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06TAIPEI2860 | ETC FIASCO BRINGS DOWN MOTC MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An August 3 ruling from Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court ensured that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) would have to either hold a second bid process for the troubled electronic highway toll collection (ETC) system or take over the system itself from [...] | 2006-08-18 02:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON PGOV TW |
06TAIPEI2953 | TAIWAN NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH WCPFC FISHING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A U.S. fisheries delegation visited Taiwan August 9 to discuss Taiwan fishing fleet overcapacity, ship-boarding policy in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and Taiwan membership in fisheries organizations. The U.S. called on Taiwan to reduce its fish [...] | 2006-08-25 02:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV KTIA PHSA CH TW |
06TAIPEI3036 | CHINESE TAIPEI SUPPORTS U.S. ON APEC COUNTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PTER TW APECO |
06TAIPEI3156 | TAIWAN INVESTMENT IN CHINA GROWS [...] (SBU) Taiwan's approved investment in China in the first half of 2006 shot up 35.2 percent from the corresponding period in 2005, totaling USD 3.56 billion and reversing a one-year decline. Much of the investment comes from firms expanding existing China operations. This strong growth suggest [...] | 2006-09-12 10:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
06TAIPEI3426 | ANTI-CHEN CAMPAIGN GENERATES LITTLE SUPPORT SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2 the "Depose Chen" movement motorcade crossed the Chuo-shui river into the deep Southern counties that make up the heartland of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Movement leader Shih Ming-teh, denied permission by local DPP authorities to hold events i [...] | 2006-10-03 10:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TW |
06TAIPEI3444 | Anti-Chen Protest Motorcade in Kaohsiung, Pingtung, and [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of October 3, the anti-President Chen motorcade led by Shih Ming-teh passed through Kaohsiung City without stopping and held a rally in Pingtung City. Two thousand local people joined the event, which ended peacefully without encountering any protest from pro-Ch [...] | 2006-10-04 09:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TW |
06TAIPEI3454 | TAIWAN CONSIDERS NEW PUSH FOR WTO GPA [...] AIT ECON Chief delivered reftel demarche jointly with EC Representative Brian McDonald on October 5 to Ministry of Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Hsieh Fa-dah. Utilizing reftel points, Econ Chief emphasized the need to move forward on Taiwan's long-standing commitment to open up Taiwan's g [...] | 2006-10-05 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL WTRO TW |
06TAIPEI3960 | Kaohsiung Mayoral Race: Acting Mayor and Mayoral [...] (SBU) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Chu and Kuomintang Party (KMT) candidate Huang Chun-ying told DDIR separately on November 21 that the critical Kaohsiung mayoral race remains too close to call and the final outcome could hinge on just 5,000 votes. Chen was conce [...] | 2006-11-27 05:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TW |
06TAIPEI409 | ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS AT AIT-TAIPEI AND THE [...] (U) On Tuesday 07 February 2006, sixteen members of the Taiwan Southern Society staged a brief demonstration outside the commercial office building housing the AIT-Kaohsiung (AIT-K) branch office. The purpose of the protest was to present a written statement to AIT-Kaohsiung protesting the U. [...] | 2006-02-09 04:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV TW |
06TAIPEI4112 | HIGH-SPEED RAIL HOPES FOR CHRISTMAS CERTIFICATION [...] (U) Summary: After two derailments in November, the earliest date Taiwan's high-speed rail can receive authorization from the Taiwan authorities to begin operations is December 25. End summary. 2. (U) After a series of technical setbacks, Taiwan's high-speed rail project has again delayed [...] | 2006-12-13 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON TW |
06TAIPEI479 | POU CHEN GROUP FOCUSES ON CHINA'S RETAIL MARKET AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As widely reported in the Taiwan press, Taiwanese businessmen have largely greeted President Chen's exhortation to avoid excessive focus on the mainland either negatively or dismissively. However, according to Chi Jui Tsai, Chairman of Pou Chen Group, the world's largest shoe [...] | 2006-02-15 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL TW HK CH BG IN |
06TAIPEI484 | TAIWAN VOTES AGAINST BURMA IN APG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IMF KCRM TW |
06TAIPEI525 | ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI [...] (U) On Tuesday 21 February 2006, approximately one hundred and fifty (150) supporters from the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) political party and other affiliated pro-Taiwan independence groups, staged an anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei). The proteste [...] | 2006-02-21 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV TW |
06TAIPEI656 | Protest by Suspended Taitung Magistrate - Wu Chun-li [...] (U) After the December 3-in-1 election, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) suspended the duly-elected Taitung County Magistrate Wu Chun-li (KMT) from his post immediately following his swearing-in ceremony (December 20). The reason given for the dismissal was Wu's conviction in a c [...] | 2006-03-02 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TW |
06TAIPEI705 | Southern Taiwan Confirmed Epidemic -- Vote-buying [...] (SBU) Summary. At the conclusion of the 3-in-1 elections on December 3, 2005, prosecutors in southern Taiwan found themselves overwhelmed with clean-up of vote-buying complaints. Blossoming creative methods and variations on the practice of vote-buying do little to help practitioners avoid th [...] | 2006-03-07 01:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TW |
06TAIPEI729 | DPP Will Pay the Price for New Highway Toll System [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's new electronic toll collection (ETC) system has come under fire for the high costs to drivers and snarled traffic despite low usage rates. There have also been accusations of corruption in the bidding process. The ETC is only latest in a series of transportation build [...] | 2006-03-09 01:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PGOV TW |
06TAIPEI910 | CROSS-STRAIT TRADE INTEGRATION UNBALANCED [...] (SBU) Taiwan's economic prosperity increasingly depends on trade with the PRC. Growth in cross-Strait trade in 2005 outpaced growth in Taiwan's total trade. Trade with the PRC accounted for 19 percent of Taiwan's global trade up from 18 percent in 2004. In addition, the PRC overtook the Unit [...] | 2006-03-20 07:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CH TW |
06TAIPEI942 | Taiwan Contemplates First WTO Safeguard Action Against [...] (U) Summary: For the first time since its accession to the WTO in 2002, Taiwan has initiated import relief and dumping investigations against the PRC. Taiwan's towel manufacturers have requested relief in the face of rising PRC imports and Taiwan's International Trade Commission (ITC) and Mini [...] | 2006-03-21 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TW |
06TALLINN1014 | ESTONIAN RAILWAY DEAL HEADING INTO FINAL PHASE [...] (U) Summary: On November 10, the Cabinet approved the GOE's re-purchase of Baltic Rail Services' (BRS) majority stake in Estonian Railways (ER). Although some Ministers and Members of Parliament have voiced public concerns over aspects of the deal, parliamentary approval is expected before th [...] | 2006-11-16 13:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN KIDE EN |
06TALLINN1056 | ESTONIAN ACCEPTS U.S. DIP NOTE ON AIR [...] (SBU) On November 21, Embassy Tallinn received the following note verbale from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in answer to our revised diplomatic note on air security for the President's visit November 27-28(reftel): Begin Text: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Estonia [...] | 2006-11-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN |
06TALLINN1077 | ESTONIA: REACTION TO RUSSIA RESTRICTS ON FISH [...] (U) As reported reftel, on November 24 the Russian Ministry of Agriculture issued an order limiting the number of border check points through which fish and fish products can enter Russia, excluding both of Estonia?s land border points. 100% of Estonia?s USD 40 million in fish exports to Russ [...] | 2006-12-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIS ETRD TBIO EN |
06TALLINN1081 | TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on December 1 Poleconoff asked Sulev Kannike, MFA Counselor for Terrorism and Soft Security Issues, to provide information about any existing Estonian national lists of banned terrorist entities. Kannike replied that Estonia does not have, and does not plan to create, such [...] | 2006-12-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN |
06TALLINN1085 | RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS FALL FLAT IN ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, several Russian attempts to provoke Estonia with Soviet-style propaganda have fallen flat. A Duma resolution on the Soviet soldiers' memorial in downtown Tallinn (the so-called "Bronze Soldier"),a well-timed declassification of documents "proving" U.S. and B [...] | 2006-12-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV RS EN |
06TALLINN1086 | ESTONIA: BIOS OF PRESIDENT ILVES?S ADVISORS [...] (SBU) Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has surrounded himself with trusted, experienced advisors he has known for most of his political career. For the most part, these officials gained experience in the early days of re-independence, and comprise some of the most thoughtful and well c [...] | 2006-12-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV EN |
06TALLINN1145 | ESTONIA: IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On December 28 Poloff delivered reftel points to Marin Mottus, MFA Director for Africa, Middle East and Latin America Division, and Linda Kolk, counselor in the same division, on UN Security Council Resolution 1737. Mottus welcomed the adoption of resolution 1737 and said that the GOE conti [...] | 2006-12-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KNNP ISN IO NEA EN |
06TALLINN300 | ESTONIA - PENDING ROMANIAN ADOPTION CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EU RO EN |
06TALLINN302 | ESTONIA POSITION ON EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 17 Poloff and DATT delivered reftel points to officials from the MFA, MoD, and the Estonian Air Navigation Services (EANS, which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy) in regards to the EU's Common charging scheme for air navigations services (ANS). 2. (SBU [...] | 2006-03-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN EN |
06TALLINN316 | ESTONIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU PREL PGOV EN |
06TALLINN322 | ESTONIA: POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION ON THE RIGHT [...] (U) Two right-wing Estonian political parties, Res Publica (RP) and Pro Patria Union (PPU),have decided to merge and form a new political party, Party For Estonia (PFE). Tonis Lukas, PPU Chairman, and Taavi Veskimgi, RP Chairman, signed a memorandum of understanding and published a declarat [...] | 2006-04-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN369 | ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 12:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI IR EN |
06TALLINN370 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL EN |
06TALLINN388 | ESTONIA: SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EN |
06TALLINN396 | ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF [...] Post received a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia on April 20, 2006, in response to reftels on the ITU Radio Regulations Board elections. (begin text of Note Verbale) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia present their compl [...] | 2006-04-27 06:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS EN |
06TALLINN407 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS EU ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN UNGA KUNR EN |
06TALLINN411 | ESTONIA AMENDS LAW ON ALIENS TO CONFORM WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Estonian Parliament adopted an amendment to the Estonian Aliens Law on April 19, 2006. The updated law widens non-citizen residents? freedom of movement and employment in other EU countries, and has generated strong interest among Estonia's 135,000 mostly Russian-speaking "st [...] | 2006-04-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EN |
06TALLINN418 | UPDATE ON ESTONIA'S SCHOOL REFORM [...] (U) Summary: In September 2007 Estonia's 63 Russian language high schools will begin a gradual four-year transition to teaching 60% of the curriculum in Estonian (reftels). The GOE is slowly responding to criticism that preparations have been insufficient and a National Action Plan was adopt [...] | 2006-05-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EN |
06TALLINN423 | CODEL COBLE ENGAGES WITH ESTONIANS ON LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 18 - 19 visit to Tallinn Congressman Howard Coble and Congressional staff discussed narcotics, shipping and port security, and other law enforcement issues with the Members of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet, Minister of Internal Affairs Kalle [...] | 2006-05-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP EN |
06TALLINN427 | ESTONIA GEARS UP FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to presidential elections five of Estonia's six major political parties have agreed to try to find a common candidate from a slate of twelve nominees. The first round of voting is scheduled for a special session of parliament in August. If no single candidate win [...] | 2006-05-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN448 | ESTONIA: LITTLE DAYLIGHT BETWEEN U.S./EU ON MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA EU Correspondent Arti Hilpus told us on May 12 he thought the U.S. and EU shared common views on GAERC agenda issues. Hilpus said Estonia was pleased the EU would expand the mandate of its Iraq Rule of Law program (EUJUST LEX) at the May 15 meeting. End summary. Balkan [...] | 2006-05-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UN EUN EN |
06TALLINN451 | ESTONIA: MERGER OF RES PUBLICA AND PRO PATRIA [...] (U) Summary: Estonian opposition political parties Res Publica and Pro Patria Union have completed preparatory work for their merger, announced in early April (reftel). The boards of the parties have approved the merger agreement and a working version of new statutes, both of which will be s [...] | 2006-05-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN463 | ESTONIA INCREASES FOREIGN AID [...] (U) On May 11 the GOE endorsed a development cooperation and humanitarian assistance development plan for 2006 to 2010. According to the plan, which hews closely to a draft that has been under discussion since December 2005 (reftel),in the coming four years foreign aid will grow to 0.1 perce [...] | 2006-05-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN496 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ, INTEGRATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 18 luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Maret Maripuu (Reform Party) and MPs Kllo Arjakas (Center Party) and Eiki Nestor (Social Democrats) shared their views on the Estonian mission in Iraq, domestic politics, and Russian minority integration [...] | 2006-05-24 13:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EN |
06TALLINN533 | ESTONIA: ETHNIC TENSION OVER TALLINN'S "BRONZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions have escalated between ethnic Estonians and Estonia's Russian-speaking community over the fate of a World War II monument in central Tallinn depicting a Red Army soldier. The proximate cause is an event involving the desecration of an Estonian flag carried by two count [...] | 2006-06-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN535 | ESTONIA: PDAS VERGA DISCUSSES DISASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of his participation in a Baltic Defense College seminar, OSD PDAS for Homeland Defense Peter Verga met with the Secretaries General of the Ministries of Defense and Internal Affairs on June 1. Verga shared insights on the challenges of inter-agency coordination [...] | 2006-06-06 07:37:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR SOCI EN |
06TALLINN567 | ESTONIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. On June 9, the Finnish and Estonian MFAs co-hosted in Tallinn a major conference on a renewed Northern Dimension (ND) to enhance regional and cross- border cooperation. High level speakers, including the Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Finland, and Latvia, participated in the event [...] | 2006-06-15 06:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV FI RS EN |
06TALLINN568 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY ADAMS STUDIES ESTONIAN [...] (U) Summary: In a June 12 visit to Estonia, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams met with Finance Minister Aivar Soerd, Central Bank Governor Andres Lipstok and representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce. He also hosted a roundtable discussion with leadin [...] | 2006-06-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC PREL EUN EN |
06TALLINN576 | ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL [...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...] | 2006-06-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EN |
06TALLINN578 | ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL [...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...] | 2006-06-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EN |
06TALLINN580 | ESTONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S REPORT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Urmas Paet presented his semi-annual foreign policy report to the Estonian Parliament on June 6. On June 15 MFA Policy Planning Director Raul Malk (co-author of the speech) told us key take-aways included: a warning that Estonia was at risk of overextension wi [...] | 2006-06-19 04:56:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN582 | WHAT MAKES TOOMAS HENDRIK RUN? [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves is one of the front runners as we approach August's first round of elections for president, a job Ilves tells us he does not want. Openly disdainful of incumbent Arnold Ruutel, Ilves explained that he had to run because he could not [...] | 2006-06-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN597 | ESTONIAN CENTRAL BANK CITES SIGNS OF [...] (U) Summary: On June 14, Central Bank Governor Andres Lipstok warned of signs of overheating in the Estonian economy, announcing that wage growth was twice as large as productivity growth in the first quarter of 2006. He urged the GOE to forego a planned supplementary budget and recommended [...] | 2006-06-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC PREL EUN EN |
06TALLINN599 | AFGHAN DELEGATION VISITS ESTONIA TO STUDY NATION [...] (U) Summary: Estonia recently hosted a high-level delegation from Afghanistan to discuss issues relating to nation building and e-governance. Although our Estonian interlocutors believe the Afghans are unlikely to implement what they learned about e-government in the near future, they belie [...] | 2006-06-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EN |
06TALLINN614 | DOHA ROUNDS - THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, THE EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-30 14:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTO ETRD ECON EN |
06TALLINN634 | ESTONIA: RAILWAY DEADLOCK UNNERVING GOE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, Baltic Rail Service (BRS) sent an official response to the Estonian government's letter of April 27 alleging that BRS had violated the terms of the Estonian Railways privatization agreement and threatening to revoke that agreement. In its letter, BRS categorically [...] | 2006-07-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EN |
06TALLINN644 | CREATION OF A BALTIC AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its launch in 1995, the Baltic American Enterprise Fund (BalAEF) has played an important role in promoting economic growth in the three Baltic states. It is important for U.S. interests in the Baltics and beyond to create a successor institution that will be ready to st [...] | 2006-07-12 08:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL EN LH LG |
06TALLINN658 | ESTONIA: PRESIDENT RUUTEL TO RUN FOR SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary. As expected, President Ruutel announced on June 13 that he will seek a second term as President of Estonia. Ruutel's party, People's Union, is working hard to ensure the election is decided in the Electoral College, where Ruutel has stronger support. This has only added to the [...] | 2006-07-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN659 | ESTONIA: GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...] | 2006-07-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU |
06TALLINN660 | ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...] | 2006-07-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU |
06TALLINN671 | TRANSNISTRIA: ESTONIA IN FULL SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) On July 19 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, outgoing MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and newly appointed Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, on Transnistria's proposed independence referendum. Hein told us that the GOE is in full agreement w [...] | 2006-07-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD EN |
06TALLINN675 | ESTONIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR 61st UNGA [...] (U) In response to our request, on July 24 MFA Counsellor for International Organizations and Regional Cooperation Tiiu Viljasaar delivered a provisional attendance list for the 61st UN General Assembly. No interpretation is required for GOE attendees. Post will relay any changes to the pro [...] | 2006-07-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EN |
06TALLINN736 | LEBANON: ESTONIA SUPPORTS UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 11:00:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOOPS UN UNSC IS LE EN |
06TALLINN742 | BRINGING ESTONIAN AND U.S. TIP NGOS TOGETHER [...] (SBU) Summary. In January 2006 the GOE passed its National Action Plan (NAP) to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). However, prior to and since the NAP's passing, many NGOs have criticized the plan for its lack of consultation with civil society. On July 19 post organized a roundtable disc [...] | 2006-08-15 15:46:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EN |
06TALLINN746 | DELIVERED SOLICITING UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-17 09:38:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOOPS UN UNSC IS LE EN |
06TALLINN774 | ESTONIA: IRAN/SYRIA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 14:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL IR LE SY XG EN |
06TALLINN776 | ESTONIA: KOSOVO STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU EN |
06TALLINN778 | ESTONIA: DONOR ASSISTANT TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL LE SW EN |
06TALLINN784 | CODEL KOLBE THANKS ANSIP FOR SUPPORT IN IRAQ AND [...] (U) Summary. During a meeting in Tallinn on August 24, a congressional delegation led by House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Chairman James Kolbe(R-AZ) thanked Prime Minister Andrus Ansip for Estonia's support for the Global War on Terror. PM Ansi [...] | 2006-08-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS ENRG CVIS RS EN |
06TALLINN798 | ESTONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH [...] (U) As expected, in the first round of voting on August 28-29 in Estonia's presidential elections, Center Party and People's Union MPs did not cast a single ballot, forcing a second round in the Electoral College (composed of MPs and local government representatives). In successive rounds of [...] | 2006-08-31 14:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN832 | ESTONIA ON ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON IS LE EN |
06TALLINN833 | ESTONIA ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI EN |
06TALLINN834 | ESTONIA ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel points to Andres Talvik, MFA Director for Asia, Australia and Oceania, concerning UNSC Resolution 1695 that North Korea suspend its ballistic missile programs. Talvik told us that Estonia supports the EU position on this matter. WOS [...] | 2006-09-14 07:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN |
06TALLINN836 | ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points on Iran and other GAERC agenda items with Kristina Meius, the MFA's European Correspondent, ON September 13. Meius noted there are "no surprises" on the GOE's position on the agenda items. She provided feedback on the following issues: [...] | 2006-09-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN EN YI SR BO IR IZ UP KPAL SU |
06TALLINN839 | ESTONIA ON NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU EN |
06TALLINN842 | ESTONIAN PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, [...] (U) Ambassador Wos delivered A/S Fried's invitation letter to lunch with the Secretary on the margins of UNGA to Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on Monday, September 11. Paet said that he was already aware of the lunch and it was on his agenda for the trip. 2. (SBU) On the subject of [...] | 2006-09-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU NATO PREL OPDC IZ EN |
06TALLINN849 | ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 07:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER USUN LE SY EU EN |
06TALLINN851 | ESTONIAN MPS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon discussion of Afghanistan and Iraq with four members of Parliament: Jarno Laur (Social Democrats),Janno Reiljan (People's Union),Ela Tomson (Res Publica) and Ain Seppik (Center Party). The discussion focused on the upcoming deb [...] | 2006-09-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU NATO AF IZ EN |
06TALLINN867 | ESTONIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - TEMPEST IN A [...] (SBU) Summary: The second round of voting in Estonia's presidential elections will take place on September 23rd, when members of the electoral college meet in Tallinn. Although polls indicate popular support favors Social Democrat Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the contest in the electoral college b [...] | 2006-09-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN887 | ESTONIA: ILVES IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF [...] (U) On September 23 Toomas Hendrik Ilves, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S., was elected President of Estonia. A 345-member electoral college comprised of parliamentarians and local municipality representatives voted 174-162 for I [...] | 2006-09-27 05:39:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN888 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Welcome back to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you back to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of Toomas Hendrik Ilves' election as Estonia's next President and the beginning of the parliament's fall session. The Government has approved a bill ext [...] | 2006-09-27 05:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL EN |
06TALLINN892 | ESTONIA: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES IRAQI MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EN |
06TALLINN901 | CODEL FRIST VISITS ESTONIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi in Tallinn on October 1, a Congressional delegation composed of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) thanked the GOE for Estonia's strong support in [...] | 2006-10-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS IZ AF EN |
06TALLINN922 | DAS PEKALA VISITS ESTONIA, OCTOBER 3-4 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Pekala October 3-4 that the GOE is committed to extending the mandate of Estonia's troops in Iraq but that upcoming parliamentary elections will complicate the debate in parliament. They also expressed deep concern ov [...] | 2006-10-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL CVIS IZ AF EN RU |
06TALLINN943 | ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points on GAERC agenda items with Kristina Meius, the MFA's European Correspondent, on October 16. Meius provided feedback on the following issues: 2. (SBU) Iran: The GOE is concerned about recent statements coming from Iran and supports an [...] | 2006-10-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN EU YI SR BO SU CG IS LE IR IK |
06TALLINN944 | TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN EN |
06TASHKENT1225 | UZBEKISTAN BURNS 700 KGS OF NARCOTICS [...] (U) Uzbekistan marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking by burning 700 kilograms of seized narcotics on June 26. The narcotics burned included 430 kg of heroin, 182 kg of opium, 73 kg of marijuana, 8 kg of hashish, and an unspecified amount of other phychot [...] | 2006-06-27 06:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR UZ |
06TASHKENT1582 | GOU SAYS AMERICAN AIR COMPANIES VIOLATING UZBEK [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note (No. 03/14406) from the MFA alleging that U.S.-flagged aircraft belonging to American and Continental Airlines violated Uzbek air traffic control regulations on four occasions in May and June. A [...] | 2006-08-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR UZ |
06TASHKENT268 | NO UZBEK POSITION ON CARICC VENUE YET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CIS SNAR KCRM UZ |
06TASHKENT464 | GOU'S EMINENT DOMAIN PLACES AMCITS OUT ON THE [...] (SBU) On March 2, the Amcit owners of a local business, American Optical, were served an eviction notice by the Tashkent City Hokimiyat giving them two days to vacate the premises before the building was demolished. The one-story building was shared by two other shops, both of which had close [...] | 2006-03-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC ECON UZ |
06TASHKENT502 | DEMARCHE ON THE MILLENIUM CHALLENGE CORP. FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Poloff requested a meeting to deliver reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consistent with recent practice, the MFA refuses to respond. Therefore, on February 21 post faxed the points to the MFA. The Ministry provided no comment or acknowledgement that the points were r [...] | 2006-03-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UK ZK |
06TASHKENT777 | INL COORDINATOR/DCM TRIP REPORT: TERMEZ AND [...] (U) Summary: Visiting INL Coordinator and DCM visited the Surkhandarya Province for inspection and observation of border post facilities and procedures. Emboffs assessed the use of equipment and training provided to Uzbek Customs and Border Guard officials by USG-funded programs through the [...] | 2006-04-21 03:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF TI UZ |
06TASHKENT852 | GOU CLOSES ABA/CEELI [...] (SBU) On April 27, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasia Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) to liquidate. In requesting ABA/CEELI's liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) alleged that the organization acted outside its mandate and ch [...] | 2006-05-01 02:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UZ |
06TASHKENT900 | COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL ORDERED LIQUIDATED [...] (SBU) On May 4, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered Counterpart International to liquidate. In requesting liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) accused Counterpart of not providing required documentation on its programs, acting outside its mandate in setting up a local NGO in Kokan [...] | 2006-05-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UZ |
06TBILISI2935 | FINANCE MINISTER HEARS USG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (U) On October 25, Econoff presented Finance Minister Aleksishvili with a non-paper on consolidation of the GOG revenue agencies (the tax administration, the customs service and the financial police) that the Ambassador gave to PM Noghaideli at their meeting on October 13 (reftel). Econoff al [...] | 2006-11-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID GG |
06TEGUCIGALPA139 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...] | 2006-01-24 01:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA1893 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT PROPOSES, CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mexican President-Elect Felipe Calderon proposed, and the representatives of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, Colombia and the Dominican Republic attending the Central American Integration System Summit on Security (Septel) on 10/3, endor [...] | 2006-10-05 00:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS CVIS XK |
06TEGUCIGALPA192 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S INAUGURATION GOES WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, January 26, 2006 a U.S. Presidential Delegation, led by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, arrived in Tegucigalpa to attend the inauguration of Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While the weeks and days leading to the events were plagued with confusion and inde [...] | 2006-01-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA2257 | FOREIGN MINISTER INTERESTED IN CONCLUDING [...] (SBU) At a meeting between Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez, the Ambassador, DCM and Polcouns on 11/27, the latter presented the Foreign Minister with the draft PSI shipboarding agreement and implementing agreement (Ref A),noting that they are based on our existing anti-narcotics shipboardin [...] | 2006-12-01 21:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA2393 | CUMPLE Y GANA HELPS FUND RENOVATION OF REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2006 Laboff participated in the inauguration of the newly renovated regional office of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in Choluteca, which was financed in part by the USG funded Cumple y Gana project. With USD 15 million in total DR-CAFTA related funding, Cumple y G [...] | 2006-12-29 21:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA268 | HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE PROBLEMS PERSIST, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Post worked closely with the outgoing Maduro Administration during its final months in office to both urge and assist reform of the Honduran immigration service. Post has presented the GOH with solid evidence of ongoing corruption in the immigration service that is directly ab [...] | 2006-02-13 19:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA459 | HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...] | 2006-03-08 23:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA522 | NEW MOD/MFA DEMARCHED ON NEED FOR RAPID GOH [...] (SBU) Post has to-date received a noncommittal diplomatic note acknowledging receipt of the diplomatic note 010. 2. (SBU) On February 7th, PolOff delivered demarche ref A and talking points in English and Spanish on GPOI and the exchange of the Article 505 agreement diplomatic notes to Min [...] | 2006-03-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA575 | HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General (CG) met on March 6 and 14 with senior officials in the Honduran Immigration Service and they presented a picture of continued confusion and corruption at the Immigration Service. President Zelaya told the Ambassador on March 14 that a new Director of Immigr [...] | 2006-03-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA621 | HONDURAS ENTERS INTO FORCE ON ARTICLE 505 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PGOV KTIA KPKO HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA684 | The Early Stages of the New Honduran Congress and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Honduran Congress is made up of every extreme, with politics permeating every part of it. Because of the political diversity of this group, it has been hard for them to come to agreement on many of the issues that they face. Within Congress, the Liberal Party has the m [...] | 2006-04-07 23:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA743 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...] | 2006-04-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS |
06TEGUCIGALPA872 | POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA949 | Honduras: Telecom Debates in Final Round [...] (U) This is an action request: Please see para. 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The CAFTA-compliant telecommunications sector framework law (Ley Marco),recently revised and shortened, is now set to be introduced to Congress. A competing law by parastatal telecommunications company Hondutel has so [...] | 2006-05-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB KPRV PGOV ECON HO |
06TELAVIV1049 | WITHOUT ARIK, MORE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING VOTERS SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israel's Russian-speaking electorate, which numbers close to one million, represents one of the most important target populations in the upcoming elections, one that could determine an allocation of some 15 to 20 of the 120 Knesset seats, according to academics and [...] | 2006-03-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS |
06TELAVIV1105 | H5N1 CONFIRMED IN ISRAEL POULTRY DEATHS; ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, the Kimron Veterinary Institute Laboratory at Bet Dagan confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in turkey flocks from the kibbutzim at Ein Hashelosha and Holit, and at Sede Moshe and Nahshom. The outbreak has not spread beyond these areas (ide [...] | 2006-03-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV1115 | CHIEF RABBI PROPOSES PRESIDENT BUSH CONVENE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger proposed to the Ambassador March 16 that President Bush convene a forum of world religious leaders to promote peace and establish principles of mutual respect and tolerance among religions. He also called for the creation of a standing body o [...] | 2006-03-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV1135 | BIRD FLU SPREADS IN ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli agriculture officials confirmed H5N1 avian influenza at two chicken farms not far from turkey farms just outside Gaza where the outbreak of bird flu started last week. H5N1 will likely be confirmed at a third new location in the Negev. Birds from Moshav Kinneret in n [...] | 2006-03-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV1197 | BIG PARTIES SPEND BIG BUCKS ON BIG DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Kadima and Likud have budgets for election day at least 50 percent larger than that of the Labor Party, Labor will draw on an extensive and experienced organizational network at the local level. Kadima party organizers say they must work particularly hard to get out the [...] | 2006-03-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS |
06TELAVIV1391 | RECENT GOI PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director General Aharon Abramovitch told the Ambassador April 3 that the GOI seeks to abolish all forms of trafficking in persons. De facto Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Rahel Gershuni reported that the government's inter-ministerial anti-trafficking [...] | 2006-04-06 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1395 | EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...] | 2006-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1396 | ICRC: NGOS CANNOT AVERT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart told the Ambassador April 4 that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) cannot avert a looming humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. He emphasized that NGOs do not have the resources or capacity to assume the functions of government, [...] | 2006-04-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL PGOV PREF PHUM PREL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV1422 | LIVNI REPORTS USG ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARD TO GOI [...] (SBU) News of the Department's acknowledgment of Rahel Gershuni as an anti-trafficking "hero" (reftel) has reached the highest level of the GOI. At the weekly Cabinet meeting of April 9, according to the official Cabinet communique, Foreign Minister and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni reported t [...] | 2006-04-10 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1523 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS LIEBERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Yisrael Beiteinu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman on April 14 to discuss the political landscape in Israel. Avigdor, fresh from a negotiating session with the lead Kadima Party negotiator, Yoram Turbovitz, expressed confidence that his party [...] | 2006-04-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PINS KPAL IS JO IR IZ LE ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1652 | GOI SEEKS NGO INPUT ON NEXT STEPS IN FIGHT AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI inter-ministerial anti-trafficking committee decided at its April 26 meeting to press for rapid passage of the draft anti-trafficking bill, and to address specific concerns raised by three leading NGOs critical of the GOI's anti-trafficking efforts. The committee invi [...] | 2006-04-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV1728 | OLMERT'S NARROW COALITION GOVERNMENT: ROOM TO GROW? [...] (U) Summary: Israel's 31st government, comprising 25 ministers from the Kadima, Labor, Shas and the Pensioners parties, is scheduled to be sworn into office on May 4, after Acting Prime Minister Olmert presents his Cabinet to the Knesset. At that time, Olmert will announce the basic lines of [...] | 2006-05-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1791 | WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISOR ADVANCES DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Summary: During a three-day visit to Israel, John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),engaged in a dialogue on strengthening U.S.-Israel cooperation in S&T. He moved his Israeli interlocutors away from [...] | 2006-05-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TPHY PREL ECON OVIP KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV1799 | EU AMBASSADORS SEEK CLARITY ON USG POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador briefed some 25 EU ambassadors plus the Swiss and Norwegian ambassadors May 8 on USG policy regarding acceptable humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians; assistance to and contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas; the importance of EU solidar [...] | 2006-05-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IR IS KBTS ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1807 | EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...] | 2006-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID |
06TELAVIV1876 | AGAINST THE ODDS, MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East Cancer Consortium is extending its reach and adding attendees from additional countries to its activities. Independent Palestinian health professionals remain eager to participate in MECC conferences and courses while PA officials are off-limits. Member countri [...] | 2006-05-12 18:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL KPAL KWBG IS XF XD ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV1931 | STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he will make the draft anti-trafficking bill "the first priority legislation" of the new government, setting it on a track that, under optimum conditions, will achieve final passage within two months. Ramon said that he w [...] | 2006-05-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV1984 | IPR: JUSTICE MINISTER AGREES TO HELP [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that he would try to play a constructive role in addressing USG concerns about protection of intellectual property rights. Ambassador Jones expressed USG concern about Israel's poor performance in protecting the patents of U.S. [...] | 2006-05-19 17:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV1986 | JUSTICE MINISTER ON CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that the GOI will reform its Nationality and Entry in Israel Law of 2003 to ensure that it conforms with international standards. This temporary law currently prohibits many Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens from residing [...] | 2006-05-19 17:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV2421 | NGO LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SHARED MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL REPRESENTATIVES OF ECOPEACE/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH MIDDLE EAST (FOEME) MET WITH NEA SENIOR S&T ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON, CONSULATE GENERAL ECONOMIC OFFICER AND EMBASSY ESTH OFFICER AT THE CONGEN IN JERUSALEM JUNE 14 TO DESCRIBE THEIR FINDINGS ON THE DETERIORATING MOUNT [...] | 2006-06-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2698 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INCIDENT ON ISRAEL-EGYPT [...] (U) Israel Radio reported at 1200 on Friday, June 30 that IDF soldiers killed a Sudanese national in the course of his arrest. He was reportedly in the company of nine other Sudanese, three residents of the Gaza Strip, and three "call girls from Russia." The IDF shot the Sudanese national, a [...] | 2006-07-06 17:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG IS EG GTIP ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV2755 | ISRAEL TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH EUROPEAN STANDARDS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with EconCouns and EmbOffs, Israeli officials notified the USG of their intent to sign agreements with two European standards organizations, the [...] | 2006-07-12 06:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV3038 | ICRC: BATTLE OPERATIONS LIMITING ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS PREF PGOV PHUM LE |
06TELAVIV3149 | ICRC ACCESSES CIVILIANS SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER [...] (SBU) ICRC Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Balthasar Staehelin told the Ambassador August 9 that ICRC successfully mounted a humanitarian mission August 8 to evacuate approximately 230 civilians from Houla, south of the Litani River. (See Septel.) Staehelin said that ICRC dec [...] | 2006-08-10 15:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV IS LE |
06TELAVIV3150 | ICRC PRESIDENT MEETS PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff August 10 that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert assured visiting ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger earlier that day that the GOI supports ICRC efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in southern Lebanon. Olm [...] | 2006-08-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV IS LE |
06TELAVIV3366 | SENATOR SPECTER AND ISRAELI CHIEF JUSTICE BARAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) met with Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak at the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem on August 20. Justice Barak, who is retiring in September, dropped several hints that he might be expecting a call to lead a commission of inquiry if [...] | 2006-08-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3387 | ISRAEL TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV3515 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV3703 | ISRAEL WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMSO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 07:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS IS |
06TELAVIV4234 | MODEST DISCOVERY OF OIL IN DEAD SEA BASIN COULD [...] (U) Genco Oil and Gas Exploration, an Israeli company that has been drilling in the Dead Sea basin for ten years, recently struck oil at Zuk Tamur 3 -- a 1,800 meter deep drill site -- and discovered reserves the company estimates at between four and six million barrels, worth about $300 mill [...] | 2006-10-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4328 | POL SIPDIS TEST CABLE [...] Embassy Tel Aviv ** Testing the routing for SIPDIS automatic distribution into the terms & categories section. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access th [...] | 2006-10-31 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV4395 | ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP [...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...] | 2006-11-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4398 | AMBASSADOR RAISES TREATMENT OF AMCITS WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reports of GOI mistreatment of American citizens during a working lunch October 31 with MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch and Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev. The Ambassador noted that we had two separate types of concerns: a change [...] | 2006-11-03 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PHUM PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4703 | ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...] | 2006-12-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS |
06TELAVIV480 | RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...] | 2006-02-01 17:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV4853 | ISRAEL-JORDAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection welcomes cooperation and exchange with Jordan's Green Police. The GOI also welcomes the upcoming World Bank feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project. Two kibbutzim have helped the GOI fulfill t [...] | 2006-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL EAID EPET JO IS |
06TELAVIV518 | SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION' [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...] | 2006-02-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV522 | Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...] | 2006-02-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV689 | ISRAELI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON IPR ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador raised intellectual property concerns with newly appointed Health Minister Yaakov Edery. Edery told the Ambassador that he is working to establish a "green line" system for FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. The MOH is looking to renew its cooperative agreement with [...] | 2006-02-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV712 | POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...] | 2006-02-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV914 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV915 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...] | 2006-03-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV916 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV918 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 04:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06THEHAGUE1001 | ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: There are a growing number of Islamic schools in The Netherlands, but they are hardly madrassas. All are state funded, follow the national Dutch curriculum, teach in Dutch, and have largely Dutch personnel. Although the number of Islamic schools is small - 47 in the whole country - the [...] | 2006-05-04 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE1097 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 15:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL SY NL |
06THEHAGUE1119 | DUTCH OPPOSE SETTING DESTRUCTION DATE FOR OFFICIAL [...] In response to reftel B demarche, Ministry of Health Coordinator for Global Public Health, Lejo van der Heiden, told Global Issues Chief May 16 that the Dutch government would not support setting a date for destruction of the smallpox virus held in official repositories at the upcoming World [...] | 2006-05-17 18:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL AORC WHO NL |
06THEHAGUE1148 | DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...] | 2006-05-22 11:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL |
06THEHAGUE1236 | NETHERLANDS/ELECTIONS: VVD PLAYS IT SAFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an upset victory announced May 31, State Secretary for Education Mark Rutte defeated Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk in the contest to lead the Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) into the next election. While polls had consistently shown Verdonk in the lead, Rutte's popularity amo [...] | 2006-06-01 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1244 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON LAW AND ORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1265 | NETHERLANDS/PSI: DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL NL |
06THEHAGUE1301 | DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...] | 2006-06-09 11:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL |
06THEHAGUE1303 | DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...] | 2006-06-09 12:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL |
06THEHAGUE1441 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on UN management reform and lifting the budget cap to Alain Ancion at the Dutch MFA's Office of UN Management Reform Office on June 27. Per instructions, Poloff also provided a copy of the draft resolution for the MFA to review. 2. (SBU) Ancion was supportiv [...] | 2006-06-28 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EU EUN UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE1510 | NETHERLANDS: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. In preparation for this year's interagency review for narcotics certification, Post submits the following update on Dutch anti-narcotics efforts and police- to-police cooperation. The Dutch remain focused on stemming the production and trade of ecstasy and are developing a second [...] | 2006-07-07 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1530 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) It has been clear for some time that EC-47 in November would be a crucial (and difficult) session. The twin goals for EC-46 were to 1) lay a solid foundation for EC-47 approval of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline, and 2) establish an atmosphere and fram [...] | 2006-07-11 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1560 | WTO/DOHA: DUTCH ATTRIBUTE GENEVA FAILURE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/COMMENT. In recent statements to the parliament and press, Dutch Foreign Trade Minister van Gennip attributed the failure of recent WTO/Doha talks to USG unwillingness to negotiate an agreement, a signal of Dutch frustration with the current stalemate, according to senior trade [...] | 2006-07-14 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD USTR WTRO ECON EAGR EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1585 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] | 2006-07-20 12:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1619 | NETHERLANDS/FMCT: INFLEXIBLE ON REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GONL remains greatly appreciative of U.S. efforts to revive Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). But the GONL "completely disagrees" with the U.S. request to abandon the consideration of other issues in favor of FMCT nego [...] | 2006-07-25 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP UNGA CDG NL |
06THEHAGUE1666 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] | 2006-07-31 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1675 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: HLD ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 31 to MFA UN and IFIs Senior Policy Officers Vasco Rodrigues and Andrea Maessen-Nederlof. Also present was MFA Migration and Alien Affairs Policy Advisor Marieke van Renssen. 2. (U) The Dutch delegation will likely include Development Minister van [...] | 2006-08-01 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA EAID PREF SMIG NL |
06THEHAGUE1708 | NETHERLANDS: TURKISH IMAMS DENIED RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands, new, tighter immigration policies are causing friction with the country,s 436 mosques, which rely heavily on foreign-born clerics to lead their congregations. At least 18 Turkish mosques are without imams as a result of immigration delays. Meanwhile, the Neth [...] | 2006-08-04 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PREL PGOV PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE1776 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DUNCAN VISIT TO THE [...] We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands on transportation infrastructure and security issues. The Netherlands prides itself as the "Gateway to Europe" for trade and commerce. The Port of Rotterdam is the world's third largest in terms of cargo throughput. Amsterdam's Schiphol airpor [...] | 2006-08-14 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL |
06THEHAGUE1855 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1864 | NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER: DUTCH SAY SHAREHOLDERS CAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Dutch Finance Ministry has publicly confirmed its position that shareholders should decide on the proposed NYSE/Euronext merger, once regulatory concerns have been addressed. The Ministry is awaiting findings from a taskforce of regulators and may seek further high-level [...] | 2006-08-25 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE1894 | CHINA IPR WTO DISPUTE: DUTCH PREFER DIALOGUE AND [...] (U) On August 18, Econoff shared reftel points concerning a possible USG request for WTO dispute settlement consultations regarding aspects of China's protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) with Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),Innovation Department officials Brigitte Spiege [...] | 2006-08-29 12:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH NL |
06THEHAGUE1896 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE192 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED USEFUL [...] (U) On January 4, the Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) ran the Op-Ed provided ref A, with changes approved by EB/ESC/TFS (refs B and C). To date, the paper has not received any follow-up letters or reactions to the Op-Ed. Econoff also followed up [...] | 2006-01-27 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1949 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with senior Technical Secretariat staff on August 31 to discuss the operational requirements that would arise with Iraq's accession to the CWC. The Iraqi Ambassador in The Hague had written to the Director General to inform him that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had appro [...] | 2006-09-06 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1965 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PDAS VOLKER [...] (SBU) Country Clearance is granted and post warmly welcomes EUR PDAS Kurt Volker to travel to The Netherlands September 12-13. 2. (SBU) Control Officer will be Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (M) 31-65-181-6873. Fax: (W [...] | 2006-09-07 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1966 | EXTRADITION: SUPREME COURT APPROVES EXTRADITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch Supreme Court ruled September 5 that Iraqi-born Dutch citizen Wesam Al Daelema may be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges. Al Daelema was the first individual to be indicted in a U.S. criminal case for terrorist activities in Iraq. In fighting h [...] | 2006-09-08 05:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PTER PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
06THEHAGUE1999 | PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY MEETING: DUTCH ATTENDEES [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel invitations to Dutch officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance. The following Dutch officials plan to attend the September 18 Pakistan Border Strategy meeting: -- Ruud Treffers, Director General for International Cooperation, Dutch [...] | 2006-09-13 12:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT EAID PK NL |
06THEHAGUE2062 | Netherlands: Justice and Housing Ministers Resign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 21, Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner and Housing Minister Sybilla Dekker announced their resignations, less than two months before the November 22 national elections. The resignations followed the publication of a highly critical investigative report into [...] | 2006-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2117 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2118 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED TALKING POINTS FOR BERN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE2164 | DUTCH 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' center-right governing coalition has presented a draft 2007 budget that includes a surplus for the first time in five years, new tax breaks, and increased spending on national security. Unveiled just two months before parliamentary elections on November 22, [...] | 2006-10-03 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2252 | DUTCH PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON TIP VISIT, RUSSIAN TIP [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. During an October 5 meeting with DCM, Prosecutor-General Herman Bolhaar stressed his determination to fully investigate the case of TIP victim Irine Veselykh, who testified before the U.S. Congress in June [...] | 2006-10-18 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2275 | DUTCH COULD BLOCK NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Concerns about the proposed NYSE/Euronext legal corporate structure could lead the Dutch Finance Ministry to block the announced merger if these issues are not addressed. Finance Minister Zalm will raise these concerns with visiting NYSE CEO Thain next week, and his ministry [...] | 2006-10-19 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE2277 | SCENESETTER FOR ATT... [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...] | 2006-10-19 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2308 | Netherlands/Elections: Start Your Engines! [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch voters go to the polls November 22 to elect the 150 member Second Chamber of Parliament ("Tweede Kamer") and, indirectly, to choose the next Dutch government. Although formal campaigning does not begin until November 1, the race is already shaping up as a mano-a- mano fi [...] | 2006-10-25 08:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2316 | SHELL/SAKHALIN II: A VIEW FROM THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Shell representative recently offered his version of events at Sakhalin II and confirmed that the Government of Russia (GOR) had not revoked the project's environmental permit. Shell will continue to meet project deadlines and commitments without seeking to use political cha [...] | 2006-10-26 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2380 | DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL AND [...] (U) On October 12, Econoff shared reftel demarche and diplomatic notes with Hein van der Hoeven, Department for UN and Financial Institutions, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Wim Rullens, Directorate General for Energy and Telecom, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2. (SBU) Van der [...] | 2006-11-03 17:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS ITU NL |
06THEHAGUE2385 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EU CONSENSUS POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 10:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA UN CU NL |
06THEHAGUE2424 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DUTCH DO NOT [...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 8 reftel points concerning further debt relief for the International Compact with Iraq to Hans de Voogd, responsible for bilateral debt relief, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Nicole Bollen, Head of the Dutch Paris Club Delegation, Ministry of Finance. [...] | 2006-11-08 16:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ ECON EFIN NL |
06THEHAGUE2474 | NETHERLANDS/UNSCR 1718: REPORT PENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM EUN XX KN NL |
06THEHAGUE2496 | NETHERLANDS/BMENA: FM BOT NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot is currently not/not planning to attend the November 30 - December 1 Forum for the Future (FFF) meeting at the Dead Sea, according to Roger van Laak, Senior Policy Officer at the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle East and North African Affairs. Van Laak tol [...] | 2006-11-22 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI NL |
06THEHAGUE2515 | EMBASSY HOSTS DUTCH-U.S. MUSLIM DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund convened the mission's most extensive outreach effort to date on November 1-2 when more than 120 Dutch and American Muslims, government officials, policy experts, civil rights and business leaders gathered fo [...] | 2006-11-29 16:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SOCI KPAO PHUM PREL KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2526 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' DECEMBER 3-4 [...] (SBU) My Embassy and I warmly welcome you back to the Netherlands. Since your last visit here, the political landscape has changed dramatically. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the short run, we d [...] | 2006-11-30 17:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE253 | DUTCH VIEWS ON MITTAL'S TAKEOVER BID FOR ARCELOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch industry and financial experts see Amsterdam-traded Mittal Steel's takeover bid for Arcelor as part of a continuing consolidation of the European steel industry. If the takeover succeeds, antitrust concerns would likely prevent Mittal from going after other leading Eur [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD LU NL OECD EUN |
06THEHAGUE2546 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) My embassy and I warmly welcome you to the Netherlands. Your visit comes at a time when the Dutch political landscape is undergoing significant change. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the sh [...] | 2006-12-04 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF NL |
06THEHAGUE2555 | TERRORIST LISTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Econoff spoke December 1 regarding the Dutch list of banned terrorist entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Joost noted that - with one exception - there is no national lis [...] | 2006-12-06 07:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE257 | DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...] | 2006-02-07 06:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE2577 | Integration: Netherlands Searches for a "New [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The diverse opinions heard during November 3 meetings between Farah Pandith, Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives, National Security Council, and Dutch government and think tank representatives capture the debate on what integration means for all of Dutch society. Agree [...] | 2006-12-08 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL NL SCUL SCOI PINR |
06THEHAGUE2601 | NETHERLANDS: BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MARGINS OF [...] MFA Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Henk Cor van der Kwast confirmed he will attend on behalf of the GONL the December 18-21 Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference at Wilton Park, United Kingdom. He expressed high interest in meeting on the margins of the conference with [...] | 2006-12-13 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT |
06THEHAGUE2627 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the 11th Conference of States Parties, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla met with Horst Reeps (Director, Verification),Ichiro Akiyama (Inspectorate),and Bill Kane (Industry Verification) regarding a number of industry implementation issues. 2. (U) A [...] | 2006-12-18 13:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE265 | HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION: DUTCH RETURN PAINTINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a historic move, the Dutch government announced on February 6 the return of 202 of some of the greatest Dutch, Flemish, and Italian paintings to the heirs of Jacques Goudstikker, a Dutch Jewish art collector and dealer who fled the Netherlands during World War II. While th [...] | 2006-02-07 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM SOCI NL |
06THEHAGUE2654 | ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON YADAVARAN, IRAN, SAKHALIN II [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch government supports targeted sanctions against Iran but not actions that limit Shell's activities there. Shell does not plan a final Yadavaran investment decision until 2008 and will keep State abreast. The government continues to follow negotiations between Gazprom an [...] | 2006-12-21 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL NL CH IR |
06THEHAGUE269 | DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...] | 2006-02-07 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE308 | NETHERLANDS/OUTREACH: CHARGE MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen February 3 to discuss opportunities for Muslim outreach in the city. Cohen complained that the media had distorted his recent comments on "unrest" in Amsterdam, but acknowledged religious/ethnic tensions remain a serious problem. He cr [...] | 2006-02-10 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE314 | UPDATE ON DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Danish cartoons remain a hot topic in the Netherlands. So far, there have been no violent reactions here, but officials are watching closely a planned "peaceful demonstration" in Amsterdam on February 11. PM Balkenende and other government officials have expressed support f [...] | 2006-02-10 17:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE333 | UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE334 | DUTCH LAUNCH TIP OUTREACH CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Summary. The Dutch government launched a national outreach campaign January 12 to counter trafficking in persons in the prostitution sector. The multimedia campaign is designed to increase awareness of the trafficking problem, and educate the public on how to identify potential victims [...] | 2006-02-14 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
06THEHAGUE356 | USTR OFFICIALS BRIEF DUTCH ON USG WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior USTR representatives recently met with Dutch trade officials to reinforce the USG commitment to seeking an "ambitious" agreement on services negotiations within the WTO Doha Round. Despite concerns about progress to date, meeting participants agreed on the need to inte [...] | 2006-02-16 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE357 | NETHERLANDS/ISLAM: MORE ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Danish cartoon controversy continues to resonate in the Netherlands. Two small, generally peaceful demonstrations were held February 10 in Maastricht and February 11 in Amsterdam. Two well-known Muslim Amsterdam officials have attempted to downplay the issue in an effort t [...] | 2006-02-16 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE374 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: MISSION SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 2005, Post established an Integration Issues Working Group (IIWG) to coordinate outreach and reporting activities related to the Dutch Muslim community. This approach succeeded in considerably expanding Embassy The Hague's and Consul General Amsterdam's contacts in the Dutc [...] | 2006-02-17 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE397 | BOT RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT ON CIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot told Parliament he had no credible information on illegal CIA flights. He repeated Secretary Rice's assurances regarding U.S. practices and said SIPDIS that he continues to emphasize to her the importance of human rights in the war on terror. We expect t [...] | 2006-02-22 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE399 | TIP EXPERTISE CENTER STRENGTHENS DUTCH ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch National Expertise Center on People Trafficking and Smuggling (EMM) opened on May 18, 2005, bringing together officers from regional, national, and military police, as well as the Social Information and Investigation Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Serv [...] | 2006-02-22 19:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE402 | DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS COMMUNITY - A GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The number of ethnic Muslim entrepreneurs and related business organizations in the Netherlands has increased significantly in recent years. Over the last few months, Emboffs have met with some of these organizations, as well as with traditional Dutch employer associations th [...] | 2006-02-23 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE406 | REACHING OUT TO THE DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Embassy lunch with members of the Dutch Muslim business community on February 8 succeeded in launching a constructive dialogue on discrimination in Dutch employment practices, unemployment among young ethnic Muslims, and the pros and cons of membership in ethnic business [...] | 2006-02-23 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE453 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...] | 2006-03-01 16:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL |
06THEHAGUE465 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: DUTCH FAO SUPPORT [...] (U) Emboffs contacted officials at the Agriculture, Health, and Foreign Affairs Ministries to express support for GONL assistance to the FAO and deliver reftel talking points. Both Health and Agriculture Ministry contacts told us that UN Coordinator Nabarro visited The Netherlands in early Fe [...] | 2006-03-03 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EU FAO KFLU NL |
06THEHAGUE512 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO, [...] (SBU) Country clearance is granted for WHA PDAS, Ambassador Shapiro, for his March 14-15 visit to The Netherlands. 2. (U) Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (Mobile) 31-65-181-6873. Fax: (W) 31-70-310-23 [...] | 2006-03-09 11:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA BE EU EZ UK NL |
06THEHAGUE553 | EU Energy Green Paper - Dutch Views [...] (U) Dutch officials are generally pleased with the main points of the energy green paper released by the Commission on March 8 and discussed by EU energy ministers on March 14. On the paper's call for a common EU energy policy, officials in both the Economics Ministry (which has the lead on en [...] | 2006-03-15 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE563 | NETHERLANDS: COORDINATING STATEMENTS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IR NL |
06THEHAGUE606 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SEMI-ANNUAL BILATS WITH [...] (SBU) The Dutch Council of Ministers (cabinet) on March 17 approved the establishment of semi-annual bilateral consultations with the Turkish government. The Dutch plan a working group dedicated specifically to EU issues, including the accession process. Additional working groups will discus [...] | 2006-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN CY GR TU NL |
06THEHAGUE617 | NETHERLANDS: PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 21 to MFA Western and Central Europe policy officer Mara van der Poel, who handles accession issues for Romania and Bulgaria. The GONL is satisfied with the Romanian adoption law, which it believes (despite our arguments) is in conformity with inte [...] | 2006-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EU RO NL |
06THEHAGUE685 | CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN, MEPP, INDONESIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) visited The Netherlands March 22-23 and discussed Iran, Palestinian and Israeli elections, Indonesia, and Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Wexler also publicly debated H.J. Ormel, Parliamentary foreign policy leader for the governing Christian [...] | 2006-03-30 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP MARR NL |
06THEHAGUE830 | NETHERLANDS/PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: NO AID TO OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch support channeling Palestinian assistance through non-Hamas channels, but worry that existing aid organizations do not have the absorptive capacity to handle a large cash influx. The Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs [...] | 2006-04-14 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS NL |
06THEHAGUE834 | AIVD REPORT... [...] (U) SUMMARY. The AIVD, the Dutch civilian intelligence service, issued a report March 30 on the terrorist threat in the Netherlands, entitled ""Violent Jihad in the Netherlands: Current Trends in the Islamist Terrorist Threat."" The report concludes that the terrorist threat in the Netherlands now [...] | 2006-04-18 05:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE896 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. SUBMITS [...] (U) U.S. presented its extension request for the maximum allowable extension of the deadline for finishing destruction of 100% of its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile to the OPCW Executive Council this week. Del made it clear that the U.S. remains committed to complete elimination of its CW [...] | 2006-04-24 05:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE912 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. SUBMITS [...] (U) U.S. presented its extension request for the maximum allowable extension of the deadline for finishing destruction of 100% of its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile to the OPCW Executive Council this week. Del made it clear that the U.S. remains committed to complete elimination of its CW [...] | 2006-04-25 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE913 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SUPPLEMENTAL B-9 AND VICTIM [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 20th letter to Parliament, Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk reported that 430 requests for B-9 temporary residence status were received from TIP victims between 2003 and 2005. Of the 430 applications for B-9 status during this period, 334 were granted, 74 were reje [...] | 2006-04-25 19:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
06THEHAGUE939 | NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL |
06TIRANA313 | SCENESETTER FOR MCC VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Albania (GoA),led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha, took office in September 2005. Berisha's governing coalition, led by his Democratic Party, was elected largely on a campaign promise to combat endemic organized crime and corruption. The new GoA has ta [...] | 2006-03-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KMCA OTRA AL |
06TIRANA351 | ALBANIA AND USAID SIGN MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation's CEO Ambassador Danilovich and VP Bent visited Albania on April 3 to participate in a signing ceremony for a USD 13.8 million Threshold Program Agreement and to meet with GoA officials. The program is designed to reduce the opportunities for [...] | 2006-04-07 07:56:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KMCA OTRA AL |
06TIRANA352 | ALBANIA SCENESETTER FOR AMB. WISNER, U.S. SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albanian governments, past and present, support independence for Kosovo, but within the international framework. In contrast to generally quiet diplomacy of the past, the Berisha government, via FM Mustafaj (and Sabri Godo, his informal advisor on Kosovo),has more openly and [...] | 2006-04-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR AL |
06TIRANA435 | ALBANIA AGREES TO HRC COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Ambassador called on FM Besnik Mustafaj on and delivered the letter from Secretary Rice. Mustafaj said the GOA would not support states with a record of human rights violations or of sponsoring terrorism for the Human Rights Council (HRC). Mustafaj also noted Albania was a ca [...] | 2006-05-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AL |
06TIRANA441 | ALBANIA: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas at the MFA. Kondo was aware of the upcoming vote and indicated the GOA's position has not, and is not expected to change, before the June vote. She expressed appreciation for the points and undertoo [...] | 2006-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL |
06TIRANA506 | VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM: OBELISK BUT NO ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM AL |
06TIRANA540 | ALBANIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO MONTENEGRO'S VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) GoA officials were quick to comment positively -- and to key their comments on Euro-Atlantic integration prospects -- regarding the results of Montenegro's Referendum on Independence after initial results were announced early on May 22. President Moisiu called Montenegrin President Vuj [...] | 2006-05-24 04:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MK SZ AL |
06TIRANA578 | MEDIA AND NGO SCRUTINY PROMPTS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Albanian media have reported widely on the alleged police mistreatment of a suspected international drug trafficker and fugitive from US justice. A local human rights NGO and the Albanian prosecutor's office are investigating possible police misconduct. At the height of the media [...] | 2006-06-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS KFRD KPAO AL |
06TIRANA600 | SHKODRA REGION RELIGIOUS TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Religious tensions that flared in Shkoder when a statue to Mother Theresa was proposed for a public spot in central Shkodra have settled somewhat, but there is still lingering resentment between the Muslim and Catholic communities. Both sides cite foreign influence(meaning fore [...] | 2006-06-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AL MW |
06TIRANA618 | ENERGY POLICY CHANGES IN ALBANIA [...] (U) Summary: PM Berisha recently described a series of energy-related measures to improve Albania's business climate. The GoA will alter its two-tiered electricity price structure to reduce energy prices for the private business sector to bring it more in line with regional norms and to spu [...] | 2006-06-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV AL |
06TIRANA657 | WORLD BEKTASHI LEADER INVITED TO TURKEY: [...] (SBU) On June 12, Bulent Arinc, head of the Turkish parliament, visited the world headquarters of Bektashism in Tirana, Albania. Arinc invited Reshat Bardhi, head of the World Bektashi Community, to come to Turkey to participate in a Bektashi feast August 16. This would be the first official c [...] | 2006-06-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AL |
06TIRANA747 | DELAYS IN THE ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program have been delayed due to damage sustained during testing of the destruction equipment and required modifications to the system. The delays have resulted in the postponement of the start of operations at the destr [...] | 2006-07-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PARM PREL SENV AL |
06TIRANA816 | ALBANIA ON HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we delivered points on the upcoming UN High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development to Saimir Repishti, chief of the UN section at the MFA. Repishti informed us that Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kosta Barka (or his deputy) would likely lead Al [...] | 2006-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AL |
06TIRANA817 | ALBANIA'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UNGA - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AL |
06TIRANA822 | NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS RAISES FUNDS - AND [...] (U) Embassy Tirana hosted its third Night of a Thousand Dinners reception on July 24 at the Ambassador's Residence, in cooperation with the Albanian Mine Action Executive (AMAE) and the Victims of Mines and Weapons Association (VMA). Ambassador noted that, with most high- and medium-priority m [...] | 2006-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP MASS PREL AL |
06TIRANA839 | ALBANIA ON DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE AL |
06TIRANA846 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chairman, the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program (ACWEP) is proceeding apace. Although delays in testing the destruction equipment in Germany mean that destruction will not have begun by the time of your visit, the program is nevertheless on track to complete des [...] | 2006-08-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PARM MASS NATO PGOV ECON PREL AL |
06TIRANA880 | ALBANIA'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UNGA [...] (SBU) Per Reftel A, this message provides information on Albania's high-level attendance at the UNGA; Reftel B provided preliminary information. The delegation will be headed by President Alfred Moisiu. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- H.E. Alfred Moisiu, President of the Republic of [...] | 2006-08-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AL |
06TIRANA881 | ALBANIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PROF. RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC AL |
06TOKYO1010 | CHINA WANTS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES WITH JAPAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Chinese Officials told Trade Minister Nikai that China was concerned the political chill might begin to affect bilateral economic ties, Trade Policy Director General Kitamura told A/DCM on February 24. Although Premier Wen Jiabao, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and State C [...] | 2006-02-26 23:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CH JP |
06TOKYO1084 | Japan Sees U.S.-Korea FTA As Positive [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Japanese business circles believe a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) is unlikely to produce much liberalization in sectors of greatest interest to Japan, the Japanese government sees the negotiations between Korea and the United States as a possible catalyst for [...] | 2006-03-01 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL JA KS CH |
06TOKYO1153 | JAPAN-CHINA ENERGY DISPUTES: RESOLVING THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan is committed to resolving its energy dispute with China through dialogue, METI Director General Kodaira told EMIN. He expected China to make a counter offer to Japan,s proposal for joint development of these undersea resources in talks on March 6-7. Kodaira also mentione [...] | 2006-03-03 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG JA |
06TOKYO1447 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO THE AI [...] (U) ESToff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Cooperation Bureau Aid Planning Division Deputy Director Taro Yamamoto on March 17 and delivered reftel demarche. Yamamoto said that Japan has not yet decided on its response to the current outbreak of H5N1 in Burma. Tokyo is, h [...] | 2006-03-17 09:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR EAID KFLU JA FAO WHO BM |
06TOKYO1567 | CONSENSUS EMERGING TO RAISE CONSUMPTION TAX TO 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: A domestic business sector consensus is emerging in favor of raising Japan's consumption tax from 5 to 10 percent, and the Japanese people are ready to accept it, according to LDP Tax Policy Committee Chairman Yanagisawa. A Cabinet decision to increase the rate is expected in [...] | 2006-03-24 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JA |
06TOKYO1592 | LOCAL COURT ORDERS SHUTDOWN OF NUCLEAR REACTOR [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Kanazawa District Court ordered the Hokuriku Electric Power Company (Rikuden) to shut down operations at Unit Two of its Shika Nuclear Power Plant due to safety concerns over its ability to withstand powerful earthquakes. The court ruled that there was a real possibilit [...] | 2006-03-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TSPL KSCA SOCI JA |
06TOKYO1613 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: DETAILS ON JAPAN'S USD 155 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) On March 23, AID Counselor and ESToff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Economic Cooperation Bureau Aid Planning Division Deputy Director Taro Yamamoto to receive [...] | 2006-03-28 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1691 | DUSTR BHATIA CUTS STRAIGHT TO THE BEEF [...] (SBU) The United States is looking for an early resumption of beef imports to Japan. That was the message Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia conveyed during March 20 meetings in Tokyo. While underscoring that U.S. beef is safe, in separate meetings he told Vice Ministers at the F [...] | 2006-03-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO1692 | DUSTR BHATIA IN TOKYO: SURVEYS THE RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Japan is a key partner for the United States in its overall trade policy, and both countries need to do more to deepen the relationship in coming months. That is how Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia underscored the importance to the United States of Japan and the region d [...] | 2006-03-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO1693 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 30 [...] (U) The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period March 23 to March 30. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Tokyo Decides on Details for AI Assistance -- 2. (U) The GOJ recently deci [...] | 2006-03-30 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO1734 | DPJ LEADERSHIP RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Seiji Maehara and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama announced their resignations on March 31. This surprise move caught DPJ staffers flatfooted. Maehara and Hatoyama's decision was in response to the ongoing turmoil caused by a DP [...] | 2006-03-31 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO1766 | JAPAN DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC JA |
06TOKYO1791 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AT THE WHA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) ESToff met with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Deputy Director for International Cooperation Shinichiro Noda, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Control Division Official Ai Sato and others and delivered reftel [...] | 2006-04-04 08:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL WHO JA |
06TOKYO1897 | HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...] | 2006-04-08 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP |
06TOKYO1916 | TOKYO VISIT BY U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 30, 2006, in Tokyo, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez met with Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare; and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He raised beef, enhanced cooperation on IPR protection and [...] | 2006-04-10 05:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL ECON JA |
06TOKYO1919 | HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...] | 2006-04-10 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP |
06TOKYO2059 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese companies see potential for investment in Latin America, particularly in the areas of minerals, energy, and food, Japanese business representative told WHA A/S Shannon on April 11. Noting the success of the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement, they hoped the Japanese [...] | 2006-04-17 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
06TOKYO2066 | U/S BURNS' LETTER DELIVERED TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PGOV PTER RS BO GG MD AM AJ JA |
06TOKYO2074 | CHERNOBYL DISASTER COMMEMORATED IN TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 16, Japanese anti-nuclear and Chernobyl assistance organizations hosted a 20th anniversary symposium on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Yuri Scherbak, current Foreign Policy Advisor to outgoing Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Speaker Lytvyn and former Ukrainian Ambassador [...] | 2006-04-17 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SOCI PARM TRGY JA |
06TOKYO2193 | APRIL 23 BY-ELECTION A TOSS-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The April 23 by-election for Chiba District 7 pits LDP candidate Ken Saito against opposition DPJ candidate Kazumi Ota. The media is playing up the election as the first showdown between Prime Minister Koizumi and new DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa. Koizumi has a personal stake [...] | 2006-04-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO2302 | PSPC CHAIRMAN TANAKA WANTS TO END MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A level playing field should be established before the successor companies of Japan Post (JP) can expand their product offerings, Naoki TANAKA, chairman of the Postal Services Privatization Committee (PSPC) clearly stated to ECOUNS on April 21. He was also positive on the nee [...] | 2006-04-27 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV JA |
06TOKYO2325 | JAPANESE MISSION TO CHINA GETS WARM WELCOME, [...] SUMMARY: Chinese officials from 13 ministries and agencies warmly received Japan's joint government- industry mission to China in mid-April. Although the Chinese were remarkably well prepared, the Japanese delegation was not satisfied with the answers they got on China IPR laws. While the a [...] | 2006-04-28 04:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON JP |
06TOKYO2326 | JAPANESE MISSION TO CHINA GETS WARM WELCOME, [...] SUMMARY: Chinese officials from 13 ministries and agencies warmly received Japan's joint government- industry mission to China in mid-April. Although the Chinese were remarkably well prepared, the Japanese delegation was not satisfied with the answers they got on China IPR laws. While the a [...] | 2006-04-28 04:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON JP |
06TOKYO2441 | JAPAN: MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) On April 18, ESToff and EST FSN delivered the talking points in reftel on the misuse of life science research and left a non-paper with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's (MHLW) Office of International Cooperation Dire [...] | 2006-05-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER EAGR JA PARM PREL BWC |
06TOKYO2536 | JAPAN ON SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EST M/C delivered reftel points to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Assistant Minister for Technical Affairs Takashi Toguchi on May 10. A non-paper was sent to the Ministry in advance of the meeting. Toguchi explained that Japan would base its decision on the actual proceedi [...] | 2006-05-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO JA |
06TOKYO2573 | JAPAN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE JA |
06TOKYO2879 | JAPANESE BUSINESS WANTS STRONG US TIES; CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Fujio Mitarai told the Ambassador May 23 that Japan's most important foreign relationship was with the United States. He agreed with Ambassador Schieffer that it was time to consider further integration of the U.S. and Ja [...] | 2006-05-25 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL CH KS JA |
06TOKYO2905 | JFTC Flexes Its Muscles on Bid-rigging [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's chief competition regulator, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC),has made a good start in applying the new powers it gained at the beginning of the year in several bid-rigging cases. Though not a player in what has been arguably the most prominent bid-rigging cas [...] | 2006-05-25 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA |
06TOKYO2907 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 25 [...] The following is an update of avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 17-25. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during this period. Details on Draft Guidelines on Japan's ASEAN Tamiflu/PPE Stockpile --------------------------- [...] | 2006-05-25 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TOKYO302 | SECRETARY MINETA ELICITS COMMITMENTS FROM MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: At Secretary Mineta's urging, Transport Minister Kitagawa promised to become involved personally in upcoming civil aviation talks. Minister Kitagawa also agreed with Secretary Mineta on the need to actively pursue the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) and to consider [...] | 2006-01-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR JA |
06TOKYO3078 | CONSPIRACY LAW STALLED AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Despite ruling and opposition camp admissions that a bill to criminalize conspiracy is needed, the conspiracy bill remains locked in a Lower House committee with almost no chance of passage before the Diet session ends on June 18. The conspiracy law would bring Jap [...] | 2006-06-05 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON JA |
06TOKYO3138 | ABDUCTION ISSUE: STRONG SHOW OF U.S./INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer and representatives from 18 other countries voiced strong support for resolution of the DPRK abduction issue at a June 6 meeting hosted by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe addressed the start of the meeting, stressing [...] | 2006-06-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RS KS KN CH JA |
06TOKYO3348 | JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR CHINESE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Teppei Kanda on June 16. Kanda thanked us for the notification and assured us that he had the information he needed. SCHIEFFER [...] | 2006-06-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH JA |
06TOKYO3432 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PEACE IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BK JA |
06TOKYO3873 | Japanese Government, Industry reluctant to back WTO case [...] (SBU) Summary Japanese officials, particularly in the Trade Ministry, responded coolly to USTR's request that Japan join the United States in an IPR case against China in the next few months, saying that the GOJ was still studying the issue and could not respond until the fall at the earliest - [...] | 2006-07-12 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WTRO CH JP |
06TOKYO3925 | INFORMATION ON "COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CU JA |
06TOKYO4025 | PM KOIZUMI'S ADVISOR PROPOSES BILATERAL IPR AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters (IPSH) Secretary General Hisamitsu Arai set out an ambitious agenda for bilateral cooperation on IPR during a farewell call by the EMIN on July 14. Arai proposed issuing a joint statement on IPR cooperation at the next U.S.-Japan summ [...] | 2006-07-20 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON JP |
06TOKYO4212 | JAPAN LIFTS SUSPENSION OF U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Japan announced July 27 that the suspension of processing of imports of U.S. beef has been lifted. The GOJ imposed the suspension January 20 following the discovery by Japanese inspectors of prohibited spinal bones in a shipment of veal from the United States. [...] | 2006-07-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO4245 | JAPAN CONSIDERING MIGRATION FORUM ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 03:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG UNGA JA |
06TOKYO4246 | JAPAN HOPES TO HAVE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 05:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA JA |
06TOKYO4260 | JAPANESE RESPONSE TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials expressed support for U.S. APEC goals set out in reftel, in particular, the completion of the IPR model guidelines and extension of the mandate of the Counter-terrorism Task force (CTTF). However, Japanese interlocutors were cautious of plans to reinvigorate [...] | 2006-07-31 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID APECO JA |
06TOKYO4340 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER AND S/P [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 08-10, 2006 visit to Japan by S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Member Philip Levy. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office p [...] | 2006-08-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PP JA |
06TOKYO4368 | TOKYO TOUTS CANDIDATE FOR WHO DG: HHS A/S AGWUNOBI [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 24, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi met with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Minister Jiro Kawasaki and other senior officials to discuss a wide range of regional and bilateral health issues, includ [...] | 2006-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4369 | JAPANESE CONCERNS ON IPAPI AND REGIONAL STOCKPILES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is intended for internal USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary. Japanese officials are concerned about management issues surrounding the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and see the need for settin [...] | 2006-08-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
06TOKYO4432 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 79 INFORMATION CONVEYED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC JA |
06TOKYO4554 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JAMES AND PARTY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 15-17, 2006 visit to Japan by Staffdel James and party. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6811 Mobile [...] | 2006-08-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN JA |
06TOKYO4643 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANGELA GJERTSON, U.S. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 28 - October 4, 2006 visit to Japan by Angela Gjertson, U.S. participant in United Nations Fellowship on Disarmament. 2. (SBU) The Embassy Tokyo Point of Contact will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office [...] | 2006-08-16 02:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PARM KNNP CH GM NL JA |
06TOKYO4663 | JAPAN STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post has seen progress on several fronts in advancing the HSPD-6 Terrorist Screening Information Initiative. Post's inter-agency working group on HSPD-6 has been working closely to identify and educate key GOJ contacts, and to find solutions to potential obstacles. On June 6, 2006 [...] | 2006-08-16 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4666 | TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN ALERTED TO NEW UN 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER |
06TOKYO4699 | AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER'S AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer met with Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Financial Services Kaoru Yosano on August 15 to discuss the state of play on revisions to the law governing the consumer finance industry. Minister Yosano confirmed that the "gray zone" between [...] | 2006-08-17 04:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JA |
06TOKYO4713 | JAPAN HESITANT TO JOIN WTO DISPUTE ON CHINA IPR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-17 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO CH JA |
06TOKYO4752 | MOFA OFFICIAL ON REINVIGORATING APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan agrees, in principle, on the need to institutionally strengthen APEC but believes more discussion is needed to determine the most effective way forward, according to Japan's APEC Senior Official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Acknowledging the prospect of p [...] | 2006-08-18 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL APECO JA |
06TOKYO4798 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECNAV DONALD C. WINTER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the Aug 26-31, 2006 visit to Japan by Secretary of the Navy the Honorable Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy and party as follows: - Mrs. Linda Winter - Honorable B.J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, - Col Douglas Wadsworth, [...] | 2006-08-22 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN JA |
06TOKYO4829 | IAP DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda on August 23, 2006. Masuda thanked us for the Immigration Advis [...] | 2006-08-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV JA |
06TOKYO4858 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ICAO AVSEC [...] (U) Per reftel, talking points were delivered by ECOUNS to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on August 14, and to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation (MLIT) on August 18. 2. (SBU) MOFA Director of Specialized Agencies Division, Mr. Yoichiro Yamada said that he understand [...] | 2006-08-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO OPDC KTIA CA JP |
06TOKYO4863 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SARAH PROSSER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 27-30, 2006 visit to Japan by State Department Official Sarah Prosser. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Tandy Matsuda. She can be reached at: Office phone: 81 (0)3 3224-5342 Home phone: 81 (0)3 3224-682 [...] | 2006-08-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO4893 | YASUKUNI MUSEUM TO REEXAMINE SOME DISPLAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. Yasukuni Shrine's war history museum has begun reviewing the way it characterizes U.S. strategy before and during World War II, Japanese media reported August 25. The shrine's response reflects in part Japanese response to growing public criticism from former senior U.S. offici [...] | 2006-08-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL JA |
06TOKYO4970 | IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM: NOTE VERBALE AND MOO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo greatly appreciates the efforts made by the joint Department of State-Department of Homeland Security delegation to secure agreement on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP) documents. As agreed during the negot [...] | 2006-08-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER JA |
06TOKYO502 | ITER: GOJ RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FINALIZATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) On January 30, EST M/C and ESToff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Science Cooperation Office Director Kozo Honsei and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Fusion En [...] | 2006-01-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ITER TRGY KSCA JA |
06TOKYO5026 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP PDAS STEPHENS AND EAP/J [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 06-08, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP PDAS D. Kathleen Stephens and EAP/J Desk Officer Gary Oba. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: [...] | 2006-09-01 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL MARR JA |
06TOKYO5036 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAPSTONE DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 6-9, 2006 visit to Japan by Capstone Delegation members. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: [...] | 2006-09-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA POL JA |
06TOKYO5050 | ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM JAPAN REGARDING GNEP [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (SBU) On September 5, science officer spoke to MOFA,s International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Takayuki Kitagawa regarding GNEP,s Statement of Principles (Reftel). Science officer provided additional background to Kitagawa on the [...] | 2006-09-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA FR JA |
06TOKYO5052 | AGRICULTURE REFORM IN JAPAN - TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR DOHA [...] (SBU) Japan is set to change its policies in farm subsidies starting in fiscal 2007. Whether the changes will help the government to take a more accommodating posture in trade talks over the longer term -- both multilateral and bilateral -- remains to be seen, but nobody is predicting any dr [...] | 2006-09-05 22:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON JA |
06TOKYO5161 | LDP MEMBERSHIP DECLINES AS VOTING PATTERNS CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Membership numbers for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have fallen sharply on the mass defections of postal workers since the passage of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization package in 2005, according to recently released party statistics. Peaking [...] | 2006-09-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO5215 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 3-5, 2006 and October 11-12 visit to Japan by CODEL Chuck Hagel and delegation. An updated schedule will follow. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Marc Forino. He can be reached at: Office phone: 81 (0)3 32 [...] | 2006-09-12 03:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH VM MG JA |
06TOKYO5288 | SCENESETTER FOR EB A/S SULLIVAN: INCOMING [...] (SBU) With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe the presumptive next prime minister, beef receding from the economic agenda, and a summit with President Bush anticipated in the coming months, your visit to Tokyo comes at an important point in discussions of how to broaden and deepen the bilater [...] | 2006-09-14 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD ECIN JA APECO |
06TOKYO5351 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/EAP ANALYST BENJAMIN R. [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 13 -23, 2006 visit to Japan by INR /EAP Analyst Benjamin R. Goldberg. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone [...] | 2006-09-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA PREL TH JA |
06TOKYO5362 | THE ELECTION MECHANICS BEHIND ABE'S LIKELY WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan's next Prime Minister will be chosen by an election for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidency. On the eve of the September 20 poll, Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe has an insurmountable lead over his two opponents. This message outlines the mechanics of the LDP pre [...] | 2006-09-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON JA |
06TOKYO5408 | IT'S OFFICIAL; ABE WINS [...] (U) Summary. As expected, Shinzo Abe won a decisive victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election on September 20, defeating Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Sadokazu Tanigaki in a contest that was never really close. He became the 21st LDP president immediatel [...] | 2006-09-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO5413 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PRINCIPLE DEPUTY UNDER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-29, 2006 visit to Japan by PDUSD(P) Christopher Henry and delegation. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] | 2006-09-21 00:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5479 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GTIP SENIOR COORDINATOR MARK [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 07-11, 2006 visit to Japan by GTIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224 [...] | 2006-09-22 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5485 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR A/S FORT AND INR/NEA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-26, 2006 visit to Japan by INR A/S Randall Fort and INR/NEA Division Chief John Merrill. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5343 Home phone: [...] | 2006-09-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL AS KS SNAR UK JA |
06TOKYO5526 | The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (U) Summary. The Japan Economic Scope (JES) is a weekly e-newsletter produced by Embassy Tokyo's ECON section in collaboration with other sections and constituent Posts. It provides a brief overview of recent economic developments, insights gleaned from contacts, summaries of the latest cab [...] | 2006-09-25 23:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO5686 | POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: GOJ RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) A round of meetings with GOJ officials involved with postal privatization indicates gradual progress toward the goals of greater transparency and a level playing field. Contacts assured us that the Japan Post Corporation (JPC) could not obtain approval for new products through its July [...] | 2006-09-29 06:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JA |
06TOKYO5728 | The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - Abe's Conservative Cabinet 4 - GM Rice Creates Stir with GOJ 5 - Possible Resumption of Civair Negotiations in November 6 - New ANRE Head Bullish on New METI Minister 7 - U.S. Beef a Hot Item 9 - North Korean Supernotes Seized in Western Japan 11 - Governor Kimu [...] | 2006-10-02 05:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO5736 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOR INR/EAP ANALYST GREGORY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 18-21, 2006 visit to Japan by INR/EAP analyst Gregory D. Knight. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-53 [...] | 2006-10-02 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAP JA |
06TOKYO5737 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/TNC ANALYST DANIEL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 14-17 2006 visit to Japan by INR/TNC Analyst Daniel Epstein. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Control for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] | 2006-10-02 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SNAR PINR JA |
06TOKYO5801 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 15-17, 2006 visit to Japan by Paul Grove, Thomas Hawkins, and Cindy Chang. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Marc Forino. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] | 2006-10-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF CH GM SN JA |
06TOKYO5887 | The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - EB DAS Moore Discusses IPR, Economic Relationship in Tokyo 4 - Investment Initiative Looks Toward Future under Abe Government 7 - Michalak Meetings Signal Progress on Some Investment Issues 11 - AIG flags interest in Japan Post, retirement serv [...] | 2006-10-11 02:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO5903 | ABE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Although Prime Minister Abe's campaign platform for addressing social disparity issues lacked detail, he has already laid significant groundwork for related government programs, according to Cabinet Office and ministry contacts. Six members of his so-called "second chance" parliamentary [...] | 2006-10-11 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EINV JA |
06TOKYO5913 | TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...] | 2006-10-12 00:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO5915 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOREST YANG [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 14-19, 2006 visit to Japan by SEAP/J Political Officer Forest Yang. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Eva Robinson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3) [...] | 2006-10-12 05:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5943 | MOFA PUSHES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC STATISTICAL NETWORK [...] (U) Please see last paragraph for possible action. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On October 6, MOFA called in selected embassies to promote GOJ's concept of an Asia-Pacific Economic Research Mechanism (APERM) and to encourage high level attendance at a kick off conference in Kyoto, [...] | 2006-10-12 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EFIN APEC JA |
06TOKYO5958 | TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...] | 2006-10-13 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO596 | ITER: MORE ON FINALIZATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) On February 2, EST M/C and ESToff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Science Cooperation Office Director Kozo Honsei and others and delivered reftel demarche. Honsei thanked EST M/C for the cl [...] | 2006-02-02 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ITER TRGY KSCA JA |
06TOKYO5978 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTOINETTE HURTADE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 22-25, 2006 visit to Japan by Antoinette Hurtado, US Embassy Caberra Political Officer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Off [...] | 2006-10-13 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO5989 | BILATERAL INVESTMENT INITIATIVE LOOKS TOWARD FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions with U.S. APEC Ambassador Michalak on the future of the U.S.- Japan bilateral investment initiative, GOJ counterparts expressed willingness to expand the initiative's agenda to include a study of investment chapters in FTA and possible exchange between U.S. and Ja [...] | 2006-10-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON JA |
06TOKYO6006 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 16-19, 2006 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill and Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home ph [...] | 2006-10-16 03:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6012 | The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3 Q Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions 4 Q Ambassador Addresses Business Leaders 5 Q MOFA DG Discusses APERM, Economic Relationship 9 Q EMIN Pays Call on Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka MACHIMURA [...] | 2006-10-16 06:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6101 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS/VCI RONGSONG JIH [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 23 - 28, 2006 visit to Japan by DOS/VCI Rongsong Jih. 2. (U) The Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6872 Fax: [...] | 2006-10-19 23:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6117 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 23-25, 2006 visit to Japan by S/CT Ambassador Crumpton and the USG Delegation for Trilateral CT consultations. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224- [...] | 2006-10-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL PTER JA |
06TOKYO6140 | The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3. Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions Paragraph 11. Abe: Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy to be "Engine for Reform" Paragraph 18. Japan and Vietnam Agree To Launch FTA Negotiations Paragraph 22. GE Facing Sanctions Paragraph 27. U.S. Telecoms Policy Deleg [...] | 2006-10-23 04:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6188 | ABE BUOYED BY WINS IN OCTOBER 22 BY-ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the big winner in October 22 by-elections in Osaka and Kanagawa, after LDP candidates swept both races by comfortable margins. The press is attributing the LDP win to Abe's personal popularity in the aftermath of his strong response to the DPRK nucle [...] | 2006-10-24 06:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06TOKYO6230 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRAQ TALKS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 04 - 08, 2006 visit to Japan by the interagency team led by Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson for bilateral conslutations with the Republic of Korea and Japan. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. [...] | 2006-10-26 02:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ KS JA |
06TOKYO6294 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanran Signals Renewed Opposition to Foreign Triangular Merger 4. Japan Ag: More Talk About Reform? 5. Unblocking Beef in Japan's Pipeline 6. Japan's Annual Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Halved 7. Azadegan: EMIN Calls on METI, MOFA to Discuss Contract Chan [...] | 2006-10-30 22:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6325 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S JOSEPH AND HIS DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 03-05, 2006 visit to Japan by U/S Joseph and his party. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Carol T. Reynolds. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-533 [...] | 2006-11-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6367 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. APEC priorities separately to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry APEC Director Kunihiko Shinoda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs APEC Director Mitsuko Shino. Both expressed broad support for U.S. goals and pledged continued close coope [...] | 2006-11-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID APECO JA |
06TOKYO6369 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S NICHOLAS BURNS AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 5-6, 2006 visit to Japan by U/S Nicholas Burns, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC Director Victor Cha and Steven Fagin. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw [...] | 2006-11-06 00:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6384 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren to Call for FTA with U.S. 4. Embassy Meets with GOJ Officials on Triangular Merger Issues 5. Louisiana Governor Leads Trade Mission to Japan 6. DPJ Member and Agriculture Expert Matsushita Voices Support for Cooperation on Food Safety 7. MAFF Needs [...] | 2006-11-06 22:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RUST M. DEMING [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 13-19, 2006 visit to Japan by Rust Deming, EAP/J WAE. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6423 Mobile phone: [...] | 2006-11-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6488 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...] | 2006-11-13 05:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6490 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 18-21, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP/J Deputy Director Richhart. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6872 Ce [...] | 2006-11-13 06:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6568 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOL EMPLOYEE JOHN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 26 - December 1, 2006 visit to Japan by US Department of Labor Chemist, John Linkletter. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home p [...] | 2006-11-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO657 | JAPAN PROPOSES A "PATENT FTA" [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on earlier proposals for a "Patent Superhighway" Japan is now considering what it calls a "Patent Free Trade Agreement" (FTA) between the US and Japan. The plan calls for the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and US Patent Office (USPTO) to share the results of patent examin [...] | 2006-02-07 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON JP |
06TOKYO6578 | MITSUI & CO. CONFIDENT RUSSIA WILL ALLOW SAKHALIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 27 Econoff met with Mitsui & Co. General Manager of Planning Ken Yamaguchi and General Manager of Sakhalin Development Toru Matsui to discuss Mitsui and Co.,s investments in the Russian Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project. (Note: Sakhalin 2 is owned by Sakhalin Energy, a [...] | 2006-11-17 03:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO6584 | INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP REVIEWS PAST ISSUES, SETS FUTURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),a joint undertaking of the bilateral Investment Initiative, held its semi-annual meeting on October 31 via digital video-conference. After a review of ongoing investment-related concerns on both sides, most prominently, the final impl [...] | 2006-11-17 05:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA |
06TOKYO6614 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. METI Minister Calls for Deepening of U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. Keidanren Joins Call for a U.S.-Japan FTA 5. ACCJ Business White Paper Says Economic Integration Agreement Is Needed 6. Kansai Business Leaders Meet Finance Minister in Osaka; FTAs, EPAs St [...] | 2006-11-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6704 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY OBA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 30-December 5, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP/J Political-Military officer Gary Oba. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81- [...] | 2006-11-24 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6714 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Releases Report Calling for Joint Study on U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement 4. LDP Diet Member Katayama Supports U.S.-Japan FTA 5. METI Senior Parliamentary Vice Minister Puts Priority on Doha Round, Asia Regional FTAs 6. Will Council for th [...] | 2006-11-27 02:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6727 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND THOMAS B. [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 29-30, 2006 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill and Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5343 Home phone [...] | 2006-11-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO675 | CAN THE KOIZUMI GOVERNMENT MANAGE HIS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The economic debate in this Diet session is shaping up to be more contentious than we anticipated, due to the convergence of five issues the opposition party has exploited to criticize government handling of the economy. Some observers believe the Prime Minister has emerged with [...] | 2006-02-07 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
06TOKYO6788 | AGENDA FOR UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Pursuant to reftel instructions, the agenda for the December 8 UNSCR 1718 Implementation Working Group meeting in Washington was delivered November 30 to Mr. Teppei Kanda, Deputy Director of the Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division of MOFA's Foreign Policy Bureau. Kanda [...] | 2006-11-30 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM KNNP KN JA |
06TOKYO679 | ECONOMIC GOALS OF JAPAN'S 164TH DIET SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi has labeled this 150 day session the &administrative reform8 Diet to emphasize his continuing commitment toward the structural reform of Japan's economy. Important economic bills this session include an administrative reform bill -- to be submitted by the [...] | 2006-02-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
06TOKYO6826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM, [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7-9, 2006 visit to Japan by DAS Evan A. Feigenbaum. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6940 Mobile phone: 81- [...] | 2006-12-04 05:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6827 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCA SENIOR ADVISOR ROBERT [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7-9, 2006 visit to Japan by Robert Deutsch, SCA Senior Advisor. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6940 Mobile [...] | 2006-12-04 06:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6839 | LDP INTEREST IN AID TO INDIA SURPRISINGLY HIGH, [...] (SBU) After a recent lecture on trends in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers peppered Takushoku University President Toshio Watanabe with questions about how to use aid to turn India into a counterweight to China, Watanabe told Econoff in a Novembe [...] | 2006-12-04 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON JA PGOV IN |
06TOKYO6846 | The Japan Economic Scope -- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. GOJ Backsliding on Triangular Mergers 4. Japan Starts Indonesia EPA Process with Focus on Energy 5. ANRE's Arima Outlines Sub-Cabinet Energy Goals 6. Agriculture Minister Seeks to Increase Biofuel Production 7. Hokkaido Agriculture Co-op Proposes Japan's Lar [...] | 2006-12-05 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6870 | REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROL REYNOLDS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo requests country clearance for Carol Reynolds, Political Section Deputy, to attend a regional conference in Athens, Greece from December 10-12, 2006. 2. (SBU) Itinerary is as follows: Saturday, Dec. 9: 1315 Depart Tokyo via Lufthansa LH 715 1745 Arrive Munich 1 [...] | 2006-12-06 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA GR JA |
06TOKYO6900 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KRISTEN SILVERBERG, IO [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 20-24, 2006 visit to Japan by IO A/S Kristen Silverberg and Raymond Hotz. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6858 M [...] | 2006-12-08 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP PREL JA |
06TOKYO6921 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILBERT D. SHIN, SENIOR [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 21-22, 2006 visit to Japan by Milbert D. Shin, Senior Advisor, S/WCI. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3) [...] | 2006-12-11 06:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO6931 | The Japan Economic Scope ?- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Sub Cabinet in Tokyo 4. Transcript of Press Roundtable after Sub Cabinet 5. Triangular Mergers: Still Pushing as the End Game Approaches 6. Amb. Michalak's Meetings on Triangular Mergers 7. DUSTR Bhatia and Dep. FM Yabunaka Exchange Reg Reform Recommendation [...] | 2006-12-11 22:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO6984 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND SPECIAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 16-17, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill and Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...] | 2006-12-15 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
06TOKYO7023 | The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan and Australia Agree to Begin Talks on Free Trade Agreement 4. Hokkaido Farmers Protest Japan-Australian EPA Negotiations 5. PMs Singh, Abe Likely to Announce EPA Negotiations 6. Sec. Bodman, METI Minister Amari Agree to Cooperate on Energy Security 7. [...] | 2006-12-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO71 | SAKHALIN I PROJECT PROCEEDING BUT LACKS BUYERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG JA |
06TOKYO7139 | The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Member Tatsuya Ito Reviews Regional Architecture Policy 4. Japan - Australia FTA: GOJ Will Drive Hard Bargain 5. Kagoshima Farmers: EPA with Australia, No Worries Mate? 6. Beijing Energy Ministerial Outcome: METI, MOFA Pleased 7. Transparency: GOJ Transla [...] | 2006-12-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
06TOKYO7143 | UPDATE ON MOFA'S ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: MOFA continues to plug away at its regional economic data collection and analysis proposal (aka EiSMAP, the Economic Information Sharing Mechanism of the Asia-Pacific),having secured a USD six figure budget line item for the project in the draft GOJ FY-2007 budget. MOFA hopes [...] | 2006-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APEC OECD JA |
06TOKYO7166 | U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART THREE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry's (METI) Trade Policy Bureau Central Asia division head and a Japanese trading company researcher met separately with SCA/DAS Evan Feigenbaum on December 8 to discuss the difficult business and political climate in Central Asia. Politi [...] | 2006-12-28 02:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL PGOV JA |
06TOKYO73 | CORRECTED COPY - SAKHALIN I PROJECT PROCEEDING BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG JA |
06TOKYO77 | GOJ REACTIONS ON DOHA ROUND AFTER HONG KONG [...] (U) WTO member states obtained about as much as they could under the circumstances at the Hong Kong Ministerial, according to Japanese officials from several ministries at a symposium hosted by Aoyama Gakuin University's WTO Research Center. The Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's [...] | 2006-01-06 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA |
06TOKYO831 | Japan-China Economic Ties Remain Strong [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic relationship between Japan and China has continued to expand in spite of political frictions, according to Japanese Government trade and investment statistics. Japan's total trade with China (with the inclusion of trade with Hong Kong) again exceeded that betwee [...] | 2006-02-16 04:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN PREL CH |
06TOKYO958 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 23 [...] (U) No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Dead Bird Calls, Tabletops and More Money: Local Preparations Continue Throughout Japan -- 2. (U) On February 15, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) established a call-in des [...] | 2006-02-23 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA |
06TORONTO1144 | SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ONTARIO'S STAND [...] (SBU) Summary: While major Canadian softwood industry officials are pushing the Harper government to return to the negotiating table, Ontario forestry association representatives are concerned that a negotiated settlement will prove elusive. At the same time, the Ontario government struggles [...] | 2006-04-07 10:55:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV CA |
06TORONTO2912 | ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS FRUSTRATED WITH WHTI [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) expressed concern to conoff and poloff on December 1 about how implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) at the land border would affect the ability of Canadian First Nations members [...] | 2006-12-11 14:28:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA PBTS CA |
06TRIPOLI383 | GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The Government of Libya announced on Monday a three-step initiative to express its solidarity with the people of Lebanon and denounce Israeli attacks in the country. 1) The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation was instructed to [...] | 2006-08-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LY IS LE |
06TRIPOLI410 | THE VISA BLUES: TRIPOLI CONSULS SING IN UNISON [...] (SBU) Consular officers from fifteen foreign embassies with representation in Libya gathered last week at the home of the Pakistani consul to discuss common challenges faced in obtaining visitor, business, and diplomatic visas to Libya. In addition to TDY Conoff/Econoff from Embassy Tripoli, co [...] | 2006-08-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ODIP CMGT LY |
06TRIPOLI475 | LARGEST LIBYAN INVESTMENT COMPANY DEVOTES CAPITAL RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chairman & General Manager of Libya's largest investment company, the Libyan Foreign Investment Company (LFICO),recently met with Econoff to discuss the company's history and future prospects for investment. LFICO, government owned and established in 1981, is moving away [...] | 2006-09-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL LY |
06TUNIS1230 | Special Media Reaction: DepSec Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian print and broadcast media positively and prominently covered the May 18 - 19 DepSec Zoellick visit to Tunisia. While both the government and privately-owned press highlighted the DepSec's positive statements on Tunisian modernity and moderation, the private press also [...] | 2006-05-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OIIP TS |
06TUNIS1598 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINITER OF DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewel call on Minister of Development and Internationl Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on Jun 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter frm USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meetin between the minister and AUSTR Donnelly (SEPTEL. The di [...] | 2006-06-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TS |
06TUNIS1599 | USTR TIFA LETTER DELIVERED TO MDIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewell call on Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on June 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter from USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meeting between the minister and Assistant United States [...] | 2006-06-27 13:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTIA TS |
06TUNIS1641 | MGGZ01: TUNISIA CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On June 29, Tunisia released an official statement related to the latest Israeli-Palestinian developments, reiterating its call for "resumption of dialogue and implementation of the Roadmap." Also on June 29, in a speech to newly arrived ambassadors, President Ben Ali stressed the need [...] | 2006-06-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAL TS |
06TUNIS1816 | EUROMED ECONFIN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE JUNE 25-26, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 25-26, 2006, economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) of the 35 countries of the Euromed zone met in Gammarth, Tunisia to discuss the future of the European Investment Bank's (EIB) Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) and the poss [...] | 2006-07-18 09:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EU TS |
06TUNIS1946 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia in the following areas: A. Prime Minister Discusses Recent Economic Reforms B. Adoption of New Economic Laws C. National Strategy for a Digital Economy D. Tunisia Ratifies International Sugar Agreement E. Whe [...] | 2006-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TS |
06TUNIS2173 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY - AUGUST 14 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Minimum Wage Increase B. Tunisian and Mauritanian Central Banks to Cooperate C. Arab Fund for Development Finances Tunisian Power Plant D. GOT to Liberalize the Cereal Sector E. GO [...] | 2006-08-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS |
06TUNIS2287 | TUNISIA NOT INTERESTED IN MCA [...] (SBU) In reponse to Embassy reminders for financial data for Millennium Challenge Account selection, the Government of Tunisia has declined to submit the required information, thereby withdrawing Tunisia from consideration for MCA funding. In a meeting with EconOff, MFA Deputy Director for th [...] | 2006-09-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID KMCA TS |
06TUNIS2292 | TUNISIA AND THE U.S.-MENA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has provided contact information on bank associations in Tunisia (ref A). In addition, EconOff met with Mr. Amor Saafi, Managing Director of the Association Professionnelle Tunisienne des Banques et des Establissements Financiers (APTBEF) - the other bank association provi [...] | 2006-09-06 07:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN TS |
06TUNIS2303 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 15 - August 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Figures Show Climbing Inflation B. Tunisian Olive Oil Exports Fall Below GOT's Expectations C. Tunisia and Libya Continue Dialogue on Trade, Tourism D. Tunisia to Increa [...] | 2006-09-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR TS |
06TUNIS2321 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...] | 2006-09-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS |
06TUNIS2329 | BEN GUERDANE'S "LIBYAN SOUK": CHEAP GOODS, BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: In the "Libyan souk" of Ben Guerdane, a town 30 kilometers from the Tunisian-Libyan border, Tunisians can pay bargain prices for questionably imported, often counterfeited goods from Libya. Although the GOT asserts that it is committed to intellectual property right protection [...] | 2006-09-11 09:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR LY TS |
06TUNIS2414 | ZARZIS FREE TRADE ZONE DISAPPOINTED BY LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after its opening, the Zarzis free trade zone, located in Southeastern Tunisia, has failed to create the foreign investment and job promotion intended, despite generous incentives offered by the GOT. In a meeting with EconOff, newly-designated Director General for the [...] | 2006-09-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD BEXP LY TS |
06TUNIS2418 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Unemployment Holds Steady at 14.2 Percent B. Tunisia and Morocco Continue Dialogue on Cooperation C. Emirates Lands in Tunisia D. Italy's Benetton Invests in Tunisian Textiles E. T [...] | 2006-09-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS |
06TUNIS2464 | TUNISIAN TEXTILE SECTOR ADAPTS TO POST-QUOTA [...] (U) Summary: This is the first of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. Part one addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on production and exports, as well as the sector's strategy for future competitiveness. After the end of the quota regime that existed unde [...] | 2006-09-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS |
06TUNIS2465 | TUNISIAN TEXTILE WORKERS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. This cable addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on workers. While textile organizations and manufacturers viewed 2005 results as better than expected, the reality has been bleaker for [...] | 2006-09-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS |
06TUNIS2492 | HIV/AIDS AND THE GLOBAL FUND: EMBASSY TUNIS [...] (U) Per reftel, an interagency committee, comprised of participants from the Health Unit, Public Affairs, the Political and Economic Section, and DOD's Office of Defense Cooperation reviewed the GOT submission to the Global Fund. The following comments are keyed to reftel para 8 questions: [...] | 2006-10-04 09:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO TS |
06TUNIS2539 | TUNISIAN EXPATS MAKE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE HOME [...] (U) Summary: Each summer thousands of Tunisian expatriates return on ferry boats from Europe to visit family, attend weddings, and spend their vacations. The ferry returnees are largely working class Tunisians, who moved to Europe in search of employment and a chance to improve their social s [...] | 2006-10-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB SMIG LY TS |
06TUNIS2598 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPT. 16 - OCT. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Balance Continues to Deteriorate B. Emirates Bukhatir to Build 5 Billion USD "Sports City" C. Emirati DIG Increases Stake in Karthago Airlines D. Legal Retirement Age to Be Rai [...] | 2006-10-20 08:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KPRV TS |
06TUNIS2749 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Oct. 16 - Oct. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT to Issue a Travel Allowance Card B. GOT Projects 5.3 percent GDP Growth for 2006 C. Central Bank Concerned About Household Debt D. Tunisia Signs Science Cooperation Deal with Chi [...] | 2006-11-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN SENV KTEX TS |
06TUNIS2753 | United Arab Emirates Investments Target Tunisia [...] SUMMARY: In a period of less than 12 months, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the biggest single foreign investor in Tunisia, surpassing France, which, excluding energy, has been the largest investor in Tunisia over the last five years. Comment: While UAE investors have been active in [...] | 2006-11-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD TS |
06TUNIS2771 | Carrefour Closes its Counterfeit Optical Disc Sales [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is taking positive steps to target the retail sector for enforcement of IPR. The Tunisian franchisee of retail giant Carrefour has stopped its practice of openly selling pirated optical discs. In addition, Carrefour's circulars now contain an explicit warning against r [...] | 2006-11-17 09:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD TS |
06TUNIS2772 | Erroneous Media Reports of a U.S./Tunisia Free Trade [...] (U) Local news media recently published an article indicating that despite a relative slowdown of talks between the two parties, the U.S. and Tunisia were exploring opportunities aimed at concluding a Free Trade Agreement and mentioning that work groups have been set up to look into the servic [...] | 2006-11-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD TS |
06TUNIS2776 | RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; [...] (SBU) EconOff was unable to conduct requested Post-Shipment Verification (reftel) despite numerous attempts to do so. The ultimate Consignee for this shipment of L72 laser sights was the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (SBU) The MOI has been reluctant to schedule an on-site visi [...] | 2006-11-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC IT TS |
06TUNIS2798 | BEN ALI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICIES TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 21, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Association for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) and delivered a speech announcing some new economic and commercial policies. Designed to [...] | 2006-11-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ETRD TS |
06TUNIS2823 | BEN ALI STATEMENT ON SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (SBU) On November 28, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali issued a statement calling on the international community to protect the Palestinian people. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (November 29),Ben Ali reinforced Tunisia's traditional suppo [...] | 2006-11-30 07:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAL TS |
06TUNIS2861 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant by 2020 B. Tunisie Telecom Privatization Receipts To Reduce External Debt C. Central Bank Intervenes in Bank Lending D. GOT Subsidies R [...] | 2006-12-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EAID EPET TS |
06TUNIS2899 | MAGHREB LEADERS EXTOL VIRTUES OF FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent two-day conference on Maghreb business and trade, regional leaders and businessmen extolled the virtues of increased regional economic integration and lamented the currently low levels of trade and investment between the Maghreb countries. Participants hailed from al [...] | 2006-12-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD EINV TS |
06TUNIS2916 | ADB PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BANK'S FUTURE, WARY [...] (U) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 11 courtesy call on African Development Bank (ADB) President Donald Kaberuka, Kaberuka touched on the differing problems and varying situations of African nations and the importance of adapting the services provided by the ADB to meet these challen [...] | 2006-12-15 14:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECIN KDEM TS |
06TUNIS2950 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia to Increase Transit Capacity of Algerian Gas to Italy B. FDI Up Nearly Ten Percent in 2006 C. Inflation Down in November ------------------------------------ Tunisia to Inc [...] | 2006-12-21 07:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EPET EAIR TS |
06TUNIS2963 | COMMERCE MINISTRY TALKS TOUGH ON IPR [...] (SBU) Leila Fethi, in charge of implementing programs in the Economic Control Division (ECD) in the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce and Handicrafts, discussed with EconOff the recent removal of pirated optical disks from retail giant Carrefour and upcoming GOT actions on the intellectual propert [...] | 2006-12-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TS |
06TUNIS344 | ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...] | 2006-02-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV TS |
06TUNIS358 | Special Media Reaction: SecDef Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian broadcast and print media prominently covered the February 10 - 11 visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Tunis. The local SIPDIS reporting on the visit emphasized the positive strategic alliance between the U.S. and Tunisia as well as the Secretary's laudatory r [...] | 2006-02-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OIIP TS |
06TUNIS540 | MODERATE TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO CARTOON CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Most Tunisian intellectuals and media responded with moderate and thoughtful commentary to the Danish cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohamed. While some editors used the polemic as an occasion to again criticize American foreign policy in the Arab world, most of the editorial re [...] | 2006-03-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO ECIP SOCI TS |
06TUNIS569 | MEPI OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED TO 120 JUNIOR CHAMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY. In February, Embassy Tunis' MEPI Coordinator spoke to the newly-elected presidents of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) chapters in Tunisia about MEPI programs, specifically highlighting the Small Grants Program. There are approximately 2,700 JCI members in Tunisia, aged 1 [...] | 2006-03-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PREL TS |
06TUNIS637 | Special Media Reaction: A/S Welch visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian media provided wide and positive coverage of the March 14 -16 visit of Assistant Secretary Welch. Headlines in all papers focused on the SIPDIS strength and "excellence" of U.S.-Tunisian relations and referred to "discussions of international issues of mutual concer [...] | 2006-03-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OIIP TS |
06TUNIS669 | REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to press reports and eyewitnesses, On March 10, approximately 100 students shouted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration at Manouba University in Tunis at a ceremony marking the donation of books from the library of the late Jewish Tunisian histor [...] | 2006-03-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO TS |
06TUNIS771 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) On March 27, Poloff met with Ahlem Belhadj and Hafidha Checkir of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD) to discuss their 2002 report on child sexual exploitation, titled "A Situational Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tunisia." (NOTE: This report i [...] | 2006-03-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TS |
06TUNIS784 | GOT COMBATS CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THROUGH LAWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Poloff met with the Ministry of Women, Family, Children and Elderly Affairs (MWFCEA),to discuss GOT efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation. (NOTE: The issue was raised in a 2002 private study and Ref A. END NOTE.) Aida Ghorbal, the Ministry's Director General [...] | 2006-04-04 11:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TS |
06ULAANBAATAR134 | UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DISPUTES AFFECTING US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. Summary. Potential American investment into the wireless telephony business in Mongolia, based on a recent case, turned soursouth, when the Mongolian government agency responsible for regulating telecommunications unilaterally cancelled an operating license in apparent violat [...] | 2006-02-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR137 | Prime Minister Reviews Bilateral Relationship [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed his government's commitment to close relations with the United States during an hour-long initial call by the Ambassador on February 23. Enkhbold confirmed that the Cabinet had decided the previous day to approve a sixth rotation [...] | 2006-02-26 23:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PHUM ETRD PGOV KMCA PTER PINR |
06ULAANBAATAR148 | Democratic Party, MPRP Consider Top Party Job [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, both the Democratic Party (DP) and MPRP made decisions on key party jobs. The MPRP chose Party Secretary Yo. Otgonbayar as the new MPRP party chief for the capital. With one third of the total party membership, the Ulaanbaatar post has high visibility, and may [...] | 2006-03-01 05:05:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MG |
06ULAANBAATAR173 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Growing awareness of trafficking as a domestic and international issue -- as well as Mongolia's first appearance in the TIP report -- spurred Mongolia to take significant new steps against trafficking in the last year. In November 2005, the government adopted a National Action Plan aga [...] | 2006-03-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG MC IS KS TU |
06ULAANBAATAR181 | MFA Gives PSI Ship Boarding Agreement Update [...] (SBU) During a March 15 meeting on other subjects, poloff asked MFA Legal Department Direct B. Altangerel about where the interministerial review of the PSI ship boarding agreement stood. Altangerel replied that MFA had now received replies from all ministries. However, the Ministry of Just [...] | 2006-03-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL MG |
06ULAANBAATAR232 | State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...] | 2006-03-31 07:39:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM |
06ULAANBAATAR261 | PROTESTS AGAINST MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT GROW [...] ( U ) SUMMARY: Protests organized by a loose coalition of five local Mongolian groups have escalated slightly in the past few days but remain peaceful; business is conducted as usual in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. The protest groups are continuing to demand respectively the resignation [...] | 2006-04-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG |
06ULAANBAATAR275 | MPRP DENIES PRESS CLAIM THAT IT BLAMES THE [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: The April 14 front page lead article for Odrin Sonin, a major Mongolian daily under Democratic party ownership, quoted Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) officials as stating that the MPRP believed the most truthful rumors circulating held the U.S. Embassy respons [...] | 2006-04-17 03:43:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG |
06ULAANBAATAR300 | Mongolia to Stay Shanghai Coop Org Observer [...] (SBU) Poloff met on April 21 with MFA Acting Director for Policy Planning T. Janabazar. Poloff asked about a press report (ref a) that stated that Mongolia, along with Iran, India, and Pakistan, would soon become Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Janabazar categorically state [...] | 2006-04-21 07:36:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PTER CH MG IN PK IR |
06ULAANBAATAR307 | Mongolian Ponders Guatemala UNSC Vote [...] (SBU) During an April 25 introductory courtesy call on new MFA State Secretary K. Bekhat, Charge urged Mongolia to immediately make clear that it will vote for Guatemala for an elected UNSC seat. He commented that prospective votes are being closely followed in Washington. Bekhat cautiously [...] | 2006-04-25 07:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT |
06ULAANBAATAR313 | Mongolian Will Not Run for UN Human Rights [...] (SBU) On April 25, Charge and Poloff discussed the UN Human Rights Council election with MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ms. Enkhtsetseg. Enkhtsetseg said that Mongolia is now carefully considering the candidates for the new body, but voiced Mongolia's agreement that it is important to [...] | 2006-04-25 07:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN MG |
06ULAANBAATAR320 | Briefer for EAP Senior Advisor Keith [...] We look forward to your visit, which will provide a good opportunity to both review the relationship and push selected issues. Background on Post ------------------ 2. (U) Briefings during the Friday country team will provide you with background supplementing this scenesetter. The on [...] | 2006-04-26 08:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MG |
06ULAANBAATAR326 | MONGOLIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER RECEIVES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Econ/Coml Chief (also covering EST issues),called April 27 on Minister of Nature and Environment Erdenebaatar. Charge' congratulated Erdenbaatar on his recent appointment as Minister and also for attending post's Earth Day river clean-up on April 22 (reftel). Ec [...] | 2006-04-30 22:27:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL CVIS UNEP KFRD MG |
06ULAANBAATAR38 | New PM Nomination Delayed [...] (U) It now appears that the State Great Hural (SGH) will consider the nomination of the new Prime Minister later this week. The SGH normally holds plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. The Fall session of the SGH is now slated to recess after the Friday, January 27 session, and next sit [...] | 2006-01-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MG |
06ULAANBAATAR380 | FOREIGN INVESTORS CONCERNED AS WINDFALL MINING [...] (SBU) On May 12, Mongolia's State Great Hural (SGH),or Parliament, passed a controversial windfall profits tax on copper and gold. This law moved through the typically glacial SGH process at light speed, being passed less than two weeks after it was initially proposed without any opportunit [...] | 2006-05-16 07:44:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV MG HK CA |
06ULAANBAATAR382 | Minister Claims U.S. Paid MP Bribes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the last week, Minister of Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan appears to have made claims to different audiences (including the Cabinet and foreign mining company representatives) that USAID had paid several hundred thousand dollars to an MP for anti-corruption e [...] | 2006-05-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PINR MG US |
06ULAANBAATAR385 | Gandan Monastery Invites Dalai Lama for Visit [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 07:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI MG CH |
06ULAANBAATAR401 | Speaker's views on Anti-corruption, Money [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 24 call on Speaker Nyamdorj, he expressed his firm support for the windfall profits tax passed by the State Great Hural (parliament),and opined that the body may override a veto if the President chose to take that step. Companies that expected to [...] | 2006-05-25 06:26:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EMIN ETRD KCRM SNAR PINR MG KN |
06ULAANBAATAR407 | Mongolia Ponders Public Iraq Government [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 06:29:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MG IQ |
06ULAANBAATAR450 | Foreign Policy Advisor on Shanghai Cooperation [...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar, on his own initiative, met with DCM and SIPDIS Ppoloff to brief on Mongolia's position at the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shanghai. Tsogtbaatar said President Enkhbayar would depart on June 14 for the [...] | 2006-06-13 06:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MG UZ CH RU IR |
06ULAANBAATAR452 | DPRK Contract Laborers Decline Sharply [...] (SBU) On June 9, MFA Consular Department Director Ochirjav told visiting Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Danny Glaser that in recent months there had SIPDIS been a decline in the number of North Korean contract workers, from 200 persons to 50 persons. (Note: In delivering the TIP rep [...] | 2006-06-14 03:26:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB MG KN |
06ULAANBAATAR461 | Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...] | 2006-06-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN EINV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR462 | Tense StandoffOne Dead in Protest at Anti-Foreign Mine Protest [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 22:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV MG EMIN ETRD |
06ULAANBAATAR463 | Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 22:36:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN EINV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR469 | Financial Regulator's Murder Distracts Focus [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boroo Gold re-started operations on the afternoon of June 16 after police moved protesters away from the mine site. The government's attention to the Boroo situation -- including the key role of the Health Minister and Member of Parliament Gundalai in the protests -- was div [...] | 2006-06-16 06:38:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN EINV CASC MG |
06ULAANBAATAR475 | TREASURY DAS GLASER PRESSES ILLICIT FINANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser's June 9 meetings with Government of Mongolia officials and banking representatives, he discussed U.S. concerns with respect to North Korean illicit activities. He discussed U.S. action [...] | 2006-06-19 04:07:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KCRM PREL ETTC MG KS |
06ULAANBAATAR499 | MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...] | 2006-06-29 01:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL EAID PGOV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR539 | Secretary Johanns' Visit Advances Relationship [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Secretary for Agriculture Mike Johanns headed a Presidential Delegation which visited Mongolia July 12-13. During very cordial meetings with President Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Enkhbold, Johanns conveyed President Bush's congratulations on Mongolia's 800th annivers [...] | 2006-07-18 01:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP EAID MASS MG US JOHANNS MIKE |
06ULAANBAATAR550 | Mongolia to Send 7th Rotation to Iraq [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note to the Embassy on July 19: Begin text (informal embassy translation) (Complimentary opening) and takes the opportunity to state that, in relation to the completion of the period of duty for the sixth rotation of Mongol [...] | 2006-07-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL MG IQ |
06ULAANBAATAR552 | EBRD OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) received notification from the Russian Federation that it had ratified Mongolia's accession to the EBRD, the last of the sixty-one EBRD members to do so. EBRD Business Group Director Olivier Deschamps a [...] | 2006-07-20 07:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL MG |
06ULAANBAATAR553 | GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...] | 2006-07-20 23:18:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ |
06ULAANBAATAR554 | GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...] | 2006-07-20 23:21:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ |
06ULAANBAATAR558 | Mongolia Still Pondering Guatemala UNSC Vote [...] (SBU) On July 20, E/P Chief called MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Enkhtsetseg to ask whether the July 3 announcement of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Guatemala had resulted in any movement in Mongolia's decision on this year's UNSC vote. ( [...] | 2006-07-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT |
06ULAANBAATAR572 | Exim's First Visit to Mongolia: Transactions in Aircraft [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Export Finance Group Senior Vice President (SVP) John McAdams visited Mongolia July 6 to 11 to explain Ex-Im Bank's programs. Prime Minister Enkhbold gave McAdams an overview of the Mongolian situation and desired projects, w [...] | 2006-07-27 23:29:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KMCA MG |
06ULAANBAATAR578 | Mining Conflict Leads to One Death and Forcible Removal of [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 27, police forcibly removed approximately 8000 artisal, or "ninja," miners from a gold mining area 100 miles northwest of Ulaanbaatar. The removal followed two weeks of sporadic clashes with looting ninjas, including one on July 12 in which one person attacking the com [...] | 2006-07-29 06:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN SOCI MG |
06ULAANBAATAR61 | New Mongolian Cabinet Confirmed [...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27-28, Mongolia's Parliament, the State Great Hural (SGH),approved 16 of the 17 nominees for Cabinet positions. At 4 AM on January 28, the SGH then recessed for the Mongolian New Year holiday (Tsagaan Sar). It is not known when a candidate will be resubmitte [...] | 2006-02-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID MG |
06ULAANBAATAR615 | Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...] | 2006-08-14 07:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON MG JA KN |
06ULAANBAATAR621 | Mongolia's Shadow Economy: Half as Large as the Official [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a USAID-funded analysis, the informal economy in Mongolia is about 45% to 50% the size of the formal economy. This contrasts with the current official estimate of just 11% from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Using a new estimate based on a large sample surv [...] | 2006-08-16 02:23:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID MARR SOCI MG |
06ULAANBAATAR639 | Mongolia Braces for Dalai Lama Arrival, China's Reaction [...] (SBU) The President's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed to the Embassy on August 21 that the Dalai Lama would arrive later in the day. (Note: The direct flight to Ulaanbaatar from Tokyo arrives at 10:00 PM.) The Dalai Lama will visit at the invitation of the head lama of Gandan Monastery, the [...] | 2006-08-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MG CH |
06ULAANBAATAR646 | Visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon Makes Progress On [...] (SBU) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon paid his first visit to Mongolia, August 19-21, at the invitation of Mongolian Chief of the General Staff LTG Togoo. The Admiral's observation of Mongolia's first-ever multinational peacekeeping training exercise, Khaan Quest 06, and joint press [...] | 2006-08-25 00:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PTER KPKO MG IZ PL |
06ULAANBAATAR649 | Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG |
06ULAANBAATAR651 | Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 08:03:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG |
06ULAANBAATAR652 | Mongolians Rebuff Russian Commercial Bear Hug [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia apparently completely rebuffed Russian Premier Fradkov's demands in early July for priority access for Russian firms to Mongolia's natural assets, based on details that have emerged over the last month. In return for preferential treatment, the Russians had promised t [...] | 2006-08-29 03:52:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG RU |
06ULAANBAATAR658 | New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...] | 2006-09-04 05:50:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG |
06ULAANBAATAR666 | AMBASSADOR'S RAISES 7TH ROTATION TO IRAQ WITH [...] (SBU) On September 5, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Enkhbold, and on September 6 she met with President Enkhbayar and Speaker Nyamdorj. In all the calls, the Ambassador lauded close military-military relations, and noted U.S. support for Mongolia's efforts to have its mil [...] | 2006-09-07 07:39:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MG IZ |
06ULAANBAATAR671 | Codel Kolbe Advances U.S. Interests [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 1-3 visit, Codel Kolbe examined U.S. assistance programs in Mongolia, with a particular focus on the proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Codel stressed that qualifying for MCA is not enough, and that Mongolia will need to take the time and e [...] | 2006-09-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID KMCA KPAO MG |
06ULAANBAATAR683 | SAUDI ARABIA MAY SOON ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 01:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID MG SA ZR |
06ULAANBAATAR724 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON PRESIDENT, SPEAKER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial meetings with President Enkhbayar, following presenting his credentials on September 20, State Great Hural Speaker Nyambdorj on September 25, and Prime Minister Enkhbold, the Mongolian leaders stressed good bilateral relations, and pressed for early c [...] | 2006-09-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ETRD MG |
06ULAANBAATAR769 | Mongolia to Vote for Guatemala in UNSC Battle [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 03:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC MG GT VE |
06ULAANBAATAR773 | Mongolia's New Golden Hoard: Five Months After New Tax, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six short days in May saw the abrupt passage by Mongolia's State Great Hural (parliament) of a windfall profits tax on gold and copper in a process utterly lacking in consultation with stakeholders foreign or domestic and the public. Just as Mongolia looks to large foreign inve [...] | 2006-10-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG |
06ULAANBAATAR783 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL EAID KCOR KMCA MG |
06ULAANBAATAR795 | Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-23 08:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KMCC ECON MG |
06ULAANBAATAR803 | Government Wins Parliamentary Confidence Vote, But Cracks [...] (SBU) Summary: By a 46-22 vote, on October 26 the government easily turned defeated a no confidence motion pushed by the opposition Democratic Party. However, the opposition succeeded in its real aim: winning two days of great publicity for its criticisms of the government. A bonus for the [...] | 2006-10-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MG |
06ULAANBAATAR809 | Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia has submitted a rough draft of a program memo which -- with substantial hard work by both Mongolian and U.S. counterparts over coming months -- may enable a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact to be signed in early Spring 2007. A Compact will likely involve a sig [...] | 2006-10-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KMCC ECON MG |
06ULAANBAATAR827 | New Mongolian Central Bank Governor Appointed [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After what appears to have been a bruising internal struggle within the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),A. Batsukh has been appointed the Bank of Mongolia's new governor for a six-year term, replacing the controversial O. Chuluunbat. Batsukh was [...] | 2006-11-09 07:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PINR MG |
06ULAANBAATAR832 | U.S.-Based Peabody Moves Toward Coal Investments With USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Department of Commerce advocacy letter, and post-arranged meetings with senior Mongolian officials, have boosted the efforts of U.S.-coal mining giant Peabody Energy to be involved in development of a 6.5 billion ton coal deposit. Last week, Peabody's China-based o [...] | 2006-11-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
06ULAANBAATAR838 | MONGOLIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 -- SHIPS [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Enkhtsetseg told E/P chief on November 20 that she expects Mongolia will have its report to the UN Security Council on implementation of UNSCR 1718 ready sometime during the week of November 27. She said that MFA has asked various ministries and ag [...] | 2006-11-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP EWWT MG KN |
06ULAANBAATAR845 | AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON NEW BANK OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call November 27 on recently appointed Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh. After congratulating Batsukh on his appointment last month, the Ambassador noted the USG had worked with the GOM and the BOM on several issues, includin [...] | 2006-11-29 07:37:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PINR MG |
06ULAANBAATAR847 | Mongolia's Savings and Loan Crisis Contained? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last spring, 27 of Mongolia's largest Savings and Loans (S&L) cooperatives (among 900) collapsed in rapid succession under the weight of bad loans, abysmal management practices and swirling rumors of corruption. Quadrupling in size over the past two years Mongolia's dodgy S&L i [...] | 2006-11-30 02:23:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR856 | Alaska National Guard State Partnership Bolsters Military [...] (U) Summary and comment: During a mid-November visit by Alaska National Guard head Major General Craig Campbell, Mongolian military counterparts expressed appreciation for the State Partnership Program (SPP) relationship with the Alaska National Guard, but urged even more assistance. MG Camp [...] | 2006-12-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ETRD KPAO MG |
06ULAANBAATAR870 | Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns [...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...] | 2006-12-14 08:24:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR872 | INCSR Part 2: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering [...] (U) Mongolia is not an important regional financial center nor considered an offshore financial center, although there are no laws prohibiting the establishment of offshore entities in Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Mongolia's economy and banking system are relatively small, depriving the cover needed f [...] | 2006-12-15 07:11:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER MG |
06ULAANBAATAR875 | Mass firing of Mongolian mineworkers sends message to [...] (SBU) One of Mongolia's largest employers, Ivanhoe Mines, will fire 900 of its domestic and foreign workforce, or some 7.5% of the 12,000 workers directly employed in the Mongolian mining sector. Ivanhoe cannot afford to pay workers idled by the Government of Mongolia's refusal to reach an agre [...] | 2006-12-18 23:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
06ULAANBAATAR878 | Provincial Perspectives: Khentii and Dornod Aimags See [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a brief November 19-21 easterly swing through Dornod and Khenti provinces, leaders there expressed concern about growing unemployment pressures but were hopeful that investments in mining, for the former, and agribusiness and tourism, for the latter, would provide needed j [...] | 2006-12-20 02:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EMIN PGOV MG |
06ULAANBAATAR881 | Shadowy Buyers Near Purchase of Largest Mongolian Bank [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: There are major concerns about the impending sale of Trade and Development Bank (TDB),Mongolia's largest bank overall and the key bank for foreign exchange and foreign transactions, to a shadowy 100% Mongolian-owned consortium with unknown financing. The IFC and th [...] | 2006-12-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
06USNATO668 | EAPC CONSULTATIONS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATO,S [...] (U) Partner Ambassadors responded positively to the Secretary-General,s briefing on plans to transform NATO,s SIPDIS partnerships at Riga in their last consultations with Allied PermReps before the November 28-29 Summit. They voiced support for expanding access to proven PfP tools to other [...] | 2006-11-13 16:33:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC |
06USNATO677 | NATO DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OLSON MEETS [...] (SBU) On November 16, Bosnian Ambassador to Belgium Sven Alkalaj met with DCM Rick Olson to lobby for Bosnia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit. Alkalaj highlighted the recent elections in Bosnia and gave a brief update on the ongoing formation of the next gover [...] | 2006-11-21 07:47:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK1003 | UNSC/SOMALIA: SHARIA COURT MILITIAS THREATENING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General (A/SYG) Kalomoh urged Security Council Members at May 15 consultations to intensify their contacts, especially within the Contact Group and the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs),on the diffe [...] | 2006-05-17 12:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO UNSC XW |
06USUNNEWYORK1039 | COUNCIL APPEARS READY TO DOWNSIZE UNMEE, BUT SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acknowledging the failure of the May 17 meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) to produce a breakthrough in the border standoff between Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members finally expressed their readiness to downsize the UN M [...] | 2006-05-23 13:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1066 | EGELAND TELLS UNSC NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jan Egeland told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on May 19 that while 2005 was a 'lost' year in terms of peace and reconciliation in the Darfur crisis, 2006 was looking up, [...] | 2006-05-24 13:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1075 | UN SECRETARIAT SAYS NEPALIS SUPPORT EXPANDED UN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 23 meeting with visiting IO/UNP Deskoff and USUN Poloff, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Tamrat Samuel briefed on his recently-completed visit to Nepal and India and outlined his views of a possible expanded role for the UN in Nepal. Samuel said ne [...] | 2006-05-26 13:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO NP IN |
06USUNNEWYORK1077 | UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...] | 2006-05-26 16:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1123 | HAITI: UN SECRETARIAT SOLICITS VIEWS ON CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Director of the UN DPKO Europe and Latin America Division, convened Friends of Haiti experts on May 26 to outline preliminary UN views and solicit feedback on possible changes to the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after UNSCR [...] | 2006-06-02 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
06USUNNEWYORK1149 | CHINESE LOOK FOR INCREASED COOPERATION AS SC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Annabi gave the Security Council June 2 an overview of the current situation throughout Sudan in advance of the UNSC's Mission to Sudan, Addis Ababa and Chad. The most notable part of [...] | 2006-06-06 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1156 | HAITI SRSG MULET CALLS FOR MAINTAINING MINUSTAH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi convened Friends of Haiti (U.S., France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile) on June 1 to meet newly-appointed Special Repres [...] | 2006-06-06 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
06USUNNEWYORK1158 | A/SYG ANNABI BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on June 2, A/SYG Annabi briefed Council members on the latest report on UNFICYP and reiterated the Secretariat's position that the situation on Cyprus is not yet ripe for another political mission aimed at final resolution of the conflict. A/S [...] | 2006-06-07 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC CY UNFICYP |
06USUNNEWYORK1174 | UNSC/SOMALIA: UN URGES AGAINST SUPPORTING FACTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 8 briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Department of Political Affairs Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Kalomoh warned Members 'this is not the time to abandon Somalia,' given what he called the 'tense military stand-off' between militias of the U [...] | 2006-06-08 22:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SO UNSC IGAD |
06USUNNEWYORK1198 | UN SECRETARIAT OUTLINES STEPS TO ESTABLISH HARIRI [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Department laywers and USUN Political and Legal officers on June 9, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) lawyer Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu said they believed they had reached agreement with Lebanese judges Chouc [...] | 2006-06-13 23:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PINR KISL UNSC LE SY UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1226 | UNSC EXTENDS UNIIIC MANDATE AND ALLOWS BRAMMERTZ [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council voted unanimously on June 16 to adopt UNSCR 1686 (text contained in ref A),which extends the mandate of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) until 15 June 2007 and "supports the Commission's intention" to extend further its [...] | 2006-06-16 21:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1248 | UNSC/SOMALIA: MOST MEMBERS ANXIOUS FOR ACTION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At June 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations on Somalia, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Fall discussed humanitarian, political and security aspects of the current crisis, outlining five possible scenarios that could result from the powe [...] | 2006-06-21 16:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SO UNSC IGAD |
06USUNNEWYORK1255 | SPECIAL ADVISER ON AFRICA LEGWAILA: 'UN CAN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 14 courtesy call, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (formerly Special Representative of the SYG for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) shared his 'professional peacekeeper' views with Ambassador Bolton on the proliferat [...] | 2006-06-21 22:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XW ZF KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1287 | NEPAL: INDIA SUPPORTS UN ROLE IN MAOIST DDR BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Indian Mission to the UN diplomat Harsh Shringla told Poloff June 20 that while his government supports the early establishment of a UN mission in Nepal to monitor Maoist disarmament, New Delhi would greatly prefer to avoid adding Nepal to the UNSC agenda for discussion -- lest [...] | 2006-06-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO NP IN |
06USUNNEWYORK1299 | SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO DRC: SOME FINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11-12 the Democratic Republic of Congo hosted a Security Council mission led by France and with eight other members participating. The U.S. was the only other P5 member represented. DPKO and mission delegations drafted a detailed account of the Council mission and th [...] | 2006-07-03 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC CG |
06USUNNEWYORK1404 | GAMBARI, KALOMOH, GUEHENNO, EGELAND ATTEND CORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Under Secretary-General (U/SYG) for the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, hosted a meeting of members of the Core Group for Northern Uganda, composed of the U.S., UK, Norway, and Netherlands, with Canada also in attendance, to discuss the [...] | 2006-07-25 13:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV SU UG UNSC XA XW |
06USUNNEWYORK1405 | GUEHENNO BRIEFS ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 13, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) Guehenno briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on discussions held on July 5 in Cote d'Ivoire between Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and African leaders regarding the region's peace pro [...] | 2006-07-25 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IV PGOV UNSC XA KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1430 | 1267 COMMITTEE PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS AND FAIRNESS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) For the past few weeks, USUN and the French Mission have been working quietly on bridging our differences in the "due process" debate currently underway in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee ( [...] | 2006-07-31 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK1434 | UNSC/UNMEE: MEMBERS FEAR SPREAD OF CONFLICT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov updated the Security Council at July 27 consultations on the status of UNSCR 1681 (2006) implementation and on the situation on the ground between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Members looked forw [...] | 2006-08-01 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL SO UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1438 | NHLAPO BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON LRA AND NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On July 28, the Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Welile Nhlapo, updated the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the threat of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. He noted that the progress of peace talks in Juba, Southern [...] | 2006-08-01 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UG UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1519 | UPDATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) The U.S. and France continue to work intensively and urgently in New York and in capitals to reach agreement on a draft UNSC resolution calling for a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. Ambassador Bolton and French Permanent Representative de la Sabliere met again [...] | 2006-08-10 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1546 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH MINSK GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Acting General Assembly President August 14 to discuss the Azerbaijani draft resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endo [...] | 2006-08-16 13:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
06USUNNEWYORK1581 | SOMALIA: FALL BRIEFS AND UNSC DISCUSSES DRAFT [...] Stresses the obligation of all Member States to comply fully with the measures imposed by resolution 733 (1992),in particular paragraph 5, and further elaborated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1425(2002); 2. Decides that those individuals and entities designated by the Committee [...] | 2006-08-18 21:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1595 | MEETING OF MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WITH AZERI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Azeri PermRep Aliyev August 18 to discuss the Azeri draft GA resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endorsed by the oth [...] | 2006-08-21 18:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
06USUNNEWYORK1597 | UN PRESENTS SYG,S 1701 REPORT ON THE FIRST WEEK [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations August 21 on SYG Annan,s report on the first week of implementation of UNSCR 1701, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi reported on the "encouraging" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) [...] | 2006-08-21 23:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1660 | UNSC/DARFUR: COUNCIL INCHING TOWARD ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an August 28 meeting of the Security Council on Darfur, the majority of delegations said that the dire situation in Darfur argued for swift Council action to finalize and adopt the UK-U.S. draft resolution by August 31, although delegations acknowledged that the Governme [...] | 2006-08-28 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1703 | COUNCIL APPROVES UN DARFUR FORCE BY COUNT OF [...] (U) In an August 31 formal meeting, the Security Council adopted the UK-U.S. draft resolution expanding UNMIS' mandate into Darfur. The draft included nine co-sponsors: Argentina, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Slovakia, Tanzania, the UK and the U.S. The final vote count was 12 votes in favo [...] | 2006-09-01 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1758 | GAMBARI BRIEFS UNSC: COUNCIL SILENCE BROKEN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 29, following a briefing by Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, Security Council members -- in a small, but welcome step forward -- agreed to a press statement that broke the Council's silence on the Cyprus issue for the first time since the [...] | 2006-09-07 20:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY GR TU |
06USUNNEWYORK1780 | UNSC/SUDAN: UN PATIENCE WEARING THIN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary-General Annan set a somber tone at the September 11 Security Council Debate on Darfur, beseeching the Council to assert itself in response to the 'death and suffering, perhaps on a catastrophic scale' confronting the people of Darfur. SYG Annan had harsh words for the [...] | 2006-09-11 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1823 | FIRST UNSC KOSOVO MEETING FOR JOACHIM RUCKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 13, in his first appearance at a Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Joachim Rucker praised Kosovo's leadership for having "now achieved most of the priorities on standards implementation." Kosovo Pr [...] | 2006-09-16 14:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
06USUNNEWYORK1853 | UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 8 [...] (SBU) On September 22, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1709, renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) for a period of two weeks. Delegates from the Chinese, Qatari and Russian Missions reiterated concerns in consultations immediately prece [...] | 2006-09-22 20:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK1860 | LUKEWARM UNSC RESPONSE TO ANNAN'S 30 DAY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on September 18, UN Secretary-General Annan outlined his one-month report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701, which led to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah, and reviewed the results of his recent visit to the region. Pra [...] | 2006-09-26 16:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL IS LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1883 | SYG SELECTION: ASHRAF GHANI MAKING THE ROUNDS IN NY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met briefly with Afghan candidate for Secretary-General Ashraf Ghani on Friday, September 29. Ghani said that he had met with A/S Silverberg in Washington on 9/28, but was just beginning his rounds in New York. Ambassador Bolton expressed appreciation for Ghani's willin [...] | 2006-09-29 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UN AF |
06USUNNEWYORK1899 | ACTION REQUEST: FINALIZING THE UN-LEBANON TREATY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting between P-3 legal and political officers on October 2, French experts reported that the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) had revised the draft treaty establishing the Hariri tribunal to delete any re [...] | 2006-10-03 13:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1900 | UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 13:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1907 | UNSC WELCOMES LATEST BRAMMERTZ REPORT BUT DIFFERS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing to the UNSC on September 29, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to the contents of his latest report to the UNSC to document progress in the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese [...] | 2006-10-04 14:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK1983 | NOVEMBER 30 UNMEE REVIEW GETS ETHIOPIA'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Deputy PermRep Kebret called on USUN to express concern about a provision of the resolution renewing UNMEE's mandate that calls for a Security Council review by November 30. Kebret argued that Ethiopia was powerless to prevent Eritrean frustration of UNMEE's mission [...] | 2006-10-16 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL ET ER UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK2053 | SINGAPORE PURPLE IN UN OVER INDONESIA [...] (U) The perennial problem of South Asian haze fed by illegal timber clearing in Indonesia (reftel) spilled into normally docile UN Second Committee debates on October 25-26 during plenary discussions on sustainable development. Singapore devoted nearly the entirety of its October 25 statement [...] | 2006-10-30 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY TBIO KTIA ID SN UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2085 | SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...] | 2006-11-02 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK2123 | UNSC/IRAN: NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING P5 PLUS ONE [...] Summary: The P5 plus one met on Friday, November 3, at the UK Mission at 11:30 to discuss the EU3 draft resolution on Iran. Russia reiterated its complaints about the EU3 text and circulated its extensive &corrections8 (emailed to State and NSC),which Ambassador Churkin described as consist [...] | 2006-11-06 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL UNSC PGOV IR |
06USUNNEWYORK2149 | CHILD ABUSE CASE HEADED FOR PROBABLE RESOLUTION [...] Summary: USUN received a call from NYPD Saturday night (11/11) that Kenya Mission to the UN Second Secretary Fredrick Matwang'a had been temporarily taken into custody for allegedly beating and causing injury to his nine-year-old son at their Queens home. NYPD released Matwang'a once his dip [...] | 2006-11-13 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN KE |
06USUNNEWYORK2159 | EUROPEAN COOPERATION NEEDED ON UN RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Mission requests Department undertake urgent demarches in western capitals on the UN General Assembly resolution on the Rights of the Child. Delegation has been participating actively in informal consultations on this resolution and has found co-sponsors (EU and GRULAC) willing to accom [...] | 2006-11-15 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ESOC UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2168 | HIGH REPRESENTATIVE SCHWARTZ-SCHILLING SPEAKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 8 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Christian Schwartz-Schilling told members that the state of affairs regarding progress on reform in the country had become a "complex reality." The High Representative stated that we [...] | 2006-11-17 16:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
06USUNNEWYORK2181 | GEORGIAN PERMREP HOLDS BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Mission to the UN is getting busy. On November 3, Georgian Permrep Irakli Alasania hosted the New York Friends for a discussion titled "on a comprehensive peaceful solution to the conflict in Abkhazia." Alasania made obvious efforts to be accommodating to the Rus [...] | 2006-11-22 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG YI |
06USUNNEWYORK2187 | UNSC APPROVES AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING LEBANON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING CLOSED CONSULTATIONS ON NOVEMBER 21, THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A LETTER PAGE 02 RUCNDTA2187 UNCLAS FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO SYG ANNAN EXPRESSING SATISFACTION WITH THE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE UN AND THE GOL TO ESTABLISH A LEBANON SPE [...] | 2006-11-24 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
06USUNNEWYORK2196 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES NEPAL; PROMISES QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, the Security Council discussed during a private meeting the November 22 letter from the Secretary-General proposing UN support for the peace process in Nepal. The SYG,s Personal Representative to the peace process, Ian Martin, briefed and responded to questions [...] | 2006-11-30 00:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC NP |
06USUNNEWYORK2220 | HAITIAN PERMREP ANTICIPATES "SERIOUS PROBLEMS" [...] (SBU) USUN Senior WHA Area Advisor Ambassador Godard and poloff (notetaker) approached Haitian PermRep to the UN Leo Merores on December 4 to discuss China's stance on the renewal of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in February 2007, given Haiti's support for two [...] | 2006-12-06 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
06USUNNEWYORK2296 | UNSC ADOPTS RES 1730 ON SANCTIONS "DUE PROCESS" [...] (U) On December 19, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1730, concerning fair and clear procedures ("due process") for removing individuals and entities from under sanctions (delisting). UNSCR 1730 establishes an administrative focal point within the Secretariat, to which san [...] | 2006-12-27 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV |
06USUNNEWYORK349 | HAITI: UNSC AND CORE GROUP COMMEND LATORTUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During an open briefing to the UN Security Council and a subsequent meeting of the Haiti Core Group on February 22, Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Gerard Latortue commended his government and the Haitian people on the conduct of first-round elections on 7 Feb [...] | 2006-02-24 19:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
06USUNNEWYORK351 | UN SECRETARIAT AND JAPAN SUGGEST RAISING NEPAL IN [...] (SBU) UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari will raise possible UN Security Council consideration of the political crisis in Nepal during his February 27 visit to Washington, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Asia Political Officer Tamrat Samuel told Poloff on February [...] | 2006-02-24 21:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NP |
06USUNNEWYORK401 | AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S MEETING WITH MOROCCAN PERMREP [...] (SBU) In a brief March 2 courtesy call on Ambassador Bolton, recently arrived Moroccan Perm Rep El Mostafa SAHEL said that Morocco's autonomy proposal for the Western Sahara has been completed and that consultations between the government of Morocco and Moroccan political parties were schedul [...] | 2006-03-02 23:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC AG MO WI |
06USUNNEWYORK507 | UN AFGHAN SRSG KOENIGS COMMITTED TO EXPANDED [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wolff pressed ref A points on the composition of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) during an introductory meeting with UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs on March 14. The Ambassador emphasized USG c [...] | 2006-03-15 13:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
06USUNNEWYORK618 | A STEP CLOSER TO TRANSITION: WITH UNSCR 1663 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sudan Jan Pronk's March 21 SIPDIS briefing to the Security Council revealed persistent divisions among Members on the prospect of African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) transition and imposition of targeted sanctio [...] | 2006-03-28 20:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK649 | DEMARCHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, accompanied by Poloff, delivered reftel points to Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Angela Kane on March 30. PolMinCouns asked whether the UN had yet received the findings of the UN team that recently visited Ecuador to explore the possibility of a s [...] | 2006-03-31 15:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CO EC FAO SENV SNAR WHO UN PINR |
06USUNNEWYORK669 | YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL BRIEFS ON MILOSEVIC [...] At the request of the Russian Federation, the President of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY) Fausto Pocar briefed SC members via videoconference on the investigation of the deaths of Milan Babic and Slobodan Milosevic. After Pocar's report, Russia's representative asked a series of que [...] | 2006-04-03 14:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK764 | HIRC DELEGATION DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A House International Relations Committee (HIRC) delegation led by Chairman Henry Hyde met the GA President's Chef de Cabinet and subsequently with six key G77 ambassadors March 27 to discuss a range of issues. Key topics of discussion centered on the recently created UN Human [...] | 2006-04-11 18:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK800 | UNSC/SUDAN: CHAD INSTABILITY IS REGIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 13 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov gave the Security Council an overview of the current situation in Chad and its potential consequences for regional stability, calling for a strengthening of the African Un [...] | 2006-04-17 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK882 | AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...] | 2006-04-27 17:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK |
06USUNNEWYORK912 | UN ON LRA: 'SYMPTOM OF PROBLEM THAT ONLY UGANDA [...] (SBU) At April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General Kalomoh made recommendations for addressing the regional threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),most of which centered around a more proactive ap [...] | 2006-05-04 12:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CG ETTC MOPS PGOV PREL SU UG KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK915 | LARSEN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL WHY SYRIA NEEDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During private consultations with the UNSC on April 26, UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen robustly argued that full implementation of UNSCR 1559 would not be achieved until Syria responded to Lebanon's offer to demarcate their shared border and establish diplomatic relations. [...] | 2006-05-04 13:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY |
06USUNNEWYORK944 | UN ON SUDAN: 'PLEASE GIVE US MONEY' [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Secretary-General (SYG) Annan hosted a May 4 meeting of the Group of Friends of Darfur to drum financial support for the humanitarian assistance program in Darfur, which, according OCHA U/SYG Egeland, is facing a $500 million funding shortfall. DPKO A/SYG [...] | 2006-05-10 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK945 | COUNCIL FAVORS TWO-WEEK ROLLOVER OF UNMEE'S MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 8 briefing to the Security Council, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi told Members that if the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) were to continue its monitoring activities and eventually support borde [...] | 2006-05-10 21:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
06USUNNEWYORK992 | UN/CYPRUS:U/SYG BRIEFING TO P5 ON CYPRUS TRAVEL [...] (SBU) U/SYG for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari convoked the P5 May 12 to brief on his plans to travel to Cyprus and to seek UNSC support for the trip. He will next brief the full Council. (Note: The travel dates are not yet set. End Note.) Gambari has four goals for the trip: 1) enco [...] | 2006-05-15 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV CY |
06VATICAN102 | HOLY SEE STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Holy See issued a statement June 3 in response to embassy demarche on Iran. It is cautiously supportive and probably marks the limit of Holy See public comment on this issue for now. End Summary. 2. (U) The Holy See's Secretariat of State (foreign ministry) issued a sta [...] | 2006-06-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN158 | HOLY SEE: POPE'S CALL FOR PEACE IN LEBANON [...] (U) Following in para 2 is Pope Benedict XVI's call for peace in the Middle East, which was delivered at his weekly Angelus public prayer on July 30 in Castelgandolfo. 2. (U) Begin text: At these moments I cannot fail to think of the ever more serious and tragic situation of the Middle [...] | 2006-08-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN161 | LEBANON: POPE RENEWS CALL FOR URGENT [...] (U) During his weekly Wednesday public audience in Rome on August 2, Pope Benedict XVI issued a new appeal for peace in the Middle East, with specific reference to Qana, Lebanon. Original text, and informal post translation, follow in paras 2-3. 2. (U) Begin text of Italian original: In [...] | 2006-08-02 15:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN166 | HOLY SEE: MEETING WITH CARDINAL DIAS [...] (U) Charge d'affaires paid an introductory call on Cardinal Ivan Dias, who heads the Holy See's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (also known as Propaganda Fide) on August 9. Dias, 70, was appointed Prefect in May of this year, following nine years as Archbishop of Mumbai (ref a). [...] | 2006-08-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN169 | LEBANON: CATHOLIC MEDIA COMMENTARY [...] (U) Catholic media have given balanced coverage to the war in Lebanon, while editorial material has tended to criticize U.S. support for Israel as well as Israel's "disproportionate" response to Hezbollah terrorism. More "page space" has been given to the greater loss of civilian life in Leba [...] | 2006-08-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI VT |
06VATICAN178 | HOLY SEE: DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note (N.5783/06/RS, in English) dated August 26 from the Holy See, concerning the humanitarian consequences of the embargo on Lebanon. Text follows in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text. The Secretariat of State, Section for Relations with States, presen [...] | 2006-08-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT LE |
06VATICAN188 | HOLY SEE SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON MIGRATION HLD [...] (U) Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister) called in DCM to discuss the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (reftel),which DCM had raised with Foreign Minister Lajolo on July 28. [...] | 2006-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT |
06VATICAN189 | HOLY SEE: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES [...] (SBU) DCM delivered points per reftel on the President's speech on detainees to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, on September 8. DCM highlighted key points verbally and left copies of those points and supporting materials for Parolin's further reference. Parol [...] | 2006-09-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VT |
06VATICAN190 | HOLY SEE: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) During a September 8 meeting, DCM learned from Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, that the Holy See would be represented at the UNGA by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. Lajolo is currently the Secretary for Relations with States (foreign minister),but as was a [...] | 2006-09-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP UNGA VT |
06VATICAN194 | SANT'EGIDIO HOSTS 20TH ANNUAL INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Catholic NGO the Community of Sant'Egidio brought together religious representatives from many of the world's faiths September 4-5 to find common ground in peace and reconciliation. The Community's annual meeting was dedicated to Pope John Paul II, who initiated the series of meetings [...] | 2006-09-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PHUM VT |
06VATICAN248 | HOLY SEE: MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, following is Embassy Vatican's Muslim Engagement Strategy. Deputy Chief of Mission Chris Sandrolini will be post's minority-engagement officer. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Holy See is in effect the central government of the Catholic Church. Its head of state, Pope Benedic [...] | 2006-12-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI VT |
06VATICAN250 | HOLY SEE CANCELS MILINGO'S PASSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires was called in December 4 by Monsignor Tommaso Caputo, the Holy See's protocol chief. Caputo gave Charge a Note Verbale (text follows in para 3) concerning renegade Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who was excommunicated by the Holy See in September after illicitly ordaining [...] | 2006-12-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS PREL VT |
06VATICAN255 | HOLY SEE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 17:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM IR VT |
06VATICAN269 | LATIN AMERICA: 1999 VATICAN DOCUMENT STILL GIVES DIRECTION [...] (SBU) Latin America is home to about half of the world's more than one billion-plus Catholics, making it a key region for the Holy See. It is also a region where the Catholic Church is losing many adherents, especially to evangelical groups. For these reasons and others, Latin America is oft [...] | 2006-12-27 18:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VT XM |
06VATICAN44 | LENT BRINGS MIX OF SPIRITUALITY, POLITICS TO VATICAN [...] (SBU) The Lenten season brings with it an atmosphere of increased devotion in and around Vatican City, but politics can play a role in even the most spiritual activities. Governance stalls in the offices of the Vatican MFA and elsewhere in the Curia during the first week of Lent when the pope [...] | 2006-03-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI VT |
06VATICAN7 | DIP CORPS ADDRESS: POPE HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM, TIP, ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI reinforced once again his denunciation of terrorism and linked the ideal of truth to peace, freedom, justice, reconciliation and other vital aspects of a just society in his annual audience with diplomats accredited to the Holy See January 9. The pope offered notable [...] | 2006-01-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF IS VT PHUM PTER SU KPAL |
06VATICAN88 | VATICAN: EAST TIMORESE ACTIVIST CALLS FOR ATTENTION [...] (SBU) Fernanda Borges, the founder of East Timor's National Party, was in Rome recently pleading for greater international attention to the disorder and violence in her country. We met with Borges at the headquarters of the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Catholic lay group best known for conf [...] | 2006-05-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM VT ID |
06VIENNA1080 | AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on April 12 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights. We also provided a copy of the pledge letter we delivered to Foreign Minister Plassnik on April 11. Theuermann, speaking for the EU Presidency, said that the EU's views are simil [...] | 2006-04-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AU |
06VIENNA1101 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT BANS ON GT73 OILSEED RAPE [...] (U) Following up on its initial announcement in January (reftel),the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a government ordinance April 13 to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape. The ordinance expires December 31, 2008, at which time, the MoH intends to re- assess t [...] | 2006-04-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA1102 | European Imams Meet in Vienna April 7-9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some 130 European Islamic leaders and Islam experts from more than 40 countries attended an April 7-9 conference of European imams in Vienna. The agenda focused on integration of Muslims into European societies, education, politics, women's rights, and the Mohammed cartoon deba [...] | 2006-04-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL EUN AU |
06VIENNA1121 | SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...] | 2006-04-19 15:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU |
06VIENNA1174 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: ADDRESSING UN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 16:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL AF AU |
06VIENNA1227 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY [...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...] | 2006-04-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PTER AU |
06VIENNA125 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT (LIST [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted addition of Sajid Mohammed Badat to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list on January 12 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgit Ertl, terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's [...] | 2006-01-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UN AU |
06VIENNA1270 | Government Rescues BAWAG - Gets "Thanks" From [...] (U) In a May 1 meeting, the GoA and the Austrian financial sector agreed on a rescue package for Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG). The GoA will provide a temporary Euro 900 million government guarantee to BAWAG to stop massive withdrawals and to reassure BAWAG cus [...] | 2006-05-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ELAB AU |
06VIENNA133 | AUSTRIA PESSMISITIC ON DOHA [...] (SBU) Econ Unit Chief met January 13 with Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division to discuss next steps after Hong Kong and the GoA's outlook for progress. Habermayer noted that WTO Director General Lamy was promoting a series of bilateral consultat [...] | 2006-01-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL WTRO AU |
06VIENNA1366 | AUSTRIA ON SMALLPOX DESTRUCTION: NO FINAL EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO AU |
06VIENNA1385 | KOSOVO STATUS: PRISTINA AND BELGRADE REMAIN FAR [...] (SBU) THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS SUMMARIZING THE MAY 4-5 TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION/ MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED REFTEL. 2. (SBU) PRISTINA AND BELGRADE OFFERED VASTLY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ON [...] | 2006-05-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1419 | EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the May 11-12 EU-LAC (Latin America/Caribbean) Summit, the two regions sought strategies for closer cooperation. A striking lack of unity among LAC countries hampered the effort. The meeting produced a "Declaration of Vienna" enumerating common goals, among them the continu [...] | 2006-05-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU BL VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA1474 | MAJOR MERGER IN THE WORKS IN AUSTRIAN ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV and Austria's leading electricity provider, Verbund, announced on May 10 their intention to form a new company, OMV-Verbund, by the end of 2006 or early 2007. The GoA, which holds a 51% share in Verbund and a 31% share in OMV, has blessed the merger. [...] | 2006-05-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU |
06VIENNA1482 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered ref demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry May 18. 2. (U) On May 19, the Austrian EU Presidency issued a declaration urging the Syrian authorities to reconsider all cases of political prisoners and immediately release all prisoners of conscience. The text [...] | 2006-05-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SY AU |
06VIENNA1483 | EU IN FAVOR OF DRAFT DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna Pol Unit chief accompanied Australian Embassy First Secretary Cameron Archer on a demarche to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights Engelbert Theuermann on May 19. Archer made a detailed and vigorous presentation of the views of Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. [...] | 2006-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN AU |
06VIENNA1491 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) The Government of Austria, in its capacity as President of the European Union, issued a declaration on May 22 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. The Austrian EU Presidency said it saw the process as the completion of the political transition in Iraq. 2. (U) Text [...] | 2006-05-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU |
06VIENNA1501 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI SPENT MOST OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS TRAVELING TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS AND WASHINGTON, AND IN [...] | 2006-05-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1551 | May 4 U.S.-Russia - EU Multi Presidency Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first meeting of its kind, U.S., Russian and EU officials met informally in Vienna May 4 to discuss possible areas for future cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and corruption, and illegal immigration. The U.S. delegation was led by Attorney G [...] | 2006-05-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1552 | May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...] | 2006-05-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1555 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 23 MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). A MORE DETAILED READOUT OF THE MAY 23 NEGOTIATION SESSION IS GIVEN REF. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) THE MAY 23 MEETING ON RELIGIOUS SITES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE WAS M [...] | 2006-05-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1556 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI MET WITH SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA ON MAY 22; THE MEETING WAS CHARACTERIZED BY [...] | 2006-05-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1649 | May 3 EU-U.S. JHA Ministerial Troika [...] Summary. The U.S. - EU JHA Ministerial Troika was held in Vienna May 3 with the U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, accompanied by DHS Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson. The EU delegation was headed by SIPDIS Austrian Minister of the Interior Prokop, Justice Minister [...] | 2006-06-08 09:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1718 | AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM PL AU |
06VIENNA1733 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: JUNE 9 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI DISCUSSED THE KOSOVO FINAL STATUS PROCESS AND LIKELY RESULT WITH RUSSIAN AND CHINESE O [...] | 2006-06-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA1735 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid base in the common values of democracy and civil rights. Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Pursuant to a 1955 constitutional law, Austria is neutral. Austria [...] | 2006-06-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1737 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel points on June 13 to Alexander Kmentt, Austrian MFA Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Kmentt assured us that Austria places an absolute priority on getting FMCT negotiations moving as soon as possible (the position the country has he [...] | 2006-06-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG EUN AU |
06VIENNA185 | HAIDER DEFIES COURT OVER BILINGUAL TOWN SIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Joerg Haider, Carinthian governor and chairman of the junior partner in the federal coalition, Alliance Future Austria (BZO),is refusing to implement Constitutional Court rulings that call for more bilingual (German/Slovene) town signs in the border regions of Carinthia. Haide [...] | 2006-01-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
06VIENNA1898 | AUSTRIA EXTENDS PARTICIPATION IN EU'S IRAQ TRAINING [...] (SBU) On June 22, Parliament's Steering committee unanimously voted to extend Austrian participation in the EU's integrated mission to support rule of law in Iraq (EUJUST LEX) to December 2007. Parliament authorized the government to deploy up to three Justice Ministry trainers and up to two [...] | 2006-06-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN MARR KPAO IZ AU |
06VIENNA2096 | AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...] | 2006-07-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2097 | AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...] | 2006-07-14 06:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2140 | Status of Efforts to Support Jewish Cemeteries [...] (U) According to the January 2001 U.S.-Austrian Washington Agreement on Holocaust property, "Austria will provide additional support for the restoration and maintenance of Jewish cemeteries, known or unknown, in Austria." Under these terms, the Federal Government has encouraged states and mu [...] | 2006-07-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2155 | Visit of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- Semitism Gregg Rickman visited Vienna July 5-8 to pay introductory calls on Austrian and Jewish community representatives, as well as OSCE and EU officials. Rickman met with MFA Legal Adviser Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff; Secretary General of the Na [...] | 2006-07-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2158 | COMPROMISE ON BILINGUAL TOWN SIGNS FALLS APART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chancellor Schuessel's latest effort to broker a broad-based compromise on additional bilingual (German-Slovenian) town signs in the southern state of Carinthia has fallen short. The Chancellor had hoped to dispose of this long-standing irritant by passing an amendment to the M [...] | 2006-07-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
06VIENNA2214 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted information on domestic designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik as well as on the submission of the name to the UN 1267 Committee on July 24 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgi [...] | 2006-07-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU |
06VIENNA2265 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on July 27 to Walter Rochel of the MFA's Consular Division and to Thomas Nader of the MFA's Multilateral Development Aid Division. The MFA is in the process of determining which office will take the lead on this issue. We will report any substantive reply a [...] | 2006-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNGA AU |
06VIENNA2313 | AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...] | 2006-08-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU |
06VIENNA2317 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EU INVITES BURMESE FM TO ASEM-6 [...] (SBU) Acting Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche on August 1 to Peter Storer, the Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Storer said it was a difficult decision, but that the EU had reached a consensus to invite the Burmese Foreign Ministe [...] | 2006-08-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN FI BU AU |
06VIENNA2442 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: AUGUST 10 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION AND COMMUNITY RIGHTS TOOK PLACE IN VIENNA ON AUGUST 7 AND 8 (READOUT OF TALKS GIVEN SEPTEL). UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] | 2006-08-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2447 | AUSTRIA NOT READY TO SUPPORT WTO CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 9, Acting EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division. Habermayer said that the EU Commission has not yet formally discussed the U.S. request for WTO dispute settlement consultations. Habermayer n [...] | 2006-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH AU |
06VIENNA245 | AUSTRIA CALLS ON FUTURE PALESTINIAN CABINET TO [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister (and EU Foreign Ministers Council chair) Ursula Plassnik issued a press release on January 26 welcoming the peaceful nature of the recent Palestinian elections and reporting that the EU election observers had found the election to be "fair and open." She caution [...] | 2006-01-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS AU EUN |
06VIENNA2514 | BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM: EMBASSY VIENNA POINT OF [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Vienna's Point of Contact for the Blue Lantern Program is Economic-Political Officer Dayna Robison, Embassy tel: 43-1-31339-2196, fax: 43-1-31339-2916, email: robisondr(at sign)state.gov. Embassy POC had a consultation meeting with PM/DTCC before her arrival at Post a [...] | 2006-08-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC KSEP AU |
06VIENNA2602 | UNOSEK UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21-25 [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI AND HIS POLICY TEAM TRAVELED TO PRISTINA DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21 TO HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE UNITY TEAM IN AN EF [...] | 2006-08-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2612 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Middle East/Africa director Ralph Scheide on August 31. Scheide will convey the points to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. Scheide has confirmed that Plassnik supports tough measures to prevent Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons. McCaw [...] | 2006-09-01 08:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN EU IR AU |
06VIENNA2673 | AIRLINES AND DATA PROTECTION: AUSTRIA WILL NOT INITIATE [...] (SBU) Eckhard Riedl, Deputy Head of the Department for Data Processing in the Federal Chancery, told us recently that the GoA is not/not planning any additional legislation on or registration of passenger data transmission to third countries. Riedl said that, for practical reasons, the substa [...] | 2006-09-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER AU |
06VIENNA2689 | SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...] | 2006-09-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU |
06VIENNA2714 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to the MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director, Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said there was virtually "full agreement" between the U.S. and Austria -- and, for that matter, the U.S. and the EU -- on the points we reviewed. He noted that the [...] | 2006-09-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IS LE ECON AU |
06VIENNA2715 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level deputy director for International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Huber said Austria had not yet determined whether a "political level" figure would represent Austria at the CD meeting. In a [...] | 2006-09-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AU |
06VIENNA2731 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: SEPTEMBER 8-9 TALKS MAKE LITTLE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) DESPITE A MORE POSITIVE SPIN IN THE MEDIA, TECHNICAL TALKS ON KOSOVO HELD IN VIENNA SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9 MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. THE MEETINGS C [...] | 2006-09-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA2787 | AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- FINDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's October 1 elections take place in the context of a political shift that followed this year's revelations of fraud in the trade union-affiliated bank, BAWAG. This established a new political reality in which Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel's conservative People's Party [...] | 2006-09-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA282 | AUSTRIA EXPRESSES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR WILLIAM [...] (SBU) During his January 20 visit to Vienna, FAA Director for Europe and the Middle East Paul Feldman called on GoA officials to urge Austrian support for William D. Voss, U.S. candidate for ICAO Secretary General. Alois Kraut, Head of the MFA's Transportation Unit; Dieter Gauptmann, Acting [...] | 2006-01-31 09:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AU |
06VIENNA2895 | AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY CALLS FOR "DIALOGUE" REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA2924 | AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- [...] (SBU) Summary: This weekend's elections will likely result in a clear victory by the conservative People's Party (OVP) of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. It will be no landslide, however, as the Social Democratic Party (SPO) has managed to shore up its position. Under current conditions, th [...] | 2006-09-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
06VIENNA3022 | AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: GREENS NOW NUMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The results of Austria's October 1 elections shifted somewhat with the announcement of the tally of absentee votes on October 9. In the final count, the Greens emerged for the first time as Austria's third strongest party. On October 11, Austrian President Heinz Fischer gave [...] | 2006-10-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MASS AU |
06VIENNA3083 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff and Cameron Archer, First Secretary of the Australian Embassy, delivered reftel demarche on October 16 to Georg Heindl, Deputy Director in the MFA,s Human Rights Department. 2. (SBU) While Heindl said he understood the U.S. position on the draft Declaration on the Rights [...] | 2006-10-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UN AU |
06VIENNA3202 | AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Austrian parliament met for the first time on October 30. As is traditional, the parliament voted members of the top three parties -- the Social Democratic Party (SPO),the People's Party (OVP) and the Greens -- to the three parliamentary leadership positions. Of cons [...] | 2006-10-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
06VIENNA323 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BUY BACK KLIMT [...] (U) Austrian Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer has announced that the Austrian government will not buy back any of the five Gustav Klimt paintings that an arbitration panel decided to restitute to heirs of the original owner. Gehrer made the announcement after the government's cabinet meeti [...] | 2006-02-02 17:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA3248 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DEBT RELIEF -- [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Charge especially urged that Austria forgive the remaining 20 percent of Iraq's debt. 2. (SBU) Scheide noted that Austria's forgiveness of 80 percent of Ira [...] | 2006-11-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ AU |
06VIENNA3279 | AVIAN FLU: BAXTER-AUSTRIA DEVELOPS A VACCINE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Austrian-based research facility of the U.S. healthcare company Baxter has developed a vaccine against the current strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The vaccine has been successfully tested in mice and also with human subjects, yielding a protection rate between 70 [...] | 2006-11-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ASEC SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA3336 | (SBU) UNOSEK: CONTINUING WORK AND OUTREACH DURING INTERIM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 10, FOLLOWING THE SERBIAN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE FUTURE STATUS PROC [...] | 2006-11-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
06VIENNA3349 | AUSTRIA ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF UNGA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Peter Huber, the acting A/S-equivalent UN Affairs head at the Austrian MFA. 2. (SBU) Huber noted that EU countries had split in their votes on the issue in the UN Security Council, with France and Greece voting "yes" and the U [...] | 2006-11-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS AU |
06VIENNA3350 | DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel report on November 17 to Peter Huber, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's acting A/S-level UN Affairs director. 2. (SBU) Huber noted that the European Commission was working on a similar report. One of the problems the Commission was facing was how to defi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL XX KN AU |
06VIENNA3354 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT COALITION TALKS: "NOT YET [...] (SBU) Summary: Although observers in Austria keep pronouncing negotiations toward a Grand Coalition as dead, like a bad movie,they keep springing back from the grave to argue the matter. Two and a half weeks after the conservative People's Party (OVP) walked out on coalition talks with the [...] | 2006-11-17 17:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
06VIENNA3383 | AUSTRIA ON IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel demarche on November 17 to Bernhardt Wrabetz, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Director for IAEA and Non-Proliferation Affairs. A/DCM followed up with Wrabetz on November 21. 2. (SBU) Wrabetz said there was a common EU position -- which Austria had supported -- tha [...] | 2006-11-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC AU |
06VIENNA3401 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points on November 22 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. Charge met with Mayr-Harting on November 24 to discuss the issue. Austrian OSCE Political Affairs Director Christophe Ceska, Eastern Europe Director (DAS-equivalent) Josef Litschau [...] | 2006-11-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU AU |
06VIENNA3407 | Vandal Trashes Jewish School in Vienna [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Jewish school in Vienna, the Lauder Chabad School, was the subject of a destructive rampage early Sunday morning. The suspect, who seems to have acted alone, reportedly identified himself to police at his arrest as "Adolf Hitler." However, it remains unclear whethe [...] | 2006-11-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA3482 | AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION TO CZECH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) The recent Czech decision to grant a final operating license for the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant has unleashed a barrage of criticism in Austria. State government officials in Upper Austria, which lies approximately 40 miles from Temelin, have been the most vehement critic [...] | 2006-12-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA3502 | TERRORIST LISTS IN AUSTRIA: NO SEPARATE [...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) maintains two sets of lists for individuals and entities identified as terrorists/terrorist organizations. The first set of "national" lists in Austria comprises the EU Council Regulations, such as EC 881 of May 27, 2002 imposing restrictive measures ag [...] | 2006-12-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AU |
06VIENNA3522 | MORE FROM AUSTRIA ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) On December 7, post followed up discussions with the Austrian MFA (ref A) to discuss the possibility of Austria forgiving the remaining 20 percent of its Iraqi debt. Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level),told A/ [...] | 2006-12-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ AU |
06VIENNA3532 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designation of Hizballah-related individuals/entities in the tri-border area on December 7 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing [...] | 2006-12-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU |
06VIENNA3583 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FORMATION: JANUARY 11 SET FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's political leadership has declared that there will be a new government on January 11. The parties agree in principle that the new government should be a Grand Coalition, but they have not yet reached agreement on key issues. The possibility remains that the Social D [...] | 2006-12-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
06VIENNA3590 | Vienna Appellate Court Suspends Remaining Sentence for [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA3591 | THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY - STATUS AND POLICY OUTLOOK IN LIGHT [...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently presented positive analyses of the Austrian economy and the impact of reforms over the last five years. However, both the ANB and IMF recommend that Austria should continue to focus on macroeconomic [...] | 2006-12-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA3596 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (U) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 21 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level UN Director. A/DCM stressed the need to maintain the 22 percent ceiling, noting the significant level of U.S. financial contributions. We also addressed potential concerns about the U.S. response [...] | 2006-12-21 16:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA AU |
06VIENNA387 | DEMARCHE ON HMONG CHILDREN: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 16:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL LA TH EUN AU |
06VIENNA41 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY UPS THE ANTE ON ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: In response to the dispute over natural gas supplies between Ukraine and Russia, Austrian officials have given new weight to their plan of making energy a focal point of Austria's EU presidency. Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said in a public statement that the EU would discuss [...] | 2006-01-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA470 | AVIAN INFLUENZA LIKELY IN AUSTRIAN SWANS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health and Women's Affairs (MoH) publicly announced on February 14 that tests by the Austrian National Veterinary Institute indicate there is a 70% probability that two dead swans found in southern Austria were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The MoH follo [...] | 2006-02-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA488 | AVIAN FLU: AUSTRIAN HEALTH MINISTRY VIEWS [...] (U) Summary: DCM discussed avian flu in a February 16 meeting with Dr. Clemens Auer, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Health and Women (MoH). The two also exchanged views on biotechnology and tradition-based violence against women. On avian flu, Auer said that the GOA welcomes improving in [...] | 2006-02-16 18:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ASEC ECON WHO PHUM AU |
06VIENNA506 | AUSTRIAN, DANISH FMS MEET WITH MUSLIM [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, in her capacity as EU Council President, and Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller held an informal meeting with leading Muslim Representatives in Vienna on February 16. Participants included the leader of the Islamic Faith Community in Bosni [...] | 2006-02-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN SY DA BK TU SP AU |
06VIENNA512 | AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE VOSS [...] (SBU) In a February 10 telcon, Transportation Secretary Mineta asked his Austrian counterpart, Huberg SIPDIS Gorbach, to support the candidacy of William Voss ICAO Secretary General. On February 15, DCM pressed Voss's SIPDIS candidacy in a meeting with Eduard Mainoni, State Secretary in [...] | 2006-02-17 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ICAO EAIR AU |
06VIENNA540 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Austrians have organized a broad range of law enforcement and counterterrorism-related meetings and seminars during their EU Presidency from January - June 2006. The recently adopted (December 6, 2005) EU Council paper on "A Strategy for the External Dimension of JHA: Global [...] | 2006-02-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU EUN |
06VIENNA562 | AUSTRIA TO MAKE STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns raised reftel points during a February 23 meeting with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS We passed Scheide the texts of statements by the President and by Amb. Khalilzad and Gen. Casey. Schei [...] | 2006-02-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ AU |
06VIENNA610 | AVIAN FLU: EU HEALTH MINISTERS AFFIRM NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 24 Informal Meeting on the "Impact of Avian Influenza on Public Health in Europe," EU Health Ministers stressed the importance of public awareness. Austrian Health Minister Maria Rauch-Kallat pointed to the need for more public outreach, noting the Presidency [...] | 2006-02-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA630 | SPECIAL ENVOY AND AUSTRIAN MFA LEGAL ADVISOR [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Edward B. O'Donnell met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff (successor to Austrian Holocaust negotiator Hans Winkler, now MFA State Secretary) on February 23 to exchange views on the SIPDIS remaining issues in imple [...] | 2006-03-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV AU |
06VIENNA663 | SOCIAL DEMOCRAT ENDS COALITION WITH HAIDER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 28, new Carinthian Social Democratic (SPO) leader Gabi Schaunig ended the two-year old state-level coalition with Governor Joerg Haider's BZO and called for snap elections. Schaunig accused Haider of repeatedly sabotaging agreements with her SPO, most recently over [...] | 2006-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
06VIENNA678 | AUSTRIA: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: I21. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...] | 2006-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU |
06VIENNA715 | REPORT ON EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL IN [...] (SBU) Discussions of a possible EU mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dominated the EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Innsbruck on March 6-7. Despite press speculation that countries would offer up forces for such a mission while in Innsbruck, the ministers agreed only to dis [...] | 2006-03-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR CG BK SR EUN AU |
06VIENNA718 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with Austrian Government officials and U.S. business representatives in Austria on February 23 to discuss market access concerns, GoA views on the Doha Round, the EU's Services Directive, and U.S.-EU economic c [...] | 2006-03-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP AU WTO |
06VIENNA746 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH'S VISIT TO VIENNA, [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the [...] | 2006-03-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
06VIENNA764 | MARCH 2-3 U.S.- EU SENIOR LEVEL TALKS ON JUSTICE, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Senior Level U.S.-EU Informal Meeting on Justice, Freedom, and Security (JLS) was held in Vienna March 2 and 3, and covered the full range of JLS issues on migration, borders and visas, counter-terrorism and security, and law enforcement cooperation. Among the key outcom [...] | 2006-03-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EUN KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU |
06VIENNA786 | Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...] | 2006-03-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS EUN AU |
06VIENNA829 | Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...] | 2006-03-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS EUN AU |
06VIENNA832 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON RELEASE OF IRANIAN PRISONER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA840 | INTERNET GOVERNANCE: GOA VIEWS ON TUNIS, INTERNET [...] (SBU) On March 18, Emboffs met with Christian Singer, Head of the Legal Services Department in the Ministry of Transportation and the GoA's Internet governance expert, to discuss next steps following the November 2005 Tunis World Summit on the Information Society. Singer said that Austria an [...] | 2006-03-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON AU |
06VIENNA857 | UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF THE UN OFFICE OF THE [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. 2. (SBU) Summary: In addition to the second round of talks on decentralization in Vienna on 17 March, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for [...] | 2006-03-21 16:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
06VIENNA867 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (SBU) During Ambassador McCaw's March 6 introductory call on Austrian Minister of Agriculture and Environment Josef Proell, Proell called for additional progress on NAMA and services in the WTO negotiations, before the EU would make concessions on agricultural market access. Proell touted th [...] | 2006-03-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD WTO TBIO KFLU AU |
06VIENNA870 | KOSOVO: READOUT OF MARCH 17 TALKS ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The March 17 talks on decentralization were largely free of polemics and stuck to the agenda of the financing of [...] | 2006-03-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
06VIENNA893 | KOSOVO STATUS: SERBS AND KOSOVARS DRAW REDLINES ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 17 meeting, top Serbian negotiators acknowledged to UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari that Kosovo's " [...] | 2006-03-24 16:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
06VIENNA940 | TURKISH LOBBYING EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA HAVE MINIMAL [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel, Post has researched Turkish lobbying campaigns in Austria aimed at improving Turkey's image in the EU. We found little evidence of any lobbying campaigns with enough profile to move public opinion significantly -- especially when compared to the virulently anti-T [...] | 2006-03-30 10:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU EUN AU |
06VIENNA942 | EC V. MICROSOFT DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel non-paper and talking points March 29 to Stefan Keznickl, Deputy Managing Director of the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA),which is responsible in the GoA for national and EU-level antitrust cases. Post also provided reftel information to Martin Eichting [...] | 2006-03-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EUN AU |
06VIENNA982 | AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT USG STANCE ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL WHO JA MX AU |
06VIENTIANE326 | MINE AWARENESS DAY: LAO UXO NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY OFFICIALLY OPENS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KHDP LA |
06VIENTIANE364 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 21 [...] (SBU) AI in Ducks: New information from Dr. Webster provided in a summary of a manuscript being submitted to "Nature" indicates that the number of H5N1 infected ducks his project documented in Laos exceeded 30. These findings resulted from a joint project between St. Jude Hospital and that [...] | 2006-04-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL LA |
06VIENTIANE400 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT MAY 3 [...] (SBU) Possible Human Case: We have heard from the Australians of a possible human AI case in Houaphan Province (near Vietnam). Embassy's CDC representative is checking with the UN agencies and GOL on this. 2. (SBU) Announcing AI in ducks: The GOL finally notified the OIE of Dr. Webster' [...] | 2006-05-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL KFLU LA |
06VIENTIANE632 | MOVING LAOS INTO CHINA, TRUCK BY TRUCK [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos has mineral resources and China wants them. A regional mining conference in Vientiane shows the deep penetration of the Chinese into the mining sector, and the GoL's preferential treatment of its Chinese investors. Anxious to attract the investment, the Lao have little capa [...] | 2006-07-07 03:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD LA |
06VIENTIANE636 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LAO WOMEN'S UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-elected Lao Women's Union (LWU) President Sisay Leudetmounsone July 6 to discuss Embassy cooperation with the LWU across a range of issues. The LWU has played a prominent role on TIP issues, and Ambassador used the occasion to explain Laos' recent Tier [...] | 2006-07-07 06:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KWMN LA |
06VIENTIANE674 | TAKE ALL THE TREES, PUT 'EM IN TREE MUSEUM: [...] (U) Summary: Laos' hardwood forests are rapidly being depleted ravaged by timber interests from three adjacent economies, with Japan and China as the largest final destination markets. The GoL does not have the capability or the will to manage the country's natural resources responsibly. So-ca [...] | 2006-07-19 06:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENIV ETRD PGOV LA |
06VIENTIANE696 | PROBABLE OUTBREAK OF AVIAN FLU IN LAOS [...] Post has received information from FAO regarding a probable outbreak of Avian Influenza in Dong Bang Village, Xaythang District, about 20 kilometers north of Vientiane City, in Vientiane Province. The outbreak was reported to FAO and WHO on July 14, but information was withheld from the wider [...] | 2006-07-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON KFLU PREL SOCI LA |
06VILNIUS102 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...] | 2006-02-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH |
06VILNIUS1036 | LITHUANIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUCCESS IN [...] (SBU) As the Fourth Lithuanian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) left for Kabul November 14, Lithuania continues to demonstrate its commitment to success in Afghanistan. Lithuania is set to take on the entire military operating expense of its PRT in Ghor Province starting January 2007; is c [...] | 2006-11-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS LH AF |
06VILNIUS1068 | LITHUANIA SEEKS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (U) Summary: Post welcomes the opportunity to engage the new Lithuanian government -- whose cabinet is dealing with the Special 301 process for the first time -- in a cooperative effort to improve Lithuania's intellec [...] | 2006-11-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV LH |
06VILNIUS1072 | STRANDED TRUCKERS PONDER EU "OPEN MARKET" [...] (SBU) Summary: The long lines of trucks that began appearing November 20 at all four border crossing points where commercial traffic can enter Latvia from Lithuania have now largely disappeared, but the episode has affected Lithuanian-Latvian relations. Lithuania formally complained to the Eu [...] | 2006-12-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PREL LH LG EUN RS BO |
06VILNIUS1073 | LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel non-paper on November 27 to officials in the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. None of our interlocutors was aware of the European Commission's specific proposal to force non-EU air carriers to join the EU Em [...] | 2006-12-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV LH EUN |
06VILNIUS1110 | LITHUANIA'S NEW BUDGET INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING, [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas told the Ambassador that Lithuania's 2007 budget meets the Defense Ministry's goal of programming an increase in defense spending as a percentage of GDP of .05 percent, to 1.25 percent. While this is technically accurate due to modest official [...] | 2006-12-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR LH |
06VILNIUS146 | LITHUANIA: RESTITUTION LEGISLATION FOR JEWISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lithuania is moving ahead with plans for the restitution of former Jewish communal property, an important element in addressing its Nazi and Soviet legacy. The government's support for restitution remains solid, and the GOL plans to submit the necessary legislation to Parliament [...] | 2006-02-13 13:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KNAR PHUM LH |
06VILNIUS148 | LITHUANIA BRIEFED ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP AORC IR LH |
06VILNIUS223 | LITHUANIA'S AI PREPAREDNESS: IS FOUR PERCENT ENOUGH? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL continues to plan for the arrival of avian influenza (AI) virus in Lithuania, but budgetary constraints may hinder preparations, particularly the acquisition of antiviral medication. The Government issued orders requiring owners to sequester domestic birds indoors and p [...] | 2006-03-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED EAGR SOCI PGOV KFLU LH |
06VILNIUS278 | ELECTION EVE DUSTUP IN LITHUANIA-BELARUS RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lithuanian-Belarusian relations are tense on the eve of the March 19 elections. The decision by the Minsk regime to deny visas to six Lithuanian MPs who planned to observe the elections led Parliament to pass a resolution condemning the Lukashenko government. The Lithuanian Fo [...] | 2006-03-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BO LH |
06VILNIUS30 | LITHUANIA PUSHES TO RETAIN/REBUILD NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuanian authorities are using the recent Russia-Ukraine gas dispute as an action-forcing event to build a new nuclear power plant and, possibly, to seek EU permission to keep the Soviet-era Ignalina plant online until a new facility is complete. Expectations are low that Bruss [...] | 2006-01-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON LH |
06VILNIUS422 | LITHUANIA DISPUTES PIRACY STATS, BUT EAGER TO IMPROVE IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Culture on April 28 that this year's Special 301 Review again put Lithuania on the Watch List. Our Ministry of Culture contact questioned the sources of information the Review's authors used, but added that the G [...] | 2006-05-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR LH |
06VILNIUS429 | LITHUANIA: CAN'T YET CONFIRM SUPPORT FOR SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) We spoke with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) on the importance of maintaining the U.S./Russian smallpox repositories in light of the upcoming May 22-27 discussions on the smallpox resolution at the World Health Assembly (WHA). The head of the MOH' [...] | 2006-05-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO LH |
06VILNIUS450 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MAINTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO LH |
06VILNIUS470 | LITHUANIA'S RULING COALITION ENCOUNTERS MORE TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Lithuania's three-party governing coalition is defending itself against yet another challenge to its rule, even as a new party is maneuvering to join. New Parliament Speaker Viktoras Muntianas is leading the new Civil Democracy Party bid for coalition membership, demanding a cabinet seat [...] | 2006-05-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LH |
06VILNIUS520 | 2006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered Lithuania's 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) narrative and tier ranking to Lina Gubreviciute of the MFA's Americas Section on June 5. Gubreviciute thanked us for the courtesy copy and reiterated Lithuania's commitment to combat trafficking in persons. She said that Lithu [...] | 2006-06-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL LH |
06VILNIUS541 | LITHUANIA: REACH DIRECTIVE COSTLY, INEVITABLE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on USG views regarding the draft versions of the REACH Directive to the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economy on June 1. We also delivered a copy of the points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Trade Division. 2. (SBU) The Chief Officer of th [...] | 2006-06-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP LH |
06VILNIUS573 | LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT: EU INCOMPLETE WITHOUT TURKEY [...] (SBU) President Adamkus argued for the eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union in a June 17 interview with Turkish newspaper Miliyet, according to the Lithuanian press. Adamkus plans to make an official visit to Turkey later this week, where he will meet President Sezer, PM Erdogan, [...] | 2006-06-19 13:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LH TU |
06VILNIUS584 | JEWISH CEMETERY IN VILNIUS - OVERVIEW AND UPDATE [...] (SBU) The newest front in Lithuania's struggle to come to terms with its troubled past is a Jewish cemetery that Russian Czars closed in 1830 and which they and the Soviets largely destroyed. The site, known as the Snipiskes cemetery, has attracted the fervent interest of the Committee for th [...] | 2006-06-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KNAR LH |
06VILNIUS591 | LITHUANIA RESPONSIVE TO TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our interlocutors here positively appraised the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and reftel points. The report,s recommendations have already inspired the GOL to implement measures to improve anti-trafficking efforts. The GOL is also working on a comprehensive strateg [...] | 2006-06-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG LH |
06VILNIUS606 | LITHUANIA HOPES FOR WTO AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ETRD ECON LH |
06VILNIUS610 | LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT NOMINATES DEFENSE MINISTER AS [...] (SBU) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus nominated acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister June 28. The parliament held hearings on the nomination June 29 and will vote on Kirkilas's candidacy as early as July 4. The Social Democrats and Conservatives appea [...] | 2006-06-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LH |
06VILNIUS620 | PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES KIRKILAS AS PRIME [...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament overwhelmingly approved Acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister on July 4. The Social Democrat must submit the government's program and his proposed cabinet to the parliament by July 19, but may do so sooner. Zigmantas Balcytis wi [...] | 2006-07-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LH |
06VILNIUS623 | PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER CONDEMN JEWISH CEMETERY VANDALISM [...] (U) Vandals tore down 22 monuments at a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius on June 24. President Valdas Adamkus, acting Prime Minister Zigmantas Balcytis, and Vilnius City mayor Arturas Zuokas publicly condemned the desecration and urged local law enforcement to find and punish the perpetrators. The [...] | 2006-07-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNAR PHUM PGOV LH |
06VILNIUS675 | LITHUANIA'S 14TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE AS [...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament approved Prime Minister- designate Gediminas Kirkilas's government program and cabinet July 18 by a vote of 59 to 49. Support came from the coalition of 53 MPs with additional support from three Labor members and three Homeland Union (conservative) members in the [...] | 2006-07-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR LH |
06VILNIUS682 | U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...] | 2006-07-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS AF LH |
06VILNIUS698 | RUSSIA DENIES VISAS TO LITHUANIAN STUDENTS WISHING TO HONOR [...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Vilnius denied visas on July 21 to members of a local youth organization that planned to visit the Siberian graves of Soviet-era Lithuanian deportees. The Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations (LiJOT) planned the expedition to the Krasnoyarsk region, where Sovi [...] | 2006-07-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM LH RU |
06VILNIUS739 | LITHUANIA SEEKING TO EXPAND SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) The GOL recently sponsored a pair of visits between Afghanistan and Lithuania aimed at shoring up support in both countries for its Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. Ghor's Governor and a delegation of Afghan parliamentarians came to Vilnius for meetings [...] | 2006-08-09 09:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LH AF |
06VILNIUS806 | LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF CHANGES TO EU DATA PROTECTION REGIME [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER LH |
06VILNIUS818 | LITHUANIAN DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY ON BALTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MOD Under Secretary Renatas Norkus gave the Ambassador areadout of the recent Baltic Defense Ministers' meeting and a sketch of his plans for his upcoming visit to Washington during a meeting September 1. The Baltic Defense Ministers agreed they would try to encourage NATO to [...] | 2006-09-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL AF LG EN LH |
06VILNIUS902 | LITHUANIA SEIZES GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE [...] (U) Local press reported September 28 that Lithuanian officials had seized 880 kg of U.S.-exported rice, part of a shipment that the EU identified as containing genetically modified (GM) rice. This shipment arrived in Belgium and was then broken up and sent to other EU countries, including Lit [...] | 2006-09-28 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON LH |
06VILNIUS988 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 05-1007717: HELISOTA AND [...] (U) This report contains business-sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) We visited the premises of Helisota Ltd. on October 16 and met with the company's Director General (Josif Legenzov),Production Manager (Vaclovas Kliunka),Director of International Sales (Anatoli [...] | 2006-11-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC LH UK EZ |
06WARSAW107 | POLAND: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Warsaw on November 29 and 30, 2005 to discuss the USG position on genetically modified organisms (GMO's),with GOP officials, members of the academic community, and the media. While the current GOP and much [...] | 2006-01-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ETRD EAGR KSCA ECIN PL |
06WARSAW1142 | SENIOR DOS AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH ADVISOR SPIRNAK'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Madelyn Spirnak, State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, attended meetings in Warsaw on May 22 and 23, and in Krakow on May 24, 2006. Her visit came at a crucial time in the new GOP's legislative assault on agricultural biotechnology. In March the GOP [...] | 2006-06-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON EAGR ETRD PL |
06WARSAW1161 | POLAND'S ECOFUND: CRISIS OR MISUNDERSTANDING? [...] (SBU) Action request for State, EB/IFD/OMA and OES/ENV, paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Internal disputes at Ecofund discussed in Ref A have grown worse, threatening to disrupt the operations of the Fund. At the heart of the matter is the role that the Polish Treasury Ministry is play [...] | 2006-06-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV KSCA PL |
06WARSAW1171 | POLISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REFORM: CASTING OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Lech Kaczynski signed into law three bills that will liquidate Poland's existing Military Information Services (WSI) on September 30, 2006 in order to create two new services on October 1, 2006, the Military Intelligence Service (SWW) and the Military Counte [...] | 2006-06-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MCAP PGOV MARR PL |
06WARSAW1220 | U.S. MISSION - POLAND EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel guidance, both Embassy Warsaw and Consulate General Krakow convened a joint meeting (via digital video conferencing) of core EAC members at both posts on June 20, 2006 to discuss security planning for the four official American Independence Day celebrations sponso [...] | 2006-06-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR KSAC PL |
06WARSAW1223 | POLAND: Health Ministry Moves Forward on Foreign [...] (SBU) According to a pharmaceutical LAWG group member, the Ministry of Health has published its ordinances for cutting official prices for imported pharmaceuticals by 13 percent. The ordinances were published in the Polish language Journal of Law no. 101, on 19 June 2006. The publication of [...] | 2006-06-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PL |
06WARSAW1529 | POLAND'S EURO ADOPTION A DISTANT PROSPECT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Poland has not yet set a target date for Eurozone entry even though it must eventually adopt the Euro. The Euro convergence issue, however, is being actively debated among economists and politicians in Poland. Bankers, as expected, support fast Euro adoption, while most [...] | 2006-07-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW1553 | POLISH MFA U/S KOMOROWSKI TO LEAD POLISH [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel, Acting PolCouns provided talking points on Lebanon force generation conference to MFA Americas Director Henryk Szlajfer. After consultation with MFA senior leadership, Szlajfer notified Acting PolCouns that MFA U/S Stanislaw Komorowski would lead the Polish delega [...] | 2006-07-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO LE PL |
06WARSAW1600 | POLISH ROADS: ROOT PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Poland's highway system remains practically non-existent. Though Prime Ministers Marcinkiewicz and Kaczynski have both made highway building centerpieces of their initial public addresses, systemic problems remain. Despite the availability of EU reimbursement funds, sources within the [...] | 2006-08-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN EU PL |
06WARSAW1632 | Poland: Frank Mermoud's Visit [...] (SBU) Frank Mermoud, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, visited Warsaw July 14 to urge the Polish government to change its position on the 13% reduction in reimbursement prices for imported drugs that became effective July  [...] | 2006-08-08 06:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PREL PL |
06WARSAW1679 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT PLAN TO CARVE CHANNEL ON POLISH [...] (U) Summary. Reftel describes the intermittent quarrels between the GOP and the Kaliningrad authorities and Moscow over ship access to the Baltisk Strait, which is the only point of entry into the Vistula Bay, and is located in Russian territory. As a result, the Polish city of Elblag and [...] | 2006-08-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT SENV PREL RS PL |
06WARSAW177 | POLISH GOVERNING PARTY SIGNS COOPERATION ACCORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party concluded a "stabilization pact" February 2 with opposition protest parties Self-Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR),committing the parties to cooperate on a detailed legislative agenda but stopping short of a form [...] | 2006-02-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW1796 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR - POLAND [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information regarding the Polish textile and apparel sector, all data from end-year 2005: Total production: in textiles 8.96 billion PLN (2.89 billion USD); in apparel 4.47 billion PLN (1.44 billion USD)(Note: revenues from activities w [...] | 2006-08-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PL |
06WARSAW2064 | POLAND: SECOND ROUND OF PRICE REDUCTIONS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution 2. (SBU) At a September 15 meeting, Piotr Blaszczyk, the Acting Director of the Drug Policy and Pharmacy Department of the Polish Ministry of Health, issued a second round of price cuts to 27 pharmaceutical companies. The price [...] | 2006-09-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PL |
06WARSAW2197 | DELIVERY OF TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
06WARSAW231 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER MELLER TO RESIGN [...] (SBU) Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller all but confirmed during a February 13 press conference that he intends to resign his post, citing frustration over his diminishing authority over Polish foreign policy. Meller denied press speculation that he might step down for health or family rea [...] | 2006-02-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
06WARSAW240 | Poland's Stabilization Pact - What it means for the [...] (SBU) On February 2, the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party signed a stabilization pact with two opposition parties - Self Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR). The pact includes a list of bills the parties agree to support, and a shorter list of those they will d [...] | 2006-02-15 10:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW2418 | POLAND FINALIZES GAS DEALS WITH ROSUKRENERGO AND [...] (U) Polish Oil and Gas Company PGNIG signed a contract with RosUkrEnergo for gas imports beginning January 1, 2007. The contract is for 2.5 BCM of gas per year for three years with the possibility of prolonging the deal for another two. The price is based on the price of oil derivative produc [...] | 2006-11-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PO RS UR |
06WARSAW2491 | POLISH ATTITUDES TOWARD INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHAN DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR EAID EUN SNAR PL |
06WARSAW2511 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...] | 2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK |
06WARSAW2564 | POLAND: AMBASSADOR'S INTRO CALL ON NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on new Minister of Construction, Andrzej Aumiller on December 7. During the meeting, Aumiller explained his hope to build 3 million housing units in Poland over the next eight year [...] | 2006-12-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PL |
06WARSAW2614 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Through various interviews with GOP officials, Post obtained the following responses to reftel questions on databases, watchlists, information sharing and biometrics. In response to reftel question, given the information below, Poland appears to be a valid partner for data shar [...] | 2006-12-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PL |
06WARSAW2653 | SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...] | 2006-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB PL |
06WARSAW2654 | SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...] | 2006-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB PL |
06WARSAW2655 | SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...] | 2006-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB PL |
06WARSAW280 | POLAND: Embassy Warsaw Special 301 Input [...] (SBU) Despite lingering problems in enforcement and, particularly, in judicial adjudication of optical disc (OD) piracy cases, there has been slow, but nonetheless steady, progress in Poland's handling of IPR violations, warranting maintenance of Poland's position on the Watch List. And while [...] | 2006-02-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PL |
06WARSAW308 | POLAND: Comment on Pharma's Special 301 Input [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG. 2. (SBU) Pharma's call for Priority Foreign Country (PFC) status for Poland is understandable. The industry has indeed faced many challenges in dealing with the Polish government prior to accession, and some of these issues [...] | 2006-02-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PL |
06WARSAW312 | POLAND DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Late Friday, February 24 the office of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz delivered a letter addressed to President Bush with an accompanying non-paper outlining Poland's proposed European Energy Security Treaty. An unofficial translation of the letter to President Bush is included [...] | 2006-02-24 17:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ENRG ECON EU PL NATO |
06WARSAW339 | POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...] | 2006-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
06WARSAW358 | POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...] | 2006-03-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
06WARSAW48 | POLISH PROTEST PARTIES FACE CHALLENGES IN BACKING [...] (SBU) Since coalition talks with Civic Platform (PO) fell apart in late October, the minority Law and Justice (PiS) government has relied on the support of two protest parties in parliament: Andrzej Lepper's populist, agrarian Self Defense (SO) and the extreme right-wing League of Polish Fami [...] | 2006-01-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW518 | IN FRUSTRATION, POLISH GOVERNING PARTY CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Declaring "no other way out" of Poland's ongoing political stalemate, governing Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski announced March 18 that his party will seek to dissolve parliament and hold new elections in May, prior to Pope Benedict XVI's scheduled visit to Poland at the [...] | 2006-03-20 16:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PL |
06WARSAW53 | POLISH BUDGET ROW HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNING PARTY'S [...] (SBU) Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) minority government set off an uproar January 11 among opposition parliamentary groups, including those supporting the government, when it backed off from scheduling a budget vote this weekend, reviving suspicions that PiS plans to use a budget delay to cal [...] | 2006-01-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PL |
06WARSAW633 | POLAND LOOKING INTO USG CONCERNS ON AARHUS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff discussed USG concerns about Aarhus Convention guidelines on public participation in international fora with Anna Grupinska, Director of the Department of the United Nations System and Global Affairs of th [...] | 2006-04-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA SENV XG ECE UNAUS |
06WARSAW7 | Poland's new Treasury Minister Resigns amid [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. On the evening of January 3, Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz accepted the resignation of Treasury Minister Andrzej Mikosz. Mikosz's resignation was forced by an article published in the daily "Rzeczpospolita" detailing a loan worth US $300,000 which Mikosz's wife gave to a [...] | 2006-01-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
06WARSAW792 | IAEA/HEU MINIMIZATION: POLAND CONCERNED OVER GTRI [...] (SBU) Summary. Polish National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) staff confirmed the GOP is concerned about the increasing costs associated with the GTRI project. PAA President Jerzy Niewodniczanski estimates that the provision of 25 fresh fuel elements will cost between USD 1.5 - 2 million, mone [...] | 2006-04-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY PL IAEA |
06WELLINGTON10 | PARLIAMENT'S COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING REDUCES [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the National Party's strong showing in New Zealand's September elections, the ruling Labour Party's MPs face far stronger opposition in Parliament's select committees, which review proposed legislation. There are signs that National is trying to make life espe [...] | 2006-01-08 18:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON1002 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Francisca Liem to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 20 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to chair the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) working group meeting in Auckland. 2. (U) Embassy understands t [...] | 2006-12-18 03:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON1003 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN VERVILLE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Jonathan Verville to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2006 - February 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, w [...] | 2006-12-18 20:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON1007 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI A/SC JORGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Acting Section Chief (A/SC) Jorge L. Martinez, Unit Chief (UC) Raymond T. Goergen, and Supervisory Special Agent (SSA),Cyber Division, to New Zealand February 27, 2007 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to atten [...] | 2006-12-19 21:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC FBI NZ XB XU AS |
06WELLINGTON1012 | NEW ZEALAND STAFFDEL COUNTRY CLEARANCE, ON OR ABOUT [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Senate Staff Member delegation visit to New Zealand from on/about January 1 through 12, 2007. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Allen Cutler, Mr. Goodloe Sutton, Ms. Augusta Wilson, Mr. Jeremy Weirich, Ms. Marg [...] | 2006-12-21 23:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON1022 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAULINO GARZA, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Paulino Garza to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2006 - February 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where [...] | 2006-12-29 01:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON1023 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAILEY + 8, JANUARY 9 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Biologists Larissa Bailey, Kenneth Burnham, William Kendall, Catherine Langtimm, James Nichols, Joel Schmutz, Theodore Simons, Computer Scientist James Hines, and Mathematical Statistician William Link to travel to Dunedin, New Zealan [...] | 2006-12-29 01:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON1024 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL CONROY, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Biologist Michael Conroy to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from January 8 - April 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Union for Bird Ringing 2007 Conference and then to stay as a collaborating visiting sc [...] | 2006-12-29 01:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON118 | UNESCO CONVENTION NOT THE SUBJECT OF ATTENTION IN NEW [...] (SBU) As far as Post can tell, the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression has, at this stage, not appeared on the legislative or media radar in New Zealand. There is no reference or record of the convention at all on the official legislative [...] | 2006-02-14 03:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO NZ |
06WELLINGTON12 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Mr. Mike Ringler, Professional Staff Member (PSM) House Appropriations Committee (HAC) to visit New Zealand from January 10 - 22, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Mike Ringler, Ms. Ann [...] | 2006-01-08 22:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ |
06WELLINGTON125 | ATTENDANCE AT THE APEC POLICY DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand will participate at the Vietnam meeting of the High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPD) and at MOP3 in Brazil. End Summary 2. (SBU) Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's APEC Senior Official, received U.S. Senior Official Michalak's letter (refte [...] | 2006-02-16 03:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EAGR ETTC SENV TBIO NZ APECO |
06WELLINGTON126 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHARLENE ANDRADE, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Charlene Andrade to travel to Dunedin, Invercargill, Stewart Island, and the Bluff Rakiuratiti Islands, New Zealand from March 15 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend project meetings [...] | 2006-02-16 03:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV TBIO NZ |
06WELLINGTON130 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD ZEPP, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Senior Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Development Richard ZEPP to travel to Alexandra and Hamilton, New Zealand from February 22 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give scientific presentatio [...] | 2006-02-21 02:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON136 | YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Post recommends that New Zealand remain off the Special 301 List. Although the government has been relatively slow in updating its intellectual property laws, it is moving in the right direction. Moreover, New Zealand in general already provides adequate and effective protection of int [...] | 2006-02-22 06:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON144 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAUREEN BLANCHARD, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret BLANCHARD - Program Manager/Analyst, Policy and Programs Division, Office of International Affairs, Customs, to travel to Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch New Zealand from March 3-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to a [...] | 2006-02-24 02:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
06WELLINGTON145 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAUREEN BLANCHARD, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret BLANCHARD - Program Manager/Analyst, Policy and Programs Division, Office of International Affairs, Customs, to travel to Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch New Zealand from March 3-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to a [...] | 2006-02-24 02:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
06WELLINGTON148 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAYE LEE, MARCH 9 - 11, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department China Desk Officer Kaye Lee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from March 9-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany EAP Senior Advisor James Keith to Halibut Group meetings. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...] | 2006-02-27 01:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON PREL CH NZ |
06WELLINGTON160 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2006 [...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Person report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 21. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. New Zealand has been a country of destination for internationally trafficked women in th [...] | 2006-03-01 03:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
06WELLINGTON168 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ ANN O'BRIEN, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Ann O'Brien, Department of Justice Antitrust Division Official to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 11 - April 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Commerce Commission of New Zealand's Investigation Review. [...] | 2006-03-02 04:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD KIPR NZ |
06WELLINGTON169 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE/KEITH THOMSON, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Affairs, Keith Thomson to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 6 - 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the New Zealand Customs Symposium and bilateral meetings w [...] | 2006-03-02 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ |
06WELLINGTON186 | NEW ZEALAND PREFERS NOT TO HOST MOU SIGNING [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Couns discussed the proposed RMAL signing ceremony with John Roseveare of New Zealand's Department of Labour (DoL). Roseveare said that although GNZ officials had originally proposed the signing ceremony take place during A/S Hill's visit, they now believe this would not be ide [...] | 2006-03-08 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PARM PTER NZ |
06WELLINGTON194 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN ANTHONY AND JOHN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attorneys Susan Anthony and John Rodriguez to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 24 - 31, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (IC [...] | 2006-03-10 03:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ETRD ECON KIPR NZ |
06WELLINGTON201 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK HOLLIDAY, NOAA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Holliday to travel to Auckland from March 13-14; Wellington from March 15-16 and March 19-20; and Christchurch from March 17-18. The purpose of this visit is to meet with NZ Government and industry representatives on implementation o [...] | 2006-03-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CS BEXP NZ |
06WELLINGTON207 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NATHAN G. MCDOWELL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nathan McDowell to travel to Christchurch and Rotorua, New Zealand, from March 24 to April 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with top scientist in New Zealand (and the world) on the subject of atmospheric carbon dioxid [...] | 2006-03-14 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG NZ |
06WELLINGTON208 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE SENE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Senior Policy Advisor Suzanne R. Sene and Senior Advisor Meredith Attwell to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from March 20 - April 1, 2006. The pu [...] | 2006-03-14 23:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON21 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Hydrologist Richard Alexander to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from February 1 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research ( [...] | 2006-01-10 22:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON22 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE MOLNIA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Bruce Molnia to travel to Twizel, New Zealand from February 3 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the workshop on Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) and present papers [...] | 2006-01-10 22:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON220 | POSSIBLE FUTURE LABOUR PARTY LEADER RESIGNS FROM CABINET [...] (SBU) New Zealand's political landscape has been shaken by the resignation from Cabinet of David Parker, a talented Labour MP viewed as a potential future party leader, only five months after he was first elevated from the backbenches. The resignation followed magazine allegations that Parker [...] | 2006-03-22 19:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON222 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD CALNAN AND NANCY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Chief International Program Unit Richard Calnan and International Program Specialist Nancy Zeigler to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from March 30-April 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and to participate in the 200 [...] | 2006-03-22 23:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON225 | NZ CANNOT SEND OFFICIAL TO ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM [...] (SBU) On March 23, Pol-Econ Counselor received a call from Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. McDonald said that regretfully, after much consideration she had decided that no one from MFAT would be able to attend the Singapore [...] | 2006-03-23 05:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL |
06WELLINGTON226 | A PUBLIC INDISCRETION RAISES QUESTIONS OF [...] (SBU) A new public attack by one Labour minister on another could be a sign of increasing internal division in Prime Minster Helen Clark's Government. A public display of dissent. --------------------------- 2. (SBU) That the Minister of State Dover Samuels broke ranks with a cabinet col [...] | 2006-03-23 19:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON254 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/NNTRAV JAMES THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Thomas to travel to Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand, from April 6 - 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and consult at the University of Canterbury Consortium and to meet with government funding agencies i [...] | 2006-04-03 22:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON268 | LABOUR'S NEW TALENT DEFICIT. [...] (SBU) Summary: After two full terms in power, PM Clark has failed to effectively rejuvenate her Labour Party's ranks. Labour's lack of recognizable next generation leadership could be a real handicap over the short to-medium term, especially as the opposition National Party has a number of cap [...] | 2006-04-10 19:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON293 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF OFFICIAL DR. JILLIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jillian Pate, NSF Program Director, Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, to travel to Auckland, Nelson, and Christchurch, New Zealand, from April 20 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Helicopters New Zea [...] | 2006-04-18 03:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON3 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Research Physicist Robert D. Evans to travel to Lauder Station, New Zealand from February 17 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to install the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometers at Lauder Station. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-01-04 01:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON311 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY J ANDERSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Penny Anderson, TSAR, to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand, from May 16 - 23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and familiarization visit to Auckland Airport. 2. (U) Embassy understands that support r [...] | 2006-04-25 22:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON326 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS ADAM [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adam Michael Shanedling and Suzanne Ventura, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from June 22-28, 2006, with a transit in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 28, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier [...] | 2006-04-28 00:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON344 | NEW ZEALAND TO ORDER LOCAL LOOP UNBUNDLING [...] (U) Summary: The New Zealand government announced May 3 that it would compel Telecom Corp., the country's former state monopoly, to open its fixed-line telephone service to competition. New Zealand has been one of only two OECD countries that had not mandated unbundling of the local loop. Th [...] | 2006-05-04 06:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD NZ |
06WELLINGTON35 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM SECOR, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Research Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, HHS William Secor to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 5 - 17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to work with Victoria University Assistant Professor Dr. Anne LaFlamme on the developmen [...] | 2006-01-12 19:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON354 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSAR PENNY ANDERSON TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Penny J. Anderson, TSAR Sydney, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and a familiarization visit to Rarotonga Airport. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of contact is Economi [...] | 2006-05-09 01:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON362 | NEW ZEALAND: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On May 9, Poloff conveyed reftel points to Wendy Edgar, Acting Manager, International Sector Policy Directorate, Ministry of Health; and Rebecca Lineham, Policy Officer, Americas Division, and Charles Kingston, Policy Officer, United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, Ministr [...] | 2006-05-10 05:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO NZ |
06WELLINGTON369 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 9, Poloff conveyed Ref A points to Wendy Edgar, Acting Manager, International Sector Policy Directorate, Ministry of Health (see Ref B). In Edgar's response May 12, she reported that GNZ's "stance on variola virus is largely consistent with the U.S. position. We will be support [...] | 2006-05-12 04:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO NZ |
06WELLINGTON372 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL MOHEIT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspectors Larry D. Moheit and Renato A. Lutz to travel to Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand from June 10 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a U.S. certified repair station. [...] | 2006-05-15 04:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ |
06WELLINGTON390 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN PAINTER TO GO TO THE COOK [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kevin Painter, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from May 18-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to testify as a witness for the government in the Adelita vs. Cook Islands Case. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of contact is [...] | 2006-05-22 05:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ |
06WELLINGTON394 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID P. WISEGARVER, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official David P. Wisegarver to travel to Tauranga, New Zealand from May 25 - June 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the CO2 project cruise aboard the R/V Cap Victor. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...] | 2006-05-24 03:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON396 | NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT UNVEILS CAUTIOUS BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand's Labour government maintained its image for tightfistedness by delivering a 2006-7 budget with an anticipated surplus and no tax relief. Most of the government's new spending will go to the health sector and road improvements and deliver on Labour's 2005 campaign p [...] | 2006-05-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NZ |
06WELLINGTON407 | NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel information with Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Paterson says that Dell Higgie, New Zealand's Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism and Director of MFAT's Security Policy Divi [...] | 2006-05-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM NZ |
06WELLINGTON42 | ACT PARTY'S DECLINE COULD SPELL NEAR-TERM END OF [...] (SBU) The expected resignation of the long-serving president of the ACT party could knock the center right out of New Zealand politics, at least over the short term. The president's recent statements suggesting her party should become a think tank instead illustrates the depths to which ACT h [...] | 2006-01-17 04:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON429 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JULIA POWELL, SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Physical Scientist Julia Powell to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 9-23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Transfer Standard Maintenance and Ap [...] | 2006-06-06 03:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON430 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LORI L. AQUILINO, JUNE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Lori L. Aquilino to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from June 23-24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to stay in Auckland overnight en route to Vanuatu. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only ass [...] | 2006-06-06 04:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ |
06WELLINGTON432 | ELECTION OF NEW GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER UNLIKELY TO HERALD [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly eight months after the death of co-leader Rod Donald, the Green Party has chosen Russel Norman as his replacement. Elected by delegates at the party's annual conference, Norman will share the leadership with Jeannette Fitzsimons, who was re-elected female co-leader for th [...] | 2006-06-06 23:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON445 | NEW ZEALAND EXPANDS ITS CHANCERY IN VANUATU FOR [...] (SBU) On June 7, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters opened new, larger offices for the New Zealand High Commission in Port Vila, Vanuatu. On June 8, Poloff spoke with New Zealand's High Commissioner to Vanuatu, Paul Willis, who said the Commission had leased one-and-half floors of n [...] | 2006-06-09 00:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON446 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN MCKEE, JULY 23-30, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Ecologist Karen McKee to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from July 23-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to continue research on mangrove forests. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requ [...] | 2006-06-09 04:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON450 | FIRST PROSECUTION FOR SEDITION IN NEW ZEALAND IN 75 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in nearly three quarters of a century, a New Zealander has been found guilty of sedition. Cases of sedition are extremely rare in New Zealand, with convictions rarer still. The exceptional nature of the charge has helped generated a good deal attention over whe [...] | 2006-06-12 23:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON457 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. KULKARNI, JULY 2 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ashok Kulkarni, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Health, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from July 2-5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present two seminars at the University of Otago. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...] | 2006-06-15 04:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON459 | NEW ZEALAND TAKING LOOK AT WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT [...] (U) Summary: Urged by members of the New Zealand business community, the New Zealand government has agreed to review its decision not to join the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. However, government officials expect the review to show that the government's costs of complying with the agre [...] | 2006-06-15 23:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON461 | NOMINATING REGIONAL IVP CANDIDATES IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) A recent sub-PCC in Washington explored ways to enhance USG work in the Pacific Islands. U.S. influence in the Pacific is greatly constrained by a lack of public diplomacy resources, including very limited exchange opportunities. U.S. policies on global terrorism, good governance, the d [...] | 2006-06-16 03:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ XV |
06WELLINGTON463 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY MULLINS, JULY 17 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientist Jerry Mullins to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 17 - 21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to discuss ongoing cooperative Antarctic research with the New Zealand Surveyor General, the New Zealand Geog [...] | 2006-06-18 22:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON465 | NEW ZEALAND TAX CHANGES WOULD END PREFERENCE FOR INVESTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see Paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The New Zealand government has proposed changing the tax treatment of overseas stock-market investments in an effort to protect small investors. The proposal effectively would maintain a tax preference for portfolio i [...] | 2006-06-19 21:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN NZ |
06WELLINGTON472 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DOYLE AND KEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Ecologists Thomas Doyle and Ken Krauss to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from July 16 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research to [...] | 2006-06-21 01:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON475 | INDUSTRY SEES HIGHER COSTS UNDER NEW ZEALAND-AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Proposed rules for a new Australian-New Zealand regulatory agency for therapeutic products will make it costlier for U.S. makers of medical devices and complementary medicines to operate in New Zealand, according to the manufacturers' representatives. They contend the pro [...] | 2006-06-21 23:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON NZ |
06WELLINGTON481 | NEW ZEALAND REVIEWING MEDICINES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Zealand government has launched a review of its long-term medicines strategy, aiming to identify ways to improve the drug-purchasing system that controls the range and price of most prescription medicines in the country. The review follows more than a year of escalatin [...] | 2006-06-22 23:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON NZ |
06WELLINGTON483 | SOME QUESTION NZ'S DEFENSE STRATEGIES IN LIGHT OF RECENT [...] (SBU) Embassy contacts have generally welcomed the defense spending increases in this year's budget. Some question, however, the general direction of New Zealand defense policy, and others remain concerned about what they say are continued problems with NZ Defense Force (NZDF) recruitment and [...] | 2006-06-26 00:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON484 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHERYL HALLAM, JULY 1-5, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Scientist Emeritus Cheryl Hallam to travel to Palmerston North, New Zealand from July 1 - 5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with collaborators to coordinate data and web service developments in digital g [...] | 2006-06-26 04:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON500 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JILLIAN PATE, JULY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Official Dr. Jillian Pate to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from July 16 - 21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend ANZES Post Award and Program Management Review Conference. 2. (U) Emba [...] | 2006-07-03 03:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY NSF NZ |
06WELLINGTON513 | DEATH OF MAORI INFANTS BRINGS DEBATE & DISCORD [...] (SBU) The brutal deaths of twin Maori babies who lived in a house with several benefit recipients has sparked nationwide debate over the actions of the family. It has also highlighted the growing problem of welfare dependency, drug and alcohol addiction and child neglect within the Maori commu [...] | 2006-07-07 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON533 | DEPARTING NZ MINISTER ASSUMES NEW TRADE ROLE [...] (SBU) Labour Cabinet Minister Jim Sutton has announced his retirement from politics to become a Trade Ambassador for New Zealand and Chair of Landcorp. His departure from Parliament will not alter the balance of power as he will be replaced by the next person on the Labour Party List, lawyer Ch [...] | 2006-07-11 22:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON534 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS MCGEE, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Thomas McGee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from August 4-12, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to have consultations on Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) Lidar. 2. (U) Embassy u [...] | 2006-07-12 03:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON535 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARRY HIRSHORN, JULY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 21-24 and July 30 - August 13. The purpose of this visit is to interact with and share on the handling and deriving of products from s [...] | 2006-07-12 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON539 | COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A FREE CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 00:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CU NZ |
06WELLINGTON547 | NEW ZEALAND: STATUS ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (U) Following is an update on the status of New Zealand's efforts regarding the HSPD-6 initiative: 2. (SBU) The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS),which is the lead agency for the HSPD-6 initiative in New Zealand, is continuing to review the draft agreement. Because the agre [...] | 2006-07-14 01:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON548 | EXTRADITION REQUEST DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-14 01:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC NZ |
06WELLINGTON551 | NEW ZEALAND MAY SEE BIGGER HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Higher oil and gas prices are spurring plans for new exploratory drilling in several hard-to-reach sites in New Zealand. The government - despite a preference for expanding renewable energy sources - has sweetened the pot for prospective drillers through reductions in royalties [...] | 2006-07-14 03:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON57 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BICE ESCORTED REMOVAL TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes ICE escorts Barry Miller and Michael Franchek to Auckland, New Zealand from March 2-3, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to transit New Zealand to escort deportee Tominiko Masifilo, A079365804, to Tonga. 2. (U) Embassy will arrange any in-briefing officials [...] | 2006-01-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
06WELLINGTON577 | DESPITE BAD POLLING, PARTY UNITES BEHIND BRASH, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Recent polling in New Zealand, which showed a continued decline in the number of New Zealanders who would prefer National Party leader Don Brash as Prime Minister, could have a profound affect on the party's ability to form the next government. The continual decline in Brash's personal po [...] | 2006-07-26 05:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON589 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD KROMER TO GO TO THE COOK [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Field Engineer Edward Kromer to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from August 19-24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform technical discussions regarding the installation of a global seismic network statio [...] | 2006-07-28 03:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA CW NZ |
06WELLINGTON590 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH MALONE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Officials Elizabeth L. Malone and James A. Edmonds to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 8-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Fourth Lead Author Meeting of the Intergovernmenta [...] | 2006-07-28 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG NZ |
06WELLINGTON591 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH LUMAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to HHS/CDC Epidemiologist Elizabeth Luman to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from September 2-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with an expert technical group to discuss strengthening childhood immunizations and to present "Vari [...] | 2006-07-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA RP NZ |
06WELLINGTON597 | NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND APEC SEMINAR ON [...] (SBU) On July 10, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Llewellyn Roberts, Pandemic Planning Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),and on July 19 to MFAT representatives with the Americas Division and the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, which is the div [...] | 2006-08-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO NZ |
06WELLINGTON603 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHELLE REYNOLDS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Wildlife Biologist Michelle Reynolds to travel to Invercargill, New Zealand from August 22 - September 6, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical assistance with data collection and p [...] | 2006-08-03 00:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON62 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HUA-LU PAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Official Hua-Lu Pan to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 12 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual meeting of the members of th [...] | 2006-01-25 02:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON623 | NEW ZEALAND ON AVIATION SECURITY, THE DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) On July 13, Post delivered ref A points to Chris Ford, Manager Security, Civilian Aviation Authority of New Zealand, and Megan Beecroft and Nigel Mouat, Ministry of Transportation. On August 10, Ford told Post that GNZ concurs with the USG views expressed in ref A, saying that GNZ "does [...] | 2006-08-11 02:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC OPDC NZ |
06WELLINGTON625 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP DAS GLYN DAVIES, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Glyn Davies to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from August 17 - 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided m [...] | 2006-08-11 05:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA PREL AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON627 | MESSAGE FOR EAP DAS DAVIES FROM AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Kia ora! New Zealand officials are very enthusiastic about your upcoming visit, which they see as the latest sign of our improving bilateral communication and cooperation. The officials plan to update you on New Zealand's activities in the Pacific and beyond. They also wish to contin [...] | 2006-08-13 19:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON629 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (U) On August 14, Acting DCM delivered reftel information to Darryl Dunn, Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Dunn said that GNZ welcomes the resolution and remains interested in participating in a UN force. Ministry of Defence [...] | 2006-08-14 03:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS NZ |
06WELLINGTON63 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN OBERG, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist Kevin Oberg to travel to Rotorua and Christchurch, New Zealand from February 24 - March 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide two training sessions on the use of hydroacoustic instruments in [...] | 2006-01-25 04:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON630 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRY MELTON, AUGUST 18, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Terry Melton to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 18, 2006 to February 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit Christchurch en route to Antarctica for annual deployment to serve as the NSF Station Mana [...] | 2006-08-14 03:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY NSF NZ |
06WELLINGTON632 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN T. CHAMNESS AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Personnel Kevin T. Chamness and David Michel Maynard to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from August 28 - September 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is meet with the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Coordination Group (ISP [...] | 2006-08-14 04:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ |
06WELLINGTON633 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY J. COUTTS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Timothy J. Coutts to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 26 - November 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform research at Canterbury University. 2. (U) Embassy understands that coun [...] | 2006-08-14 05:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ |
06WELLINGTON652 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSTANTINOS TSOURIS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Constantinos (Costas) Tsouris to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 24 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to co-chair a conference and present a paper entitled "Electrosorption of Ions fr [...] | 2006-08-21 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG NZ |
06WELLINGTON669 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANP DIRECTOR C. STEVEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ANP Director C. Steven McGann and Economic Officer Alisa Wong to travel to New Zealand from September 9 - 14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with embassy and consulate staff and also New Zealand government officials. 2. ( [...] | 2006-08-28 03:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PGOV PREL AS FJ NZ |
06WELLINGTON670 | NEW ZEALAND RE-THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: While many Kiwis view the United States and Australia as the big bad wolves of global climate change, NZ officials are quietly turning the country's policies away from the Kyoto Agreement and towards longer-term energy and climate change strategies. The officials are motivated by [...] | 2006-08-28 03:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NZ XV |
06WELLINGTON680 | EMBASSY WELLINGTON PARTICIPATION IN 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] (U) Embassy Wellington would like to designate Political-Economic Counselor Katherine B. Hadda to participate in the 2006 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference to be held in Brussels from October 4-6, 2006. 2. (SBU) Details requested in reftel are as follows: Name: Katherine B. Hadda Title: Po [...] | 2006-08-30 04:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT MARR NATO PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON690 | SCANDALS APLENTY, BUT TALK OF LABOUR'S DEMISE IS [...] (SBU) Labour's recent political problems have been compounded by new accusations of election campaign spending abuse. Meanwhile, new evidence of inappropriate behavior by an already disgraced Labour MP may finally force Labour's leadership to kick him out of the party, impairing the Government' [...] | 2006-09-01 03:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON692 | NZ FONMIN PETERS WILL LIKELY ATTEND 5+5 GROUP AT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 05:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON693 | ACTION REQUEST: NZ QUESTION ON PSI PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) On August 30, post provided reftel list of PSI participants to Dell Higgie, Director for Security Policy at the Ministry or Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and New Zealand's Ambassador for Counter-terrorism. On September 1, Ambassador Higgie's office phoned to ask why Papua New Guinea a [...] | 2006-09-01 05:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC NZ |
06WELLINGTON698 | NEW ZEALAND: NO ONE FROM CAPITAL TO ATTEND [...] (U) On August 24, Poloff delivered to Gerard van Bohemen, International Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) the Department's responses to Ref A questions. 2. (SBU) van Bohemen responded on August 31 that due to "pressure on travel budgets and other commitments, Wellin [...] | 2006-09-05 05:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KAWC NZ |
06WELLINGTON699 | NEW ZEALAND THOUGHTS ON UNGA FISHERIES RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: GNZ is developing its official policy on the UNGA fisheries resolution and bottom trawling but is likely to support our position. GNZ is concerned that the UNGA and Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMOs) mandates may clash. Working level GNZ officials will provide m [...] | 2006-09-05 05:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PHSA NZ |
06WELLINGTON7 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDAL KOSTER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Randal Koster to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Clivar Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WFSIP) panel [...] | 2006-01-05 23:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON701 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. DICKERSON AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau staff members David M. Dickerson and Dale C. Dickerson to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 14 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Third International Trade Statistics Conference. 2. [...] | 2006-09-06 02:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON724 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA OFFICIAL JEANETTE L. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Federal Security Director - Inspections Jeanette L. Bean to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 15-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in an International Civil Aviation Organization (I [...] | 2006-09-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR ASEC PTER KHLS NZ |
06WELLINGTON729 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TYLER COPLEN, OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Chemist Tyler Coplen to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from October 5-21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give a class on the use of the USGS laboratory information management system for light stable isotopes at the Un [...] | 2006-09-18 01:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON73 | NEW ZEALAND ON EU'S PLAN TO REQUIRE DEBARKING OF [...] (U) Post on November 21 delivered reftel points to the European Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and to the International Policy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF). In response, Meredith Stokdijk, acting director of MAF's International [...] | 2006-01-27 04:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU WTRO NZ |
06WELLINGTON735 | POLLS SHOWS BRASH SURVIVING SCANDAL, SO FAR. [...] (SBU) An alleged extramarital affair has not diminished National Party leader Don Brash's popularity with voters, according to a recent poll. Kiwis seem to be registering distaste that their MPs' private lives are being made public. But many analysts believe that Brash's handling of this incide [...] | 2006-09-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON736 | GNZ THINKING ON ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS, LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) GNZ officials welcome USG participation in and support for January events hosted by PM Clark to commemorate the International Polar year and the 50th anniversary of US-NZ cooperation in Antarctica. New Zealand may also host events in-country for official USG visitors, including those una [...] | 2006-09-19 19:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV OTRA NZ US |
06WELLINGTON737 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEN ANDRASKO AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Ken Andrasko and Francisco Delachesnaye to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: F [...] | 2006-09-19 22:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON753 | ROGUE NATIONAL MP IS SHOWN THE DOOR AFTER CAUCUS VOTE [...] (SBU) The leader of the National Party, Dr. Don Brash, has shocked the political establishment by announcing that outspoken National MP Brian Connell has been suspended from National's caucus after a secret ballot. At a caucus meeting two weeks ago, Connell challenged Brash over his alleged a [...] | 2006-09-26 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON756 | LABOUR LOSES SUPPORT AMID POISONOUS BODY POLITIC [...] (SBU) PM Helen Clark's withering attack on National Party leader Dr. Don Brash has sent National surging ahead in latest NZ political polls. Late last week, Clark called for a halt to smears on MPs' personal lives and, in the next sentence, called Brash "corrosive and cancerous". National claim [...] | 2006-09-27 00:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON771 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIAL STEVEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Economist Steven Rose to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report: Fourth Lead Author Meeting. 2. ( [...] | 2006-10-02 01:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON772 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. RONALD S. JARMIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau Staff Member Dr. Ronald S. Jarmin to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 3 - 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a peer review group at Statistics New Zealand. 2. (U) Embassy underst [...] | 2006-10-02 01:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AU NZ |
06WELLINGTON776 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT PIERCE, OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Scientist Robert Pierce to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 29 - November 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings and give presentations to Land Information New Zealand on building and managing a geosp [...] | 2006-10-04 22:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON789 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHELDON R. TIESZEN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs employee Sheldon R. Tieszen to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 13 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to represent Sandia [...] | 2006-10-10 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ |
06WELLINGTON790 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY LEE SEPULVADO, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Lee Sepulvado to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from October 22-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to facilitate CSID Project/Initiative handover to designated PPD Coordinator. 2. (U) Embassy understands that [...] | 2006-10-10 04:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON792 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROGER MORIN, NOVEMBER 2, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Geophysicist Roger Morin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, en route to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica from November 2, 2006 to January 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participat [...] | 2006-10-10 04:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON801 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY TIMOTHY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Adams, Under Secretary for International Affairs, Treasury Department, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 15 - 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Government Officials and business leader [...] | 2006-10-12 01:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON81 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAN WRIGHT, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy Official Ian G. Wright to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in a technical workshop on materials [...] | 2006-01-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON810 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MARTIN LEVIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to VA Medical Center Research Pharmacologist Robert Martin Levin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 19 - December 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present Department of Veterans' Affairs sponsored research at the Int [...] | 2006-10-16 21:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON821 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following U.S. Delegation members to APECTEL 34: Steven Olson, Anita Dey, Johindar Dhillon, Liesyl Franz, Ashley Heineman, George Tannahill, and Alan Vincent to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from October 22 - 28, 2006. The purpose [...] | 2006-10-19 03:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON825 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DAMOUR AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Officials Thomas Damour and William Henry to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from December 6-16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to represent the FAA at the joint FAA/CAA New Zealand MIP Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-10-23 20:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ |
06WELLINGTON830 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND WOODRUFF, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Supervisory Hydrologist Raymond Woodruff to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 12 - December 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where [...] | 2006-10-25 02:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON831 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE C. GARRETT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Personnel Bruce C. Garrett and Sotiris S. Xantheas to travel to Auckland, Christchurch, and Rotorua, New Zealand from on or about December 1-17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Confe [...] | 2006-10-25 02:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON833 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCES REID AND ALISA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to MCC Managing Director for Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Ms. Frances Reid, and EAP/ANP Desk Officer Ms. Alisa Wong to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 2-4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with multilateral and bi [...] | 2006-10-25 02:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EFIN EAID AS FJ NZ |
06WELLINGTON836 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICHOLE LEBOEUF, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Nichole Leboeuf to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 9-20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of the Parties for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. [...] | 2006-10-27 01:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON840 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TUHIN KIMAR CHAUDHURI, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Tuhin Kumar Chaudhuri, Ph.D. Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, to travel to Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand from November 9-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present scientific papers to the Universi [...] | 2006-10-30 03:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON842 | NZ WILL ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Post provided reftel demarche to Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On October 30, Ondine Godtschalk, Policy Officer in the Division, called Pol-Econ Couns to say that as in the past, New Zealand would absta [...] | 2006-10-30 03:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA NZ IS |
06WELLINGTON843 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AVM CONVENTION [...] (SBU) PE Couns shared reftel demarche on the 2006 Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference with Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). McDonald said that New Zealand is supportive of a strong, legally-binding p [...] | 2006-10-30 23:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON844 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PREJEAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geophysicist Stephanie Prejean to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 23 - December 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Active Fluid Flow and Deformation/New Zealand Plate Boundary Workshop and pr [...] | 2006-10-31 01:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ |
06WELLINGTON852 | APEC 2006 - NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Senior Official for APEC, Rupert Holborow told ECONOFF on November 1. Holborow stated that GNZ's number one priority was a successful conclusion to the Doha round and said APEC reforms are needed to keep the organiz [...] | 2006-11-01 20:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO NZ |
06WELLINGTON853 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD PETTIT, NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Johnson Space Center Official Donald Pettit to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 13, 2006 - January 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to Antarctica, where he will participate in th [...] | 2006-11-01 21:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON854 | NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) The following information is in response to reftel A. 2. (SBU) Embassy Wellington's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: David J. Keegan Deputy Chief of Mission Tel: 64-4-462-6101 Unclassified e-mail: KeeganDJ@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail: KeeganDJ@state.sgov [...] | 2006-11-02 01:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ |
06WELLINGTON867 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE BUDOWLE, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bruce Budowle, FBI Laboratory Division, to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from December 3 - 13, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present in meetings on microbial forensic and human identification hosted by the In [...] | 2006-11-03 01:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC NZ |
06WELLINGTON875 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL COMBERIATE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Officials Michael Comberiate and Kurt Rush to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 14, 2006 - January 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to Antarctica for t [...] | 2006-11-06 02:54:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON879 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD H. KARNEY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official Richard H. Karney to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 10-18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand officials to discuss Energystar and to attend and represent the U.S. on [...] | 2006-11-07 02:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG NZ |
06WELLINGTON88 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Director of the Office of International Affairs Andrea Corcoran to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 6 - 9, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend an International Organizatio [...] | 2006-02-02 03:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON882 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIM RIVERA, NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kim Rivera to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 12-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...] | 2006-11-08 22:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP CW NZ |
06WELLINGTON89 | NZ DISARMAMENT MINISTER SUPPORTS DECISION ON IRAN [...] (U) On February 1, New Zealand Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff issued a public statement in support of the IAEA extraordinary meeting decision to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council. Goff, who is also New Zealand's Defense Minister, highlighted the concern [...] | 2006-02-02 04:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV KNNP IR NZ |
06WELLINGTON891 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs officials Grant SANDER, Jeffrey BACH, Douglas BICKEL, Jeffrey BRADLEY, Martin THOMPSON, and alternates Timothy BIELEK, Philip KAHLE, Michael PEDRONCELLI, and Mich [...] | 2006-11-13 20:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ |
06WELLINGTON896 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRY LOWE, DECEMBER 8 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Official Terry C. Lowe to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from December 8 - 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper on fatigue of nanostructured metals and alloys at the Fourth International Conference on Advanced M [...] | 2006-11-14 23:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ |
06WELLINGTON901 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLORIA CARBAUGH, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Gloria Carbaugh to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand between November 21 and December 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where traveler will calibrate inst [...] | 2006-11-16 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AY NZ |
06WELLINGTON902 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNETH JONES, NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Langley Research Center Official Kenneth Jones to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from November 29 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Air New Zealand meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that cou [...] | 2006-11-16 03:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TSPA AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON909 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK SIROKY, NOVEMBER 22 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark B. Siroky, chief of Urology, VA Medical Center to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 22 - December 3, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society. 2. [...] | 2006-11-20 02:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WELLINGTON91 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BICE ESCORTED REMOVAL TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes ICE escorts Ruben Rocka and Manuel Paramo to Auckland, New Zealand from Feb 12-13, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to escort deportee Lauren Kiredeor Flint: A072998965. 2. (U) Embassy will arrange any in-briefing officials feel is necessary. 3. (SBU) E [...] | 2006-02-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
06WELLINGTON918 | U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21 New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) shared a draft copy of New Zealand's report to the UN Security Council detailing their implementation plan for UNSCR 1718 (repeated at para 2 below). GNZ lawyers continue to work on sanction regulations an [...] | 2006-11-21 20:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL NZ |
06WELLINGTON92 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROEL CAMPOS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Officers Roel Campos, Commissioner, Ethiopis Tafara, Director, and Scott Taub, Deputy Chief Accountant, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 6 - 9, 2006 (Campos and Tafara) and Februar [...] | 2006-02-02 22:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EFIN NZ |
06WELLINGTON927 | NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND STADIUM DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Aucklanders are locked in an emotional debate over where to build a stadium to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The debate has highlighted the divided nature of decision-making in New Zealand largest city, as well as Auckland's uneasy relationship with the rest of the country. [...] | 2006-11-24 02:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
06WELLINGTON959 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUGENE KESELMAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Official Eugene Keselman to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 5 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to support the [...] | 2006-12-03 23:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON96 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/ANP [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/ANP Director Howard Krawitz to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from February 8-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided hot [...] | 2006-02-07 04:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL FJ NZ |
06WELLINGTON979 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S.T. AUTREY, FEBRUARY 11 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official S.T. Autrey to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium and work in the laboratory with Dr. Mar [...] | 2006-12-13 02:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG NZ |
06WELLINGTON981 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JUSTIN GUAY, JANUARY 28 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to HHS/FDA Scientific Reviewer Justin Guay to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 28 - February 2, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to be the FDA liaison for the International Standards Organization Anesthesia and Respiratory [...] | 2006-12-13 02:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ |
06WELLINGTON982 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. LUCINDA LEE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation Official Dr. Lucinda Lee to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 18 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science. 2 [...] | 2006-12-13 02:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY NSF NZ |
06WELLINGTON983 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY KUVER AND TODD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Specialists Gregory Kuver and Todd Oleson to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from January 13-22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform airport visits and air carrier station se [...] | 2006-12-13 03:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER TC NZ |
06WELLINGTON984 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador to Venezuela William R. Brownfield and Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney to travel to Wanaka, New Zealand from December 26, 2006 - January 12, 2007. The purpose of this visit is personal travel. 2. (U) Embass [...] | 2006-12-13 03:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NZ |
06WINDHOEK79 | POHAMBA LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, President Hifikepunye Pohamba officially launched the Namibian Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). In his speech marking the event, Pohamba reiterated his distaste for corruption and urged the ACC to pursue all corrupt individuals "regardless of their status in s [...] | 2006-02-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON PHUM WA |
06YAOUNDE1840 | CAMEROON: EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON [...] (U) As expected (reftel),the President of the National Assembly issued an order December 13 convoking an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to begin December 14, immediately upon the conclusion of the regular session. According to the order, the National Assembly will consider fo [...] | 2006-12-14 09:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CM |
06YAOUNDE928 | CAMEROON HIT BY A SERIES OF STRIKES [...] (U) Cameroon has been hit by four strikes in the first two weeks of June, some of which are related. Employees of the national airline (CAMAIR),taxi drivers, Wackenhut security guards and university students have all walked out. While it is too soon to characterize this as a "wave," four i [...] | 2006-06-16 06:36:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB CM EAIR ASEC EFIN |
06YEREVAN104 | COALITION NOMINATES KOCHARIAN ADVISOR FOR OMBUDSMAN [...] (SBU) Armenia's governing coalition announced January 20 that it would nominate long-time Kocharian confidant Armen Harutyunyan as the country's next Ombudsman. Local NGOs were divided in their reactions to the announcement, but most told us that the nomination would have significant politica [...] | 2006-01-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN1046 | HUNGER-STRIKING CONVICTS ATTEMPT SUICIDE AFTER [...] (U) Four men serving life sentences at Yerevan's Nubarashen detention facility tried to slit their wrists after a failed escape attempt. The escape attempt followed a hunger strike undertaken by the prisoners in protest of the prison conditions. A task force from the human rights ombudsman's [...] | 2006-08-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN1056 | CIVAIR: GOAM CONSIDERING SECURITY [...] (SBU) On August 4, we delivered reftel points and draft agreement to Director General of Civil Aviation Artyom Movsesyan. We also sent a copy of the draft agreement with an accompanying diplomatic note to the MFA. Movsesyan told us that he felt such an agreement would be positive but that ot [...] | 2006-08-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA AM |
06YEREVAN1062 | BASE METALS LLC TO INVEST USD 20 MILLION IN NAGORNO [...] (U) Base Metals LLC., an Armenian-registered and Lichtenstein-based private company, announced plans to invest an additional USD 20 million in its copper and gold mining operations in the village of Drmbon in Nagorno Karabakh (NK). According to press reports, the company employs a majority of [...] | 2006-08-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV AM |
06YEREVAN1082 | OPPOSITION DEFECTOR MAKES IT OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Justice Bloc secretary Viktor Dallakian submitted his long-anticipated resignation from the bloc August 5. Dallakian told us earlier this year that he planned to accept business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan's offer to lead Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party (reftel). Dallakian has not yet [...] | 2006-08-09 03:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN1105 | REMITTANCES: ARMENIA'S SECOND-HAND DUTCH DISEASE? [...] (U) Local media are abuzz with conspiracy theories regarding the sharp appreciation of Armenia's currency, the Dram. The Dram exchange rate is up nearly 30 percent against the dollar since 2003, 7 percent in the first six months of 2006 alone. We believe the Armenian Central Bank (CBA)--as d [...] | 2006-08-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AM |
06YEREVAN1148 | JOURNALIST RETRACTS SOME ABUSE CHARGES...THE RIGHT ONES [...] (U) SUMMARY: A local journalist, Gagik Shamshian, beaten up in July (reftel) has retracted allegations that a local official's brother was involved. The retraction seems to have come under duress from local authorities, who have filed unrelated criminal charges against the journalist. END SUM [...] | 2006-08-23 12:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN1179 | PASSING THE BAR: ARMENIA'S LAWYERS SWEAT THROUGH A RITE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Last weekend, in a hot, somewhat dilapidated university gym, 309 aspiring Armenian attorneys sat for a legal rite of passage, the bar exam. Armenia has not offered a licensing exam for advocates in over five years and has one of the lowest percentages of lawyers per capita in the [...] | 2006-08-30 12:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AM |
06YEREVAN1230 | OPPOSITION "IRAVUNK" NEWSPAPER EDITOR ASSAULTED [...] (U) The editor-in-chief, Hovanes Galajyan, of the opposition-linked newspaper Iravunk (Law) was attacked by two "skinheads" outside his apartment the morning of September 6. He was knocked to the ground and beaten by the assailants, but not seriously injured. There were no weapons involved. [...] | 2006-09-08 03:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN1330 | ARMENIA'S SOVIET-STYLE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE A [...] (SBU) Armenia celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its independence on September 21 with an over-the-top Soviet-style display of military power in a long parade on Yerevan's Republic Square and a host of other events celebrating Armenia's development. Literally thousands of soldiers and c [...] | 2006-09-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV AM |
06YEREVAN1335 | ARMENIAN BRANDY: CHURCHILL'S FAVORITE FACES NEW THREATS [...] (U) Standing on one end of Yerevan's "drunken" bridge, the Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC) is Armenia's leading exporter of brandy/cognac; a signature Armenian product, famous throughout the former-Soviet world. The company exports approximately 90 percent of its product, 75 percent to Russia. W [...] | 2006-09-26 02:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL GG RS AM |
06YEREVAN1368 | ARMENIAN SURPRISE: PARLIAMENT BALKS AT [...] (SBU) Parliamentarians refused to rush a controversial government-proposed bill on media during an extraordinary session September 26 and 27. MPs were irritated both at the government's tactical high-handedness and at the draft's proposal to curtail broadcasts of parliament's activity. Media [...] | 2006-10-03 04:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN139 | ARMENIA CONVICTS MORE TRAFFICKERS [...] (SBU) On January 12 the first instance court of Kotayk Region sentenced Gayane Mirzoyan and Avetis Kiziriyan to four and a half years of prison under charges of Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The defendants worked for a notorious pimp in Dubai, Anahit Malkhasyan, who died in a car accident on [...] | 2006-01-31 12:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP HSTC |
06YEREVAN1419 | ARMENIA NARROWLY AVOIDS A MAJOR MISSTEP IN PROPOSED LEGAL [...] (SBU) A recent attempt by the Armenian Ministry of Justice to propose judicial reforms in the chaotic area of expert witnesses came perilously close to making a bad situation worse in criminal, civil, and administrative legal proceedings. During the week of September 11-15, 2006, representativ [...] | 2006-10-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS AM |
06YEREVAN1440 | ARMENIA'S SCORECARD DELIVERED WITH A WARNING ON [...] (SBU) On October 6, 2006, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and MCC Resident Country Director Alex Russin presented the MCC Indicator Scorecard on Armenia to Armenia's full MCA Governing Council, chaired by the Prime Minister. While we told the Council that Armenia had technically passed the criteria, [...] | 2006-10-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM KMCA AM |
06YEREVAN1450 | ARMENIA PUBLICY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DPRK [...] (SBU) In an October 12 meeting with acting MFA press spokesman Vladimir Karapetian, PAO and IO renewed our request (reftel demarche) that the Armenian MFA release an appropriate statement condemning North Korea's nuclear test. The following day, the MFA released a statement to local media, whic [...] | 2006-10-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KPAO KN AM |
06YEREVAN1457 | SETTLING SCORES ON THE STREET IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Oligarchs and thugs have taken to settling scores on the street in greater numbers in the last few months, and high-profile assassinations and murder attempts are on the rise in Armenia. Though the crimes do not appear to be related, and in most cases the motives are unclear, the increase i [...] | 2006-10-18 04:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN1467 | ARMENIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. AT ITU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS ITU ECON AM |
06YEREVAN1508 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) We inquired with Valery Mkrtumian, head of the MFA's International Organizations Department, about Armenia's plans to attend the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation workshop. Mkrtumian said it was possible Armenia would send a deputy minister, but that the decision had not yet been finali [...] | 2006-10-27 04:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AM |
06YEREVAN1509 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel summary to Karine Afrikian, head of the United States and Canada desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and asked for suggestions on possible projects to promote the empowerment of women. After the meeting and at Afrikian's request, we sent her an electronic versio [...] | 2006-10-27 04:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA |
06YEREVAN1512 | MEDIA REACTION TO A/S FRIED'S STATEMENTS ON FRENCH [...] (U) Armenian media broadly covered A/S Fried's October 20 remarks in Brussels on a bill approved by France's lower chamber of parliament that would criminalize denial of the "Armenian genocide." Major television stations and a number of newspapers and news agencies covered Fried's remarks, wit [...] | 2006-10-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC AM KMDR KPAO |
06YEREVAN1539 | TV STATIONS AIR AD CRITICIZING OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Orinats Yerkir Party has called for an official investigation into a television advertisement that it said unfairly denigrated the leader of its party, Artur Baghdasarian. According to the party, the advertisement is part of a "black PR" campaign that government o [...] | 2006-11-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON KPAO AM |
06YEREVAN1566 | ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO PSI AND UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian sent the embassy a reply to Under Secretary Joseph's letter (ref A) on PSI. Kirakossian reaffirmed Armenia's support for the PSI and the Statement of Interdiction Principles. He also commented on Armenia's record of non-proliferation cooperatio [...] | 2006-11-06 07:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ETTC AM |
06YEREVAN1587 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Valery Mkrtumyan, head of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Mkrtumyan said that Armenia has voted in favor of the Cuba Embargo Resolution in the past, and like [...] | 2006-11-08 14:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AM |
06YEREVAN1597 | ARMENIA'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Armenia has improved its record on four of the five interim assessment indicators provided to post by G/TIP. There have been no positive developments so far this year for the fifth indicator, "vigorously investigating and prosecuting officials for complicity in trafficking." However, we [...] | 2006-11-14 06:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HSTC KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG AM |
06YEREVAN1626 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KN AM |
06YEREVAN1644 | ARMENIAN ADVANCES WITH FMF AND IMET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After years of pushing against our refusal to allow use of Foreign Military Financing (FMF to purchase communications equipment for the entire Armenian army -- including units stationed on the border with Azerbaijan -- the Armenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has finally agreed to [...] | 2006-11-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM MASS MARR AM AJ |
06YEREVAN1688 | ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER PRESSES ALMOST STOP ROLLING [...] (U) Armenia's leading printing company announced on December 1 that it had run out of newsprint and would cease printing Armenian newspapers December 6. The company said it could no longer import paper due to Russia's closure of the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian border, as well as the [...] | 2006-12-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OPRC KPAO AM |
06YEREVAN1694 | ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Since Armenia's severe energy crisis in the early 1990s, energy security and independence have been critical priorities for the government of Armenia (GOAM). This cable, drawn primarily from conversations with representatives from the Armenian Ministry of Energy and USAID energy project [...] | 2006-12-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG AM |
06YEREVAN1700 | ARMENIA TV ARGUES ITS CASE [...] (SBU) MCC Country Director and PAO met with Armenia TV President Bagrat Sargsian and toured the company's facilities. Sargsian affirmed his belief in the TV channel's independence and promised to provide opposition candidates a platform to air their views in the lead-up to the May parliamenta [...] | 2006-12-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO KDEM AM |
06YEREVAN1704 | ARMENIA'S HEAD IN THE SAND ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) During a two-day conference on domestic violence in Yerevan, representatives of the police and the Prosecutor General's (PG) office variously denied the existence of the problem in Armenia, used flowery language to expound upon the strength of the Armenian family and vigorously opposed lo [...] | 2006-12-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN AM |
06YEREVAN1705 | ARMENIA'S PRESS REPORTS ON REFERENDUM IN "NKR" [...] (SBU) The Armenian media widely covered the constitutional referendum held December 10 in the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." According to preliminary results, the constitution passed by 98.6 percent, with an 87 percent voter turnout. Newspapers complained at the international community's refus [...] | 2006-12-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM AJ |
06YEREVAN1707 | WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REMAIN RARE IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) In 2006, the Armenian government tightened some of its legislation pertaining to child labor. While there is still no explicit law against the worst forms of child labor, at the end of 2005 the government adopted a list of occupations considered too hazardous for children. The Labor Cod [...] | 2006-12-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID AM |
06YEREVAN1716 | ARMENIA PROSECUTES FIRST LABOR TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (SBU) On December 12, a court in Gyumri ruled on the first-ever labor trafficking case in Armenia, sentencing the trafficker to five years of imprisonment and financial compensation for the victims. According to testimony, the victims had been trafficked to Russia to work construction near Alme [...] | 2006-12-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HSTC AM |
06YEREVAN1757 | THREE LIFE PRISONERS FREED BY ARMENIA'S HIGHEST COURT [...] (U) In a very surprising move, Armenia's highest court overturned the conviction and sentences of three defendants in a controversial murder case December 22. Soldiers Razmik Sargsian, Musa Serobian and Araik Zalian had been serving life sentences for the 2003 murder of two fellow servicemen i [...] | 2006-12-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN176 | THE REAL STORY BEHIND ARMENIA'S 7.7 PERCENT [...] (SBU) According to the Armenian National Statistical Service, official unemployment at the end of 2005 was 7.7 percent. The official statistic is based on the number of Armenians collecting unemployment benefits. Many international organizations estimate that the true rate is closer to 25 per [...] | 2006-02-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB AM |
06YEREVAN1764 | ARMENIA WILL COMPLY WITH UNSCR 1737, HOPES WE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-27 10:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC AM |
06YEREVAN1765 | ARMENIA: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Per ref A request, the following are the titles and contact information for the women we identified in ref C: - Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Hasmik Poghosyan, tel. (374-10) 529-349, 566-065; address: Government Building #3, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia. - Labor and Social [...] | 2006-12-27 10:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL |
06YEREVAN191 | ARMENIA SET TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 00:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM MARR AM |
06YEREVAN193 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL IS AM |
06YEREVAN208 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] (SBU) An eleven-member Avian Influenza (AI) Interagency Team including representatives from USAID, USDA, HHS/CDC, DoD and State, traveled in Yerevan from January 24-26. The team, or elements thereof, met with the Ministers of Agriculture, Health and Education, with representatives from interna [...] | 2006-02-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON PREL AM EAGR |
06YEREVAN214 | USG'S TIP REPORT: DRIVING ARMENIA'S ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) On February 9 the State Inter-Agency Anti- Trafficking Commission met to discuss GOAM efforts on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) throughout 2005 in advance of the submission of the USG annual TIP Report. Members of the Commission representing state bodies (Ministry of Justice, Mi [...] | 2006-02-13 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP HSTC |
06YEREVAN227 | FULL TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT ON N-K [...] (SBU) The National Assembly's Committee on Foreign Relations released its report on the March 29-30, 2005 hearings on the "Nagorno Karabakh Problem: Settlement Ways" (original in English). Although at this late date the report itself is not likely to inform Armenian public opinion, its relea [...] | 2006-02-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN246 | NA ELECTS HARUTYUNYAN OMBUDSMAN [...] (SBU) The National Assembly elected Armen Harutyunyan as Armenia's new Human Rights Ombudsman on February 17. As the president's candidate, his election was not in doubt, but the governing coalition and the president found they needed to expend more political capital than they had intended un [...] | 2006-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN254 | ARMENIA: COMMENTS FOR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Armenia remain off the Special 301 Watch List for 2006. Music and video piracy does exist in Armenia, but industry losses in the Armenian market are probably small. The government's decision to establish an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement U [...] | 2006-02-22 09:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR AM |
06YEREVAN255 | DEMOCRACY, MCA AND CORRUPTION FOCUS OF USATF [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Vardan Khachatryan and Ambassador Evans co-chaired the mid-term review session of the U.S.-Armenia Task Force on Economic Cooperation (USATF) February 17. The USG raised issues linked to the Action Plan of the September 2005 USATF meeting held in Washington and reque [...] | 2006-02-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV AM |
06YEREVAN258 | ORPHANED RADIOLOGICAL SOURCES IN ARMENIA: SEARCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian nuclear regulatory authorities are preparing to ship two high-intensity, orphaned radiological sources to Russia for secure storage. According to the director of the quasi-govermenta [...] | 2006-02-23 03:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EAID ENRG KNNP AM |
06YEREVAN267 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) On February 17, Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan created a commission to investigate allegations against his employees including the investigator of his Anti-Trafficking Unit, Aristakes Yeremyan (see paragraph 6). In a meeting with the DCM, Hovsepyan was notably upset about Armenia's [...] | 2006-02-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PREL AM KTIP HSTC |
06YEREVAN268 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE: USG SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Although there are still no reported cases of AI in Armenia, the government has begun to take steps to prepare. Motivation for the GOAM's new level of action has come not only from increasing AI reports from neighbors, but also from strong international community pressure, with the USG at [...] | 2006-02-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO ECON SENV AM |
06YEREVAN269 | ARMENIA ENJOYS FOUR YEARS OF DOUBLE-DIGIT [...] (SBU) For the fourth year in a row, Armenia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a double-digit rate according to National Statistical Service data. (Note: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has consistently praised the National Statistical Service for the quality of its data. End Note. [...] | 2006-02-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AM |
06YEREVAN315 | N-K: KOCHARIAN'S PRIME-TIME INTERVIEW [...] (SBU) In a rare, 45-minute television interview aired live on March 2, President Kocharian addressed Nagorno-Karabakh and OSCE-Minsk Group-led negotiations at Rambouillet in February. Looking fully at ease and in complete control of the scene, Kocharian answered questions from a carefully se [...] | 2006-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN33 | FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER GRANDSTANDING, [...] (SBU) Larisa Alaverdyan's tenure as Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) concluded January 5, under the terms of Armenia's newly amended constitution (reftel). On January 4, President Robert Kocharian created an ad hoc commission to oversee the HRD's administrative activities until Parl [...] | 2006-01-10 11:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN343 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THE THIRD MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO AM |
06YEREVAN354 | ARMENIA'S POVERTY RATE FALLS TO 34.6 [...] (SBU) According to the National Statistical Service (NSS),Armenia's poverty rate was 34.6 percent in 2004, down from 56.1 percent in 1998- 1999. The rate of extreme poverty in 2004 was 6.4 percent, down from 21 percent. These findings were based on an NSS survey supported by the World Bank [...] | 2006-03-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EAID PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN370 | YEREVAN AMBASSADORS ISSUE CALL FOR FREE, FAIR [...] (SBU) In the wake of the flawed referendum on constitutional changes held in Armenia last November, chiefs of mission accredited to Yerevan found themselves on the same page: almost all had cautiously endorsed the amendments, which were worked out in consultations with the Council of Europe's [...] | 2006-03-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN389 | SHIPMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL SOURCES: CORRECTING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC EAID ENRG KNNP RS AM |
06YEREVAN438 | ARMENIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ELECTION TO HUMAN [...] (SBU) On March 28, Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baiburtian convoked CDA to request U.S. support for Armenia's candidacy as a member of the UN's new Human Rights Council. In addition to presenting a formal note (text at para 4 below),DFM Baiburtian said that Armenia's strong performance for [...] | 2006-03-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AM UNGA |
06YEREVAN468 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTBT AM |
06YEREVAN481 | ARMENIAN MPS REJECT PUBLIC TV'S CALL TO END [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Artur Baghdasarian announced that NA leaders decided to reject calls by Chairman of Armenian Public TV and Public Radio Aleksan Harutiunian to abolish a law requiring Public TV to broadcast National Assembly sessions. Oppositi [...] | 2006-04-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OPRC AM KMDR KPAO |
06YEREVAN508 | ARMENIA RUNNING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--U.S. NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 08:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA AM |
06YEREVAN523 | ARMENIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN56 | TRAFFICKER SENTENCED IN FIRST CASE OF ARMENIA [...] (SBU) On January 8, the first instance court of Artashat sentenced Sos Meliksetyan, charged under the trafficking statute (Article 132) with aggravating circumstances (reftels),to two years of corrective labor. Under this verdict Meliksetyan, who exploited three women and a minor girl from U [...] | 2006-01-13 11:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP HSTC |
06YEREVAN566 | ARMENIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ON ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OSCE Ambassadors' group (reftel) met with Speaker Baghdasarian of the Armenian National Assembly for an extensive briefing and discussion of electoral law revisions that have been sent to OSCE/ODIHR and the Council of Europe's Venice Commission for expert review. The new e [...] | 2006-04-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN59 | ARMENIA TO FOLLOW CONSENSUS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC AM UNCND UN |
06YEREVAN623 | TURKISH FM GUL EXPRESSES HIS CONDOLENCES TO FM [...] (U) The MFA Press Service announced May 4 that FM Oskanian had received a letter of condolences from Turkish FM Abdullah Gul. While the information did not yet make the Armenian papers, wire services carried a brief notice about the letter, quoting FM Gul as having written, "It was with deep [...] | 2006-05-05 06:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM TU |
06YEREVAN628 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS AORC AM |
06YEREVAN629 | WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO AM |
06YEREVAN632 | ARMENIA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 05:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL PHUM IR AM |
06YEREVAN682 | ARMENIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH REMAINS STRONG [...] (SBU) Armenia's GDP grew by eight percent during the first quarter of 2006, continuing a trend of impressive, often double-digit, growth rates over the past few years. Construction remained the primary driver of growth, up 25.2 percent compared to the first quarter of 2005. Retail trade was [...] | 2006-05-18 07:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AM |
06YEREVAN691 | DASHNAKS PICK UP MINISTER OF EDUCATION SLOT [...] (SBU) Nationalist Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) party received a new cabinet portfolio after Speaker of the National Assembly Artur Baghdasaryan pulled his Orinats Yerkir (OY) party and its cabinet members from the ruling coalition on May 12 (reftel). On May 17, Pres [...] | 2006-05-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN696 | NA SPEAKER BAGDASARIAN FORMALLY RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN714 | FORMER ORINATS YERKIR DEPUTIES ESTABLISH NEW [...] (SBU) On May 25, ten (of eleven) National Assembly members who left outgoing Speaker Artur Baghdasarian's Orinats Yerkir (OY) Party Faction, created a new deputy group called Gortsarar (Entrepreneur). The members of Gortsarar elected Grigor Margaryan, the owner of "Bellagio" restaurants netwo [...] | 2006-05-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN721 | A1-PLUS FAILS YET AGAIN TO WIN FREQUENCY [...] (SBU) The independent television and media company A1-Plus failed to win a radio frequency in the latest of its recurrent attempts to resume broadcasts. The National Commission on Television and Radio (NCTR, a regulatory body appointed by President Robert Kocharian) rejected the A1-Plus appli [...] | 2006-05-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN747 | ARMENIA PARLIAMENT ELECTS NEW SPEAKER, NO [...] (SBU) On June 1, the Armenian Parliament elected Tigran Torosyan to the post of Speaker of the National Assembly, which became vacant on May 29 (reftel A). Torosyan, a member of Armenia's Republican Party and the former Deputy Speaker, was the only candidate. The vote was 94-1, with two ballo [...] | 2006-06-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AM |
06YEREVAN761 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) DCM presented reftel points and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report summary for Armenia to Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian and Valery Mkrtumyan, head of Armenia's interagency Anti-TIP Commission, during a June 5 meeting. Mkrtumyan said the Anti-TIP Commission would take ou [...] | 2006-06-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG AM |
06YEREVAN768 | FITCH RATES ARMENIA "BB-" WITH A STABLE [...] (SBU) On June 5, 2006, Fitch Ratings assigned Armenia foreign and local Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of "BB-" with a Stable Outlook. This is the first time Armenia has received a sovereign credit rating from an internationally-recognized rating company. Representatives from the Central Bank o [...] | 2006-06-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AM |
06YEREVAN807 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA SUPPORTS CHANGES [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Department's Human Rights and Humanitarian Division Chief Tigran Samvelian. Samvelian said the GOAM's position on the change to the statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is "very much in line" with [...] | 2006-06-14 09:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL ICRC IS AM |
06YEREVAN827 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA WILL NOT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Post contacted the MFA International Organizations Department's Human Rights and Humanitarian Division Chief Tigran Samvelian per ref A. Samvelian reaffirmed that the Armenian representatives who would attend the June 20-21 meeting did not plan to vote to adjourn (ref B). EVANS [...] | 2006-06-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ AM |
06YEREVAN830 | REBEL A1-PLUS MEDIA OUTLET MAY BE FORCED OUT OF [...] (SBU) Independent media outlet A1-Plus is being forced to vacate its offices, which may result in the shut-down of its website and newspaper. The Ministry of Territorial Administration has offered a new set of offices to the news outlet, whose television station was forced off the air in 2002 [...] | 2006-06-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OPRC KMDR KPAO AM |
06YEREVAN844 | ARMENIA WILL COMMENT ON USDA/APHIS PROCESS ON [...] (SBU) On June 16, 2006 Reftel we delivered talking points to Lilit Toutkhalian, Americas Departmental Head at MFA. Toutkhalian said she would forward to George Kocharyan, the official responsible for Agricultural portfolio in Armenian Embassy in Washington. 2. (SBU) During a separate meet [...] | 2006-06-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM EAGR ETRD USDA USTR |
06YEREVAN851 | N-K DFM BLAMES FIRES ON AZERI TRACER BULLETS AS [...] (SBU) A top "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) official has refuted Azeri allegations that the Armenian military is starting fires in Azerbaijani settlements bordering N-K. NKR "Deputy Foreign Minister" Masis Mayilian told the press some of the fires were natural occurrences, but that Azeri tra [...] | 2006-06-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN905 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA Department for Arms Control and International Security Counselor Vartuhi Asaturian on July 6. Asaturian said the GOAM also was concerned about the July 4-5 North Korean missile tests, and hoped for a peaceful solution to the situation. She said the GOA [...] | 2006-07-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KN PARM KNNP AM |
06YEREVAN910 | ARMENIA'S "LEAST COST" ENERGY FUTURE INCLUDES [...] (SBU) At a June 30 conference to plot out how Armenia's energy generation capability needs to change to match its projected demand, GOAM energy policy leaders and top USAID consultants presented persuasive arguments that Armenia must replace its aging nuclear power plant by 2015 with a new nuc [...] | 2006-07-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL KNNP AM |
06YEREVAN920 | GOAM OFFICIALS WORRY GEORGIA-RUSSIA BORDER [...] (U) The July 7 closing of the Kazbegi-Verkhniy Lars checkpoint (reftel) between Russia and Georgia is worrying GOAM officials. GOAM Prime Minister Andranik Margarian told reporters the closure will become a serious problem for Yerevan, particularly in the agricultural sector. End Summary. [...] | 2006-07-11 03:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN95 | KOCHARIAN ON TAX AND CUSTOMS: "A CASTE OF PARASITES..." [...] (U) Despite acknowledging limited improvements, President Kocharian strongly criticized the State Customs Committee and State Tax Service for failing to coordinate and for reported cases of corruption and smuggling which continued to undermine revenue collection during a working meeting with He [...] | 2006-01-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AM |
06YEREVAN952 | KOCHARIAN'S NEW COMMISSION ON ARMENIAN- [...] (U) Armenian President Robert Kocharian recently established a new Commission to better coordinate Armenia's collaboration with Europe. The high-ranking commission has been given two months to develop a timeline of "concrete activities" to fulfill Armenia's commitments to the Council of Europ [...] | 2006-07-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN959 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan July 17. Mkrtumyan said Armenia stands behind the USG in its efforts. "Our voting pattern has changed drastically in favor of the U.S. on this issue," he sai [...] | 2006-07-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
06YEREVAN960 | ARMENIA DRAMATICALLY INCREASES PENALTIES FOR [...] (SBU) Recent changes in Armenia's Criminal Code significantly increase penalties for trafficking in persons (TIP),making them commensurate with penalties for crimes such as rape. The Prosecutor General initiated the amendments, which took effect July 16. The changes attempt to distinguish be [...] | 2006-07-19 06:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HTSC AM |
06YEREVAN983 | ARMENIAN JOURNALISM REMAINS A DANGEROUS PROFESSION [...] (SBU) Two recent incidents, although they are unrelated, highlight the fact that journalists in Armenia are subject to intimidation. Journalist Edik Baghdasaryan reported receiving e-mail threats following the publication of an article on his web site about oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan's new poli [...] | 2006-07-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
06YEREVAN991 | DEFENSE MINISTER JOINS RULING REPUBLICAN, [...] (SBU) As expected (reftel) the leadership of the governing Republican Party finally secured the long-awaited membership of Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian, electing him to the post of chairman of the party's governing council during its extraordinary congress July 22. The party also e [...] | 2006-07-25 05:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
06YEREVAN998 | GOAM HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 61ST UNGA [...] (SBU) Post submits the following list of high-level GOAM attendees for the 61st UNGA per reftel instructions. MFA International Organizations Department Director Valery Mkrtumyan told us schedules remain tentative but that Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will head the GOAM delegation. Post [...] | 2006-07-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA AM |
06ZAGREB1016 | CROATIA POSITIVE TOWARD INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref demarche and Diplomatic Note to Ranko Vilovic at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department for the United Nations on August 25th, 2006. Vilovic noted that the Government of Croatia has not officially endorsed any candidate for re-election [...] | 2006-08-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA HR |
06ZAGREB1026 | SLOVENE BORDER: GOC PUSHING FOR ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the annual summer political rhetoric about Croatia-Slovenia border disputes is as predictable as the flood of tourists to the coast, this year GoC officials have increasingly indicated that international arbitration is the only solution they will accept. A mid [...] | 2006-08-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SI HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB1051 | KEEP CROATIA IN GSP [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post strongly supports the retention of Croatia's GSP eligibility and believes that there is a firm policy basis for such a decision. Among the factors we believe the Washington inter-agency should consider when reviewing Croatia's status are: supporting regional [...] | 2006-09-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD HR |
06ZAGREB1055 | GOC SKETCHES OUT RETURNEE HOUSING PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On 25 August the GOC approved a housing program for ethnic Serbs that provides for the construction of apartments for former tenancy rights holders (socialized housing) in non-war affected areas (outside the Areas of Special State Concern, or ASSC). The $500 million [...] | 2006-09-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ZAGREB1079 | ANNUAL SUMMER BORDER SPAT ENDS AMICABLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Croatian PM Sanader and Slovenian PM Jansa agreed September 2 to cooperate in a flood-control project on the banks of the Mura river, where uncertainty about precise border demarcation recently led to controversy. With both capitals returning to work after the summe [...] | 2006-09-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB1092 | NEW GAS PIPELINE ASSURES WINTER SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The completion of a major new gas pipeline linking Croatia's Adriatic gas fields to the mainland gas distribution system is a major step forward in bolstering the country's near-term energy security. When the pipeline comes on line at the end of the year, domestic gas productio [...] | 2006-09-13 06:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON HR |
06ZAGREB1109 | CROATIA HOSTS SEMINAR ON MULTINATIONAL UNITS [...] (U) Fourteen NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations are attending a 12-15 September seminar on multinational police units in international peacekeeping operations. The Croatian Armed Forces' Military Police Department is hosting the event, held in the coastal city of Split, to expan [...] | 2006-09-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |