Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06NOUAKCHOTT686
2006-06-06 08:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nouakchott
Cable title:
2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NOUAKCHOTT 000686
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/05/2016
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR
SUBJECT: 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED
WITH LOWERED RATING, BUT COMMITTED TO FUTURE PROGRESS
REF: A. STATE 85518
B. NOUAKCHOTT 664
Classified By: Amb. Joseph LeBaron, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L NOUAKCHOTT 000686
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/05/2016
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR
SUBJECT: 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED
WITH LOWERED RATING, BUT COMMITTED TO FUTURE PROGRESS
REF: A. STATE 85518
B. NOUAKCHOTT 664
Classified By: Amb. Joseph LeBaron, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed
Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and
English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day,
Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of
Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for
Human Rights, Insertion and the Fight Against Poverty, who
chairs the government's Inter-Ministerial TIP Committee.
2. (U) Zeine told ADCM that he believed Mauritania should
have received a higher rating, but added that "we are
grateful for the continued help of the US in this and other
areas, and intend to continue partnering with you to fight
slavery in all its forms." "We will work to improve the
economic, educational and social factors that lead to
slavery," Zeine concluded.
3. (U) ADCM told Zeine "the Embassy had noted Fal's recent
public comments addressing slavery (ref B),and we will
follow his actions with great interest.8
4. (C) Tijani told Poloff that "while I'm disappointed with
Washington's decision, I am not entirely surprised." He said
"the embassy has discussed the need to see our anti-slavery
law applied for a long time, and we have not done this,"
adding that "between you and me, I believe the Ministry of
Justice has been unwilling to bring a case to trial,
regardless of its merit."
5. (C) Responding to Poloff's question if he anticipated any
slavery related trials in the coming year, Tidjani said
"Fal's recent comments (see ref B) give me hope, but it will
take action from the highest ranks of the government to make
this happen, and I don't know if the will exists."
LeBaron
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/05/2016
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR
SUBJECT: 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED
WITH LOWERED RATING, BUT COMMITTED TO FUTURE PROGRESS
REF: A. STATE 85518
B. NOUAKCHOTT 664
Classified By: Amb. Joseph LeBaron, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed
Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and
English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day,
Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of
Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for
Human Rights, Insertion and the Fight Against Poverty, who
chairs the government's Inter-Ministerial TIP Committee.
2. (U) Zeine told ADCM that he believed Mauritania should
have received a higher rating, but added that "we are
grateful for the continued help of the US in this and other
areas, and intend to continue partnering with you to fight
slavery in all its forms." "We will work to improve the
economic, educational and social factors that lead to
slavery," Zeine concluded.
3. (U) ADCM told Zeine "the Embassy had noted Fal's recent
public comments addressing slavery (ref B),and we will
follow his actions with great interest.8
4. (C) Tijani told Poloff that "while I'm disappointed with
Washington's decision, I am not entirely surprised." He said
"the embassy has discussed the need to see our anti-slavery
law applied for a long time, and we have not done this,"
adding that "between you and me, I believe the Ministry of
Justice has been unwilling to bring a case to trial,
regardless of its merit."
5. (C) Responding to Poloff's question if he anticipated any
slavery related trials in the coming year, Tidjani said
"Fal's recent comments (see ref B) give me hope, but it will
take action from the highest ranks of the government to make
this happen, and I don't know if the will exists."
LeBaron