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O 081415Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7586

UNCLAS DAMASCUS 001017 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM, IWI, NEA/RA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
SUBJECT: SYRIA:  ADDITIONAL INPUT ON INTERNATIONAL 
INSTRUMENTS FOR TIP REPORT 
 
REF: A. DAM 886 
 
     ¶B. 05 STATE 3836 
 
¶1.  (SBU) As promised in reftel A, Post is providing the 
SARG's March 2 written response to a query about its stance 
toward the following international instruments as requested 
in reftel B.  While the following information differs in some 
cases from that provided for last year's report, it is the 
most up-to-date assessment provided by the SARG: 
 
-- ILO Convention 25 ) not ratified. 
 
-- ILO Convention 105 ) ratified (according to Presidential 
Order No. 1240 dated 1958). 
 
-- ILO Convention 182 Concerning the Prohibition and 
Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of 
Child Labor ) ratified according to Decree No. 396 of 
11/4/2002. 
 
-- Convention on the Rights of the Child ) joined on 
7/15/1993.  Optional Protocol on Sale of Children ) joined 
on 5/15/2003. 
 
-- UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime ) 
signed on 12/15/2004.  The related Protocol to Prevent, 
Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women 
and Children ) signed on 12/13/2000. 
JOHNSON-CASARES