COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RESOLUTION

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 001006 SIPDIS IO/EDA PLEASE PASS TO JANET SHANNON E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2015 TAGS: KWMN EAID TU SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE REF: STATE 30251 Classified By: (U) Classified by Political Counselor John Kunstadter, E .O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). ¶1. (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 22 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations (IPO) Head Murat Ates. ¶2. (U) Ates's office confirmed on February 24 the Turkish delegation would be headed by Minister of State Guldal Aksit. Ates, with other parliamentarians and professionals (NFI), plans to accompany Aksit to the CSW meetings in New York. ¶3. (U) MFA IPO office advised that after a preliminary review, the U.S. draft appeared to be a positive document. However, the office suggested the following changes: -- Operational Paragraph (OP)8. End sentence after "economic opportunity of vulnerable women." Turkish interlocutors state that by listing categories of vulnerable women, a group may inadvertently be left out. -- Include a reference to providing international, technical and financial aid and cooperation to further the status of women at risk economically. ¶4. (C) Comment: OP 8 also refers to "...women belonging to racial and ethnic minorities, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs)..." These are designations that Turks could interpret as supporting ethnically-based divisions. The present wording in this paragraph could possibly prompt the Turkish delegation not to support the paragraph. End comment. EDELMAN