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Viewing cable 07VIENTIANE137, SEAS-2007 BULLETIN NO. 2 - NOMINATIONS DUE 20 FEB 07

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07VIENTIANE137 2007-02-20 10:20 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Vientiane
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SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PACOM FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR KELLEY AND MS. MATSUNAGA 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL LA
SUBJECT: SEAS-2007 BULLETIN NO. 2 - NOMINATIONS DUE 20 FEB 07 
 
Ref: HONOLULU HI 200157Z JAN 07 
 
1. (U) Embassy Vientiane is pleased to nominate Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs (MFA) Europe and Americas Department Director General (DG) 
Southam Sakonhninhom to attend this course.  Our alternate candidate 
is Mr. Khamvone Phanouvong, MFA Asia-Pacific and Africa Department 
Deputy DG.  Their personal information and Embassy justifications 
are below. 
 
2. (U) Our nominee (following reftel information format): 
 
Full name:          Southam SAKONHNINHOM 
 
Position Title:     Director General, Europe and Americas 
-     Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since 2003) 
 
Responsibilities:   DG Southam oversees relations between the 
-     Government of Laos (GOL) and all countries in Europe and the 
-     Americas -- including the United States. 
 
Previous Positions: 1997-2003 Deputy DG, International 
-     Organizations Department. MFA 
-                   1993-1997 First Secretary, Lao Permanent 
-     Mission to the UN 
-                   1984-1991 Second Secretary, Lao Embassy, Paris 
 
Education:          MA in International Relations and Law, 
-     University of Kiev, former USSR 
 
Publications:       2007: The Powerlessness of International Law; 
-     co-authored with Malayvieng Sakonhninhom; 
-                   2003: Non-Governmental Organizations in the 
-     Process of Globalization 
-                   1997: The Lao PDR in the United Nations 
-                   1977: United Nations Protocol 
 
Memberships:        1975: Lao Youth Organization 
-                   1982: Lao Syndicate and Trade Union 
 
Previous U.S. trips: September 2005: Head of delegation for the 
-     Lao-U.S. Consultative Talks on POW/MIA Accounting 
-     Cooperation in Honolulu, Hawaii; 
        August 2004: Head of delegation to meeting on 
-     "U.S. Worldwide POW/MIA Accounting Efforts: Process and 
-     Operation" in Honolulu, Hawaii; 
        August 2003: Head of delegation for the Lao- 
-     U.S. Consultative Talks on POW/MIA Accounting Cooperation in 
-     Honolulu, Hawaii; subsequently joined the Vice Minister of 
-     Foreign Affairs for a bilateral visit to Washington, D.C. 
 
Languages/English:  Lao, French, English, Russian; English is very 
-     good 
 
Post Objectives:    Director General Southam is especially important 
to U.S. policy objectives since he is the senior Lao Government 
official in the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue process which 
brings a team of USG officials to Vientiane for bilateral talks on 
the broad range of bilateral issues including POW/MIA accounting, 
unexploded ordnance (UXO), Avian Influenza preparations, 
counter-narcotics cooperation, human rights, and bilateral trade. 
 
-                   In a broader sense, within the relatively closed 
working environment of Laos, all Embassy contacts have to go through 
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Contacting Ministries such as 
Public Security as well as the courts, the procuratorate, and the 
police is especially difficult.  DG Southam for the past several 
years has been more than a gate-keeper for our contacts with the Lao 
Government; he has been the Embassy's highest-level regular 
interlocutor.  In many cases he personally stepped up to push the 
bureaucracy to resolve critical problems.  When a lack of official 
information on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issue led the State 
Department to classify Laos as "Tier 3"  -- non-cooperating, DG 
Southam got Lao prosecutors, court officials, and other government 
agencies to cooperate with the Embassy and provide closely-held 
information on the TIP issue and prosecutions that had underway 
without publicity.  With the new information, Washington 
reclassified Laos as "Tier 2 Watch List" -- a much fairer 
assessment.  In another area, DG Southam has been strongly 
supportive of the careful moves underway to improve our bilateral 
military-to-military relationship. 
 
-                   Overall, DG Southam has been willing to take 
supportive action of this kind because he understands -- almost 
uniquely among senior Lao officials of his rank -- that our two 
countries have common interests.  He also follows world events -- 
again very unusual here -- so that he is both willing to receive 
Department demarches on Iraq, North Korea, or Afghanistan and 
discuss them knowledgeably.  DG Southam also is one of the very few 
senior Lao officials we know who reads serious English books 
(including the three Woodward works on President Bush), enjoys 
intellectual debate, and has an inquiring mind.  Obviously his 
thirteen years in Paris and New York have paid some unique 
dividends.  DG Southam's wife, Mrs. Malayvieng Sakonnhinhom, is also 
important to the Embassy as the Director General of the Foreign 
Affairs Institute -- a site where we have been able to bring senior 
American visitors -- including Congresswoman Betty McCollum and 
former Ambassador for Human Rights Robert Seiple -- to speak to 
large groups of Lao officials. 
 
Relevance to MPP:   In the Lao environment, every element of our MPP 
goes through the filter of MFA at some point if not continuously 
especially as we deal with issues of security, human rights, and 
religious freedom; encouraging DG Southam to greater openness, 
transparency, and cooperation -- all elements we believe the SEAS 
experience would encourage -- should help us make progress on the 
entire range of MPP goals.  Since DG Southam is the senior official 
for the Lao side of our Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue, we believe 
that MPP goals will be easier to achieve through his participation 
in the SEAS program which will allow him exposure to officials from 
other countries and a broader understanding of U.S. strategic goals 
in the Asia-Pacific region. 
 
Embassy POC:        Political/Economic Section Chief Harvey Alan 
-     Somers; e-mail: somersha@state.gov; office phone: (856-21) 
-     267231; mobile: (856-20) 552-6933; office fax: (856-21) 
-     267030. 
 
3. (U) Our alternate (following reftel information format): 
 
Full name:          Khamvone PHANOUVONG 
 
Position Title:     Deputy Director General, Asia-Pacific and 
-     Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since 
-     January 2006) 
 
Responsibilities:   DDG Khamvone oversees relations between the 
-     Government of Laos (GOL) and countries in both the Asia- 
-     Pacific and Africa regions - although MFA also has an ASEAN 
-     Department which deals directly with ASEAN issues 
 
Previous Positions: 2002-2006 Counselor, Lao Embassy, Beijing 
-                   2000-2002 Acting DG of the MFA Press 
-     Department 
-                   1996-2000 Deputy DG of the MFA Press 
-     Department 
                    1994-1996 Director of the Press Analysis 
-     Division, MFA Press Department 
-                   1991-1994 Third Secretary, Lao Embassy, Bonn 
-                   1986-1991 MFA Department One staff member 
-                   1979-1981 MFA Department Two staff member 
-                   1977-1979 Admin staff member, Lao Embassy, 
-     New Delhi 
-                   1975-1977 MFA staff member 
 
Education:          MA in International Relations, Institute for 
-     International Relations, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany 
-                   Certificate in English, Victoria University of 
-     Wellington, New Zealand 
 
Publications:       (none known) 
 
Memberships:        (none known) 
 
Previous U.S. trips: (none known) 
 
Languages/English:  Lao, English; English is good 
 
Post Objectives:    Deputy Director General Khamvone occupies a key 
position at MFA since his Department oversees relations with China 
and Japan among others.  Records show that Japan is the largest 
donor of official overseas development assistance (ODA) - somewhere 
in the range of $85 million.  Japan also has the potential to push 
for greater progress toward Government of Laos (GOL) transparency 
and better governance (although we would like it to do more). 
 
-                   However, China is the more important 
relationship at this time.  For years Vietnam has been the "model" 
for the GOL because of the close relationship of the leaders of both 
countries during the Indochina War years.  Vietnam has played a key 
role in terms of GOL policies, including in the security area, and 
in training senior GOL officials - who spend up to six months in 
Vietnam before being promoted to the Director General level. 
However, now China is quickly developing its influence with the GOL 
and may be a larger donor than Japan.  The Chinese business 
community is expanding throughout urban Laos, and Chinese companies, 
especially those involved with resource extraction industries, are 
becoming an increasing presence - and an increasing threat to the 
environment of Laos. 
 
-                   Exposing DDG Khamvone to the SEAS process, 
having him meet other officials from the region to see how they view 
their relationships with China, and having him become more aware to 
USG concerns about Asian-Pacific security issues would increase the 
Embassy's ability to enhance its dialogue with the MFA's 
Asia-Pacific specialists about China and its future influence in 
Laos. 
 
Relevance to MPP:   China is one of the most important factors in 
the regional security portion of our MPP, and an enhanced 
relationship with MFA Asia-Pacific specialists will allow increased 
Embassy understanding of the GOL's views of China and better Embassy 
reporting. 
 
Embassy POC:        Political/Economic Section Chief Harvey Alan 
-     Somers; e-mail: somersha@state.gov; office phone: (856-21) 
-     267231; mobile: (856-20) 552-6933; office fax: (856-21) 
-     267030. 
 
HASLACH