Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT2113
2006-06-06 14:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 002113
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ARP, INL/HSTC AND G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB KU TIP
SUBJECT: POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE PROGRESS
REF: STATE 85464
UNCLAS KUWAIT 002113
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ARP, INL/HSTC AND G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB KU TIP
SUBJECT: POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE PROGRESS
REF: STATE 85464
1. (SBU) Poloff met with representatives of three Kuwaiti
Ministries on June 5 to inform them of Kuwait's rise from
Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watchlist: Saud Al-Saeedi, who handles human
rights issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal
Department, Zakaria Al-Ansari, Assistant Director of the
International Relations Depart at the Ministry of Justice;
and Dr. Salih Al-Shaykh, Assistant Undersecretary for Labor
Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. All
expressed satisfaction with the recognition of Kuwait's
efforts and confirmed that they understood that much more
work needs to be done. Specifically, Al-Ansari pledged to
help elucidate the TIP prosecution statistics his office
provided this year. Al-Shaykh, who will participate in the
August TIP International Visitors Program, agreed to use his
position to put pressure on the inter-ministerial committee
on expatriate labor affairs to make progress on a shelter for
domestic workers. Saeedi said he would coordinate with the
Minister of Interior and Kuwaiti embassies in labor-sending
countries to make sure that the standardized domestic labor
contracts are enforced.
2. (U) Since the report was released around 9pm local time,
very few newspapers covered it. The Arabic daily Al-Qabas had
an article titled "U.S. State Department: Kuwait is One of
the Best Countries in the World in Protecting Foreign and
Migrant Workers." The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) had an
English article entitled "Report cites Kuwait for Best
Practices in Migrant Worker Protection Efforts." Both
reports attributed the praise given to the Kuwait Union of
Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) in the "International Best
Practices" section of the report to the State of Kuwait
itself.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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TUELLER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ARP, INL/HSTC AND G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB KU TIP
SUBJECT: POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE PROGRESS
REF: STATE 85464
1. (SBU) Poloff met with representatives of three Kuwaiti
Ministries on June 5 to inform them of Kuwait's rise from
Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watchlist: Saud Al-Saeedi, who handles human
rights issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal
Department, Zakaria Al-Ansari, Assistant Director of the
International Relations Depart at the Ministry of Justice;
and Dr. Salih Al-Shaykh, Assistant Undersecretary for Labor
Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. All
expressed satisfaction with the recognition of Kuwait's
efforts and confirmed that they understood that much more
work needs to be done. Specifically, Al-Ansari pledged to
help elucidate the TIP prosecution statistics his office
provided this year. Al-Shaykh, who will participate in the
August TIP International Visitors Program, agreed to use his
position to put pressure on the inter-ministerial committee
on expatriate labor affairs to make progress on a shelter for
domestic workers. Saeedi said he would coordinate with the
Minister of Interior and Kuwaiti embassies in labor-sending
countries to make sure that the standardized domestic labor
contracts are enforced.
2. (U) Since the report was released around 9pm local time,
very few newspapers covered it. The Arabic daily Al-Qabas had
an article titled "U.S. State Department: Kuwait is One of
the Best Countries in the World in Protecting Foreign and
Migrant Workers." The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) had an
English article entitled "Report cites Kuwait for Best
Practices in Migrant Worker Protection Efforts." Both
reports attributed the praise given to the Kuwait Union of
Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) in the "International Best
Practices" section of the report to the State of Kuwait
itself.
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
TUELLER