FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000134 SENSITIVE SIPDIS IO/RHS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC PHUM SOCI SUBJECT: FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION REF: 2008 SECSTATE 131870 ¶1. (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOSOC, UNCDF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, and UNDPI. The substance of each agency's written response is provided below. UNCDF, UNDP, UNFPA and UNIFEM do not accredit NGOs and should be removed from next year's annual certification tasker. Mission estimates that 20 hours of staff time were required to complete this tasker. USUN New York contact for this issue is Toby Glucksman. End Summary UNICEF -------------- ¶2. (SBU) UNICEF Deputy Director Gary Stahl states in a January 14, 2009 letter to the Mission that "UNICEF has not granted official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia, or which includes as a subsidiary or member any such organization. Any such organization could not be a proper partner of UNICEF. I can assure you that if, in fact, such a grant or official status, accreditation, or recognition were to have been made inadvertently or through lack of complete due diligence, UNICEF would take immediate and appropriate steps to rectify the situation." UNFPA -------------- ¶3. (SBU) UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Purmina Mane states in a January 19, 2009 letter to the Mission that "UNFPA has no accreditation process for NGOs. UNFPA has never, therefore, provided accreditation to, or become affiliated with, any organization that promotes, condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia. In as far as NGOs act as implementing partners in UNFPA development assistance projects, we assure you that UNFPA would never work with an organization of any kind that condones or promotes pedophilia, or has members who do so." UNCDF -------------- ¶4. (SBU) UNCDF Executive Secretary David Morrison states in a January 19, 2009 letter to Mission that UNCDF "does not have any affiliated NGOs and does not grant accreditation to any organization outside the UN." UNDP -------------- ¶5. (SBU) UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis states in a January 21, 2009 letter to Mission that "As we have stated in our communications on this matter in previous years, UNDP does not have an accreditation system for NGOs. Formal accreditation and classification of NGOs is a process that falls under the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). We have partnerships with NGOs at program and policy levels on development priorities as defined by UNDP, and none of our NGO partners condones or promotes the legalization of pedophilia." UNIFEM -------------- ¶6. (SBU) UNIFEM Deputy Executive Director Moez Doraid states in a January 13 letter to Mission that "UNIFEM does not grant accreditation to any NGOs. Moreover, UNIFEM does not knowingly affiliate itself or its work with NGOs that condone or promote pedophilia or that have members that support or seek legalization of pedophilia." ECOSOC -------------- ¶7. (SBU) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs NGO Section Chief Hanifa Mezoui states in a January 21 letter to Mission that "I am pleased to send to you a list of NGOs in consultative status with the ECOSOC of the UN, which includes those organization granted status by ECOSOC in 2008. I am also confirming that the NGO Committee fully complies with Section 102 (g) of the U.S. Foreign Relations Authorization Act and has not granted accreditation to any organization that promotes, condones, or seeks the legislation of pedophilia, or includes in its membership any such organization." Para 10 includes the list of NGOs affiliated with ECOSOC since last year's certification process. UNDPI -------------- ¶8. (SBU) UN Undersecretary General for Communications and Public Information Kiyo Akasaka states in a January 15, 2009 letter to the Mission that "I wish to advise that, on the basis of the accreditation documents and to the best of our knowledge, none of the NGOs approved for association with the Department of Public Information since 2008 condone or promote pedophilia." Attached to the Undersecretary's letter is a list of NGOs approved for association since 2008; para 9 provides that list. ¶9. (SBU) Following is a list of 15 NGOs approved for association with UNDPI since 2008: Begin UNDPI list: ¶1. Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois ¶2. Children International ¶3. Peace Partnership International ¶4. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority ¶5. Unite for Sight ¶6. A Better World ¶7. Autism Speaks ¶8. Books for Africa ¶9. Darfur Rehabilitation Project 10.Independent Diplomat 11 Internations Institute of New Jersey 12.Pacific Rim Institute for Development and Education 13.Student World Assembly 14.Trace International 15.World Growth End UNDPI list. ¶10. (SBU) Following is a list of 117 NGOs newly accredited by ECOSOC in 2008: Begin ECOSOC list: ¶1. Women and Modern World Social Charitable Centre ¶2. Action pour le Developpement de l'Agriculture et de la Peche avec Protection Environnementale de Likende ¶3. Advisory Network For African Information Society (ANAIS-AC) ¶4. Africa Humanitarian Action Association ¶5. African Child Care Association, Inc ¶6. Agence de Developpement Economique et Culturel Nord-Sud ¶7. Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD) ¶8. Al Zubair Charitable Foundation ¶9. American Association of University Women 10.ASEER Foundation (All About Social, Educational, Rights) 11.Asia Darshana 12.Asociacion Mujeres Unidas para el Microcredito 13.Association Coeur Africain 14.Association pour Ie Developpement du Canton Bulu du Dja (ASSODEDJA) 15.Association VERSeau Developpement 16.Baltic Sea Forum 17.BATANI Internationl Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East 18.Beckley Foundation, The 19.Bharat Sevashram Sangha 20.Black Sea Civil Society Solidarity Association (Union of Black Sea Region NGOs) 21.Business Humanitarian Forum 22.CARAM - Asia Berhad 23.Carter Center, Inc. 24.The Center for Health and Gender Equity, Inc. 25.Center of Egyptian Woman Issues 26.Centre for European Constitutional Law - Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation 27.Centro de Informacion y Education para Ia Prevencion del Abuso de Drogas 28.Cercie de Recherche sur Ies Droits et les Devoirs de a Personne Humaine 29.Child Family Health International 30.Children International 31.China NGO Network for International Exchanges (CNIE) 32.Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group 33.CIRID (Centre Independent de Recherches et dlniatives pour le Dialogue) 34.Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program, Inc. 35.Colonie Des Pionniers de Developpement (CPD asbl) 36.Comitato-Ev-K2-CNR 37.Comite pour les relations internationales de jeunesse de la communaute francaise de Belgique 38.Council on Health Research for Development 39.Environic Foundation International 40.Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie Van Homoseksualiteit - COC Nederland 41.Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights 42.Federation Of Jam Associations in North America 43.Fondation Connaissance et Liberte - Fondasyon Konesans ak Libete 44.Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) 45.Fundacdo de Assistencia Medica Internacionul 46.Fundacio Futbol Club Barcelona 47.Fundacion Guayasamin 48.Fundacion Instituto Psicopedagogico Uruguayo 49.Fundacion Para La Libertad - Askatasun Bidean 50.Fundacion para Una Cultura de Paz 51.Fundacion Proyecto de Paz Mundial 52.Geneva Infant Feeding Association 53.Geneva Social Observatory 54.Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 55.Global Workers Justice Alliance 56.Gods Harvest Foundation, GHARFO 57.Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda I.A.P. 58.Health for Humanity 59.Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS,Inc.) 60.Hudson Institute, Inc. 61.Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health 62.Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology 63.Instituto Internacional de Ciencias Politicas - IICP - lISP 64.International Association for Media and Communication Research 65.International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children 66.International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) 67.International Paralympic Committee (IPC) e.V. 68.Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice delle Salesiane di Don Bosco 69.IT for Change 70.JA Worldwide 71.Knights of the Southern Cross (Australia) Incorporated 72.L'Association dequipements collectifs La Castellane 73.Learning and Development - Kenya 74.Les Enfants de Frankie 75.Ligue pour le Droit de la Femme Congolaise 76.Mother Child Education Foundation 77.National Womens Studies Association 78.Network of Non-Governmental Organisations of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women, 79.The New Future Foundation, Inc. 80.Nigeria-Togo Association 81.Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association 82.Nigerian Health Care Foundation, Inc. 83.NTIC et Citoyennete 84.Okedongmu Children in Korea 85.Ordre des Avocats a la Cour de Paris 86.Organisation pour a Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Cooperation Economique Internationale - OCAPROCE Internationale 87.Partnership for Global Justice 88.Peace Parks Foundation 89.People to People, Inc. 90.Physicians for Peace 91.Plateforme pour le Developpement Durable des Caraibes (PLAC 21) 92.PLAY SOCCER 93.Pos Keadilan Peduli Ummat 94.Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims 95.Romani CR155 - Roma Centre for Social Intervention and Studies 96.Rural Africa Water Development Initiative 97.Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra 98.Sante de Ia Reproduction pour une Maternite Sans Risque (SRMSR-DIMOL) 99.School of Human Genetics and Population Health 100.Service for Peace, Inc. 101.Ship and Ocean Foundation 102.Smile of the Child 103.Society for the Protection and Assistance of the Socially Disadvantaged Individuals, The 104.Society Studies Centre (MADA ssc) 105.SustainUS, Inc. 106.Talented Girl Students Trust (TGST) 107.Vikash 108.Village Suisse ONG 109.Voices of African Mothers, Inc. 110.Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management 111.Womens Association for a Better Aging Society (WABAS) 112.Womens Health and Education Center 113.Womens Rights Association Against Discrimination (AKDER) 114.Womens Shadow Parliament - Kenya 115.World of Hope International 116.Worldwide Network Nigeria:Women in Development and Environment 117.Yugoslav Youth Association Against AIDS - Youth of JAZAS End ECOSOC list. 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