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UNCLAS YEREVAN 000214 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR G/TIP, DRL AND EUR/CARC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP HSTC
SUBJECT: USG'S TIP REPORT: DRIVING ARMENIA'S ANTI-TIP 
COMMISSION ACTIVITIES 
 
Sensitive but unclassified.  Please protect 
accordingly. 
 
¶1. (SBU) On February 9 the State Inter-Agency Anti- 
Trafficking Commission met to discuss GOAM efforts on 
combating trafficking in persons (TIP) throughout 2005 
in advance of the submission of the USG annual TIP 
Report.  Members of the Commission representing state 
bodies (Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor and 
Social Affairs, Department for Migration and Refugees, 
and others), as well as international organizations and 
the local Hope and Help NGO reported on their anti-TIP 
activities in 2005.  The discussions at the meeting 
revealed an obvious lack of communication between the 
agencies, which they acknowledged, and pledged to work 
to improve.  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which 
chairs the commission, urged the agencies to provide a 
detailed summary of their anti-trafficking activities 
over the past year in order to submit the information 
to the Embassy for potential inclusion in the TIP 
report. 
 
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COMMENT: REPORT PROVIDES URGENCY TO GOAM EFFORTS 
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¶2. (SBU) This meeting of the Commission, as well as 
previous such gatherings, demonstrates that the USG's 
TIP report is one of the principal driving forces for 
the activities of the Government Anti-TIP Commission. 
A representative of Armenian law-enforcement noted that 
assigning permanent staff under the Commission to work 
on human trafficking would be the best way to make the 
work of the Commission more effective.  As the 
Commission reviews the implementation of the National 
Action Plan on Combating Trafficking (2004-2006) and 
prepares its own report and recommendations to the 
Government, it is clear that the USG's report is 
serving as a catalyst for interagency anti-TIP 
cooperation and is setting the Commission up as a more 
effective tool in coordinating the GOAM efforts on 
fighting TIP. 
EVANS