FY2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: UN UNIVERSITY IN

UNCLAS TOKYO 000110 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC PHUM SOCI JA SUBJECT: FY2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: UN UNIVERSITY IN COMPLIANCE REF: 06 STATE 198903 ¶1. Reftel requested Embassy Tokyo to determine whether United Nations University (UNU),Tokyo, or any of its affiliates grant official status or recognition to organizations that promote, condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. After a thorough examination, Embassy Tokyo has determined that UNU does not grant any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization that promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or have subsidiaries or member organizations that do. ¶2. In making this determination, Embassy Tokyo staff reviewed the 140 NGOs and other organizations that are considered by UNU to be its "partners." (List faxed to IO/RHS.) Of the 140 partners, 27 were recognized as major corporations and eliminated. We examined the remaining 113 partners, identifying for further review those that were not immediately identifiable as not associated with pedophilia. We then reviewed these remaining "partners" with NGOs dedicated to fighting child sexual abuse -- End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purpose (ECPAT) and UNICEF. To their knowledge, none of the UNU partners were associated with pedophilia. We also crosschecked the list of UNU partners with websites of organizations that promote pedophilia and of those that combat it. None of the sites referred to any of the UNU partners. ¶3. Embassy Tokyo POC for this report is Carol Reynolds, reynoldsct@state.gov. Embassy Tokyo devoted 15 hours of staff time to fulfill with this request. DONOVAN