Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07NICOSIA28
2007-01-10 08:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA
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UNCLAS NICOSIA 000028
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EUR/SE MCLEGG-TRIPP AND EMELLINGER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO CY
SUBJECT: UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA
MANAGEMENT
REF: A. 06 STATE 204157
B. 06 NICOSIA 1159
UNCLAS NICOSIA 000028
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EUR/SE MCLEGG-TRIPP AND EMELLINGER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO CY
SUBJECT: UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA
MANAGEMENT
REF: A. 06 STATE 204157
B. 06 NICOSIA 1159
1. (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B July
2006 report.
2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in
Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues
to be the UN mission's "gender focal point," charged with
educating UN civilian and military personnel about sexual
harassment, exploitation and trafficking. A second staff
member also still works with Corcoran on sexual exploitation
and abuse (SEA) issues. Corcoran re-emphasized to PolOff
January 8 that her office leads mandatory training sessions
for all new personnel and that UNFICYP enforces the SYG's "no
tolerance" policy, per circular #56, with regard to local
establishments that most likely sponsor prostitution. As of
January 2007, there had been no reported cases of UN
peacekeepers violating the policy. Visiting Gender Advisor
to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Comfort Lamptey had met November 13 with all UN personnel to
reiterate the seriousness of such violations, Corcoran
reported. (Note: Lamptey's visit to Cyprus also was aimed at
reviewing possible areas of UN collaboration on
anti-trafficking efforts with the host government, local NGOs
and other diplomatic missions, such as Embassy Nicosia. End
note.)
3. (U) Neither local media nor NGOs reported incidents of
TIP/SEA misconduct by UNFICYP personnel during the reporting
period. Cyprus-based NGO Stigma clarified that rumors
mentioned in Ref B -- that UN personnel were frequent
customers of Cypriot "cabarets" -- originated in 2005 or even
2004; it had heard no similar rumors in 2006. In regards to
the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, the Embassy in
2006 funded a TIP-related study by local NGO Prologue
Consulting. The report, released December 10 and titled
"Women Trafficking in the Turkish Cypriot Community," did not
specify UNFICYP personnel as customers of the north's
numerous cabarets.
SCHLICHER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EUR/SE MCLEGG-TRIPP AND EMELLINGER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO CY
SUBJECT: UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA
MANAGEMENT
REF: A. 06 STATE 204157
B. 06 NICOSIA 1159
1. (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B July
2006 report.
2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in
Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues
to be the UN mission's "gender focal point," charged with
educating UN civilian and military personnel about sexual
harassment, exploitation and trafficking. A second staff
member also still works with Corcoran on sexual exploitation
and abuse (SEA) issues. Corcoran re-emphasized to PolOff
January 8 that her office leads mandatory training sessions
for all new personnel and that UNFICYP enforces the SYG's "no
tolerance" policy, per circular #56, with regard to local
establishments that most likely sponsor prostitution. As of
January 2007, there had been no reported cases of UN
peacekeepers violating the policy. Visiting Gender Advisor
to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Comfort Lamptey had met November 13 with all UN personnel to
reiterate the seriousness of such violations, Corcoran
reported. (Note: Lamptey's visit to Cyprus also was aimed at
reviewing possible areas of UN collaboration on
anti-trafficking efforts with the host government, local NGOs
and other diplomatic missions, such as Embassy Nicosia. End
note.)
3. (U) Neither local media nor NGOs reported incidents of
TIP/SEA misconduct by UNFICYP personnel during the reporting
period. Cyprus-based NGO Stigma clarified that rumors
mentioned in Ref B -- that UN personnel were frequent
customers of Cypriot "cabarets" -- originated in 2005 or even
2004; it had heard no similar rumors in 2006. In regards to
the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, the Embassy in
2006 funded a TIP-related study by local NGO Prologue
Consulting. The report, released December 10 and titled
"Women Trafficking in the Turkish Cypriot Community," did not
specify UNFICYP personnel as customers of the north's
numerous cabarets.
SCHLICHER