Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07GUATEMALA1402
2007-07-13 18:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:
GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES INTER-INSTITUTIONAL
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UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001402
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AID, G/TIP:BFLECK, WHA/PPC:MPUCCETTI, G, INL, DRL,
PRM, IWI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB EAID GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES INTER-INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
REF: GUATEMALA 528
UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001402
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AID, G/TIP:BFLECK, WHA/PPC:MPUCCETTI, G, INL, DRL,
PRM, IWI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB EAID GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES INTER-INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
REF: GUATEMALA 528
1. (U) Summary: An inter-institutional commission to combat
trafficking in persons and related crimes was established by
Executive Order on July 12. Under an initial mandate of two
years, the commission will serve as an inter-institutional
body for consultation, development, and consensus on
initiatives to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) to further
meet Guatemala's international obligations. End summary.
2. (U) On July 2, President Berger signed Executive Order
246-2007, effective July 12, establishing the
Inter-Institutional Commission to Combat Trafficking in
Persons and Related Crimes. With an initial mandate of two
years, the Commission will be tasked with recommending to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the President measures to
implement national and international legal instruments on
TIP, and to provide prompt and comprehensive attention to
trafficking victims. It will also implement the National
Plan of Strategic Action, develop with the appropriate
Ministry GOG policy to combat TIP and to protect trafficking
victims, and raise public awareness of the issue.
3. (U) Guatemala ratified the UN Convention Against
Transnational Organized Crime (September 2003),and the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in
Persons (April 2004),which obligates signatories to adopt
the necessary measures to prevent and combat trafficking in
persons and to protect trafficking victims. The new
Commission will facilitate coordination and cooperation among
various State entities, with the voluntary participation of
civil society organizations and other public and private
entities.
4. (U) The inter-institutional body will be comprised of one
representative each from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs,
Government, Education, Culture and Sports, and Public Health
and Social Assistance, the Secretariat of Social Welfare, the
Presidential Secretariat of Social Communication, the
Presidential Secretariat of Planning and Programming, and the
Presidential Human Rights Commission.
5. (U) Comment: This timely Executive Order will not only
enhance Guatemala's anti-TIP efforts but will also help
ensure that the work of the informal inter-institutional
working group, which was established in 2005 under the
leadership of the Foreign Ministry, will continue with
official status at the national level when a new
administration takes office in January 2008.
Lindwall
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AID, G/TIP:BFLECK, WHA/PPC:MPUCCETTI, G, INL, DRL,
PRM, IWI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB EAID GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES INTER-INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
REF: GUATEMALA 528
1. (U) Summary: An inter-institutional commission to combat
trafficking in persons and related crimes was established by
Executive Order on July 12. Under an initial mandate of two
years, the commission will serve as an inter-institutional
body for consultation, development, and consensus on
initiatives to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) to further
meet Guatemala's international obligations. End summary.
2. (U) On July 2, President Berger signed Executive Order
246-2007, effective July 12, establishing the
Inter-Institutional Commission to Combat Trafficking in
Persons and Related Crimes. With an initial mandate of two
years, the Commission will be tasked with recommending to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the President measures to
implement national and international legal instruments on
TIP, and to provide prompt and comprehensive attention to
trafficking victims. It will also implement the National
Plan of Strategic Action, develop with the appropriate
Ministry GOG policy to combat TIP and to protect trafficking
victims, and raise public awareness of the issue.
3. (U) Guatemala ratified the UN Convention Against
Transnational Organized Crime (September 2003),and the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in
Persons (April 2004),which obligates signatories to adopt
the necessary measures to prevent and combat trafficking in
persons and to protect trafficking victims. The new
Commission will facilitate coordination and cooperation among
various State entities, with the voluntary participation of
civil society organizations and other public and private
entities.
4. (U) The inter-institutional body will be comprised of one
representative each from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs,
Government, Education, Culture and Sports, and Public Health
and Social Assistance, the Secretariat of Social Welfare, the
Presidential Secretariat of Social Communication, the
Presidential Secretariat of Planning and Programming, and the
Presidential Human Rights Commission.
5. (U) Comment: This timely Executive Order will not only
enhance Guatemala's anti-TIP efforts but will also help
ensure that the work of the informal inter-institutional
working group, which was established in 2005 under the
leadership of the Foreign Ministry, will continue with
official status at the national level when a new
administration takes office in January 2008.
Lindwall