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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 XXXXXXXXXXXX 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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