Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NDJAMENA275
2008-07-07 08:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ndjamena
Cable title:
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
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UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000275
STATE FOR AF/C AND IO/PSC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CD
SUBJECT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
REF: STATE 68780
UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000275
STATE FOR AF/C AND IO/PSC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CD
SUBJECT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
REF: STATE 68780
1. Per reftel, Embassy N'Djamena assesses that UN efforts regarding
SEA and TIP in MINURCAT in Chad have been completely successful and
that MINURCAT has worked actively and effectively to prevent and
respond to SEA and TIP in its area of responsibility in Chad.
2. Host government and popular perceptions, as expressed by local
human rights NGOs, the general public, and the media, have been
uniformly favorable to MINURCAT's presence.
3. Neither the Chadian authorities nor civil society groups
have raised issues related to SEA or TIP in MINURCAT authorities. No
international organizations nor non-governmental organizations have
raised SEA or TIP issues in MINURCAT. There has been no mention in
the Chadian press of issues related to SEA and or TIP in MINURCAT.
4. MINURCAT has about 600 personnel on the ground; has confined most
of its activities so far to the capital; and includes no formed
units, either military or police in nature.
5. UNSYG Special Representative for Children Associated with Armed
Conflict, visited Chad in June and urged all parties to prevent any
further illegal recruitment into armed groups, encouraged GOC to
address the issues of child trafficking and sexual violence against
girls. The GOC responded by agreeing to release more than 60
children from detention and to verification visits to military camps
and military training areas to prevent future recruitment of
children.
6. MINURCAT has developed training courses on Child Rights, Child
Militarization, and Child Victim-Witness Protection for UN police
trainers and Chadian police and gendarmes, especially regarding
children in refugee camps and IDP community camps. MINURCAT has
collaborated with the GOC Ministry of Social Affairs and prison
authorities and local women's civil society groups for the
improvement of prison conditions for female inmates and for better
reintegration of females and juveniles into society.
7. MINURCAT officers have documented reports of armed attacks on
civilians by men in civilian and military clothes in the East of
Chad and of sexual and other forms of violence against women,
including rape, in and outside refugee camps, IDP sites and in
several villages. MINURCAT officers helped to confirm that four
girls, including one minor, were raped by a group of Chadian
military near the eastern town of Abeche.
8. MINURCAT has also undertaken to promote gender mainstreaming in
its own activities, especially in the context of policing. MINURCAT
developed comprehensive training materials to effectively
investigate and prevent incidents of gender-based violence,
especially in refugee and IDP areas; and a Gender Policy and
Strategy paper.
NIGRO
STATE FOR AF/C AND IO/PSC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CD
SUBJECT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
REF: STATE 68780
1. Per reftel, Embassy N'Djamena assesses that UN efforts regarding
SEA and TIP in MINURCAT in Chad have been completely successful and
that MINURCAT has worked actively and effectively to prevent and
respond to SEA and TIP in its area of responsibility in Chad.
2. Host government and popular perceptions, as expressed by local
human rights NGOs, the general public, and the media, have been
uniformly favorable to MINURCAT's presence.
3. Neither the Chadian authorities nor civil society groups
have raised issues related to SEA or TIP in MINURCAT authorities. No
international organizations nor non-governmental organizations have
raised SEA or TIP issues in MINURCAT. There has been no mention in
the Chadian press of issues related to SEA and or TIP in MINURCAT.
4. MINURCAT has about 600 personnel on the ground; has confined most
of its activities so far to the capital; and includes no formed
units, either military or police in nature.
5. UNSYG Special Representative for Children Associated with Armed
Conflict, visited Chad in June and urged all parties to prevent any
further illegal recruitment into armed groups, encouraged GOC to
address the issues of child trafficking and sexual violence against
girls. The GOC responded by agreeing to release more than 60
children from detention and to verification visits to military camps
and military training areas to prevent future recruitment of
children.
6. MINURCAT has developed training courses on Child Rights, Child
Militarization, and Child Victim-Witness Protection for UN police
trainers and Chadian police and gendarmes, especially regarding
children in refugee camps and IDP community camps. MINURCAT has
collaborated with the GOC Ministry of Social Affairs and prison
authorities and local women's civil society groups for the
improvement of prison conditions for female inmates and for better
reintegration of females and juveniles into society.
7. MINURCAT officers have documented reports of armed attacks on
civilians by men in civilian and military clothes in the East of
Chad and of sexual and other forms of violence against women,
including rape, in and outside refugee camps, IDP sites and in
several villages. MINURCAT officers helped to confirm that four
girls, including one minor, were raped by a group of Chadian
military near the eastern town of Abeche.
8. MINURCAT has also undertaken to promote gender mainstreaming in
its own activities, especially in the context of policing. MINURCAT
developed comprehensive training materials to effectively
investigate and prevent incidents of gender-based violence,
especially in refugee and IDP areas; and a Gender Policy and
Strategy paper.
NIGRO