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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09THEHAGUE148 | SITREP 5 ON TURKISH AIRLINES PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General continues to provide assistance to American citizens and family members. The Dutch government is discussing plans for a memorial service, but there are no confirmed details. The investigation at the crash site is to wrap up on March 3 when the plane will be m [...] | 2009-03-02 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE152 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-BARAKAAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN ETRD CA SO NL |
09THEHAGUE156 | Follow up on Turkish Airlines Plane Crash [...] (U) Post is not submitting regular sitreps on the situation surrounding the February 25 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight No. 1951, reporting instead on developments as needed. 2. (SBU) Summary: A memorial service, to be attended by the Charge and Consul General, will be held March 7 at Schip [...] | 2009-03-05 16:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE163 | Details on Investigation into Turkish Airlines Plane Crash [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Safety Board presented its preliminary findings into the cause of the February 25 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 at a March 4 press conference, pointing principally to a malfunctioning radio altimeter. At the request of the Dutch, Boeing issued a multi-operator [...] | 2009-03-06 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE177 | DUTCH VIEWS ON INCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION IN THE [...] (U) Summary: The GONL supports the EU's decision to include international aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2012. At the same time, the GONL would like to see the issue concurrently being addressed on a global scale, largely through the International Civil Aviation Organizati [...] | 2009-03-12 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL |
09THEHAGUE181 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 9-13, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met March 10 to prepare for a meeting of the WEOG representatives to the Executive Council (EC) requested by the Chair to discuss the selection process for a new Director-General (DG). Only two formal candidatures have been announced, Algeria [...] | 2009-03-16 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE197 | NETHERLANDS: UPDATE ON KEY AVIATION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government and KLM are both keen to learn the details of the new U.S. Administration's aviation policy, especially as it relates to the Second Stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations. The aviation tax, implemented in July 2008, continues to cause controversy and [...] | 2009-03-23 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL |
09THEHAGUE204 | NETHERLANDS: COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING EASTERN AND CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) supported the increase of EU's Balance of Payments facility to assist Central and Eastern European economies hit hard by the economic crisis. The GONL also favors doubling the size of IMF's New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and is willing [...] | 2009-03-25 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN PREL NL |
09THEHAGUE210 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 16-26, 2009 [...] (SBU) After Iraq's delivery of its initial declaration, Delreps met with the Iraqi Ambassador and delegate on March 17 to discuss preparation for Iraq's presentation at the April destruction informals and the importance of having Iraqi experts arrive in The Hague in advance of that meeting. [...] | 2009-03-27 08:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE244 | CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, APRIL 1-2, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two of the three Industry Cluster consultations at the OPCW on April 1-2 saw a continuation of discussions from the last Industry Cluster in February (ref A). Little progress was made on either Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations or enhancements to declarations of Other Chemical [...] | 2009-04-14 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE245 | CWC: URGENT LEGAL QUESTIONS ON U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Delreps met with OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, Director of Verification Horst Reeps, Chemical Demilitarization Branch Head Dominique Anelli and other TS [...] | 2009-04-14 17:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC IZ |
09THEHAGUE253 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR APRIL 6-17, 2009 [...] (SBU) Following the industry cluster consultations (Ref A),the Chairperson of the Executive Council (EC) held informal consultations on the status of preparations for EC-56 (reported in ref B). Informal consultations were also held on Article X Assistance and Protection on April 7, and on r [...] | 2009-04-17 18:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE261 | NETHERLANDS: RISK TO COALITION GOVERNMENT OVER JSF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
09THEHAGUE269 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: MAY 25 SEMINAR ON [...] (U) This message contains an action request; see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will host a multilateral seminar May 25 in The Hague titled: "Improving the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of UN Targeted Sanctions." The objective is to advance the i [...] | 2009-04-24 15:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER NL |
09THEHAGUE279 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: LOGISTICS SUPPORT PROPOSAL "TOO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-01 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MOPS SU NL |
09THEHAGUE288 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW 56TH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Executive Council (EC) 56 was characterized by a high interest in the search for a new Director-General (DG),an extensive agenda of routine business and increasingly obstructive behavior by the South African delegation. Iraq's presentation of its former chemical weapons (CW) program t [...] | 2009-05-06 17:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE307 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRIORITIES FOR MAY 2009 GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: The Dutch views on Russia, Iran, counter piracy, EU proceedings, Bosnia and development aid are described in the following paragraphs. The Dutch MFA reviewed its positions in a letter to parliament (ref A),and MFA officials Rochus Pronk and Cees Bansema briefed local [...] | 2009-05-18 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM EU IR RU NL |
09THEHAGUE310 | NETHERLANDS: DRIVING ON WITH NEW PAY-PER-KILOMETER ROAD [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government has delayed the first stage of its proposed road pricing system until 2012 at the earliest. This new system would replace fixed automobile taxes with a pay-per-kilometer system. Despite the delay, Parliament still looks poised to pass the new system into l [...] | 2009-05-20 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL |
09THEHAGUE313 | NETHERLANDS: REASSESSMENT OF DUTCH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite the economic crisis, the Netherlands continues to comply with the UN recommendation of spending 0.7 percent of GDP on official development assistance (ODA) with an additional 0.1 percent for other overseas projects. Faced with sharp criticism of Dutch aid policy's effectiv [...] | 2009-05-26 07:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EAID NL |
09THEHAGUE316 | NETHERLANDS: CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) is providing 18 million Euros (USD 24.5 million) of adaption-related development aid in 2009. The GONL wants to contribute more, but plans are hampered by a challenging budget environment. The Dutch are most amenable to collaborating wi [...] | 2009-05-27 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG NL |
09THEHAGUE317 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC NL |
09THEHAGUE333 | NETHERLANDS PRESSING FOR INVITATION TO PITTSBURGH [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is already pressing for confirmation that the Netherlands will be invited to the September 2009 G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. The Dutch know their perseverance paid off with invitations to [...] | 2009-06-05 11:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL NL |
09THEHAGUE338 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 16-17 GICNT VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (U) Welcome to The Hague. Your visit to The Hague can strengthen ties with a proven ally on many issues, especially on nonproliferation and counterterrorism. As co-chair of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),your focus will be on multi-lateral [...] | 2009-06-10 03:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL |
09THEHAGUE339 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UNDECIDED ON MYERS CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL |
09THEHAGUE352 | CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Over the past two weeks, the two main topics of discussion at the OPCW have been the search for a new Director General (DG) and recent news of the current U.S. chemical weapons destruction schedule. On the DG search, the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) heard presentations by three [...] | 2009-06-15 16:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE362 | CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, MAY 25-27, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two of the three Industry Cluster consultations at the OPCW on May 25-26 saw a continuation of discussions from the previous Industry Cluster consultations in February and April (refs A and B). Little progress was made on either Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations or enhancement [...] | 2009-06-22 16:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE368 | CWC: MEETINGS OF SENIOR U.S. EXPERTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between June 23 and 25, two senior-level U.S. experts visited The Hague to brief key stakeholders at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the U.S. program for destroying its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile (ref A),including projected operating sche [...] | 2009-06-25 17:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE371 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JUNE 15-22, 2009 [...] (SBU) As instructed in Ref A, U.S. Delreps met with Mohadeb Gheton of Libya on June 22 to deliver the U.S. non-paper detailing specific requests for greater transparency and information about Libya's conversion of its former Chemical Weapons Production Facility (CWPF) at Rabta and the destruc [...] | 2009-06-26 11:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE387 | NETHERLANDS/BIOTECH: DUTCH PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 and 23, Embassy officers met with representatives of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality and the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning to discuss the Dut [...] | 2009-07-02 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL NL |
09THEHAGUE402 | CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 19. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) As for the previous two Executive Councils (EC),the selection of the next Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( [...] | 2009-07-07 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE415 | CWC: OPCW'S PROPOSED INITIAL VISIT TO IRAQ AND [...] (U) This is an action message: see paras 10-12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will not send its advance team to visit Baghdad July 12-16, but will postpone this visit until the question of the team's security is clearl [...] | 2009-07-10 17:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PARM PREL KTIA CWC IZ |
09THEHAGUE421 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JULY 6-10, 2009 [...] (SBU) As will happen during the upcoming Executive Council (EC) session, discussions this week were dominated by the search for a new Director-General (DG). After additional consultations with a number of delegations, including with a small group of western and like- minded states in which h [...] | 2009-07-14 07:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE422 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JULY 6-10, 2009 [...] (SBU) As will happen during the upcoming Executive Council (EC) session, discussions this week were dominated by the search for a new Director-General (DG). After additional consultations with a number of delegations, including with a small group of western and like- minded states in which h [...] | 2009-07-14 07:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE437 | CWC: SUMMARY WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Led by its new Chairman, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco Tonda (Mexico),the 57th Executive Council (EC-57) ran smoothly, ended early, and moved forward its most important issue -- the selection process for a new Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapo [...] | 2009-07-20 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW |
09THEHAGUE44 | NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION NOT IMMINENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will not lead a European "nuclear renaissance." If Europe's commitment to nuclear power takes off, the Dutch will eventually follow. There is a growing consensus that the Netherlands cannot achieve its ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets w [...] | 2009-01-20 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO NL |
09THEHAGUE451 | CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15, [...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...] | 2009-07-24 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG |
09THEHAGUE452 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and on schedule, with a full day devoted to the presentations by the candidates for Director General (July 15) and major agreement in the Council by [...] | 2009-07-24 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE455 | CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW [...] (SBU) During the Executive Council, July 14-17, the U.S. delegation met bilaterally with the Chinese, Libyan, Japanese and French delegations to discuss a variety of issues. The Indian delegation convened a meeting of interested delegations to present its views on industry issues, and U.S. C [...] | 2009-07-27 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE485 | NETHERLANDS/UN 1267 SANCTIONS: DUTCH REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 09:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC NL |
09THEHAGUE498 | NETHERLANDS: ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL IS JO NL KWBG |
09THEHAGUE519 | NETHERLANDS: SOY ISSUE VEXES GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands is fully aware of recent findings of unapproved biotech corn dust in U.S. soy product shipments (ref A). The Agriculture Minister intends to raise the issue at the September 7 EU Ag Council meeting. The Dutch food/feed industry is a large consumer of soy product [...] | 2009-09-01 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO NL |
09THEHAGUE521 | REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, OCTOBER 8-9, THE [...] (SBU) The State Department's Office for the Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy (S/EEE) and Embassy The Hague will host an internal energy conference October 8-9. This training continues the tradition of similar events in Athens and Sofia in recent years. The objective is to provide energy offic [...] | 2009-09-02 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET OTRA NL |
09THEHAGUE53 | NETHERLANDS: ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EU'S CASPIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 15:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET NL EU |
09THEHAGUE537 | NETHERLANDS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN [...] The Dutch Foreign Ministry confirmed delegates to the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate are as follows: -- Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister -- Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Foreign Affairs -- Bert Koenders, Minister for Development Cooperation -- Jacquelin [...] | 2009-09-04 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA NL |
09THEHAGUE546 | NETHERLANDS: FEEDBACK ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several climate change issues are proving difficult to resolve within the EU, according to Dutch negotiators. For example, EU support for a 30 percent emission reduction by 2020 is "crumbling" and the debate over burden sharing of climate change costs is gathering steam. Our interloc [...] | 2009-09-11 07:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG NL |
09THEHAGUE547 | UPDATE ON NETHERLANDS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 14:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA NL |
09THEHAGUE549 | CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: There were meetings on September 8 of the two ongoing Industry Cluster consultations. The consultation on enhancements to declarations for other chemical production facilities (OCPFs),facilitated by South African Delegate Marthinus van Schalkwyk, was uneventful and made no progr [...] | 2009-09-11 17:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
09THEHAGUE564 | CWC: GUIDANCE REQUEST FOR CONTACT WITH THE [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 3. 2. (SBU) During the July session of the OPCW's Executive Council (EC),Delrep Granger was elected to chair consultations on financial matters (ref A). Also with the new leadership of the Executive Council that began in July, Iran, representing the [...] | 2009-09-17 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR OFDP PARM PREL OPCW |
09THEHAGUE596 | NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes you to The Hague to convene the 2009 Regional Energy Officers Conference. During your stay, you will also meet the Foreign Minister, Economic Affairs Minister, Royal Dutch Shell's Executive Director responsible for Russia/Central Asia, and address Dutch energy in [...] | 2009-10-02 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL NL |
09THEHAGUE597 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS FROM SEPTEMBER 21 TO [...] (SBU) In the run-up to the 58th Executive Council (EC-58),the frequency and number of meetings at the OPCW has increased. This cable covers the two weeks from September 21 to October 2 including the regular weekly meeting of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG); a range of budget co [...] | 2009-10-02 18:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
09THEHAGUE598 | NETHERLANDS: COURT ORDERS TOP BITTORRENT SITE MININOVA TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Dutch court has delivered another blow to BitTorrent web-sites operating in the Netherlands. The decision requires Mininova, reportedly the world's top BitTorrent site, to remove links to copyright material or face stiff fines. Dutch anti-piracy watchdog BREIN, which initiate [...] | 2009-10-05 07:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON KIPR NL |
09THEHAGUE604 | CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 58TH [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paras 16-18. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) While the selection of a new Director- General is consuming all the attention of delegates (ref A),the agenda for Executive Council 58 (EC- 58) [...] | 2009-10-06 18:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC OPCW CWC |
09THEHAGUE609 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CAUTIOUS REACTION TO NEW U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch reaction to the new U.S. Burma policy is cautious, noting that the United States should emphasize its continuing resolve to encourage reform in Burma. The Dutch would welcome further updates and clarifications. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On October 8, the Dutch MFA Burm [...] | 2009-10-09 17:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM NL |
09THEHAGUE627 | CWC: SCHEDULE 2A/2A* LOW CONCENTRATION LIMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the Canadian proposal (ref A) and the subsequent reinvigoration of discussions on Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations, a series of consultations were held in The Hague prior to and during the 58th session of the Executive Council (EC-58). While consensus emerged around [...] | 2009-10-21 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EIND OPCW CWC |
09THEHAGUE634 | CWC: U.S.-CHINA NOVEMBER CONSULTATIONS DISCUSSED [...] (SBU) Delreps met separately with members of the Chinese and Japanese delegations in an effort to seek further clarification on the scope of the scheduled visit to Beijing (November 4-7, 2009) for CWC bilateral consultations on implementation and compliance issues (refs A and B). In an effort [...] | 2009-10-23 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC CH JA |
09THEHAGUE642 | NETHERLANDS: COMMISSION MAINTAINS PRESSURE ON ABN [...] (SBU) Summary: Under pressure from the European Commission, the Government of the Netherlands (GONL) announced a deal October 20 in which ABN Amro will sell several business units to Deutsche Bank in order to allow its merger with Fortis to go through. However, the GONL and Commission remain [...] | 2009-10-26 13:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV NL |
09THEHAGUE659 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OCTOBER 19-30, 2009 [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 14. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Following the 58th Executive Council (refs A-F),no official meetings have yet been held. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met on October 20 and 27, with little discussion. Delreps met privatel [...] | 2009-10-30 17:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE670 | NETHERLANDS: BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY, RON [...] (SBU) Post has confirmed that Ron Smeele's company Applied Research Laboratory Europe (ARLE) is a bona fide broker/recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. Embassy officials conducted a site visit of ARLE in April 2008 as part of an application check. As reported ref B, the re [...] | 2009-11-04 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NL |
09THEHAGUE706 | CWC: ARTICLE X ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION WORKSHOP [...] (U) Delrep attended the Eleventh Annual Workshop on Coordination of Article X Assistance and Protection held November 1-3 in Doha, Qatar. The workshop was co-sponsored by the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) and the Qatari National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, Qatar's CWC Nationa [...] | 2009-11-20 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
09THEHAGUE730 | NETHERLANDS: SEEKING CLEAR 2010 ROADMAP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will work in Copenhagen to secure a pragmatic, operational agreement at COP-15 as proposed by Danish PM Rasmussen. But they are concerned the climate negotiations process will bog down after political momentum subsides in 2010. They also fear domestic backlash in Europe if [...] | 2009-12-04 17:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG NL |
09THEHAGUE734 | CWC: THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF OPCW NATIONAL [...] (U) The eleventh annual meeting of the National Authorities was held at the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague on 27-29 November 2009. As in previous meetings, this one focused on providing those National Authorities that are working o [...] | 2009-12-08 10:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE746 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (SBU) The 14th Conference of the States Parties (CSP) unanimously approved the appointment of Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey as the next Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),to begin his four-year term in July 2010. The Conference was [...] | 2009-12-11 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE757 | CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE OF [...] (U) This contains an action request: see para 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the 14th Conference of the States Parties (CSP) (ref A),the U.S. Delegation met bilaterally with the observer Israeli delegation, with the Indian delegation to discuss industry issues, and with the Alge [...] | 2009-12-18 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE78 | NETHERLANDS: RENEWING OUR STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Through high level visitors and expanded Mission outreach in 2009, we have perhaps the opportunity of a generation to re-invigorate our strategic partnership with the Dutch. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Need: The Dutch are one of our closest allies in Europe; we work together o [...] | 2009-02-03 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON NL |
09THEHAGUE79 | Iraq phantom haunts Dutch government [...] (SBU) Summary: Long resistant to calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the Dutch government's support for the U.S. intervention in Iraq, Prime Minister Balkenende surprisingly proposed the establishment of an independent investigation by a blue-ribbon panel on February 2. This will buy time [...] | 2009-02-03 16:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
09THEHAGUE87 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: PHILIPS NOT ACTIVE IN IRAN'S ENERGY [...] (U) This cable contains proprietary company information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to questions regarding its possible licensing of LNG technology to Iran, Royal Philips Electronics emphasized that it has no activities whatsoever in the LNG field, especiall [...] | 2009-02-09 10:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETTC ETRD PREL NL IR |
09THEHAGUE88 | CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) With few scheduled meetings the past few weeks, OPCW has been buzzing with corridor conversations on the aftermath of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP) in December and whether Iran will request a special session of the Conference, and on potential candidates for the office of Di [...] | 2009-02-09 15:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THEHAGUE99 | CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, FEBRUARY 10, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Discussions during the two Industry Cluster meetings on February 10 continued from those held in November 2008 (ref A) with little movement on the two issues on the agenda, enhancements to declarations for Other Chemical Production Facilities (OCPFs) and low concentrations for S [...] | 2009-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
09THESSALONIKI1 | NOTHERN NOTES DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Riots sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy in Athens damaged over 100 downtown Thessaloniki businesses, including a about 20 banks. Ref A.) Some businesses, including a Starbucks, a Benetton and several banks, were completely destroyed. Anarchists and other an [...] | 2009-01-08 10:44:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINT PGOV PREL PTER SMIG SOCI GR |
09THESSALONIKI16 | THESSALONIKI: NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2009 [...] (U) On March 9, the President of the Exporters Association of Northern Greece Vassilis Thomaidis stated that local businesses have implemented reduced work hours in order to avoid substantial lay-offs. On March 17, Alumil S.A. President Giorgos Milonas announced that employees in his company [...] | 2009-04-04 13:37:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU MK |
09THESSALONIKI18 | THESSALONIKI: BOMBS IN CHURCHES FAIL TO DETONATE BUT RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An anarchist group claimed responsibility for planting three explosive devices with timing mechanisms in two of Thessaloniki's most well-known churches on April 9. Tipped off by an anonymous caller, police found the devices before they had detonated. One of the devices caused [...] | 2009-04-10 17:45:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GR |
09THESSALONIKI23 | THESSALONIKI: SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES NEAR OLD JEWISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 1 visit to Thessaloniki, Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for the Office of Holocaust Issues, visited a subway construction site at the edge of the old Jewish cemetery that has attracted the attention of American and European Rabbis. The head of met [...] | 2009-04-16 05:52:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM GR |
09THESSALONIKI24 | THESSALONIKI: GREECE IMPLEMENTING PROMISED MEASURES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Greek Government continues to implement several measures it announced in February 2007 (Ref A) aimed at addressing concerns of the Turkophone Muslim minority in Thrace, northeastern Greece. While the GoG has made progress in hiring imams and cancelling taxes on Musli [...] | 2009-04-27 10:16:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI27 | NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) On April 1, the Thessaloniki Port Authority announced the cancellation of an earlier tender for the privatization of the port's Cargo Station. The decision followed weeks of deliberations on how to proceed, after the winning bidder Hutchison Whampoa withdrew its bid which was valued [...] | 2009-05-08 07:29:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI29 | NORTHERN NOTES MAY 2009 [...] (U) On May 05, local media reported that the port of Thessaloniki's international role is gradually diminishing. Media stated that in the first quarter of 2009, only 8% of the containers handled by the Cargo Station were in transit for other countries, compared to 19% the year before. How [...] | 2009-06-10 20:41:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR |
09THESSALONIKI30 | THESSALONIKI: STRENGTHENING BALKAN COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's fourth annual regional seminar on Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation, which focused this year on Cyber crime, confirmed strong regional interest in tackling Balkan transnational crime. Police and prosecutors from Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Gre [...] | 2009-06-30 15:35:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI31 | NORTHERN NOTES [...] (SBU)In the June Euro-parliament elections, the governing center-right New Democracy party suffered its biggest losses ever in the traditional stronghold of northern Greece, declining by more than 10% since the last Euro-elections of 2004. Commentators attributed the result to rising popularit [...] | 2009-07-02 12:42:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR |
09THESSALONIKI33 | THESSALONIKI: HOW NORTHERN GREECE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BALKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Location, history, infrastructure, economy and multi-ethnic character make northern Greece a natural engine and source of ideas for Balkan stability and prosperity. Unfortunately, inertia, corruption and lack of leadership have sometimes made Greek Macedonia seem like mo [...] | 2009-07-27 14:20:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI34 | NORTHERN NOTES - JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) On July 29, local media reported the arrest of a Greek Muslim on charges of espionage for Turkey. The arrested man, who comes from Thrace, was allegedly approached by two Turkish people who were unknown to him and asked to photograph Greek military installations alongside a series of [...] | 2009-08-05 06:02:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI36 | ANTI-TANK ROCKETS FOUND BURIED OUTSIDE THESSALONIKI [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, 02 September 2009 at 13:30 hours, eight U.S. anti-tank rockets were discovered buried in the mountains of Nea Vrasna in the Northern Greek prefecture of Thessaloniki by the Special Financial Investigation Service (YPEE) regional headquarters for Northern Greece. The rocket [...] | 2009-09-04 14:06:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC KCRM GR |
09THESSALONIKI40 | GREECE: THESSALONIKI TRADE FAIR DEMONSTRATIONS WELL MANAGED [...] (SBU) Details on demonstrations occurring around the opening of the 74th annual Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, historically known for anti-government mass protests, follow below. In general, the Fair was considered one of the most peaceful in recent memory, with violent demonstrations [...] | 2009-10-09 14:35:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV ECON GR |
09THESSALONIKI41 | NORTHERN NOTES - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Muslim Election Campaign Dynamics in Thrace o Poll Data on Importance of Macedonia Name Issue o Eastern Macedonia and Thrace SecGen Hosts Ifta [...] | 2009-10-15 09:19:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI45 | THRACE COURT REJECTS "TURKISH UNION OF XANTHI'S" APPEAL FOR [...] (U) On 30 September, the Appeals Court in Thrace rejected an application by local Muslim community organization "Turkish Union of Xanthi" to reverse earlier decisions by national courts prohibiting it from being recognized and registered under that name. The Union's appeal was based on a 27 M [...] | 2009-10-21 12:08:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI46 | BUS HIJACKING INTENATIONAL SEMINAR IN THESSALONIKI [...] (SBU) From September 28 through October 2, 2009 Greek police authorities conducted an international bus-jacking seminar at their new police training center in the northern Greece city of Veria (36 miles west of Thessaloniki.) The seminar was organized by the Greek police and was conducted for [...] | 2009-11-06 15:29:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC KCRM GR |
09THESSALONIKI47 | NORTHERN NOTES OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) Winner of this month's Greek national election PASOK (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement) made substantial gains in traditionally conservative Northern Greece, too. In Thrace, the two current Muslim MPs were re-elected with PASOK, while the decision by the far-right LAOS leader Georgios K [...] | 2009-11-06 16:13:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR |
09THESSALONIKI54 | NEW INTERIOR DEPMIN TO FOCUS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Interior DepMin Tzakri expects to be given national policy responsibility for integration of immigrants as well as regional responsibility for legal immigration, implementation of new decentralization initiatives, and general administration. Her role and duties will be def [...] | 2009-12-01 15:00:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG PINR PHUM CACS SOCI GR |
09THESSALONIKI55 | HOSTAGE SITUATION AT THESSALONIKI GERMAN SCHOOL RESOLVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02 December, a Greek national with imagined grievances against German authorities infiltrated the Thessaloniki German School while classes were in session armed with guns, explosives, and hand grenades. He held three school officials hostage demanding 10 million Euro ransom [...] | 2009-12-04 16:43:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER KCRM GR |
09THESSALONIKI57 | NORTHERN NOTES -- NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Local Reactions to New Opposition Leader Samaras o Papandreou Hosts Trilateral Environmental Meeting o Rainbow Party Opens Second Office o [...] | 2009-12-29 15:28:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU |
09THESSALONIKI8 | THESSALONIKI: HEAVY AMMUNITION FOUND IN JUNKYARD NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police and military officials report that two anti-tank missiles and five mortars found in an illegal landfill in Thrace, northern Greece on February 26 had been stolen from a northern Greek military storage facility installation on the border with Turkey in November 2008. [...] | 2009-03-02 14:16:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER GR |
09THESSALONIKI9 | NORTHERN NOTES - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) In Komotini, a Muslim woman challenged successfully a decision by the local mufti to give custody of two of her four children to her husband, reportedly an alcoholic suffering from psychological problems. On February 18, the Greek first instance Court of Rhodopi gave the woman custody [...] | 2009-03-05 15:35:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ODIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI GR TU |
09TIJUANA1116 | QUANTIFYING VIOLENCE: TIJUANA'S DRUG VIOLENCE AS REFLECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 19:31:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SOCI MX |
09TIJUANA1144 | RECENT SHOOTING INCIDENTS NEAR US CONGEN TIJUANA [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate General Tijuana's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) reports two recent incidents of shooting near the U.S. Consulate General (USCG). Mission personnel were not involved in the incidents, but they occurred within a few blocks of where Mission personnel work and live, [...] | 2009-11-13 17:23:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS MX CASC |
09TIJUANA1275 | WAR BETWEEN CARTELS FLARES WITH A VENGEANCE: SURGE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND CG COMMENT: The relative restraint that the two principal organized crime cartels struggling for control in Baja have shown for the past half-year was shattered this month by an apparent breakdown in the truce between "El Teo" and "El Ingeneiro". The renewed wave of gris [...] | 2009-12-17 23:59:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC |
09TIJUANA304 | EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - ARREST OF SIGIFREDO NAJERA [...] (SBU) On March 23, 2009, Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss potential impact relating to the arrest on Friday, March 20, 2009 in the Monterrey Mexico area of Subject, Sigifredo Najera Talamantes aka El Canicon. EAC participants included CONS/Acting CG, RSO, DEA, DHS- [...] | 2009-03-23 21:37:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KCRM PTER PINS SNAR MX |
09TIJUANA541 | EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS DETAINEE [...] (U) On May 18, 2009, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened to discuss Reftel regarding the U.S. position concerning unreleased detainee photographs, and Post's response to any potential local reaction. EAC participants included CG, CONS, RSO, DEA, DHS-ICE, MGT, PAO, CLO, and OB [...] | 2009-05-19 17:06:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER PINS MX |
09TIJUANA666 | EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS LOCAL [...] (U) On June 22, 2009, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened to discuss a crime incident involving the contract Local Guard Mobile Patrol, and Post's response to mitigate any potential vulnerability. Post's contract Local Guard Force Mobile Patrol (LGP)guards were Car-Jacked by th [...] | 2009-06-23 23:24:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PINS PTER MX |
09TIJUANA908 | EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS PLANNING [...] (SBU) On August 31, 2009, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss potential impact on Baja California, Mexico, of Hurricane Jimena and to discuss post's response to potential storm damage. EAC participants included CG, CON, CON/ASC, MGT, DEA, DHS-ICE, RSO, and PAO. 2. ( [...] | 2009-09-01 05:55:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR CASC AMGT MX PINS |
09TIRANA100 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV |
09TIRANA12 | Resurrecting the Communist Bogeyman [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha announced on January 7 a draft bill for the establishment of an anti-communism institute that would study the crimes of communism and educate the younger generation about the evils of that system. He also announced the erection of a massive obelisk in honor of the [...] | 2009-01-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AL |
09TIRANA145 | EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR JANUARY [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- None known. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD See paragraphs 4 and 5 below discussing equipment and training. 3. (SBU) MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD -- January 13: Maritime Advisor met with Mr. Rustim [...] | 2009-03-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA153 | ALBANIA: FINANCIAL CRISIS REACHES ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis is finally starting to affect Albania. Albanians have been withdrawing their deposits from banks, affecting banks' ability to buy domestic treasury bonds to help finance the deficit. The Ministry of Finance has gone to commercial banks seeking 300 m [...] | 2009-03-06 14:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA159 | IS ALBANIA'S ID CARD SYSTEM ON TRACK? [...] (SBU) With just over one hundred days to go until the June 28 parliamentary elections, attention is focused on the issuance of new Qards. Changes in the electoral code require voters to possess either a new ID card or a valid passport in order to vote. As of now, some 750,000 voters have no v [...] | 2009-03-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
09TIRANA16 | ALBANIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE RUSSIAN GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albania is somewhat insulated from the immediate effects of the Russian-Ukrainian gas spat since Albania imports no natural gas. However, rising fuel and energy costs in the region, primarily for electricity, could create problems for an economy largely untouched by the global [...] | 2009-01-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA17 | GOA ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE CRITICAL NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest move to muzzle critical voices, police forces have surrounded the offices of the small daily paper Tema and have prevented Tema's staff from entering the premises for the past four days, despite a Tirana court's January 6 ruling that Tema may remain in its offices. [...] | 2009-01-13 06:42:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
09TIRANA205 | GOA WELCOMES MORE U.S. PARTICIPATION IN UNHRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV AL |
09TIRANA216 | INTERAGENCY MARITIME OPERATIONS STILL STALLED [...] (U) Summary. To accomplish the Albanian Navy's dual role as Coast Guard, current Albanian law calls for the establishment of an Inter-Institutional Maritime Operations Center (IMOC) to coordinate maritime protection and law enforcement between the Ministries of Defense (MoD) and Interior (MoI) [...] | 2009-04-07 13:58:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA217 | ALBANIA WALKS A FINANCIAL TIGHTROPE [...] (SBU) According to sources in the Ministry of Finance, little has changed since reftel report on Albania's difficulties in securing a commercial loan to finance its USD 420 million budget deficit. The original plan was to finance about USD 100 million by selling domestic bonds and USD 320 mill [...] | 2009-04-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA23 | EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- None known. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD See paragraphs 4 and 5 below discussing equipment and training. 3. (SBU) MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD -- December 1: Maritime Advisor met with SGS instru [...] | 2009-01-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA243 | BECHTEL TO GOA: DON'T OPEN THE DURRES-KUKES ROAD IN JUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: (Note: Please close-hold names and references to Bechtel executives. End note.) Mike Adams, President of Bechtel Civil, and Synon Tara, President of Bechtel's partner Anka in the Durres-Kukes road construction project, called on Prime Minister Berisha on April 16 to tell him [...] | 2009-04-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA248 | ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO IMF AND WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA255 | Albania End Use Monitoring Report for CY 2008 [...] The following is Albania's submission for the CY 2008 End Use Monitoring (EUM) report, which provides information on the disposition and use of all INL-funded program support provided under the International Narcotics Control and Law enforcement Programs. This report is submitted according to [...] | 2009-04-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN KCRM AL |
09TIRANA259 | SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT ALBANIA'S FOURTH CELLULAR LICENSE [...] (SBU) Parliament on April 23 passed a law awarding Albania's fourth cellular license to the PTK consortium, consisting of Kosovo Post and Telecommunications and a group of Albanian businesses. The law bypassed Albania's tendering procedures and followed a decision by the Telecommunications Reg [...] | 2009-04-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV AL |
09TIRANA279 | ALBANIA MOVES CLOSER TO FINANCING ITS DEFICIT [...] (SBU) After two months of difficult negotiations, the GOA on May 5 signed a loan agreement with Alpha Bank and Deutsche Bank to syndicate a 250 million euro loan to finance a large part of its 2009 budget deficit (reftel). The agreement, required by Albanian law, spells out interest rates and [...] | 2009-05-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA285 | EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR FEBRUARY [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- Albania and Croatia became members of NATO on 4 April 2009. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD See paragraphs 4 and 5 below discussing equipment and training. 3. (SBU) MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD ALB [...] | 2009-05-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA295 | GERDEC LEAKS CAUSE POLITICAL CIRCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, the Supreme Court finally began hearing the Gerdec case against 27 defendants including former Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu and former Chief of Defense General Luan Hoxha. The court turned down the prosecution's request to remove three judges due to conflict of inter [...] | 2009-05-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KJUS PREL PGOV MASS AL |
09TIRANA3 | ASSA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM AL |
09TIRANA326 | EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR APRIL [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- Albania and Croatia became members of NATO on 4 April 2009. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD See paragraphs 4 and 5 below discussing equipment and training. 3. (SBU) MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD ALB [...] | 2009-05-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA339 | DP vs. SP - A Tale of Two Strategies [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign period now officially open, the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and opposition Socialist Party have deployed widely differing campaign strategies in order to get to 71 seats - the bare number necessary to secure a majority in the 140 seat parliament. The DP has [...] | 2009-06-04 14:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM AL |
09TIRANA342 | How to Finance an "Election Year" Budget [...] A recent IMF report underlines that Albania and Cyprus are expected to be the only countries in Europe that will show positive economic growth for the current year. Despite downgrading Albania's 2009 GDP growth rate to 0.4 percent from 3.5 percent in early January, the IMF still considers the [...] | 2009-06-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KDEM PREL AL |
09TIRANA346 | ALBANIA COULD LOSE OVERFLIGHT FEES [...] (SBU) According to General Electric, a Belgian court has awarded GE some portion of overflight fees Eurocontrol pays to Albania for providing air traffic control for high altitude flights crossing Albanian airspace. Albania receives roughly USD 20 million per year in overflight fees. 2. (S [...] | 2009-06-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAIR PGOV AL |
09TIRANA348 | ALBANIA: 2009 EXPROPRIATION REPORT [...] (U) All four (4) previous claims of United States persons against the Government of Albania (GOA) are considered extinguished. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 1939 c. Claimant and her family left Albania in 1939 when the Italian occupying government allegedly expropriated their home and adjoinin [...] | 2009-06-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV AL |
09TIRANA350 | Media Coverage of USG-Financed Poll Follows Partisan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As expected, media coverage of Sunday's release of a USAID-UK sponsored election poll broke heavily along partisan lines, with pro-GOA outlets touting the findings and pro-opposition outlets largely ignoring the poll altogether. (NOTE: The poll gives the ruling Democratic Par [...] | 2009-06-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KDEM PREL AL |
09TIRANA375 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) With only nine days to go until the parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Although the Democratic Party (DP) clearly has the advantage in terms of money and perception of strength, polls continue to show a near dead heat. A Zogby poll released on June 18 gives th [...] | 2009-06-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
09TIRANA408 | ALBANIA'S REMITTANCES [...] (SBU) Albania's economy and its domestic population of about 3.2 million rely on remittances from roughly one million Albanians working abroad. Although remittances have fallen from an estimated 947 million euro in 2007 to 800 million euro in 2008, there are signs the decline is abating and re [...] | 2009-06-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB AL |
09TIRANA409 | ALBANIA'S CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC BUDGET PICTURE [...] (SBU) While both government revenues and remittances from Albanians working abroad continue to drop, there are signs the rate of decline is slowing. According to the Central Bank, tax and customs revenues for the first five months of 2009 were at 94 percent of plan. However, revenue collectio [...] | 2009-06-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA417 | SUBJECT: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ELECTIONS? [...] (SBU) Summary: With only three days until the elections, the question of what happens afterwards is being discussed more frequently, and in some cases, with increasing concern. If no one party or coalition wins an outright majority of 71 seats on June 28, they will have two months to try and [...] | 2009-06-26 08:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM AL |
09TIRANA429 | EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR MAY 2009 [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- Albania and Croatia became members of NATO on 4 April 2009. -- Albanian Defense Minister Gazmend Oketa visited the Norfolk base for a ceremony to raise the Albanian flag after Albania's NATO membership at the Strasbourg/Kiel Sum [...] | 2009-06-30 14:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA440 | DP Declares Victory; Early Lessons from the Election [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At this point it is likely that Sali Berisha's Democratic Party (DP) coalition will emerge as the winner of the June 28. According to unofficial election results, the DP coalition has secured at least 70 seats, making the coalition the largest single coalition, and the Democrat [...] | 2009-07-06 05:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AL |
09TIRANA448 | ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary election results, giving Sali Berisha's Democratic Party coalition a 71-65 lead over the Socialist Party coalition in terms of seats won. The SP immediately cried foul, saying the CEC has no right to discuss [...] | 2009-07-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL AL |
09TIRANA452 | ALBANIA WALKS A FINANCIAL TIGHTROPE [...] (SBU) According to sources in the Ministry of Finance, little has changed since reftel report on Albania's difficulties in securing a commercial loan to finance its USD 420 million budget deficit. The original plan was to finance about USD 100 million by selling domestic bonds and USD 320 mill [...] | 2009-07-08 06:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
09TIRANA50 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] (U) An unusually high number of eyes were fixated on TV screens on Tuesday across Albania, expressing both emotion and anticipation as citizens from all walks of life tuned in to watch the inauguration of President Obama. Local stations all aired the ceremony live, and local bars and clubs wer [...] | 2009-01-26 06:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AL |
09TIRANA56 | SUPREME COURT RELEASES HUMAN TRAFFICKER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court recently overturned two suspected traffickers' convictions and a lower court's decision to confiscate their assets, believed to be worth several million euros. The Supreme Court ruled that since the victims were "cohabitating" with their traffickers (the traff [...] | 2009-01-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL IT AL |
09TIRANA567 | 16 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 VIRUS IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) Four new cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed on August 18, bringing the total number of reported cases in Albania to 16. Two of the 16 cases have been children. In a recent development, Albania has begun to treat suspected cases with Tamiflu. H1N1 symptoms have been relatively mild [...] | 2009-08-24 05:18:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CASC KFLU PINR PREL AL |
09TIRANA57 | Albanian Electricity Situation - Finally Improving [...] (U) Steady rains over the last few months, with more in the forecast, have allowed Albanian citizens and policy makers to breathe a sigh of relief. Memories of electricity blackouts are growing dimmer as reservoirs fill to capacity. For the first time in several years, Albania, almost complet [...] | 2009-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD ECON AL |
09TIRANA594 | EXBS ALBANIA REPORTING CABLE FOR JUNE AND JULY 2009 [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS --June 18: An inauguration event for the Joint Border Crossing Point (JBCP) of Muriqan/Sukobine at the Albania/Montenegro border was held. This is the first joint border crossing point in the Balkans. The inauguration event was atten [...] | 2009-09-02 13:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA633 | POST VISITS NOTORIOUS BURREL PRISON AND NEWER KORCA [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs traveled to two high-security, remote prisons in Burrel and Korca recently and had unfettered access to prison grounds and to the prisoners themselves. Overall, prison conditions appear to have improved significantly in recent years. The Directorate of Prisons has made a [...] | 2009-09-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN PREL AL |
09TIRANA690 | ALBANIA ARRESTS LOCAL IMAM FOR PROMOTING TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albanian authorities arrested a local imam, Artan Kristo AKA Muhammad Abdullah Al-Albani, on 12 October 2009, based on allegations that he had incited religious hatred and propagated terrorist acts. According to local press accounts, Kristo made appeals for terrorist acts on the [...] | 2009-10-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS KCRM KHLS KISL AL |
09TIRANA694 | EXBS ALBANIA REPORTING CABLE FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS --August: The results of the election were officially announced with the Democratic Party winning by a small margin. The new cabinet is as follows: Sali Berisha, Prime Minister; Ilir Meta, Deputy Prime Minister; Ilir Meta, Foreign Af [...] | 2009-10-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA699 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER AL |
09TIRANA714 | ALBANIA INCSR SUBMISSION FOR 2009 [...] Albania is a transit country for narcotics traffickers moving primarily Afghan heroin from Central Asia to destinations around Western Europe. In 2009, seizures of heroin increased but seizures of marijuana declined. Cannabis continues to be produced in the remote mountain regions of Albania fo [...] | 2009-11-05 05:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SOCI AL |
09TIRANA719 | Albanian Railways: Going Nowhere Slowly [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sali Berisha's recent statements on the need for a rail connection between Albania and Kosovo as well as Minister of Economy Dritan Prifti's comments to PolOff in support of the privatization of Albania's railroads seem to demonstrate a renewed interest in the coun [...] | 2009-11-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EINV AL |
09TIRANA728 | NEW GOVERNMENT INCREASES FOCUS ON DEMIL [...] (SBU) Summary. During his November 11-14 trip to Washington, Defense Minister Imami will share his government's recent impressive accomplishments in demilitarization. Prime Minister Berisha has accelerated the completion date for demilitarization from 2015 to 2013. Although likely unachievab [...] | 2009-11-12 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PREL AL |
09TIRANA730 | Embassy Concerns Over Albania's Consideration for MCC [...] (SBU) The November 9 release of the FY2010 Scorecard marked an important milestone for Albania, technically qualifying it as eligible for consideration for Compact Status. Most notable is the fact that for the first time, Albania scored slightly above the median in terms of "Control of Corrup [...] | 2009-11-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC AL |
09TIRANA731 | H1N1 Update - Albania [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 12 Albanian authorities reported a total of 57 verified cases of H1N1 in Albania, as well as an increase in the number of unspecified "respiratory illnesses" compared to this time last year. On November 10, the Albanian Public Health Institute announced that it has be [...] | 2009-11-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CASC KFLU PINR PREL AL |
09TIRANA742 | Albania: Weak Lek Makes Headlines [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent period of high volatility of the Albanian lek versus the euro has made headlines and shaken market confidence. The contributing factors are short-term and more psychological and speculative such as reactions to the Prime Minister's comments on adopting the euro. Long [...] | 2009-11-18 09:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ZL AL |
09TIRANA747 | H1N1 - GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES AN "ALMOST" PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Minister of Health Petrit Vasili held a press conference November 19 to declare that Albania is "on the edge of an epidemic spread of the H1N1 virus." He stated that "there is no reason to panic, but citizens should be careful and follow given instructions." Vasili stated that schools w [...] | 2009-11-19 16:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AL |
09TIRANA751 | SP Rally Ends, But Party Vows More to Come [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 48 hours of fiery speeches, traffic congestion and booming music, the opposition Socialist Party's latest protest rally ended on Sunday afternoon. The rally concluded without incident, free of provocations or violence as some had feared. The demonstration was lar [...] | 2009-11-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM AL |
09TIRANA768 | ALBANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PHUM UNGA AL |
09TIRANA788 | DOES ALBANIA NEED A NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL? [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortly after the March 2008 Gerdec tragedy, Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced his intention to create a National Security Council (NSC) to "coordinate the work of all agencies involved in security affairs." However, during the year and a half that followed, no action has b [...] | 2009-12-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PINS AL |
09TIRANA793 | ALBANIA: First Deaths Due to H1N1 [...] (SBU) Summary : Albania announced its firstH1N1 death of an otherwise "healthy" patient on December 13, bringing the total to four deaths in the past three weeks. Incidence rates for respiratory illness overall have hit ten year highs but have fallen short of epidemic status and have stabilize [...] | 2009-12-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KFLU AL |
09TIRANA803 | EXBS ALBANIA REPORTING CABLE FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS --None. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD See paragraphs 4 and 5 below discussing equipment and training. 3. (SBU) MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD --October 14-15: Maritime Advisor (MA) met with the State [...] | 2009-12-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
09TIRANA813 | The GOA's Overly Optimistic 2010 Budget [...] (SBU)Summary: Last month, Parliament approved the 2010 budget. The budget anticipates a growth rate of 6.5 percent (vs 2009 revised budget),revenue growth of 11 percent, a budget deficit of 3.9 percent of GDP and inflation stable at three percent. Even though Albania is one of the few countri [...] | 2009-12-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PRIL PGOV AL |
09TOKYO1004 | GOJ REQUESTS COPY OF U.S.-UAE BILATERAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, during a April 28 meeting with Econoff on other issues (septel),expressed interest in the status of the U.S.-UAE bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement. He explained [...] | 2009-04-30 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE JA |
09TOKYO1008 | MGSF01 APRIL 30 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Health Minister said Japan remains at pandemic alert level one and will increase the number of "fever clinics" within hospitals, bolster antiviral stocks, and accelerate vaccine production. The Health Ministry instru [...] | 2009-04-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO101 | TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PREL PGOV JA LE |
09TOKYO1019 | CHINESE INFO TECH ANNOUNCEMENT, JAPANESE REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Japanese media have reported extensively over the past week on China's proposed IT security disclosure requirements. While there is some relief China walked back from immediate implementation, Japanese industry remains concerned. Praising the effect of U.S.-Japan coordination to [...] | 2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINT ETRD ETTC JA KIPR TINT CH |
09TOKYO1020 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR STEPHEN W. [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 11-12, 2009, visit to Japan by S/R Stephen W. Bosworth, Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, NSC Asia Director Daniel R. Russel, and DPRK Desk Officer Amy Patel. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Kna [...] | 2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
09TOKYO1021 | JAPAN'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST ITS AILING AIRLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its "Support Package to Strengthen the Foundation of the Airline Industry" April 10, a set of initiatives to assist Japan's struggling airline sector. The support package does not require Diet approval [...] | 2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND ETRD WTRO EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1024 | MGSF01 May 1 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: A four-month-old baby arriving at Yokota Air Base May 1 tested positive for Type A influenza. The baby is in isolation together with the mother at Yokota Hospital and is undergoing further evaluation and treatment. The case is being evaluated for possible H1N1. Thirteen other [...] | 2009-05-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1029 | MGSF01 May 5 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed in Japan. A U.S. service member was under observation at Kansai International Airport May 5 after a passenger on the service member's flight showed flu symptoms. A Japanese woman who arrived from Los Angeles [...] | 2009-05-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1030 | MGSF01 May 5 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed in Japan. A U.S. service member was under observation at Kansai International Airport May 5 after a passenger on the service member's flight showed flu symptoms. A Japanese woman who arrived from Los Angeles [...] | 2009-05-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1031 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAURA ROSENBERGER [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 11-12, 2009, visit to Japan by Foreign Affairs Officer Laura Rosenberger. Ms. Rosenberger will be traveling with S/R Bosworth's delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Knapper. H [...] | 2009-05-07 01:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
09TOKYO1043 | MGSF01 May 7 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All previous reports of suspected H1N1 cases in Japan in the end have tested negative for the novel virus. The Japanese government is preparing for the possibility of the WHO raising its pandemic alert to Ph [...] | 2009-05-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1057 | MGSF01 May 8 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. The Chief Cabinet Secretary said the GOJ has no current plans to take additional steps should the WHO raise its pandemic alert level to Phase Six. A 6-year-old boy living in Chicago is the first Japanese cit [...] | 2009-05-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1072 | MGSF01 May 11 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All four were among a Japanese school group that arrived at Narita Airport on a flight May 8 from Detroit following a school trip to Canada; and are being treated in isolation at medical facilities near Nar [...] | 2009-05-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1086 | MGSF01 JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] This message contains an Action Request, please see para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. While no Americans were among the infected, four Americans who had been confined to their Kyoto hotel rooms because of their suspected pro [...] | 2009-05-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1105 | MEXT SUPPORTS GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle appropriately. 2. (SBU) The EST Chief delivered ref A points and the letter contained in ref B from Commerce Under Secretary Lubchenco to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Deputy Director-General Masaaki Tanaka Ma [...] | 2009-05-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR TSPA SENV JA |
09TOKYO1106 | OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS INDICT JAPAN POST CEO [...] (U) Twelve Diet members from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),the People's New Party (PNP),and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) submitted a third-party criminal indictment of Japan Post Holdings CEO Yoshifumi Nishikawa to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office May 15, a [...] | 2009-05-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1114 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD MICHAEL SCHIFFER AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 24-28 visit to Japan by DASD Schiffer and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...] | 2009-05-18 05:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO1121 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD REBECCA HERSMAN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 25-27 visit to Japan by DASD Hersman and Lieutenant Colonel Smith. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6 [...] | 2009-05-18 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO1125 | MGSF01 H1N1 OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 130 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. With the exception of four patients in quarantine near Narita Airport, all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the ma [...] | 2009-05-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1150 | MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 236 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. Nearly all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the majority of confirmed cases involve students and young adults, th [...] | 2009-05-20 22:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1159 | JAPAN'S CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) EST Chief met Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Senior Negotiator for Climate Change Yoshiko Kijima May 21 to discuss Japan's programs and funding for adaptation to climate change per reftel request. Kijima said the GOJ combines funding for adaptation and mitigation programs and does [...] | 2009-05-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG JA |
09TOKYO1161 | MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese authorities confirmed the first two cases of A H1N1 influenza in Tokyo and its neighbor city, Kawasaki (in Kanagawa Prefecture) the evening of May 20. Two students, who attend the same high school in Kawasaki, returned to the Tokyo area from New York May 19, and tested [...] | 2009-05-21 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO1192 | JAPAN OPPOSES PGA DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR UN [...] (SBU) Japan "totally agrees" with the U.S. opposition to the draft outcome document the President of the General Assembly (PGA) distributed in preparation for the U.N. Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Internation [...] | 2009-05-27 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA JA |
09TOKYO1194 | STAFFDEL SHELLY HAN VISIT TO JAPAN FROM 9-12 JUNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Ms. Shelly Han to Japan from June 9-12, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile phone: (81-80)1202-8406 Fax: [...] | 2009-05-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO1197 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OTTAWAY + 8 TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Ottaway, Leslie Maher, Richard Love, Samuel Howerton, Kenneth Cole, Bruce Bennett, Donald Romberger, Jonathan Newmark, and Douglas Lyons for their May 24-29 visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politica [...] | 2009-05-27 07:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO1205 | IS JAPAN READY TO DISCUSS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports suggesting Japan is willing to consider easing its requirements on testing of cattle for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) have raised speculation the GOJ might be prepared to engage the USG to lift remaining barriers to U.S. beef. Current BSE-related [...] | 2009-05-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL JA |
09TOKYO1218 | CLIMATE CHANGE: STAKEHOLDERS DIFFER ON JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Aso intends to announce Japan's midterm greenhouse gas reduction target by mid-June in order to use it at the G8 Summit/MEF and in the UNFCCC negotiations. There remain wide differences over the size of an appropriate target, however, among the various climate/e [...] | 2009-05-29 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA |
09TOKYO1238 | JAPAN TAKING WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO GM BANKRUPTCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japanese officials and auto industry representatives expressed concern at the announcement of General Motors' bankruptcy, but not alarm. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister Toshiro Nikai pledged unspecified financial support for Japanese small and medium- [...] | 2009-06-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD PREL WTRO JA |
09TOKYO1253 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Effective coordination among multiple agencies at Post, our five consulates general, and United States Forces Japan (USFJ) helped the Mission to prepare for the spread of H1N1 in Japan, inform official and non-official Americans in Japan of developments, and report to Washington [...] | 2009-06-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
09TOKYO1261 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary - Meeting June 2 with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Board of Governors discussed the possible economic policies of a DPJ-led government, Japan's economic situation, including how the current global recession has affected J [...] | 2009-06-05 07:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1266 | JAPAN'S PLANS FOR NSG PLENARY MEETING PRESENTATIONS [...] (SBU) Japan has no plans to give Iran-related presentations during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary Meeting in Budapest, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Science Department, Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato. Econoff [...] | 2009-06-05 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ETTC ENRG TRGY JA |
09TOKYO1302 | OKINAWA PRIVIDES LEADERSHIP ON INFORMATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Contains Proprietary Information. 2. (U) Summary: Okinawa's information technology (IT) sector is breaking some new ground and represents a key sector in the Prefecture's economy, as shown in emboff's recent visit. Prefectural officials reported on successe [...] | 2009-06-10 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON EINV TINT JA |
09TOKYO1306 | JAPAN'S SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET GIVES MORE TO S&T [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ's FY09 supplemental budget includes an additional JPY 1.35 trillion ($13.5 billion) for science and technology. The majority of these funds will go to the Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and He [...] | 2009-06-10 22:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO TRGY TNGD TSPA EAGR ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1319 | Japan Announces Midterm Greenhouse Gas Target [...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of internal GOJ discussion and input from various study groups, Prime Minister Aso announced June 10 that Japan will aim to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Looked at from a 1990 base year, the figures would equal an e [...] | 2009-06-11 21:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG ECON JA |
09TOKYO1327 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) Japan supports open discussions of fuel bank proposals at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting. Energy Attach and Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref June 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science and N [...] | 2009-06-12 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY PREL PUNE IAEA JA |
09TOKYO134 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 5TH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Econoff accompanied Dutch Embassy First Secretary (Political) Onny Jalink and Russian Embassy Second Secretary (Political) Andrey Savinov to meet with the MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy D [...] | 2009-01-22 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MNUC JA |
09TOKYO1345 | NIKKEI BREAKS 10,000 SUGGESTING THE ECONOMY HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: A spate of relatively positive economic news, both international and domestic, pushed the Nikkei 225 to close over the psychologically important 10,000 level on June 12. Some politicians and pundits argue the economy has "hit bottom" and will recover, albeit slowly, over the nex [...] | 2009-06-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL JA |
09TOKYO1353 | FCC COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN DISCUSSES BROADBAND, DIGITAL TV [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's focus since 2000 on infrastructure expansion as a national priority has yielded good results, with nearly all Japanese households now having access to broadband Internet, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Vice Minister Akira Terasaki told FCC Commissi [...] | 2009-06-16 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1378 | APEC FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) will not send officials to participate in the August 1-2 APEC Food Safety Risk Assessment Workshop in Singapore, according to MOFA Senior Coordinator for APEC Taisuk [...] | 2009-06-19 00:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON APECO |
09TOKYO1381 | CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON JA |
09TOKYO1386 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 24-26, 2009 visit to Japan by Under Secretary of Defense Michele A. Flournoy and her party. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 H [...] | 2009-06-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO1407 | THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative recently completed its eighth year of work on improving Japan's investment climate and contributing to economic growth in both countries. The Initiative can claim a number of successes. However, we may be able to engage Japan more effectiv [...] | 2009-06-23 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL JA |
09TOKYO1411 | NISSAN DISCUSSES U.S. AND GLOBAL AUTO INDUSTRY, [...] (SBU) Nissan Senior VP for External and Government Affairs Hitoshi Kawaguchi and International Affairs General Manager Takehiro Kasai met June 10 with EMIN and FCS Minister Counselor, the first such meeting between senior Nissan personnel and emboffs in a number of years. Kawaguchi opened st [...] | 2009-06-23 04:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV SENV KGHG JA |
09TOKYO1445 | POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN BLAIR ENGAGES JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing declining mail volume and decreased revenues, Japan Post Service needs to consider new ways to generate income, Japanese government officials told U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Dan Blair in meetings in Tokyo June 10-12. As it proceeds with the privatization [...] | 2009-06-26 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINT PGOV ECON BEXP JA |
09TOKYO1455 | JAPAN AIRLINES TO RECEIVE LOANS UNDER INDUSTRIAL [...] (U) Summary: Japanese press reports the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and three other financial institutions will provide Japan Airlines (JAL) a 100 billion yen (approximately $1 billion) loan facility under a GOJ program to assist companies adversely affected by the economic downturn (ref) [...] | 2009-06-26 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD WRTO JA |
09TOKYO1461 | STAFFDEL TRIVEDI'S JAPAN VISIT FROM JUNE 30-JULY [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the Japan visit of Mr. Atman Trivedi from June 30-July 5. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5373 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6968 Mobile phone: (81-80)5479-4214 Fax: [...] | 2009-06-29 05:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC OREP JA |
09TOKYO149 | FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH: PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post seeks approximately $13,600 in program funding for a U.S. speaker to participate in the "BioJapan2009" Trade Show October 15-17, 2009. This annual business-to-business event is expected to draw about 24,000 participants and includes "food security and biotechnology" as [...] | 2009-01-23 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JA |
09TOKYO1542 | MEGAPORTS: NEXT STEPS FOR JAPAN'S PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Megaports Initiative technical team met GOJ officials June 24-25 to review data sharing arrangements and to discuss proposed areas for technical cooperation areas. Both sides agreed to continue discussions in early October 2009 to address remaining issues. Japanese officials [...] | 2009-07-07 05:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD PREL JA |
09TOKYO156 | JAPAN RELEASES GLOOMY DECEMBER TRADE DATA [...] (U) Summary: Japan's trade surplus dropped 80 percent in 2008, according to trade data released January 22 by the Ministry of Finance. Both exports and imports fell sharply late in the year, with December exports down by 35 percent, year-on-year, and imports down by 21.5 percent. Japan ran a [...] | 2009-01-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA |
09TOKYO157 | EMINENT PERSONS' GROUP SUGGESTS A NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: An eminent persons' study group organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will report to Foreign Minister Nakasone January 23 on its work regarding a new economic dialogue between the U.S. and Japan. MOFA officials called in econoffs to say the group recommends the [...] | 2009-01-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR SENV EFIN PGOV EINV JA |
09TOKYO1589 | U.S.-JAPAN WORKSHOP PROMOTES COLLABORATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Tokyo, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and others hosted a workshop July 8 to promote better U.S.-Japan collaboration in cancer clinical trials. Nearly one hundred participants from academia, industry, government, and the media discussed how to strengthen capaciti [...] | 2009-07-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH ECON PGOV SOCI CASC JA |
09TOKYO1604 | JAPAN ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP MEMBERSHIP [...] Embass Tokyo delivered reftel non-paper 7 July to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. Japan agrees, in principle, with opening participation in Contact Group on Pir [...] | 2009-07-15 04:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA |
09TOKYO1631 | GOJ LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUED COOPERATION ON IRENA [...] (SBU) The GOJ looks forward to continuing its work with the USG to advance common positions in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),including pressing for a permanent seat on the IRENA Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Security Division officials Daigo Takeichi [...] | 2009-07-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV JA |
09TOKYO1639 | JAPANESE AUTO EXECUTIVES LOOK TO MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Honda and Nissan Executives see conditions improving in both auto and financial markets. Honda stresses the importance of being able to benefit now from past investments, especially in alternatives to the classic internal combustion engine investment and taking a long-term vie [...] | 2009-07-21 05:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND KGHG SENV ETRD JA |
09TOKYO1730 | APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials and U.S and Japanese [...] | 2009-07-29 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV PREL APECO JA |
09TOKYO174 | LAYOFFS GENERATE HEADLINES, LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Company layoffs in Japan have become a staple of recent daily newspaper and television reporting despite relatively low unemployment numbers, especially in comparison with other parts of the world. Expectations the markets will continue to deteriorate, a perception vulnerable groups bear [...] | 2009-01-26 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1741 | METI RELEASES STRATEGY TO LEVERAGE ODA, RESOURCE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan should augment its use of official development assistance (ODA) to secure supplies of strategically important rare metals, according to a strategy released July 28 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). In particular, the plan highlights a need for greater co [...] | 2009-07-30 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EAID PREL SENV JA |
09TOKYO1742 | THE DPJ ELECTION MANIFESTO: POTENTIAL NEW JAPANESE MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) released its election "manifesto" (platform) on July 27 intend to highlight the party's efforts to reform and revitalize the Japanese economy and its social safety net. The 55-point election manifesto includes no new economic or social safety [...] | 2009-07-30 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PGOV JA |
09TOKYO175 | JAPAN AIRLINES DISCUSSES CURRENT CIVAIR MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Airlines (JAL) is coping with the decrease in business travelers by focusing more on the market for leisure travel and maintaining its strategy of flying smaller aircraft with larger load factors, according to a JAL executive. The JAL Vice President for International Affai [...] | 2009-01-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PGOV JA |
09TOKYO176 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW INSURANCE PRODUCT BY [...] (SBU) The Government of Japan has not received an application from Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life Insurance for a new cancer insurance product, officials from the Office for the Promotion of Privatization of Postal Services (OPJP),the Financial Services Agency (FSA),and the Ministry of [...] | 2009-01-26 10:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO1894 | POST-LOWER HOUSE ELECTION MECHANICS [...] (SBU) Summary: Regardless of who emerges victorious in the August 30 election, the mechanics for forming a new government are determined by Japan's Constitution. These include calling a special session of the Diet to order and electing a new Prime Minister. With the Pittsburgh Summit and [...] | 2009-08-17 21:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
09TOKYO2024 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AUSTRALIA GROUP DOCUMENTS [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the non-papers contained in reftels to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Ms. Kaori Mita on August 27. Mita, the Division's officer responsible for Australia Group matters, said she would disseminate the [...] | 2009-09-02 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC JA |
09TOKYO2067 | PM-ELECT HATOYAMA ANNOUNCES STRICTER GREENHOUSE GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister-Elect Hatoyama, on September 7, called for a new target of reducing Japan's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25 percent by 2020, from 1990 levels. The goal is far more ambitious than the proposal put forth by former PM Aso in June and approximately double the p [...] | 2009-09-08 21:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA |
09TOKYO2108 | AMBASSADOR ROOS DISCUSSES BASING ISSUES WITH KANAGAWA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 7 courtesy call with Kanagawa Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa, the Ambassador said there would be no renegotiation of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),and stated the USG implements the higher of the U.S. or Japanese standards on environmental prot [...] | 2009-09-11 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MARR PGOV PREL JA |
09TOKYO2138 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Deputy Director Naoto Ito September 15th. Ito agreed with USG concerns about Middle East issues dominating the agenda, and said Japan's missi [...] | 2009-09-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS JA |
09TOKYO219 | GOJ TARGETS CLEAN ENERGY, RESOURCE SECURITY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOJ's FY09 energy budget proposal focuses on securing stable access to conventional energy resources while simultaneously pursuing energy efficiency and low-carbon alternatives. It should enable the GOJ to launch several policies developed in the run-up to the 2008 Toyako G8 [...] | 2009-01-29 09:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN SENV KGHG PGOV JA |
09TOKYO2207 | JAPAN'S COMMENTS ON INFORMAL CTBT MEETING [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the invitation contained reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Arms Control and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu September 22, concerning a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) informal meeting. Umetsu told econoff later in the day that MOFA [...] | 2009-09-22 07:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KTBT KNNP JA |
09TOKYO2223 | RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Post officers are unable to conduct a site visit, as the foreign consignee, Unitech Corporation, is located in Nagasaki Prefecture, approximately 600 miles from Tokyo. Alternatively, emboff spoke with Unitech Corporati [...] | 2009-09-23 05:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
09TOKYO2239 | RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Emboffs visited the premises of the foreign consignee, Mitsuhiro Corporation, and spoke with the firm's president, Kenzaburo Nagao, Managing Director Atsushi Kato, and Iyori Imamura and Takaaki Kato (identified below a [...] | 2009-09-24 23:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
09TOKYO2246 | INSURANCE: DPJ'S FIRST STEPS ON POSTAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led government appears likely to take several steps to halt, and in some cases reverse, the postal privatization process. Although no official statement has been made, by all accounts the government plans to pass a bill in the extraordinary [...] | 2009-09-25 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO231 | JAPAN TO LAUNCH MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE PILOT PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOJ recently announced it will commence a Megaports Initiative pilot project at the Port of Yokohama March 2. After five years of USG-GOJ discussions, and despite differences between the GOJ's particular implemen [...] | 2009-01-30 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO232 | METI COMMENTS ON JAPANESE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Japanese electronics manufacturers are expected to announce grim 3rd quarter financial results over the coming days. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) acknowledges the difficult conditions affecting this bellweather sector of Japan's economy, but is looking more at adju [...] | 2009-01-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD JA |
09TOKYO2342 | PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING HATOYAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ITS [...] (U) The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was swept into power in the Lower House election on August 30 by voters hungry for change after a half century of nearly unbroken rule by a Liberal Democratic Party, which the media judged ineffectual and out of touch with the people. On September 16, the [...] | 2009-10-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
09TOKYO2358 | APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials in the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2009-10-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL APECO JA |
09TOKYO2372 | JAPAN'S SOUS-SHERPA UNABLE TO ATTEND NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Japan's sous-Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Tsutomu Arai will be unable to attend the November sous-Sherpa meeting in Washington, but Japan will send a representative from its Embassy in Washington in order to contribute to the meeting. MOFA [...] | 2009-10-15 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PUNE ENRG KNNP JA |
09TOKYO2387 | JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF TRAVEL [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and members of his delegation for their October 20-21, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: [...] | 2009-10-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL JA |
09TOKYO2402 | SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHANGING THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Nuclear Energy Attach and econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Division Principle Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, Deputy Director Shouichi Nagayoshi, and Staffer Junko Horibe October 16. Referencing t [...] | 2009-10-19 03:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM PUNE TRGY JA |
09TOKYO2410 | U.S. BEEF: AGRICULTURE MINISTER VOICES CONCERNS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF) Hirotaka Akamatsu told the Ambassador October 14 that Japanese consumers will refrain from purchasing U.S. beef and beef products so long as food safety concerns remain. He cited the recent incident involving a U.S. meat packin [...] | 2009-10-20 03:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
09TOKYO2412 | JAPAN: NEW ADMINISTRATION TO SPUR CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Chairman Takeshima suggests that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is more friendly to the JFTC and antitrust policy than the outgoing Liberal Democratic Party, but how such influence may manifest itself is not yet fully apparent. As an indep [...] | 2009-10-20 04:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA |
09TOKYO2432 | GOJ BACKTRACKS ON POSTAL PRIVATIZATION, CHANGE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced plans to halt postal privatization and undo reforms undertaken by the Koizumi administration in 2007, following an October 20 cabinet decision. Notably, the GOJ intends to introduce legislation in the regular Diet session scheduled for January 2010 to abolis [...] | 2009-10-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO2433 | JAPAN: MINISTER FUKUSHIMA DISCUSSES HAGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety, Declining Birthrate, and Gender Equality Mizuho Fukushima discussed the Hague Convention and Okinawa in addition to her various portfolios during a courtesy call by Ambassador Roos on October 19. Fukushima explained that her ba [...] | 2009-10-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CASC ETRD EAGR PREL KOCI JP |
09TOKYO2438 | AMBASSADOR COURTESY CALL ON MIC MINISTER HARAGUCHI [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi told Ambassador Roos he sees an important role for information and communications technologies (ICT) to contribute to solving both domestic and global problems. He said he discussed prospective ex [...] | 2009-10-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT JA |
09TOKYO2456 | OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE EXPORTS OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The export of clean energy technology to Asia is a growing market at the nexus of Japan's industrial policy, overseas development goals, and energy security posture. To date four strategies have driven development and marketing of such technology, including: (1) ongoing economic [...] | 2009-10-25 21:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD SENV EAID PREL JA |
09TOKYO249 | JAPAN POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) As requested in ref, Econoff contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) regarding the appropriate points of contact for NPT-related matters February 2. Arms Control and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu confirmed his office has the lead for NPT matters, in coordin [...] | 2009-02-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT ENRG UNGA IAEA JA |
09TOKYO2499 | CHANGES COME WITH JAPAN POST HOLDINGS CO. BOARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister Jiro Saito was named president of Japan Post Holdings Co. at a, October 28 board meeting. Most of the former board members, who hail from the private sector, were forced to resign. The new board, which doubled in size to 18 memb [...] | 2009-10-29 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO2510 | JAPAN'S 2009 FREEDOM DEFENDER NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 00:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM JA |
09TOKYO2564 | MOMENTUM GATHERS BEHIND JAPAN'S ABOLITION OF FAIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japan Business Federation's (Keidanren) recent advocacy in support of abolishing the Japan Fair Trade Commission's (JFTC) internal appeals process adds to momentum gathering behind antitrust policy reform under the new government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. This call u [...] | 2009-11-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA |
09TOKYO2565 | AMBASSADOR MEETS TOP LABOR LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) wants the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government to focus on increasing employment and improving the social safety net, Rengos's newly elected President Nobuaki Koga told the Ambassador on November 6. Ambassador Roos and the [...] | 2009-11-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB JP |
09TOKYO2606 | AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: AUSTR DELANEY RAISES RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Government of Japan (GOJ) officials told Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia (AUSTR) Michael Delaney November 2 that Japan's development assistance strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan would in principle complement U.S.-proposed Reconstruction Opportunity Zo [...] | 2009-11-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EINV AF PK JA |
09TOKYO2621 | JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GATES + 2 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Mr. Kevin Gates, Mr. Doug Bush, and LT Brandon Hamilton to Japan on November 15-17, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mr. Rod Tanaka. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5420 Home phone: (81-3)3700-0570 Mobile phone: [...] | 2009-11-13 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA |
09TOKYO2681 | HONDURAS ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Noritsugu Takahashi on November 19. Takahashi said MOFA has not made a final decision on the assistance request. MOFA is curious whether or not th [...] | 2009-11-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM HO JA |
09TOKYO2708 | U/S HORMATS: KEIDANREN OFFICIALS WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) officials told Under Secretary of State Hormats the Japanese business community welcomes American "reengagement" in the region and, in particular, the U.S. commitment to APEC. They expressed concern, however, about the global management of [...] | 2009-11-25 02:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL KGHG JA |
09TOKYO2709 | JAPANESE DEPUTY PM KAN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC STRATEGY, [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Vice Minister Motohisa Furukawa discussed the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government's thinking on economic strategy and called for political-level bilateral dialogue on economic issues during a meeting with National Economic Council (NEC) Director [...] | 2009-11-25 04:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL EINV JA |
09TOKYO271 | JAPAN TO EXPAND EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE RARE METALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ is more than doubling its budget for rare metals exploration and acquisition in FY2009. Priorities include remote sensing activities in southern Africa, projects to stockpile and recycle rare metals from used equipment, and research to leverage advances in technology to [...] | 2009-02-04 22:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG PREL SENV JA XA |
09TOKYO2767 | VERIFICATION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' ACTIONS A [...] (SBU) A proposal by developing countries to exempt domestically-funded climate actions from measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) will be a red-line issue for Japan at upcoming UNFCCC climate negotiations in Copenhagen December 7-18, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indust [...] | 2009-12-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA |
09TOKYO2768 | JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...] | 2009-12-03 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA |
09TOKYO2775 | JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM, [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, and their delegation for their December 12-13, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Poli [...] | 2009-12-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT ASEC KNNP PREL CN JA KN KS RS |
09TOKYO279 | JAPAN THINKING AHEAD TO APEC 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials responsible for APEC affairs have begun internal discussions of GOJ priorities for Japan's 2010 APEC chairmanship focusing on a "New APEC Vision" that provides strategic direction for the organization to 2020 and beyond. The GOJ is considering a "Green APEC [...] | 2009-02-05 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SENV ENRG APECO JA |
09TOKYO2813 | JAPAN - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits it draft chapter on Japan for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first five paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Additionally, we have excluded the midd [...] | 2009-12-09 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR ECPS SN |
09TOKYO2866 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OUTREACH FOR ASSISTANCE TO WFP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF |
09TOKYO288 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 9-13, 2009, visit to Japan by John D. Hill and Eric S. Jaffe. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3 [...] | 2009-02-06 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO2901 | APEC SOM TONG'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC MEETINGS WITH MOFA AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. APEC Senior Official Kurt Tong met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to discuss U.S.-Japan bilateral economic dialogue ideas, Japan Post, whaling, the future of the investment dialogue and beef on December 8 [...] | 2009-12-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR APEC JA |
09TOKYO2907 | INCJ President Meets Ambassador to Discuss Innovation and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Roos and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) President and CEO Kimikazu Nomi discussed ways to improve the Japanese environment for innovation and entrepreneurship on December 14. Nomi described impediments within Japan's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and out [...] | 2009-12-21 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON JA |
09TOKYO2926 | JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...] | 2009-12-24 02:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA |
09TOKYO309 | SONY EXECUTIVE ON CHALLENGES TO JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Sony reports serious concern within Japan's electronics industry about actions various governments have taken recently that restrict or could restrict trade. He included in his assessment adoption of the "10 2" rule in the U.S. and reports of possible "Buy American" amendments to the [...] | 2009-02-09 09:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ETRD PGOV JA |
09TOKYO319 | POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN-RELATED MATTERS [...] (SBU) Political Officer Jamie Roane is Embassy Tokyo's point-of-contact for ASEAN-related matters. Roane's office phone number is (81) 03-3224-6936; his unclassified email is roanejo@state.gov. Economic Officer David DiGiovanna is in charge of APEC-related issues. DiGiovanna's office phone n [...] | 2009-02-10 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECIN ASEAN JA |
09TOKYO329 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted a site visit of Laser Measurement Corporation (ref) February 3 and met with Managing Director Hiroo Sugihara at the firm's premises in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. Sugihara displayed the Grey Field Polariscope and the supporting documentation for the transaction identified in [...] | 2009-02-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
09TOKYO332 | JAPAN'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has been an active participant in negotiations on a post-Kyoto climate change agreement in the UNFCCC, as well as in talks on the subject in the Major Economies Meetings, G8, and APEC. Seeing itself as a bridge between the U.S. and EU on climate change, the GOJ also has [...] | 2009-02-12 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA |
09TOKYO338 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 16-18, 2009 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Yuri Kim. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] | 2009-02-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA TH |
09TOKYO339 | CODEL SKELTON VISIT TO IWOJIMA, JAPAN, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes Representative Ike Skelton and members of his delegation for their February 18 visit to Iwojima, Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the Iwojima visit is Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...] | 2009-02-13 02:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO345 | PROGRAMS FOR JAPAN'S AUTOMAKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although car manufacturers in Japan have been hit hard by the global economic crisis -- with six of the country's eight auto manufacturers reporting losses last year -- none is clamoring for a bailout. The GOJ has adopted an incremental approach to assist the auto industry with [...] | 2009-02-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTO EFIN ENRG JA |
09TOKYO346 | PANASONIC CONFIRMS PLANS TO REPATRIATE STAFF [...] (SBU) Summary: Panasonic says pandemic preparedness and risk management are behind its decision to repatriate dependents of employees working in many emerging countries. However, the company concedes there is no imminent pandemic threat. With no particular guidance from the GOJ or other aut [...] | 2009-02-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KFLU TBIO KSTH JA |
09TOKYO348 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points contained in ref to MOFA International Science Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Shigenobu Kobayashi February 13. Kobayashi appreciated the update on the collision between the U.S. Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites and stressed MOFA's desire f [...] | 2009-02-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL JA |
09TOKYO350 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points contained in ref to MOFA International Science Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Shigenobu Kobayashi February 13. Kobayashi appreciated the update on the collision between the U.S. Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites and stressed MOFA's desire f [...] | 2009-02-16 19:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL JA |
09TOKYO365 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE DANA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2009, visit to Japan by Congressional Representative Dana Rohrabacher and Mr. Paul Berkowitz (February 19-21). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: O [...] | 2009-02-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PREL JA |
09TOKYO387 | AUSTR CUTLER RAISES JAPAN POST INSURANCE WITH FSA, [...] (SBU) During a February 18 meeting with Financial Services Agency (FSA) officials, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler conveyed U.S. concerns that Japan Post Insurance is preparing to launch a product before it is held to the same standards applied to its U.S. competitors. Supervi [...] | 2009-02-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO409 | (SBU) USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER REGARDING MARINE [...] (U) Please see action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) Post delivered the letter contained in ref to Fisheries Agency of Japan Deputy Director General Jun Yamashita February 23. Yamashita's address is: 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8907. 3. (U) The links provided in ref for ba [...] | 2009-02-23 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV OTRA JA |
09TOKYO411 | JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (SBU) Minister Yoichi Masuzoe has ordered a review of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW)'s February 6 ordinance that would ban Internet and mail order sales of most over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The review was ordered within hours of the provision's announcement following comp [...] | 2009-02-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV TBIO KSTH JA |
09TOKYO422 | JAPAN DEFENDS POSITION ON CONSERVATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: EST Chief and LES Environment Specialist delivered demarche in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fisheries Division Officer Daisuke Kiryu and Fisheries Agency of Japan International Affairs Division Officer Wataru Tanoue February 5. In response, Kiryu said Japan sees no reason [...] | 2009-02-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV KSCA JA |
09TOKYO45 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL; [...] This message contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Deputy Director Naoto Ito and Special Assistant for Nuclear Issues Toshio K [...] | 2009-01-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
09TOKYO467 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSAD0R STEPHEN BOSWORTH [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 5-7, 2009, visit to Japan by Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korean Policy, Ambassador Sung Kim, Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks, NSC Asia Director Daniel Russel and DPRK Unit Chief Eric [...] | 2009-03-02 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
09TOKYO468 | MEGAPORTS: JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON "RECIPROCAL" [...] (SBU) Despite the March 2 scheduled launch of the Megaports pilot project at the Port of Yokohama, considerable differences in expectations exist between the GOJ and USG about how and what kind of information-sharing will take place, MOFA Second North Americas Division Official Kako Sasai exp [...] | 2009-03-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO473 | WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL LAMY DISCUSSES PROTECTIONISM [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy focused on the need for economies to guard against protectionism and to promote a reinvigorated Doha Development Agenda (DDA) during his February 24-25 meet [...] | 2009-03-02 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV PREL JA |
09TOKYO482 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: TOKYO INPUT [...] (SBU) Japan should not be listed in the 2009 Special 301 report. Considerations remain unchanged from 2008. 2. (U) Post has reviewed industry submissions per ref and notes one substantive comment from the International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA). The IIPA makes "special ment [...] | 2009-03-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL JA |
09TOKYO498 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROBLEMS WITH AG MINISTRY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche points contained in reftel, Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) Staple Foods Department International Office Director Tadashi Sato stated imported rice is more susceptible to mold than Japanese domestic [...] | 2009-03-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRC TBIO JA |
09TOKYO5 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division official Isami Takada December 22. Takada commented his office is already aware of the designation, but he welcomed the additional background [...] | 2009-01-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR JA |
09TOKYO514 | DUAL LABOR MARKET ROOT OF PROBLEMS, NEEDED REFORM, [...] (SBU) The split between "regular" and "non-regular" workers is key to understanding Japanese labor market weaknesses and the need for change, a leading labor economist told econoffs. Japan's social safety net was built for the regular, career workforce in a model that worked from the 1950s th [...] | 2009-03-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO515 | TOYOTA IN TALKS TO ACCESS JBIC LOAN FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota Financial Services, the Japanese automaker's financing arm, reportedly has requested $2 billion from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to support its financing operations in the U.S. JBIC officials told emboffs March 6 its recently launched lending fa [...] | 2009-03-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTO EFIN ENRG JA |
09TOKYO530 | WHALING:GOJ REPORTS SEA SHEPHERD TO IMO [...] (SBU) EST Unit Chief and Senior Environmental Affairs LES called on Fisheries Agency of Japan Far Seas Fisheries Division Assistant Director Shigeki Takaya March 9 to inform him of CEQ Chair Sutley's March 6 statement regarding the USG position on whaling, and of USG plans to demarche the Gov [...] | 2009-03-10 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS IWC JA |
09TOKYO538 | GOJ PLANS FOR TICAD IV FOLLOW-UP CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) call for donor countries and institutions to "not fall behind" in commitments to African development will be a main theme of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development IV (TICAD IV) Ministerial Follow-up Meeting in Gabor [...] | 2009-03-11 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD PREL XA JA |
09TOKYO589 | JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER LOOKING TO VISIT U.S. [...] (SBU) Environment Ministry Councilor for Global Environmental Affairs Masaru Moriya told EMIN and EST Chief March 17 that Japanese Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito plans to visit Washington May 2 - 5. The Minister is looking to meet May 4 with EPA Administrator Jackson, Assistant to the Pr [...] | 2009-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG OTRA PREL JA |
09TOKYO596 | JAPAN MOVES TOWARD SURPLUS POWER BUYBACK SCHEME TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: METI officials hope the Diet will approve a bill during the current legislative session introducing a feed-in-tariff (FIT)-like scheme to compel electric power companies to buy surplus solar photovoltaic (PV) power from residential generators. If approved, the surplus power rep [...] | 2009-03-18 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV JA |
09TOKYO597 | JAPAN'S LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS BILL TO AVOID [...] (U) Japan's Lower House is deliberating a bill to extend for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that will otherwise expire March 31. This same problem has occurred in previous years. Covering 417 tariffs in total, mostly for agriculture products, the bill t [...] | 2009-03-18 07:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
09TOKYO602 | GREENPEACE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace International representatives met EMIN and EST Chief March 18 to express concern about the case of two Greenpeace Japan activists arrested in 2008. The Greenpeace representatives said the case raises human rights concerns regarding freedom of expression and claimed [...] | 2009-03-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS IWC PHUM JA |
09TOKYO603 | JAPAN: CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Japan is deeply dependent on key infrastructure sectors and, given the depth of the U.S.-Japan economic and security relationships, a major disruption here would likely have immediate consequences in the U.S. Embassy Tokyo sees [...] | 2009-03-18 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP JA |
09TOKYO604 | WHO'S WHO IN JAPAN'S CLIMATE TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Prime Minister is advised by the Council on Global Warming and by an interagency group that includes the Chief Cabinet Secretary and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, of Economics, Trade and Industry, and of Environment. The Council on Global Warming is chaired by [...] | 2009-03-18 22:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL ECON JA |
09TOKYO629 | CHARGE RAISES JAPAN POST NEW INSURANCE PRODUCT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Charge telephoned Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichi Hayashi March 19 to express U.S. concerns about a statement reported in the press by Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Hatoyama in suppor [...] | 2009-03-20 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO638 | MEGAPORTS: DOE DELEGATION REVIEWS NEXT STEPS FOR JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a Megaports Initiative technical team's visit to Japan March 10-11, the USG delegation urged the GOJ to engage in more frequent, technical-level exchanges on implementation of its pilot project at the Port of Yokohama. The USG underscored that success of the GOJ pilot pr [...] | 2009-03-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO639 | FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Summary: At 0648hrs local time, FedEx cargo flight 80 from Guangzhou to Narita Airport crashed upon landing and burst into flames on the runway. FedEx and the GOJ confirmed that the two people on-board, the pilot and co-pilot, died. FedEx confirmed the identities for the two individuals, [...] | 2009-03-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL JA |
09TOKYO644 | THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR [...] (U) Summary: Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Edward McGinnis recently met with Japanese Ministries to discuss the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) and cooperative civil nuclear energy activities. Representatives of the Contractor,s Inter [...] | 2009-03-23 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE IN JA KR |
09TOKYO645 | THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR [...] (U) Summary: Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Edward McGinnis recently met with Japanese Ministries to discuss the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) and cooperative civil nuclear energy activities. Representatives of the Contractor,s Inter [...] | 2009-03-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE IN JA KR |
09TOKYO646 | FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the crash of FedEx cargo flight 80, large numbers of passenger flights at Narita Airport are delayed, diverted, or canceled. Runway A, the site of the crash, remains closed, and runway B is heavily congested with additional flights. In addition to the National [...] | 2009-03-23 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL JA |
09TOKYO657 | JAPANESE INFO-TECH STIMULUS PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ has released for public comment a draft IT stimulus plan, which focuses on near-term objectives, as well as new ideas. Major challenges such as digitizing government information and deploying IT infrastructure to the healthcare community represent significant business [...] | 2009-03-24 05:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT PGOV TINT JA |
09TOKYO658 | FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 3 [...] (U) Summary: Narita Airport's Runway A, where a FedEx aircraft crashed on March 23, has re-opened and resumed operations. The temporary closure of runway A affected both Japanese and foreign airlines' international flights, resulting in delays, diversions, and crowded conditions at airport [...] | 2009-03-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL JA |
09TOKYO683 | INFO ON JAPANESE GREEN INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS PACKAGES [...] (U) In response to the Department's request for information on green investments in Japan's stimulus packages (Ref A),Mission Tokyo provides the following information on the GOJ's budget and environmental legislation. --------------------------------------------- ---------- FY 09 Budget: Ky [...] | 2009-03-26 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
09TOKYO697 | JAPANESE LEADERSHIP PROMOTES NEXT-GENERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOJ lawmakers continue to emphasize policies that support development and sale of electric and other next-generation vehicles as vital both to Japan's long-term economic growth and in order to reach CO2 reduction targets. Improving energy efficiency and reducing reliance [...] | 2009-03-27 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ENRG SENV JA |
09TOKYO706 | INSURANCE: JAPANESE AGENCIES ON NEW POSTAL PRODUCT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 20. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Following a cabinet minister's public remarks promoting Japan Post Insurance (JPI) and dismissing market fairness complaints of U.S. insurers, EMIN raised U.S. concerns about JPI and the politicization of postal pr [...] | 2009-03-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
09TOKYO721 | JAPAN'S NEW NATIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ unveiled its new national investment strategy at a March 23 JETRO-sponsored investment seminar in Tokyo with little fanfare and no publicity. The new strategy, in draft since December 2008, retains much of framework of the earlier strategy adopted in 2006, while incorp [...] | 2009-03-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA |
09TOKYO740 | RECENT TRENDS IN JAPAN'S TRADE WITH AND AID TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's aid to Pakistan focuses on human security and creating a favorable trade and investment climate. The GOJ has been looking to amplify Official Development Assistance (ODA) to priority areas, such as health and human development, economic infrastructure, trade faciltation [...] | 2009-04-02 06:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD PREL PK JA |
09TOKYO759 | PSI: JAPAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO MIAMI MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
09TOKYO764 | CEFP GIVES PM ASO'S ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Aso's decision to form an economic policy advisory committee was influenced by President Obama's use of similar non-government economic advisory bodies, according to Hiroshi Tawa, Counselor, Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP),Cabinet Office. Aso decide [...] | 2009-04-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO781 | MIC MINISTER REPRIMANDS JAPAN POST MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Minister Hatoyama gave a business improvement order April 3 to Japan Post Holdings Company, Ltd. (JPH),according to Japanese media. The order mandates that JPH improve the process by which it spins off its assets, a process Hatoyama criticized [...] | 2009-04-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO798 | CODEL MCCAIN VISIT TO JAPAN, APRIL 9-11 2009 [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes members of the Congressional Delegate led by Senator John McCain. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be: Overall Control: Political Officer Raymond Greene Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6801 Mobile phone: (81-80) 1221-1472 [...] | 2009-04-07 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGMT ASEC AFIN HK VM CH JA |
09TOKYO851 | STAFFDEL JANNUZI VISIT TO TOKYO, 18-19 APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the April 18-19 visit of Mr. Frank Jannuzi, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: [...] | 2009-04-14 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH KS RS JP |
09TOKYO86 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC JA PREL PARM EFIN |
09TOKYO888 | NEW CONSUMER AFFAIRS AGENCY GAINS LOWER HOUSE [...] (U) Summary: The House of Representatives April 17 approved government-sponsored legislation to create a new Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) under the Cabinet office. The vote was unanimous, indicating disagreement with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has been resolved and openi [...] | 2009-04-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD POL OECD JA |
09TOKYO89 | THINK TANK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE REFORM [...] (U) Japan's agriculture sector must modernize and become more integrated into the globalized economy to avoid further stagnation, representatives from the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) said during a January 14 press conference announcing publication of its report, "Japan's Str [...] | 2009-01-15 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD JA PGOV PREL |
09TOKYO890 | GOJ INCENTIVES FOR ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLES [...] (U) Summary: The GOJ stimulus package Prime Minister Aso announced April 10 includes measures to encourage purchase of environmentally friendly automobiles. Although some imported European brands would benefit from the incentive, no U.S. autos now appear to qualify. American automakers reps [...] | 2009-04-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA |
09TOKYO917 | JAPANESE AIRLINES DISCUSS CIVIL AVIATION AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese airlines report slight improvements in the international civil aviation market, particularly for leisure travel, but that the business, domestic, and freight sectors show no sign of recovery. Japan's position as a regional hub, according to Japan Airlines (JAL) and Al [...] | 2009-04-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA |
09TOKYO925 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE G8 EXPERT LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officials responsible for UNSCR 1540 and the G8 Non-Proliferation Director's Group (NPDG) April 20. Nonproliferation Division official Naoto Ito [...] | 2009-04-22 03:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN KPAO PREL PTER UNSC JA |
09TOKYO952 | EMPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDY APPLICATIONS RISING [...] (SBU) Company applications for the GOJ's Employment Adjustment Subsidy have increased dramatically over the past six months and now cover more than 2.9 million workers. The program is designed to keep workers on a company's rolls rather than put them in unemployment or other social safety net [...] | 2009-04-24 05:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO965 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU OUTBREAKS [...] Please note action request contained in para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Japanese government, following an emergency meeting April 25, established a special working group in the Prime Minister's office, issued warnings to Japanese tr [...] | 2009-04-27 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR JA |
09TOKYO981 | FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR 11 BENCHMARKS FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone outlined 11 benchmarks for promoting global nuclear disarmament in an April 27 speech in Tokyo, while calling on nuclear powers to ensure transparency and reduce their nuclear weapon stockpiles. Notable benchmarks included: transparency [...] | 2009-04-28 22:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA |
09TOKYO982 | UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Health Ministry raised Japan's domestic pandemic alert April 28 to a level corresponding to an outbreak of pandemic influenza abroad. The GOJ authorized expanded border screening to include arrivals from the U.S. and [...] | 2009-04-28 22:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR JA |
09TOKYO99 | FDI IS BRIGHT SPOT IN JAPAN'S ECONOMIC GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a relative bright spot in the Japanese economy despite global economic difficulties. Although recent financial market turmoil reduced the pace of Japan's FDI inflows, those flows remain positive. The GOJ is quietly pursuing policy initiativ [...] | 2009-01-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA |
09TOKYO993 | MGSF01 APRIL 29 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The GOJ has broadened its enhanced health screening of inbound passengers to include those arriving from any H1N1 affected country. Under Japan's quarantine law, border officials are authorized to detain passengers who r [...] | 2009-04-29 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09TOKYO996 | METI PREVIEWS MINISTER NIKAI'S U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Toshihiro Nikai will visit New Mexico, Chicago, and Washington during a May 1-6 trip to the United States. Trip details, and the substance of proposed MOUs to be signed, are coming together quickly. In Washington, Nikai plans to see Energy Secret [...] | 2009-04-29 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG PREL SENV KIPR JA |
09TORONTO106 | FIRST SENTENCE FROM "TORONTO 18"-- 2.5 YEARS, TIME SERVED [...] (U) On May 22, an Ontario Superior Court sentenced the first man convicted in the "Toronto 18" terror plot to two and a half years in prison and 3 years probation. The Toronto-area man, who has already been in police custody for three years, was credited for time served and is expected to be r [...] | 2009-05-22 20:51:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA |
09TORONTO12 | Ontario and the Fight Against TIP: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A review of trafficking in persons (TIP) issues in Ontario shows that the anti-TIP effort here has shown real improvement from previously and is better than many abroad that our officers have observed. Still, the anti-TIP effort here still faces three problems that limit the eff [...] | 2009-01-09 18:58:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
09TORONTO147 | Canada Takes First Step Toward National Securities [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has taken the first step toward the creation of a national securities regulator with the creation of the Canadian Securities Transition Office (CSTC). The CSTC will lead the effort to establish a national regulator (e.g., addressing provincial concerns) and help the feder [...] | 2009-06-30 17:28:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT EINV PGOV CA |
09TORONTO149 | Measuring Anti-Semitism in the GTA [...] (U) Summary: Law enforcement statistics on hate crimes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in 2008 are becoming publicly available, with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) statistics already released, and York Regional Police statistics soon to follow. The statistics show that the Jewish communit [...] | 2009-07-02 19:15:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CA |
09TORONTO151 | De-Radicalization Program Beginning in Toronto [...] (U) Summary: Mohammed Robert Heft, a Canadian Muslim convert, is using Paradise Forever (P4E),a community center that provides assistance and social services to new Muslim converts in Toronto, to counter the effects of radicalization among young Muslims. Heft plans to help de-radicalize waywa [...] | 2009-07-07 13:50:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PGOV PINR CA |
09TORONTO163 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN FACILITATING TALKS WITH [...] (SBU) IAW reftel, PolEcon chief met with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) director of commercial services Mario Cornacchia to pass REF B and to ask for a meeting between appropriate OPG officials and USG delegation. Cornacchia was familiar with the proposal and broadly supportive, with several [...] | 2009-07-22 20:34:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KCRM MNUC ASEC PARM PINR PREL |
09TORONTO200 | TORONTO'S SOMALI COMMUNITY REMAINS CLOSE TO HOMELAND [...] (U) Summary: Nearly 80% of Canada's Somali population resides in Ontario, with the largest community in the Toronto area. The community, which consists mostly of recent immigrants, has had difficulty integrating into mainstream Canadian society due to problems with discrimination, both perceiv [...] | 2009-08-27 14:31:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SCUL SMIG KISL KPAO SO CA |
09TORONTO202 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: EXPORT OF U.S. DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 20:22:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR ETTC KOMC CA |
09TORONTO210 | CREDIT FOR PRE-TRIAL CONFINEMENT LIGHTENS SECOND "TORONTO [...] (U) Saad Khalid, a 23-year-old Toronto-area man accused of participating in the 2005 Toronto 18 terrorism plot, and the first of the group to be tried as an adult, was given a sentence of 14 years on September 3. 2. (SBU) Superior Court Justice Bruno Durno found that as an active member and [...] | 2009-09-04 20:11:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR CA |
09TORONTO215 | Nuclear Power at Ontario's Energy Strategy Core [...] (U) Summary: Nuclear power remains at the center of Ontario's energy strategy, despite the recent cancellation of three nuclear power plant projects, and the passing of Ontario's much publicized Green Energy Act (GEA). The steady supply of power from existing nuclear plants, combined with dram [...] | 2009-09-10 18:08:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV CA |
09TORONTO240 | LIGHT SENTENCES CONTINUE FOR TORONTO CONVICTIONS [...] (U) Twenty-six-year-old Ali Mohamed Dirie, who pled guilty on September 21 to participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots, received a seven-year sentence on October 2. Somali-born and raised in Syria and Toronto, Dirie was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in August 2005 attempting to smug [...] | 2009-10-05 15:35:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR CA |
09TORONTO28 | Ontario Government Still Planning to Run with EDL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario Ministry of Transportation officials have told us that they hope to begin issuing an Enhanced Drivers License (EDL) by the June 1, 2009 deadline for the Western Hemisphere's Initiative (WHTI). However, a labor dispute and changes in technology standards have delayed the [...] | 2009-02-06 12:35:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CPAS ETRD PBT KFRD PGOV CA |
09TORONTO294 | CANADA'S FM SPEAKS ON ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 23 speech in Toronto that had few surprises, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon laid out Canada's foreign policy priorities, highlighting Afghanistan and a plan for the Arctic. While Afghanistan topped Cannon's list of foreign policy priorities, the promo [...] | 2009-11-23 22:18:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CA AF XQ |
09TORONTO296 | Toronto's Transit Expansion, Opportunities for U.S. Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: The Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) C$2.6 billion Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project presents potential opportunities for U.S. businesses as there is no domestic content requirement for the design and construction phases. The project, part of the biggest expan [...] | 2009-11-24 18:16:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINT ELTN CA |
09TORONTO33 | Ontario on Track to Eliminate Trash Shipments by 2010? [...] (U) Summary: Two recently released reports make it difficult to judge exactly how close Ontario is to its goal of phasing out shipments of municipal trash to Michigan by the end of 2010. A 40% reduction by 2009 was set as an interim target. According to U.S. media reports, the reductions appe [...] | 2009-02-12 19:53:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN SENV PGOV PREL CA US |
09TORONTO52 | Toronto Tamils Turning Tiger? [...] (U) Summary: Canada is home to the largest Tamil population outside Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's domestic issues recently have been taking a more public stage in Canada, particularly in Toronto. Post has seen four large pro-Tamil demonstrations in downtown Toronto and in front of the Sri Lankan and [...] | 2009-03-13 19:17:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
09TORONTO54 | Canada's Employment Insurance Program Can't Keep up with [...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario's unemployment rate continues to rise as manufacturing jobs disappear in Canada's industrial heartland. While the GOC has increased the number of weeks of unemployment benefits nationally, that will have limited benefit for unemployed Ontarians. As the ranks of Ontario's [...] | 2009-03-17 14:30:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EFIN CA |
09TORONTO6 | Ontario Union Call For Ban on Israeli Professors; Canadian [...] (U) Summary: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario announced on January 6 that it would propose a ban on Israeli academics speaking, teaching, or researching at Ontario universities. The proposal is in response to the December 29 Israeli bombing that damaged the Islamic Uni [...] | 2009-01-06 20:29:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWBG XF IS PREL KPAL GZ CA |
09TORONTO63 | Ontario Budget: Infrastructure Spending, Deficit, Both [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ontario government's 2009 budget introduces significant measures to help stimulate the province's ailing economy, including C$27.5 billion in infrastructure spending, and the harmonization of the 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST). [...] | 2009-03-27 18:07:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB EFIN EINV PGOV CA |
09TORONTO64 | Ontario Budget: Infrastructure Spending, Deficit, Both [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ontario government's 2009 budget introduces significant measures to help stimulate the province's ailing economy, including C$27.5 billion in infrastructure spending, and the harmonization of the 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST). [...] | 2009-03-27 18:08:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB EFIN EINV PGOV CA |
09TORONTO75 | Ontario's Compost Pile - Exports Shift to New York [...] (U) Summary: Ontario faces an overflow of kitchen compost, and has begun sending thousands of tons to New York state for incineration. The province's Green Bin program has grown so quickly that it has outstripped the ability of municipalities to process organic kitchen waste locally, a situati [...] | 2009-04-16 16:58:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN SENV PGOV PREL CA US |
09TORONTO80 | RECENT CONVICTION ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HEIGHTENED COMMITMENT [...] (U) On April 16, a Toronto-area man was convicted of human trafficking, of gaining material benefit from human trafficking, and of other charges, making it the third such conviction in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The case also sets a precedent as the first conviction in Canada under a sect [...] | 2009-04-21 17:33:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
09TRIPOLI1 | INFLATION ON THE RISE IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Prices have increased in Libya in the past year, dramatically so for consumer goods (especially food),housing and construction materials. Libya's National Information Board estimates that prices in the third quarter of 2008 increased by 9.8 percent compared to the same period [...] | 2009-01-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN PGOV LY |
09TRIPOLI1043 | LIBYAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY WELCOMES U.S. TRADE MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Mohammad Ali al-Hweij, Minister of Economy-equivalent, on December 29 to brief him on the U.S. Trade Mission planned for February, a mission that would further our shared goal of attracting more U.S. companies to Libya. Al-Hweij said he welcomed the de [...] | 2009-12-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LY ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD |
09TRIPOLI131 | LIBYA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Libya has taken a number of steps to encourage foreign direct investment and its current initiative dates back to the mid-1990s. Since that time, Libya has enacted numerous laws and regulations intended to improve the Libyan business climate and increase its attractiveness to foreign investment [...] | 2009-02-10 19:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB LY EPET OPIC PREL USTR ECIN |
09TRIPOLI150 | LIBYA: UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC LY |
09TRIPOLI154 | LIBYA 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Below is Embassy Tripoli's submission for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Responses are keyed to reftel questions: LIBYA'S TIP SITUATION --23A. International Organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commission for Refu [...] | 2009-02-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PGOV SMIG |
09TRIPOLI188 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 24 LIBYANS FOR ATA TRAINING [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, the following 24 Libyan candidates for a DS/ATA-sponsored Border Enforcement Training to be held in Tripoli, Libya March 9-20 (details reftel). POL/ECON, RSO, CONS and DA [...] | 2009-02-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER LY |
09TRIPOLI189 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 24 LIBYANS FOR ATA TRAINING [...] (U) This cable supercedes ref A, providing additional data for the subject of paragraph 26. 2. (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, the following 24 Libyan candidates for a DS/ATA-sponsored Border Enforce [...] | 2009-02-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER LY |
09TRIPOLI256 | LIBYA SUGGESTS FUNDING GO TO SHEIKH AHMED'S FORCES, NOT [...] (SBU) On March 26, Post received a diplomatic note from the MFA outlining Libya's position on peacekeeping forces in Somalia. This note responded to an earlier US demarche on the subject (see reftel). In a meeting with the Ambassador today, MFA Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Fituri said tha [...] | 2009-03-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SO LY |
09TRIPOLI279 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO NORTH KOREA MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 07:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KN LY |
09TRIPOLI297 | LEAHY VETTING: TWO FOR REGIONAL SECURITY SEMINAR RABAT [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, the following 2 Libyan candidates for an ISN/CATR-sponsored Conventional Arms and Regional Security Seminar to be held in Rabat, Morocco April 14-15 (ref A). POL/ECON, RS [...] | 2009-04-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER LY |
09TRIPOLI301 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EAID MA LY |
09TRIPOLI302 | LIBYA WILL SUPPORT PRST ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC NK LY |
09TRIPOLI306 | NOC BLOCKS SALE OF CANADIAN OIL FIRM [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the President of Canada's Verenex Energy, Jim McFarland, briefed the Ambassador on the difficulties he has encountered in attempting to sell his company to another foreign operator in Libya, the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC). The gist of the problem is that [...] | 2009-04-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG CA LY |
09TRIPOLI320 | TRIPOLI RESPONSE TO FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LY PGOV |
09TRIPOLI321 | LIBYA: UPDATE ON DPRK SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM UNSC KN LY KNNP |
09TRIPOLI331 | LIBYA: KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP IN IMF/WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) On April 23, Econoff delivered reftel points to Mahdi Mujerbi, the Director of the Office of International Organizations at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (Libya's MFA-equivalent). 2. (SBU) Mujerbi said he had received a message fro [...] | 2009-04-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LY KV ECON EFIN PREL |
09TRIPOLI361 | LIBYA WILL NOT OPPOSE LETTERS TO IRAN, SYRIA; WILL CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Ambassador, after coordinating with the French ambassador (UK COM was out with Tony Blair all day),raised reftel points with Mohammed Siala, Secretary for Arab Affairs of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) on April 30. Siala [...] | 2009-04-30 16:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IR CY SY LY |
09TRIPOLI427 | STATUS OF AGREEMENT ON SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY LY RS |
09TRIPOLI495 | FM KUSA: "STEP BY STEP" APPROACH TO VISA FOR AMERICANS [...] (SBU) During a June 21 meeting with FM Musa Kusa, Ambassador noted that the U.S. had begun full visa operations for Libyans in Tripoli and had already issued over 800 non-immigrant visas to Libyans with limited wait times. By contrast, the GOL still followed a restrictive visa policy when it c [...] | 2009-06-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS LY |
09TRIPOLI496 | FM KUSA: "STEP BY STEP" APPROACH TO VISA FOR AMERICANS [...] (SBU) During a June 21 meeting with FM Musa Kusa, Ambassador noted that the U.S. had begun full visa operations for Libyans in Tripoli and had already issued over 800 non-immigrant visas to Libyans with limited wait times. By contrast, the GOL still followed a restrictive visa policy when it c [...] | 2009-06-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS LY |
09TRIPOLI497 | FM KUSA: "STEP BY STEP" APPROACH TO VISA FOR AMERICANS [...] (SBU) During a June 21 meeting with FM Musa Kusa, Ambassador noted that the U.S. had begun full visa operations for Libyans in Tripoli and had already issued over 800 non-immigrant visas to Libyans with limited wait times. By contrast, the GOL still followed a restrictive visa policy when it c [...] | 2009-06-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS LY |
09TRIPOLI540 | TRIPOLI: INTERIM RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST - OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) As per demarche request in reftel, post sent the suggested talking points via diplomatic note July 7. Post will send in any updates as soon as we receive a response. CRETZ [...] | 2009-07-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA |
09TRIPOLI587 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to the General People's Committee for Foreign Relations and International Cooperation's (MFA-equivalent) Office of International Organizations on July 21. GOL expressed appreciation for the message and commented on the need for developed nations to recognize [...] | 2009-07-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS LY |
09TRIPOLI600 | LIBYAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM AUGUST 31 AU MEETING IN TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) In a July 26 meeting with NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman (septel),Foreign Minister-equivalent Musa Kusa extended a verbal invitation for American officials to attend an African Union extraordinary session on August 31 focused on continental crises, specifically Sudan and Somalia. [...] | 2009-07-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AU KSUM LY |
09TRIPOLI648 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S TRIP TO LIBYA [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Embassy Tripoli warmly welcomes your visit and believes it will be an important occasion to advance the bilateral relationship in several key areas. Following the signature of the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement in October 2008, the United States and Lib [...] | 2009-08-10 17:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP PHUM LY |
09TRIPOLI650 | LIBYA HOSTING SEPARATE HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS FOR JEM, SLA/U [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Libyan Director of Military Intelligence Abdullah Sanussi hosted a meeting August 11 with UN/AU Joint Moderator Djbril Bassole, Qatari Minister of State al-Mahmoud and six members of the Sudan Liberation Army/Unity faction (SLA/U [...] | 2009-08-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU EG QA LY |
09TRIPOLI674 | LIBYA INDICATES READINESS TO SIGN NUCLEAR SPENT FUEL [...] (SBU) MFA Secretary of the Americas Department, Ahmed Fituri, told Charge August 17 that Libya was ready to sign the government-to-government agreement on spent nuclear fuel (highly enriched uranium-low enriched uranium). However, Fituri said the MFA was unsure which agreement to sign and req [...] | 2009-08-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG TRGY RS LY |
09TRIPOLI697 | LIBYAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR [...] (SBU) As reported reftel, MFA A/S-equivalent Ahmed Fituri convoked CDA August 27 to formally request that Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's Ifriqiyah Airways plane be granted diplomatic clearance -- including full privileges and immunities -- when Qadhafi travels to New York for the UNGA. Emb [...] | 2009-08-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR OVIP LY |
09TRIPOLI739 | EMBASSY TRIPOLI'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Introduction: Following the exchange of Ambassadors in January 2009, the United States and Libya have embarked on a new period of engagement. With the restoration of full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than three decades, we are engaging Libyans on a vast range of publi [...] | 2009-09-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD |
09TRIPOLI740 | EMBASSY TRIPOLI RESPONSE: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH [...] (SBU) Post submits the following information regarding high level members of Libya's delegation to the 64th UN General Assembly Session. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- Name and title: Muammar al-Qadhafi, Leader of al-Fateh Revolution -- Arrival and departure dates to and fr [...] | 2009-09-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA USUN LY |
09TRIPOLI751 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) NEA A/S Feltman delivered reftel invitation orally during a September 9 meeting with Foreign Minister-equivalent Musa Kusa (ref b). The FM expressed appreciation for POTUS's invitation and indicated that Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi would attend the September 24 UNSC summit meeting. [...] | 2009-09-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP LY |
09TRIPOLI754 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1820 FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation on September 16. We will report any substantive response septel. CRETZ [...] | 2009-09-17 17:24:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM PREL UNSC LY KWMN |
09TRIPOLI755 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT AUGUST 26 [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel invitation on September 14 with no further information from the Government of Libya. The Government is closed September 17-September 23 for Eid al-Fitr. However, Libya's Ministry-equivalent of Foreign Affairs has previously indicated that FM Musa Kusa will depart t [...] | 2009-09-18 15:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA LY |
09TRIPOLI756 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA LY |
09TRIPOLI777 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EXISTENCE OF COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel demarche jointly with the French DCM (at Embassy of France's request) to the Deputy Director of the Libyan MFA's International Organizations Office, Murat Humaima, on September 30. Humaima responded that Libya was unequivocally against nuclear enrichment for m [...] | 2009-10-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP MNUC PARM FR LY |
09TRIPOLI779 | LIBYA NAMES ALI SUGHEIR NEW CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL OIL [...] (SBU) On September 30, 2009, Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) published on its website a notice that the Secretary of the General People's Committee (prime minister-equivalent) issued a decree designating Ali Sugheir to assume the functions of the Secretary of NOC Management Committee [...] | 2009-10-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON LY PGOV EFIN |
09TRIPOLI868 | FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Musa Kusa summoned the Ambassador to his office October 26 to convey very strong Libyan anger and disappointment in the treatment of Libyan UN Permanent Representative Abdulrahman Shalgam and his wife by John F. Kennedy Airport security officials upon their rec [...] | 2009-10-27 12:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LY UN |
09TRIPOLI896 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Mehdi al-Mjribi, Director of the International Organizations office at Libya's Ministry-equivalent of Foreign Affairs, on November 5. Mjribi said that his office had reviewed Ms. Myers' experience and qualifications and had no problem supporting [...] | 2009-11-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA LY |
09TRIPOLI911 | LIBYA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) According to international organizations working in Libya on TIP-related programs, Libya is primarily a transit country for TIP victims. Libya currently has no legal or regulatory framework to separate victims of trafficking from the general migrant population. However, the GOL has take [...] | 2009-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG LY |
09TRIPOLI934 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LIGHT ARMS TRANSFERS INTO GUINEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS AU GV LY |
09TRIPOLI948 | MGSF01: LIBYA REPORTS FIRST DEATH DUE TO H1N1, WITH 84 [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Libyan state-run media, a pregnant 40-year old Libyan woman recently died in the country's first reported H1N1-related death. The number of H1N1 cases in the country reached 84 as of December 1, a jump from the official figure of 20 provided by the Libyan Nationa [...] | 2009-12-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI CASC LY KFLU AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO |
09TRIPOLI953 | LIBYA REQUESTS US SUPPORT FOR POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (GPCFLIC; MFA-equivalent) on December 2 informing the Embassy of Libya's intention to seek membership on the UN Human Rights Council for the 2010-2013 term. Attached to t [...] | 2009-12-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PHUM UNHRC LY |
09TUNIS110 | TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Cuts Key Rate 0.75 Basis Points B. Trade Deficit Narrows 47.3 Percent C. Tunisia Eyes Energy Surplus D. Maghreb Arab Union Still Struggling for Unity E. GOT Authorizes [...] | 2009-02-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD TS |
09TUNIS115 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP IAEA TS |
09TUNIS137 | 2009 Special 301 Review - TUNISIA - Post Input [...] (U) Post recommends that Tunisia not be included on the 2009 Special 301 Watch List, given the GOT's improved IPR practices. While there is room for improvement in IPR enforcement efforts, particularly in the fields of optical media and software piracy, the GOT has set up inter-agency commissio [...] | 2009-03-10 08:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD TS |
09TUNIS156 | TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The future of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) is threatened by a Tunisian tax assessment of US $6.5 million. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of practice and diplomatic exchanges on the school,s status. A formal bilateral accord [...] | 2009-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH PGOV PREL TS |
09TUNIS171 | THE ELLOUMI GROUP: A TUNISIAN COMPANY SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) The Elloumi Group calls itself Tunisia's most international company. Starting out as an electrical equipment manufacturer in the late 1940s, the group has grown to become one of Tunisia's most diverse and successful global companies, expanding operations into cable and electrical compon [...] | 2009-03-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS |
09TUNIS20 | TUNISIA OPPOSES DE-LISTING BAAZAOUI [...] (SBU) The GOT informed the Embassy on January 8 that it opposes the removal of Mondher Ben Mohsen Ben Ali Baazaoui from 1267 sanctions via the UN Focal Point. No further details were provided by the GOT. Post initially contacted the GOT in December in response to Ref B, regarding Baazaoui' [...] | 2009-01-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN TS |
09TUNIS210 | MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION BRINGS UP OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) During an Embassy reception, a senior Tunisian official from the Ministry of Transportation told the Ambassador the GOT is very interested in having an Open Skies Agreement with the United States and wants to proceed quickly through concrete actions. He suggested bilateral meetings bet [...] | 2009-04-06 07:28:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV TS |
09TUNIS215 | CEMETERY VAT EXEMPTION ISSUED [...] (SBU) On April 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note granting the value added tax exemption for the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial irrigation project. The exemption documents were available and obtained April 6 from the local tax office. The MFA note made mo [...] | 2009-04-06 16:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP ODIP PREL ABMC TS |
09TUNIS222 | EUROPEANS STEP UP ON TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Immediately following the April 7 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri (Ref A),the Ambassador briefed a group of European diplomats on the ACST tax crisis. The Europeans were universally supportive, with EU ambassadors agreeing to make an informal demarche as soon [...] | 2009-04-08 17:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TS ASCH OFDP PREL |
09TUNIS270 | FRENCH PM FILLON SIGNS EIGHT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon wrapped up a 36-hour official visit to Tunisia on April 24, and then stayed on for a few days of personal travel. He brought with him an entourage of 100 people, including four ministers, 60 businessmen, and 10 university chancellors. He met with [...] | 2009-04-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KNNP KPAO FR TS |
09TUNIS322 | SUPPORTIONG TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel, OSC Tunis submitted a FY09 Section 1206 Tranche 2 proposal to AFRICOM Security Assistance Branch via e-mail on 27 March 2009. The proposal, entitled "Tunisian Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Vessel Enhancement Package," seeks to provide approximately $7.5 [...] | 2009-05-28 17:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PTER KITA TS |
09TUNIS394 | TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia: A. New Trade Minister B. Tunisia Targets Sub-Saharan Africa for Trade C. Tunisian Auto Parts Industry Rescued by FDI D. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up Three Percent E. Morocco and Tunisia Plan Direct Currency Ex [...] | 2009-06-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TS XA |
09TUNIS434 | IRENA: TUNISIA'S VOTE UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 06:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TS |
09TUNIS539 | IMF POSITIVE ON TUNISIA'S ECONOMY DESPITE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a statement released in late June, following recent Article IV consultations, the International Monetary Fund stated that Tunisia is "well positioned" to weather the economic crisis, thanks to prudent macroeconomic policies, strong foreign direct investment (FDI),steady tou [...] | 2009-07-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TS |
09TUNIS696 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPEN SKIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 17:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA TU |
09TUNIS702 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LYNCH TO TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Congressman Lynch, the U.S. Embassy in Tunis warmly welcomes you and your delegation's visit to Tunisia September 27-28, 2009. Tunisia is a stable and moderate country with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers relatively high quality education, hea [...] | 2009-09-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PTER MASS TS |
09TUNIS710 | SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Drawing on the points conveyed reftel, the Embassy urged the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 25 to shore up support for the Iraqi Government and the ongoing process of stabilization in Iraq in the lead up to the January 2010 elections. 2. (SBU) The Embassy will repor [...] | 2009-09-29 10:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM TS IZ |
09TUNIS726 | REACHING OUT TO THE GOT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 09:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS |
09TUNIS727 | PROSPECTS FOR THE OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Although Tunisia's current energy picture hardly includes renewables, growing unmet domestic demand and an agreement signed with Italy to provide power via an undersea cable present opportunities in this sector. A handful of Tunisian government agencies deal with renewables, among them [...] | 2009-10-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TS |
09TUNIS745 | SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) OSC Tunisia is resubmitting its FY09 Section 1206 Tranche 2 proposal to AFRICOM Security Cooperation Division, per ref e-mail exchange. The proposal,entitled "Tunisian Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Vessel Enhancement Package," seeks to provide approximately $7.9 million in imm [...] | 2009-10-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PTER KTIA TS |
09TUNIS747 | EIZENSTAT WORKING TO REVIVE INITIATIVE FOR MAGHREB [...] (SBU) During an October 1 presentation to a group of elite Tunisian business leaders, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Eizenstat discussed Maghreb integration. Eizenstat chalked up the failure of his Clinton-era initiative to shifting priorities with the change of administrations [...] | 2009-10-07 06:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
09TUNIS757 | ESTH ENGAGEMENT IN TUNISIA - OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (SBU) We believe the positive Tunisian rhetorical response to President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech could provide an opening to activate the 2004 Science and Technology Agreement and partner with Tunisia on strategic efforts such as technology development, science diplomacy, new and renewable [...] | 2009-10-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TS |
09TUNIS758 | TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG TS |
09TUNIS759 | TUNISIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL [...] (SBU) Official and unofficial Tunisian reactions to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama reflected in varying levels surprise, satisfaction, and hints of indignation, with some commentary strongly questioning the award as preliminary. A senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs offi [...] | 2009-10-13 17:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO TS |
09TUNIS76 | TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2007 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. The Government of Tunisia (GOT) did not respond to Post's requests for information about its activities in this area during 2008. [...] | 2009-02-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS |
09TUNIS781 | TUNISIA INFORMED ABOUT U.S. INTEREST IN PARTNERING [...] (SBU) On October 19, the Ambassador passed a non-paper outlining the U.S. approach to multilateral food security efforts to Tunisian Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini. Jouini offered no substantive response but undertook to consult with his colleagues in the [...] | 2009-10-21 15:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD TS |
09TUNIS782 | TUNISIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE 2009 BMENA G-8 FORUM [...] (SBU) The Embassy urged high level Tunisian diplomatic representation at the November Marrakech Forum for the Future (FfF) event in diplomatic notes conveyed to the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs first on August 19, and again on October 2. 2. (SBU) During an October 13 meeting with th [...] | 2009-10-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI TS MO |
09TUNIS783 | TUNISIAN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO REVIVE [...] (SBU) During an October 19 introductory call, Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini told the Ambassador he lamented the loss of momentum in the bilateral economic dialogue since the promising TIFA Council meetings in March of 2008 and hoped to see the process re [...] | 2009-10-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAIR PREL TS |
09TUNIS795 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. ICSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TS |
09TUNIS799 | TUNISIA: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE PLEDGES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Agriculture Abdessalem Mansour discussed expanding bilateral agriculture cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering cereal production, dairy and meat production, and tree crops. The Government of Tunisia's (GOT) top priority [...] | 2009-10-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID TS |
09TUNIS800 | BISHOP OF TUNIS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Underlining the October 26 release of the Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, the Ambassador used the occasion of an October 27 meeting with Monsignor Maroun Lahham, (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Tunis, to seek the prelate's views on religious freedom in Tunisia. Lahha [...] | 2009-10-30 16:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF TS |
09TUNIS801 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TUNISIA PRESSING HARD TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior Foreign Ministry official convoked the Ambassador on October 30 to press for U.S. support for a Tunisian proposal before the UNGA Third Committee to designate 2010 "The Year of Youth" and organize an inter [...] | 2009-10-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SCUL TS UN |
09TUNIS827 | TUNISIAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES OPEN SKIES AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Finance Mohamed Rachid Kechich discussed the U.S.-Tunisian trade relationship, Open Skies, franchising, and the possibility of a U.S. trade delegation in early 2010. Kechich expressed a strong desire to improve the bilateral trade relationship, bu [...] | 2009-11-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON TS |
09TUNIS829 | TUNISIA WANTS TO REVIVE TIFA TALKS, GIVES MIXED [...] (SBU) After Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Jouini expressed interest in reviving the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process (stalled since March 2008,) Tunisia Country Officer Molly Hayes and Emboffs met with the Americas Desk representatives of the M [...] | 2009-11-13 06:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR EINV ECON EIPR TS |
09TUNIS833 | PRESIDENT'S CAIRO AGENDA: EMBASSY TUNIS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis has established a steering group and begun extensive outreach in preparation for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship. With a strong private sector and a government focused on creating economic opportunity, Tunisia offers opportunities to implement the President's v [...] | 2009-11-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS |
09TUNIS843 | TUNISIA AND THE WORLD SUMMIT ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia (GOT) has underscored its commitment to food security by promoting itself as a leader on the issue on the domestic and international fronts. President Ben Ali attended the Rome World Summit on Food Security and all major Tunisian media outlets have devoted their [...] | 2009-11-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD TS |
09TUNIS850 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON TIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN TS |
09TUNIS860 | TUNISIA MAY SUBORDINATE LONG-TERM RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 20 meeting, the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) raised with Dr. Jelel Ezzine (the new Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)) the problems with the operation of the Fulbright program in Tunisia. Ezzine suggested that the lon [...] | 2009-11-23 16:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO TS |
09TUNIS869 | TUNISIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECEPTIVE TO [...] (SBU) Dr. Lazhar Bououni, the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education, voiced his support for many of the themes in the Secretary,s Marrakesh speech (including the visit of a Presidential Science Envoy) when he met with the Ambassador on November 25. In addition to science and technology, the [...] | 2009-11-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL TSPL TS |
09TUNIS884 | DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK TS |
09TUNIS890 | TUNISIA TO UNVEIL ENFIDHA BEN ALI AIRPORT [...] (SBU) On December 4, Enfidha Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali Airport is set to receive its inaugural flight. Constructed in only 24 months, the airport is located 100 kms south of Tunis and is significantly larger than Tunis-Carthage International Airport. The first of four terminals has a capacity [...] | 2009-12-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS |
09TUNIS907 | PROGRESS ON TUNISIA'S OPENING TO FOREIGN FRANCHISES [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Commerce, the Government of Tunisia (GOT) plans to issue the implementation decree for an August 2009 law governing franchises in February 2010 -- a decree that will allow international franchises to operate under Tunisian law. In addition, a Central Bank re [...] | 2009-12-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS |
09TUNIS913 | TUNISIA: THE 2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT TS |
09TUNIS921 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: EMBASSY TUNIS OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Our engagement with public and private sector Tunisians continues to build support for the Entrepreneurship Summit and other Cairo speech initiatives. Tunisians are widely supportive of the President's vision of comprehensive engagement and partnership, and have identified the potential [...] | 2009-12-21 15:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS |
09TUNIS938 | Tunisia: Ambassador Highlights Cairo Goals and Trade [...] (SBU) In a December 24 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts Ridha Ben Mosbah discussed U.S.-Tunisia trade and investment and USG initiatives following the President's Cairo speech. While the Minister emphasized his desire for a free trade agreement (FTA) with [...] | 2009-12-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR TS |
09TUNIS95 | TUNISIA - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] This cable responds to taskers in Refs B and C. Post POC for TIP related issues is Laura Byergo, (Tel) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-053. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hr FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 25 hrs FS-02. 2. Begin TIP responses. Paragraphs below are keyed to the quest [...] | 2009-02-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09ULAANBAATAR189 | Post Response to OPIC Request for Comment on WM Mining [...] (SBU) As per ref paragraph 2, Post supports WM Mining application for OPIC financing of the Big Bend Placer gold-mining project (BBP) in Zaamar Soum (county) of Tov Aimag (province). Post has received detailed briefings of the project aims, technologies, environmental, and social impacts from [...] | 2009-07-02 05:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OPIC MG |
09ULAANBAATAR192 | DEMARCHE ON OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PUSH [...] (SBU) On July 3, Post shared reftel talking points with Ms. G. Battungalag, Second Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Ms. Battungalag thanked Post for this information, commenting that the ITSO DG's actions seeme [...] | 2009-07-06 05:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL MG |
09ULAANBAATAR208 | MONGOLIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Post has prepared the following scenesetter for the Congressional Delegation, led by Rep. John Boehner of Ohio and scheduled to visit Mongolia from August 9 to 10. 2. (SBU) Below is a breakdown by paragraph of the organization of this scenesetter: 3-5: Context of the Visit 6-8: Pol [...] | 2009-07-30 00:44:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MG |
09ULAANBAATAR232 | HDAC STAFF WITH CODEL PRICE PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative David Price led a Congressional Delegation to Mongolia on June 29-30, as part of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) engagement with Mongolia, which began in 2006. Congressional Research Service (CRS) and HDAC staff members held concurrent meetings [...] | 2009-08-13 01:36:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID OREP MG |
09ULAANBAATAR236 | Summary of High-Level Meetings during CODEL Boehner [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9 and 10, Members of the Congressional Delegation headed by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio met with Prime Minister S. Bayar and President Ts. Elbegdorj during the course their visit to Mongolia to review the impact of the current economic crisis and issues r [...] | 2009-08-13 09:57:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD AMGT ASEC AFIN MG |
09ULAANBAATAR244 | Mongolian Parliament Passes Long Awaited, Absolutely [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, the Mongolian Parliament amended four key laws, which will allow the government to sign and execute the much anticipated agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) copper and gold project. This immense project promises to generate tens of billions of dollars, and finally o [...] | 2009-08-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG |
09ULAANBAATAR245 | MONGOLIA'S TOP MEDIA OUTLETS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Eighteen years after independence, Mongolia's major media outlets remain influenced by political parties and powerful patrons. If not exactly a free press, a vibrant media scene has nonetheless emerged from amid the tangled web of interlocking ownership relations. Among print m [...] | 2009-08-28 00:50:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC MN |
09ULAANBAATAR309 | UNGA Demarche Delivered to Mongolian Government [...] (SBU) Ambassador Baatar, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),stated that countries should not be singled out in the UNGA for Human Rights abuses. Rather, he argued, the Third Committee session is a forum for discussing the [...] | 2009-10-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN |
09ULAANBAATAR315 | Key Mongolian Mining Deal Still On Track [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks into the Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement (OTIA) all parties seem committed to satisfying its conditions precedent. The companies have sent the first USD 100 million of a USD 250 million cash advance as promised while the Government of Mongolia (GOM) has honored its i [...] | 2009-10-29 08:25:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
09ULAANBAATAR319 | MONGOLIA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche as requested in reftel to Ms. Gerelmaa, Second Secretary with the International Organizations Department (IOD) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa noted the political sensitivity to the GOM of certain international human rights issues and pro [...] | 2009-11-04 04:57:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS MG |
09ULAANBAATAR377 | Visa Referral Validation Study Finds Low Overstay Rate [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A validation study of post's Visa Referral Program covering January 2007 through December 2008 showed no signs of fraud or abuse in this program. The study identified an overstay rate of one percent for referred applicants, well below the 16 percent overstay rate estimated for a [...] | 2009-12-30 00:26:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT KFRD XE MG |
09UNESCOPARIS1536 | SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 24 VISIT OF IO DAS ANDERSON [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's new Director-General Irina Bokova is under great pressure to come to decisions on appointing her team and reorganizing UNESCO's organizational structure. In doing so, she would like to take account of U.S. views (as well as others),but she must act fast or risk findi [...] | 2009-11-19 12:11:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO AORC |
09UNESCOPARISFR1312 | MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO 182ND EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in recent memory, the issue of the reconstruction of the ascent to the Mughrabi Gate of Jerusalem's Temple Mount registered only as a minor blip on the radar screen during the just completed 182nd Executive Board at UNESCO. Although the Jordanians arrived see [...] | 2009-09-25 11:23:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO JO IS SCUL KWBG |
09UNESCOPARISFR1407 | HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...] | 2009-10-19 06:08:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1458 | WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...] | 2009-10-29 15:38:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1590 | 183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DG'S SPEECH [...] (U) Summary: UNESCO's one-day Executive Board, held November 23, served as the "clean-up" meeting following the biennial General Conference held last month, and provided the opportunity for newly installed Director-General, Irina Bokova, to address Board members and set some direction for the [...] | 2009-11-27 08:31:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1639 | GOOGLE AND UNESCO BEGIN COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Google and UNESCO announced an alliance to provide virtual visits to nineteen World Heritage sites. While these initial sites are all in Western Europe, in 2010 Google intends to expand to sites in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countr [...] | 2009-12-04 12:31:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1651 | APPLICANT FOR DIRECTOR OF UN OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) Reftel requests post's assessment of UNESCO Comptroller Getachew Engida who is among the applicants for director of the UN Office of Internal Oversight. Post deals with Engida occasionally on matters regarding payment of our assessed contributions and has seen him in action when speakin [...] | 2009-12-07 11:51:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PINR UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1666 | U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AT UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A window of opportunity has opened for the United States at UNESCO. With the election of Irina Bokova, the U.S. has a favorably disposed Director-General who is looking for new ideas. Rather than being on the defensive, the U.S. should be making programmatic proposals to help [...] | 2009-12-09 11:10:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY UNESCO |
09UNROME40 | FAO COUNCIL APPROVES NOVEMBER FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT, REVIEWS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or distribution outside the USG. Summary: ------- 2. (SBU) During the 136th session of FAO Council, from June 15-19, members debated the merits of a proposal from Director General Diouf to host a Heads-of-State [...] | 2009-06-24 11:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM FAO UN |
09UNROME41 | COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS): REFORM PROCESS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or dissemination outside USG channels. Summary: -------- 2. (U) Within the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),efforts are well under way to reform the Committee on World Food Security (CFS),a commi [...] | 2009-06-24 14:44:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EAGR FAO UN |
09UNROME45 | FAO REFORM MOVING FORWARD: UNTAI PROGRESS REPORT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. As part of this mission's regular reporting on reform of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),we offer below our assessments on eight key issues covered in our latest report for [...] | 2009-07-24 16:50:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID FAO UN |
09UNROME49 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. This is an action request; please see paragraphs four, six, and eight. Summary ------- 3. (SBU) Amidst an intensified focus on food and agricultural issues due to rising global hunger and maln [...] | 2009-08-14 14:56:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR EAID UN FAO |
09UNROME51 | FAO BUDGET CHIEF PROVIDES DETAILS OF REVISED BUDGET REQUEST, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Responding to concerns voiced by the U.S. and other Rome-based missions over the FAO's latest budget request during a recent meeting of the Finance Committee (septel),FAO Management revised its draft [...] | 2009-08-17 09:25:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAGR EAID EFIN UN FAO |
09UNROME52 | FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The FAO Finance Committee (FinCom) held its 128th session from July 27-31 in Rome, giving particular attention to a controversial biennial budget proposal tabled by FAO managemen [...] | 2009-08-17 09:34:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO |
09UNROME53 | FAO DG DIOUF'S VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTING L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. FAO Director General (DG) Jacques Diouf told the Charge on August 28 that he was delighted with President Obama's strong leadership on food security at the L'Aquila Summit and wants to use the November World Food Summit to adopt the five L'Aquila princi [...] | 2009-09-01 12:05:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR FAO PREL EAID UN WB |
09UNROME54 | RECOMMENDED STRATEGY ON FAO DRAFT BUDGET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The FAO Director General distributed on September 1 a revised draft Program of Work and Budget (PWB) for the 2010-11 biennium that proposes a significant 7.1 percent increase over the cur [...] | 2009-09-03 16:36:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN |
09UNROME55 | COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REFORM PROCESS GENERALLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified for USG only. Please handle accordingly. -------- Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Bureau convened on September 4 the final negotiating session of its "Contact Group" - a group comprising F [...] | 2009-09-09 10:13:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM EAID PREL FAO UN |
09UNROME58 | WORLD FOOD SUMMIT "ZERO DRAFT" DECLARATION: IMPROVED, BUT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request --------------------- 2. (SBU) To prepare for the November 16-18 World Summit on Food Security, to be co-hosted in Rome by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gener [...] | 2009-10-05 10:41:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
09UNROME59 | COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY: FINAL DRAFT TEXT FOR [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Pursuant to an agreement of the 34th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS),members have been engaged in a year-long process to reform the CFS. The focus of the [...] | 2009-10-07 18:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO |
09UNROME60 | FAO 137TH COUNCIL: IMPASSE OVER PROPOSED BUDGET LEVEL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request ------------------- 2. (SBU) Members at the September 28-October 2 meeting of the FAO Council could not reach consensus on the level of the organization's budget for the 201 [...] | 2009-10-09 10:03:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
09UNROME61 | REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. From October 14-17, the U.S. delegation to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) worked with other delegations to reform the FAO technical committee into a body that will provide value-ad [...] | 2009-10-23 17:34:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
09UNROME63 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - ELECTION FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF [...] (SBU) Mission believes that a U.S. citizen candidate is by far the most qualified of the six candidates competing for the November 25 election for the next Director General (DG) of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and recommends that the American candidate, Thomas McInerney [...] | 2009-10-29 09:03:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON |
09UNROME69 | FAO BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: U.S. ACHIEVES KEY OBJECTIVES, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The 36th Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization was held in Rome November 18-23, beginning a mere three hours after the closing of the World Food Summit. The Un [...] | 2009-11-27 16:18:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR EAID FAO UN |
09UNROME77 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...] | 2009-12-11 09:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN |
09UNROME78 | ROME FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3 and 4, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome co-hosted the third follow-up to the G8 `plus' meeting on global food security held i [...] | 2009-12-11 16:51:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR EAID FAO WFP IT |
09UNVIEVIENNA109 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: SEEKING PRINCIPLED SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paras 12-13.) Director General ElBaradei stepped forward last month with a proposal to increase the IAEA's regular budget by 23 percent. Member States are generally unhappy with the proposal, but are waiting on tenterhooks for the U.S. [...] | 2009-03-17 14:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAID UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA11 | IAEA/2020: A LOW-RISK FORUM FOR DISCUSSING THE [...] (U) Summary: IAEA Board Vice Chair Kauppi intends to preside over informal deliberations on the long-term future of the Agency, putting to use, guardedly, the Commission of Eminent Persons report of spring 2008. Kauppi's plan entails monthly meetings on six major topics, such as nuclear power [...] | 2009-01-14 07:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL |
09UNVIEVIENNA110 | Vienna Adopts International Roadmap for Fighting Drugs [...] (U) The high-level segment of United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) met March 11 and 12 in Vienna to conclude the review of the commitments emanating from the 1998 UNGA Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug control. The Commission adopted a Political Declaration and Actio [...] | 2009-03-17 15:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM UNODC EAID SNAR UN AF RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA112 | NPT PREPCOM CHAIR CONSULTS IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Rounding out consultations in New York and Geneva, NPT Prepcom Chairman Zimbabwe UN Permrep Bonafice Chidyausiku reviewed preparations for the 2009 Prepcom with approximately two dozen states parties in Vienna March 16. The first priority for the Prepcom would be to adopt the 2010 Revcom [...] | 2009-03-18 11:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA114 | COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY: EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of Working Group B of Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO),Ambassador met with Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth to review the results of the three weeks of meetings. Toth welcomed signs [...] | 2009-03-20 11:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KTBT SA |
09UNVIEVIENNA119 | CHINA PARTNERS WITH IAEA TO BUILD HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) China has embarked on a major IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) project focusing on Human Resource Capacity Building and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to rehabilitate of eight national training centers. Each center will have a specialty such as radiation safety, need [...] | 2009-03-23 07:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL TRGY ETTC CH KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA120 | IAEA BUDGET: BOARD VICE CHAIR PROBES ON U.S. AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian Ambassador, vice chairman of the IAEA Board and in charge of budget negotiations, pointedly asked Ambassador Schulte on March 20 whether the U.S. position on the IAEA budget would reflect U.S. campaign promises. Ambassador replied that Washington was looking closely [...] | 2009-03-23 15:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA121 | IAEA: DISCUSSION WITH IAEA ON IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Officials of the United States Government and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met in Vienna on March 3, 2009, to discuss matters related to the implementation of the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol. IAEA officials confirmed that the Agency was prepared for the United States [...] | 2009-03-24 07:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY CVIS |
09UNVIEVIENNA127 | UN Commission Adopts Fourteen Drug Control Resolutions [...] (U) Following on the High-Level Segment (Ref A),the regular session of the 52nd UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND),held March 16-20, adopted 14 drug control-related resolutions to guide the work of Member States and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the coming year. The Secreta [...] | 2009-03-25 15:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV UN KCRM AF UNCND CU IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA135 | Cuba, Perhaps Germany Contest for UNODC FinGov [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 11-20 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Cuba announced the candidacy of its Ambassador Norma M. Goicochea Estenoz for one of the two co-chairs of the UNODC Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov WG). The G-77 will not oppose her, nor allow for a competing candid [...] | 2009-03-31 12:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC CU GR |
09UNVIEVIENNA143 | BEGINNING THE RIGHTSIZING OF THE IAEA OFFICE OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) presentation on the proposed IAEA 2010-2011 budget emphasized plans to re-organize, increase staff, and become a more focused operation if the proposed IAEA budget increase is approved. The increase in regular budget resources for ONS wo [...] | 2009-04-06 15:34:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PTER EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA144 | BEGINNING THE RIGHTSIZING OF THE IAEA OFFICE OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) presentation on the proposed IAEA 2010-2011 budget emphasized plans to re-organize, increase staff, and become a more focused operation if the proposed IAEA budget increase is approved. The increase in regular budget resources for ONS wo [...] | 2009-04-06 15:35:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PTER EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA146 | Human Trafficking Back on UNODC's Agenda [...] (SBU) Following a busy and difficult year for anti-human trafficking issues in Vienna in 2008, the UN Office on Drugs and Crme (UNODC) is taking measures to improve and focus its activities. UNODC has formulated a draft thematic program to fight human trafficking and consolidated the UN.GIFT [...] | 2009-04-06 15:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM UN KTIP |
09UNVIEVIENNA148 | IAEA STAFFING: AMCIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Introduction: Mission continues to monitor senior-level positions throughout the IAEA Secretariat with an eye toward placing well-qualified Americans in positions of interest. Following is a break-down of current and upcoming senior-level vacancies by department, indicating both opport [...] | 2009-04-06 16:07:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA149 | WORKING TO CLARIFY THE IAEA'S POLICY ON PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has made progress on the issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) with the recent release of an official policy that addresses some - but not all - transparency issues raised by the U.S. and Geneva Group (reftels). Ambassador met with IAEA officials to define these issues [...] | 2009-04-07 09:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA15 | CHINA IN VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Mission conveyed to the Permanent Mission of France, host of the January 22 meeting, Ref A instructions that the U.S. supports inviting Russia and Poland to the meeting, if the Afghan ambassador here concurs. According to the French Mis [...] | 2009-01-16 08:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN CH |
09UNVIEVIENNA155 | IAEA/RANF: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON ASSURED FUEL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The Russian Government and IAEA Secretariat have the proposal for a nuclear fuel assurance supply mechanism that is nearest to coming before the IAEA Board for action. The arrangement provides for an assured export license, fissionable material, a storage location, and revenue, and on t [...] | 2009-04-08 17:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY RS |
09UNVIEVIENNA160 | CTITF: IAEA HQ ON PROPOSED WMD TERRORIST ATTACK [...] (U) Upon receipt of reftel Mission queried the IAEA office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) about the post-incident response exercise proposed in New York and draft paper on "preventing and responding to WMD terrorist attacks." We asked how the initiative relates to the IA [...] | 2009-04-10 06:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER PARM PREL UNSC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA163 | IAEA: COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, MsnOffs met with a group of senior IAEA managers to discuss coordination of infrastructure assistance activities related to the expansion of nuclear power. Graham Andrew, S&T Advisor to Director General ElBaradei, requested the meeting in response to Mission's invit [...] | 2009-04-14 15:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BEXP EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA166 | IRAQ-WMD-RESTRICTIONS: DISCUSSING HOW VIENNA COULD [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Schulte met with Embassy Baghdad and Washington ISN/RA, NEA/I, and L/NPV on April 1 over Secure VTC to discuss WMD-related UN Chapter VII Resolutions on Iraq. Ambassador Schulte noted that the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna is willing to assis [...] | 2009-04-16 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA167 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET ADVOCACY [...] (SBU) Summary: At UNVIE request, IAEA DDG/Safeguards briefed Geneva Group members on April 15 regarding his department's 2010/11 budget proposal. Heinonen made a compelling case for the proposed budget increase, but key member states appear to remain skeptical. Heinonen began by explaining w [...] | 2009-04-17 06:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA168 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET ADVOCACY [...] (SBU) Summary: At UNVIE request, IAEA DDG/Safeguards briefed Geneva Group members on April 15 regarding his department's 2010/11 budget proposal. Heinonen made a compelling case for the proposed budget increase, but key member states appear to remain skeptical. Heinonen began by explaining w [...] | 2009-04-17 06:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA174 | IAEA BUDGET HAWKS MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA regional groups have begun clarifying their positions on the IAEA draft budget in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). Most Member States have criticized Director General ElBaradei's proposed increase of 23 percent, but there ar [...] | 2009-04-17 15:29:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA175 | UNODC Director Costa on UN Crime Conventions [...] (SBU) INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Verville and UNVIE Ambassador used an April 16 meeting with UNODC Executive Director Costa to underline U.S. interest in making the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),and the respective Conferences of Parties to the UN Conventi [...] | 2009-04-21 07:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC |
09UNVIEVIENNA187 | Anti-Human Trafficking Working Group Prepares [...] On April 15-16 Vienna-based delegates and anti-human trafficking government experts from several countries gathered in Vienna to participate in a working group designed to assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) [...] | 2009-04-27 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA195 | Debriefing UNODC on ISAF Counternarcotics Activities -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has requested to be debriefed on NATO-ISAF counternarcotics activities so that UNODC can factor these activities into its ongoing analysis of Afghan opium cultivation and trafficking. UNVIE supports this request and [...] | 2009-04-30 08:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NATO UN AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA199 | UNIDO PRIORITIZES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND REFORMS IN NEW [...] (U) UNIDO Director-General Kandeh Yumkella on April 7 briefed member states on his 2010-11 budget proposal, which maintains zero real growth overall while increasing funding for poverty reduction, energy and environment programs, and further efficiency-enhancing measures. Member states reacte [...] | 2009-05-04 13:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA20 | NEW AFGHAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FRIENDS GROUP, IAEA [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met with new Afghanistan ambassador Abdul Shoogufan on January 16 to discuss the Friends of Afghanistan Group, and UNODC and IAEA issues. Shoogufan stressed that most of Afghanistan's problems have been imported from neighbors and spoke at length about the challenge o [...] | 2009-01-22 08:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR JA PK UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA205 | UNODC Briefs on TIP Report for Secretary General [...] UNODC Executive Director Costa and John Sandage, Deputy Director of UNODC's Division of Treaty Affairs, briefed member states on UNODC's report to the UN General Assembly, in advance of the May 13th thematic debate on trafficking in persons. The paper, entitled "Improving the coordination of e [...] | 2009-05-07 06:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA208 | PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER [...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...] | 2009-05-07 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK |
09UNVIEVIENNA217 | "Harm Reduction" Debate Politicizing INCB Elections? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on May 6, Koli Kouame Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB),expressed dismay over what he described as the NGO efforts to politicize the election of Board members. More specifically, Kouame believes the International Drug Policy Consortium ( [...] | 2009-05-08 15:14:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC |
09UNVIEVIENNA221 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS/BUDGET: LEADING WITH OUR STRONG [...] (SBU) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen recently told MsnOff that he has been approached by "many Missions" to inquire about "stretching out" the funding for the requested upgrades to the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL),in particular replacement of the Nuclear Materials Laboratory (N [...] | 2009-05-11 15:07:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA222 | UNODC and AFPAK STRATEGIES Loom Large for Vienna Friends of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on April 28 chaired by the UK Ambassador, Vienna's Friends of Afghanistan heard a presentation by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on its 2009-2011 Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa informed delegations he would [...] | 2009-05-11 15:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AF PK UN PTER UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA240 | IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...] | 2009-05-26 16:25:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA249 | EVALUATING PARIS PACT ON AFGHANISTAN: OPTIMIZING THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 14 briefing for donor and participant countries by the consultant UNODC hired to assess the Paris Pact emphasized inefficiencies in expert roundtable meetings, the unsustainable Pact footprint, the Pact's enduring political utility, and under-utilization of the ADAM system, [...] | 2009-05-29 14:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IR UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA253 | IAEA: JUNE BOARD PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place amid continuing uncertainty over the Director General election and budget negotiations (ref a.) Nevertheless, Mission will endeavor to take advantage of favorable attitudes toward the Pre [...] | 2009-05-29 19:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA259 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2009 U.S. SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The U.S. Support Program (USSP) annual review meeting with the IAEA Department of Safeguards (SG) highlighted the new and ongoing 2008-2009 SG R&D Programme projects for which U.S. and other Member State support has been or will be requested. The overarching theme was the on-going shift [...] | 2009-06-05 10:01:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA269 | IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ SEEKING U.S. GUIDANCE FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi told Ambassador Schulte on June 8 that Baghdad had instructed him earlier in the day to seek an Agenda item at the June 15-19 Board of Governors meeting on Iraqi compliance. Aqrawi shared that Board Chair Feroukhi discouraged a new agenda item at this late stage [...] | 2009-06-09 15:02:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA27 | IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - FORCING THE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) at the IAEA has become increasingly irksome. The IAEA's unpublished policy of charging 7 percent PSCs has grown to include even the cost-free experts on loan to the IAEA from Member States, while continuing to exempt donations to the T [...] | 2009-01-23 15:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL CN UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA270 | IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...] | 2009-06-10 14:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA271 | IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ COMPLIANCE AT JUNE 2009 BOARD [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte passed ref A advice to Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi on June 10, for which Aqrawi was grateful. Ambassador Schulte advised him to make a statement at the June Board of Governors meeting under Any Other Business (AOB) requesting the Secretariat to prepare a report on Iraq's [...] | 2009-06-10 16:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA273 | IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...] | 2009-06-12 13:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA276 | CODEL LOWEY AND WAXMAN,S VISIT WITH IAEA AND CTBTO [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) challenged IAEA DG ElBaradei's assessment of the threat Iran poses to Israel in a May 26 private meeting. ElBaradei used the opportunity to reiterate his views about international fuel banks, explain the IAEA's auth [...] | 2009-06-15 14:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MNUC PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP SY KN |
09UNVIEVIENNA279 | DG ELBARADEI FUELS THE BUDGET DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Director General ElBaradei intervened during a session of the ongoing Board of Governors meeting to deliver an impassioned plea in favor of a budget increase. ElBaradei said "two decades" of zero growth had restricted the IAEA's ability to do its job, and warned that Member [...] | 2009-06-17 14:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA281 | IAEA/JUNE BOARD: IRAQ SEEKS A CLEAN SLATE FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary. During June 17 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations, Iraq requested that an item be added to the September Board meeting agenda that addresses the cooperation between Iraq and the IAEA related to implementation of Iraq's IAEA safeguards obligations. Iraq asked for member state [...] | 2009-06-17 17:35:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA284 | KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...] | 2009-06-18 09:11:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS |
09UNVIEVIENNA286 | IAEA/ELBARADEI UNPLUGGED: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging intervention following Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh's customary diatribe at the conclusion of the Iran agenda item at the ongoing IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Director General (DG) ElBaradei took Iran to task amid the DG's "general reflections" on the health and [...] | 2009-06-19 06:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG MNUC IR IAEA PREL PINR KNNP KN SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA288 | IAEA/IRAN: NUCLEAR SAFETY/REGULATORY MISSIONS [...] (U) According to Miro Lipar, head of the IAEA's Operational Safety Section, who will lead the preliminary Operational Safety Review Team (pre-OSART) in Iran, the mission has not yet been scheduled and will probably not happen in 2009. He stated that there are several things that need to happe [...] | 2009-06-19 09:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP CPAS IAEA OSCE RS IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA29 | IAEA: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DISCUSSES TEXT BUT NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, interested NSG Participating Governments (PGs) discussed the current "clean text" to revise paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Part 1 NSG Guidelines regarding conditions for approval of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology. [...] | 2009-01-27 16:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENR |
09UNVIEVIENNA296 | ASSESSING UNODC'S ANTONIO COSTA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is scheduled to roll out UNODC's annual World Drug Report with the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske on June 24. Costa is an ambitious and energetic [...] | 2009-06-23 11:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK |
09UNVIEVIENNA298 | IAEA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) This cable reports on discussion of the routine safeguards agenda items from the Board of Governors: item 5a (Conclusion of safeguards agreements and additional protocols),5b (the Safeguards Implementation Report for 2008) and 5c (Staff of the Safeguards Department to be used as Agency In [...] | 2009-06-23 14:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA299 | IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...] | 2009-06-24 06:35:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA3 | AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...] | 2009-01-09 08:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA300 | IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...] | 2009-06-24 06:36:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA301 | IAEA JUNE BOARD: MOVES FUEL BANKS FORWARD [...] (SBU) In its debut as formal item on the IAEA Board of Governors agenda, the issue of nuclear fuel assurances concluded with the IAEA Secretariat empowered to continue developing select proposals and with the way cleared for continued Board discussions and eventual Board action. For the first [...] | 2009-06-24 14:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN GR |
09UNVIEVIENNA303 | UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA304 | UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...] | 2009-06-25 14:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA31 | Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction" [...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...] | 2009-01-27 16:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM |
09UNVIEVIENNA313 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: POSSIBLE IAEA BUDGET DEAL [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraphs 11-12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recognizing the deadlock in IAEA budget negotiations, the Board Vice Chair will present IAEA Member States with yet another budget proposal on July 1. This will be the fourth budget proposal since Director [...] | 2009-06-30 14:51:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAIO UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA323 | FINLAND SEEKS TOP UNODC JOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering naming its Director of International Affairs, Matti Joutsen, as a candidate to replace UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, who is lobbying for an extension after his second term expires in May 2010 (Reftels). As several EU co [...] | 2009-07-08 15:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK FI |
09UNVIEVIENNA324 | BRIEFING TO COPUOS AND SIDE MEETING ON THE [...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Brigadier General Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy, J-5, United States Strategic Command, briefed the 52nd Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on the February 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites. Prior t [...] | 2009-07-08 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL PARM TSPA RS NASA CPUOS CDG |
09UNVIEVIENNA327 | IAEA: WHAT IS BEING DONE IN FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) The IAEA has played an important if obscure role in securing the world's food supply for nearly fifty years. Its projects have addressed a wide variety of agricultural concerns and provided innovative solutions using nuclear technology. In partnership with FAO, the Vienna-based Joint Divi [...] | 2009-07-09 09:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR |
09UNVIEVIENNA328 | IAEA BUDGET TALKS DISINTEGRATE AS EURO "HAWKS" [...] (SBU) Summary: The European position on the IAEA budget increase has hardened. They no longer describe funding for Safeguards and Security as "priorities," but merely "desirable." The G8 process has had no affect on their zero growth position. If anything, the "budget hawks" have gained mo [...] | 2009-07-09 16:01:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA332 | IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL HAS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON VINCA SITE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: IAEA Director General ElBaradei visited the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Serbia and came away with a new level of concern and attention to the repackaging, transportation, and reprocessing of nuclear fuel from Serbia to the Russian Federation. He has set a new target [...] | 2009-07-13 06:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA336 | TERRORISM PREVENTION BRANCH PERFORMING WELL, FACES BUDGET [...] (SBU) John Sandage, Officer-in-Charge of UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB),briefed UNODC member states on July 7 on the Branch's mid-year 2009 Project Implementation, as well as its ongoing budget woes. Like many UNODC branches, Sandage said TPB will also suffer a funding shortfall i [...] | 2009-07-15 14:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PREL AFIN UN AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA339 | IAEA BUDGET TALKS IN NEED OF SALVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget negotiations in Vienna are seized up; a consensus outcome is readily imagined but key local players lack the authority to effect it. Germany and France have not budged from their zero growth positions, though French representatives told us they have recommended fle [...] | 2009-07-16 12:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA344 | IAEA ENERGIZING FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Hitching his wagon to the President's priority issue, IAEA DG-designate Amano is expressing his ambition that the Agency figure substantively in the concept and conduct of the global nuclear security summit in March 2010. Apparently spurred by Amano, IAEA DDG Taniguchi and Nuclear Securi [...] | 2009-07-17 15:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER KNNP TRGY MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA358 | Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...] | 2009-07-27 12:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA361 | UNODC'S MAJOR DONORS MEET; SEND STRONG MESSAGES TO COSTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 14:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA362 | IAEA BUDGET: FRAGILE CONSENSUS BUILDING AROUND [...] (U) This is an action request for IO; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: After five months of budget negotiations, IAEA Member States appear to be moving toward a consensus to increase the IAEA's Regular Budget by 5.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, a level that satisfies minimal U.S. objec [...] | 2009-07-30 12:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA368 | SUBDUED BOARD APPROVES IAEA BUDGET INCREASE, EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Budget negotiations at the IAEA concluded successfully on August 3 with a Board of Governors' agreement to approve an increase of 5.4 percent. The dozen statements from a wide range of Member States mostly focused on their "disappointment" with the end result. They also previe [...] | 2009-08-03 14:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA373 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) IAEA and "Friends of SAL" met July 29-30 to provide Member States with an update on the Agency's Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL) planning and needs. (Note: Friends of SAL is an informal group of Member States that closely follow the Secretariat's efforts to ensure a highly capab [...] | 2009-08-05 10:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA377 | IAEA/DPRK: DG REPORT SUMMARIZING IAEA ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) The Director General released his annual report on Application of Safeguards in the DPRK (GOV/2009/45-GC(53)/13) ahead of the September 2009 Board meeting and General Conference. The DPRK disallowed implementation of the ad hoc monitoring and verification arrangement in the DPRK on Apri [...] | 2009-08-07 13:44:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA380 | IAEA/ENERGY: HOW DOES THE IAEA FIT INTO THE UN ENERGY [...] (U) After years of debate over the IAEA's proper role in nuclear power promotion, the Agency today enjoys broad agreement among Member States that the IAEA should encourage consideration of nuclear power as a sustainable energy option. To assist states in optimizing a national energy mix, IA [...] | 2009-08-10 15:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY SENV EAID KNNP IAEA UNIDO |
09UNVIEVIENNA386 | WHITHER A U.S. VISION FOR FINANCING AND GOVERNING UNODC [...] Summary: Following a year of difficult negotiations surrounding its creation, the UNODC working group on finance and governance issues (FinGov) is poised to hold its first meeting before mid September. With Cuban Ambassador Norma Goicochea Estenoz as one of FinGov's co-chairs, the U.S. faces [...] | 2009-08-13 07:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM UNODC CU |
09UNVIEVIENNA387 | IAEA RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL TO FORMALIZE NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security (ONS)has accepted a USG proposal to formalize annual USG-IAEA/ONS nuclear security program review and planning meetings. ONS indicated that ONS top management would be available to participate in the first such meeting in October 2009, in W [...] | 2009-08-13 13:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA KNNP TRGY AFIN ABUD AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA393 | HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF [...] (SBU) The following Pre-Launch Notification (PLN) was distributed 17 August 2009 by the Immediate Central Contact, Vienna to Focal Points of the HCOC Subscribing States (ref A) concerning a Republic of Korea PLN for the launch of a space launch vehicle (SLV) originally scheduled 30 July (reftel [...] | 2009-08-18 07:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA397 | IAEA/BOG: September Board Preview and Analysis [...] (SBU) The traditional focus of the September 7-11 Board of Governors meeting is preparation for the IAEA General Conference (GC) the following week. The Board approves DG reports in core programmatic areas: nuclear safety, security and nuclear applications. However, we expect this will largel [...] | 2009-08-21 15:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA403 | SEEKING CREATIVE FUNDING FOR THE TOP U.S. INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Mission advises flexibility and creativity in current negotiations to create a new mechanism for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),particularly relating to the issue of how the new mechanism will be funded. As negotiations reach the final stages, w [...] | 2009-08-27 06:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR |
09UNVIEVIENNA404 | SEEKING CREATIVE FUNDING FOR THE TOP U.S. INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Mission advises flexibility and creativity in current negotiations to create a new mechanism for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),particularly relating to the issue of how the new mechanism will be funded. As negotiations reach the final stages, w [...] | 2009-08-27 06:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR |
09UNVIEVIENNA410 | IAEA/General Conference: Train wreck or New Dawn ? [...] (SBU) Traditionally, the September 14-18 53rd IAEA General Conference (GC) serves as a platform for promoting U.S. priorities on core IAEA issues, nuclear safety and security, strengthened safeguards and peaceful use of nuclear energy. While we will continue to promote these priorities, we fea [...] | 2009-08-28 13:51:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA415 | COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site [...] This cable reports discussions of On-Site Inspection (OSI) issues that took place during the first half of the thirty-third session of Working Group B (WGB-33),August 17 - 25. International Monitoring System (IMS) and International Data Centre (IDC) and OSI discussions taking place during th [...] | 2009-09-03 06:48:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA425 | IAEA/BOG: September Board Wrap-Up [...] (SBU) USDEL to the September 7-10 Board of Governors met our core objectives with respect to spotlighting Iran and Syria's failure to comply with NPT safeguards. Despite an alarmist note struck by international media about Iran's breakout capability, Board delegations welcomed a moderated U.S. [...] | 2009-09-14 14:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA427 | IAEA/DPRK: BOARD REMAINS CONCERNED OVER NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The IAEA September Board of Governors registered grave concern over the DPRK's escalatory actions, particularly the September 4 letter to the President of the UN Security Council announcing the DPRK was in the "final stage" of enriching uranium and undertaking weaponization of newly ext [...] | 2009-09-15 12:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA428 | NSC's Holgate Steers Vienna toward the Nuclear Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Holgate, NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, visited Vienna to explain and build support for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in April (reftel). Holgate also laid the groundwork for the first "Sherpa Meeting" in the lead-up to the Summit, s [...] | 2009-09-15 12:40:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PTER KCRM IAEA ENRG TRGY UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA434 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS: "FUTURE OF THE AGENCY" [...] (SBU) Summary: The two days of informal "Future of the Agency" discussions in the IAEA Board Room on the topic of "Safeguards and Verification" rehashed many North-South issues, with Iran voicing a list of complaints while the IAEA defended itself and Western allies insisted on the importance [...] | 2009-09-22 16:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA439 | DECEMBER 2009 WMD TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) circulated an updated draft agenda for their 01-03 December 2009 workshop in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, entitled "Workshop for Central Asian Countries on Non-Proliferation and International Lega [...] | 2009-09-23 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN PTER KCRM TX |
09UNVIEVIENNA442 | THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA MEETING IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Assistant to the President and U.S. Sherpa Gary Samore outlined the preliminary agenda of the Summit and solicited initial reactions from participants in a September 15 first Sherpa meeting. Samore explained to representatives of nearly all 37 Summit-invitee countries t [...] | 2009-09-24 07:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA450 | IAEA/General Conference: Resolutions Wrap-Up [...] (SBU) Once again, and despite best efforts by USDEL, Middle East issues (ref a) overshadowed much of the substantive agenda of the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference. Among the five core technical resolutions referred to the Committee of the Whole, or COW, -- omnibus safety, nuclear appli [...] | 2009-09-30 15:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA46 | HELPING UNODC TO HELP AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Among issues handled by the UN Organization for Drugs and Crime (UNODC),none looms larger in the U.S. national interest than the Afghan narcotics trade and its impact undermining stability and contributing to terrorist activity in the region. UNODC's Afghanistan strategy compliments an [...] | 2009-02-03 15:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA475 | IAEA/General Conference - NRC Bilateral Meetings [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...] | 2009-10-16 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA476 | IAEA/General Conference: NRC Meetings with IAEA staff and [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...] | 2009-10-16 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA480 | TEPID RESPONSE TO CHANGING GNEP TO INEF [...] (U) Under cover of a short letter drawing from REFTEL background, Ambassador sent IAEA Director General ElBaradei October 19 the non-paper at para 12 of REFTEL. Msnoff concurrently shared non-paper with IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy officials to solicit comment. 2. (SBU) Hans Forsstro [...] | 2009-10-20 16:09:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA481 | IAEA DDG Constructive on Reframing GNEP [...] (U) Updating and correcting remarks reported ref A para 4, IAEA group leader in the innovative reactor technology project Randy Beatty (U.S. cost free expert) confirmed to UNVIE that IAEA DDG/Nuclear Energy Sokolov had been communicating directly with the GNEP Steering Group Chair, DoE DAS McGi [...] | 2009-10-21 08:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA491 | OPPONENTS TO IAEA 2011 BUDGET GROWTH MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech October 21 at the U.S. Institute for Peace, Secretary Clinton implied USG support for a further increase in the IAEA's budget and authorities. Formal negotiations among Member States to determine the 2011 level will not begin until later this winter, but the UK and [...] | 2009-10-29 15:24:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA496 | IAEA Uranium Mining and Milling Initiatives [...] (U) With the resurgence of interest in nuclear power there is also a resurgence of interest in uranium mining. The IAEA recently launched an initiative on uranium mining and milling called the Uranium Production Site Appraisal Team (UPSAT) mission. UPSAT missions allow Member States to reque [...] | 2009-11-02 15:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AROC IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA504 | IAEA/TC: The U.S. Continues to Support Technical [...] (U) Ambassador Davies met with IAEA Technical Cooperation DDG Cetto and TC Regional Directors October 30 to signal the USG's continued willingness to work closely with the TC Division and ensure sound project development and transparency of the TC Program. DDG Cetto spoke at length about the b [...] | 2009-11-06 15:13:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA505 | IAEA NOVEMBER TACC/BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The November 26-27 Board of Governors meeting will be the last Board session for Director General ElBaradei before handing over the reins to Yukiya Amano December 1. With this impetus to reflect on the institution, U.S. positions in the Board should be prefa [...] | 2009-11-06 15:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA506 | ANYTHING LEFT TO SQUEEZE FROM THE IAEA'S "FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Member States are looking forward - some with relief - to the final session of the year-long Future of the Agency (FOA) process on November 19 - 20. The Brazilian chair of the process will circulate and then formally submit a report to the March Meeting of the Board of Governor [...] | 2009-11-06 16:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA507 | IAEA/PACT: WHO ENVOY FOR CANCER PREVENTION NANCY BRINKER [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHO Envoy Ambassador Nancy Brinker spoke at a PACT-hosted event entitled "The Globalization of Cancer" on October 20, 2009, painting a picture of how cancer will increasingly burden low income and developing countries. Brinker also consulted IAEA officials about implementing the [...] | 2009-11-09 11:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA509 | IAEA BUDGET: DEPUTY DG SHARES VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Deputy Director General David Waller contributed his views on the 2011 budget process, focusing on issues of sequencing, financing capital investments, and building alliances among G8 countries. Waller described DG ElBaradei's recent meetings in Washington as "very positiv [...] | 2009-11-09 14:09:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA52 | DOUBLING THE IAEA BUDGET? WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Administration's stated aim of doubling the IAEA's budget has ignited high expectations within the IAEA Secretariat and high anxiety among most other Member States. Anticipating a change in U.S. approach, DG ElBaradei has instructed managers to build significant increases in [...] | 2009-02-06 14:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA529 | IAEA/SYRIA/BOG TECHNICAL BRIEFING: AGENCY [...] (SBU) The IAEA Technical Briefing on Syria did not yield many new details beyond those in the Director General's November 16 report. The Secretariat made its pitch for the need to continue the Al Kibar investigation, repeating its outstanding requests for specific Syrian cooperation. DCM as [...] | 2009-11-20 16:09:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA535 | IAEA/BOG - RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FUEL RESERVE APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: The years-long IAEA debate over the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve finally came to a head at the Board of Governors' Thanksgiving session. Rather than have the Board act on a Secretariat recommendation, Russia chose the tactic of seeking approval of its plan by [...] | 2009-11-30 16:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP AORC TRGY IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA539 | IAEA/SYRIA: DIVIDED BOARD REMAINS SEIZED OF THE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors November 27 formally addressed Syria for the fifth time in as many boards. Despite a critical report by the Director General noting no progress on the Dair Alzour investigation and mounting questions on uranium traces at the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor th [...] | 2009-12-02 15:08:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA54 | GUIDANCE DELIVERED ON UNGASS REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Charge delivered verbatim reftel points to CND chairperson Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on USG support for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce HIV/AIDS. Per r [...] | 2009-02-06 15:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA541 | IAEA Budget Kick-Off Reveals Old Fissures, New Rifts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the Budget Working Group was short and perfunctory, but elicited four telling statements from the G-77, EU, U.S., and Canada. Subsequent conversations also revealed much about the issues facing Member States as they aim for intense budget negotiations Januar [...] | 2009-12-03 08:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA546 | IAEA: NOVEMBER 2009 TACC AND BOARD TC WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 08:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA547 | PC524: CTBTO 33RD SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY [...] (U) Summary. The 33rd Session of the Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO proceeded more smoothly than expected. There was little discussion of the recommendations coming to the PrepCom from Working Group B (WGB) and Working Group A (WGA),and the PrepCom approved all recommendations quickly [...] | 2009-12-04 12:15:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT |
09UNVIEVIENNA549 | IAEA/BOG: North Korea and Other Issues at the November [...] (SBU) The November 26-27 Board of Governors session concluded with two significant accomplishments: passage of a resolution formally censuring Iran's nuclear program by more than a two-thirds vote (25-3-6 abstain, 1 absent),the first such resolution to be adopted since the February 2006 referr [...] | 2009-12-04 12:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY NK |
09UNVIEVIENNA551 | RSA GAME TO PROMOTE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS, LATER; GUMBI [...] (U) Summary: Mission reached out to South African counterparts upon receipt of reftel and will continue efforts in Vienna to collaborate in recruiting further states to sign and implement Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements with the Additional Protocol or, as appropriate, to modify existing Sm [...] | 2009-12-07 15:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL TRGY KTIA SF XA IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA556 | Increasing U.S. Representation in Vienna-Based [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. representation at the IAEA was at 11.2% percent as of November 5, 2009, with U.S. citizens holding 84 of 749 positions subject to geographical distribution. While the percentage of Americans at the IAEA has decreased slowly over the past several years, the most recent num [...] | 2009-12-11 09:23:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KNNP IAEA UNODC |
09UNVIEVIENNA557 | FUTURE OF THE AGENCY SPUTTERS BUT WON'T GO OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 19 final meeting of the Future of the Agency (FOA) broke no new ground, though it did provide yet another platform for Iran to bemoan "some Member States' insistence on politicizing the IAEA." The remaining time was dedicated to the question of Board composition an [...] | 2009-12-11 14:47:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA56 | IAEA: SOUTH AFRICA WILLING TO GIVE UP U.S. ORIGIN HEU [...] (SBU) Acting on REFTEL A, Ambassador Schulte passed the USG non-paper on security of nuclear and radiological material to South Africa's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Abdul Minty, on February 4 during a lunch meeting. Ambassador Minty expressed gratitude for the offer and said he was open to coope [...] | 2009-02-09 10:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA561 | U/S TAUSCHER DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH CTBTO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Tauscher met December 4 with Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth in Vienna. The main discussion topic was the prospect of ratification of the Treaty in the U.S. Senate. Tauscher told ExecSec Toth that the President's [...] | 2009-12-15 11:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT |
09UNVIEVIENNA563 | IAEA: THE AMANO TRANSITION, SITREP 1 [...] (U) UNVIE will report in weekly to bi-weekly installments, or as events warrant, on the personnel and management transition at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its new Director General. This is the first telegram in a series that will extend into early 2010. 2. (SBU) D [...] | 2009-12-15 12:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP JP AR |
09UNVIEVIENNA567 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: SECOND [...] (SBU) The IAEA hosted on December 7 a successful second workshop on the Agency's upgrades to its Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL). The Clean Laboratory Extension (CLE) is fully funded and should be completed by the end of 2010. This extension will house the Japanese-funded Large Geom [...] | 2009-12-16 09:11:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA568 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: YEAR-END ROUND-UP OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 25, Msnoff and STATE/ISN colleagues met with Neville Whiting, IAEA Section Head responsible for implementing safeguards in the United States, to discuss prospects for safeguards implementation at the Louisiana Energy Services (LES - a U.S. subsidiary of Urenco) gas [...] | 2009-12-16 14:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY ENRG AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA572 | UNIDO GENERAL CONFERENCE: YUMKELLA WINS REELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Working-level Mission Officers and Acting UN Counselor attended the December 7 - 11 UNIDO General Conference as informal guests, sitting at the rear and dispensing with name plates. The overall tone of the five-day Conference was positive. Resolutions reflected this year's th [...] | 2009-12-17 11:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA583 | AMANO'S METHODICAL, "SOFT" WAY FORWARD ON FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: DG Amano told EU Ambassadors the process for further considering an IAEA-administered international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) should be transparent; decisions on how to move forward rested with the Board Chair and Member States. A Secretariat paper addressing implementation issu [...] | 2009-12-22 13:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA6 | PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND [...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...] | 2009-01-12 12:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK |
09UNVIEVIENNA7 | FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22 [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...] | 2009-01-12 14:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA71 | IAEA/SYRIA: DIRECTOR GENERAL REPEATS CALL FOR [...] (SBU) The Director General's February 19 report on Syria's undeclared nuclear activities is more categorical than his November report in re-focusing the Agency's nearly year-long investigation on Syrian noncooperation. Most importantly, the report debunks the Syrian red-herring allegation [...] | 2009-02-20 13:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA72 | UNODC Financial Crisis: Tough Choices But Silver Lining? [...] (SBU) Unexpected declines in UNODC's General Purpose Fund (GPF) contributions have created a financial crisis within the UNODC. Compounding that assessment are interest losses stemming from the world financial crisis and the inherent difficulties associated with managing an exploding Special P [...] | 2009-02-20 14:08:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM EAID UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA74 | IAEA BUDGET KICK-OFF LESS CONTENTIOUS THAN [...] (U) Summary: The IAEA opened 2010-2011 budget negotiations with an informal presentation on February 20. Most Member States expressed concern over the size of the proposed increase, but were not as aggressive as Mission had expected. Members of the G-77 took particular issue with the proposed [...] | 2009-02-20 14:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA75 | POLITICS SATURATE OPENING OF "FUTURE OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The initial meeting of the year-long, Future of the Agency (FOA) process got off to a disappointing - if predictable - start. Most Member States had not given thought to specific issues and their statements were overtly political and unconstructive. Only the U.S. and Canada offe [...] | 2009-02-20 15:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL |
09UNVIEVIENNA76 | IAEA: MOVING NUCLEAR SECURITY INTO THE MAINSTREAM [...] (SBU) In 2001, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the IAEA Board of Governors began a process of strengthening the Secretariat's role in preventing nuclear terrorism. The Agency has since adopted a "Nuclear Security Plan," the latest version of which expires at the end of 2009. [...] | 2009-02-20 15:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PTER |
09UNVIEVIENNA77 | CALLING COSTA ON UNODC REORGANIZATION [...] (U) Ambassador contacted UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on February 23 and delivered points in Ref A, noting in particular that the USG sought to maintain the current balance between the normative work of the Division of Treaty Affairs (DTA) and the programmatic work of the Division of [...] | 2009-02-23 15:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA78 | COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site [...] (SBU) Summary: REFTEL requested U.S. Delegation provide detailed reporting of the on-site inspection (OSI) discussions at Working Group B (WGB)-32 of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. As instructed delegation was primarily in a listening and information gathering mode, and avoided [...] | 2009-02-24 15:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA8 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) Mission shared sanctions decision information with senior IAEA officials and disseminated the Department's media note to PA contacts. Ambassador reached Director General ElBaradei by phone to brief personally on the announcement. In response to the DG's questions, the Ambassador confirmed [...] | 2009-01-12 16:44:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EFIN PREL MNUC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA80 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT [...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...] | 2009-02-25 13:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA |
09UNVIEVIENNA83 | UK BACKING OFF "PRINCIPLES" AT MARCH 17-18 NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) IAEACouns shared ref a points with British Deputy Head of Mission Carol Cliff February 23. Cliff confirmed her general agreement with U.S. reservations about the adoption of a statement of principles at the March 17-18 London conference "Multilateral Approaches to the Fuel Cycle." "If a [...] | 2009-02-26 06:47:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA85 | Iran Poised to Chair 2010 Session of the UN Commission on [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INR and NEA, see Para 13. 2. (SBU) The chairmanship of the 2010 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will rotate to the Asia Group. Iran has announced to the Group its intention to pursue the position. If no other Asian country seeks the chairmanship [...] | 2009-02-27 10:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UN IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA89 | SENIOR SENATE INVESTIGATOR WALKS THE HALLS OF [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senior Investigator Doug Frantz relied on his journalistic experience and extensive network of contacts to conduct an unconventional, one-man staffdel to Vienna February 9 - 13. Engaged by SFRC Chairman John Kerry (whom he knew in connection to t [...] | 2009-03-04 09:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL PARM TRGY JA |
09UNVIEVIENNA91 | IAEA/DPRK: SUPPORT FOR SIX-PARTY PROCESS AND [...] (SBU) North Korea has been on the agenda of every IAEA Board of Governors meeting since inspectors were kicked out of the country in December 2002. For the March 2009 Board meeting no written report was issued by the Secretariat on this item, and the Director General's introductory remarks w [...] | 2009-03-06 13:36:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA92 | IAEA/SYRIA: SYRIA OFFERS NO FURTHER COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) The March 4 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations on Syria broke down along similar lines as past Board discussion of this issue. Although the Director General and a majority of Board members (21 of 33 Board members) called for cooperation by Syria, NAM standard bearers Egypt, Cuba and [...] | 2009-03-06 14:13:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA95 | IAEA MARCH 2009 BOARD OF GOVERNORS: AOB DISCUSSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Renewed leadership by the Director General, announcements of financial pledges, and calls for more dialogue from potential beneficiary states advanced us toward future IAEA Board action to implement reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) mechanisms under IAEA auspices. The Boar [...] | 2009-03-06 15:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA96 | IAEA: MARCH BOARD WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) USDEL was broadly successful in using the March 2-5, 2009 IAEA Board of Governors meeting as a platform to enunciate the new Administration's support for the IAEA and renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation. U.S. interventions conveyed the overarching objective of building a robus [...] | 2009-03-06 15:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09USEUBRUSSELS1078 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered REF A points on August 4 to Jeremy Lester, head of the European Commission unit for the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa, and the Indian Ocean. Lester agreed that the TFG is Somalia's best chance for stability and said, "If we were to deliver a demarche in Washington on [...] | 2009-08-06 14:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO MARR |
09USEUBRUSSELS1140 | THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...] | 2009-08-17 12:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1172 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 10:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09USEUBRUSSELS1283 | MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...] | 2009-09-23 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO |
09USEUBRUSSELS1319 | EU DAIRY FARMERS SEEK TO REVERSE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EU dairy farmer protests are rapidly escalating into a widening milk delivery strike. The crisis in the EU dairy industry is due to decreased demand as a consequence of the economic crisis. Production of dairy products in the EU has been regulated/managed/protected since the mi [...] | 2009-09-30 11:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1331 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09USEUBRUSSELS1334 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 16:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09USEUBRUSSELS1404 | ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...] | 2009-10-21 05:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1420 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solid agenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in [...] | 2009-10-22 13:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1421 | EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...] | 2009-10-22 14:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IT ZJ RU EU |
09USEUBRUSSELS1477 | EU COUNCIL FAILS TO AGREE ON CLIMATE FINANCING [...] (SBU) This is an initial spot report of the climate outcomes of the EU Council. USEU will provide further detail next week after conversations with EU officials. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts from the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, EU Heads of State and Government fail [...] | 2009-10-30 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT EUN KGHG SENV TRGY |
09USEUBRUSSELS1478 | EU RESPONSE TO S/CRS NON-PAPER ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 15:50:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1663 | EU CONSULAR CONFERENCES ILLUSTRATE IMPACT OF [...] (U) Summary: The USEU senior consular representative attended two EU consular seminars in November as an observer. The first concerned consular assistance to EU nationals in third countries and the second, international adoptions. The object of both conferences was to move toward harmonizing [...] | 2009-12-11 12:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS EUN KOCI |
09USEUBRUSSELS226 | Barroso's economic stimulant on the rocks? [...] (SBU) Summary: The 5 billion euro EU-level portion of Europe's economic stimulus package appears to be foundering on the absence of funds, doubts about its effectiveness and plain old politics. Commission President Barroso will push hard, but a more likely outcome is a longer-term increase in e [...] | 2009-02-18 10:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ECPS PINT EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS241 | NO EU FUNDING PLANS FOR AIRBUS A350XWB [...] (SBU) According to officials at DG Transport and Energy and DG Competition, the European Union has no plans to fund the development of the Airbus A350XWB or to provide launch aid. 2. (SBU) Industry contacts have heard no rumors of funding from Brussels, but thought that there would be pres [...] | 2009-02-20 14:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS622 | INTRODUCING THE EU, PART VII: EU-U.S. COOPERATION UNDER THE [...] (U) Policy consultation and coordination between the United States and European Union has grown enormously over the past decade, and in many respects now rivals the level of discussion we have with such key allies as the UK, Germany and Japan. Our policy relationship with the EU differs from [...] | 2009-04-30 13:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS948 | TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF),organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...] | 2009-07-08 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL |
09USEUBRUSSELS994 | HIGH-LEVEL EUROPEAN UNION ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] According to a Council Secretariat contact, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will address the 64th UN General Assembly on behalf of the European Union. Reinfeldt's arrival and departure dates are to be determined. He will not travel with his spouse and does not require interpretation. [...] | 2009-07-20 15:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA |
09USNATO10 | NEW SYG SELECTION PROCESS TO BEGIN JANUARY 27 [...] (SBU) On January 12, Danish PermRep Per Poulsen-Hansen, acting in his role as Dean of the NATO PermReps, distributed a letter to colleagues proposing a meeting on January 27 to begin the process which will result in the selection of the next NATO Secretary General. (Note: Ambassador Volker wil [...] | 2009-01-14 16:45:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL |
09USNATO104 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] 1. (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Krygyz Ministry of Interior participants for the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics surveillance training to be held in Bishkek, Krygyzstan from March 30 to April 10, 2009 [...] | 2009-03-17 16:09:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO112 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia from April 7 to 22, 2009. 3. (SBU) [...] | 2009-03-20 11:50:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO148 | SCIENCE AT NATO: UPDATE ON CURRENT PROGRAMS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security (SPS) will meet in Allied-only format April 23 and in NATO-Russia Council format on April 24. USNATO provides the following update on SPS projects and current U.S. actions and policy to focus and guide the interagency group in [...] | 2009-04-15 16:58:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OSCI TSPL AF |
09USNATO206 | VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE "TRAIN [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below for the "Train the Trainer" course in Domodedovo, Moscow from June 1-16, 2009. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the appropriate vetting be conducted on the propo [...] | 2009-05-22 14:37:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS AF |
09USNATO233 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia Council Anti-Narcotics Training to be held in Asghabat, Turkmenistan from June 22 to 26. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the [...] | 2009-06-05 15:42:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO25 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Russia from February 3 to 18. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post req [...] | 2009-01-27 14:57:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO270 | UNODC ASSURANCE ON LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S. FUNDS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Daalder received a letter dated June 16 from James Callahan, the Central Asia Regional Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),regarding the distribution of USG funds within the NATO-Russia Council Counter Narcotics program. In the letter, Cal [...] | 2009-06-22 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL NATO SNAR RS AF ZK |
09USNATO34 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crim [...] | 2009-01-30 14:22:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO353 | COUNTER-PIRACY: NATO BEGINS OPERATION OCEAN [...] (U) On August 17, NATO formally commenced Operation Ocean Shield -- the Alliance's long-term contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. In a statement posted to its website, the Allied Maritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (MCC Northwood) said t [...] | 2009-08-18 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO37 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crim [...] | 2009-02-01 10:56:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO390 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Foreign Minister, Sven Alkalaj, said in a courtesy call with Ambassador Daalder on September 11 BiH intends to submit its application to join the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the coming weeks, immediately after the United Nations General Assembl [...] | 2009-09-15 08:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PREL MOPS MCAT BK |
09USNATO399 | KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE ACHIEVES INITIAL OPERATING [...] (SBU) On September 17, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen distributed to Allies a September 15 letter from the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral Stavridis informing Rasmussen that the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) had attained Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on September 15. Stav [...] | 2009-09-18 19:45:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP NATO MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KV |
09USNATO427 | BOSNIA APPLIES FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) During an October 2 visit to NATO Headquarters, Zeljko Komsic, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),delivered a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen formally applying for BiH's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan. Rasmussen distributed the letter to [...] | 2009-10-05 12:09:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PGOV MCAP PHUM PINS PNAT BK |
09USNATO444 | AFGHAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE: I SUPPORT MCCHRYSTAL'S [...] (SBU) On October 6, NATO Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen distributed to Allies a letter he received from Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak (ref). In the letter, Wardak expressed his "wholehearted support for the findings of General McChrystal's assessment of the situation in Afghanis [...] | 2009-10-08 16:07:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PINS PTER AF |
09USNATO486 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Tajik participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Tajikistan from November 9-20. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the appropriat [...] | 2009-10-29 12:23:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO502 | NATO STATEMENT ON USG CONSULTATIONS WITH ALLIES [...] (U) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement on the November 5 visit to NATO headquarters of a senior USG interagency team for consultations on Afghanistan with Allies and non-NATO troop contributing nations. (Note: The substance of the consultations will be reported septel.) 2. [...] | 2009-11-05 17:31:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MCAP MARR NATO AF |
09USNATO595 | NATO-RUSSIA: SECRETARY GENERAL'S TRIP TO MOSCOW [...] (U) Below is a written summary provided by Secretary General Rasmussen of his December 15-17 visit to Moscow. The SecGen's schedule included meetings with President Medvedev, Premier Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, and Russian Parliamentar [...] | 2009-12-21 15:02:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO83 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Domodedovo Center in Russia from March 10-25, 2009. 3. (SBU [...] | 2009-03-03 12:27:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO88 | UPDATED - VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Post previously submitted a vetting request for Afghan participants in the NATO-Russia Counter-narcotics training to be held in Russia March 10-25, 2009. (reftel) Post has received further identifying information on the parti [...] | 2009-03-06 13:16:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO98 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics "Train the Trainer" training to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from March 16 to 27, 2009. [...] | 2009-03-13 15:12:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USNATO99 | CORRECTED - VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics "Train the Trainer" training to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from March 16 to 27, 2009. [...] | 2009-03-13 15:13:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
09USOSCE10 | CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] | 2009-01-23 17:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE105 | OPEN SKIES APRIL 27: BIH CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bosnia and Herzegovina began its chairmanship of the Opens Skies Consultative Commission with the first plenary meeting of the spring 2009 session on April 27. The chair of the Informal Working Group on Sensors reported progress on technical revisions to Decision 14. Russia re [...] | 2009-04-28 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE111 | OSCE: 2009 ANNUAL GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-six OSCE participating States, including Russia, provided worldwide information on their national military forces as part of the annual Global Exchange of Military Information, a confidence building mechanism originating in the 1992 Helsinki Document. End summary. 2. [...] | 2009-04-30 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE XG |
09USOSCE118 | CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN [...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...] | 2009-05-06 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE119 | FSC MAY 6: FSC SUPPORTS COMPROMISE ASRC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation supported its Georgian chair's letter to the Permanent Council endorsing the Annual Security Review Conference agenda, until recently the pretext of another Georgian-Russian disagreement. Germany introduced Food-for-Thought papers on review of [...] | 2009-05-07 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE123 | FSC MAY 13: STOCKPILE AND BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and the OSCE proposed construction of new facilities to improve the safety of munitions storage facilities near Chisinau at the cost of 834,000 euros and requested participating State financial support. Tajikistan outlined its Border Security and Management Strategy and [...] | 2009-05-14 16:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD TI XG |
09USOSCE128 | OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE129 | OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 08:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE13 | FSC JANUARY 28: RUSSIA CALLS OUT GEORGIA FOR VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia sharply criticized Georgia for its refusal of Russian requests for Vienna Document inspection and evaluation. Dismissing Georgia's defense of force majeure as insubstantial, Russia said Georgia had only itself to blame for the conditions it cited in refusing the inspect [...] | 2009-01-29 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE GG RS XG |
09USOSCE131 | CFE: CFE/JCG: MAY 19 PLENARY - NO SCHEDULE YET; [...] (U) Summary. During the May 19 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia objected to holding the first JCG meeting of the fall session on September 15 as proposed in a Draft Decision. Russia argued it should be on September 8, immediately following the opening meeting of the Permanent C [...] | 2009-05-20 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE132 | FSC MAY 20: RUSSIA RETURNS TO NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia again proposed naval CSBMs and asked that they be included on the June 3 working group agenda. Code of Conduct expert Alexander Lambert praised the updated Code questionnaire but lamented the "imbalance" caused by additional questions related to terrorism. The decision [...] | 2009-05-22 14:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD RS XG |
09USOSCE134 | FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...] | 2009-05-28 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG |
09USOSCE137 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...] | 2009-06-03 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE138 | FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...] | 2009-06-04 15:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE14 | OPEN SKIES: JANUARY 26 PLENARY AND IWGRP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Chairman,s Statement on allowable video sensors was not adopted at its 26 January plenary because the Russian delegation lacked its final instructions from Moscow to join consensus. The Russians expect a green light for approval in [...] | 2009-02-02 06:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE140 | OPEN SKIES: JUNE 15: RUSSIA LAST HOLDOUT ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) on June 15 consensus continued to emerge supporting the draft decision on proposed dates for the U.S.-chaired Second Review Conference (June 7-9, 2010). Russia awaits a final go-ahead from Moscow, but assured USDel that it fully [...] | 2009-06-15 12:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09USOSCE144 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 16: RUSSIA ACCUSES NATO OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 16 JCG plenary, Russia accused most of its CFE partners of demonstrating a distorted sense of the Russian position regarding CFE and the parallel actions package during the June 9-10 conventional arms control meetings in Berlin. Russia singled out Canada and the [...] | 2009-06-18 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE145 | FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...] | 2009-06-19 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE147 | OSCE: LAVROV AT ASRC ADDS LITTLE ON NEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the opening session of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) June 23, Russian FM Lavrov ploughed familiar ground in terms of the rationale and outline of the Russian proposals to strengthen European security architecture. He attributed much of the deterio [...] | 2009-06-23 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE15 | CFE/JCG: 27 JANUARY PLENARY - AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the January 27 Joint Consultative Group plenary, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia clashed in another round of lengthy dueling statements. This followed charges last week by Azerbaijan regarding Russian CFE Treaty-limited equipment transshipped through Armenia into Nagorno-K [...] | 2009-02-02 10:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
09USOSCE151 | OSCE 2009 ASRC SESSION II, STATES WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Session II of the 2009 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) on June 24 centered on arms control and CSBMs--in particular the status of CFE, CSBMs, Russia's European Security Initiative and the value of expanded dialogue. The keynote speakers, Klaus-Peter Gottwald of the Germ [...] | 2009-06-29 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE153 | CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...] | 2009-07-02 10:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE154 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 1 PLENARY AND WGS--MONDEM LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In the July 1 FSC Security Dialogue Montenegro Demilitarization Program (MONDEM) Chief Technical Advisor Surprenant recounted the progress on its munitions demilitarization and storage projects in Montenegro. MONDEM's mandate was extended until December 2010, after which, the G [...] | 2009-07-02 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE156 | CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...] | 2009-07-08 16:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE157 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 12:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE16 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 3 PLENARY - AZERI/ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 3 Joint Consultative Group heard another exchange of accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding excess holdings of Treaty-limited equipment. The JCG POET working group met briefly with little result. At the JCG-T, the Dutch provided a readout of the Ja [...] | 2009-02-04 16:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
09USOSCE166 | CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...] | 2009-07-16 14:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE167 | OSCE/FSC: 15 JULY PLENARY--1540 BEST PRACTICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 17:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE168 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: JULY 13 PLENARY - SECOND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 13 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) agreed that the dates for the second Review Conference (RC) would be 7-9 June 2010 under U.S. Chairmanship. The draft decision on Rules of Procedure for the RC was circulated for adoption at the September plenary. USDel has [...] | 2009-07-17 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE170 | CFE/JCG JULY 21: RUSSIA PROVIDES ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 21 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russia raised three issues which it urged delegations to reflect on over the summer recess: a response to the U.S. December 2008 document on the legality of Russia's "suspension"; the case for provisional application of A/CFE; and [...] | 2009-07-21 16:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE172 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 22 RUSSIAN "LESSONS LEARNED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the final plenary before the summer break of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),Russia made a lengthy statement outlining the lessons learned from the August 2008 war in Georgia. While Russia made what it considered to be a strong case that Georgian President Saakas [...] | 2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE173 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: JANUARY-JULY 2009 END OF ROUND; [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter/spring session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw initial preparation for the second Review Conference, incremental progress on the draft decision for digital sensors, agreement on a consolidated Cost decision, and discussion of airspace restriction [...] | 2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE18 | FSC FEBRUARY 4: EU MILITARY HEAD ON BOSNIA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: French General Bentegeat, chair of the EU military committee, reviewed current EU military operations and the European Security and Defense Policy in the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 4. Bentegeat said EU cooperation with NATO and the U.S. was good. Belarus called [...] | 2009-02-05 14:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE195 | CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...] | 2009-09-09 12:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE203 | CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...] | 2009-09-15 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE204 | SUBJECT: OPEN SKIES, OPENING OF ROUND: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-proposed decisions on Rules and Working Methods and on establishing an Informal working Group (IWG) for the forthcoming review conference were adopted by the Open Skies plenary on September 14. A highlight of reports on completed flights was the incident-free British- [...] | 2009-09-16 10:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE212 | FSC/SMALL ARMS REVIEW MEETING: FEW SURPRISES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Meeting to Review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons broke no new ground and vacillated between those delegations looking to add more instrumentalities and mechanisms to the OSCE's work on SA/LW and those, such as the U.S., which advocated more effective [...] | 2009-09-29 11:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL KOMC |
09USOSCE213 | CFE/JCG: 29 SEPTEMBER - SHORT MEETING REGISTERS [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Chairman (Iliev) adjourned the September 29 JCG meeting in near record time. During the short meeting, the U.S. (Neighbour) reported on Russia's latest CFE inspection rejection noting that all other CFE states continue to participate faithfully in inspections and informat [...] | 2009-09-29 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE214 | FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE DECISION AGREED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The 1540 Best Practice Guide (1540 BPG) cleared without incident the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) on September 30. The FSC received a sobering update on the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political-military program from retired Briga [...] | 2009-10-02 11:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE219 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 6 PLENARY - RUSSIA RAISES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 16:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE220 | CFE/JCG OCT 13: RUSSIA RAISES MORE POINTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 13 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia offered familiar comments on paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of its aide-memoire of 5 May 2009, &Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward.8 The U.S. replied that discussions on the Parallel Actions Packag [...] | 2009-10-14 16:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE221 | FSC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA EXCHANGE ON TAGLIAVINI [...] (SBU) Summary: The exchange between Russia and Georgia on the release of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFMCG or Tagliavini Report) dominated the October 7 FSC discussion. Russia underscored Georgia's responsibility for the outbrea [...] | 2009-10-15 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE224 | JOINT FSC-PC 14 OCTOBER: ISAF DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy ISAF Commander LTG Dutton appealed to the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation and the Permanent Council (FSC-PC) for developing "expeditionary police" capabilities that would parallel those of the military for building capacity in Afghanistan. Dutton als [...] | 2009-10-16 13:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE226 | OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...] | 2009-10-20 10:41:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE230 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 20: DELEGATIONS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) At the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary chaired by Denmark (Petersen),Turkey and Spain criticized the Russian Federation for refusing their respective October CFE inspection requests. Ten other delegations, including the U.S., supported the Turkish and Spanish statem [...] | 2009-10-21 16:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE233 | OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...] | 2009-10-22 06:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09USOSCE239 | FSC: UNSCR 1540 TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia shared more detailed remarks in Working Group A about their Food-for-Thought paper on analyzing Vienna Document 1999 implementation, including its interest in targeting specific provisions to reflect more accurately the political-military environment. There were some mu [...] | 2009-10-23 13:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE243 | KAZAKHSTAN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE: A SLIPPERY SLOPE [...] Following an October 21-25 visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, some of the participating nine OSCE Chiefs of Missions shared notes and perspectives. Although the consensus was that we must take steps to ensure "normality" during the Kazakh chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the group suspected [...] | 2009-10-29 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL KZ |
09USOSCE248 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 3: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TAKES [...] (SBU) The November 3 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary was brief even by recent JCG standards. The Spanish Chair (Sabadell) observed the draft decision on the duration of the present session had been circulated (JCG.DD/2/09). It would be approved at the next JCG unless any delegation [...] | 2009-11-03 17:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE249 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION [...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD),with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...] | 2009-11-04 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE |
09USOSCE250 | THE OSCE'S CORFU PROCESS STARTS TO GROW LEGS [...] (SBU) Following seven out of ten sessions of informal but carefully developed dialogue among OSCE PermReps under the umbrella of the Corfu Process (CP),a consensus has emerged that the discussions have served a useful purpose, particularly in three areas. First, the CP provides a strong an [...] | 2009-11-05 09:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL RU OSCE |
09USOSCE252 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] | 2009-11-12 09:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE253 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] | 2009-11-12 09:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE258 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 17: COMMEMORATING ISTANBUL; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 17 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Greece supported by 14 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusal to its recent CFE inspection request. The French Chair commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Istanbul Summit 19 [...] | 2009-11-17 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE260 | FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...] | 2009-11-20 10:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE268 | OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 23--PLANS TO RE-CONVENE [...] (SBU): Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission plenary addressed Russian concerns over air navigation invoices; cleared the draft Chairman's letter and paragraph contribution to the Athens Ministerial Declaration; and called for reactivating the Working Group on Notifications and Form [...] | 2009-11-27 08:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE269 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 25: "ISSUES" AND OTHERS TO BE [...] (SBU) The Forum for Security Cooperation's Working Group B (WGB) preceded the plenary in order to determine whether any of the draft decisions intended to be presented to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens could be moved forward. Of the four draft substantive items on the agenda only the F [...] | 2009-11-27 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE274 | FSC OF DECEMBER 9: WINDING DOWN 2009; WINDING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: At 2009's penultimate meeting of the FSC on December 9, the UK Chair (Cliff) reviewed the its accomplishments and reflected on the 2010 workload. There were no items for discussion in Working Group "B." Working Group "A" had a quick exchange on Ukraine's "Food-for-Thought" pap [...] | 2009-12-11 08:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE275 | OSCE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventeenth OSCE Ministerial Council, held December 1-2, 2009 in Athens, focused mainly on the ongoing European security dialogue known as the Corfu Process. Although Russia,s proposed European security treaty (EST) dominated the headlines, the U.S. achieved its highest pri [...] | 2009-12-11 17:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE RS KZ GR PREL |
09USOSCE282 | CFE/JCG DECEMBER 2009 MEETINGS - NATO, DON'T SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 8 and 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary meetings, Allies objected to three more cases of Russia refusing CFE inspection requests. Denmark, on behalf of NATO states, made a statement calling on Russia to provide its annual CFE Treaty information exchange d [...] | 2009-12-17 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE284 | OSCE/FSC: DECEMBER 2009 - END OF FALL SESSION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This message constitutes an end of fall 2009 session report on the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). The last FSC plenary on December 16 denoted not only the end of the United Kingdom's FSC Chairmanship but also a review of the FSC's accomplishments and prospects in [...] | 2009-12-18 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE287 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] | 2009-12-18 16:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE288 | OPEN SKIES: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw adoption of the quota distribution decision for 2010, further preparations for the second Review Conference, and more progress on the draft decision for digital sensors. OSCC business continues to be positiv [...] | 2009-12-18 16:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE289 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] | 2009-12-21 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE34 | FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...] | 2009-02-12 11:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
09USOSCE36 | CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE [...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...] | 2009-02-13 10:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
09USOSCE38 | FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE41 | OCE/FSC: BITE THE BULLET--SAFERWORLD REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the February 18, 2009 Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),two representatives from Saferworld provided an overview of a February 2009 report on preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The report notes the work accomplished by international organizatio [...] | 2009-02-19 12:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE45 | OPEN SKIES: FEBRUARY 23 PLENARY AND IWGRP - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission adopted the "Chairperson's Statement on Specifications for Allowed Video Sensors," and the "Prolonging the Work of the Informal Working Group on Sensors into the Year 2009" decision. The U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Belgium [...] | 2009-02-24 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE46 | FSC FEBRUARY 25: EXPERTS SAY CFE-FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 25, international security experts from European think tanks agreed that NATO and Europe have been the victims of their own success in structuring a stable security environment for the last twenty years and, now, the security ac [...] | 2009-02-26 11:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE49 | AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...] | 2009-03-06 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE50 | AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...] | 2009-03-06 11:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE55 | FSC MARCH 11: UNSCR 1540 ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 11 Forum for Security Cooperation roundtable on UNSCR 1540 endorsed further work at the OSCE to implement the mandatory measures to prevent the proliferation of WMD to non-state actors. The speakers, including the director of counter-proliferation policy from the UK [...] | 2009-03-12 14:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE59 | OSCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USOSCE has encouraged the OSCE's Office of Democratic and Human Rights (ODIHR) to respond positively to Afghanistan's request for OSCE assistance to its August 20 presidential and provincial counc [...] | 2009-03-23 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AF OSCE |
09USOSCE60 | OPEN SKIES: DECISION ON COSTS FINALLY ADOPTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on March 23 agreed on two decisions: the long-awaited Distribution of Costs and a revision to active quotas to reduce Latvia's quota this year. The U.S., which joined consensus on both decisions, reserved the right to mak [...] | 2009-03-23 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE64 | OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...] | 2009-03-25 16:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE65 | OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] | 2009-03-25 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE71 | FSC MARCH 25: RUSSIA CALLS FOR LIMITED REVISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian arms control delegation head Ulyanov told the March 25 Forum for Security Cooperation that half of the Vienna Document, last revised in 1999, was a "dead letter" and even its provisions for information exchange, inspections/evaluations, and contact visits were no longer [...] | 2009-03-26 15:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE8 | FSC JANUARY 21: NEW ROUND, OLD AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter 2009 session opened with no surprises with many agenda items remaining from the autumn 2008 round. The new French chair proposed a straight forward work plan for 2009 that includes long-established topics: CSBMs, small arms (SALW) and conventional ammunition (SCA),t [...] | 2009-01-22 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE80 | CFE/JCG: MARCH 31: MORE PILING ON CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 31 JCG plenary Germany (supported by 9 delegations, including the U.S.) criticized Russia's latest act of noncompliance with the CFE Treaty. There was agreement to cancel the April 28 JCG plenary due to the HLTF that day. Germany's Colonel Wolfgang Richter, whose [...] | 2009-04-01 05:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE84 | FSC APRIL 1: CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French chairmanship of the FSC ended with the adoption of the decision to update the Code of Conduct questionnaire to reflect new threats and missions for armed forces, after almost two years of negotiation, although three interpretive statements then followed. Denmark and [...] | 2009-04-02 08:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE9 | CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] | 2009-01-23 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK100 | MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: As requested by the United States, A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on February 3 for the second time in less than a week on escalating violence in Darfur. Mulet reported that JEM forces had withdrawn from the vicinity of Muhajeriya, scene of much of the recent violenc [...] | 2009-02-10 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK101 | UN REQUESTS 607 AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT AMISOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On February 5, USUN received a letter from the UN Secretariat on logistical support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). The letter, which has been transmitted by email to the Department, requests agreement in pr [...] | 2009-02-10 02:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK1013 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PALAU PR BECK [...] (SBU) During a meeting with Ambassador Rice, Palau PermRep Stuart Beck conveyed a message from Palau President Toribiong that his country will "never change its loyalty" to the United States. To illustrate the point, Beck raised Palau's support in the UN General Assembly, including the recent [...] | 2009-11-12 14:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL MARR PS |
09USUNNEWYORK1014 | UNGA 5TH COMMITTEE REVIEWS 2010-2011 BUDGET: G77 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Secretary General introduced his 2010-2011 proposed budget in a formal meeting of the Fifth Committee which continued Friday, October 30th. Developing countries called for increased funds to address poverty and to reach targeted spending goals on development. [...] | 2009-11-12 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1015 | UNGA/C-5: UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETS ON OIOS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee formally convened to consider Item 140 on the Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and the annual report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC),and Agenda Item 141 on the implementation of GA resolutions 48/ [...] | 2009-11-12 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1016 | CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...] | 2009-11-12 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
09USUNNEWYORK1019 | NEW LIBERIAN PERMREP ASKS U.S. THOUGHTS ON A [...] (SBU) During her courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on November 2, new Liberian Permanent Representative Marjon Kamara expressed anxiety at the potential for an accelerated UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) drawdown. Kamara said she was concerned with Liberia's security sector, noting that rule of [...] | 2009-11-12 16:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI |
09USUNNEWYORK102 | ACTION REQUEST: DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Rice along with Ambassadors of Croatia, France, Germany, and Russia ("Group of Friends") have achieved "ad referendum" agreement on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the mandate of the UN mission f [...] | 2009-02-10 02:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK1025 | UNSC: COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council in consultations on November 10 on the implementation of UNSCR 1701 over the last quarter. Both Williams and Mulet and the majority of member state [...] | 2009-11-13 00:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK1053 | UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT: MEMBER STATES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General assembly met on November 12 - 13 for a joint plenary debate on the annual Report of the Security Council (SC) as well as Security Council expansion (septel). The United States and more than 70 delegations delivered statements, with some noting improvements in the re [...] | 2009-11-18 17:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1054 | SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS CONTINUED UN ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) During Security Council consultations on November 17, UN Mediator Tiebile Drame welcomed the decision of all four major parties to form a transitional Madagascar government during a meeting in Addis Ababa on November 6-7. He noted that only three of the 31 government ministries had yet t [...] | 2009-11-19 00:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC MA XO XW |
09USUNNEWYORK1055 | UNGA: UNSURPRISING PLENARY DEBATE ON UNSC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly held its annual plenary debate on November 12-13 to discuss Security Council reform, as well as the annual report of the Security Council (reported reftel). Seventy-five delegations spoke and largely reiterated positions expressed during intergovernmental [...] | 2009-11-19 00:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK1059 | SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe briefed the Security Council on November 17 in closed consultations on the UN's efforts to address the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He said that the UN was improving its inter-mission cooperation and information sharing, and that the UN M [...] | 2009-11-20 00:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XA CG UG SU CT CD |
09USUNNEWYORK1061 | UN STRESSES NEED FOR MONUC TO SUPPORT KIMIA II; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO A/SYG Mulet requested continued Security Council support for MONUC's assistance to DRC army's (FARDC) "Kimia II" operation against the FLDR. He said both military and political pressure were needed to address the FDLR threat, and outlined MONUC's plan to clear out the FDLR [...] | 2009-11-21 00:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY CG RW |
09USUNNEWYORK1065 | DPRK: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SANCTIONS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, in particular noting its actions to respond to alleged sanctions violations and support the establishment of the Pa [...] | 2009-11-23 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1067 | UNSC LAUDS COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION, CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the status of the piracy problem off the coast of Somalia, emphasizing that the international community must build regional capacity and address root causes in conjunction with its s [...] | 2009-11-23 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
09USUNNEWYORK1073 | UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...] | 2009-11-25 23:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1113 | POLICE IN UN PEACEKEEPING: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 4, and 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Police Division officials asked member states on December 4 to assist in developing national follow-up plans to the Singapore Ministerial meeting on international pol [...] | 2009-12-11 21:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO KCRM SOCI CVIS SN |
09USUNNEWYORK1120 | UNGA: NO SURPRISES IN FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on December 7 and 8 for the first meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 52 delegations spoke on "all the positions and proposals by Member States." Most of the discussio [...] | 2009-12-14 19:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK1121 | SYRIA CALLS VOTE IN GA DURING CONFLICT DIAMOND RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted the conflict diamonds resolution on December 11, amidst rancor and confusion after Syria called a surprise vote on language referring to Israel in the text. The PGA failed to clearly articulate what the vote was about or whether it was procedurally corr [...] | 2009-12-15 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA XA XY |
09USUNNEWYORK1122 | UNGA/C-5: SCALES DEBATE FOR REGULAR BUDGET AND PKO [...] (U) SUMMARY: No consensus has been reached during recent informal meetings of the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the UN General Assembly on both the regular budget and peacekeeping (PKO) scales of assessments. On the regular budget scales, the EU proposal failed to gain any [...] | 2009-12-15 20:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1123 | UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council met on December 14 in consultations to discuss the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) since its mandate expires at the end of the month. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council on the Secretary-General's six-month repor [...] | 2009-12-15 21:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY |
09USUNNEWYORK1130 | 1267: COUNCIL SETS OUT BOLD REFORMS FOR AL QAEDA / [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1904 on December 17, setting out bold reforms of the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban and extending the mandate of the 1267 Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team ("the Monitoring Team") for an add [...] | 2009-12-18 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK114 | SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...] | 2009-02-11 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK |
09USUNNEWYORK1146 | GA PLENARY: ANNUAL DEBATE: THE SITUATION IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met from November 30 - December 2 on the "Question of Palestine" and "Situation in the Middle East." The debate on the Question of Palestine included speeches from the President of the General Assembly, 42 countries and the Palestine Observer Mission. Most [...] | 2009-12-22 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK1150 | UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...] | 2009-12-23 19:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1152 | CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER ASSESSES SOLID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Advisor Downer told the Security Council on December 9 that there had been "solid progress" in reunification negotiations, which was mainly due to the "clear commitment" of Greek Cypriot President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to the process. Turkey called [...] | 2009-12-23 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNFICYP UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK1155 | SECURITY COUNCIL LAUDS BURUNDI'S PROGRESS, CALLS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 10 Security Council briefing on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB),Executive Representative and BINUB head Mahmoud gave a positive account of the status of both the peace process and electoral preparations, and underscored that BINUB will co [...] | 2009-12-23 21:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO BY ZF |
09USUNNEWYORK1157 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRUG TRAFFICKING AS A [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council held an open debate on December 8 to discuss, for the first time, international drug trafficking as a threat to international peace and security with a focus on West Africa. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa highl [...] | 2009-12-23 21:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNCND UNIDCP KTIA KCOR KCRM SNAR XA |
09USUNNEWYORK1158 | SECURITY COUNCIL RESPONDS TO AU REPORT ON DARFUR, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 21 briefing on the Report of the African Union High-level Panel on Darfur, Secretary General Ban praised the Panel's work and called for continuing efforts to encourage both the Government of Sudan (GOS) and rebel movements to embrace the peace process. African [...] | 2009-12-24 17:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1159 | MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...] | 2009-12-24 17:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW |
09USUNNEWYORK116 | UNIPSIL BRIEFING: CORRUPTION, DRUGS, AND YOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone's (UNIPSIL) ERSG Schulenburg told the Security Council that drug trafficking, corruption, and youth unemployment are the greatest threats to Sierra Leone's post-conflict recovery. He said the "Joint Vision" plan, agreed by all [...] | 2009-02-11 01:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC SL XY |
09USUNNEWYORK1160 | UN HOLDS ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL [...] At the December 8-9, 2009 high-level United Nations (U.N.) conference convened in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF),57 donors and private sector companies pledged contributions totaling $424 million for 2010. This amount marks an increase of more than 10 percent from th [...] | 2009-12-24 18:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF UN |
09USUNNEWYORK1161 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE - U.S. PROMOTES [...] (SBU) The UN General Assembly completed action December 24 on the last of the 46 draft resolutions and decisions for the 2009 session of the Second (Economic and Financial) Committee, notably achieving consensus results on all but six. USUN approached the committee's work with intensified eng [...] | 2009-12-24 18:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD SENV UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK117 | GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In closed consultations on February 10, all Security Council members except the Russian Federation identified a continuing need for a UN presence in Georgia, at least on an interim basis, which would ensure security and stability pending consultations on a comprehensive security [...] | 2009-02-11 01:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK123 | GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Subsequent to USUN's Ref A Action Request, USUN has engaged in further negotiations with the Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, Croatia and Germany ("Group of Friends") on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the UN Observer Mi [...] | 2009-02-12 14:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK13 | UN PREVIEWS PLANNED SUPPORT TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two meetings on January 6, UN Under Secretary-General Malcorra and Department of Field Support (DFS) staff briefed USUN on the status of UN planning to implement the Secretary-General's proposed measures to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DFS is coor [...] | 2009-01-09 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK134 | FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOS [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM SOCI |
09USUNNEWYORK136 | OCHA BRIEFS ON MISSION TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York briefed the Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG) on a recent mission to Pakistan to assess the humanitarian environment in conflict-affected areas and develop plans to improve the coordination of the UN [...] | 2009-02-13 21:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PK |
09USUNNEWYORK138 | SOMALIA: UN BRIEFS ON SECURITY SUPPORT, POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Malcorra briefed the Security Council on February 12 on UN plans to implement resolution 1863. Malcorra mentioned the need for a bridging arrangement with the contractor already on the ground and said that the UN planned to conclude its own lo [...] | 2009-02-14 00:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK141 | AU/ARAB LEAGUE LOBBY UNSC FOR ICC DEFERRAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union and Arab League leaders met informally with Security Council members on February 12 to press their case for deferral of the ICC case against Sudan President Bashir. AU Commissioner Lamamra told Council members that the AU is making progress with the Government of [...] | 2009-02-17 13:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
09USUNNEWYORK154 | LIBERIA SANCTIONS: UN EXPERT PANEL LAUNCHES NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-reappointed Liberia Panel of Experts (POE) presented to the 1521 Liberia Sanctions Committee on February 13 a plan of attack for monitoring implementation of the Liberia sanctions measures, with a focus on assembling information on designated individuals and entitie [...] | 2009-02-18 23:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
09USUNNEWYORK159 | UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...] | 2009-02-19 22:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK164 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: USG HOLMES BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, briefed the Security Council on the current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 17 following his visit to the country. He described a new dynamic created by recent coopera [...] | 2009-02-20 13:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC CG RW |
09USUNNEWYORK19 | UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...] | 2009-01-13 21:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU |
09USUNNEWYORK193 | THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, the Security Council held its quarterly debate on UNAMI and Iraq, with the participation of SRSG Staffan de Mistura and Iraqi PR Bayati. De Mistura reprised the major themes taken from the recent UN report on UNAMI/Iraq: successful Iraqi-led elections, increas [...] | 2009-02-27 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK199 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council February 27 on the situation in northern Sri Lanka and his recent visit there. He said civilians in the LTTE-controlled area are in "very great danger" and there are strong anecdotal reports that they are b [...] | 2009-02-28 00:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PREF CE |
09USUNNEWYORK203 | DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...] | 2009-03-03 01:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF |
09USUNNEWYORK205 | UN CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) EXECUTIVE BOARD -- [...] (U) SUMMARY: The February 4-6, 2009 session of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board featured frank discussions on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and on proposals to reform UNICEF's accountability framework. UNICEF's very factual oral report on Gaza and its efforts there likely [...] | 2009-03-04 17:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNICEF EAID ECON CH UNDP |
09USUNNEWYORK209 | UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) At the request of Burkina Faso, the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) briefed the Security Council on March 3 on the events surrounding the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. DPA Deputy Director for Africa J [...] | 2009-03-04 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC PU SG XY |
09USUNNEWYORK212 | SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee reviewed recent setbacks confronting the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) that have resulted in the Panel being unable to travel to Sudan. According to the POE, Sudan remains unwilling to grant appropriate visas to all POE members and the UN Departmen [...] | 2009-03-04 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK223 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) During a March 5 introductory meeting, Zimbabwe PermRep Chidyausiku told Ambassador Rice Zimbabwe wants to engage with the U.S. He noted the dramatic decline in health, education, infrastructure and quality of life in Zimbabwe and asked for the U.S. to lift its sanctions. Chidyausiku ex [...] | 2009-03-09 16:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC ZI ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK229 | HIGHLIGHTS OF 1267 MONITORING TEAM'S ANNUAL REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 1267 Monitoring Team, a UN-mandated group charged with documenting and reporting on the implementation of the UN sanctions on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, has issued its ninth annual report containing recommendations to improve the efficacy and fairness of this sanctions regime. T [...] | 2009-03-10 00:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK230 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...] | 2009-03-10 00:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK238 | COUNCIL DISCUSSES SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, Austrian Perm Rep Thomas Mayr-Harting, Chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee (1591 Committee),briefed the Council on the activities of the Sudan Sanctions committee over the past ninety days, and highlighted the inability of the Panel of Experts (POE) to travel t [...] | 2009-03-11 00:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK239 | SPANISH PERMREP PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spanish Permrep Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo reviewed Spain's UN priorities in a March 9 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice. He observed that the Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations set to take place in Istanbul on April 6-7 would coincide with President Obama' [...] | 2009-03-11 00:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MINURSO SP |
09USUNNEWYORK266 | GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: SRSG VERBEKE NON-PAPER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has circulated a Non-Paper to the U.S. and other key stakeholders, which outlines basic principles for a security regime for Abkhazia, Georgia. The Non-Paper also outlines elements of a future UN role in Geo [...] | 2009-03-16 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK278 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND UNMIL SRSG LOJ DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Loj told Ambassador Rice she believed at least 8,000 troops should remain in Liberia through the 2011 election. Loj cautioned that the French and UK might attempt to [...] | 2009-03-18 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK28 | UN SANCTIONS IN CRISIS? ACADEMICS SAY YES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of academics has proposed a new international process to address what they consider to be unprecedented challenges to the legitimacy and effectiveness of UN sanctions. The threats that these academics highlighted to USUN included questions about the legitimacy of sancti [...] | 2009-01-16 20:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK288 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 introductory meeting, Norwegian PermRep Morten Wetland told Ambassador Rice Norway's key issues are Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Horn of Africa, as well as climate change, the financial crisis, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),and peacekeeping gene [...] | 2009-03-19 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON |
09USUNNEWYORK289 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 16 and 17 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the question of the veto. 74 delegations spoke during the day-and a-half discussion with most stating their general aversion to the vet [...] | 2009-03-19 20:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK29 | IMPROVING IDP SERVICES IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Severine Rey in the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in response to an inquiry we made prior to receiving reftel, told us Jan. 15 OCHA is looking closely at the humanitarian situation in Pakistan, including the NWFP, and has decided to strengthen its presence in [...] | 2009-01-16 20:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PK PHUM PREF |
09USUNNEWYORK296 | CHARGE DINGER CONSULTS WITH UN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Charge to Rangoon Larry Dinger met with UN Special Advisor Gambari and representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) during h [...] | 2009-03-23 18:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK299 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Management Committee met March 20 and agreed to a one-time increase in the base salary of judges. The Management Committee also discussed and solicited more information on a request by the President of the Tribunal for appointment of the Vice P [...] | 2009-03-23 22:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC LE |
09USUNNEWYORK301 | NEW PROCESS ON UN SANCTIONS SET TO LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Canadian Mission to the UN convened diplomats, academics and UN Secretariat personnel to discuss a new process to address challenges facing UN sanctions. Although not an official UN endeavor, this process will lead to the establishment in the coming weeks of in [...] | 2009-03-23 22:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK307 | MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (U) Following delivery of the invitation letter text from President Obama to the Office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on March 23, USUN ECOSOC Advisor met with Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, to convey reftel talking points concerning the U [...] | 2009-03-24 22:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG |
09USUNNEWYORK324 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed members of the Security Council on the situation in northern Sri Lanka. He said the situation there was worsening and civilian casualties remained "tragically and unacceptably high." The "informal interactive disc [...] | 2009-03-27 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CE MOPS PREF PHUM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK326 | UN REVISES GEORGIA PROPOSAL, WANTS USG REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. David Harland, chief of the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) Europe Office, passed to dpolcouns on March 26 a paper entitled "NON-PAPER: Elements for a Security Regime and UN Role." The paper is a revised version of the nonpaper reported reftel. This dra [...] | 2009-03-27 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK328 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...] | 2009-03-27 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR |
09USUNNEWYORK329 | CHIEF DARFUR MEDIATOR BASSOLE PUSHES UNSC FOR ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint UN/AU Chief Mediator Djbril Bassole made his first appearance before the Security Council on March 26. Bassole focused on three factors affecting mediation efforts: the tense relationship between Chad and Sudan; the splintering of Darfuri armed movements; and the Interna [...] | 2009-03-27 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK331 | UNSC WELCOMES EULEX ROLL-OUT, DIVIDED ON UNMIK'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK SRSG Zannier told the Security Council on March 23 that the successful deployment of EULEX had allowed UNMIK to step up its reconfiguration. Serbian President Tadic and Kosovo FM Hyseni both spoke with approval of the EULEX deployment but did so for polar opposite reas [...] | 2009-03-27 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SR KO |
09USUNNEWYORK341 | AMBASSADOR RICE OFFERS LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) On March 31 Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf called to thank Ambassador Rice for her expression of support for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) during Security Council consultations held on March 19 (see refs. A and B). President Sirleaf volunteered that an exit for UNMIL must e [...] | 2009-03-31 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK342 | UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG Holmes briefed the Security Council on the results of the recently-completed joint UN and Government of Sudan (GoS) assessment of humanitarian gaps in Darfur. Holmes told the Council that the assessment revealed the extent of the gaps in humanitarian services [...] | 2009-04-01 13:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK345 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...] | 2009-04-02 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK348 | UNMIL TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT MISSION ON TRACK FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO officials on March 31 said a technical assessment mission would evaluate progress in Liberia in light of set benchmarks. Getting an effective police force was key, and ensuring legitimate elections in 2011 would be a reasonable use of UNMIL, according to DPKO. DPKO warn [...] | 2009-04-03 12:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK359 | UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) concluded its annual session on March 20 by adopting a consensus report on schedule for the first time since 2006. The report contains specific language regarding the protection of civilians and broadly as [...] | 2009-04-07 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK368 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON REGISTRAR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AORC AMGT UNSC LE |
09USUNNEWYORK377 | UN POLITICAL HEAD BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council on April 7 that the international community must help push for a consensual outcome to the crisis in Madagascar. Ambassador DiCarlo said the power transfer was a coup, called for free, fair, and transparent elections w [...] | 2009-04-09 18:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC MA ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK381 | UN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP TO AVERT INDIA'S TROOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Le Roy and MONUC SRSG Doss have separately approached Ambassador DiCarlo to request U.S. assistance in pressuring both the DRC and India to reach an accommodation that would keep India from withdrawing i [...] | 2009-04-10 01:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC IN CG |
09USUNNEWYORK383 | UNOGBIS AT THE UN: SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNOGBIS SRSG Joseph Mutaboba told the Security Council on April 8 that swift implementation of Security Sector Reform (SSR),economic recovery, a comprehensive approach to drug trafficking, and timely national elections were all essential elements in Guinea-Bissau's democratic [...] | 2009-04-10 01:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PU XY |
09USUNNEWYORK388 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met April 7 and 8 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the size of an enlarged Council and the Council's working methods. 81 delegations spoke with growing agreement across the three major blo [...] | 2009-04-11 15:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC JA BR |
09USUNNEWYORK395 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL OF BRUCE C. [...] (U) USUN Management and Reform Counselor Mr. Bruce C. Rashkow will be in Geneva to attend the spring consultative level meeting (CLM) of the Geneva Group of major UN contributors from April 22-24. 2. (SBU) USUN would appreciate if U.S. Mission Geneva could provide country clearance. Mr. Ra [...] | 2009-04-14 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ASEC KUNR UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK403 | SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFINGS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT, DFI/IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 16, the Security Council received two Iraq-related briefings. The first briefing, by high-level coordinator for Kuwaiti missing persons/archives Gennady Tarasov, focused on the lack of real progress on this issue over the past year. Tarasov asked for an additional 15 [...] | 2009-04-17 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK41 | UNSC: SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS COUNCIL; COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary-General briefed the Security Council January 21 on his recent trip to the Middle East during the Council's monthly meeting on the Middle East. Both he and Council members welcomed the unilateral cease-fires and the Israeli withdrawal but stressed the need to imple [...] | 2009-01-22 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG AU |
09USUNNEWYORK418 | NEW UN WOMEN'S MECHANISM PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Members of the General Assembly voiced measured support for continuing deliberations on the creation of a new "entity" to deal with women's empowerment and gender equality that would be a hybrid between a full-fledged Fund (such as UNICEF or UNDP) and an offic [...] | 2009-04-23 17:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM UN KWMN |
09USUNNEWYORK424 | VIJAY NAMBIAR BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the Security Council met in an "informal interactive discussion" format to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. The Secretary-General,s chief of staff, Vijay Nambiar, briefed on his recent visit to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Ambassador also briefed on behal [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
09USUNNEWYORK427 | KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON UNMIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council on the status of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on April 16 at the request of the Russian Federation. Mulet said that the UN was unable to carry out its interim administration fu [...] | 2009-04-24 12:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK SR KV |
09USUNNEWYORK432 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...] | 2009-04-24 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK437 | AMB. RICE'S LUNCH WITH THE UN SENIOR AFRICANS GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Gambari, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, welcomed Amb. Rice as guest of honor at the annual lunch of the UN Senior Africans Group on April 16. Gambari invited Amb. Rice to take advantage of the resources of the group, which brings ambassadors from African missi [...] | 2009-04-27 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC XA |
09USUNNEWYORK440 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH ITALIAN MFA'S SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary - In an April 28 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the Italian MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Ambassador Rice expressed her condolences for the recent earthquake devastation in Abruzzo, and agreed with Ambassador Massolo's request for continued and close [...] | 2009-04-29 19:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR US IT UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK443 | SOMALIA: NEW YORK STATE OF PLAY ON 1863 RENEWAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In P3 consultations on April 29, the UK said that it intends to circulate its draft resolution on Somalia (ref) to the full Council by May 6 and that it plans to schedule a vote for May 22 in order to allow the Fifth Committee four days to consider AMISOM support before the end [...] | 2009-04-30 14:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK448 | AMB VERVEER AND DEPUTY SG MIGIRO DISCUSS WOMEN AT THE UN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro met April 28 at the UN for a cordial discussion of the need to move forward on reforming the UN's gender architecture, the importance of Security Council Resolutions 1325 [...] | 2009-05-01 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK451 | AMB RICE DISCUSSES WOMEN'S ISSUES WITH STEPHEN LEWIS [...] (SBU) Former Canadian ambassador Stephen Lewis spoke to Ambassador Rice April 27 on the need for a new UN agency on women's affairs, and to plead for U.S. support to move quickly to establish the new agency. Lewis, through his previous positions as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Canadian [...] | 2009-05-04 20:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN ZI UN |
09USUNNEWYORK452 | SOMALIA/UN: P3 FAVOR CONTINUED ASSESSED SUPPORT TO [...] (SBU) 1. The UK convened a second round of P3 negotiations on their draft Somalia resolution on May 1. As at the previous meeting, poloff did not offer substantive suggestions, but asked the UK and France to be patient with USG decisionmaking and to preserve flexibility in the text in prepara [...] | 2009-05-04 20:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK453 | CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SYG's Special Advisor for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told the Security Council on April 30 he is "cautiously optimistic" about the current negotiations over reunification of the island. The two leaders had made "steady progress" since talks began in September 2008, but the [...] | 2009-05-04 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK454 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice met with newly appointed South African PermRep Baso Sangqu on April 23. Sangqu hoped to forge greater cooperation on peace and security issues in Africa. He suggested a holistic approach to the crisis in Somalia, which needed to address the root causes of confli [...] | 2009-05-04 23:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC SF SO ZI XA ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK455 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL WORKING MEETING WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on April 23 met with the entire African Union (AU) as part of her pledge to conduct regular meetings with the African Group. The discussion encompassed U.S. priorities, peace and security in Africa, socio-economic issues, UN reform, non-proliferation, and the AU [...] | 2009-05-05 09:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XA |
09USUNNEWYORK464 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS ON THE "HORROR" OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council met on April 30 in an "informal interactive" format to consider the situation in Sri Lanka. U/SYG Holmes briefed on his latest visit there, and Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara briefed on the government,s position. Following the meeting, the Mexican Presidency br [...] | 2009-05-07 00:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
09USUNNEWYORK483 | SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING EU [...] (SBU) Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told Ambassador Rice on May 6 that Sweden's priority during its upcoming EU presidency would be to prepare to address EU institutional issues under the assumption that the Lisbon Treaty would be fully ratified by the end of the year. Lyrvall thou [...] | 2009-05-12 01:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EUN |
09USUNNEWYORK484 | FINLAND PERMREP MAKES INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Incoming Finnish Permrep Jarmo Viinanen told Ambassador Rice on May 4 that Finland hoped to build on the success of the March 7-8 high-level international women's colloquium in Liberia by holding a high-level event during the UNGA ministerial week. Viinanen also expressed Finla [...] | 2009-05-12 01:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWMN FI |
09USUNNEWYORK485 | SRSG ADADA IN SHARP EXCHANGE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's April report on the hybrid United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). SRSG Adada characterized the situation in Darfur as a "low-intensity" conflict with a high-risk of escalation an [...] | 2009-05-12 01:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK493 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...] | 2009-05-13 00:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
09USUNNEWYORK496 | U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...] | 2009-05-13 09:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC UNGA PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK499 | DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, the chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the last ninety days. He noted its recent designation of entities and goods in response to [...] | 2009-05-13 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK506 | SOMALIA: UNSC BACKS UK DRAFT, DEFERS UNPKO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security Council members welcomed the UK's draft resolution on UN support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) with only a few members advocating a rapid transfer to a UN peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Security Council consultations on May 13. In a briefing prece [...] | 2009-05-14 21:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK508 | SECURITY COUNCIL REACTS OFFICIALLY TO SITUATION IN [...] (U) The UK, France and Austria circulated a draft Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka in the evening of May 12, and formally introduced the text in Council consultations under other matters May 13. They stressed that the Security Council must react in a formal way to the situation in [...] | 2009-05-14 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC CE PHUM PREF |
09USUNNEWYORK509 | PGA,S OFFICE REACHES OUT TO MISSION ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Paul Oquist Kelley, Senior Advisor to President of the General Assembly (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, phoned Ambassador Wolff twice from Tripoli on May 13 to discuss the foundering preparation process for the June 1-3 UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Imp [...] | 2009-05-14 22:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID UN |
09USUNNEWYORK529 | UNSC ACHIEVES BURMA PRESS STATEMENT [...] (SBU) During consultations on May 22, the Security Council debated the U.S.-drafted press statement on Burma to reach Council consensus. Ambassador DiCarlo underlined international concern with developments around ASSK and highlighted clear member support for a timely, substantive statement f [...] | 2009-05-22 21:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK532 | CYPRUS: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNFICYP [...] (SBU) Cyprus SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Security Council on May 22 that the military situation in Cyprus is stable, and he reported an increase in restrictions imposed on UNFICYP's movements by Turkish forces in the north. Zerihoun noted a lack of public support for a settlement, as wel [...] | 2009-05-26 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK55 | A/SYG MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON DARFUR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On request of the United States, A/SYG Mulet provided the Security Council a detailed factual chronology of events in Darfur beginning with the January 10 movement of JEM forces into South Darfur and the ensuing aerial bombardment by the Government of Sudan. He said that, al [...] | 2009-01-29 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK553 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: START OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on May 22 and 26 for the start of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. The two sessions, during which 51 delegations spoke, focused on the Chair's agenda for the second ro [...] | 2009-06-02 21:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK555 | BAN KI-MOON BRIEFS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly during a June 1 briefing on his recent travels, that he was considering appointing a senior-level envoy to coordinate delivery of humanitarian assistance to the 2.4 million people who have been displaced in the Swat Valley in Pakist [...] | 2009-06-02 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK565 | ICC'S OCAMPO PRESSES HIS POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo claimed to Ambassador Rice on June 3 that the African Union (AU) realizes that Article 16 deferral of the Bashir case is not attainable and is looking for a face-saving way to let go of the issue. Ocampo suggeste [...] | 2009-06-04 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK568 | EIGHTH UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) concluded its two-week session on May 29. U.S. engagement as an observer delegation was warmly welcomed this year, although there are some issues of concern to us, including the adoption of language that mimics the auth [...] | 2009-06-05 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK571 | UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Secretary-General briefed members of the Security Council on his recent visit to Sri Lanka as well as on UN assistance to IDPs. The briefing was in an "informal interactive" format, which included the participation of Sri Lankan Permanent Representative Palihakka [...] | 2009-06-06 02:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CE |
09USUNNEWYORK575 | ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his June 5 briefing to the Security Council, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo stressed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had not cooperated with the ICC, in contravention of its obligations under UNSC resolution 1593. Ocampo said he would n [...] | 2009-06-09 15:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK591 | FM YODA: BURKINA FASO WILL ABSTAIN FROM BLOCKING A [...] (SBU) Burkinabe Foreign Minister Yoda called Ambassador Rice on June 10 to request U.S. views on the mandate renewal of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Sudan. Ambassador Rice stressed the U.S. wants a robust new mandate for the Rapporteur, noting Sudan need not fear a rapporteur if [...] | 2009-06-13 00:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC XY UV SU |
09USUNNEWYORK60 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH DSG MIGIRO [...] (U) Summary. In a cordial introductory meeting, Ambassador Susan Rice discussed with UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro January 28 their shared comittment to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and UN reform. Migiro urged the U.S. to show leadership on development and [...] | 2009-01-29 14:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK605 | KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...] | 2009-06-18 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS |
09USUNNEWYORK609 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on June 11 and 12 for the second meeting of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform, focusing on the three clustered issues of composition: size, categories of membership and regional r [...] | 2009-06-20 02:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK610 | SRSG JENCA BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Miroslav Jenca - SRSG for Central Asia and head of the UN,s Regional Centre for Preventative Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA) - briefed the Council on the activities of the newly constituted center. His priorities are to gain the trust of Central Asian leaders, sup [...] | 2009-06-20 02:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC UNRCCA |
09USUNNEWYORK612 | DPRK: U.S. PROPOSES NEW SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) The United States proposed on June 19 a package of new sanctions designations (individuals, entities and goods) to the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee. Resolution 1874, adopted June 12 in response to the May DPRK nuclear test, tasked the Committee with making such designat [...] | 2009-06-22 23:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK617 | UNSC: UNDOF MANDATE RENEWED FOR SIX MONTHS [...] (U) The Security Council adopted resolution 1875 on June 23 extending the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights for another six months until December 30, 2009. The Council also agreed to an accompanying Presidential Statement (S/PRST/2009/18) which was read by the Pre [...] | 2009-06-25 02:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UN IS SY |
09USUNNEWYORK621 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 22 meeting, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid thanked Ambassador Rice for the U.S.'s renewed engagement with and financial contribution to UNFPA. Obaid said that UNFPA was steadily making progress in China, and that the China's Minister of Population and Family P [...] | 2009-06-25 14:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNFPA USAID EAID CH |
09USUNNEWYORK624 | UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council held its monthly meeting on the Middle East on June 23. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry briefed the Council and highlighted the concerted push to create the conditions for re-launching negotiations for a two state solution. [...] | 2009-06-26 00:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK63 | UN UPDATE: CNDP JOINING DRC ARMY; DRC AND RWANDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 00:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC XA CG RW UG |
09USUNNEWYORK635 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES INTEGRATED OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba on June 23 told the Security Council that Guinea-Bissau needed coordinated security sector reform. He also lobbied for the creation of a robust integrated UN office to replace UNOGB [...] | 2009-06-27 01:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY PU |
09USUNNEWYORK638 | ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...] | 2009-06-29 16:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU |
09USUNNEWYORK64 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES AND UNRWA CHIEF BRIEF COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General Holmes and UNRWA Commissioner-General Abu Zayd briefed the Security Council January 27 on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Holmes said he was shocked by the destruction and suffering he saw in Gaza on his recent trip and highlighted both Hamas' use of [...] | 2009-01-30 00:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EAID SOCI UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK644 | SECURITY COUNCIL WEIGHS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members, senior Secretariat officials, and major troop contributing countries debated the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) in a full-day session on June 29. UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy said in his open [...] | 2009-07-01 23:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK649 | UN SECRETARIAT TELLS THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO "STAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on June 25 that UN troops in Liberia should not be withdrawn too quickly, and that 8,000 should remain through the 2011 national elections. He said training for the Liberian National Police needed to be brought back on track, and [...] | 2009-07-02 21:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV |
09USUNNEWYORK65 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members and invited speakers considered in lengthy January 22-23 sessions the state of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Participants agreed that a decade of dramatic expansion in UN peacekeeping efforts leaves the Council overdue for a systematic stockta [...] | 2009-01-30 01:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK652 | SPECIAL ENVOY OBASANJO SHARES VIEWS ON DRC, SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Obasanjo met with Ambassador Rice on June 29 and the P5 Belgium on June 30. He told Rice that neither Rwanda nor the DRC wanted to shelter former CNDP leader Nkunda. He suggested implementing greater incentives to encourage FDLR combatants [...] | 2009-07-07 02:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC RW SU GC XA |
09USUNNEWYORK654 | DPRK: COUNCIL RESPONDS TO JULY 4 MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6, the Security Council discussed how best to respond to the July 4 launch of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Most Council members supported a Japanese proposal that the Council President (currently Ugandan [...] | 2009-07-07 11:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK669 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS KENYA PR ZACHARY MUBURI-MUITA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 6 meeting, Kenya Permanent Representative Zachary Muburi-Muita informed Ambassador Rice that Kenya had two main agendas at the UN: socio-economic development including achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),and promoting regional security in Africa. He no [...] | 2009-07-09 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF KE SO SU |
09USUNNEWYORK670 | GAMBARI CONVENES THE NINTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, Special Advisor Gambari convened the ninth Group of Friends of Burma meeting on behalf of Secretary-General Ban. Gambari reviewed Ban's schedule of meetings during the trip as well as his brief visit to the Delta and speech to the diplomatic corps and others. Gamba [...] | 2009-07-09 23:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK676 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SYG'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In July 8 Security Council consultations on the UNSCR 1701 report, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams told the Council that the successful Lebanese parliamentary elections and the calm during the reporting period offers a real opportunity for full implementation of UNS [...] | 2009-07-11 00:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK679 | SOMALIA: UNSC ADOPTS STATEMENT SUPPORTING TFG, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, Security Council members adopted a UK-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) that largely tracks a recent African Union communiqu condemning recent attacks on the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and expressing concern about Eritrea's support for extremis [...] | 2009-07-13 10:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK682 | UN OFFICE FOR WEST AFRICA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (SBU) UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) SRSG Djinnit briefed the Security Council on July 7 on the biggest challenges facing the region, namely unconstitutional changes of government, security sector reform, and drug trafficking. He warned of the slow pace of reform in Guinea. Djinnit said UN [...] | 2009-07-13 16:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY |
09USUNNEWYORK687 | MONUC AT THE UN: "ZERO TOLERANCE" FOR SEXUAL [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 11 AND 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss on July 10 told the Security Council that significant progress was being made on integrating the DRC army (FARDC) and combating the FDLR and LRA rebel groups. He warned of an ongoing humanitarian cris [...] | 2009-07-14 18:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC CG XA ZF RW |
09USUNNEWYORK689 | BAN BRIEFS THE UNSC ON JULY 3-4 TRAVEL TO BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. In an open session of the Security Council on July 13, Secretary-General Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" in the regime's refusal to allow a visit with Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). However, he added that he was able to convey key recommendations, including the release of all [...] | 2009-07-14 22:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK692 | AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURES TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism met from June 29 to July 2 to discuss the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). While all countries publicly expressed the belief that terrorism must be condemned and professed the desir [...] | 2009-07-15 16:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CT |
09USUNNEWYORK693 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWARTZ MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Eric Schwartz, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) visited New York on July 13 for meetings with the United Nations and USUN/New York. In talks with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, Schwartz reviewed the [...] | 2009-07-15 20:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF |
09USUNNEWYORK694 | DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE APPROVES AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee has approved and submitted to the Security Council a Program of Work, as was requested from the Committee in resolution 1874. Modeled on similar documents in other sanctions regimes, the Program of Work provides for increased Committee activities wit [...] | 2009-07-16 10:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK696 | PROTECTING U.S. EQUITIES ON UN SCALES OF ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 21:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK702 | U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 17, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Council on the upcoming decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) regarding the Abyei boundary d [...] | 2009-07-18 00:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK709 | SOMALIA: MONITORING GROUP PROPOSES 11 TARGETS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Somalia Sanctions Committee ("751 Committee") has received a list (see para 4) of eleven possible targets for the first round of targeted sanctions under resolution 1844. This list, which includes three Eritreans, was prepared by the UN Somalia sanctions Monitoring Group (M [...] | 2009-07-21 16:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPKO SO UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK712 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNMIN/NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Karin Lundgren, Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, briefed the Council July 20 on latest developments. As noted in the Secretary-General,s recent report on Nepal/UNMIN, Lundgren reiterated disappointment with the slow pace of the peace process [...] | 2009-07-22 00:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC NE |
09USUNNEWYORK713 | U/SYG PASCOE UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] Summary: (SBU) In July 21 consultations on the Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute, U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council that Eritrea has failed to comply with UNSC Resolution 1862, which calls on Eritrea to recognize the dispute, accept mediation and withdraw its forces. Council members unan [...] | 2009-07-22 11:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC DJ |
09USUNNEWYORK720 | UNOCI SRSG SAYS "NON-POLITICAL" REASONS COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNOCI SRSG Choi told the Security Council on July 23 that elections could be delayed for "non-political" reasons, and that Cote d'Ivoire faced "formidable obstacles" to hold them on November 29, 2009. French and Cote d'Ivoire's UN representatives exchanged words in the public po [...] | 2009-07-24 15:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV |
09USUNNEWYORK727 | U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 24 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy announced expected increases in UNAMID troop deployments to 92% of authorized levels by year,s end. Le Roy said that the mission thus would be able to shift focus from deployment to operations. Despite a red [...] | 2009-07-28 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK736 | UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...] | 2009-07-31 00:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK739 | SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNOCI MANDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council on July 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1880, extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d,Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 31, 2010. Negotiations on the French-drafted resolution were non-contentious. The resolution expresses support for the ongoing e [...] | 2009-07-31 23:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV |
09USUNNEWYORK741 | SOMALIA: SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH URGES INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 28, SRSG for Somalia Ould-Abdallah called for the international community to continue its support for the TFG and AMISOM, reporting that while insurgent attempts to overthrow the Somali government have failed, the security situation remains fragile. African Union Commi [...] | 2009-08-03 11:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK743 | AU COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA STRATEGIZES ON SOMALIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 11:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER |
09USUNNEWYORK744 | RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DEBATE CONCLUDES: AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Responsibility to Protect populations from the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity was endorsed unanimously by world leaders in the 2005 World Summit Outcome (A/Res/60/1). The Responsibility to Protect, more commonly called "R2P" [...] | 2009-08-04 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC UNGA KAWC KTIA |
09USUNNEWYORK749 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FARDC-5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on August 4 that all five senior FARDC officers implicated by the Council itself as involved in sexual violence had been removed from their command positions and two had also been taken into custody by DRC authorities. He said the other t [...] | 2009-08-06 02:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC CG |
09USUNNEWYORK751 | U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS COUNCIL ON JONGLEI VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 4, at the request of the United States, U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Security Council on inter-tribal violence in Jonglei state that occurred on August 2 and resulted in 185 people, primarily women and children, being killed. Members unanimously condemned the violence [...] | 2009-08-06 02:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK753 | BAN CONVENES THE TENTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 5, Secretary-General Ban convened the tenth meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma to report on his meeting with Burmese Permanent Representative Swe and to seek support for a unified public message from the group on the need for Burmese authorities to respond to th [...] | 2009-08-07 18:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK755 | NEW SRSG AD MELKERT ADRESSES THE COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Summary: In his first address August 5 to the Security Council as Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to Iraq, Ad Melkert emphasized the optimism and energy in Iraq and drawing upon his UNDP background, emphasized the importance of economic and social reforms in Iraq. [...] | 2009-08-07 21:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK756 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH PERM REPS OF PACIFIC [...] (SBU - NO FORN) Ambassador Rice met August 5 at USUN with Perm Reps of Nauru (coordinator of Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) in New York),Fiji and Tonga to discuss several issues, including the security implications of climate change. The delegation expressed disappointment tha [...] | 2009-08-07 21:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV |
09USUNNEWYORK758 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Shaun Coughlin on August 11 and 12. The purpose is to hold meetings with OLA Deputy Peter Taksoe-Jensen as well as NGOs including Open Society Justice Initiative an [...] | 2009-08-10 21:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KJUS EAP UN |
09USUNNEWYORK764 | SECURITY COUNCIL AGAIN DEBATES THE FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Alain Le Roy, U/SYG Susana Malcorra and UNAMID Force Commander Agwai briefed the Security Council on August 5, during an open debate on peacekeeping convened by the UK. The two U/SYGs highlighted key themes in the Secretariat's recently issued "New Horizon" non-paper, i [...] | 2009-08-12 21:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK768 | UNIFIL TCC MEETING: DPKO AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 13, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed Security Council members and troop contributing countries (TCCs) in a private meeting on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movement and initi [...] | 2009-08-14 20:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK77 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Croatian PermRep Neven Jurica told Ambassador Rice during a January 29 introductory meeting, that Croatia considered the United States to be a strong ally and friend, and that he would continue his practice of closely coordinating Croatia's Security Council positions with the Un [...] | 2009-02-03 02:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC HR |
09USUNNEWYORK784 | A/SYG MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON SUDAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In his August 20 briefing to the Council on Sudan elections, A/SYG Mulet discussed remaining challenges towards holding credible elections in April 2010: ensuring freedom of press, speech and assembly; reaching an agreement on census results; developing an operational plan and [...] | 2009-08-24 22:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK786 | DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REPORTS ON ACTIVE WORK PERIOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The acting chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, emphasizing its work to implement tasks contained in resolution 1874: new sanctions des [...] | 2009-08-24 23:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK788 | UNSC: COUNCIL CALLS FOR UNIFIL RENEWAL; MAJORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on UNIFIL. He highlighted the Hizballah arms cache explosion at Khirbet Selim, as he and other DPKO officials have to the Council on previous occasions (r [...] | 2009-08-24 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK789 | MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS AU-UN PANEL FOLLOW-UP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Field Support Susanna Malcorra told U.S., France, Germany, Japan, and U.K. Deputy Permreps/Political Counselors (major donors) on August 21 that a forthcoming Secretary-General's report on support for African Union-United Nations (AU-UN) peacekeeping operations would [...] | 2009-08-25 19:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AU KPKO |
09USUNNEWYORK791 | RWANDA'S UN PERMREP ASKS FOR HELP IN ARRESTING [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice on August 13, new Rwandan PermRep Gasana asked for assistance in holding accountable FDLR rebel leaders who continue to support the FDLR from Europe and North America. Ambassador Rice stressed the need for Rwanda to supply solid evidence so [...] | 2009-08-25 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC ZF RW CG |
09USUNNEWYORK797 | UNSC ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING UNFIL'S MANDATE [...] (U) The Council adopted unanimously UNSCR 1884 on August 27, thereby renewing UNIFIL's mandate until August 31, 2010. Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US co-sponsored the resolution. There were no explanations of vote by Council members. (Note: Text of UNSCR 1884 will [...] | 2009-08-27 23:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK809 | GEORGIA: DPKO OUTLINES PLANS TO SUPPORT GENEVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on a July 13 meeting (reported Reftel),A/SYG for Peacekeeping Edmund Mulet told Deputy Permreps from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and Croatia on August 31 that the UN would continue to support the Geneva talks and the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism ( [...] | 2009-09-01 22:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC KPKO RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK827 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 1 and 2 for the first two of three meetings in the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 38 delegations spoke on September 1 during the discussion on all of the five key iss [...] | 2009-09-09 22:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK828 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 3 for the third meeting of the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 43 delegations, including all of the P-5, spoke on the intermediate model. The UK and France did not of [...] | 2009-09-09 22:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK832 | UNGA: GEORGIAN IDP RESOLUTION PASSES AFTER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After rejecting a Russian Federation "no-action" motion by a vote of 29 in favor, 64 opposed, and 50 abstentions, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Georgia-sponsored resolution calling for the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia by a vote of 47 in fa [...] | 2009-09-11 15:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPRM UNGA RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK833 | DPRK: COUNCIL REFERS LETTER TO 1718 COMMITTEEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the Security Council agreed to refer a letter recently received from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee"). Ambassador Rice pointed to the letter's contents -- including its rejection of res [...] | 2009-09-14 11:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK834 | IRAN: UNSC MULLS SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION, IAEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee briefed the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting in particular a final round of letters and the publishing of an "Implementation Assistance Notice" to respond to r [...] | 2009-09-14 12:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK838 | UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON SYG'S REPORT ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 9 the Security Council held an open debate on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Former President Bill Clinton, addressing the Council in his capacity as UN Special Envoy to Haiti, called for projecting a "more posi [...] | 2009-09-15 23:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC HA |
09USUNNEWYORK841 | DPRK: COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PANEL REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the UN Secretariat briefed the Council on the establishment of the DPRK Panel of Experts (POE),a body mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve the implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The Secretariat explained that only two POE membe [...] | 2009-09-16 15:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK848 | ONE YEAR RENEWAL FOR UNIPSIL; DRUGS, YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Security Council discussed the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) on September 14 and on September 15 unanimously renewed UNIPSIL's mandate for an additional year. Ambassador Rice highlighted drug trafficking and youth unemployment as risks to sub-r [...] | 2009-09-21 20:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY SL |
09USUNNEWYORK849 | SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNMIL; LIBERIA REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Security Council met on September 9 to discuss the renewal of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),and unanimously adopted UNMIL's resolution on September 15. UNMIL's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Loj told the Council on September 9 that the Libe [...] | 2009-09-21 20:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV |
09USUNNEWYORK851 | SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHAIR BRIEFS A QUIET COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: On September 15, Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee ("1591 Committee") updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, including the Committee's informal consultations with the Panel of Experts. Ambassador [...] | 2009-09-21 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK854 | UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...] | 2009-09-23 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO |
09USUNNEWYORK860 | POTUS CHAIRS UNSC SUMMIT, PASSES UNANIMOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Obama on September 24 convened a heads-of-state summit of the UN Security Council at which resolution 1887 on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation was adopted unanimously and with full Council co-sponsorship. In addition to the 15 Security Council members [...] | 2009-09-29 12:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM |
09USUNNEWYORK864 | UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...] | 2009-09-30 14:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK888 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 23 PM): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 23rd afternoon session of the General debate saw the U.S. delegation walk out of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's fiery diatribe against the U.S. and Israel. The Iranian President derided capitalist economic systems, defended recent election results, and condemned bo [...] | 2009-10-09 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO SW UK IT AR |
09USUNNEWYORK892 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...] | 2009-10-12 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG |
09USUNNEWYORK894 | UNSC BRIEFED ON SITUATION IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Pascoe and UNSOA Director of Field Support Boyd reported to the Security Council on October 8 that the TFG has persevered in spite of the challenging security situation, and urged the international community to continue its political and financial suppor [...] | 2009-10-13 20:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MARR PHUM SO |
09USUNNEWYORK896 | GUINEA FM ASKS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO LET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Security Council consultations on the situation in Guinea held at France's request, the U.S., as President of the Council, briefed on its September 29 meeting with Guinean Foreign Minister Loua, during which he claimed that the violence on September 28 was due to protest [...] | 2009-10-13 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY GV AU |
09USUNNEWYORK910 | BURMA, BURUNDI, COLOMBIA AND UGANDA ADDRESS SC [...] (SBU) The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (WGCAAC) held a formal meeting chaired by Mexican Permanent Representative Claude Heller on October 12 to adopt the group's conclusions on Burma and to discuss the Secretary General's reports on children and armed conflict [...] | 2009-10-14 19:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI UNSC BM CO BY UG |
09USUNNEWYORK911 | COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS TO BE DELAYED; COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council on October 13 that elections would be delayed for political and technical reasons, and said the priority must be approving the provisional voters list as soon as possible. Choi said the 2.7 million names [...] | 2009-10-14 19:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI |
09USUNNEWYORK916 | THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S 14 OCTOBER LUNCH WITH THE [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) In the monthly UN Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the SYG discussed Guinea, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan with PermReps. The lunch was hosted by Vietnamese PermRep Le Luong Minh, in his capacity as [...] | 2009-10-15 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PK GV AF SU |
09USUNNEWYORK928 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE - NON-MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 14 October, the Security Council held its Open Debate on the Middle East. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed the Council on recent events, noting that there had been no significant progress on the peace process. He referred to recent tensions in East Jerusalem as well as [...] | 2009-10-19 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK933 | U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MAGGI, [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance for the following individuals to attend informal consultations on Maritime Security Sector Reform in New York on Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28, 2009, in New York: Robert Maggi (Coordinator for Counter Piracy, PM/PPA); Christina Rosati (Foreign Af [...] | 2009-10-21 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK934 | U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE TO CHARLENE WANG TO [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance to Charlene Wang, Multilateral Affairs Officer, IO/UNP, to attend informal consultations on East Asia and Pacific issues in New York on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23, 2009. 2. U.S. Mission POC is Political Section Officer Jeffrey Reneau, 212-415 [...] | 2009-10-21 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK936 | MOMENTUM BUILDING TO BOLSTER MONUC'S MANDATE AND STREAMLINE ITS TASKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss told the Security Council on October 16 that progress continued on integrating the DRC army (FARDC),but noted that the FDLR had not been neutralized and LRA remnants were still active. In closed consultations with Council members, Doss said that LRA elements h [...] | 2009-10-22 16:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC CG ZXA ZF RW |
09USUNNEWYORK938 | GUINEA: UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Department of Political Affairs A/SYG Haile Menkerios briefed the Security Council on October 21 on the planned UN commission of inquiry (COI) into the atrocities committed in Guinea since September 28. He explained the expectations for the COI for which there was widespread [...] | 2009-10-22 17:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY GV |
09USUNNEWYORK947 | TURKISH PERMREP APAKAN PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 courtesy meeting, Turkish Permrep Ertugul Apakan invited Ambassador Rice to visit Turkey. He said a workshop/retreat on peacekeeping and peacebuilding, which Turkey was considering hosting during the summer of 2010, might be a good opportunity. Apakan thoug [...] | 2009-10-26 20:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC TU |
09USUNNEWYORK965 | UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Atul Khare briefed the Security Council on the Secretary-General's interim report on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste on UNMIT on October 23. Khare discussed the successful community elections, strengthening the rule o [...] | 2009-10-29 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC XB XV XU |
09USUNNEWYORK968 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON USSCR 1559, [...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council in consultation on October 27, 2009. The positive part of his presentation centered on the restoration of full diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and th [...] | 2009-10-30 17:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY |
09USUNNEWYORK978 | HHS SECRETARY SEBELIUS - SYG BAN CALL ON [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke via teleconference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Director-General of the World Health (WHO) Organization Margaret Chan, the Executive Director of the UN Fund for Children (UNICE [...] | 2009-11-02 21:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNICEF WHO EAID SOCI UN |
09USUNNEWYORK980 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UK FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice on October 27 met with 14 members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament. The Parliamentarians, who represented the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, raised Iran, the Middle East, U.S. relations with Russia, Afghanistan, and concern ove [...] | 2009-11-02 22:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UK IR |
09USUNNEWYORK999 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Representative Joseph Mutaboba on November 5 told the Security Council in an open session that there has been progress on national reconcliation, especially sinc [...] | 2009-11-06 20:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
09VALLETTA159 | MALTA: GEORGE ABELA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT [...] (U) Laborite George Abela, appointed by Nationalist PM Gonzi and unanimously approved by Parliament, was sworn in as President on Saturday, April 4. He will serve a five year term in the largely ceremonial position, replacing President Eddie Fenech Adami. 2. (SBU) Prior to his appointment [...] | 2009-04-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MT |
09VALLETTA221 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN MT |
09VALLETTA250 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PRF MT |
09VALLETTA419 | MALTA: BURMA POLICY REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM MT |
09VALLETTA421 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to MFA coordinator for Environment, Second Secretary David Ellul. 2. Ellul expressed appreciation for the information provided and indicated that Malta, following the EU lead, was in general agreement on the need to have major emerging countr [...] | 2009-09-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN MT |
09VALLETTA467 | MALTA SUBMITS REPORT OF IRAN SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (SBU) This cable provides additional response to reftel A. On October 16, the office of Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN submitted to the Chairman of the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee a report of Malta's actions described in reftels through D to the Chairman. The report was address [...] | 2009-10-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC IR UK LY EG GM MT |
09VALLETTA476 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES OF [...] (SBU) On October 23 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. priorities of the 64th UN General Assembly Third Committee to Malta's Minster of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg. FM Borg listened closely to the points but was non-committal. 2. (SBU) On October 27, U [...] | 2009-10-27 17:27:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA MT |
09VALLETTA488 | MALTA: BELARUS SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 17:18:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BO PREL EUN PHUM |
09VALLETTA503 | MALTA: DEMARCHE ON USG SUPPORT FOR EUFOR IN BOSNIA [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to MFA Americas' desk officer, Second Secretary Maria Depasquale, who indicated she would forward to FM Tonio Borg's party, in Brussels. There was no immediate substantive response. Post will report any further information received septel. K [...] | 2009-11-17 16:57:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU BK MT |
09VALLETTA507 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 19 to MFA Acting Director for Global Issues, Mariella Grech, and Americas' Desk Officer, Second Secretary Maria Depasquale. Acting Director Grech expressed appreciation for the information, but had no immediate comment. 2. (SBU) DCM and PolO [...] | 2009-11-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MT |
09VALLETTA95 | MALTA: VISIT OF CHINESE VP UNDERSCORES CLOSE TIES [...] (SBU) Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Malta February 21 for an official two day visit during which he met with Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and announced a grant of 580,000 euros for Malta to purchase Chinese products and services. Paul Sant, MFA Desk Officer for China, told PolOf [...] | 2009-02-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH MT PGOV PM PREL |
09VANCOUVER205 | CODEL BOEHNER HEARS THE CANADIAN SIDE ON BUY AMERICA [...] (U) Summary: A Congressional Delegation (Codel) headed by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) met with Canadian business, municipal and provincial representatives to discuss the impact of ARRA Buy America provisions on cross-border trade. The Codel heard first-hand accounts of how Buy Ame [...] | 2009-08-19 20:03:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CA ETRD OVIP |
09VATICAN111 | VATICAN: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 5 post shared with the Vatican's point person on UNGA matters, Monsignor Osvaldo Neves, ref. demarche points. While the Holy See, as a UN observer, does not have a vote at the UNGA, it appreciates knowing about the U.S. position. DIAZ [...] | 2009-11-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VT |
09VATICAN118 | VATICAN: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS DEMARCH DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 18 post shared demarche points with Vatican point officials on UNGA and Middle East matters, Monsignor Alberto Ortega and Monsignor Osvaldo Neves. While the Holy See, as a UN observer, does not have a vote at the UNGA, it appreciates knowing about the U.S. position. DIAZ [...] | 2009-11-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF IS VT |
09VATICAN125 | COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT: VATICAN CHARITIES PLAN BIG [...] Summary: (SBU) Caritas Internationalis, the international federation of national Caritas groups (Catholic Church-affiliated aid organizations),will send a large delegation to Copenhagen to press for strong action on climate change. Caritas will also promote its "Grow Climate Justice" campai [...] | 2009-12-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SENV BEXP EAGR ENRG PREL UN DA SF VT |
09VATICAN13 | POPE REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST, WARNS AGAINST DENIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
09VATICAN130 | OUTREACH TO VATICAN ON UGANDA BILL CRIMINALIZING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VT UG |
09VATICAN131 | POPE SEEKS GREATER FREEDOM FOR CHURCH IN CUBA, END TO [...] (SBU) Making a strong appeal for greater religious freedom in Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI vigorously defended the role of the Catholic Church in Cuba during the December 10 presentation of credentials by the country's new Ambassador to the Holy See, Eduardo Delgado Bermudez. While the Po [...] | 2009-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ETRD CU VT |
09VATICAN132 | POPE ISSUES FORCEFUL ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE FOR WORLD PEACE [...] (U) The deterioration of any one part of the planet affects us all, Pope Benedict said in his message for World Peace Day, Jan. 1, 2010 (released December 15). According to the Pope, the world's population cannot remain indifferent to environmental degradation. Government policies, the acti [...] | 2009-12-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PHUM EAID VT |
09VATICAN135 | INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: A VIEW FROM THE VATICAN [...] (U) In an era of growing contacts and conflicts between faith communities, interfaith dialogue -- to increase understanding and in pursuit of concrete objectives -- is increasingly important. The Holy See is an active proponent and participant in a wide range of these dialogues, in order to [...] | 2009-12-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT |
09VATICAN136 | VATICAN ISSUES STATEMENT OPPOSING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) The Holy See's legal attachi to the United Nations issued a statement December 10 putting the Holy See on record as opposed to "grave violations of human rights against homosexual persons," in particular the use of the death penalty. Father Philip Bene made his remarks following a pane [...] | 2009-12-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VT UG |
09VATICAN137 | PROPOSALS FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE VATICAN ON INTERFAITH [...] (U) Catholics and the organized Catholic Church are present in virtually every country of the world, and the Holy See is second only to the United States in terms of relations with other states. Given this near-universal presence and the Vatican's critical role in interfaith dialogues, Embassy [...] | 2009-12-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KIRF VT |
09VATICAN14 | POPE REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST, WARNS AGAINST DENIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
09VATICAN26 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA FEBRUARY 18-22 [...] (U) Summary: We are pleased to provide some background on US relations with the Holy See. This unique relationship between two global powers with worldwide interests and influence turned 25 in January 2009, and helps advance our shared goals of human dignity every day. Among the issues on wh [...] | 2009-02-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM OREP VT |
09VATICAN33 | VATICAN CITY STATE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Post point of contact for 2009 TIP Report is Political Specialist Mark Bakermans (bakermansm@state.gov ); 011.39.06.4674.3432; 011.39.06.5730.0682(fax). 2. (U) Hours spent in preparation of information: 4 3. (SBU) Reporting questions, following requesting cable numbering: --2 [...] | 2009-03-02 17:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09VATICAN43 | VATICAN SEEKS GREATER DIALOGUE WITH ASIAN FAITHS [...] (SBU) Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Holy See's Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, told Charge d'Affaires on March 17 that he plans to increase his engagement with Hindus, Buddhists and Shintoists this year. He said the Vatican has focused considerably on dialogue [...] | 2009-03-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF ID JA IN VT |
09VATICAN58 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION:VATICAN WELCOMES U.S. [...] (SBU) The Vatican welcomes the U.S. candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council. For the Secretariat of State's point person on human rights, Monsignor Christophe El-Kassis, it is another positive sign of the new administration's commitment to multilateralism and dialogue. While the Holy See, a [...] | 2009-04-17 17:23:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VT |
09VATICAN60 | VATICAN AND ARAB LEAGUE SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE AND [...] (U) The Holy See and the Arab League signed a Memorandum of Understanding April 23 to strengthen joint projects to promote peace and dialogue, especially on the political and cultural level. The Memorandum was signed by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, representing the Holy See, and by Amr Mou [...] | 2009-04-24 17:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF SCUL PTER VT |
09VATICAN77 | EMBASSY VATICAN HIGHLIGHTS THE ENVIRONMENT WITH VISITS BY [...] (U) Summary. To underline the increasing importance of addressing climate change, Embassy Vatican hosted two IIP speakers on the environment in the first half of June. Walter Grazer, who visited Rome from June 3-5, emphasized the role of faith communities in protecting the environment and i [...] | 2009-06-26 15:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO VT |
09VATICAN82 | POPE DISMISSES STAFFERS INVOLVED IN HOLOCAUST DENIER [...] (SBU) On July 8, the Pope quietly let go the Vatican personnel who had this spring recommended the restoration of communion with a break-away Catholic movement that included a Holocaust-denying bishop. Although the Pope clarified that he was not aware of Bishop Williamson's views at the time [...] | 2009-07-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF VT |
09VATICAN94 | TONY BLAIR AND OTHERS SPEAK ON FAITH TO HUGE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) More than one hundred thousand Catholics attended the thirtieth annual meeting of the "Communion and Liberation" (CL) Catholic lay movement from August 23-28 in Rimini (northern Italy),and heard messages from a wide range of international figures. Indeed, according to organizers, the comb [...] | 2009-09-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VT |
09VATICAN95 | INTERFAITH DIATRIBES TURN TO DIALOGUE IN KRAKOW AT ANNUAL [...] (U) Summary: At the 22nd edition of an annual interfaith dialogue to promote peace, held this year in Krakow with thousands of observers, hundreds of senior religious and political leaders expressed great agreement on themes like food security. They also engaged in some interfaith sniping, un [...] | 2009-09-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VT PL |
09VATICAN97 | SYNAGOGUE AND LEFEBVRITES IN THE VATICAN'S FALL AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See's spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, confirmed September 15 that talks between the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) and the Holy See will resume in October. Roughly at the same time, Pope Benedict will visit Rome's main synagogue. If managed properly, these two sepa [...] | 2009-09-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF VT |
09VIENNA1018 | Film Piracy: Austrian Distributors Detail Enforcement [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD KIPR AU |
09VIENNA1026 | AUSTRIA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: STRUGGLING THROUGH CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Catholic Church has had a number of high-profile clashes with the Vatican in 2009. Cardinal Schoenborn, Archbishop of Vienna and head of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, publicly criticized the Pope's decision in January to rescind the excommunication of a bishop who [...] | 2009-08-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU |
09VIENNA1069 | Magna's Frank Stronach - Enigmatic Austrian Emigre and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable offers biographical context on Frank Stronach, the 76 year-old "Austro-Canadian" founder and CEO of Magna International, one of the world's largest automotive companies and a leading contender to acquire General Motors' European operations. After emigrating to Canada [...] | 2009-08-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ECON PINR AU |
09VIENNA107 | AUSTRIA'S ECON MINISTRY FAVORS A NON-HORMONE BEEF [...] (SBU) Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel talking points to Gabriele Meon-Tschuertz, Head of U.S. trade in the Department of European Integration and Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy. Meon-Tschuertz declined to give an official GOA reaction, saying the issue is an EU matter [...] | 2009-01-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EUN AU |
09VIENNA1076 | Austrian Banks Remain Stable, CESEE Crisis Manageable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: in meetings August 7-10 with Treasury Representative for Europe Mathew Haarsager, Austrian banks and regulators painted the country's financial sector situation as difficult but manageable. Three of Austria's six major banks (Bank Austria, Erste, & Raiffeisen Zentralbank) are mo [...] | 2009-08-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
09VIENNA108 | Austrians Push EU to Help Banks on Eastern [...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government announced January 27 it will press the EU to help the financial sectors in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) in the wake of the global credit crisis and global downturn. Last week, the GOA assembled key regional players (including the IMF) for c [...] | 2009-01-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU EU |
09VIENNA1088 | Austrian Parliament to Lift Bank Secrecy for Foreigners, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 26, Austria's governing parties reached agreement with the opposition Greens and BZO on a bill which partially lifts bank secrecy for foreigners (in exchange for stronger opposition rights to invoke investigative committees and special state audits). Parliament is exp [...] | 2009-08-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
09VIENNA1089 | GOA BELIEVES FERRERO-WALDNER COULD WIN UNESCO RACE [...] (SBU) MFA SecGen Kyrle told the Ambassador August 27 that he does not believe Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will draw enough votes to win the race for the UNESCO Director General position on the first ballot. Kyrle said he expects Austria's Benita Ferrero-Waldner to finish second to [...] | 2009-08-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO EG AU |
09VIENNA1096 | BILINGUAL SIGN DISPUTE OVERSHADOWS CHANCELLOR'S SLOVENIA [...] (U) Summary: A long-running dispute over bilingual signs in Carinthia Province overshadowed Chancellor Faymann's August 26 visit to Slovenia, during which Slovenian PM Pahor called on Faymann to resolve the issue. A contact in the Chancellor's office told the Ambassador that Faymann will try t [...] | 2009-08-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM HR AU |
09VIENNA1113 | BIOTECH SOY: AUSTRIAN FEED INDUSTRY PRESSES GOA [...] (SBU) Neither the Economic Ministry nor the Agriculture Ministry, which has the lead within the GOA on the feed imports, would respond to the soy demarche (reftel). The head of the Department for Plant Production Monika Stangl told us the GoA is currently still determining its position for the [...] | 2009-09-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO EUN AU |
09VIENNA1230 | H1N1: Inside Scoop from Baxter on Vaccination [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baxter BioSciences (a large U.S. pharma firm, active in central Europe) characterizes Austria as one of the best prepared countries in Europe to deal with a pandemic flu. With only 361 mostly mild cases of H1N1 and no deaths to date, Austria has not put its plan into action. The [...] | 2009-09-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KFLO CASC PREL AU EZ |
09VIENNA1252 | UPPER AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LOSE BIG [...] (U) Summary: The conservative People's Party (OVP) finished a strong first in the September 27 Upper Austrian elections with a better-than-expected showing, while the Social Democrats (SPO) suffered an historic setback and placed a distant second. The rightwing, populist Freedom Party (FPO) c [...] | 2009-09-29 08:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
09VIENNA1257 | Austria Banking/Finance Update [...] First-half results of Austrian banks were largely positive, with higher operating results offset by a strong expansion of loan loss provisions. Tier 1 capital ratios as of June 30 ranged from 6.7% to 10.9%. Unicredit Bank Austria will not take GoA equity participation and financial sector exp [...] | 2009-09-30 10:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
09VIENNA1287 | Chinese XAC to Buy Austria's Leading Aviation Technology [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese XAC will take over FACC, Austria's leading enterprise for the development/design and production of composite components and systems for civil aircraft. FACC supplies major civil aircraft manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Pratt & Whitney. A takeove [...] | 2009-10-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
09VIENNA1347 | Austrian Climate Negotiator Pessimistic on Copenhagen, [...] (SBU) At a Vienna conference October 12, long-time lead Austrian UNFCCC negotiator Helmut Hojesky gave a highly pessimistic readout of the Copenhagen process following Bangkok. The overarching "crunch point" remains the question of paying for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Until fi [...] | 2009-10-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU |
09VIENNA1372 | (SBU) GoA Alleges Diversion of Glock Pistols to Philippines [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's Economic Ministry has contacted Post and the Department's Officeof Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DTCC) withinformation on possible mis-direction of Glock hanguns (produced in Austria and assembled in a U.S facility),including -- large-scale diversion of pistols no [...] | 2009-10-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC AU |
09VIENNA1381 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: AUSTRIA INSISTING ON [...] (SBU) Emboffs discussed reftel with Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Department of Multilateral Trade at the Economics Ministry, and Ingrid Frasl, Legal Advisor on WTO issues. Habermayer said the GOA fully supports the EC?s proposal to create a mandatory Geographical Indications (GI) register [...] | 2009-10-27 09:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR AU |
09VIENNA1382 | Blue Lantern Broker Inquiry: Verifying Bona Fides Of [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy checked on the bona fides of the company Diamond Airborne Sensing and Managing Director Michael Feinig (registered with the USG as an arms broker). We carried out an on-site visit, met at length with CEO/founder Christian Dries and a team of company staff, and consult [...] | 2009-10-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC AU |
09VIENNA1384 | GOA Nominates Science Minister Hahn as EU Commissioner [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
09VIENNA1419 | AUSTRIA: ASYLUM REFORMS DESIGNED TO EXPEDITE DEPORTATION IN [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Parliament on October 21 adopted a set of reforms designed to facilitate the detention and deportation of unsuccessful asylum applicants. Many asylum seekers apply in Austria after passing through another EU country, and the reforms are designed in large part to exped [...] | 2009-11-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
09VIENNA1426 | AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION STUDY SHOWS TURKS LAGGING [...] (U) Summary: A recent study by the Interior Ministry indicates that Turks in Austria are lagging behind other immigrants in terms of integration. According to the study, Turks feel less integrated than other immigrants, believe they face more discrimination, and tend to identify themselves as [...] | 2009-11-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
09VIENNA1427 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BO PREL EUN PHUM AU |
09VIENNA1447 | Faymann In Moscow: Austria Reaffirms South Stream Interest; [...] (U) Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann discussed energy and transportation issues with Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin during a November 10-11 trip to Moscow. According to press reports, the Medvedev meeting was a brief courtesy visit while the Putin meeting was a three-hour discussi [...] | 2009-11-13 12:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON PREL AU RS |
09VIENNA1464 | OFID, Austrian Government Undecided On IDLO Director [...] Post conveyed ref A talking points to Austria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) through the office of Director General Suleiman Al-Herbish. 2. An Austrian MFA rep (Mr. Georg Diwald) told us the GoA has not made a decision on the IDLO di [...] | 2009-11-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL AU |
09VIENNA1470 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR NEW AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Polchief discussed reftel points November 18 with Bernhard Zimburg, MFA Director for East Asia and the Pacific, and his deputy, Bruno Bilek. Zimburg said the GOA supports the USG's priorities for the new Afghan Government. The GOA agrees on the need to work with President Karzai, despit [...] | 2009-11-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF AU |
09VIENNA1478 | New Leadership in Vienna Wiesenthal Institute [...] (U) As a result of the dispute between the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute (VWI) and the Vienna Jewish Community (IKG) over access to the IKG's archives, which had triggered the resignation of the VWI leadership in August (reftel),the VWI elected a new board in early November. Law historian Georg [...] | 2009-11-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
09VIENNA1479 | Austria's Hypo Alpe Adria Bank in Trouble [...] (SBU) Hypo Alpe Adria (HAA),Austria's sixth largest banking group, is in trouble again. According to media reports and leaked documents, HAA is undercapitalized and will need fresh equity of 1.5-2.0 billion Euros in time for a special general shareholder meeting December 10. A conflict has e [...] | 2009-11-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
09VIENNA1491 | AUSTRIA: SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EU GR MK PGOV PREL AU |
09VIENNA15 | Gas Dispute -- OMV Sees No Short-Term Solution; [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austrian energy company OMV announced early January 7 that Russian natural gas deliveries to Austria have come to a standstill. For the medium term (about three months),OMV's subsidiary EconGas -- which supplies customers -- can compensate from its storage (1.7 bcm),domestic pr [...] | 2009-01-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV EPET PREL AU |
09VIENNA1534 | Previewing Austria's Johannes Hahn as EU Regional Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable offers political background on Johannes Hahn, the 51-year-old Vienna native slated to become European Commissioner for Regional Policy in the second Barroso cabinet. Hahn, who has served as GoA science/higher education minister since 2007, was a surprise candidate fo [...] | 2009-12-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON AU EUN |
09VIENNA1577 | EU STUDY PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE OF AUSTRIAN TURKISH [...] (U) Summary: An EU study on minorities released December 9 gives a mixed picture of Austria's Turkish community. The results indicate that ethnic Turks face less discrimination in Austria than in other EU countries with substantial Turkish immigrant communities. At the same time, however, Aus [...] | 2009-12-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN AU |
09VIENNA1582 | Gas Trading Exchange Formally Launched -- Without Gazprom [...] (SBU) On December 11, Austrian national oil/gas company OMV and the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) formally launched a new gas trading platform as part of the Central European Gas Hub (CEGH),a gas-service provider and currently a 100% subsidiary of OMV. OMV and VSE (which is slated to take a 20% [...] | 2009-12-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET AU RU |
09VIENNA1583 | Austrian Government Takes Over Hypo Alpe Adria Banking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the GoA nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria (HAA) -- Austria's sixth largest bank -- in concurrence with the bank's private shareholders. HAA's troubles were increasingly evident (reftel) and the GoA took the step (in consultation with the ECB and the provincial governm [...] | 2009-12-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU GM |
09VIENNA1588 | ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (U) Israeli Defense Minister and Deputy PM Barak met with Chancellor Faymann, President Fischer, DefMin Darabos, and FM Spindelegger during a low-key December 14-15 visit to Vienna. During a joint press conference after their meeting, Barak and Darabos emphasized their support for a two-state [...] | 2009-12-17 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG MNUC MOPS IS IR AU |
09VIENNA1590 | Aiming to Reassure, Austrian Bank Stress Tests Underline [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New "stress test" results for Austrian banks -- released the same day the GoA had to take over 6th-largest Hypo Alpe Adria/HAA -- show that major banks could withstand a "double-dip" recession but will need additional capital in the medium-term. The Austrian National Bank says m [...] | 2009-12-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU |
09VIENNA1593 | AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION PLAN WOULD RAISE GERMAN LANGUAGE [...] (U) Summary: Interior Minister Fekter, of the conservative People's Party (OVP),on December 15 officially released a summary of a national integration plan primarily designed to strengthen German language requirements for immigrants. Fekter said the plan would be submitted for cabinet approva [...] | 2009-12-21 06:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
09VIENNA1604 | Agreement on Financing of Jewish Cemetery Renovation and [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
09VIENNA173 | Austria's Anti-Nuclear Stance: Rock Solid, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is no nuclear renaissance in Austria. This cable details Austrians' long-standing rejection of nuclear power and GOA opposition in every international context. Austria's new government will continue its role as Europe's strongest opponent of nuclear energy. While the r [...] | 2009-02-17 15:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV AU |
09VIENNA186 | Terrorist Abuse of Charitable Sector - [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel points with Austria's Finance Ministry (Elisabeth Ottawa, terrorism financing coordinator and FATF representative, Financial Markets Directorate) and Interior Ministry (Sabine Klinglmair, head of the International Affairs Department),soliciting views on charities [...] | 2009-02-20 08:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID AU |