Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07AMMAN2537
2007-06-13 13:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
GOJ BRIEFED ON 2007 TIP REPORT; PLANS CONTINUED
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UNCLAS AMMAN 002537
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN ELAB PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO KCRM JO
SUBJECT: GOJ BRIEFED ON 2007 TIP REPORT; PLANS CONTINUED
REFORM
REF: SECSTATE 79567
UNCLAS AMMAN 002537
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN ELAB PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO KCRM JO
SUBJECT: GOJ BRIEFED ON 2007 TIP REPORT; PLANS CONTINUED
REFORM
REF: SECSTATE 79567
1. (SBU) Acting PolCouns briefed Thamer Adwan, Director of
the Foreign Minister's private office, and separately Dr.
Waleed Al-Saadi, Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister on
Human Rights, on the Jordan portion of Trafficking in Persons
report on June 12. They agreed to review the report and
provide comments as they did for the 2006 report.
2. (SBU) EconCouns and poloff also briefed Secretary General
of the Ministry of Labor Majed Habashneh on June 13.
Habashneh welcomed reports such as TIP, saying they "opened
his eyes" to some of the problems workers faced, and inspired
him to improve working conditions for foreign laborers and
protect Jordan's reputation. He outlined MOL plans for 2007
to improve the situation of foreign workers: implementing
changes to the labor law upon passage by the parliament;
requiring Jordanian firms recruiting foreign laborers to
provide cultural orientation, and encouraging Jordanian labor
unions - which foreign workers cannot legally join - to
establish offices in all governorates to represent their
interests. He also described Ministry efforts to partner
with UNIFEM to build a shelter for foreign female domestic
workers.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
Hale
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN ELAB PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO KCRM JO
SUBJECT: GOJ BRIEFED ON 2007 TIP REPORT; PLANS CONTINUED
REFORM
REF: SECSTATE 79567
1. (SBU) Acting PolCouns briefed Thamer Adwan, Director of
the Foreign Minister's private office, and separately Dr.
Waleed Al-Saadi, Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister on
Human Rights, on the Jordan portion of Trafficking in Persons
report on June 12. They agreed to review the report and
provide comments as they did for the 2006 report.
2. (SBU) EconCouns and poloff also briefed Secretary General
of the Ministry of Labor Majed Habashneh on June 13.
Habashneh welcomed reports such as TIP, saying they "opened
his eyes" to some of the problems workers faced, and inspired
him to improve working conditions for foreign laborers and
protect Jordan's reputation. He outlined MOL plans for 2007
to improve the situation of foreign workers: implementing
changes to the labor law upon passage by the parliament;
requiring Jordanian firms recruiting foreign laborers to
provide cultural orientation, and encouraging Jordanian labor
unions - which foreign workers cannot legally join - to
establish offices in all governorates to represent their
interests. He also described Ministry efforts to partner
with UNIFEM to build a shelter for foreign female domestic
workers.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
Hale