VZCZCXRO1008
PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR
DE RUEHMK #0363 1561327
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 041327Z JUN 08
FM AMEMBASSY MANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7896
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHBVAKS/COMUSNAVCENT  PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY

UNCLAS MANAMA 000363 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KWMN KCRM SMIG BA
SUBJECT: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS NARRATIVE AND DEMARCHE 
DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 58770 
 
1.(SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel points and draft TIP report 
narrative to MFA Undersecretary Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Khalifa 
on June 3.  Al Khalifa expressed some disappointment with the 
watchlist designation, but remained hopeful that continued 
progress would see further improvement in the ranking next 
year.  He was very pleased to learn of Marietta Dias' 
selection as a "Hero," saying, "She really deserves it." 
 
¶2. (SBU) Al Khalifa said that Bahrain will host the follow-up 
to the Vienna convention on anti-trafficking in the first 
week of November in cooperation with the Suzanne Mubarak 
Women's International Peace Movement, and that he had 
discussed what he saw as Bahrain's shortfalls - the lack of a 
statistical database, popular confusion about the definition 
of trafficking, and the need for judicial training - with 
Fiona El Assuity, of the International Organization for 
Migration.  Al Khalifa also noted that the GOB recently 
formed the inter-ministerial anti-trafficking committee 
required by the new anti-trafficking law, and that four NGOs 
were included on the committee. 
 
 
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