Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LAPAZ1184
2009-08-14 21:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy La Paz
Cable title:
RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST
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UNCLAS LA PAZ 001184
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB - BRANDIE SASSER AND CHARITA CASTRO
DRL/ILCSR - MARK MITTELHAUSER
WHA/PPC - SCOTT MILLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
SUBJECT: RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST
REF: STATE 80911
UNCLAS LA PAZ 001184
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB - BRANDIE SASSER AND CHARITA CASTRO
DRL/ILCSR - MARK MITTELHAUSER
WHA/PPC - SCOTT MILLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
SUBJECT: RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST
REF: STATE 80911
1. Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft
revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post
has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane
and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or
indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126.
2. Post understands that the primary source for DOL's Bolivia
list is a 2005 ILO report (Enganche y Servidumbre por Deudas
en Bolivia). We met with local ILO officials to review their
report and to seek an update on their findings. ILO National
Coordinator of Child Labor Maria Elena Reyes and an ILO
specialist who worked on the 2005 report, Rosario Baptista,
indicated that child labor in these sectors is voluntary and
non-contractual, in contrast to the labor situation of
parents who work in these sectors.
3. Post has no further information that indicates that
children working in the Bolivian sugar cane and Brazil nut
sectors are forced to do so or that they work as indentured
labor.
CREAMER
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB - BRANDIE SASSER AND CHARITA CASTRO
DRL/ILCSR - MARK MITTELHAUSER
WHA/PPC - SCOTT MILLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
SUBJECT: RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST
REF: STATE 80911
1. Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft
revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post
has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane
and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or
indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126.
2. Post understands that the primary source for DOL's Bolivia
list is a 2005 ILO report (Enganche y Servidumbre por Deudas
en Bolivia). We met with local ILO officials to review their
report and to seek an update on their findings. ILO National
Coordinator of Child Labor Maria Elena Reyes and an ILO
specialist who worked on the 2005 report, Rosario Baptista,
indicated that child labor in these sectors is voluntary and
non-contractual, in contrast to the labor situation of
parents who work in these sectors.
3. Post has no further information that indicates that
children working in the Bolivian sugar cane and Brazil nut
sectors are forced to do so or that they work as indentured
labor.
CREAMER