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07USUNNEWYORK662 2007-08-10 22:32 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED USUN New York
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DE RUCNDT #0662/01 2222232
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2440
UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000662 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC UN
SUBJECT: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER 
ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE 
 
1.  This is an action request.  Please see paragraph 5. 
 
2.  Summary: On Friday, August 3, 2007, Ambassador Wallace 
delivered a strong statement at the meeting of the GA Ad Hoc 
Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual 
Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related 
personnel) in which he reaffirmed USG support for UN efforts 
to prevent and discipline incidents of SEA and stressed that 
"we must change the culture of impunity that allows such 
horrific acts to take place."  (See paragraph 6.)  The 
Chairman of the WG, the Ambassador of Costa Rica, the Special 
Representative of the SYG for Children and Armed Conflict, 
Radhika Coomaraswamy, A-SYG Lute, the Officer-in-Charge of 
the Department of Field Support (DFS), and other delegations 
also spoke.  At the next meeting of the WG, on September 12, 
delegations will have the opportunity to deliver general 
statements on the draft policy statement and draft 
comprehensive strategy on assistance and support to victims 
of SEA contained in UN document A/60/877.  The WG recommended 
that the substantive session of the WG should take place on 
December 3-7, 2007.  End Summary. 
 
3.  The Ad-Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to 
Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (by UN staff or 
related personnel) held a meeting on August 3, 2007. The WG 
is mandated to consider the draft UN policy statement and 
draft UN comprehensive strategy on assistance and support to 
victims of SEA by UN staff or related personnel.  At the 
outset of the meeting, Jane Holl Lute, A-SYG and 
Officer-in-Charge of DFS, made an impassioned plea to troop 
contributing countries (TCCs) to identify with the peril that 
the victims find themselves in. Lute outlined the practical 
application of a victims assistance strategy, ranging from 
physical treatment to possible psycho-social counseling. She 
stressed that cost is not a barrier for this program to have 
success. While acknowledging that she understood the concerns 
expressed by certain TCCs regarding false allegations, she 
wished that "I heard the same concern for the victims." 
 
4.  In her statement, the Special Representative of the SYG 
for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, 
reviewed various elements of the draft strategy, noting that 
the costs are very low.  She emphasized that the UN must live 
up to its ideals and said the Organization "cannot be 
remotely seen as being involved in this."  Canada, on behalf 
of Australia and New Zealand, fully supported adoption of the 
strategy and recommended that delegations should make 
specific statements at its next meeting and submit comments 
in writing to facilitate negotiations.  Portugal, on behalf 
of the EU, said the draft is a good basis for negotiations 
and said member state delegations should include human rights 
and legal experts.  Pakistan, the only major TCC to address 
the WG, said it is clear that all members are committed to 
eradicating SEA and that there is a consensus that we should 
all work towards adoption of a strategy. 
 
5.  The WG recommended that the GA should formally decide 
that the WG will meet from 3 to 7 December 2007 and submit a 
report on its work to the 62nd GA. Prior to adoption of the 
WG,s recommendation, the Secretary of the WG said that it is 
anticipated that the additional conference servicing 
requirements of approximately $296,000 to hold the December 
meeting can be accommodated to the extent possible within the 
resources already included in the current program budget. 
The Department,s guidance is requested on the composition of 
our delegation to the December WG meeting, and also on the 
preparations for the September 12 meeting, informal 
consultations during the main part of the 62nd GA, and the 
substantive session of the WG from 3 to 7 December 2007. 
 
6.  Statement by Ambassador Wallace: 
 
I thank the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica for 
Chairing this Working Group and for the presentation and 
remarks by Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative 
of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and 
Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General of the Department 
of Field Support. 
 
Our work on a strategy to assist and support victims is 
important and we support such efforts strongly.  It is only 
one part of the response required of us.  We must provide 
victims the assistance and support they need.  It is a larger 
and overriding imperative that we end the scourge of sexual 
exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers once and for all. 
 
My delegation recognizes and appreciates the important work 
being carried by Conduct and Discipline Teams, the Office of 
Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), and other UN personnel, 
both at Headquarters and in the field, to end sexual 
exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers.  Notwithstanding 
these efforts, including adoption of a zero tolerance policy 
and other standards of conduct, we must regretfully recognize 
 
 
that egregious acts continue to occur - some two and a half 
years following issuance of Prince Zeid's report.  As my 
delegation stated in the Security Council in February of last 
year, acts of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN 
peacekeepers against people they have been sent to protect 
constitute one of the greatest stains on the history of the 
UN.  It is absolutely unacceptable that horrific crimes of 
sexual exploitation and abuse have been committed by UN 
peacekeepers against individuals they have been assigned to 
protect.  Thankfully we are not alone in our outrage as other 
member states have expressed their grave concerns as well. 
 
During that meeting, my delegation and other delegations 
emphasized the necessity of taking firm and decisive action. 
We say again that we must take action now not only to pursue 
justice and a resolution of crimes that have already been 
committed, but also to establish the necessary mechanisms, 
training and oversight procedures to ensure that they are not 
repeated in existing and future peacekeeping operations.  We 
said then that we cannot wait months and years while more of 
the innocent and vulnerable are exploited and the reputation 
of UN peacekeepers continues to decline. 
 
At that meeting, which took place almost a year and a half 
ago, my delegation said that as we begin to plan for our next 
operation, we do not want to revisit the tragedies of sexual 
exploitation and abuse and the headlines that UN peacekeepers 
are raping and abusing the very populations that they are 
entrusted to protect. 
 
Despite all of the international community's well-intentioned 
efforts, we must face the fact that our best efforts are 
failing. Such illicit acts continue. 
 
We must change the culture of impunity that allows such 
horrific acts to take place.  As Under Secretary-General 
Guehenno has remarked, "we need to create a culture and 
environment in peacekeeping operations that does not permit 
sexual exploitation and abuse.  This requires action by both 
DPKO and Member States." 
 
We call on all member states in the UN system to strengthen 
their resolve to improve and fully implement all mechanisms 
currently in place to address all aspects of sexual 
exploitation and abuse.  Most importantly, troop contributing 
countries (TCCs) must resolve to investigate and punish 
offenders.  Unpunished offenders tarnish all of us, 
particularly those states that can act but fail to do so.  My 
delegation notes that several TCCs have taken some form of 
disciplinary action against repatriated military personnel. 
Pre- and post-deployment training compliance, adequate living 
standards for troops, discipline, and command and control 
require vigilance, commitment and action by TCCs.  Acts of 
sexual exploitation and abuse must be prevented from 
occurring.  There must be real consequences to deter future 
acts. 
 
The "boys will be boys" attitude which continues to pervade 
peacekeeping operations must be met with a true zero 
tolerance policy by all involved in the important work of UN 
peacekeeping. 
 
The United States has committed to taking firm and decisive 
action in response to any acts of misconduct by our personnel 
while serving in UN peacekeeping operations. The U.S. 
Congress has also taken action to address this matter. In 
2005, Congress passed and President Bush signed the 2005 
reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000.  This legislation requires the executive branch to 
report annually to the U.S. Congress on the actions taken by 
the United Nations and other international organizations to 
prevent trafficking and sexual exploitation and abuse by 
employees, contractors, and peacekeeping forces.  It also 
requires the Secretary of State to report to the U.S. 
Congress on the effectiveness of these actions prior to 
voting on any new or reauthorized peacekeeping mission. 
 
What cannot be lost in this discussion are the voices of the 
victims.  Far too often we do not hear those voices.  The 
victims of such acts must be heard.  One horrific account 
portrayed in The New York Times is the following: 
 
Bunia, Congo, Dec. 16, 2004 
In the corner of the tent where she says a soldier forced 
himself on her, Helen, a frail fifth grader with big eyes and 
skinny legs, remembers seeing a blue helmet.  The United 
Nations peacekeeper that tore off her clothes had used a cup 
of milk to lure her close, she said in a high-pitched voice, 
fidgeting as she spoke.  It was her favorite drink, she said, 
but one her family could rarely afford.  'I was so happy,' 
she said.  After she gulped it down, the foreign soldier 
pulled Helen, a 12-year-old, into bed, she said. About an 
hour later, he gave her a dollar, put a finger to his lips 
 
 
and pushed her out of his tent, she said. 
 
We must not forget the individual voices of the vulnerable 
and exploited.  Let them hear from us loud and clear. 
 
It is a moral and ethical imperative that we take action. 
Far too much time has passed.  The voices of those exploited 
are growing weaker, and new voices of exploitation are being 
added to the chorus of outrages.  We must all act not only as 
members of this body but as individual members states as well. 
 
KHALILZAD