV.  Vice Minister Aguilera noted that 
Ms. Gaer is imminently qualified, said that the GOG would 
give full consideration to Ms. Gaer's candidacy and promised 
to inform us once the GOG reached a decision on which 
candidacies it would support. 
 
¶2. Senior MFA officer Rodriguez noted that Guatemala had 
voted for Ms. Gaer when she was first elected, and said that 
the GOG has always had a good working relationship with Ms. 
Gaer. 
HAMILTON