US embassy cable - 05ASUNCION587

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000587 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR WHA/BSC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT, ASEC, CPAS, CVIS, KCRM, KFRD, PINR, PINS, PREL, SOCI, PA 
SUBJECT: PARAGUAY: PARTICIPATION IN FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON 
FIGHTING CORRUPTION 
 
REF: STATE 063279 
 
On 4/27, PolCoun met with Mario Sandoval, MFA's Director of 
Multilateral Affairs, to urge Paraguay to send a strong 
delegation to the upcoming Global Forum on Fighting 
Corruption in Brazil in June.  Sandoval recognized the value 
of Paraguay's participation in this Forum but asked for more 
information about the level of delegation the U.S. and others 
were contemplating sending so as to properly gauge the level 
Paraguay would seek to send.  PolCoun and Sandoval agreed 
Carlos Walde, a former businessman working as a Senior 
Advisor at Minister Level to President Duarte, might make a 
strong head of delegation.  Walde, a Mennonite widely 
respected for his honesty, is President of a 
multi-institutional consultative entity on corruption (CISNI) 
that is made up of representatives from both within the 
Government and civil society.  It would be helpful to receive 
more information that we could share with the GOP regarding 
the compostion of the U.S. delegation. 
KEANE