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06KUWAIT1084
2006-03-28 12:54:00
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Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 001084
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ARP, INL/HSTC, AND G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB KU TIP
SUBJECT: LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF
UN CONFERENCE ON EXPAT LABOR
REF: A. KUWAIT 632
B. KUWAIT 305
Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution.
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001084
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ARP, INL/HSTC, AND G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB KU TIP
SUBJECT: LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF
UN CONFERENCE ON EXPAT LABOR
REF: A. KUWAIT 632
¶B. KUWAIT 305
Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution.
¶1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4.
¶2. (SBU) In a March 19 meeting, Amina Jowhar, Director of
the International Relations Department at the Ministry of
Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told EmbOffs that the GOK
is reviewing plans to host a UN-sponsored conference on
migrant labor in November. The conference would bring
together GCC destination and Asian source countries, with the
participation of international organizations such as the
UNDP, the International Labor Organization (ILO),and the
International Organization for Migration (IOM). She told
PolOff in confidence on March 28 that the MOSAL Minister had
signed off on the conference that morning. Now the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs has to form a committee to prepare and
give final approval for the meeting.
¶3. (SBU) Jowhar also requested that the U.S. provide
training that would deepen the GOK's understanding of how the
U.S. views Trafficking in Persons and provide practical
strategies and techniques for addressing Kuwait's TIP-related
issues. In subsequent phone conversations, Jowhar suggested
that the UN conference would be a good forum for providing
training and workshops to GOK and other GCC officials. She
proposed that the conference last four days, with two days
for international organization sessions and two days of
U.S.-led workshops and training. Jowhar said she would be
looking to the U.S. for help in determining the topics and
types of sessions that would be most useful.
¶4. (SBU) Action Request: Post requests G/TIP immediately
advise what types of training it could provide, both in terms
of participation in the conference as well as through a visit
to the U.S. by Kuwaiti officials or a visit to Kuwait by TIP
experts before or after the conference.
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