ESTONIA TIP ACTION PLAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED

UNCLAS TALLINN 000794 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL EN SUBJECT: ESTONIA TIP ACTION PLAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF STATE 133044 ¶1. (U) On August 29 Poloff delivered talking points (as per reftel) to Riina Pihel, Acting MFA Director for Human Rights, and Karen Tikenberg, Third Secretary, to explain to the GOE specific areas of SIPDIS concern noted in the 2006 TIP Report. Pihel said the GOE was thankful for the "valuable suggestions", as the TIP problem is a relatively new phenomenon, and GOE officials are still relatively inexperienced combating it. Pihel said the MFA would carefully review and consider the USG's recommendations within the coming month. ¶2. (U) Tikenberg gave to Poloff the Nodic Baltic Task Force's Final Report against Trafficking in Human Beings. Although the mandate of the Task Force expired in August 2006, the eight Foreign Ministers (Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) decided that the Task Force will continue to work on a technical level (until 2008) as the anti-trafficking work is taken over by the Council of The Baltic Sea States (CBSS),which importantly includes Russia. The Final Report can be accessed on the Nordic Baltic Task Force's website: www.against-trafficking.org. GOLDSTEIN