Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MUSCAT796
2008-11-19 13:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Muscat
Cable title:  

MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN

Tags:  PREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU 
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INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 000796 

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP AND G/TIP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/19/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU
SUBJECT: MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS

Classified By: DCM L. Victor Hurtado for Reasons 1.4 (b, d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 000796

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP AND G/TIP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/19/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU
SUBJECT: MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS

Classified By: DCM L. Victor Hurtado for Reasons 1.4 (b, d)


1. (C) On November 16, the DCM and Pol-Econ Chief paid an
introductory call to Ambassador Lyutha bint Sultan bin Ahmad
al-Mughairy, the new director of the office of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi.
(Note: As Sayyid Badr is post's senior Omani interlocutor
on trafficking-in-persons (TIP),al-Mughairy will continue
her predecessor's role as one of our most important contacts
on TIP issues. End Note.) The DCM made clear that even
though Oman had moved from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List, TIP
issues in the Sultanate required continued focus by the Omani
government. He further highlighted primary U.S. concerns
regarding TIP and the need for Oman to move forward on
specific actions against trafficking, including adoption of
pending anti-TIP legislation. Al-Mughairy replied that she
recognized the seriousness of the subject and looked forward
to working with post on addressing TIP issues.


2. (C) Asked whether she considered herself a role model for
Omani women given her impressive career (see paragraph
below),al-Mughairy stated that in contrast to the time of
her youth, she was now one of many women who had achieved
professional success in the Sultanate. She noted that of the
70 Omanis recently hired as new diplomats by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, 50 were women.


2. (SBU) Biographic Note: Lyutha al-Mughairy is the most
senior female official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
is the sister of Oman's ambassador the U.S., Hunaina
al-Mughairy. She studied at the American University of Cairo
(AUC) and has taken postgraduate courses at Sussex University
in the UK and Columbia University, New York. Upon graduation
from AUC, she helped establish local English-language
broadcasting of both radio and television in Abu Dhabi. She
returned to the Sultanate in 1975 to set up and run English
Radio and Television Services in Oman. In 1979 she joined
the United Nations as an Information Officer focusing on
issues related to the disabled. She continued her UN career
in several different positions, eventually being appointed
Chief of the Information Centres Service in 2002. She
retired from the UN and moved to Muscat from New York with
her husband roughly two years ago. She has a daughter
currently studying in the UK after graduating from the UN
International School. End Biographic Note.
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