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P 231501Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3099
INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 9515
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0672

UNCLAS BERLIN 000085 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS, IO, EUR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
SUBJECT: EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA 
CERTIFICATION 
 
REF: STATE 2050 
 
¶1.  (SBU) SUMMARY.  Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has 
found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations 
Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties 
to groups that support pedophilia.  Per UNV 
representatives, the organization does not grant official 
status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization 
that promotes, condones, and/or seeks the legalization of 
pedophilia, or that has any subsidiaries or member 
organizations that do.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (SBU)  The list of partner organizations includes 22 UN 
agencies and seven other agencies, which can be found at 
www.unv.org/partners/partnership-list.html. Information 
about the 22 UN agencies is either requested directly from 
other posts in reftel, or is most readily attainable from 
USUN; as such, Embassy Berlin did not look into these 
agencies.  Of the seven other agencies, three of them -- 
the European Union, International Federation of the Red 
Cross/Red Crescent, and the Inter-American Development Bank 
(IADB) are well-known international organizations based 
outside of Germany. 
 
¶3.  (SBU)  The other four organizations listed as partners 
with UNV were not readily known to Embassy Berlin 
personnel, and were examined in accordance with reftel 
instructions, utilizing the internet.  Results were as 
follows: 
 
-- CIVICUS:  This is a South African-based NGO with offices 
in Washington DC that seeks to strengthen citizen action 
and civil society throughout the world. As part of the 
global civil society network in the UN General Consultative 
Status, CIVICUS has intensified its contributions to the UN 
Economic and Social Council and has actively shown support 
for the Millennium Development Goals. Our investigation 
yielded no overt ties to groups that support pedophilia. 
 
-- International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE): 
This is a California-based NGO that seeks to promote the 
development of volunteering worldwide.  They already have 
special consultative status with the UN ECOSOC Committee, 
and associate status with the UN Department of Public 
Information.  Our investigation yielded no overt ties to 
groups that support pedophilia. 
 
 
-- New Academy of Business:  This is a UK-based NGO that 
seeks to provide leaders with insights on organizational 
responsibility. The New Academy of Business re-opened as 
the Association of Sustainability Practitioners in June 
¶2005. Our investigation yielded no overt ties to groups 
that support pedophilia.  Post notes there is a limited 
amount of information about this NGO on the internet. 
Embassy London may have additional information. 
 
-- OneWorld: This is a UK-based NGO that seeks to promote 
democracy worldwide by covering news related to global 
justice that is not covered in mainstream media.  Our 
investigation yielded no overt ties to groups that support 
pedophilia. 
 
¶4.  (SBU)  POC for this cable is Global Affairs Officer 
David Fisher, FisherDL@state.gov.  Total amount of staff 
time devoted to complying with this request was 3.5 hours. 
Koenig