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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02COLOMBO1856 |
GSP CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR SRI LANKA [...] Refs (B) and (C) contain comprehensive information on child labor in Sri Lanka. Below is an update. 2. Responses keyed to Ref A. (a) Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Sri Lanka ratified ILO convention 182 for the immedia [...] |
2002-10-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2916 |
CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...] |
2002-10-18 23:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HO USAID |
| 03COLOMBO1436 |
SRI LANKA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] Following is information on Child Labor in Sri Lanka for GSP Trade and Development Act. 2. Responses are keyed to Reftel. (a) Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Sri Lanka has shown its commitment to protecting children fr [...] |
2003-08-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID |
| 03GUATEMALA2108 |
CHILD LABOR UPDATE: GUATEMALA [...] Summary: In response to Ref A, this cable provides update information to supplement Refs B (last year's Child Labor report, which otherwise remains valid) and C (Guatemala Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report). Significant child labor developments over the past year include publication of a ne [...] |
2003-08-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI GT USAID |
| 04COLOMBO1396 |
SRI LANKA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] Sri Lanka Child Domestic Labor, A Rapid Assessment, 2. A Study of young domestic workers in Sri Lanka: proposals for legal amendments and a code of conduct, 3. List of hazardous employment approved by the National Labor Advisory Commission. ENTWISTLE [...] |
2004-08-23 04:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID |
| 04GUATEMALA2673 |
LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT BERGER [...] (C) Summary: At lunch October 21, President Berger and the Ambassador addressed a variety of international and national topics. Principal among them, Berger said Guatemala would give the informal candidacy of exGuatemalan UN PermRep Gert Rosenthal 30 days and then fall in behind his good fr [...] |
2004-10-22 19:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ETRD MARR PHUM NU ES OAS USAID |
| 04MADRID4840 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID OFFICIALS ADOLFO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to AID/AA/LAC Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, January 8-12. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Please provide an agenda of the me [...] |
2004-12-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP USAID |
| 05AMMAN6925 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION: [...] Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs per ref A in order to update ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information from ref B remains unchanged, and the worst forms of child labor, as defined in ILO [...] |
2005-08-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JO USAID |
| 05ANKARA5107 |
TURKEY: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Turkey has made a commitment to eliminate child labor as it pursues its EU membership bid. The GOT's short-term goal is to limit and improve the conditions under which children work. The GOT's long-term goal is to increase access to basic and vocational education as a means of improving the [...] |
2005-09-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 05CAIRO7068 |
EGYPT - UPDATE ON GSP PROVISIONS ON THE WORST [...] Summary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress on restricting and regulating child labor. The GOE and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are working together to increase awareness of child labor-related issues and enforcement. Per ref B request, the following informat [...] |
2005-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EG PHUM SOCI ETRB USAID |
| 05DHAKA4291 |
BANGLADESH: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...] Following is an update and review of the child labor report pegged to questions posed in reftel. a) Bangladesh has not promulgated new laws or regulations on minimum age/s for employment since ratification of ILO Convention 182. In June 2003, the government listed 11 occupations as the wors [...] |
2005-08-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV BG USAID |
| 05DHAKA937 |
BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report will cover efforts by the Bangladesh Government (BDG) during the time period from March 2004-March 2005. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Charlene Wang, telephone number 880-2-885-5500 extension 2148, IVG post-code Dhaka #583, fax [...] |
2005-03-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG USAID |
| 05DJIBOUTI812 |
REQUEST FOR UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - [...] In reftel B, post responded to State 163453 of July 2004 and gave detailed information on the subject. We have contacted all of our sources of information again and they confirmed that the worst forms of child labor still do not exist in Djibouti. No new laws or regulations were passed since [...] |
2005-08-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DJ USAID |
| 05DUBLIN1321 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN BELARUS [...] (C) On October 25, emboff delivered reftel talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling and Eastern Europe and Russia desk officer Conleth Brady. Dowling said that Ireland generally agrees with and supports the USG policy tow [...] |
2005-10-26 10:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV EUN BO EI USAID |
| 05MAPUTO1086 |
MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Mozambique is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor (Convention 182). The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but it does not have a regulatory body specifically [...] |
2005-08-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1367 |
CHAD: 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Chadian Government continues to move ahead on its commitments against child labor. Its efforts are hampered by a lack of capacity and resources. The most significant development during this period is the completion of a survey of child domestic workers in N'Djamena. Per A, [...] |
2005-09-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CD USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1708 |
USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] A USG team found that six aid organizations implementing OFDA-funded projects in eastern Chad have gotten off to a good start with funding provided late in the fiscal year. Their work is welcomed by local authorities and individual Chadians, will help ease conditions in an arid and undevelop [...] |
2005-12-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1741 |
USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 16:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1755 |
USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] As reported septel, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist visited eastern Chad from November 16 to 29 to monitor emergency food assistance activities of U.N. World Food Program (WFP). Representatives from WFP, food distribution partners, and humanitarian organizations acc [...] |
2005-12-12 08:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1757 |
USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] Approximately 200,000 Sudanese refugees currently live in reasonable but delicate harmony with their Chadian hosts in an arid and undeveloped environment. Potential problems revolve around use of natural resources, jealousy and political developments in Sudan and Chad. UNHCR and its partners [...] |
2005-12-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1758 |
USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] From November 16 to 29, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist traveled to eastern Chad for the second time in 2005 to monitor USAID- sponsored food aid operations carried out by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners. This is the first of two assessment cables re [...] |
2005-12-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA282 |
REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE, [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...] |
2005-02-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID |
| 05NEWDELHI9204 |
BHUTAN: LARGELY LACKING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) In response to Reftel, post spoke to Bhutanese Ministry of Labor, Education, Employment and Works and Human Settlement officials and NGOs to answer questions posed in paragraph seven. We assess that while 45,000 children may at times work, the worst forms of child labor are largely absent [...] |
2005-12-06 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BT |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2841 |
Haiti: Response to Request for Update of Worst [...] Summary. Child labor practices in Haiti mainly involve the use of children in domestic servitude, or restaveks (derived from the French words "rester avec" meaning to stay with). The centuries-old practice is also considered internal trafficking of children and involves placing poorer childr [...] |
2005-11-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HA USAID |
| 05SOFIA1749 |
BULGARIA 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Since our 2004 report, Bulgaria has made significant progress in implementing a national strategy to fight child labor abuses. The GoB has signed an agreement with the International Labor Organization (ILO), established a child labor unit within the Ministry of Labor and Social Poli [...] |
2005-10-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BU USAID |
| 05YEREVAN1550 |
ARMENIA: EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR REMAINS RARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In March 2005, the Armenian National Assembly adopted and President Robert Kocharian signed legislation that established the State Labor Inspectorate, a new government agency responsible for [...] |
2005-08-25 12:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM USAID GTIP ILO |
| 05YEREVAN1795 |
ARMENIA: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES INTERNATIONAL LABOR [...] Per reftels, Post provides the following update regarding exploitive child labor: -- On October 3, the Armenian National Assembly ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Minimum Age Convention 138. Armenpress News Agency quoted Labor and Social Affairs Minister Aghvan Vardanyan, w [...] |
2005-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM USAID GTIP ILO |
| 06ABIDJAN1400 |
COTE D'IVOIRE - UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV |
| 06ADDISABABA209 |
ETHIOPIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] Requested information about the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia follows and is organized per reftel instructions. 2. A. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR Ethiopia's Labor Proclamation (42/93) prohibits children below the age of 14 from working. [...] |
2006-01-24 14:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 06ADDISABABA402 |
ETHIOPIA: FY2006 FUNDING REQUESTS FOR ESF [...] Embassy Addis Ababa submits two proposals for FY2006 ESF anti-trafficking in persons projects. As requested, the proposal information has been formatted per reftel guidelines and listed in priority order. Due to space constraints, the entire text of the project proposals could not be include [...] |
2006-02-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG USAID |
| 06AMMAN8967 |
WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: UPDATE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs in order to update Ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information reported in Ref b remains accurate, and the worst forms of child [...] |
2006-12-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL JO |
| 06ASTANA891 |
KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: In accordance with Ref A, this telegram provides updated data on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. This cable updates Refs B and C. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's con [...] |
2006-12-20 06:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID KZ |
| 06COLOMBO2072 |
SRI LANKA WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE - DEC 2006 [...] Per Ref A, below is an update of the worst forms of child labor information for Sri Lanka. This report provides new developments since the submission of the last update in 2005 (Ref B). Child Labor Legislation ----------------------- 2. In August 2006, the Parliament passed an amendmen [...] |
2006-12-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID CE |
| 06DARESSALAAM1937 |
TANZANIA'S UPDATE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: While official 2005/06 figures on child labor have not been yet be released by Tanzania's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stakeholders agree child labor remains a problem in Tanzania, compounded by the scourge of HIV/AIDS, a weak educational system, and rural-urban migration [...] |
2006-12-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TZ |
| 06HARARE1490 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has established an inter-ministerial taskforce, a woman was sentenc [...] |
2006-12-20 12:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 06HARARE1491 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has established an inter-ministerial taskforce, a woman was sentenc [...] |
2006-12-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ZI |
| 06HARARE1500 |
UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Retransmission of Harare 1490 with correct subject line. (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has esta [...] |
2006-12-28 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB USAID ZI |
| 06KABUL2841 |
ASSESSING THE PASHTUN BELT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-Embassy Islamabad-CFC cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Neumann, Ambassador Crocker, CFC Commanding General Eikenberry, and their senior staffs met at Embassy Kabul for the first of a series of planned periodic inter-Embassy meetings prompte [...] |
2006-06-24 02:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER USAID MASS PINR AF |
| 06KABUL3299 |
AFGHANISTAN - A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) Meeting attendees from the USG: A/S Sullivan CDA Norland OPIC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Dulce Zahniser State, Bilateral Trade Officer, Mary Beth Goodman Econ Counselor, Jack Spilsbury Treasury Attache, Sonja Renander Attendees from the GOA: Minist [...] |
2006-07-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV USAID |
| 06KABUL3532 |
AFGHANISTAN COMPACT: PROGRESS ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Donor representatives used the second Meeting of the Afghan Compact's Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) to press for government action in key areas including energy reform, anti-corruption, and rule of law. GoA interventions highlighted the need for emergency fue [...] |
2006-08-07 12:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV USAID |
| 06KIGALI1198 |
RWANDA UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary. There are few updates to post's August submission of Worst Forms of Child Labor information for mandatory reporting requirements as requested (ref A). GOR continues to take the issue seriously; however, progress is gradual due to the lack of capacity in the Ministries charged with [...] |
2006-12-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI USAID RW |
| 06LAPAZ1062 |
BOLIVIA: MORALES AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales has accused key actors in the judicial sector of protecting "sacred cows" and resisting the process of political change. In response, key representatives of the justice sector have accused the President of interfering with and politicizing justice. Although l [...] |
2006-04-19 15:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM USAID BL |
| 06LAPAZ3229 |
WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS VICE PRESIDENT GARCIA LINERA [...] (C) On November 29th WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, the Ambassador and WHA Special Advisor Tamburri met with Vice President Garcia Linera to review recent developments in Bolivia and the bilateral agenda. (President Morales was traveling abroad.) Shapiro reiterated U.S. support for democracy and [...] |
2006-11-29 20:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL USAID BL |
| 06MAPUTO903 |
MOZAMBIQUE: Assessment of NIH Proposed Research [...] This is Embassy Maputo's assessment in response to reftel. 2. Post has reviewed and clears on the NIH's proposed research project award - Observational Antiretroviral Studies in Southern Africa (OASIS) Collaboration - to the Pediatric Day Hospital in Maputo, Mozambique. 3. Post does not [...] |
2006-07-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA USAID MZ |
| 06MUSCAT1711 |
UPDATE ON OMAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST WORST FORMS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 06PANAMA2392 |
UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Please find below updated information on child labor in Panama, divided by section. Post will report additional statistics septel as they become available. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor ----------------------------------- - The Comptroller General's Office reports that over 47, [...] |
2006-12-15 21:59:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PM |
| 06PARAMARIBO798 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION IN [...] (U) In response to ref. A Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, previously submitted in Ref. B. A. (U) Since Post reported on the labor situation in Suriname in 2005, the country has ratified ILO Convention 182 [...] |
2006-12-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 06YEREVAN1707 |
WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REMAIN RARE IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) In 2006, the Armenian government tightened some of its legislation pertaining to child labor. While there is still no explicit law against the worst forms of child labor, at the end of 2005 the government adopted a list of occupations considered too hazardous for children. The Labor Cod [...] |
2006-12-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID AM |
| 06ZAGREB1494 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: CROATIA [...] Summary: Croatia has a strong institutional and legal framework for protecting the rights of minors and a good track record of taking action to prevent child labor. Problems are isolated and infrequent. Most reported abuses occur in the entertainment, hospitality, retail, industrial construct [...] |
2006-12-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID HR |
| 07ABIDJAN12 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: EDUCATION IN THE FN-HELD NORTH [...] (U) Summary: The efforts to administer the New Forces (NF)-held north by the Ministry of Education are viewed by the FN and academics in the region with suspicion bordering on contempt. EconOfficers visited Bouake and Korhogo, and found that the ongoing public primary school teacher's strike [...] |
2007-01-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB IV PGOV KISL USAID |
| 07ABIDJAN187 |
TFGV01: UNHCR CONFIRMS REFUGEES IN GUINEA CAMPS [...] (SBU) Prior to the current crisis in Guinea, UNHCR had predicted that large-scale population displacements would not result from civil disturbances in Guinea. However, the dynamics of the crisis have UNHCR officials on edge and they remain vigilant should the situation change. UNHCR offices [...] |
2007-02-21 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL USAID GV LI CI |
| 07ABIDJAN263 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR CVT LIBERIA: [...] Summary: This monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report is based on Refugee Coordinator's (RefCoord) visits to the Center for Victims of Torture's (CVT) field offices in Liberia in October 2006 and January 2007. CVT is on target to meet its objectives in the PRM-funded program, "Promoting Com [...] |
2007-03-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM USAID UNHCR CI LI |
| 07ADDISABABA3435 |
ETHIOPIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Requested information about the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia follows and is organized per reftel instructions. 2. For further references, please contact Political/Economic Affairs Officer Kimberly Wright at: WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor In 2005 [...] |
2007-12-03 04:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET |
| 07ANTANANARIVO1216 |
WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE: MADAGASCAR AND [...] Post provides below updated information on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros, keyed to questions in reftel, as available and appropriate. 2. Madagascar -------------- The Government of Madagascar continues to be a regional leader in combating chi [...] |
2007-12-03 13:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL MA CN |
| 07ASTANA3256 |
KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF INFORMATION ON THE WORST FORMS OF [...] Summary: In accordance with reftel A, this telegram provides updated information on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. The cable updates reftels B, C, and D. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kaza [...] |
2007-12-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID KZ |
| 07BANJUL592 |
THE GAMBIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Embassy Banjul hereby submits its update for reporting requirements on the worst forms of child labor. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The government of The Gambia ratified ILO Convention 128 in September 2000 and ILO Convention 182 in July 2001. The [...] |
2007-11-30 08:17:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID GA |
| 07BELMOPAN17 |
FOLLOW UP TO BELIZE UPDATES ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Since the submission of Ref. B, the Government of Belize (GoB) has provided additional information to Post on its efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor. Post believes it is important that these additional points be included in any reporting on child labor in Belize. 2. The GoB [...] |
2007-01-11 21:11:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BH |
| 07CASABLANCA254 |
2007 MOROCCO UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Morocco's commitment to combat and eliminate them. It updates information provided by Post in 2006 and years prior, concerning Morocco's child labor laws and reg [...] |
2007-12-14 19:20:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN USAID MO |
| 07DARESSALAAM1601 |
2007 TANZANIA REPORT ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania (GOT) passed a National Strategy and two new labor laws criminalizing child labor in 2004 and awareness of the issue continues to increase across the country as the Tanzanian government continues to partner with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on projects to [...] |
2007-12-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TZ |
| 07KATHMANDU2038 |
NEPAL: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION 2007 [...] As requested by Reftel, Post is providing current information on child labor, especially its worst forms, as well as on efforts by the Government of Nepal (GON) to address the problem. Emboff collected information from the Ministry of Labor and Transport (MOLT), the Ministry for Women, Childr [...] |
2007-12-02 23:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID NP |
| 07MONTEVIDEO1026 |
URUGUAY: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Per reftel, post submits the following report on worst forms of child labor in Uruguay, formatted as requested. ------------ Begin Report ------------ A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor The law sets the minimum age for employment at 15 years. Adolescent [...] |
2007-12-07 19:10:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID UY |
| 07NAIROBI1496 |
USAID/EAST AFRICA/FFP MONITORING MISSION OF [...] SUMMARY: Regional East Africa FFP Officer and USAID Rwanda Mission conducted a joint monitoring mission February 26 ? March 3, 2007, of Title II Cooperating Sponsors (CSs) World Vision (WV), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), ACDI/VOCA and their sub-grantees: Africare, ADRA and Food for the Hun [...] |
2007-04-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | USAID |
| 07PARAMARIBO629 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) In response to reftel Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A. (U) Suriname has ratified ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms of child labor. ILO Convention 138, the Minimum Age Convention, is, howe [...] |
2007-12-06 18:24:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID NS |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2697 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF [...] As requested Reftel, following is an update on host government efforts in combating the worst forms of child labor (WFCL). Laws and Regulations Proscribing WFCL ------------------------------------- 2. The law prohibits employment of children younger than 14 and places restrictions on empl [...] |
2007-12-07 18:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR |
| 07STATE138933 |
USAID/DCHA/OFDA RESPONSE TO DISASTER [...] IN ACCORDANCE WITH POST'S REF A DISASTER DECLARATION AND REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE, USAID/DCHA/OFDA IS ESTABLISHING A MISSION ALLOWANCE OF USDOLS 50,000 AS A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN BURMA. USAID/DCHA/OFDA UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE FUNDS WILL BE A [...] |
2007-10-02 20:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BU NOTAG USAID |
| 07TASHKENT328 |
SURVIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOU's closure of the U.S. NGO Counterpart International in June 2006, the organization's Community and Humanitarian Assistance Program (CHAP) has been able to continue operations, thanks in large part to its local representative's re-registering as a private entreprene [...] |
2007-02-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM SOCI UZ USAID |
| 07TIRANA1059 |
ALBANIA: 2007 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: Post's 2007 report on Albania's worst forms of child labor will focus on changes and developments over the last year and will not repeat reporting in last year's cable (ref B). Albania continues to make progress in addressing the issue of child labor and child trafficking, but as rep [...] |
2007-12-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID AL |
| 07ULAANBAATAR695 |
UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN MONGOLIA [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following information on whether Mongolia, eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) program, is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development A [...] |
2007-12-17 01:46:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID MG |
| 07ZAGREB1049 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: CROATIA [...] Summary: Child labor is not a significant problem in Croatia. Croatia has a strong institutional and legal framework for protecting the rights of minors and a good track record of taking action to prevent child labor. Problems are isolated and infrequent and are addressed effectively by author [...] |
2007-11-30 12:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID HR |
| 08ACCRA255 |
FUNDING REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL [...] Request ICASS funding to continue leasing the current USAID warehouse April 1, 2008. Estimated annual warehouse lease (33,000), utility (16,000) and guard (13,700) costs are 63,000 USD. This cable has been cleared by the ICASS Council. In addition, OBO/RE advised use of MOU to transfer leas [...] |
2008-02-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KICA AFIN AMGT USAID ASEC ABUD |
| 08ADDISABABA886 |
ETHIOPIA: UNIONS AND UNIONIZATION AN EVOLVING PHENOMENON [...] Ethiopia's unions are small institutions experiencing difficulties in the context of a growing private sector. Although both constitutional and labor laws recognize and protect worker rights, the economy's formal sector is small, and efforts to organize workers in-country are challenging. Empl [...] |
2008-04-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET |
| 08GENEVA1043 |
Organic Agriculture: International Task Force Facilitating [...] SUMMARY: The International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF), which was a successful public-private partnership, held its final meeting on October 7, 2008, having completed its five-year project to develop a method for comparing different organic standard [...] |
2008-11-26 16:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | UNCTAD ECON ETRD USDA USAID |
| 08GUATEMALA100 |
ADDENDUM TO GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-30 23:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV GT |
| 08GUATEMALA54 |
GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-18 23:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV GT |
| 08KATHMANDU993 |
GTIP PROGRAMMING IN NEPAL [...] In 2006, GTIP, through USAID, approved a grant to World Education. GTIP approved the grant based on the proposal submitted by World Education. As part of the monitoring of the activity, GTIP conducted a national assessment of activities in Nepal and visited the World Education program in Feb [...] |
2008-09-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP USAID KOCI KWMN SOCI PHUM KCRM ELAB PGOV |
| 08MANILA2386 |
HIGHLIGHTING U.S. SUPPORT FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN [...] Summary. During an October 14 visit to the terrorist-affiliated Southern Philippines island of Jolo, Sulu Province, the Ambassador expressed solidarity with the people of Mindanao and emphasized the United States government's continued support for peace and prosperity in Mindanao. Groundbreak [...] |
2008-10-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID |
| 08MOSCOW3179 |
GOR STILL FEELING ITS WAY ON TAXING FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has sent a letter to Premier Vladimir Putin identifying the criteria and procedures for including foreign non-commercial organizations on a list of grantors whose grants are exempt from income taxation for Russian recipients. The proposal was hardly a [...] |
2008-10-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PINR USAID RS |
| 08NIAMEY231 |
NIGER GSP PETITION: INTERIM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM on February 20 made ref A demarche with Labor Ministry Secretary General Assane Harouna, National Commission against Forced Labor and Discrimination director Issa Dan Azoumi and the head of the Labor Ministry's child labor division, Dounama Abdou. They noted that the slavery study [...] |
2008-02-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD SOCI USAID PREL NG |
| 08PARIS455 |
NOMINATION OF ANTI-TIP HERO JEAN CLAUDE MBVOUMIN [...] (U) Post nominates Jean Claude Mbvoumin as a 2008 anti-TIP hero. Mr. Mbvoumin founded and runs the Soccer Culture Solidarity Association (Associate Culture Foot Solidaire (CFS)), which seeks to raise awareness and combat trafficking in young soccer players from Africa. As a former soccer pl [...] |
2008-03-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF USAID FR |
| 08PARISFR2105 |
UNESCO HOSTS EDUCATION CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] Summary: On October 30 - November 1, 2008 UNESCO and the First Lady of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, hosted the International Conference on the Right to Education in Crisis-Affected Countries entitled "Stop Jeopardizing the Future of Iraq" in Paris. Director General Matsuura op [...] |
2008-11-14 17:44:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC UNESCO KEDU FR IZ QA JO USAID |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE1317 |
HAITI: KEY BRIDGES IN RUINS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy USAID officials, a USAID engineer, and military engineers from the USS Kearsarge visited five damaged bridges September 13-14 to make a preliminary damage assessment. Damaged and destroyed bridges have cut off key transportation arteries and made the provision of emergen [...] |
2008-09-16 19:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC HA PGOV USAID |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE1585 |
SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROBINSON VISIT TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Your visit comes when the Government of Haiti is digging out from the wreckage of four hurricanes that affected 10 percent of the population and from the collapse of a school that killed nearly 100 children. The newly-installed government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is battli [...] |
2008-11-14 20:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON USAID OVIP HA |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE1709 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN'S DECEMBER 16-19 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the recently installed government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is overseeing disaster relief efforts amidst growing criticism that government assistance is not reaching all who need it. Parliament is becoming increasingly critical of the government. [...] |
2008-12-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON USAID OVIP HA |
| 08SANTODOMINGO151 |
DOL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14 and 15, Department of Labor Deputy Undersecretary Charlotte Ponticelli traveled to the Dominican Republic to attend the launch of the second phase of a DOL-funded child labor project, meet the Secretaries of Labor and Education, civil society and business leaders as [...] |
2008-01-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR |
| 08SANTODOMINGO55 |
SCENESETTER FOR DOL DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY [...] The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong economic [...] |
2008-01-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR |
| 08SKOPJE226 |
MACEDONIA: DECENTRALIZATION MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) The GOM has successfully decentralized responsibility for a number of government activities to municipal governments, including such key functions as education and social policy. Decentralization of those government activities was a key requirement of the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement. [...] |
2008-03-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ECON USAID MK |
| 08STATE127448 |
REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE [...] This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para) 2 and paras 6 through 11 for specific information requested. 2. Summary: This is a request for information to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are im [...] |
2008-12-03 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 09ABIDJAN37 |
REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable is in response to the questions under points A through E in paragraph 9 of reftel. 2. A. Cote d'Ivoire has ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 regarding the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms o [...] |
2009-01-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV |
| 09ADDISABABA97 |
ETHIOPIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Per reftel, this cable provides information on the child labor and the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia and the Government of Ethiopia's (GOE's) efforts to address these problems for the period March 2008 to present. A. Laws and Regulations ----------------------- 2. Ethiopia's co [...] |
2009-01-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET |
| 09AMMAN189 |
2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has taken some positive steps recently to combat child labor, including the development of a national strategy to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A number of existing laws seek to prevent child labor and provide punishments for those who ex [...] |
2009-01-22 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID JO |
| 09ANKARA119 |
TURKEY: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] Turkey continues its efforts to eliminate all forms of child labor, with a special emphasis on eliminating all instances of worst forms of child labor, to include increasing access to basic and vocational education to improve the prospects of children currently working, and withdrawing them f [...] |
2009-01-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUS SOCI USAID TU |
| 09ASUNCION172 |
PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information to determine whether Paraguay is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor (ref A). A. What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the country? The 1993 Labor [...] |
2009-03-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PA |
| 09BAMAKO9 |
MALI'S UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2008 update of the worst forms of child labor information. ---------------------------------- A) CHILD LABOR LAWS AND REGULATION ---------------------------------- 2. Article 187 of the Malian Labor Code of 1992 and Article 20 of the Malia [...] |
2009-01-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM USAID ML |
| 09CANBERRA73 |
CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR GSP 2008 REPORT [...] Reftel requested information on new developments regarding child labor in Australia's overseas territories, of which there are three inhabited territories: Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands. There has been no change over the past year regarding Australia's implementatio [...] |
2009-01-21 06:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 09COTONOU21 |
BENIN: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] In response to State 127448, Post provides the following information: -------------------- Laws and Regulations -------------------- 2. Benin uses laws and ministerial decrees to set the minimum age for employment, to prohibit child trafficking, and to forbid children's work in certain [...] |
2009-01-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV BN |
| 09DARESSALAAM61 |
2008 TANZANIA CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor: ------------------------------------ 2. The use of young girls, known as house girls, for forced domestic labor is the greatest child labor problem in Tanzania. No statistics exist to delineate this pro [...] |
2009-01-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TZ |
| 09DARESSALAAM83 |
TANZANIA NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This cable is in response to guidance in reftels. Sources of Available Information -------------------------------- 2. Reliable sources of information for TIP include Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] |
2009-02-10 04:01:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB USAID |
| 09DHAKA130 |
RESPONSE TO 2008 DOL REQUEST FOR TRADE [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information regarding child labor in Bangladesh. The Caretaker Government made few changes to labor policies in 2008. In the absence of an elected legislature, the President was empowered to promulgate ordinances. These ordinances will lapse unless [...] |
2009-02-05 04:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BG |
| 09GENEVA924 |
UNCTAD: ISAR Meeting - Accounting Builds Goodwill [...] SUMMARY: The US built goodwill at this year's meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standard of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR), through high-level participation by SEC Deputy Chief Accountant Erhardt and by hosting a town-hall style lunch meeting where de [...] |
2009-10-29 15:54:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV EFIN USAID |
| 09GUATEMALA67 |
GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV GT |
| 09JAKARTA1832 |
Ambassador Hume Expresses Concerns on Status of Peace Corps [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request, please see para. 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hume met with Bunyan Saptomo, Director of North and Central American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 4 to discuss the remaining issues on completing Peace Corps' Memoran [...] |
2009-11-04 12:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1861 |
An Opportunity to Finalize Peace Corps Agreement with [...] (SBU) We have an opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations by completing a Peace Corps agreement in time for a joint announcement by President Obama and President Yudhoyono at the APEC Summit in Singapore this week. There is only one remaining issue left preventing an agreement. It ca [...] |
2009-11-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1878 |
Peace Corps Agreement Reached With Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and the Government of Indonesia (GOI) reached an agreement on November 12 that will allow Peace Corps to establish a program in Indonesia after a forty-year absence. With this agreement, Peace Corps' return to Indonesia can potentially be announced at Preside [...] |
2009-11-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV CPAS ID |
| 09JAKARTA2034 |
Peace Corps Agreement Signed With Indonesia [...] (SBU) Undersecretary for Political Affairs William Burns signed a Peace Corps agreement with Deputy Minister Bambang Sutedjo of Indonesia's National Development Planning Agency (BAPENAS) on December 11th. The agreement opens the way for Peace Corps to establish a program in Indonesia after a [...] |
2009-12-14 00:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV CPAS ID |
| 09JOHANNESBURG11 |
SOUTH AFRICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable was gathered from a variety of sources familiar with child labor in South Africa. The primary source of information remains the South African Department of Labor (SADOL) supplemented by discussions with the South African academic and NGO community. Regulator [...] |
2009-01-23 09:25:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID SF |
| 09KABUL1377 |
CODEL LEAHY: CRITICAL TIME IN BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of CODEL Leahy told President Karzai during a 5/26 meeting that this was a critical time for the Afghan-U.S. relationship. Americans needed assurances, especially in this economy, that the money they are spending in Afghanistan is being well spent, and that the people [...] |
2009-06-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER USAID |
| 09KABUL2244 |
CREATION OF NEW AFGHAN "COUNCIL OF MINORITIES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four minority ethnic communities in Afghanistan (the Babar, the Baluch, the Bayat, and the Hazaras) met with Embassy representatives on July 21st to announce the formation of a new organization to represent minority communities in Afghanistan. The group, whi [...] |
2009-08-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER USAID AF |
| 09KABUL226 |
EU HEAD OF DELEGATION DISCUSSES UPCOMING PRAGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Union (EU) Head of Delegation Ettore Sequi told the Ambassador during a January 26th meeting that a strong message needed to be sent supporting elections in Afghanistan, and any interim government (or continuation of President Karzai's term) until fall elections. He i [...] |
2009-01-31 14:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER USAID |
| 09KABUL378 |
NANGARHAR KUCHI DIRECTOR: THE KUCHIS NEED [...] (SBU) The Nangarhar Provincial Director of the Kuchi Directorate said in a January 27 meeting that the main problems facing the Kuchi people are: 1) lack of education, 2) insufficient healthcare, 3) lack of potable water, and 4) lack of grazing land and veterinary services for livestock. The [...] |
2009-02-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL USAID AF |
| 09KIGALI181 |
PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE? [...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...] |
2009-03-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID RW |
| 09KIGALI29 |
RWANDA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on child labor in Rwanda. Point of contact for further information is PolOff Jennifer L. Orrico. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Article 28 of the Constitution guarant [...] |
2009-01-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV RW |
| 09LIMA1114 |
SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of opportunities and challenges - specifically, that a pro-growth strategy is best suited to reduce poverty and that strengthening institutions is the [...] |
2009-08-04 19:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM USAID OVIP PE |
| 09MANAMA31 |
INPUT FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Summary: Child labor in Bahrain is infrequent, and tends to be in family-owned and -operated shops. The GOB did not amend statutes pertaining to child labor. There were no reports of children involved in trafficking, slavery, or slavery-like conditions. End Summary. 2. The following resp [...] |
2009-01-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BA |
| 09MANILA102 |
CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2007, (Ref B), regarding child labor laws and regulations [...] |
2009-01-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RP |
| 09MANILA562 |
AMBASSADOR ENGAGES COMMUNITIES ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador completed a March 2-3 trip across Central Mindanao to listen first-hand to communities dealing with security and development issues on a day-to-day basis. The trip began in General Santos City, with stops throughout South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Maguindanao provin [...] |
2009-03-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID |
| 09MANILA906 |
AMBASSADOR AS ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSARY ON PRE-EARTH DAY TRIP [...] Summary. During a pre-Earth Day trip to the Clark Freeport Zone and Baguio City, the Ambassador focused on environmental issues, U.S. investment in the Philippines, U.S.-Philippine military cooperation, and Filipino cultural heritage. Highlights of the trip included, remarks to the Supreme Cour [...] |
2009-04-27 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID |
| 09MBABANE18 |
SWAZILAND: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID WZ |
| 09MOSCOW38 |
CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) [...] (U) The following is geared to reftel questions paras 6 through 11 Incidence and Nature of Child Labor 2. (U) Child labor in Russia encompasses not only Russian children, but often children from neighboring countries. Some children are brought to Russia for the purpose of exploitation [...] |
2009-01-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RS |
| 09NIAMEY43 |
EMBASSY RECEIVES ATTY LETTER AND ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] (U) On January 22, post received a diplomatic note and a letter from an attorney representing the former USAID FSN employees pertaining to a longstanding USAID issue concerning the separation of FSN employees when the USAID mission closed more than 10 years ago. The attorney also submitted 18 [...] |
2009-01-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT KLIG PGOV EAID USAID US NG |
| 09NICOSIA221 |
CYPRUS CONSIDERING AFGHANISTAN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF CY USAID |
| 09NICOSIA226 |
CYPRUS WELCOMES CONCLUSIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) In response to Ref A, DCM on March 30 delivered U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan white paper to Cypriot MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis. Cyprus was concerned by the security situation in the region, Yiordamlis responded (Ref B). As such, the government had sent a high-level envoy to the [...] |
2009-04-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF CY USAID |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU172 |
BURKINA FASO: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Post has collected, to the extent possible, information in response to reftel request on the worst forms of child labor: A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: -What laws have been promulgated on child labor? -- the UN Convention on Children's Rights; -- the [...] |
2009-03-17 07:07:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID UV |
| 09PORTAUPRINCE386 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Les Cayes March 26. The mayor portrayed his city as calm and relatively free of drug trafficking but lacking sufficient funding from the central government. The head of MINUSTAH's regional office emphasized that political instability and drug trafficking were con [...] |
2009-04-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON USAID HA |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN26 |
2008 COUNTRY CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) [...] |
2009-01-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TD |
| 09SANAA493 |
YEMEN UNPREPARED FOR LONGTERM GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis has directly affected the public sector, while indirectly affecting the private sector in Yemen. While the ROYG has responded in the short-term by cutting disbursements to the budget, a long-term solution to the crisis remains elusive. The ROYG is [...] |
2009-03-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | EAID ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SOCI USAID YM |
| 09SANTODOMINGO206 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - RESPONSE FOR CHILD LABOR [...] The following information is Post's response to Reftel A request for information for the Trade and Development Act 2008 Report and follows the same question and answer format as the original request. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. What laws have been p [...] |
2009-02-13 18:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR |
| 09SANTODOMINGO734 |
SCENE-SETTER FOR SENATOR GILLIBRAND [...] (SBU) As much general information has been provided to the Senatorial Delegation Gillibrand about the Dominican Republic (DR), this scene-setter will focus on key issues relevant to the visit: Education, Dominican emigrant issues and economics, as well as the meeting with President Fernandez [...] |
2009-07-01 14:56:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EIND USAID DR |
| 09STOCKHOLM412 |
SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON,S JULY [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden. The mood in Sweden is both eager anticipation for its turn to set the agendas and chair the EU meetings, and a bit of trepidation at the daunting list of issues, starting with the financial crisi [...] |
2009-07-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EUN ECON USAID MARR PREL SW |
| 09TBILISI347 |
GEORGIA: 2008 WORST FORs4ZPTbreform a priority and has significantly increased [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA294 |
UNODC URGES DONORS TO USE ADAM [...] In a June 22 meeting with Charge and UK Ambassador, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa gave his positive response to the May 27 joint U.S.-UK letter requesting UNODC to expand its benchmarks for measuring counternarcotics successes in Afghanistan (Septel). In the course of this meeting, C [...] |
2009-06-23 11:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR USAID AF UN |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS1227 |
RESPONSE TO USAID PROGRAM OFFICERS SOTA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-09 15:19:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | USAID |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1002 |
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES ICPD+15 [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations held a plenary session of the General Assembly to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The October 12th session saw nearly forty countries speak on a variety of issues related to the explo [...] |
2009-11-06 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SMIG SOCI PREL PGOV PRM USAID |
| 09USUNNEWYORK621 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 22 meeting, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid thanked Ambassador Rice for the U.S.'s renewed engagement with and financial contribution to UNFPA. Obaid said that UNFPA was steadily making progress in China, and that the China's Minister of Population and Family P [...] |
2009-06-25 14:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNFPA USAID EAID CH |
| 09WINDHOEK11 |
NAMIBIA UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] Summary: The worst forms of child labor are taking place in Namibia. Evidence suggests that it is most prevalent in the agriculture and livestock, domestic service, charcoal production, and commercial sex industry sectors. Three cases were reported and investigated during the reporting period [...] |
2009-01-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI WA USAID |
| 09ZAGREB25 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: CROATIA [...] Summary: Croatia has a strong institutional and legal framework for protecting the rights of minors and a good track record of taking action to prevent child labor. Problems are isolated and infrequent. Most reported abuses occur in the entertainment, hospitality, retail, industrial construct [...] |
2009-01-15 15:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID HR |
| 10BAMAKO66 |
MALI RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: 2009 REPORT [...] This cable responds to Reftel A requests for information on child labor and forced labor for DOL congressional reporting requirements. Tasking 1 / TVPRA 2. The following answers, keyed toquestions in paragraph 15 of 2009 State 131995, are provided below: 1A) GOOD: As per paragraph 14 o [...] |
2010-02-03 08:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID ML |
| 10BEIRUT107 |
INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] (SBU) The MOL, via its Child Labor Unit, and the Ministry of Interior (MOI), via the Internal Security Forces (ISF), were responsible for the enforcement of laws related to hazardous child labor and forced labor. 2. (SBU) In 2009, there were minimal mechanisms for exchanging information bet [...] |
2010-02-03 05:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID ECON PGOV LE |
| 10DHAKA149 |
BANGLADESH RESPONSE TO 2008 DOL REQUEST FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref D request for additional information regarding exploitative child labor in Bangladesh under the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA). As there is no new information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitative child labor in the production of goods, Ref A a [...] |
2010-02-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BG |
| 10KABUL382 |
NEW AFGHAN MINISTER OF LABOR CITES CHILD LABOR AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, Ambassador Eikenberry and a team from the Embassy paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs, and the Disabled (MOLSA), Ms. Amena Afzali. Of the three female Cabinet members President Karzai put forward in the second r [...] |
2010-02-01 07:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM USAID AF |
| 10KYIV178 |
INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] (U) Post responded to prior taskings, and does not have information on additional goods for the Ukraine TVPRA list. ---------- TASK 2/TDA ---------- 2A. PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Â [...] |
2010-02-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID UP |
| 10LISBON27 |
PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED [...] Per Ref A, Poleconoff contacted the Portuguese Ministry of Labor, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and local NGOs to obtain current information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Portugal. 2. According to Fatima Matos, Coordinato [...] |
2010-01-19 18:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PO |
| 10LUSAKA75 |
ZAMBIA: CHILD LABOR COMMON WITH SOME FORCED LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods per the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). It describes exploitive and hazardous child labor for Zambia per the Trade and Deve [...] |
2010-02-08 12:08:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV ZA |
| 10MADRID116 |
CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP |
| 10MADRID117 |
CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP |
| 10MANILA212 |
INFORMATION ON CHILD AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM EIND KTIP SOCI SIPDIS USAID RP |
| 10MANILA404 |
CORRECTED COPY: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND FORCED [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate exploitative and forced child labor (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in Reftels B and C on the use of child labor in the p [...] |
2010-02-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM EIND KTIP SOCI SIPDIS USAID RP |
| 10MBABANE46 |
SWAZILAND: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN [...] Per reftel request, Post submits responses regarding the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Swaziland, and government actions to address these issues. 2. In preparing our response, Post conducted interviews and discussions with Labor Commissione [...] |
2010-02-03 05:10:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID WZ |
| 10NEWDELHI22 |
NEW CONVERGENCE PROJECT CONTINUES U.S.-INDIA PARTNERSHIP TO [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded project, "Converging Against Child Labor: Support for India's Model," provides new momentum for the partnership between the U.S. and India in eradicating child labor. Implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO), the USD 6.85 m [...] |
2010-01-07 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ETRD KTIP KOCI PHUM SOCI USAID IN |
| 10RIGA23 |
LATVIA: NO REPORTS OF CHILD/FORCED LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION [...] The Embassy reached out to a range of nongovernmental organizations (Safe Home, Dardedze Center for Abused Children, Crises Center Skalbes, Resource Center for Women Marta), the local office of the International Organization for Migration, the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Children's [...] |
2010-01-15 08:04:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID LG |
| 10SUVA21 |
FIJI: DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT INFORMATION [...] Tasking 1: Exploitive child labor happened in the agricultural sector, particularly in sugar cane farming. The Fiji Times reported on a 13-year-old boy who has been cutting sugar cane since leaving school at the age of 11. Two government labor inspectors and two union officials have confirme [...] |
2010-02-01 19:47:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID FJ |
| 10SUVA23 |
FIJI: DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 20:29:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID FJ |
| 10SUVA25 |
KIRIBATI: DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT INFORMATION [...] In 2009, Kiribati ratified ILO Conventions C138, the Minimum Age Convention, and C182, the Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, as well as two other conventions. The Ministry of Labour reports no changes to child labor laws as a result of these conventions. The Ministry has received no com [...] |
2010-02-02 22:30:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID KR |
| 10SUVA26 |
TONGA: DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT INFORMATION [...] The Kingdom of Tonga has not taken any new measures to address the issue of child labor in 2009. The police, who track child labor cases, report no new information. They intend to release all 2009 statistics at a later date. The Ministry of Labour, Commerce, and Industries has no policy in [...] |
2010-02-02 22:31:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID TN |
| 10SUVA28 |
TUVALU: DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT INFORMATION [...] The Department of Labour in Tuvalu reports no changes to child labor laws, and no prosecutions for child labor. According to the Department of Labour, there have never been any prosecutions for child labor. The Department is currently undertaking surveys to help develop a National Employment [...] |
2010-02-04 03:17:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID TV |
| 10TAIPEI87 |
TAIWAN: RESPONSE TO CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-21 06:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID TW |
| 10TBILISI201 |
GEORGIA: 2009 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Summary: Child labor is uncommon in Georgia because of societal norms, legal prohibitions against it and high unemployment has resulted in a large pool of adult workers willing to work for low wages. There have been no reported cases of forced child labor or exploitive child labor. While ch [...] |
2010-02-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA117 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED [...] On June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from power in a coup d'etat. The United States did not recognize the de facto regime that subsequently took over and remained in power until the January 27 inauguration of democratically elected President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo [...] |
2010-02-04 18:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM GOVPOI SIPDIS USAID |