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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NDJAMENA 000290 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR AF/C, S/USSES - SE GRATION 
NSC FOR GAVIN 
LONDON FOR POL - LORD 
PARIS FOR POL - KANEDA 
ADDIS ABABA ALSO FOR AU 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
SUBJECT: GOC POISED TO ACT ON GTIP RECOMMENDATIONS 
 
REF: NDJAMENA 258 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1.  (SBU)  The GOC's inter-ministerial committee to address 
the recommendations in the USG action plan on trafficking in 
persons met July 14 with local human rights organizations and 
UNICEF representatives.  The participations agreed on a 
collaborative way forward regarding investigations of abuses 
and agreed that existing Penal Code Article 152 provided 
authority to prosecute alleged traffickers.  Discussions to 
ensure UNICEF access to military camps were less successful 
despite the Ministry of Defense representative's commitment 
to coordinate with NGOs.  The UN convention regarding 
transnational crime and the associated protocol to protect 
women and child passed in parliament and was ratified by 
Chadian President Deby  Post is encouraged by the GOC's 
efforts in theshort term but believes that NGO access to 
militry installaions will require pressure by the most 
senior GOC officials.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) The Ministry of Human Rights, represented by 
Secetary General Djimet Arabi, le a four-hour 
inter-ministerial discussion July 14 with local human rights 
organizations to address the recommendations in the USG 
trafficking in persons action plan.  Representatives of the 
ministries of Labor, Social Affairs, Justice, and Defense 
participated along with several human rights organizations 
and UNICEF officials.  The meeting was marked by frank 
discussion, agreement on both sides for government - civil 
society cooperation, and thoughtful suggestions to address 
USG recommendations. 
 
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COORDINATION TO PURSUE PROSECUTIONS 
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¶2.  (SBU)  The participants agreed on a framework of 
coordination for investigating allegations of trafficking and 
the government officials openly received human rights groups' 
accounts of alleged incidents of trafficking.  Further, 
government and civil society representatives agreed that 
existing Penal Code Article 152 allowed for prosecution of 
traffickers.  The GOC, led by the Ministry of Justice, 
committed to train magistrates and judicial police on 
applying Article 152 in this context with plans to commence 
training in the next few months. 
 
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DOUBTS ABOUT MILITARY CAMP VISITS 
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¶3.  (SBU)  While the Ministry of Defense official admitted 
that children were employed in non-combat roles in the 
Chadian National Army (ANT) and expressed his willingness to 
coordinate with NGO groups, including UNICEF, regarding 
military camps visits, but left the impression that  he would 
undertake the effort soon enough to  show improvement in 
Chad's  TIP performance  and so avoid sanctions. 
 
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RATIFICATION OF UN CONVENTIONS 
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¶4.  (SBU)   The National Assembly voted July 10 and July 14 
to authorize Chadian President Deby to ratify both the United 
Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and 
the Additional Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish 
Trafficking in Persons, Especially Against Women and 
Children.  President Deby ratified both UN documents on July 
¶14. 
 
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COMMENT 
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¶5.  (SBU)  The GOC's sincere efforts and the open, 
collaborative spirit of the July 14 meeting were encouraging 
first steps to address the issue of trafficking in Chad. 
While we anticipate that the GOC will be able to demonstrate 
 
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positive progress in the time frame of the action plan, we 
are not convinced that all elements of the plan will be 
successfully implemented.  Post believes that pressure by the 
most senior levels of the GOC to effect UNICEF visits to the 
military camps in a timely manner is necessary and requests 
that such a message be conveyed to Minister Faki in his 
remaining meetings at the Department.  Separately, we will 
forward copies of the presidential decrees regarding the UN 
convention and additional protocol when they are received. 
END COMMENT. 
 
¶6.  (U)  Minimize considered. 
NIGRO