US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA7399

UNCLAS BOGOTA 007399 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CO, OAS 
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN 
INSTITUTE FOR THE CHILD AND THE ADOLESCENT 
 
 
1. Post received on August 2 dipnote DPM/CAI No. 39477 dated 
March 16 requesting U.S. support for Geraldo Burgos Bernal's 
candidacy as Director General of the Inter-American Institute 
for the Child and the Adolescent with Burgos's CV (dipnote 
and CV faxed to WAH/AND).  The candidacy is to be proposed to 
the OAS SYG at the 80th Ordinary Meeting in Mexico City 
August 22-23. 
 
2. The dipnote specifies Burgos's expertise in public 
administration, including social security, planning, 
government contracting, public awareness, policies and 
programs for development of vulnerable communities, and in 
particular for children and adolescents.  Also noted is 
Burgos's 17-year career directing programs in the GOC and 
Bogota Ministries of Health and in the GOC Family Welfare 
Institute with special reference to fiscal management and 
child and adolescent development.  Burgos's CV lists 
graduation and subsequent specialization in public 
administration from the Superior School of Public 
Administration in Bogota and a 2003 Diploma in current 
methods of quantitative analysis and research from the 
University of the Andes. 
 
3. Post notes that the GOC has without fail supported U.S. 
candidacies for international boards and commissions. 
DRUCKER