VZCZCXYZ0002
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSJ #0082 0311712
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 311712Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9402
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0010
UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000082
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/RBEAL, G/TIP CBURY AND IO/T CNEVILLE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CS
SUBJECT: COSTA RICA WILL ATTEND THE VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
REF: STATE 09008
1. On January 31 we spoke with Viviana Tinoco of the MFA's
Department of Human Rights and International Law regarding
Costa Rica's attendance to the Vienna Forum. We conveyed to
Tinoco USG concerns that the Vienna Forum should not lead to
any outcome document calling for commitments or
recommendations to the UN. Tinoco told us she would convey
our concerns to the GOCR embassy in Vienna.
2. Tinoco informed us that, in addition to a yet unknown
member of their embassy in Vienna, the GOCR would send Ana
Duran, Vice-Minister of Public Security and Governance (who
is also the Chairman of the Coalition Against Human
Trafficking).
3. We also learned that the Executive Director of Fundacion
Pan y Amor -a NGO dedicated to rehabilitation of victims of
trafficking in Costa Rica-, Milena Grillo, would also attend
the Forum.
BRENNAN