Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NICOSIA45
2008-01-18 14:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFULLY
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UNCLAS NICOSIA 000045
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/PGI, IO/UNP, IO/PSC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PREL KCRM CY
SUBJECT: UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFULLY
MANAGING ANTI-TIP/ SEA EFFORTS
REF: SECSTATE 170451
UNCLAS NICOSIA 000045
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/PGI, IO/UNP, IO/PSC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PREL KCRM CY
SUBJECT: UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFULLY
MANAGING ANTI-TIP/ SEA EFFORTS
REF: SECSTATE 170451
1. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Hala Baber,
a front office staffer in the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
(UNFICYP). Baber informed us that Maria Wilkins, UNFICYP's
senior administrative officer, recently had assumed the
mission's "gender focal point" role, charged with educating
UN civilian and military personnel about sexual harassment,
exploitation and trafficking. Wilkins leads mandatory
training sessions for all new personnel, she noted. Further,
UNFICYP enforces the SYG's "zero tolerance" policy, per
circular #56, with regard to any local establishments that
likely sponsor prostitution. As of January 2008, there had
been no reported cases of UN peacekeepers violating the
policy, Baber revealed.
3. (U) Neither local media nor NGOs reported incidents of
TIP/SEA misconduct by UNFICYP personnel during the reporting
period.
ZIMMERMAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/PGI, IO/UNP, IO/PSC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PREL KCRM CY
SUBJECT: UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFULLY
MANAGING ANTI-TIP/ SEA EFFORTS
REF: SECSTATE 170451
1. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Hala Baber,
a front office staffer in the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
(UNFICYP). Baber informed us that Maria Wilkins, UNFICYP's
senior administrative officer, recently had assumed the
mission's "gender focal point" role, charged with educating
UN civilian and military personnel about sexual harassment,
exploitation and trafficking. Wilkins leads mandatory
training sessions for all new personnel, she noted. Further,
UNFICYP enforces the SYG's "zero tolerance" policy, per
circular #56, with regard to any local establishments that
likely sponsor prostitution. As of January 2008, there had
been no reported cases of UN peacekeepers violating the
policy, Baber revealed.
3. (U) Neither local media nor NGOs reported incidents of
TIP/SEA misconduct by UNFICYP personnel during the reporting
period.
ZIMMERMAN