Trafficking in Persons -- Sri Lanka:

UNCLAS COLOMBO 001405 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SA/INS, G/TIP(NEUMANN) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG CE SUBJECT: Trafficking in Persons -- Sri Lanka: Notification of FY2003 Project Approval by G/TIP Ref: State 228376 ¶1. Per notification in Reftel, Mission is pleased to have received approval for the two anti-trafficking projects and is looking forward to implementing them. In response to the request re Project A, Mission would ask the Department of Justice to conduct an initial training session for personnel and a training for trainers session. ¶2. The Sri Lanka government official with authority to sign the Letter of Agreement is Dr. Harendra de Silva. He is the Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority. ¶3. Embassy point of contact for trafficking issues is Andrea Tomaszewicz, phone: +94-1-2-448-007, extension 2425; fax: +94-1-2-471-092. (Numbers valid as of August 16; prior to August 16, disregard the "2.") ENTWISTLE