Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05DOHA991
2005-06-02 13:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Doha
Cable title:  

QATAR: DELIVERY OF 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

Tags:  OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG QA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DOHA 000991 

SIPDIS

NEA/ARPI FOR STHORNE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/01/2010
TAGS: OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG QA
SUBJECT: QATAR: DELIVERY OF 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
REPORT


Classified By: Ambassador Chase Untermeyer for reasons 1.4 (A) and (B)

C O N F I D E N T I A L DOHA 000991

SIPDIS

NEA/ARPI FOR STHORNE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/01/2010
TAGS: OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG QA
SUBJECT: QATAR: DELIVERY OF 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
REPORT


Classified By: Ambassador Chase Untermeyer for reasons 1.4 (A) and (B)


1. (U) DCM delivered advance draft of the 2005 TIP report and
action plan for Qatar on Thursday, June 2 to Amb. Khalid
Al-Mansouri, Director of the Americas and European
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


2. (C) DCM informed Al-Mansouri that Qatar had been placed on
Tier 3 based on the lack of significant efforts between March
2004 and March 2005 to address the TIP issues described in
the report. DCM described the reassessment process and
timeline and reviewed with Al-Mansouri each point of the 60
day action-plan.


3. (C) Al-Mansouri said he was not surprised but was still
disappointed at the Tier 3 ranking. He said that there were
many significant actions the GOQ has taken that have not been
recognized, such as the recent passage of a law banning the
use of children as camel jockeys, the improvement of the
children's living conditions, and the efforts underway to
repatriate them. He noted that Qatar would bear a
significant financial burden to compensate over 15,000
Qataris for losses as this practice is brought to an end and
to fund the development and purchase of camel-jockey robots
to replace the children.


4. (C) Al-Mansouri expressed concern that the lack of
recognition of Qatar's efforts was "linked to other issues."
(Comment: Without using the words "Al-Jazeera," Al-Mansouri
was expressing a view held by many in the Qatari leadership
that the U.S. aims to punish Qatar because of the anti-U.S.
nature of Al-Jazeera broadcasting.) DCM assured Al-Mansouri
that the TIP rating was based only on circumstances in Qatar
and of actions taken or not taken by the GOQ to address those
issues. DCM also noted that last January the Ambassador
proposed to the GOQ several specific measures to improve the
conditions of the underage camel jockeys, but no action was
taken in response. The important and positive steps taken in
recent weeks were laudable but came too late to be factored
into the 2005 report.


5. (C) Al-Mansouri said that he hoped G/TIP's Ambassador
Miller would make some "good" comments to the press about
Qatar's recent efforts when the report is released on June 3.
He also said that Qatar hoped to work together with the U.S.
to address the TIP issues and to move Qatar from Tier 3
during the upcoming reassessment.

Untermeyer
UNTERMEYER