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