Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07DAMASCUS104
2007-02-01 13:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Damascus
Cable title:
SYRIA: EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
how-toVZCZCXRO5091 PP RUEHROV DE RUEHDM #0104 0321318 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 011318Z FEB 07 FM AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2899 INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS DAMASCUS 000104
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/PSC FOR MARTIN GURCH, NEA/ELA FOR SONTY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO KWMN PREL
SUBJECT: SYRIA: EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
ABUSE IN UN MISSIONS
REF: A. SECSTATE 112531
¶B. 06 DAMASCUS 03927
(SBU) In response to reftel A, Post is providing an update to
reftel B from August 2006 that reported a complete absence of
public or private reports about trafficking in persons (TIP)
or sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN
peacekeeping personnel based in Syria. From that time to
now, there have been no reports of UNDOF peacekeepers
involved in SEA or TIP incidents, according to the Chief
Civilian Personnel & Travel Officer at UNDOF headquarters in
Syria. Poloff additionally raised the topic with officials
from the Syrian Counter-Trafficking Commission and the
International Office for Migration in Syria during a
counter-trafficking conference; none had heard of reported
abuse by any UN peacekeepers here.
CORBIN