US embassy cable - 02ROME3534

UNCLAS ROME 003534 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FROM FODAG 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: AORC, PHUM, SOCI, UN, FAO, WFP 
SUBJECT:  NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN: SECTION 102 
(PEDOPHILIA) CERTIFICATION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 113678 
 
1.  SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THE U.S. MISSION/ROME 
HAS OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE U.N. FOOD 
AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), THE WORLD FOOD 
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PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE 
AND DEVELOPMENT (IFAD).  THE U.S. MISSION HAS REVIEWED 
THESE LISTS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT, TO THE BEST OF ITS 
KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THESE NGOS PROMOTE OR CONDONE, OR SEEK 
THE LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA, OR INCLUDE AS A 
SUBSIDIARY OR MEMBER ANY SUCH ORGANIZATION.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  THE U.S. MISSION CONTACTED, VIA TELEPHONE AND FAX, 
THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL IN THE THREE ROME-BASED U.N. 
ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IN REFTEL TO DISCUSS SECTION 102 
REQUIREMENTS.  IN ADDITION EACH ORGANIZATION WAS 
REQUESTED, IN WRITING, TO PROVIDE BOTH A CERTIFICATION 
AND A LIST OF NGOS THAT HAVE AFFILIATIONS WITH THEM. 
RESPONSES FROM EACH ORGANIZATION ARE DISCUSSED BELOW: 
 
3.  FAO:THE MISSION HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NORA 
MCKEON, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF FAO'S RESOURCES AND 
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS UNIT, TCDS, TECHNICAL COOPERATION 
DEPARTMENT TRANSMITTING A LIST OF ALL NGOS THAT HAVE 
FORMAL RELATIONS WITH FAO.  THIS LIST CONSISTS OF 16 NGOS 
WITH "CONSULTATIVE STATUS", 65 NGOS WITH "SPECIALIZED 
CONSULTATIVE STATUS", AND 120 NGOS WITH "LIAISON STATUS." 
THE LETTER ASSURES THAT, TO THE BEST OF FAO'S KNOWLEDGE, 
NONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE 
LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA, OR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OR 
MEMBER GROUPS THAT DO. 
 
4.  WFP:  THE MISSION HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM REBECCA 
DOYLE, CHIEF OF THE RESOURCES MOBILIZATION SERVICE 
(AMERICAS, AUSTRALIA AND ASIA) STATING THAT, TO THE BEST 
OF HER KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE NGOS THAT WFP IS AFFILIATED 
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WITH PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION OF 
PEDOPHILIA, NOR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OR MEMBER GROUPS 
WHICH DO.  ATTACHED TO THE LETTER IS A LIST OF 19 NGOS 
THAT ARE WFPS' MAJOR IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS (I.E. A LIST 
OF ALL NGOS WITH WHICH WFP HAS A GLOBAL MEMORANDUM OF 
UNDERSTANDING). 
 
5.  IFAD:  THE MISSION HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ALAN 
PRIEN, SECRETARY OF IFAD, TRANSMITTING A LIST OF 494 NGOS 
COLLABORATING WITH IFAD.  THIS LETTER FURTHER STATES THAT 
IFAD CONFIRMS, TO THE BEST OF ITS KNOWLEDGE, THAT NONE OF 
THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE, CONDONE OR SEEK THE 
LEGALIZATION OF PEDOPHILIA OR HAVE ANY SUBSIDIARIES OR 
MEMBER GROUPS THAT DO. 
 
6.  UPON RECEIPT OF LETTERS FROM THE ABOVE THREE 
ORGANIZATIONS, MISSION HAS REVIEWED THE LISTS OF NGOS AND 
DETERMINED THAT, TO THE BEST OF ITS KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF 
THESE NGOS PROMOTE OR CONDONE, OR SEEK THE LEGALIZATION 
OF PEDOPHILIA, OR INCLUDE AS A SUBSIDIARY OR MEMBER ANY 
SUCH ORGANIZATION.  THE LETTERS AND LIST OF NGOS PROVIDED 
BY EACH ORGANIZATION WILL BE SENT TO IO/SHA VIA PRIORITY 
MAIL ON JULY 17, 2002. POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ISSUE AT 
U.S. MISSION IN ROME IS LUCY TAMLYN. 
 
7.  APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS OF STAFF TIME WAS DEVOTED TO 
COMPLYING WITH THIS REQUEST.  HEILEMAN 
 
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