NGO'S AFFILIATED WITH UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

UNCLAS ROME 005092 SIPDIS FROM FODAG FOR IO/SHA AND IO/EDA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC EAID EAGR PHUM FAO WFP IFAD SUBJECT: NGO'S AFFILIATED WITH UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE AGENCIES: SECTION 102 (G) CERTIFICATION REF: (A) STATE 256553; (B) STATE 305781 ¶1. IN RESPONSE TO REFTELS, US MISSION REQUESTED AND OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). MISSION HAS REVIEWED THE LISTS AND STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY FAO, WFP AND IFAD, AND HAS DETERMINED THAT, TO THE BEST OF ITS KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE AFFILIATED NGOS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA, NOR INCLUDE AS A SUBSIDIARY OR MEMBER ANY SUCH ORGANIZATION. END SUMMARY. ¶2. US MISSION CONTACTED THE APPROPRIATE OFFICES IN THE THREE ROME-BASED UN ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IN REF A TO DISCUSS REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 102 (G) OF THE FY 1994 AND 1995 FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT REGARDING POSSIBLE LINKS WITH NGOS THAT PROMOTE OR CONDONE PEDOPHILIA. WE ASKED EACH OF THE UN AGENCIES TO PROVIDE A LIST OF NGOS TO WHICH THEY GRANT OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION, AND TO CERTIFY THAT NONE OF THESE NGOS OR THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBERS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA. AGENCY RESPONSES ARE BEING POUCHED TO IO/SHA. MISSION POINT OF CONTACT IS ALTERNATE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE WILLEM BRAKEL. APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS OF STAFF TIME WERE DEVOTED TO COMPLYING WITH THIS REQUEST. --- FAO --- ¶3. UNDER COVER OF A LETTER DATED 23 OCTOBER 2003, NORA MCKEON, FAO SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS UNIT, PROVIDED A LIST OF 200 INTERNATIONAL NGOS WHICH HAVE FORMAL RELATIONS WITH FAO. MCKEON WROTE THAT "NONE OF THESE INGOS, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, PROMOTES, CONDONES OR SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PAEDOPHILIA; NOR HAVE THEY MEMBER GROUPS OR SUBSIDIARIES THAT DO SO." ¶4. ON THE BASIS OF FAO'S LETTER AND FOLLOWING SCRUTINY OF THE LIST OF AFFILIATED NGOS, US MISSION CONCLUDES THAT THE FAO DOES NOT GRANT ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES, CONDONES OR SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAS SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO. --- WFP --- ¶5. IN A LETTER DATED 5 NOVEMBER 2003, JUDITH LEWIS, WFP DIRECTOR OF US RELATIONS, TRANSMITTED A LIST OF 20 INTERNATIONAL NGOS WITH WHICH WFP HAS MEMORANDA OR LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING. LEWIS WROTE THAT "ALL NGO IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS OF WFP IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MUST CARRY OUT THEIR ACTIVITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODES OF CONDUCT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT AND NGOS IN DISASTER RELIEF. IN KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THIS CODE, AND TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE NGOS THAT WFP IS AFFILIATED WITH PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA, NOR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OF MEMBER GROUPS THAT DO." ¶6. ON THE BASIS OF WFP'S LETTER AND FOLLOWING SCRUTINY OF THE LIST OF AFFILIATED NGOS, US MISSION CONCLUDES THAT THE WFP DOES NOT GRANT ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES, CONDONES OR SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAS SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO. -------------- IFAD -------------- ¶7. WITH A LETTER DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2003, ALAN PRIEN, SECRETARY OF IFAD, PROVIDED A LIST OF 503 NGOS COLLABORATING SIPDIS WITH IFAD. PRIEN WROTE THAT "TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBER GROUPS THAT DO." ¶8. ON THE BASIS OF IFAD'S LETTER AND FOLLOWING A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE LIST OF AFFILIATED NGOS, US MISSION CONCLUDES THAT IFAD DOES NOT GRANT ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES, CONDONES OR SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAS SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO. HALL NNNN 2003ROME05092 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED