2006 JPAC Activities

Lao-U.S. Consultative Talks on POW/MIA Operations

BG Flowers and Mr. Southam sign the meeting Memorandum of Understanding

Delegates to the September 2006 Lao/U.S. Consultative Talks

On September 01, 2006, members of the Lao and U.S. delegations, including Brigadier General Michael Flowers, Ambassador Patricia Haslach and Mr. Southam Sakonhninhom pose for a photo during the semi-annual Consultative Talks in Vientiane, Lao, P.D.R.. The Consultative Talks between the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and Lao PDR were held from August 30 – September 01, 2006 at the Maitichit Guest House. These consultative talks, first held in 1989, form the basis of conducting JPAC search and recovery operations in the Lao PDR. The meetings included a detailed review of bi-lateral field operations since the previous meeting, as well as the discussions of the plan for the next six months. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Southam Sakonhninhom, Director General, Department of Europe and Americas, Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Brigadier General Michael Flowers, Commander Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, Hawaii.

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