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Viewing cable 06RANGOON843, BURMA/TIP: MUTED REACTION TO THE 2006 TIP REPORT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06RANGOON843 2006-06-21 10:41 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Rangoon
VZCZCXRO5913
OO RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHGO #0843 1721041
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 211041Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY RANGOON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4706
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0954
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 3387
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA 0792
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU 0794
RUDKIA/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 0475
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 2726
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0369
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
UNCLAS RANGOON 000843 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS; PACOM FOR FPA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BM
SUBJECT: BURMA/TIP:  MUTED REACTION TO THE 2006 TIP REPORT 
 
REF: RANGOON 0772 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  The GOB officially reacted to the 2006 
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report through a critique in the 
state press June 20.  Although it was given front-page 
attention, regime criticism of the Tier 3 ranking was 
restrained, reflecting the SPDC's expectation to retain Tier 
3 rankings, its satisfaction over modest progress 
acknowledged in the Report, and a growing recognition that 
rampant, unaddressed incidents of forced labor underpin 
Burma's Tier 3 ranking.  GOB efforts to address transnational 
trafficking are unaffected by the negative TIP Report 
ranking, but progress in addressing forced labor remains 
unrealized.  End Summary. 
 
2. (U) The GOB responded to the June 5 release of the TIP 
report via press release in a front-page article in the 
government's June 20 "New Light of Myanmar." The lead, 
promising development and a better future, is followed by a 
more specific sub-title stating that the GOB "will also 
continue to exert utmost endeavors to combat trafficking in 
persons."  The release expresses regret over Burma's 
placement on the TIP Report's list of Tier 3 countries and 
rejects the economic sanctions that accompany Tier 3 as 
"unjust unilateral measures."  As it did last year, the GOB 
claims the TIP Report's narrative on Burma is contradictory. 
The article quotes selectively from the report, highlighting 
metion of its modest, positive steps taken with regard to 
prosecution of traffickers, protection of trafficking 
victims, and prevention of new incidents of trafficking.  The 
article concludes with the defiant exclamation that the SPDC 
will continue "to exert utmost endeavors" to fight 
trafficking in persons despite negative reports that "blindly 
refuse" to acknowledge its ongoing efforts to deal with the 
problem. 
 
3. (SBU) In a June 20 meeting, Nikolas Win Myint, project 
advisor at the UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking 
in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP), noted that he has 
not yet received any direct reaction from key GOB anti-TIP 
interlocutors.  He attributed this to the officials' move to 
Pyinmana and his view of their greater reluctance to meet 
with international organizations' expatriate staff.  Drawing 
on past discussions with the government, Win Myint claimed 
that GOB officials, such as Col. Sit Aye fully understand the 
USG's definition of TIP and its inclusion of forced labor and 
child soldiering as forms of trafficking.  They also perceive 
a "political element" to the Report and do not expect Burma 
to be taken off of Tier 3 anytime soon. 
 
4. (SBU) Win Myint opined that an official with 
anti-trafficking expertise wrote the GOB's measured critique. 
 Accepting a Tier 3 ranking as a given each year, officials 
working on TIP here may find solace in the Report's few 
citations that show some progress addressing transnational 
trafficking, he said.  Win Myint recalled a statement made by 
a senior police official at a March 2006 national seminar in 
Rangoon; the official called on participants to ignore the 
perennial Tier 3 ranking and instead to work for improved 
anti-trafficking efforts motivated by self-determination. 
 
5. (SBU) Comment:  As usual, the only GOB response to the USG 
statement came through the media.  The subdued tone of the 
reaction appears to reflect an acknowledgment that Burma will 
remain on Tier 3 as long as the widespread forced labor 
crimes  remain unaddressed.  Although some in the GOB appear 
sincere in their efforts to address cross border trafficking, 
they have no role to address forced labor crimes, committed 
largely by regime authorities and the military.  The GOB's 
limited commitment to fight trafficking may be born not out 
of human rights concerns, but rather out of concern over the 
damage to "the pride and pedigree of Myanmar nationality that 
should be valued and safeguarded by Myanmar race (sic)," as 
stated in the preamble to the country's new anti-trafficking 
law. 
STOLTZ