US embassy cable - 05ANKARA1006

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 001006 
 
SIPDIS 
 
IO/EDA PLEASE PASS TO JANET SHANNON 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2015 
TAGS: KWMN, EAID, TU 
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RESOLUTION 
DEMARCHE 
 
REF: STATE 30251 
 
Classified By: (U) Classified by Political Counselor John Kunstadter, E 
.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). 
 
1.  (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 22 to 
Turkish MFA International Political Organizations (IPO) Head 
Murat Ates. 
 
2.  (U) Ates's office confirmed on February 24 the Turkish 
delegation would be headed by Minister of State Guldal Aksit. 
 Ates, with other parliamentarians and professionals (NFI), 
plans to accompany Aksit to the CSW meetings in New York. 
 
3.  (U) MFA IPO office advised that after a preliminary 
review, the U.S. draft appeared to be a positive document. 
However, the office suggested the following changes: 
 
-- Operational Paragraph (OP)8.  End sentence after "economic 
opportunity of vulnerable women."   Turkish interlocutors 
state that by listing categories of vulnerable women, a group 
may inadvertently be left out. 
 
-- Include a reference to providing international, technical 
and financial aid and cooperation to further the status of 
women at risk economically. 
 
4.  (C) Comment:  OP 8 also refers to "...women belonging to 
racial and ethnic minorities, refugees, and internally 
displaced persons (IDPs)..."   These are designations that 
Turks could interpret as supporting ethnically-based 
divisions.  The present wording in this paragraph could 
possibly prompt the Turkish delegation not to support the 
paragraph.  End comment. 
EDELMAN