US embassy cable - 05DJIBOUTI812

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REQUEST FOR UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - DJIBOUTI

Identifier: 05DJIBOUTI812
Wikileaks: View 05DJIBOUTI812 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Djibouti
Created: 2005-08-17 13:46:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DJ USAID
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000812 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR DRL/IL HOLT 
 
DOL FOR DOL/ILAB MCCARTER 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB, EIND, ETRD, PHUM, SOCI, DJ, USAID 
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - 
DJIBOUTI 
 
Ref: A) State 143552 
 
     B) 2004 Djibouti 1124 
 
1. In reftel B, post responded to State 163453 of July 2004 
and gave detailed information on the subject.  We have 
contacted all of our sources of information again and they 
confirmed that the worst forms of child labor still do not 
exist in Djibouti. No new laws or regulations were passed 
since last year.  The Ministry of Labor finalized the New 
Labor Code but the Parliament did not approve it yet. In 
towns, children continue to be employed in the informal 
economic activities: they work as shoe cleaners, car 
washers, or domestic servants.  It is important to note 
that most of these children are displaced from neighboring 
countries and have no other means of income.  Some of these 
children become beggars or street prostitutes.  In rural 
areas, children help their parents in agricultural or 
livestock areas if they are not enrolled in the school. 

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