US embassy cable - 05KINSHASA1297

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001297 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/C - Madeeha Ashraf 
 
FROM BRAZZAVILLE EMBASSY OFFICE 
 
E.O.12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT, ELAB, OTRA, PHUM, CF 
SUBJECT:  CONGO/B:  Nomination of Econ/Cons Bakken for 2005 
Workers Rights Training Seminar 
 
REF: STATE 142003 
 
1. Post would like to nominate Economics and Consular 
Officer Chelsea MH Bakken to attend the 2005 Worker Rights 
Training Seminar in Cairo. 
Econ/Cons Bakken is the reporting officer for all labor, 
economic, 
commercial, environmental, democracy and human rights, 
trafficking in 
persons, military, and consular issues and contributes to 
political, 
public diplomacy, and other reporting, as necessary.  This 
training would greatly enhance the post's capacity to 
improve and expand reporting on worker rights issues in the 
Republic of Congo.  (By way of background, please note that 
normally Embassy Brazzaville is a small four officer post, 
but currently it has only one permanent officer, Econ/Cons 
Bakken, and a TDY Charge.) 
 
2. Econ/Cons Bakken's current supervisor is Charge Ollie 
Anderson and, 
starting August 24, her new supervisor will be TDY Charge 
Sharon 
Rutherford.  Econ/Cons Bakken can be contacted in 
Brazzaville at (242) 
528-79-63 or bzvbakkencmh@yahoo.com or in Kinshasa at (243) 
98009502 or 
bakkencmh@state.gov (please note that she is in Kinshasa 
only on Mondays and the weekends). 
 
3. Ms. Bakken estimated date of departure from post is 
August 2007. 
 
4. The cost of airfare from Kinshasa to Cairo is estimated 
at about USD 
1,650 for business class and about USD 1,050 for economy. 
Post is seeking any possible financial assistance to send 
our officer to this valuable training opportunity. 
 
5. Brazzaville Embassy Office - Anderson. 
MEECE 
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