CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST

UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000821 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT. FOR AF, AFC, G/TIP, DRL, PRM, S/CRS LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL PHUMKCRS SMIG KDEM CD SUBJECT: CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST RANKING REF: A. STATE 88795 ¶B. STATE 85467 ¶1. (SBU) Ambassador and POL/ECON Officer on June 6 informed GOC Ministers of Justice, and of Family and Social Action of the publication of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report, and of Chad's Tier Two Watch List ranking. Ambassador again raised the issue on June 7 with Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration Ahmad Allam-mi; POL/ECON Officer reinforced the message on June 9 with MFA North Americas Desk Director Adoum Mahamat Yahya. ¶2. (SBU) GOC Ministers assured us they understood that continued progress must be made in combatting trafficking in persons. We discussed with them the following concrete actions that could help to indicate the GOC's commitment to addressing the problem: -- Passage of specific anti trafficking legislation: The Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice informed us that SIPDIS Chad's specific anti-trafficking legislation has cleared the Council of Ministers; he reminded his minister that the law needed only to be registered on the National Assembly's work program for a date for debate and vote to be set. The National Assembly has already been sensitized to the content of the legislation, so approval should be uncontroversial. -- Ratification of the Transnational Protocol on the Supression of Trafficking in Persons: MinJustice SecGen noted that, while this required only procedural work, the job belonged to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal Department. Americas Desk Director Yahya agreed, and committed to pursue the issue. Post encouraged him to inform us of the steps that would need to be taken, so that we might monitor progress. ¶3. (SBU) POL/ECON Officer pointed out that, to show continued progress, these actions needed to be coupled with finalizing the survey on Chad's ability to reinforce its judicial capacity. She stressed that further action was also needed in pursuing a number of TIP cases already in the Chadian justice system. ¶4. (SBU) Post will follow up with the Justice and Foreign Affairs Ministries to urge continued progress. WALL