ACP assures support for Conejos’ bid for global post

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos Jr. got an "assurance" of support from African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) countries in his bid for a post in a global migration body, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.

Right after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo nominated Conejos for the position of deputy director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), he apparently started campaigning during an ACP meeting in Belgium.

"Undersecretary Conejos also informed the ACP Committee of Ambassadors of his candidature to the position of deputy director general of the International Organization for Migration. His candidature was warmly welcomed and assured of support by (ACP Secretary General Sir John) Kaputin and the ACP. The ACP ambassadors will consult their respective capitals on the matter," the DFA said on its website (www.dfa.gov.ph).

Conejos met with ACP representatives to convey the Philippine government's appreciation for the ACP's full support to the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Manila last October.

In his meeting with the ACP Committee of Ambassadors based in Brussels last April 21, Conejos cited the African support as one of the reasons for the conference’s success.

The DFA said Conejos met with ACP officials including Kaputin and Committee of Ambassadors Chairman Joseph Ma’Ahanua.

Some 78 ACP ambassadors were present at the meeting, the DFA said.

Earlier, Mrs. Arroyo nominated Conejos as the Philippines' candidate for deputy director general in the Geneva-based IOM. The IOM elections will be held June.

“Undersecretary Conejos will bring to the IOM the unique combination of policy expertise backed up by solid operational capability," Mrs. Arroyo said in her nomination letter to IOM. - GMANews.TV

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