COSTA RICA WILL ATTEND THE VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN

UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000082 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/RBEAL, G/TIP CBURY AND IO/T CNEVILLE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CS SUBJECT: COSTA RICA WILL ATTEND THE VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING REF: STATE 09008 ¶1. On January 31 we spoke with Viviana Tinoco of the MFA's Department of Human Rights and International Law regarding Costa Rica's attendance to the Vienna Forum. We conveyed to Tinoco USG concerns that the Vienna Forum should not lead to any outcome document calling for commitments or recommendations to the UN. Tinoco told us she would convey our concerns to the GOCR embassy in Vienna. ¶2. Tinoco informed us that, in addition to a yet unknown member of their embassy in Vienna, the GOCR would send Ana Duran, Vice-Minister of Public Security and Governance (who is also the Chairman of the Coalition Against Human Trafficking). ¶3. We also learned that the Executive Director of Fundacion Pan y Amor -a NGO dedicated to rehabilitation of victims of trafficking in Costa Rica-, Milena Grillo, would also attend the Forum. BRENNAN