US embassy cable - 03ROME5092

UNCLAS ROME 005092 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
FROM FODAG 
 
FOR IO/SHA AND IO/EDA 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: AORC, EAID, EAGR, PHUM, FAO, WFP, IFAD 
SUBJECT: NGO'S AFFILIATED WITH UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
AGENCIES: SECTION 102 (G) CERTIFICATION 
 
REF:  (A) STATE 256553;  (B) STATE 305781 
 
1.  IN RESPONSE TO REFTELS, US MISSION REQUESTED AND 
OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN FOOD AND 
AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) 
AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
    (IFAD).  MISSION HAS REVIEWED THE LISTS AND STATEMENTS 
PROVIDED BY FAO, WFP AND IFAD, AND HAS DETERMINED THAT, TO 
THE BEST OF ITS KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE AFFILIATED NGOS 
PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA, NOR 
INCLUDE AS A SUBSIDIARY OR MEMBER ANY SUCH ORGANIZATION. 
END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  US MISSION CONTACTED THE APPROPRIATE OFFICES IN THE 
THREE ROME-BASED UN ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IN REF A TO DISCUSS 
REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 102 (G) OF THE FY 1994 AND 1995 
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT REGARDING POSSIBLE LINKS 
WITH NGOS THAT PROMOTE OR CONDONE PEDOPHILIA.  WE ASKED EACH 
OF THE UN AGENCIES TO PROVIDE A LIST OF NGOS TO WHICH THEY 
GRANT OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION, AND TO 
CERTIFY THAT NONE OF THESE NGOS OR THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR 
MEMBERS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF 
PEDOPHILIA.  AGENCY RESPONSES ARE BEING POUCHED TO IO/SHA. 
MISSION POINT OF CONTACT IS ALTERNATE PERMANENT 
REPRESENTATIVE WILLEM BRAKEL.  APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS OF 
STAFF TIME WERE DEVOTED TO COMPLYING WITH THIS REQUEST. 
 
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FAO 
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3.  UNDER COVER OF A LETTER DATED 23 OCTOBER 2003, NORA 
MCKEON, FAO SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIC 
PARTNERSHIPS UNIT, PROVIDED A LIST OF 200 INTERNATIONAL NGOS 
WHICH HAVE FORMAL RELATIONS WITH FAO.  MCKEON WROTE THAT 
"NONE OF THESE INGOS, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, PROMOTES, CONDONES 
OR SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PAEDOPHILIA; NOR HAVE THEY 
    MEMBER GROUPS OR SUBSIDIARIES THAT DO SO." 
 
4.  ON THE BASIS OF FAO'S LETTER AND FOLLOWING SCRUTINY OF 
THE LIST OF AFFILIATED NGOS, US MISSION CONCLUDES THAT THE 
FAO DOES NOT GRANT ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR 
RECOGNITION TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES, CONDONES OR 
SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAS SUBSIDIARIES OR 
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO. 
 
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WFP 
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5.  IN A LETTER DATED 5 NOVEMBER 2003, JUDITH LEWIS, WFP 
DIRECTOR OF US RELATIONS, TRANSMITTED A LIST OF 20 
INTERNATIONAL NGOS WITH WHICH WFP HAS MEMORANDA OR LETTERS 
OF UNDERSTANDING.  LEWIS WROTE THAT "ALL NGO IMPLEMENTING 
PARTNERS OF WFP IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MUST CARRY OUT THEIR 
ACTIVITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODES OF CONDUCT FOR THE 
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT AND NGOS 
IN DISASTER RELIEF.  IN KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES 
OF THIS CODE, AND TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE 
NGOS THAT WFP IS AFFILIATED WITH PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK 
THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA, NOR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OF 
MEMBER GROUPS THAT DO." 
 
6.  ON THE BASIS OF WFP'S LETTER AND FOLLOWING SCRUTINY OF 
THE LIST OF AFFILIATED NGOS, US MISSION CONCLUDES THAT THE 
WFP DOES NOT GRANT ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, ACCREDITATION OR 
RECOGNITION TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES, CONDONES OR 
SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAS SUBSIDIARIES OR 
    MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO. 
 
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IFAD 
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7.  WITH A LETTER DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2003, ALAN PRIEN, 
SECRETARY OF IFAD, PROVIDED A LIST OF 503 NGOS COLLABORATING 
 
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WITH IFAD.  PRIEN WROTE THAT "TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, 
NONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE 
LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OR 
MEMBER GROUPS THAT DO." 
 
8.  ON THE BASIS OF IFAD'S LETTER AND FOLLOWING A CLOSE 
EXAMINATION OF THE LIST OF AFFILIATED NGOS, US MISSION 
CONCLUDES THAT IFAD DOES NOT GRANT ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, 
ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT 
PROMOTES, CONDONES OR SEEKS THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA 
OR HAS SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO. 
 
HALL 
 
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	2003ROME05092 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED