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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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10BRUSSELS204BELGIUM:AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S DISCUSSION WITH GOB ON
[...] (C) Ambassador Gutman met February 22 with the Diplomatic Advisors at the MFA Dirk Wouters and PM's Office Vincent Houssiau; he then had a phone call with DefMin Pieter De Crem. The conversation followed the usual pattern of Minister De Crem being more optimistic than the MFA or the PM,s off [...]
2010-02-22 17:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MARR AF BE
10BRUSSELS211THE EU AND SANCTIONS (INTRODUCING THE EU, PART
[...] (C) This cable describes political and procedural dynamics associated with the creation and maintenance of EU-wide sanctions programs. Effective USG influence over specific EU sanctions policies generally requires early, sustained, and strategic outreach to Member State capitals, Member Stat [...]
2010-02-23 16:11:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP EAID EAIR EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN EWWT KHLS
10BRUSSELS215BELGIUM:ENCOURAGING ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANF
[...] (C) On February 19, Acting PolEconCouns delivered reftel talking points, requesting more trainers for the Afghan security forces from Belgium and other ISAF countries, to Gilles De Kerchove at the MFA. De Kerchove confirmed that NATO's request for 22 trainers from Belgium and more general ass [...]
2010-02-24 13:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID AF BE
10BRUSSELS63DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones met with the European Commission's Director of Asia and Oceania James Moran January 12 to discuss assistance to Pakistan. Moran stated the European Commission is deepening its commitment to Pakistan by increasing its assistance, holding a EU-P [...]
2010-01-20 14:23:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EUN PK
10BRUSSELS70BELGIUM:CENTRAL AFRICA, ESPECIALLY THE DRC, IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister's Vanackere's week long trip to Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi from January 18 to 25, underscores the importance of Central Africa to Belgium. For the Belgian political class and the media, Central Africa, especially the Congo, is the chief foreign policy concern. A [...]
2010-01-21 15:17:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS75TFHA1: COORDINATION OF BELGIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] Emboff talked to Geert Vansintjan, Director of the Office of Humanitarian Aid, Food Aid and Rehabilition on January 21 to thank him for Belgium's contributions to Haiti earthquake relief on January 20. Belgium has contributed a "B-fast" team of up to 130 workers who focus on search and rescue [...]
2010-01-21 17:08:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA BE
10BUCHAREST39Romanian Contribution to Haitian Relief Efforts
[...] EMBOFF discussed reftel points on January 20 with Mihaela Rutjens, Director of the Developmental Assistance Directorate at the MFA. On January 19 Romania decided to donate EUR 50,000 to Haitian relief efforts via the World Food Program. The funds will come from the GOR's special humanitarian [...]
2010-01-22 08:29:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA RO
10BUDAPEST27HUNGARY'S RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] PolOff delivered reftel information January 19, and expressed appreciation for Hungary's support to the MFA's Director for International Development Cooperation, Denes Tomaj. The MFA confirmed January 20 that they have no/no outstanding requests to the USG for assistance in coordinating Hunga [...]
2010-01-20 13:27:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM UN HA HU
10BUDAPEST46HUNGARY IMPRESSED BY U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel message to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cuba Desk Officer Istvan Sandor on January 25 and received a readout of Hungarian contributions to the ongoing relief effort. Sandor noted that Hungary was deeply impressed by the magnitude and effectiveness of U.S. humanit [...]
2010-01-27 15:37:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA HU
10BUENOSAIRES154ARGENTINA: Firm Offer of 200 Additional Peacekeepers for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met February 5 and February 8 with Defense Minister Nilda Garre and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, respectively, to confirm Argentina's offer of additional peacekeepers to Haiti. Both confirmed that the formal offer to the UN had been made. Garre said the offer was f [...]
2010-02-10 13:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PREL EAID HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES182Argentina: Government Interested in Partnering for
[...] (U) Action request for Department in para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Argentine MFA North American Affairs and International Cooperation Directorates asked DCM on February 11 to explore the possibility of establishing a mechanism for coordination of U.S. and Argentine development assist [...]
2010-02-17 18:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR AR
10CAIRO131EGYPTIAN APPROACH ON YEMEN CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 07:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM EG
10CAIRO139DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPAS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 15:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL EG
10CAIRO159Scencesetter for Deputy Secretary Lew's February 15-16 Visit
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Lew, we warmly welcome you to Cairo and are seeking meetings with Prime Minister Nazif, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Minister of International Cooperation Aboulnaga. While we continue to work closely and effectively with Egypt on the range of critical regional issues, [...]
2010-02-04 15:03:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL OVIP EFIN EG
10CAIRO166EGYPT: Ministry of Health to Provide Assistance to Iraq
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --The Ministry of Health is expanding its medical cooperation with Iraqi and has signed agreements to allow sick Iraqis to seek treatment at Egyptian facilities and to offer training opportunities for Iraqi doctors. --The Ministry is reviewing an Iraqi request to design a [...]
2010-01-28 14:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV EG IZ
10CAIRO183Minister of Social Solidarity Distances Himself from MEPI
[...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of Social Solidarity (MSS) Ali El-Meselhi distanced himself from a MSS diplomatic note which took issue with MEPI funding of Egyptian NGOs. He explained that the note was coordinated by Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. -- El-Mesel [...]
2010-02-10 14:20:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV EG
10CAIRO199GOE Blinks on Endowment Proposal, Fails to Budge on North
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 16:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV EG
10CAIRO224A/S Jones meets with GoE officials on Health, Science, and
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --In January 20 meetings, A/S Jones emphasized that health, science, and technology cooperation form an important component of the US-Egypt relationship and stated OES's desire to bolstering collaboration. --According to Higher Education and Science Research Minister Hany [...]
2010-02-03 16:30:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KFLU TSPL EG
10CAIRO245UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Key points: -The U.S.-Egypt Strategic Economic Dialogue was launched in 2009, and the USG will have to overcome weak GOE inter-ministerial cooperation to move forward on the dialogue's goals in 2010. -The key U.S. objectives in its economic relationship with Egypt are deepening bilat [...]
2010-02-25 11:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EG EAID EAGR EINV
10CAIRO262Tourism is the "driving force" in the Egyptian Economy
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) projects a 5-7% increase in tourism revenues and arrivals for 2010 over last year. --New growth opportunities are expected in Egypt's Mediterranean north shore area and MoT is overseeing plans to increase hotel capacity for the region. - [...]
2010-02-08 13:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL EG
10CAIRO286Same Question, Same Answer: Egypt Still Unwilling to
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --Egypt remains unwilling to associate with the Copenhagen Accord at this time and may not make a final decision about whether to do so until April 2010. --According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Egypt's concerns about the accord include a lack of information [...]
2010-02-10 15:21:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID TSPL KGHG EG
10CAIRO338Egypt: H5N1 Update - February 2010
[...] (SBU) Key Points --Egypt's Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed 12 human cases of H5N1 (avian influenza) in 2010, with three fatalities. --In the wake of efforts to combat H1N1 (swine flu),MoH will increase its public awareness H5N1 influenza programs for health care providers to ensure [...]
2010-02-21 14:11:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU PGOV EAGR EAID EG
10CAIRO78EGYPT'S AID-BASED DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 11:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SU SO EG
10CAIRO79MFA ADVISOR PRESENTS BLEAK PICTURE OF AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 11:42:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL EAID SU SO ET ER EG
10CANBERRA37TFHA01: AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE INITIAL $10 MILLION
[...] (SBU) Australia will provide an initial tranche of A$10 million to aid groups to assist victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Foreign Minister Smith gave a press conference on January 14 in which he said Australia will provide the money to the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]
2010-01-14 06:13:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR CASC PREL AS
10CANBERRA43TFHA01: AUSTRALIA FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Australia's initial contribution to the Haiti relief effort - A$10 million (ref C) will be completed this week. Econoff conveyed message in ref B to Ausaid's Thanh Le, Manager for Humanitarian and Emergency Response on January 19. Le sa [...]
2010-01-19 22:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL AS
10CANBERRA52HAITI: AUSTRALIAN FUNDS ALREADY IN FTS
[...] (U) Thanh Le, Director for Humanitarian and Emergency Response Operations at AusAID, confirmed January 20 that the A$10 million being provided to Haiti, is registered with the UN OCHA Financial Tracking System (reftel). Australia strongly supports the use of the FTS and will continue to regis [...]
2010-01-21 06:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM AS
10CANBERRA67AUSTRALIA FEELS WELL-INFORMED ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia has been very happy with the level of dialogue in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit and NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Officials clearly understand the distinction between the two and what the United States hopes to accomplish at each. Some worry that Thailan [...]
2010-01-28 04:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV AS
10CANBERRA78AUSTRALIAN SHERPA LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will take part in the Nuclear Security Summit's third Sherpa meeting in The Hague. The Australian Sherpa expressed concerns over French objections to the discussion of MOX fuel and Non-Aligned Movement criticism of the Nuclear Security Summit. Australia hopes that [...]
2010-02-02 07:20:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10CARACAS103TFHA01: Demarche Request: U.S. Aid to Haiti
[...] (SBU) On January 27, Polcouns delivered ref a demarche and non-paper on U.S. assistance to Haiti to the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's Director of North American Affairs, Yaneth Arocha. Polcouns also provided a copy of our January 26 diplomatic note strongly protesting the inclusion on V [...]
2010-01-28 16:23:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA VE
10CARACAS47TFHA01: Venezuela Sends Aid, Minimizes Coordination with
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 19, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) has completed five airlifts and launched three sealifts to provide disaster relief to Haiti. The arrival of two Russian operated cargo planes, if fully employed, could significantly increase Venezuela's relief contribu [...]
2010-01-19 22:30:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL VE OAS PREF EAID HA KPKO
10CARACAS55TFHA01: Venezuela Plans Two Flights For January 21; Ignores
[...] (SBU) Summary: Defense AttachC) spoke on January 20 with Dr. Luis Diaz Curbelo, National Director of Civil Defense. Diaz confirmed prior sea and air shipments to Haiti. Diaz added that Venezuelan ships were bound for the Dominican Republic instead of Haiti. The GBRV will contact the U [...]
2010-01-20 22:37:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE
10CARACAS67TFHA01: One Relief Flight Departs Venezuela
[...] (SBU) Summary: A C-130, Venezuela's fifth relief flight, departed January 21 reportedly carrying 12 tons of supplies and 48 personnel . Local press reported that a Russian IL-76 carrying Venezuelan relief supplies to Haiti was unable to obtain landing authorization. In fact, the aircr [...]
2010-01-21 22:58:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE
10CARACAS87TFHA01: GBRV Continues Disinformation Regarding U.S. Aid To
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 24 television and radio broadcast, President Hugo Chavez claimed the "Yankees" aboard the hospital ship, USNS Comfort, were not treating patients because, "they will not work in the rubble, they will not go into the poor neighborhoods." Chavez also pr [...]
2010-01-26 17:28:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE
10CASABLANCA132009 MOROCCO UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR FOR TVPRA AND TDA
[...] (U) This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on forced labor and exploitive child labor as mandated under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Trade and Development Act (TDA) and requested in reftel. 2. (SBU) The [...]
2010-02-01 16:17:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
10CASABLANCA6MOROCCO'S SKILL SHORTAGE THREATENS ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's leading CEOs agree that the country's education system has failed to produce graduates fit for the work place. The skill shortage, specifically in the technical and engineering field, threatens the Kingdom's economic growth and competitiveness, the CEO's warned. Publi [...]
2010-01-13 16:20:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO
10CHENGDU15"LHOKA" AKA "SHANNAN": SINIFICATION OF THE CRADLE OF TIBETAN
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary. Although considered the cradle of Tibetan culture, the historical city and prefecture of Lhoka, in southeastern Tibet, is in the midst of a silent cultural and population invasion by Han Chinese, Consul General's November 22-25 visit there suggests. Lhoka's rapid [...]
2010-01-15 10:08:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV ECON EAID MCAP MOPS SOCI CH IN
10CHENNAI10 VIEWS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG SOUTH INDIA'S CIVIL
[...] Summary. Civil society leaders report that ignorance about climate change pervades South India, with politicians, government officials, and business leaders focused on development at all costs. Despite widespread ignorance about the issue, civil society leaders still look to the government t [...]
2010-01-20 11:09:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EAID EAGR PREL TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
10CHISINAU32DEMARCHE REPLY ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 11:48:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF MD
10CHISINAU35DEMARCHE REPLY: TFHA01: HAITI:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:37:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PHUM UN MD
10CHISINAU36DEMARCHE REPLY: TFHA01: HAITI:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:43:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PHUM UN MD
10CHISINAU45 IMF CONDITIONS FOR AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (C?) Summary: In late October, the new four- party Alliance for European Integration (AIE)- coalition government of Moldova (GOM) negotiated a preliminary agreement with the IMF for a USD 588 million loan. IMF resident representative Tokhir Mirzoev told us on January 15 that the primary con [...]
2010-01-26 14:05:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET EAID RS MD
10CHISINAU9 OUR MOLDOVA ALLIANCE ON VERGE OF SPLIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Our Moldova Alliance (AMN),one of the four parties of the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE),is on the verge of a schism following a heated December 12 party congress. Though AMN Chairman (and Deputy Parliament Speaker) Serafim Urechean retained his post, a fa [...]
2010-01-11 06:13:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID PINR MD
10COLOMBO10EASTERN SRI LANKA MAKES POST-WAR ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) touts the 'economic success' in Eastern Sri Lanka, where the fighting ended in 2007, as its blueprint for the reconstruction of Northern Sri Lanka. Econoff found that the base economy in the East of paddy rice farming and fishing has boun [...]
2010-01-07 12:25:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM
10COLOMBO105SRI LANKA: FONSEKA DETAINED, GOVERNMENT PLANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, former opposition presidential candidate Fonseka was taken into custody by military police. Several key joint opposition leaders were at the office when the detention occurred and said the military personnel had man-handled Fonseka and dragged him across the floor as [...]
2010-02-09 13:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO107IMF PROGRAM HITS ROUGH WATERS IN THE MALDIVES
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: An IMF staff mission is currently in the Maldives reviewing progress toward IMF benchmarks before releasing the second tranche of funds. The review will be difficult. The IMF negotiated a very tough agreement with the Maldives with ambitious deficit-reduction targets. The Gove [...]
2010-02-10 11:38:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE EAID ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI
10COLOMBO108SRI LANKA HOT TOPICS: FONSEKA, BUDDHIST CRITICISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Charge met with the Foreign Secretary, who said that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had acted with complete transparency when detaining Sarath Fonseka and that the U.S. statement of "concern" by the State Department spokesman was premature. He left the door open [...]
2010-02-10 12:31:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO109SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNICEF, new cases of child recruitment in 2009 numbered 17 by the TMVP and 402 by the LTTE. All of these children were released. There were now five outstanding cases of TMVP children recruited before 2009 who were under 18, and 54 outstanding cases who had turned 18 [...]
2010-02-11 09:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO11SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.5
[...] (C) TNA Leader R. Sampanthan announced late afternoon on January 6 that the TNA would support Fonseka in the presidential election. A written statement by Sampanthan outlining the decision focused almost exclusively on President Rajapaksa, ending by saying it was important to defeat him, and [...]
2010-01-07 14:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO110Northern Province Health Infrastructure Assessment
[...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 18-22, the embassy's Civil-Military Support Element (CMSE),together with Sri Lankan Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition (MOH) officials and Medical Teams International (a primarily U.S. Government-funded non-governmental organization),planned and conducte [...]
2010-02-12 07:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CE PTER PHUM EAID PREF
10COLOMBO111FM BOGOLLAGAMA SUMMONS CHARGE FOR FOLLOW-UP ON
[...] (C) On February 12, Foreign Minister Bogollagama summoned Charge to provide more information regarding her question at a February 11 briefing for the diplomatic corps regarding General Fonseka's medical care. At the February 11 briefing the FM enumerated the legal provisions that govern the p [...]
2010-02-12 11:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO1212007 IWOC AWARDEE FIGHTS UPHILL BATTLE ON JUDICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, 2007 Sri Lankan recipient of the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, related frustration with the presidential election, the Rajapaksa family, and a weak Sri Lankan civil society. She also discussed her recent report on post-war justice, wh [...]
2010-02-17 12:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO125SRI LANKA: FOCUS ON FONSEKA FAMILY CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sarath Fonseka lodged an election petition with the Supreme Court, alleging many violations of elections law and asking the court to overturn Rajapaksa's victory, and declare Fonseka the winner. The government issued an arrest warrant for Fonseka's son-in-law, Danuna Tillakaratne [...]
2010-02-19 05:58:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO126 S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES
[...] (U) Summary. Post carefully reviewed 59 proposals for S/GWI funding, and after discussing country priorities, the committee selected the strongest five proposals: four are for Sri Lanka, and one is for the Maldives. The proposed projects cover key issues such as gender based violence, econom [...]
2010-02-22 03:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CE MV
10COLOMBO132FONSEKA CATCH-22: SUPREME COURT RULES NO RELEASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Fundamental Rights hearing on February 23, the Supreme Court denied General Fonseka release as interim relief because his claim that there was no reason to detain him could not be verified until the investigation was completed and, presumably, charges were filed. At the same [...]
2010-02-24 01:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO136MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DONOR CONFERENCE,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 10:24:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO137MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DONOR CONFERENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting in Colombo, the Ambassador and Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed discussed several issues, including the upcoming Maldives donor conference March 28-29 and an Asian Climate Change initiative led by Maldives and East Timor within the framework of th [...]
2010-02-24 12:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO142ANGLICAN BISHOP OFFERS ADVICE AND HOPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Ambassador called on Anglican Bishop Duleep Kamil De Chickera, a well-respected and influential Sri Lankan cleric. The bishop saw a role for the international community in Sri Lanka but cautioned against a didactic approach. While there were two national interfait [...]
2010-02-26 07:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO143COLOMBO CHIEFS OF MISSION RECOMMEND WAYS FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting called by Ambassador to discuss reftel demarche to capitals, chiefs of missions (COMs) in Colombo agreed with the U.S. assessment that the political situation in Sri Lanka had deteriorated after the presidential elections in terms of the Fonseka arrest, intimidation o [...]
2010-02-26 08:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO17FATEFUL STEP: MAIN TAMIL PARTY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT
[...] (C) On January 6, leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan formally announced the TNA's support for common opposition candidate General Fonseka. Addressing a packed news conference at parliament, Sampanthan said the TNA had consulted both candidates over the last several weeks [...]
2010-01-11 04:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO20JOURNALIST TISSAINAYAGAM RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) On January 11, Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam -- who last August was convicted by a Sri Lankan high court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for publishing articles critical of the Sri Lankan Government's (GSL) war effort, conspiring with others to pub [...]
2010-01-11 12:30:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO21SRI LANKA - ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 6
[...] (C) Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka released his campaign "manifesto" on January 7, a full-color 22-page brochure, which contained a strong condemnation of President Rajapaksa, largely on grounds of corruption and family patronage. Post contacts have said the manifesto would be publish [...]
2010-01-11 12:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO26MALDIVES ASSISTANCE OVERVIEW: U.S. AND OTHER DONORS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States and Maldives have enjoyed a friendly and expanding relationship. U.S. efforts were instrumental in the successful conclusion of negotiations between Maldives and IMF, with the IMF approving in December 2009 a stand-by arrangement and related program worth a combin [...]
2010-01-13 05:42:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO27SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO 7
[...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Local media and the elections monitoring group CMEV reported that a bus carrying supporters of presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka in Tangalle, in the southern Hambantota District, was attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle on January 12. A 58-year-old woman [...]
2010-01-13 12:31:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO30TISSAINAYAGAM OUT OF PRISON
[...] (C) Imprisoned journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who was granted bail on January 11, was released from prison today after processing of his court documents. (NOTE: The non-computerized Sri Lankan court system is notoriously slow, and the two-day delay in Tissainayagam's release was not out of th [...]
2010-01-15 05:57:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO32SRI LANKA WAR-CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY: THE TAMIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: There have been a few tentative steps on accountability for crimes allegedly committed by Sri Lankan troops and civilian officials during the war with the LTTE. President Rajapaksa named a committee to make recommendations to him on the U.S. incidents report by April, and candidate Fon [...]
2010-01-15 12:23:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO34THE MALDIVES HAS GREATLY IMPROVED ITS BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Maldivian President Nasheed has made improving budget transparency a goal for the Maldives. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) has taken action by adopting a public accounting system and using the IMF's Government Financial Statistics (GFS) budgetary format. The GOM has [...]
2010-01-19 10:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MV PREL
10COLOMBO35SRI LANKA PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT FOR HAITI
[...] (U) On January 19, PolOff delivered reftel points thanking Sri Lanka for their humanitarian assistance to Haiti to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had pledged $25,000 [...]
2010-01-19 11:31:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO36SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 8
[...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Election-related violence has caused three additional deaths since the last elections update cable from Post (Ref. A). On January 16, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on a van carrying supporters of President Rajapaksa, killing one person and injurin [...]
2010-01-19 13:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO40SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 9
[...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Two persons were reported shot and seriously injured the night of January 18 while returning home from a Fonseka campaign rally in a small town near Hambantota. Numerous Post contacts have expressed concern about increasing violence in the remaining days befor [...]
2010-01-20 14:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO46ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA
[...] (C) A contact who works on human rights issues in Eastern Sri Lanka and serves on Chief Minister Pillayan's staff, provided an international group with her perspective on elections in the East. OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD ----------------------- 2. (C) Transfer of ballot boxes from polling s [...]
2010-01-21 13:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO47RAJAPAKSA POLLSTER SAYS RACE IS NECK AND NECK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa's chief opinion pollster told us their figures and those of the opposition all showed the presidential election to be very close. Undecided voters were at an unprecedented 17 percent (six or seven percent this close to the election date was more the norm),with [...]
2010-01-22 07:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO48ELECTIONS IN AMPARA: INTIMIDATION AND WEAK
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and USAID Mission Director met with about ten business representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Ampara District in eastern Sri Lanka and made a separate call on the Ampara Government Agent (GA),Mr. Sunil Kannangara. Ampara has fewer Tamils than its eas [...]
2010-01-22 07:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO5LETTER TO SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FROM MALDIVES
[...] (SBU) Post received from the Maldivian MFA a scanned copy of a letter from the Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs to Secretary Clinton regarding the Copenhagen conference. The following is the text: BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Maldives 30 December 20 [...]
2010-01-05 04:47:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO50SRI LANKA: ASSESSING PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES REF: A. 09 COLOMBO 1176 B. COLOMBO 32 C. COLOMBO 8 COLOMBO 00000050 001.8 OF 004
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:00:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO53LEFTIST JVP EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR FONSEKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with Ambassador, neo-Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party chief Somawansa Amarasinghe and JVP MP Sunil Hanunnetti discussed the JVP's vision of a united, multiethnic, multi-lingual Sri Lanka; their support for Sarath Fonseka's presidential bid; the [...]
2010-01-25 10:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO54DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 11:48:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO55AMBASSADOR SUMMONED BY FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister called in the Ambassador this afternoon to express his concerns about her televised interview which aired on all three MTV news broadcasts the evening of January 14. Foreign Minister Bogollagama also raised the Ambassador's weekend call to the Inspector Gene [...]
2010-01-25 13:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO56SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...]
2010-01-26 01:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO57SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...]
2010-01-26 01:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO59SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 12 - MORNING
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) As of 12:00 PM local time on election day in Sri Lanka, the balloting so far had been generally peaceful. There were some limited reports of violence, outlined in the paragraph below, but by and large voting was occurring without major incident. Mission offi [...]
2010-01-26 07:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO61SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 13 - POLLS CLOSED
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After the close of polls at 4:00 PM local, elections monitoring group PAFFREL reported an estimated turnout of 74 percent for all of Sri Lanka except Jaffna, where it reported 18-20 percent turnout. Figures on turnout for Jaffna are difficult to interpret, as [...]
2010-01-26 12:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO62SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 14 - ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Ballot counting has been slow overnight. Postal ballots were not completed until around 2:30 AM local time, and by 9:00 AM local time, only about 20 per cent of the total ballots had been counted, when in past elections over 50 per cent would be complete at th [...]
2010-01-27 04:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO65SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 15
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Despite earlier confusion, Elections Commissioner Dissanayake confirmed in a meeting with PolOff on January 28 that he had indeed certified President Rajapaksa's victory in the January 26 presidential election. He said the official gazette notification was be [...]
2010-01-28 12:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO7SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.4
[...] (C) As reported by Post in an O/I item on December 24, the TNA is expected to announce shortly that it will support Fonseka in the presidential election, with widespread local media coverage already discussing the move. TNA leader Sampanthan is scheduled to meet with Ambassador Wednesday or T [...]
2010-01-05 12:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO75AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...]
2010-02-01 12:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO76AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...]
2010-02-01 12:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO78POST-ELECTION UPDATE: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After broaching the idea on January 28, President Rajapaksa's plan appears to be to dissolve Parliament on or about February 5, with a general election most likely towards the end of March or early April. Analysts suggest the president is hoping to capitalize [...]
2010-02-01 12:31:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO8CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS FONSEKA WANTS TRUTH AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, chief opposition campaign strategist and one-time Rajapaksa confidante Mangala Samaraweera said he was "pleasantly surprised" that General Fonseka believed accountability was important for Sri Lanka, that he agreed with Samaraweera that the country ne [...]
2010-01-06 11:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO81SRI LANKA: PURGES IN THE MILITARY, POLICE - AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Rajapaksa's January 26 re-election, the leadership has undertaken purges of military and police officials believed to be loyal to Fonseka or perceived to be overly eager to uphold election laws against Rajapaksa campaign abuses. Contacts indicated that two sen [...]
2010-02-02 13:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO82POST ELECTION: NEW THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's presidential election has brought a new wave of official and unofficial pressure on media outlets and attacks against journalists. MTV (Sirisa),a popular private television and radio conglomerate, has received official warning that it must cease airing anti-governme [...]
2010-02-02 13:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO83DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...]
2010-02-02 13:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO85DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...]
2010-02-03 06:18:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO90FORMER MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT MAUMOOM ABDUL GAYOOM'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a press conference on January 25, Abdul Maumoom Gayoom, former Maldivian president and leader of the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP),announced his retirement from politics ahead of the party's national congress, stating that it was time for the "younger genera [...]
2010-02-03 10:45:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO91POST-ELECTION UPDATE: SC SECOND-TERM RULING,
[...] (C) On February 2, a full bench of seven Supreme Court judges, including the chief justice, ruled that President Rajapaksa's second term of office would begin on November 19, 2010, the five-year anniversary of his taking office. The president's lawyers had argued the second term should not be [...]
2010-02-03 12:08:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO94PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF UNITY, EMERGENCY REGULATIONS
[...] (C) In his Sri Lankan National Day speech in Kandy on February 4, President Rajapaksa promised to turn Sri Lanka into the "Pride of Asia" through economic development and national unity. The themes were quite similar to those used in his op-ed article in the February 4 edition of the Wall Str [...]
2010-02-05 08:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COPENHAGEN36TFHA01: DENMARK USING OCHA'S FTS, GIVING NEARLY
[...] In response to reftels, MFA Team Leader for Latin America Kit Clausen told Pol-EconCouns January 19 that Denmark is already using UN OCHA's Financial Tracking System (FTS). Clausen provided an update (emailed to Stacy Williams, Melissa Rosser and Maura O'Neill as per ref A) on Danish aid tota [...]
2010-01-20 07:32:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PREF HA DA
10COPENHAGEN50TFHA01: DANISH RESPONSE HAS BROAD BACKING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Danish Government is determined to allocate as much as needed for Haiti relief efforts. Contributions totaled approximately USD 23 million by January 26; distribution is being coordinated closely with the UN. Extensive and successful private fundraising activities continue; [...]
2010-01-28 15:47:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV DA HA
10COPENHAGEN57TFHA01 DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. HUMANITARIAN
[...] In response to REF A, MFA Team Leader for Latin American Affairs, Kit Clausen told POLOFF on January 28 that Denmark understands and supports the American efforts in Haiti, and emphasized Denmark's own role with relief efforts there. She underscored that Denmark was committed to the coordinatio [...]
2010-01-29 13:50:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF EAID ECON
10COPENHAGEN93(C) TFHA01: DENMARK CONSIDERING FURTHER AID
[...] (C) Denmark intends to support debt-relief for Haiti and is in a "very preliminary" stage of considering donating another USD six to ten million specifically to help children and women, pending the needs assessment that is due to begin February 22, according to Kit Clausen, MFA Section Head f [...]
2010-02-17 13:14:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR HA DA
10COPENHAGEN95(C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 11:18:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA
10COTONOU88BENIN: AF A/S CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER STRESS BILATERAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, 2010, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marie Ehouzou in Cotonou. The meeting was very cordial, and focused on shared values and shared commitment to democracy and development. A/S Carson announced [...]
2010-02-16 14:07:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN
10COTONOU90BENIN: AF A/S CARSON MEETS PRESIDENT YAYI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Carson's meeting with Benin's President Yayi strongly buttressed Yayi's determination to pursue close collaboration with the USG. Yayi stressed his government's concern for Haiti and its reconstruction after the January earthquake; the importance of USG support for Benin's [...]
2010-02-16 14:18:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN
10DAMASCUS70DROUGHT UPDATE: WFP RENEWS SYRIA AID APPEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN World Food Program (WFP) Country Representative Muhannad Hadi requested on January 13 that the United States donate food aid valued at $10 million to the drought appeal for northeast Syria. WFP seeks to begin food distribution in February but thus far has received only a fract [...]
2010-01-21 13:16:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON FAS PREL SOCI SY WFP
10DAMASCUS97SARG SHEDS LIGHT ON ITS DROUGHT CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials discussed the drought afflicting northeast Syria with surprising transparency during a January 27 public forum that drew comparisons to those held during the pre-2001 "Damascus Spring." During the same week, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-D [...]
2010-02-01 13:29:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON FAS PGOV PREL SOCI SY WFP
10DARESSALAAM102EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SEC-GEN ON USG-EAC COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 12:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PREL ECON EAID XW ZF TZ
10DARESSALAAM105EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SEC-GEN ON USG-EAC
[...] SUMMARY: On January 20, I visited East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Juma V. Mwapachu (Tanzania) to discuss the three-D's: "Defense, Diplomacy and Development." The U.S. and the EAC share common goals. We have undertaken several projects together in the areas of defense, aviation [...]
2010-02-03 14:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PREL ECON EAID XW ZF TZ
10DARESSALAAM108ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z-BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 09:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM111FORMAL USG AIR SHIPMENT OF CATERPILLAR GENERATORS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 09:44:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM113FORMAL REQUEST FOR USG AIR SHIPMENT OF CATERPILLAR GENERATORS
[...] As anticipated in Reftel, the Government of Zanzibar sent the Mission a formal assistance request as follows. 2. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGoZ) presents its compliments to the Embassy of United States of America in Tanzania fo [...]
2010-02-04 11:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM130TANZANIA ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 05:29:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SENV ENRG UNEP TZ KGHG
10DARESSALAAM138CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA
[...] The deep and long-standing Tanzanian-Chinese relationship continues to be characterized by significant trade, diplomatic exchanges and Chinese assistance and investment in Tanzania. Tanzania remains one of China's principal African trading partners and assistance recipients. Ministerial visit [...]
2010-02-12 07:15:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CN TZ MCC
10DARESSALAAM140FINANCE MINISTER PLEAS FOR POST-FLOOD RAIL/ROAD REPAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 10:14:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELTN ECON TZ
10DARESSALAAM142FLOOD DAMAGE: TANZANIAN PLEAS FOR RAIL/ROAD REPAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 08:07:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELTN ECON TZ
10DARESSALAAM149RWANDAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON RAILS, EAC, ICTR
[...] SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting February 10, newly arrived Rwandan High Commissioner Fatuma Ndangiza told Ambassador Lenhardt of Rwanda's priority of linking to the port of Dar es Salaam by rail. She described progress and challenges of East African Community (EAC) integration and lamente [...]
2010-02-18 06:17:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV ICTR KAWC KJUS TZ RW
10DARESSALAAM156CODEL DURBIN REVIEWS TANZANIAN HEALTH ISSUES
[...] Over an informal breakfast, the delegation met with an interagency group of senior USG officials working on health and development issues in Tanzania. The USG representatives were from State, DoD (including Walter Reed MRU),TREAS, HHS/CDC, Peace Corps, and USAID. After a brief introduction f [...]
2010-02-19 09:48:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM17DISASTER DECLARATION FOR TANZANIA FLOODS
[...] Summary: Much of Central and parts of Southwestern Tanzania are currently experiencing devastating floods following ongoing above normal heavy rains that have in some areas poured almost continuously since 24 December 2009. The Government of Tanzania (GoT) requested U.S. Government material and [...]
2010-01-11 13:07:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM184AFRICOM HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS CONFERENCE,
[...] The United States Africa Command Humanitarian Assistance Branch conducted a Humanitarian Assistance (HA) conference in Arusha, Tanzania, from 02-05 February 2010. The conference brought together Department of Defense security assistance officers, their locally employed staff, DoD civilians pro [...]
2010-02-25 05:49:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MARR MCAP TZ
10DARESSALAAM83ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z'BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG TO
[...] SUMMARY: The USG should expect a formal request from the Zanzibar Government (SMZ) seeking assistance for air transport of up to 32 Caterpillar-brand diesel generator units currently located in Belgium. Several donors have pledged to provide support for the purchase of these units. The SMZ sa [...]
2010-02-02 07:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM97 CITES: TANZANIA PUSHES FOR IVORY SALES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a January 28 meeting with Econoff, Tanzania Director of Wildlife Erasmus Tarimo sought U.S. support for Tanzania's proposal to "downlist" the African elephant at the upcoming CITES meeting, so as to permit Tanzania to sell its ivory stockpile. Tarimo expressed mild interest in [...]
2010-02-02 12:38:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TZ KE
10DHAKA109 BANGLADESH ON THE ROAD TO WOO POWER INVESTORS
[...] (SBU) Six power projects valued at $5.5 billion are the core of a Government of Bangladesh (GOB) plan to add close to 4,000 megawatts (MW) of power to Bangladesh's grid. GOB officials unveiled these plans at a series of investment roadshows in London, Singapore and New York in December and Ja [...]
2010-02-04 08:32:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON PREL BG
10DHAKA120THE ROAD TO AWAMI LEAGUE RE-ELECTION: BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Bangladesh's Communications Minister, who is responsible for the nation's bridges, roads and rail, told the Ambassador February 3 that completing major infrastructure projects in southwest, southeast and northern Bangladesh was critical to the Awami League's re-election chances in four yea [...]
2010-02-10 03:41:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEINV EAID ELTN BEXP PREL BG
10DHAKA121AMERICA WEEK 2009 - TELLING AMERICA'S STORY ON THE ROAD IN
[...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka made a splash in northwest Bangladesh with America Week Rajshahi, highlighting the U.S.-Bangladesh partnership and making key contacts outside the capital in this densely populated Muslim-majority country. The three-day Mission-wide outreach program included a cricket match [...]
2010-02-10 10:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SCUL KPAO SOCI BG
10DHAKA130BANGLADESH PM ASKS U/S MCHALE FOR MORE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale that she welcomed increased U.S. Government educational programs in Bangladesh, including the return of the Peace Corps. The Prime Minister also requested U.S. support [...]
2010-02-16 01:47:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP SOCI SCUL EAID EAGR BG
10DHAKA141 BANGLADESH S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Mission Dhaka received more than 20 submissions from Bangladesh organizations for the S/GWI small grants program. The proposals addressed the full range of women's issues, including projects to advance political rights, human rights, food security and entrepreneurship for women. A commit [...]
2010-02-18 04:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL EAID ECON PHUM SOCI BG
10DHAKA26 BANGLADESH MISSION FOOD SECURITY DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Bangladesh and the U.S. diplomatic-development team at Embassy Dhaka (Mission Dhaka) are well-positioned to maximize the opportunities presented by the USG's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. Mission Dhaka will capitalize on the political will of Bangladesh's leaders and our wh [...]
2010-01-10 09:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO KWMN BG
10DHAKA71PACIFIC COMMAND SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH SHOWCASED
[...] (C) A January 12-13 visit to Bangladesh by Professional Staff Members from the Senate Armed Services Committee highlighted the integration of U.S. Pacific Command programs with U.S. Mission Dhaka's efforts to support development, deny space to terrorists and extremists, and enhance democracy. [...]
2010-01-21 06:33:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID PTER PHUM MASS MCAP SNAR BG
10DHAKA86BANGLADESH: AN IDEAL FEED THE FUTURE FOCUS COUNTRY
[...] Bangladesh is an ideal candidate to serve as the Asian focus country for the USG's Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative. This Muslim majority nation of more than 150 million people, where poverty and malnutrition rates remain high, places a very high priority on ensuring food security. The effec [...]
2010-01-27 08:40:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO BG
10DILI17TFHA01: TIMOR-LESTE TO DONATE USD 500,000 TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 08:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PREL PREF TT
10DJIBOUTI181CHINA IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China cemented diplomatic ties with Djibouti one year after independence in 1977, and for thirty years has provided bilateral gift aid and loans, mostly in the form of popular standalone infrastructure and building projects. In 2009, China's involvement in Djibouti continued to [...]
2010-02-11 15:44:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON DJ CH
10DJIBOUTI199DJIBOUTI: S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN AND GODJ NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's key security concerns include Eritrean sponsorship of al-Shabaab fighters as well as ethnic-Afar rebels, al-Qa'ida forces allying with al-Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, and maintaining the loyalty of Somali TFG forces combating Islamic extremists, according to Djib [...]
2010-02-22 05:34:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM
10DJIBOUTI28DJIBOUTI: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] In FY10, the GODJ receives--and is expected to continue to receive--U.S. foreign assistance as defined in ref A. 2. The GODJ makes budget information publicly available on a regular basis. Citizens may access budget information in a variety of ways: --Through budget legislation published [...]
2010-01-11 13:15:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EINV EFIN PREL DJ
10DJIBOUTI95DJIBOUTI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE
[...] PolOff delivered reftel points and non-paper January 25 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh. 2. Goumaneh said that the GODJ's main interaction with Haiti had historically been through the International Organization of Francophonie; Dji [...]
2010-01-25 14:31:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF EAID ECON HA DJ
10DUSHANBE103INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AGREE ON UNIFIED ROGHUN MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gross convened a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions in Dushanbe to discuss a common approach to the government of Tajikistan's campaign to force its citizens to contribute to the construction of the Roghun dam. Attendees agreed on a two-pronged strategy: They wou [...]
2010-01-21 12:02:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE171IMPACT OF ROGHUN CAMPAIGN ON U.S. ASSISTANCE GOALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government stresses electricity shortfalls as a serious threat to living standards and economic growth, and rightly so, but refuses to confront key causes of the shortfall, or to pursue to the most effective solutions. Instead, it insists that building mega-hydro-proje [...]
2010-02-11 10:27:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON SOCI PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE172TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...]
2010-02-12 10:10:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE173CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...]
2010-02-16 13:41:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE23FOOD SECURITY UPDATE FOR TAJIKISTAN
[...] The food security situation in Tajikistan has been slightly better through the first ten months of 2009 compared to 2008, according to World Food Program's December update. Surveys showed that as of October 2009, 22% of households were moderately food insecure and 9% were severely food insecu [...]
2010-01-05 06:53:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ELAB SOCI TI
10DUSHANBE4TAJIK EARTHQUAKE IMPACT LESS SEVERE THAN REPORTED
[...] Summary: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan on the morning of January 2. Embassy contacts and others with direct knowledge of the area said a few hundred households have been affected by the earthquake, far short of the 20,000 figure widely reported in the international medi [...]
2010-01-04 12:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM CACS TI
10DUSHANBE55TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]
2010-01-13 13:06:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE67TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION (*** CORRECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]
2010-01-14 11:18:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE93BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Following are post's responses to reftel regarding transparency of the government of Tajikistan's central budget. -- Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? 2. (SBU) Yes. The U.S. government is expected to provide assistance to the central gover [...]
2010-01-20 08:32:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL TI
10EFTOKABUL597AWCC BETS ON DRAMATIC MARKET EXPANSION
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC),one of the Afghanistan's largest cellular providers, plans to invest millions of dollars in dramatic infrastructure expansion in 2010. The company will build nearly 400 new towers, mostly utilizing its own capital, but 40 will [...]
2010-02-17 13:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EAID PGOV PREL AF
10EFTOLONDON223UK COMMITTED TO DISTINGUISHING NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judith Gough, Head of Security Policy Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the FCO, on January 21. In a follow-up meeting on January 29, Phillips said that the UK shared the U.S. con [...]
2010-01-29 15:36:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM PREL EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG
10EFTOLONDON224UK TO SEND FIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on January 29, along with Political Counselor Birgitta Tazelaar of the Embassy of the Netherlands. Phillips thanked the U.S. and the Netherlands for the [...]
2010-01-29 15:37:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG
10FREETOWN50SIERRA LEONE: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] This message responds to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone and potential areas for cooperation. Post opted for a front channel cable as well as an email in light of the significant interest in the level of Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone. 2. China wa [...]
2010-02-05 09:27:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON SL CN
10FREETOWN73Preparing for Sierra Leone's 2012 Elections
[...] (U) Embassy has begun a series of meetings aimed at determining what needs to be done to ensure that Sierra Leone's 2012 elections comes off smoothly and honestly. We are trying to see what, if anything, the US might do to help that process. Post would welcome any guidance from the Departme [...]
2010-02-25 12:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM EAID SL UN
10GENEVA30UNRISD- IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL CRISIS ON DEVELOPING
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) held a forum November 12-13 on "Social and Political Dimensions of the Global Crisis: Implications for developing countries." The forum consisted of five sessions and 24 presentations by representatives from UNDP, ILO, CoopAfri [...]
2010-01-15 12:54:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID UN ECOSOC
10GEORGETOWN90SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 3-4 VISIT BY S/EGCI DAVID GOLDWYN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Embassy Georgetown welcomes you to Guyana March 3-4. On March 3 you are scheduled to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Finance Minister Ashni Singh, Bank of Guyana Central Governo [...]
2010-02-24 14:38:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV GY
10GRENADA4An Island at E's: Education, Enforcement, the Economy and
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 20:27:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV SENV GJ XL
10GUATEMALA146Guatemala Response: Host Government Humanitarian Assistance
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 21:44:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA GT
10GUATEMALA198Regional Visit of USDA/FAS General Sales Manager/Associate
[...] Summary: From December 6-11, USDA/FAS General Sales Manager (GSM)/Associate Administrator John Brewer and Deputy Administrator of the FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) Pat Sheikh visited FAS programs in El Salvador and Guatemala. The visit of the USDA/FAS delegation to [...]
2010-02-01 22:26:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD PGOV GT ES
10GUATEMALA236Embassy Guatemala: January 2010 Merida Report
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Post conducted a review of Merida funding to date and found that some FY 2008 funds are still stalled in the procureme [...]
2010-02-04 22:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT
10GUATEMALA32Embassy Guatemala: December 2009 Merida Report
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Post requests Washington's continued ass [...]
2010-01-06 15:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT
10GUATEMALA452009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010
[...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...]
2010-02-17 20:51:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT
10GUATEMALA47Your Meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom
[...] (C) Summary: During your February 18 meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom you will have the opportunity to address several key issues including poverty alleviation, general and food security, rule of law, transparency, and taxes. Your meeting comes in the wake of his January exone [...]
2010-02-17 22:09:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID GT
10GUATEMALA82Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...]
2010-01-13 23:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PGOV GT
10HANOI106Joint Demarche Delivered on Preparations for Third Sherpa
[...] (SBU) On January 27, PolOff, together with the Dutch Charge Collett, met with MFA International Organizations Assistant Director General Do Hung Viet to deliver reftel A demarche regarding the Third Sherpa Meeting in the Hague on February 9-11. PolOff and Collett highlighted the importance of t [...]
2010-01-29 03:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI114RECALL 10 HANOI 114
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 10:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL HA VM
10HANOI116Prime Minister Approves USD 50,000 for Haiti
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 10:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL HA VM
10HANOI128VIETNAM PROJECT NOMINATION FOR 2010 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit a two part project proposal for consideration by EEB as part of the 2010 Biotech Outreach Strategy (Reftels A and B). Vietnam is at a critical stage in its development of biotechnology. Although the Government of Vietnam (GVN) says it plan [...]
2010-02-02 09:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ETRD ECON EAID VM
10HANOI200Information on the Nuclear Security Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 09:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI54Vietnam Considers Aid to Haiti
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 03:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM PGOV EAID UN HA VM
10HANOI64Mission Urges Vietnam to Contribute to Haiti
[...] (SBU) A/DCM telephoned MFA/Americas Deputy Director Le Huy Hoang January 22 to urge Vietnam again to contribute assistance to Haiti, and to convey ref A points on developments in Haiti. A/DCM noted that many other nations in Southeast Asia already had contributed assistance and encouraged Viet [...]
2010-01-22 09:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM EAID ECON PREF OIIP KPAO HA VM
10HARARE118CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) Although statistics are not readily available, anecdotal evidence shows increasing Chinese involvement in Zimbabwe's economy. The trend became pronounced with the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) "Look East Policy" in 2003, through which it sought to emphasize new ties with China in place o [...]
2010-02-12 11:49:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID CN ZI
10HARARE32ZIMBABWE'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] The USG provides no direct funding to Zimbabwe's central government. But USG funding does support provision of assistance to specific elements of the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). This includes substantial assistance under the PEPFAR program to government-led efforts combating HIV/AIDS, assis [...]
2010-01-20 15:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL ZI
10HARARE68AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WFP REPRESENTATIVE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The WFP experienced a decline in the number of people receiving food aid in Zimbabwe in 2009, but expects to see an increase in 2010 because of drought conditions. The WFP Director also worries about post-World Cup conditions when xenophobic actions against Zimbabweans in South A [...]
2010-02-02 09:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL ZI
10HARARE98Status and Concerns: Establishment of P-MDTF in Zimbabwe
[...] (SBU) The donor community in Harare has been in consultations with the World Bank (WB) since April 2009 regarding the establishment of a Programmatic Multi-Donor Trust Fund (P-MDTF) for the purpose of implementing recovery projects in support of the transitional government. There is collectiv [...]
2010-02-05 09:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PHUM PREL ZI
10HAVANA107CUBA BUTTONED DOWN FOLLOWING DEATH OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The situation in Cuba is quiet following the February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo from a prolonged hunger strike. Several sources reported that up to 50 Zapata supporters had either been detained or prevented from leaving their homes, all in central and [...]
2010-02-24 18:57:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
10HAVANA110CUBAN OPPOSITION SHOCKED AND ENERGIZED BY DEATH OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has both shocked and energized the Cuban opposition, but has not provoked large scale political unrest in Cuba or resonated deeply within Cuban society at large. State security forces have been active, resorting to [...]
2010-02-26 19:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID CU
10HAVANA42CUBAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI POST EARTHQUAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuban assistance to Haiti after the earthquake consists primarily of mobilizing doctors and nurses already in country, supplemented by teams of Cuban doctors who specialize in emergency medical assistance. Cuba is also transporting Haitian doctors who studied in Cuba and Hait [...]
2010-01-20 12:02:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PREL CU HA
10HOCHIMINHCITY39HCMC IPR BUSTS DEMONSTRATE IMPACT OF MISSION EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ho Chi Minh City police recently raided the largest illegal disc production operation to date, seizing millions of CDs and DVDs and disrupting a ring that is believed to stock up to 60% of the shops selling illegal discs to the HCMC market. This bust comes close on the heels of [...]
2010-02-02 09:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY47HCMC ECONOMIC POLICE STRIKE AGAIN, MAKING GRAB FOR FAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Economic police in HCMC conducted another head-line grabbing IPR bust on January 25, this time breaking up a large counterfeit pharmaceutical ring. The ring ran under the guise of a legally-registered local pharmaceutical firm that purchased domestically-produced pills then re-pac [...]
2010-02-10 10:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM
10HONGKONG111HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI: HONG KONG AND
[...] To date, Hong Kong and Macau SAR governments have not offered any direct humanitarian support to Haiti relief efforts. Instead, the Hong Kong government has encouraged local NGOs to apply for grants from the government's Disaster Relief Fund. 2. Several Hong Kong-based charities and NGOs [...]
2010-01-20 10:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDCM EAID ECON HA HK PGOV PREF PREL
10ISLAMABAD14CPPA WOULD BRING TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to WAPDA Chairman Durrani, PEPCO, the power sector holding company, is morphing into a new WAPDA, taking financial, technical, and human resources control away from Pakistan's public sector distribution and generation companies. PEPCO's metamorphosis is based on the p [...]
2010-01-05 14:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
10ISLAMABAD152SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...]
2010-01-23 08:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD206TARIN'S CONTINUING BUDGET WOES
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting to clarify the status of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador January 20 that he needs a total of $2.174 billion from the U.S. ($1.3 billion in Coalition Support Funds and a total of $874 million in civilian assistance) in [...]
2010-01-27 07:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD307PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR SOUTH
[...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Raphel, Army Director General of Staff Duties Lt. General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Secretariat Director General of Projects Fakre Alam reported on the progress toward implementatio [...]
2010-02-08 06:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID MOPS PGOV PK PREL
10ISLAMABAD318PAKISTAN -- SIX MONTH MACROECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's economy is poised to stage a modest recovery, turning in a GDP growth rate of nearly 3 percent in Pakistan's 2010 fiscal year (FY10). There was a sharp drop in consumer price inflation in the first half of the fiscal year, but in coming months, as global commodity pric [...]
2010-02-11 02:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK
10ISLAMABAD345WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S
[...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...]
2010-02-12 13:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD399CODEL KERRY’S MEETING WITH PM GILANI
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16 Senator John Kerry met with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and spoke about the state of Indo-Pakistani relations. Gilani said that Pakistan was willing to resume talks with India but indicated that in order to gain Pakistan's trust India would need to decrease its footprin [...]
2010-02-19 10:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD406LAUNCH OF 2010 PAKISTAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 9, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, joined by federal and provincial Pakistan government representatives, the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and a local NGO representative, launched the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan [...]
2010-02-20 06:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IO PGOV PREF PREL ECON PINR PK
10ISLAMABAD431SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 18 meeting, Ambassador Holbrooke thanked President Zardari for GOP cooperation in fighting Taliban militants, especially the recent capture of Afghan Taliban military leader Mullah Beradar. Zardari agreed that the United States and Pakistan had weakened the Tali [...]
2010-02-23 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD432PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PROJECTS
[...] (C) On February 20, U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Robin Raphel (AssistCoord) met with Army Director General of Staff Duties Major General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Habibullah Khan and their team to discuss South [...]
2010-02-23 14:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MOPS PK
10ISLAMABAD444TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN
[...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...]
2010-02-25 02:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK
10ISLAMABAD453FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC PAKISTAN TO TACKLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the first meeting of the Steering Committee on February 10, co-chairs Water and Power Secretary Shahid Rafi and Asian Development Bank Country Director Rune Stroem outlined the goals, membership and work plan for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) Energy Sector Task F [...]
2010-02-26 07:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ENRG PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD7COMPETITION COMISSION LIVES ON-AT LEAST FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in 2007 by Presidential decree, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has fought collusive behavior, promoted a competitive environment in Pakistan and made a number of enemies in the process. A law to provide a permanent legal framework for the CCP is [...]
2010-01-04 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID PGOV PK
10JAKARTA121PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...]
2010-01-27 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT EAID CACS ID
10JAKARTA126ACTION REQUEST: A MULTILATERAL CLIMATE CENTER IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Action Request: Post requests Washington concurrence to discuss with foreign missions resident in Jakarta and the GOI the possibility of multilateral participation in the proposed Jakarta component of the Asian Regional Center for Climate Change initiative. The scheduled February 20-23 a [...]
2010-01-29 00:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID
10JAKARTA131Indonesia - US Interfaith Dialogue: A Cairo Initiative
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The January 25-27 Indonesia-U.S. Interfaith Dialogue, the first of its kind under President Obama's Cairo vision, concluded with the issuance of a joint statement that calls on the U.S. and Indo [...]
2010-01-29 07:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF
10JAKARTA134POTUS Indonesia Climate Initiative: from Science to
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta suggests the framework below as a way to carry a POTUS message on climate change and environment during his upcoming visit to Indonesia. SOLUSI is the Indonesian word for "solution" and could be the name of an Obama climate and environment initiative. SOLUSI -- Science, [...]
2010-01-29 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV KMCA MCC PREL ID
10JAKARTA159ENGAGING INDONESIAN YOUTH - NSC RAMAMURTHY
[...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy met with a wide cross-section of Indonesian youth, in addition to meetings with government officials and civil society and business interlocutors during his January 24-29 visit to Indonesia. Ramamurthy shared with audi [...]
2010-02-04 07:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL EAID ID XF
10JAKARTA18Mission Indonesia Requests Additional Invitations for
[...] This cable contains an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: We recommend that Indonesia be more strongly represented at the President's Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington in April. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country, the third largest democracy, and [...]
2010-01-07 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID
10JAKARTA182Health Cooperation-No Agreement to Launch
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After three days of intense discussions, U.S. and Indonesian negotiators could not reach agreement on the creation of the Indonesia- United States Center for Biomedical and Public Health Researc [...]
2010-02-11 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA201Health Cooperation-Closing Down NAMRU
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following our failure to reach an agreement to establish the Indonesia-United States Center for Biomedical and Publi [...]
2010-02-16 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA215Multilateral Climate Initiative for POTUS in Indonesia
[...] (SBU) In advance of the President's visit, the United States should seek to harness a major cooperative international effort to help Indonesia achieve reduced emissions by preserving its forests and preparing it for forest carbon markets. Countries with substantial (current and planned) forest [...]
2010-02-18 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID
10JAKARTA45ENTREPRENEURSHIP KEY TO TACKLING UNEMPLOYMENT IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian Minister for Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Syarifuddin Hasan welcomed President Obama,s upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit and the opportunity to increase cooperation with the U.S. to expand entrepreneurship in Indonesia. Hasan advised that he is [...]
2010-01-13 10:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID
10JAKARTA56DCM TACKLES TOUGH PARTNERSHIP ISSUES WITH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new parliamentary commission leaders expressed concerns about our bilateral health cooperation and asked for more U.S. investment in a January 13 meeting with the DCM. The DCM a [...]
2010-01-15 07:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ECON KDEM KMCA
10JAKARTA61 INDONESIA SENDS GENEROUS ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] Indonesia plans to send 1.6 million dollars worth of assistance to Haiti on January 16. The team is waiting for their visas to be issued. (Note: Indonesia does not have diplomatic relations with Haiti and therefore the team will be issued visas in New York.) EXPERTS AND GOODS ARE SENT ---- [...]
2010-01-15 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID HL ID
10JAKARTA63ENGAGING HEALTH MINISTER ENDANG IN GENEVA ON
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This is an action message. The GOI extended visas for NAMRU-2 personnel through March 15, 2010 to allow negotiations to form a joint center for research, the Indonesian-United States Center for Biomedical [...]
2010-01-15 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA64THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER ENDANG ON
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 14 meeting, Ambassador Hume told Health Minister Endang that the USG wanted to send a negotiating team [...]
2010-01-15 10:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA79Health Cooperation-The Need for a Consistent USG Message
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action message. By mid- February, the USG will need to make a critical decision about our continued health cooperation with Indonesia. In the lead-up to that decision, Mission stron [...]
2010-01-20 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG SENV ID
10JAKARTA86INDONESIA - CAIRO IS HERE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world is alive and well in Indonesia. This new era of global engagement has allowed us to make significant advances to our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesi [...]
2010-01-21 04:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF
10JAKARTA87Indonesian Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti
[...] Per instructions in State 04854, Emboff expressed gratitude for Indonesian assistance to Haiti. Riaz Saehu, Deputy Director Office of Information and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Indonesians empathized with victims of natural disasters. He noted that the GOI had [...]
2010-01-21 06:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID HL ID
10JAKARTA98Indonesia Ideal for Global Entrepreneurship Program
[...] (SBU) Post recommends that Indonesia be prioritized as the next country selected to participate in the Department's Global Entrepreneurship pilot program. We have a real opportunity to partner with Indonesia on entrepreneurship. Indonesia is enthusiastic to cooperate; government officials and [...]
2010-01-22 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID
10JERUSALEM112WEST BANK CROSSINGS REMAIN FOCUS OF FRUSTRATION;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian private sector contacts emphasize that moving goods between the West Bank and Israel remains a complicated and time-consuming process. The continued use of a "back-to-back" process, which requires goods to be transferred from Palestinian to Israeli trucks, plus a l [...]
2010-01-19 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM114FAYYAD LAYS OUT 2010 BUDGET AND PROJECT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told donors that the PA is likely to require USD 1.2 billion in external budget support in 2010, and urged early disbursement. He presented the PA's priority project list for 2010, which includes over USD 5 billion in proje [...]
2010-01-19 18:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV FR NO
10JERUSALEM134TDA GRANT SUPPORTS RENEWABLE ENERGY, PALESTINIAN
[...] Summary. At a January 20 signing ceremony attended by press and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) awarded a nearly $440,000 grant to support the development of a high efficiency, alternative energy heating and cooling system for an affordable housi [...]
2010-01-21 16:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ENRG KWBG KPAL
10JERUSALEM135IDF OPENS KEY WEST BANK ROAD TO PALESTINIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an important West Bank road southwest of Hebron to Palestinian vehicle traffic on January 15, in compliance with an October 2009 Israeli Supreme Court ruling. The IDF's response to the ruling could have implications for the easing of other [...]
2010-01-21 16:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM156GAZA BRANCHES OF PALESTINIAN BANKS TURN AWAY
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian bank branches in Gaza have been turning away large Israeli Shekel (NIS)-denominated deposits, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),Gazan merchants, and Palestinian bankers. Contacts in the gas sector in Gaza voiced concerns that they may not have eno [...]
2010-01-26 07:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM185PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESSES GAZA ELECTRIC
[...] (C) Summary. In a calculated move to decrease its financial burdens and increase the fiscal sustainability of the Gaza Strip's only electrical power plant, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is cutting back its payments for the plant's industrial fuel. The PA's goal is to press the Gaza Electr [...]
2010-01-29 20:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN PREF ENRG GZ IS
10JERUSALEM187GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS, WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the end of the war in Gaza, the coastal territory remains in a challenging humanitarian situation, with modest improvements in access for humanitarian and commercial goods. The average number of monthly shipments into Gaza increased by nine percent in 2009 com [...]
2010-01-29 21:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREF GZ IS
10JERUSALEM192NABLUS BUSINESSMEN VOICE CONCERN OVER ONGOING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 28 trip to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the city's business leaders briefed the Consul General on the impact of Israeli restrictions on the region's business climate. Nablus's aluminum-producing factory (the only one in the West Bank),like many manu [...]
2010-02-01 17:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS BEXP
10JERUSALEM224SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VIST TO
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary: Your meetings will give you a chance to see USG assistance efforts first hand; hear from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on progress in implementing his state-building plan; and learn from private sector and key economic policy makers what is needed to create the conditions f [...]
2010-02-05 22:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM275LARGE VILLAGES SOUTH OF HEBRON CUT OFF FROM MAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM329DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the importance of Israel ending Area A incursions and creating conditions for the Palestinian private sector to generate sustainable economic growth. He s [...]
2010-02-23 16:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG KPAL PINS EAID IS
10JERUSALEM330DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW MEETS PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Planning Ali Jarbawi described the PA's development project planning process and his ministry's donor coordination role. Jarbawi stressed the importance of easing restrictio [...]
2010-02-23 16:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM356CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON ARAB-OWNED MALL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is underway on a landmark Arab property in East Jerusalem. The building, originally intended to open as a hotel in 1967, is now scheduled to open with retail, commercial, and hotel space in January 2011. The Nuseibehs, a very prominent Jerusalem-Palestinian family, [...]
2010-02-26 17:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EINV PGOV KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM41PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEADS HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a high-profile campaign against products from Israeli settlements found on Palestinian store shelves, and has called for further international boycotts of settlement [...]
2010-01-08 17:29:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM67OPIC PRESSES WEST BANK HOUSING INITIATIVES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah January 5-7 to prepare for the February launch of the West Bank-based Affordable Mortgage and Lending Corporation (AMAL),attend the launch of a small business loan guarantee program aime [...]
2010-01-13 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN EAID OPIC KWBG IS
10KABUL122AFGHANISTAN: THE DYSFUNCTIONAL WORLD OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir, with its unrivaled security, has never been the object of &clear and hold8 operations by U.S. forces. Instead, the U.S. moved straight to "build," with the establishment of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in 2005. Today, 65 million dollars worth o [...]
2010-01-14 14:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID AF
10KABUL126BMTF/DHS meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 20, 2009 meeting, Border Management Task Force Director Ortiz met with Finance Minister Zakhilwal and Deputy Minister Sabit to provide an overview of the current mission set and incoming DHS elements and to discuss the Minister's vision to take the Customs Departmen [...]
2010-01-16 05:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL AF
10KABUL127AFGHAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REITERATES SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne and Treasury Attache met with Da Afghanistan Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat to discuss the M-Paisa pilot project, which uses mobile banking technology to pay Afghan National Polic [...]
2010-01-16 05:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL20DUBAI PROCESS: SLOW AND STEADY COOPERATION BETWEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth round of the Canadian-led Dubai Process meeting brought together Afghan and Pakistani technical level delegates to discuss cooperation on counter narcotics, law enforcement, customs and movement of people. Discussions focused mostly on updates and fine-tuning of exist [...]
2010-01-03 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELTN PREL EAID AF
10KABUL213 U.S. - ITALIAN COOPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN'S HERAT PROVINCE
[...] SUMMARY Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Claudio Glaentzer told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador Wayne January 19 that Italy was prepared to support funding of the 330 km "east-west" road, specifically the Chesti Sharif to Chagcharan portion. Gla [...]
2010-01-21 13:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD EAID IT AF
10KABUL216FEBRUARY 16 CIV-MIL ROC DRILL IN DOHA: PURPOSE AND
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the February 16 CENTCOM/SRAP/ISAF/Embassy Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) civ-mil planning exercise in Doha, post has consulted extensively with ISAF over format, content, participation, and logistics. Post [...]
2010-01-22 18:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON NATO AF
10KABUL22AFGHANISTAN: "TEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY" LEAVING
[...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the U.S. Treasury Attache and a representative of the Border Management Task Force participated in an impromptu meeting between Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Central Bank Governor Fitrat. The Minister and Governor discussed Minister Zakhilwal,s recent p [...]
2010-01-04 05:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL228AFGHANISTAN: FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVTS.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2005, Afghanistan has made steady progress in fulfilling its commitment to fiscal transparency, reinforced by the passage of a Public Expenditure and Financial Management Law (PEFML - 2005),a Procurement Law (2005),the publication of a Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF [...]
2010-01-24 07:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL229BORDER ACTIVITY UPDATE: CUSTOMS, BORDER STRUCTURES, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Effective control of its borders is critical to Afghanistan's security and economic prosperity. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force (BMTF) plays a significant role in building Afghan capacity to manage its borders, creating institutions for coordinating border plans; harmo [...]
2010-01-24 09:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EAID ETRD PREL EFIN EAIR AF
10KABUL237KARZAI LINKS SECURITY TO AGRICULTURAL SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 10 meeting, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Eikenberry discussed U.S. and Afghan goals and objectives in the agricultural sector with President Karzai and Agriculture Minister Asif Rahimi. President Karzai called agriculture one of the top two de [...]
2010-01-25 05:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL246THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE AFGHAN JOINT COORDINATION AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) is the central platform for strategic coordination, joint policy formulation, problem solving and mutual accountability between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the international community (IC). Th [...]
2010-01-25 15:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV AF
10KABUL25COMMERCE OFFICIAL ON CABINET DEAL-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 1 meeting, Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) Chief Negotiator (and former Commerce Deputy Minister) Adib Farhadi expressed serious concerns about the Afghan Ministerial confirmation process to Coordinating Director for Development and Economic A [...]
2010-01-04 11:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL26AFGHAN HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE
[...] (SBU) In his second week as the new Deputy Director General for Policy and Oversight for the HOO, Qaseem Ludin met with Ambassador Wayne, the USAID Rule of Law Advisor and the US Embassy Rule of Law Coordinator on January 3, 2010 to discuss the HOO's current anti-corruption activities. Ludin d [...]
2010-01-04 13:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF
10KABUL323NEW GOVERNMENT POSITIONS FOR MOJADIDI SENIOR AND JUNIOR
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, January 15, Ambassador Eikenberry met with Dr. Najibullah Mojadidi, the Special Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Health and Education. Dr. Mojadidi said he would possibly be nominated to serve as Ambassador to the United States. He also suggested possibility o [...]
2010-01-26 08:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL335Analysis of UNAMA's Proposed New Donor Coordination
[...] (U) Summary: In preparation for the London and Kabul Conferences, outgoing United Nations SRSG Kai Eide recently submitted a proposal to the Afghan Government (GIRoA) and international community partners to improve consultation and coordination of assistance in institution building and economic [...]
2010-01-26 16:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL352NEW MINISTER OF RURAL REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 26 courtesy call on Jarullah Mansoori to congratulate him on his recent confirmation as MRRD Minister, Ambassador Eikenberry solicited Mansoori's initial views and plans for the ministry, provided a brief overview of the President's Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy and [...]
2010-01-28 07:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV AF
10KABUL360ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER SURVEYS TRADE POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (U) On January 26, USAID's Economic Growth Team and the Economic Counselor met with newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce Ghulam Mohammed Aylaki to assess his support for trade liberalization and introduce the USG's new Trade and Accession Facilitation for Afghanistan (TAFA) project desi [...]
2010-01-28 15:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL376 Embassy Kabul Clarifications to Sweden's Interim Reply on
[...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Embassy Kabul recommends that Department instruct Embassy Stockholm to deliver the following points in response to Stockholm 796 and reftels: -- The U.S. Government is pleased that your Government welcomes the expansion of USG civilian presence in the Swedis [...]
2010-01-31 13:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW
10KABUL437 Engaging Allies to Conclude MOUs on Life Support
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraphs 5 and 6. Background: ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kabul is in the process of significantly increasing the number of USG civilians at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and other field locations, particularly District Support Teams (DST [...]
2010-02-03 15:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL442Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...]
2010-02-04 12:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
10KABUL443Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...]
2010-02-04 12:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
10KABUL465ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER ENDORSES PRIVATE SECTOR AND TRADE
[...] (U) Summary: In a January 31 meeting, newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) Ghulam Mohammed Aylaqi told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne that the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) is his "highest priorit [...]
2010-02-07 11:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD PGOV PBTS EINV EIND AF
10KABUL468The Places In Between: Afghanistan Dreams of an East-West
[...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Works (MPW) recently presented donors a formal proposal for an east-west highway, one of the most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects proposed in the post-Taliban era. The road would create a trade and development corridor stretching fr [...]
2010-02-07 12:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDELTN EMIN EAID EFIN PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL470US-JAPAN WORK TO ADVANCE COOPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wayne, USAID Mission Director Frej, and Embassy representatives met with Japanese Ambassador Shigeyuki Hiroki and his team on February 4 to solicit views on how Japan plans to disburse $5 billion in assistance to Afghanistan over the next five years. Ambassador Wayne en [...]
2010-02-07 14:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV AF
10KABUL472Post London Conference Dinner with Dr. Ghani - Discussing
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne hosted a dinner with Dr. Ashraf Ghani, who led GIRoA in drafting its final Anti-Corruption Concept Paper presented at the London Conference. The attendees discussed the way forward for Afghanistan following the London Conference. Dr. Ghani responded to specific [...]
2010-02-07 15:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
10KABUL475WHITHER BALKH PROVINCE GOVERNOR ATTA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Balkh Governor Usted Mohammad Noor Atta told us that the decision as to whether he stays on as Governor of Balkh or moves on to some opposition role lies with him, as well as President Karzai. Atta named Junbesh Party Chairman Sayed Noorullah as his most likely replacement, shoul [...]
2010-02-08 04:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF
10KABUL476Energy Minister Provides Update on Electricity Sector
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, met with Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Ismail Khan on February 6 to discuss cooperation in Afghanistan's energy sector and to strategize on a path forward that would improve elec [...]
2010-02-08 05:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG EINV AF
10KABUL488AFGHANISTAN REPORTS BETTER THAN EXPECTED ANNUAL REVENUES
[...] (U) On January 23, 2010, the Deputy Minister of Revenues and Customs, Mr. Gul Sabit, unofficially reported that annual revenues for Afghan fiscal year 2010 are likely to be in excess of the 54.5 billion Afghanis (USD 1.09 billion) target set by the IMF. Estimates from the Ministry of Finance pr [...]
2010-02-09 05:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID EFIN PGOV AF
10KABUL490CURRENT STATUS AND NEXT STEPS ON AGRICULTURE CREDIT
[...] (SBU) Members of the Embassy Interagency Agriculture Team met with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) on February 3 to discuss the current status and next steps on addressing the agriculture credit constraints facing the small commercial farmer. MAIL reiterated its [...]
2010-02-09 08:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON SNAR PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL512NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR AHADI OUTLINES HIS PLANS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai's newly named National Economic Advisor (NEA),Dr. Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, discussed his new role with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Tony Wayne and Treasury Attache on February 7 and requested Embassy and other donor assistance [...]
2010-02-10 12:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV AF
10KABUL538Afghan Government Requests Intervention in Contract Dispute
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for U.S. Mission to ICAO, U.S. Mission to NATO and FAA. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) is increasingly agitated by the performance of contractors working for the International Civil Aviation Organi [...]
2010-02-11 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL554OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 13,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the blessing by President Karzai on the evening of 12 February, the operations in Nad Ali (Operation Moshtarak) started at 0200 on the morning of 13 February. Most of the day's activity took place in the northern half of the district, and although not yet secure, Marja [...]
2010-02-14 08:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL561 LAUNCHING QUICK RESPONSE FUNDS FOR FIELD OFFICERS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 9 and 10. 2. Summary and Action Request: Embassy Kabul Interagency Provincial Affairs (IPA) and the Financial Management Office (FMO) have been working to design a mechanism to disburse USD30 million in 2009 Supplemental Economic Support Funds (E [...]
2010-02-15 05:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN EAID AF
10KABUL567OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 14,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations continued on February 14, with the heaviest activity taking place in northern Marjah, but media reports have remained extremely positive about the current status of Operation Moshtarak. Governor Mangal convened a budget conference in Lashkar Gah to develop line-item o [...]
2010-02-15 09:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL571NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND
[...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...]
2010-02-15 10:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL582 OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operation Moshtarak continued on February 15 in Nad Ali district; however, reports throughout the operational area indicate that the situation was relatively quiet. ISAF Commander, along with Ministers of Defense and Interior, visited the northern Nad Ali area of Showal where t [...]
2010-02-16 09:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL590 OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 16,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 16, as ISAF continued to find high numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the operational area. Governor Mangal attended a security shura today to look at Nad Ali security, and he traveled to Camp Bastion to visit [...]
2010-02-17 06:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL593AN UNDEFINED MISSION AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, newly-appointed Minister of Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandewal discussed his plans for the Ministry with Ambassador Eikenberry and Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne. Minister Arghandewal indicated that he would deve [...]
2010-02-17 09:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL596 REFORMING USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission is developing a new, coordinated approach for providing salary support and technical assistance to key Ministries and offices of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). We are designing programs to reduce ministerial stove-piping and enhance th [...]
2010-02-17 12:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PREL AF
10KABUL601 OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 17 and Governor Mangal paid his first visit to Marjah with ISAF military leadership. High numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) challenge progress in the operational area but the District Stabilization Team (DST) hop [...]
2010-02-18 09:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL619 SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT KARZAI SHARES VISION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Economic Advisor to President Karzai Dr. Anwarul Haq Ahadi told USAID Mission Director Bill Frej on February 11 that he planned to set up a functioning structure to advise President Karzai on economic affairs and to carry out inter-ministerial coordination on economic iss [...]
2010-02-18 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD PGOV PBTS EINV EIND AF
10KABUL633DONORS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S
[...] (U) Summary: On February 7, 2010, the USAID Mission Director along with the USG Education Team attended a donor conference in support of the Ministry of Higher Education's (MoHE) new National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP). Five years in the making, involving close collaboration betwe [...]
2010-02-20 10:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL635 ASSISTING AFGHANS WITH CULTURAL RESTORATION AND REVIVING
[...] Summary: Embassy met a key benchmark in support for Turquoise Mountain Trust (TMT) with the February 16 graduation of 30 students from a three-year program sponsored by the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, the premier institution of its kind in the country. The e [...]
2010-02-21 06:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SCUL ECON AF
10KABUL664Energy Minister Khan Undermines Utility Progress
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Jalil Shams, CEO of the Afghan national utility DABS, has called for President Karzai's help in maintaining the utility's independence in the face of increasing interference from Acting Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan. Dr. Shams tells us that President Karzai was r [...]
2010-02-23 07:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG SENV AF
10KABUL684TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (SBU) During a February 10-11 visit to Kabul, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wolin promoted sound public financial management and governance in meetings with senior Afghan officials, including Central Bank Governor Fitrat and Finance Minister Zakhilwal and in a speech at the American University of A [...]
2010-02-24 10:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PGOV KCRP AF
10KABUL702GHANI SAYS STABILITY OBTAINED WITH BALLOTS, NOT BOMBS
[...] Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with former Finance Minister and presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani on February 23, 2010 to discuss his views on the military operation in Marjah, the plans for the Peace Jirga and the Kabul Conference, and other issues. Ghani expressed skepticism that the c [...]
2010-02-27 14:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL705Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports
[...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...]
2010-02-28 06:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KAMPALA274FY2008 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND REPORT
[...] Summary: In FY2008, U.S. Mission Uganda received an allocation of $40,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund (SSH). The Mission supported five projects with FY2008 SSH funding: the restocking of fish ponds, an equipment purchase to support a community-based poultry business, the pur [...]
2010-02-04 08:20:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM EAID UG
10KAMPALA33UGANDA'S RESPONSE TO HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM UN UG
10KAMPALA77CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's economic ties to Uganda continue to accelerate on all fronts making it one of the country's top foreign investors. Already heavily involved in infrastructure projects, China is now attempting to become an even larger player in Uganda's newly discovered oil deposits. Th [...]
2010-02-17 11:00:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EINT UG CH
10KATHMANDU145NEPAL POISED FOR MAJOR FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Nepal is poised for major investments that could significantly reduce food insecurity and poverty. As a small country which has successfully piloted several global initiatives, Nepal is ready for investments to reduce poverty on a national scale. The Government of Nepal (GON) has begun t [...]
2010-02-18 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID EAGR ECON NP
10KATHMANDU46NEPAL: TWO NEPAL ARMY BATTALIONS ASSISTING IN
[...] (U) SCA PDAS Patrick Moon discussed the earthquake in Haiti with Chief of the Army Staff Gurung on January 19. General Gurung reported that Nepal had two battalions serving in the UN Peace Keeping operation, MINUSTAH, in Haiti when the earthquake struck. One soldier was injured and two Nepal [...]
2010-01-20 12:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON HA KDEM MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
10KHARTOUM103Debrief of Chadian President's Visit to Khartoum
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin, met with Charge on February 10 to review Chadian President Idriss Deby's February 8 and 9 visit to Khartoum. Ghazi characterized the visit as a "breakthrough," and said that the formerly icy relationship between Deby and Su [...]
2010-02-10 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS PINS EAID SU CD
10KHARTOUM128HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR LANZER URGES SHIFT FROM RELIEF TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 20 meeting with CDA, UN Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer urged that the international community start shifting its focus in Darfur from humanitarian relief to recovery efforts. Noting the decrease in overall violence in Darfur over the past se [...]
2010-01-24 14:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL SU
10KHARTOUM136Sudanese Officials on Haiti
[...] (U) In a series of meetings beginning January 20, Charge discussed the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti with high level Government of Sudan leaders, including Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah al Deen Attabani. Pol-Econ Chief spoke with Tariq Abu Salih, Acting Director, Americas Divisio [...]
2010-01-26 09:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM SU
10KHARTOUM218SUDAN DDR FACING OPERATIONAL FLAWS AND FUNDING SHORTFALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from the Government of National Unity (GoNU),the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),the UN, and international donors met on February 1 and 3 seeking to rectify shortcomings plaguing Sudan's disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants p [...]
2010-02-09 10:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MCAP EAID SU
10KHARTOUM234WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...]
2010-02-11 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM242WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...]
2010-02-11 09:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM310SE GRATION MEETS SOUTHERN OPPOSITION LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration met in Juba with Southern Sudan opposition party leaders who told him that funding for opposition parties and space for campaigning are critical if there is to be any chance for free and fair elections in Sout [...]
2010-02-22 14:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU
10KHARTOUM326Darfur - One Year After the Humanitarian Organization
[...] (SBU) Summary:C,B Nearly one year after the Government of National Unity (GNU)-mandated expulsion of 13 international humanitarian organizations and three local aid agencies, the structure of humanitarian assistance provision in Darfur has been significantly altered.C,B Following the expulsio [...]
2010-02-24 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM330SE GRATION VISITS SPLM-ADMINISTERED REGION OF SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration traveled to Kauda. Although h located in the north, Kauda is an area of Southern Kordofan State that is administered by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). SE Gration attended a meeting to discuss [...]
2010-02-25 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MARR EAID SU
10KHARTOUM336DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JEBEL MARRA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between members of the armed opposition group Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Jebel Marra, an area transecting all three Darfur states, remains ongoing and has extended to the SLA/AW stronghold of Deribat, according to h [...]
2010-02-26 12:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM79Sudan: Unity Fund Chair on Sanctions Trip, Electoral
[...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met January 27 with General Yahia Hussein Babiker, erstwhile Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service of Sudan and current Secretary General of the Unity Support Fund. Babiker, who joined a delegation to the United States to discuss the ins and outs of the U.S [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN EAID SU
10KIGALI120RWANDA, DRC SIGN REFUGEE REPATRIATION AGREEMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After much deliberation, the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed repatriation agreements at the conclusion of a February 16-17 tripartite meeting with the UNHCR in Kigali to discuss the voluntary repatriation of refugees in the two countrie [...]
2010-02-23 15:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM EAID CG RW
10KIGALI122RWANDA EAGER TO TAKE GREATER OWNERSHIP OF FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 4-5 annual meeting with development partners to review progress and efforts to make aid more effective, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) proposed to limit the number of sectors in which each donor country works in order to reduce transaction costs and risks of d [...]
2010-02-25 08:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR EINV SOCI ECON KMCA RW
10KIGALI55CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for African Affairs Zhai Jun visited Rwanda January 25-27. During his stay, he met with President Kagame, Foreign Minister Mushikiwabo, other senior officials and businessmen. He also visited the main genocide memorial at Gisozi as well as sites outside of [...]
2010-01-27 17:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CH CG RW
10KINGSTON114JAMAICA: PM LAMENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIMACY IN USG
[...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27, the CDA met with Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding in his office at Jamaica House regarding the bilateral relationship in general and the status of recent USG extradition requests in particular. The PM expressed concern that, in recent years, the relationshi [...]
2010-01-29 19:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR MARR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR IMF AID
10KINGSTON174JAMAICA: EXTRADITION CASES OF PRESLEY BINGHAM AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 22:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON230JAMAICA: WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES JAMAICAN
[...] (SBU) The World Bank will provide the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) with USD 400 million in concessionary loans over the next 27 months of the International Monetary fund (IMF) program, according to World Bank Special Representative to Jamaica Badrul Haque, who met with CDA to discuss development [...]
2010-02-16 12:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL IDB IBRD IMF JM XL
10KINGSTON60JAMAICA / HAITI / CARICOM: RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT SOCI OVIP EAID
10KINGSTON74JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti to Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Minister of Information Daryl Vaz on the morning of January 19. Vaz reported that the Secretary had met briefly with Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Foreign Minister Kenneth [...]
2010-01-20 13:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA JM XL
10KINGSTON9JAMAICA: COKE EXTRADITION CASE; IMF AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) On February 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary (PS) Amb. Evadne Coye advised Charge that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding wanted to meet with him the following day in the PM's Office. The PS advised that she was not aware of the subject [...]
2010-02-10 14:06:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR IMF IBRD JM
10KINSHASA100FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
[...] (U) The FY2010 USG foreign assistance package for the DRC includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government. In addition, the DRC required a waiver in 2009 under Section 7086 (C)(1)of the SFOAA. Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions contained i [...]
2010-01-28 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA176SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...]
2010-02-10 19:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON
10KINSHASA194Chinese Engagement in the DRC and Potential Areas for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is strong and growing. China's highly visible presence is largely focused on extractive industries, infrastructure and construction projects, including those financed through multilateral development banks (such as the [...]
2010-02-16 20:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV EMIN SENV PGOV PREL CH CG
10KINSHASA24PRESIDENT KABILA TURNS DOWN 2010 BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, President Joseph Kabila rejected the draft 2010 budget and sent it back to Parliament for revisions. One likely reason behind the rejection is that Kabila wants to control spending in order to reach the completion point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) [...]
2010-01-08 15:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA254Prime Minister Assures Donors of Progress and Commitment
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, accompanied by a team of key ministers, assured bilateral and multilateral donors on February 23 of the government of the DRC (GDRC)'s political commitment to and progress towards meeting the triggers required to reach Heavily Indebted Poor Countr [...]
2010-02-24 15:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PREL
10KINSHASA26UNCERTAINTY IN EQUATEUR PROVINCE KEEPS POPULATION ON EDGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The local population in the Dongo region of Equateur Province remains concerned about insecurity. Refugees continue to flee into neighboring Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic (CAR),while the number of IDPs is difficult to ascertain due to on-going insecurity [...]
2010-01-10 13:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR CG
10KINSHASA27Kabila tells new Belgian foreign minister he wants good
[...] (C) Summary: Belgium's DRC ambassador Dominique Struye briefed P-3 ambassadors and others January 23 on the meeting between new Belgian foreign minister Steven Vanackere and President Joseph Kabila on January 19 in Katanga. Struye portrayed Kabila as intent on repairing the DRC's damaged re [...]
2010-01-28 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT EAID MASS SOCI BE CG
10KINSHASA332009 in review: On balance progress prevails, but barely
[...] (C) Summary: 2009 did not commence auspiciously for the DRC. The country faced a critical security situation, both internally and with regard to certain neighboring countries; the specter of the global economic crisis threatened financial collapse; and weak political institutions appeared to [...]
2010-02-02 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS MARR PHUM PREF EAID PBTS CG
10KINSHASA66HIV/AIDS IN THE DRC: AN EVOLVING EPIDEMIC
[...] Background note: Embassy Kinshasa recently completed a Partnership Framework with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and hired a full-time PEPFAR coordinator. This message provides general information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the DRC. It has been cleared by all PE [...]
2010-01-21 17:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC AID KHIV SOCI EAID PREL CG
10KINSHASA68CONGOLESE PRESS GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL
[...] Kinshasa local press reporting has focused on reports of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (GDRC) pledge to contribute $2.5 million dollars in emergency assistance. Pro-government and independent papers have reacted positively to this decision, and have argued, despite cr [...]
2010-01-21 19:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL HA CG KPAO ECON
10KOLKATA25AMBASSADOR ROEMER PEDALS HIS WAY TO WIN A NEW BIHAR'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Roemer's February 4-5 visit to Bihar, the first ambassadorial visit in more than a decade to India's third most populous state, he promoted the U.S.-India strategic dialogue and pedaled his way to win Bihar's "hearts and minds". He met the state's Chief Ministe [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON ELTN ENRG EAID SCUL KISL IN
10KOLONIA8AMBASSADOR PRAHAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, MEETS WITH FSM
[...] (U) Summary. Peter Alan Prahar became the eighth U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) after presenting his credentials to FSM President Emanuel Mori. Ambassador Prahar then met separately with President Mori, Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lorin Robert, and Acting Chief [...]
2010-02-10 05:24:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID FM
10KUALALUMPUR44MALAYSIA: GOM ON HAITI ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches regarding Malaysia's humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti and information regarding Haiti air traffic on January 19 to Principal Assistant Secretary Muhammad Radzi Jamaludin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. desk officer and Assistant Secretary for [...]
2010-01-20 09:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL CASC HA MY
10KUALALUMPUR66MALAYSIA: JOINT DEMARCHE WITH DUTCH ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Netherlands embassy DCM Soer met with MFA Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation Bala Chandran Tharman on January 27 to discuss the upcoming Sherpa meeting in the Hague for the Nuclear Security Summit(ref A). U/S Bala, who is the Sous Sherpa for the GOM's delegation, acknowledg [...]
2010-02-04 03:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID IAEA NPT AORC MNUC PREL UNGA MY
10KUWAIT105U.S. MILITARY FLIES KUWAITI TENTS TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) on February 3, three weeks after the Minister of Health approached Ambassador for assistance in sending relief supplies to Haiti, final clearances were received permitting space-available transportation of 300 Kuwait Red Crescent [...]
2010-02-04 13:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF YM KU
10KUWAIT138THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: KUWAITI
[...] (U) Per reftel request, post has contacted all five of the invitees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. Four of the five participants confirmed their attendance and visa status for the Summit. (Note: Marwan Boodai, the Chairman of Jazeera Airways, who had originally accepted the invit [...]
2010-02-16 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV PGOV KU
10KUWAIT35KUWAIT TO PROVIDE RELIEF SUPPLIES TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Key points: -- The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) will wire USD 800,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as early as January 19. -- KRCS has already purchased aproximately 100 tons [...]
2010-01-19 12:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT53KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND LONDON
[...] (C) During a January 25 call on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, A/S Feltman, accompanied by the Ambassador, acknowledged strong USG concern about increasing insecurity in Yemen and noted USG intentions to increase security and development assistance the [...]
2010-01-25 13:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID YM AF KU
10KUWAIT79KUWAIT INCREASES ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary. On January 28 DCM and Econcouns met with Yousef Al-Merag, Director of Disaster relief for the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS),to discuss the status of GoK,s pending offer of in-kind assistance to Haiti and to thank h [...]
2010-01-28 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT90RED CRESCENT TO SEND 1,500 TENTS TO HAITI - TOTAL
[...] (U) Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) President Barges Al-Barges told emboffs January 30 that Kuwait had pledged a total of USD 3.5 million, KRCS had already sent USD one million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC),spent an additional USD 330,000 to purchase [...]
2010-02-01 12:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT94A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, AND YEMEN
[...] (C) Key points: - A/S Feltman noted he'd accompanied Vice President Biden to Iraq, where he continued to encourage political reconciliation. The A/S suggested movement on Chapter VII issues involving Kuwait was more likely following the March elections, but said he had pressed Iraq to name [...]
2010-02-02 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID KTFN PTER IZ IR YM KU
10LAGOS63NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION OUTLINES OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) USTDA representatives discussed with Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Director General Omatseye areas for future cooperation. Omatseye identified important hardware acquisitions which have been budgeted for 2010 and requested USTDA assistance in developing a framew [...]
2010-02-16 13:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALBEXP EAID EWWT PHSA KPIR NI
10LAHORE20PUNJAB'S DEFICIT SPENDING POSES CHALLENGES FOR NEXT IMF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An August 2009 deal to finance Punjab province's deficit received sudden attention from the media in January, despite the absence of new issues arising from that deal - yet. The size of Punjab's growing deficit, however, raises concerns about the next review of Pakistan's financ [...]
2010-02-08 06:20:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
10LAPAZ202BOLIVIA - response to TDA report on worst forms of child
[...] Per reftel B, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. Post has no new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, Sec [...]
2010-02-02 12:23:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PREL BL PGOV EAID
10LAPAZ7SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO BOLIVIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes the Presidential Delegation headed by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to the January 22 inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales for a second term. The U.S. delegation will visit Bolivia as efforts to normalize relations with the Morales government rema [...]
2010-01-14 21:36:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID OVIP BL
10LIBREVILLE45GABON: PLEASED WITH PROGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Gabon was one of the 28 countries that participated in the intensive negotiating sessions at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change and will associate with the Copenhagen Accord. Lee White, the Director of Gabon's National Parks and President Ali Bongo Ondimba's special advisor on [...]
2010-02-02 10:59:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALEAID SENV PGOV KSCA PREL UNEP GB
10LILONGWE110MALAWI: NEW AU CHAIRMAN RETURNS IN TRIUMPH
[...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika returned to Malawi in triumph from the AU summit in Addis Ababa on February 1. Local media had presented the election for the AU chairmanship as a showdown between Mutharika and outgoing chairman Muammar al-Quadhafi. Most Malawians viewed the President's elec [...]
2010-02-10 16:23:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AU EAID ECON EINV MI
10LILONGWE118MALAWI: VISIT BY INDIAN VP BRINGS PLEDGES OF ASSISTANCE,
[...] During a January visit to Malawi, Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari announced credits and grants to Malawi worth USD 55 million. Malawi's Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted an investment forum during this visit, providing Malawian businesses an opportunity to make contacts w [...]
2010-02-11 11:53:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EINV EWWT IN MI
10LILONGWE128TFHA01: MALAWI RICE DONATION TO HAITI
[...] This is an action Request, see paragraph 3. 2. In a meeting with Chiefs of Mission and heads of other donor agencies, in which President Mutharika laid out his agenda for his AU Chairmanship (septel),the President reported that the Government of Malawi was committing to donate a total o [...]
2010-02-12 23:25:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID HA MI
10LILONGWE130MALAWI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains engaged in the fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child Dev [...]
2010-02-16 17:33:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB EAID KMCA
10LILONGWE21 MALAWI: GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] Summary: One of the poorest countries in the world and highly vulnerable to food shortages, Malawi is an appropriate target for the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Mission plan is based on three pillars (assistance, direct diplomacy, and public diplomacy),and will engage all U [...]
2010-01-08 14:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV MI
10LILONGWE37MALAWI: DONORS DO RARE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mutharika hosted selected diplomats for a rare, wide-ranging discussion at State House January 18. Nine members of his cabinet, representing his nine developmental priorities, accompanied him. Among other things, the President and his ministers defended the ruling par [...]
2010-01-19 15:33:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KPKO MI
10LILONGWE39TFHA01: MALAWI: NO PLANS FOR HAITIAN RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:20:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID MI
10LILONGWE40 MALAWI: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GOOD AND GETTING BETTER
[...] Summary. Malawi's budget is a matter of public record and fiscal information is available through the Ministry of Finance. U.S. and other donor programs have contributed to improvements in GOM capacity, and to the quality and transparency of the budget process. Although there is still room f [...]
2010-01-20 16:14:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL AID MI
10LILONGWE51PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S AGENDA FOR THE AU
[...] SUMMARY: Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has not articulated a specific agenda for the African Union if, as expected, he is elected the organization's chair at the AU's upcoming summit in Addis Ababa. To date, Mutharika has generally kept a low profile on international political i [...]
2010-01-28 16:48:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALAU EAID ECON EINV PREL MI
10LILONGWE53MALAWI: THE NEW AU CHAIRMAN OUTLINES HIS PLANS
[...] (SBU) New African Union Chairman Bingu wa Mutharika summoned the diplomatic corps and heads of international organizations in Lilongwe to brief them on his plans for the AU. Noting that he had only eleven months left in his AU tenure, Mutharika stated that he plans to be "action oriented." [...]
2010-02-12 15:17:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID AU KPKO KDEM MI
10LILONGWE55MALAWI: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi terminated its relationship with Taiwan and established ties with the People's Republic of China in December 2007. Malawi made the abrupt change in hopes of obtaining significant PRC grant aid (ref A). Apart from a few projects taken over from Taiwan, Chinese assistance ha [...]
2010-02-17 14:02:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH MI
10LILONGWE94TFHA01: MALAWI: RICE DONATION CONFIRMED
[...] Malawi media reported on 25 January that the GOM intends to donate 150 metric tons of rice to Haiti (ref A). 2. GOM Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has confirmed to post that the donation will go forward, but provided no details. This is a change from the GOM's [...]
2010-02-02 17:05:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID HA MI
10LIMA116Haiti
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA PREF EAID ECON PE
10LIMA67Peru's Haiti Assistance
[...] Peru has sent three aircraft with humanitarian aid for Haiti. The presidential plane, carrying three cabinet members and the Chief of Peru's Armed Forces Joint Command, in addition to emergency relief aid cargo, landed in Haiti on January 14. Two additional aircraft (a Hercules C-130 and a Bo [...]
2010-01-22 18:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA PREF EAID ECON PE
10LISBON30PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 10:11:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM PGOV UN HA PO
10LISBON31PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN
[...] On January 19, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Joao Batista, Deputy Director of the Americas Department at the Portuguese MFA, thanking the government for its humanitarian assistance to Haiti and stressing the areas of immediate focus during the initial phase of relief efforts. 2. B [...]
2010-01-20 11:30:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA PO
10LISBON69PORTUGAL FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] This is an action request - please see Paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. More than a normal month's worth of rain fell within eight hours on February 20, in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese island 1,200 kilometers southwest of Lisbon, causing flash floods and mudslides that kill [...]
2010-02-22 15:01:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PREF PHUM PGOV PO
10LJUBLJANA17TFHA01: SLOVENIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 15:23:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SI
10LONDON213S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: SOMALIA - SUPPORTING
[...] With its large Somali Diaspora community and historical connections, the UK is home to many Somali-run non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that deliver development programs with/through/as local organizations in Somalia. Harnessing the capacity of the UK's active and capable Somali communit [...]
2010-01-29 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO EAID SO UK
10LONDON338SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/AW LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SUSPENDS
[...] (SBU) UK-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLM/AW) Spokesman Yahia Ahmed al Bashir Bolad informed Poloff February 11 that the SLM/AW Leadership Council took a decision February 11 to "freeze authorities and power of the head of movement Mr. Abdul Wahid Mohammed Ahmed Nour." (COMMENT [...]
2010-02-12 09:22:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID SU CD UK
10LONDON339SOMALILAND: UK ASSISTANCE TO POLICE SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In order to increase the UK's and international community's ability to access Somaliland, the UK is funding training to the Somaliland Special Protection Unit (SPU),a branch of the police force, at the level of GBP 375,000 (USD 600,000) in the current fiscal year and GBP 230,000 [...]
2010-02-12 14:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS EAID KPIR SO ET UK
10LONDON360SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK
[...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK
10LONDON361AF DAS PAGE'S FEBRUARY 9 COURTESY CALLS ON
[...] (C) Summary. AF DAS Susan Page paid courtesy calls on February 9 on Kenyan High Commissioner Ephram Waweru Ngare, South African High Commissioner Dr. Zola Skweyiya, Nigerian High Commissioner Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, Zimbabwean Ambassador Gabriel Mharadze Machinga, and Ethiopian Ambassador Berhanu [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KE SF NI ZI ET UK
10LONDON366GUINEA: UK THINKING ON JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 13:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM MASS EAID PGOV GV UK
10LUANDA84REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ANGOLA AND
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to Department queries (reftel): A: Description of Chinese engagement in Angola: The Chinese are heavily engaged in financing and implementing Angola's reconstruction following the end of the nation's devastating civil war in 2002. In the absence [...]
2010-02-26 16:12:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON PGOV AO CH
10LUSAKA103CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA IS STRONG DESPITE
[...] (SBU) The following information is in response to Ref A request for information regarding China's engagement with Zambia and whether there are areas of collaboration between the United States and China in the country. CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Chi [...]
2010-02-17 15:32:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CN ZA
10LUSAKA20ZAMBIAN BUDGET TRANSPARENT -- EXECUTION IMPROVING
[...] (SBU) The Zambian government (GRZ) publishes its budget in draft and final form annually, as required by law. The budget is available for purchase from government printers, and is analyzed by civil society organizations (CSOs) and international accounting firms during the budget debate proces [...]
2010-01-12 15:42:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PREL AID ZA
10LUSAKA25PROPOSAL FOR FY2010 EEB BIOTECH OUTREACH RESOURCES
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A solicitation for FY2010 biotechnology outreach proposals, Embassy Lusaka requests support for two activities totaling USD 19,000. The first proposed activity will leverage the interest within the Lusaka-based Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Se [...]
2010-01-14 15:41:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID TBIO KPAO ZA
10LUSAKA36ZAMBIA EMPTY-HANDED ON HAITIAN RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:39:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF PHUM ZA
10LUSAKA40AMBASSADOR HEARS CRICKETS IN MEETING WITH FINANCE
[...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane, the Ambassador highlighted the progress Zambia made in 2009 towards a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact (Ref. A),but stressed that the Zambian government (GRZ) must act now to assuage concerns about the GRZ's [...]
2010-01-20 12:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KCOR ZA
10LUSAKA53SCENESETTER FOR NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Mission to Zambia welcomes the visit of Michelle Gavin, Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council and Senior Adviser to the President. Your visit comes at a time when President Rupiah Banda's administration has changed cour [...]
2010-01-25 16:39:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KCOR ZA
10LUXEMBOURG11TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG RESCUERS IN AND OUT OF HAITI IN 72 HOURS;
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Grand Duchy's 17-man contingent to Haiti has already returned to Luxembourg following provision of emergency services on the ground in Port-au-Prince. The team returned to Belgium via Belgian military aircraft and were received back in Luxembourg by Defense Min [...]
2010-01-19 17:15:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG13TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG OFFER OF WATER PURIFICATION UNIT AND TEAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY MFA Defense Directorate contacted Post today (January 21) with an offer of assistance to be put forward to our Defense AttachC) Office (resident in Brussels) in the immediate future. The GoL is offering to deploy to Haiti an eight-man team from the Luxembourg Army with [...]
2010-01-21 14:13:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL MARR LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG17TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG PRESS FOCUSED ON OWN EFFORTS, POSITIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Press reporting on U.S. efforts in Haiti has been overwhelmingly - and nearly exclusively - positive. The one exception Post has noted is a letter to the editor that ran in weekly paper Le Jeudi, entitled "A Military-Humanitarian Invasion" and penned by an unknown e [...]
2010-01-22 17:04:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM EAID PHUM OIIP LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG21U.S. DEMARCHE TO LUXEMBOURG DELIVERED - HAITI: U.S.
[...] (U) Post delivered subject demarche to Yasuko Muller and Eric Muller, desk officers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 25. 2. (U) POC this action is Pol/Econ Chief Michael A. Via, email: viama@state.gov. Stroum [...]
2010-01-25 16:56:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA LU
10LUXEMBOURG7TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG QUICK ON THE DRAW IN HAITI
[...] (U) Luxembourg responded quickly to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, dispatching a 17-person team with seven rescue dogs to Haiti on Wednesday, 13 January. The team departed with a team of Belgian emergency workers (reftel). According to Luxembourg Red Cross Director Marc Crochet, [...]
2010-01-15 15:56:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV SOCI LU HA
10MADRID139SPAIN: INFORMED OF DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FOR NSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on February 1 met LTC. Anibal Villalba Fernandez, an adviser to President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on foreign and security issues, to review Ref A points on the different objectives for the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that President Obama will host in the Washington [...]
2010-02-04 12:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10MADRID203SPAIN CONTINUES TO LEAD HAITI ASSISTANCE EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish assistance to Haiti in the wake of the January 12 earthquake has been swift and generous. As of February 18, Spain had sent 26 planes bearing humanitarian supplies, and deployed a total of 450 including physicians, nurses, and engineers as well as security forces aboar [...]
2010-02-23 17:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA MARR EAID
10MADRID216USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS
[...] (U) USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, EU Development Ministers, and EU officials discussed the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Development Dialogue, Haiti, and related issues during the EU Development Ministers Informal Meeting on February 17-18 at La Granja, Spain. In plenary sessions and in bilater [...]
2010-02-26 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV SP TBIO
10MADRID217ANTHONY LAKE NOMINATION INFORMATION DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID UNICEF
10MADRID61SPAIN-HAITI: INT'L COORDINATION AND REGISTRATION
[...] In response to reftel Econoff contacted the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID). Luz Corcobado Lopez, Head of AECID's Humanitarian Aid section, said that Spain, like other European Union member states, provides real time information on humanitarian aid direct [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF UN SP
10MADRID62SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN PRAGUE PRT CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel invitation and talking points to key contacts at Spanish Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs the week of January 11, and learned that Spain will be represented by the civilian team leader from its provincial reconstruction team and possibly by local embassy sta [...]
2010-01-21 16:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO EAID KPAO AF SP
10MADRID85SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON USG POLICY RE YEMEN
[...] (SBU) Post on January 25 delivered Ref demarche to GOS officials, who indicated they would ensure that the information reached the Spanish delegation to the January 27 meeting on Yemen in London. Iago Losada, Technical Adviser in the MFA's sub-Directorate General for International Terrorism [...]
2010-01-26 11:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID YM EUN
10MANAGUA111BUSINESS LEADERS ON ALBA'S ECONOMIC CLOUT IN NICARAGUA
[...] (C) Participants in the Ambassador's February 5 economic roundtable shared observations and anecdotes concerning the influence of Chavez's Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) funds in the Nicaraguan economy. Attendees stressed that the ongoing economic downturn in Venezuela could even [...]
2010-02-22 22:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL NU
10MANAGUA115(U) Ortega and the U.S.: New-Found True Love Or Another
[...] (S) Over the last six weeks, President Ortega has made an uncharacteristically intense effort to pass messages of conciliation and cooperation in our direction. Ortega's actions include renewed cooperation on some dormant legal assistance requests, especially cordial treatment of visiting VIPs, [...]
2010-02-25 15:50:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV EAID MARR XR RS IR XK
10MANAGUA158TFHA01: Ortega Calls U.S. Relief Effort in Haiti a Military
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army has dispatched 34 soldiers to Haiti to assist with search and rescue efforts. Nicaragua also delivered 9 metric tons of foodstuffs and 9 metric tons of medical supplies. President Ortega has criticized the U.S. relief effort, describing it as a military invasion and [...]
2010-01-20 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL HA NU
10MANAGUA182(U) Nicaragua SOFA: Foreign Ministry Proposes Text For 2010
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see Para 5 for Action. SUMMARY 2. (U) On January 25 we met with a Government of Nicaragua (GON) interagency team to discuss a renewal of the U.S.-Nicaragua Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for 2010. The GON expressed a desire to renew the SOFA (w [...]
2010-01-30 00:24:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL EAID OPDC PINS NU
10MANAGUA200TAHA01: NICARAGUA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army, civil society, and private industry have made important contributions to the relief efforts in Haiti. The Army has sent three deployments of soldiers to Haiti since January 14 to deliver foodstuffs and medical supplies, provide a variety of health and medical treatmen [...]
2010-02-05 21:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN PREL PGOV HA NU
10MANAGUA21FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per Reftel A, while the Nicaraguan national budget is publicly available on the GON's Ministry of Finance website, it does not include or accurately reflect funds originating from Venezuela under the auspices of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) program, which rema [...]
2010-01-13 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PREL NU
10MANAGUA240Nicaragua S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] Embassy Managua submits the proposal below for S/GWI's consideration for funding through its small grants initiative (reftel). The proposal is from the Nicaraguan Women's Autonomous Movement (Movimiento Autonomo de Mujeres, MAM) and focuses on the promotion and defense of women's civil rights, but [...]
2010-02-22 22:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM EAID NU
10MANAGUA25Nicaragua in ALBA - Three Years and Still Going
[...] (C) Summary: President Daniel Ortega announced Nicaragua's entry into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on January 11, 2007, the day after he was sworn in as president. Since that time he has proclaimed the organization as the savior of Nicaragua's economic, social and infrastructure [...]
2010-01-14 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID SOCI VE NU
10MANAGUA27Nicaragua in ALBA - Three Years and Still Going
[...] (C) Summary: President Daniel Ortega announced Nicaragua's entry into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on January 11, 2007, the day after he was sworn in as president. Since that time he has proclaimed the organization as the savior of Nicaragua's economic, social and infrastructure [...]
2010-01-14 23:22:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID SOCI VE NU
10MANAGUA4Embassy Managua's Diplomatic Outreach Plan Supporting the
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Embassy Managua has developed a diplomatic strategy to promote and support the Secretary's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). Where possible, we will attempt to complement the GON's food security strategy. Our plan focuses on the following four areas: 1) [...]
2010-01-04 20:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV NU
10MANAGUA49TFHA01: AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ORTEGA HAITI STATEMENT
[...] (C ) Summary: At a January 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Ambassador protested President Daniel Ortega's willful mischaracterization of U.S. humanitarian efforts in Haiti as a military occupation. He said that such statements have been noticed in Washington and are damag [...]
2010-01-26 22:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID OAS HA NU
10MANILA10 PHILIPPINES VOLCANO THREAT EASES; SUCCESSFUL 'ZERO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine volcanologists downgraded the threat level of southern Luzon's Mount Mayon to Alert Level 3 on January 2, allowing nearly all 48,000 evacuees to return to their homes on the volcano's slopes. Albay provincial officials attribute their successful management of the cri [...]
2010-01-05 08:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR CASC RP
10MANILA132TFHA01: PHILIPPINES SENDS DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS, PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines offered monetary assistance and disaster relief expertise to earthquake-stricken Haiti this week, with President Arroyo and the Philippine National Red Cross each approving USD 50,000 for humanitarian assistance. A team of 21 government doctors, nurses and engin [...]
2010-01-22 07:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO HA RP
10MANILA333ELECTION STUMBLING BLOCKS RAISE QUESTIONS
[...] (C) Election controversies are an established tradition in the Philippines, and the 2010 national poll looks certain to feature its fair share. The country is embarking on an unprecedented effort to automate the vote nationwide, and Filipinos still face considerable hurdles in implementing th [...]
2010-02-19 03:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS EAID ASEC RP
10MANILA63AMBASSADOR'S FINAL TRIP TO MINDANAO UNDERSCORES U.S.
[...] SUMMARY. During her final trip to Mindanao on January 8, the Ambassador emphasized the long-term commitment of the U.S. to peaceful development in the region. The Ambassador launched an English proficiency program for seven universities in the region, inaugurated a neighborhood footbridge, a [...]
2010-01-13 06:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
10MANILA9AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PHILIPPINE
[...] (SBU) In her December 23 farewell call, the Ambassador and Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap highlighted strong U.S. - Philippine collaboration throughout 2009, especially joint efforts to transition former combatants in Mindanao to peaceful agricultural projects, and a series of h [...]
2010-01-04 10:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PREL RP
10MANILA93PHILIPPINES 2009 POLITICAL WRAP-UP AND LOOK-AHEAD
[...] (C) While several tumultuous events -- a political massacre in Mindanao, massive flooding in Luzon -- created an end-of-year sense of crisis in the Philippines, overall political and security stability improved perceptibly over the course of 2009. The year witnessed no significant military or [...]
2010-01-19 05:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PTER MOPS EAID ASEC KJUS
10MAPUTO128PRESIDENT THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR USG SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 Ambassador Rowe presented her credentials to the GRM at a formal ceremony at the Presidency hosted by President Guebuza. During the brief but substantive discussion which followed, Guebuza described the GRM's relationship with the USG as "excellent," expressing [...]
2010-02-12 12:03:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA MCC SNAR EAID MZ
10MAPUTO129CORRECTED COPY: PRESIDENT THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 Ambassador Rowe presented her credentials to the GRM at a formal ceremony at the Presidency hosted by President Guebuza. During the brief but substantive discussion which followed, Guebuza described the GRM's relationship with the USG as "excellent," expressing [...]
2010-02-12 13:21:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA SNAR EAID MZ
10MAPUTO139PRESIDENT GUEBUZA DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 10 accreditation Ceremony (reftel),the Ambassador met February 12 with President Armando Guebuza for an initial 20-minute courtesy call. Guebuza described U.S.-Mozambican bilateral relations as "excellent" and provided perspectives on the challenges of p [...]
2010-02-16 16:25:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ
10MAPUTO159DONOR COORDINATION MECHANISMS--INCREASING USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two years post has conscientiously developed stronger relationships and coordination with other donors at various levels in order to influence an ongoing multi-donor dialogue on key issues, specifically in the G-19, a collection of like-minded donors providing dire [...]
2010-02-19 16:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO45U.S.-PORTUGUESE COOPERATION IN MOZAMBIQUE: A
[...] (SBU) Cooperative programs with the Portuguese in Mozambique represent a successful model on which to base future programs. An inexpensive joint U.S.-Portuguese border guard training program, run successfully since FY07, has provided training and equipment for over 400 border guards. Increas [...]
2010-01-12 15:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV EAID PREL MZ
10MAPUTO46GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: With untapped economic potential and high levels of poverty and malnutrition, Mozambique merits consideration for inclusion in the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). However, based on current discussions about overall USG assistance levels in relation to heightened d [...]
2010-01-12 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO50GRM RESPONDS HARSHLY TO DONOR CONCERNS ON
[...] (C) Summary: International donors have spent recent weeks coordinating a response to the GRM's flawed October 28 elections process, with several nations contemplating reductions in assistance to the central government. The G-19 Donor Group sent a letter to the GRM in December laying out spec [...]
2010-01-13 15:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KCOR EAID MZ
10MASERU48CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LESOTHO AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) According to Gao Deyi, China's Ambassador to Lesotho, there are approximately 5,000 Chinese in Lesotho (other figures estimate 10,000),though the number has declined over the past twenty years due to harsh living conditions and high rates of crime targeted against Chinese. A study by Yoo [...]
2010-02-12 11:13:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN LT
10MASERU54S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - LESOTHO
[...] The following is a proposal received from a non-governmental organization (NGO) well-known to the U.S. Embassy, the Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education-Lesotho (WLSA). The U.S. Embassy in Lesotho has had numerous contacts with the NGO over the years and has encountered no p [...]
2010-02-20 15:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM EAID LT
10MBABANE24TFHA01: SWAZILAND OFFERS CONDOLENCES, BUT NO MATERIAL
[...] (SBU) On January 20, Foreign Ministry Assistant Socio-Political Analyst Vulindlela Kunene told PolOff that the Swazi government (GKOS) has not provided humanitarian assistance to Haiti (ref A). It is unlikely GKOS will provide assistance in the coming days, and there are no plans to register do [...]
2010-01-20 14:56:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HA WZ
10MBABANE35SWAZILAND FISCAL TRANSPARENCY 2010 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel's request regarding information on Swaziland's fiscal transparency and USG FY2010 assistance. 2. (SBU) Under the FY 2010 SFOAA, Swaziland is allocated $100,000 in IMET funding, which is not provided directly to the Ministry of Defense but pays for expense [...]
2010-01-26 08:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL WZ
10MBABANE61CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN SWAZILAND
[...] The Kingdom of Swaziland recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the sole representative of China, and does not have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The PRC does not engage Swaziland or have development initiatives with the country. Mainland Chinese workers do [...]
2010-02-16 07:03:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CN WZ
10MELBOURNE11NEW AUSTRALIAN-U.S. FIREFIGHTING AGREEMENT IN THE WORKS
[...] (U) U.S. and Victorian fire authorities are preparing a new draft of an agreement which permits the routine exchange of fire experts. The updated agreement will contain language that will allow exchanges to take place independent of emergency needs and focus to a greater extent on research and [...]
2010-02-05 00:34:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV AS
10MEXICO274Mexico Steps Up on Haitian Earthquake Relief
[...] Poloff called the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) January 21 to express thanks to the GOM for Mexico's abundant assistance efforts following the Haiti earthquake. Poloff encouraged the SRE to register the GOM's efforts with the United Nation's Financial Tracking System, designed f [...]
2010-01-27 14:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MX HA PREL PHUM
10MEXICO382Mexico on Preparing for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed January 28 the U.S. approach to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (Ref. A and B) and the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit (Ref. C) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the [...]
2010-02-04 20:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA EAID TBIO AORC CDG PGOV
10MEXICO698MEXICO CONTINUES ITS HAITI RELIEF EFFORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Mexico is engaging on an unprecedented scale in contributing to the international relief effort in Haiti, capacity and ideological restraints have hampered some of its contributions and continue to complicate Mexico's active participation in MINUSTAH. This could be on [...]
2010-02-24 22:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MX HA PREL PHUM PGOV
10MONROVIA122THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: JANUARY 28, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- APM Terminals Tapped to Manage Monrovia Port -- BHP Billiton and Arcelor Mittal Form Cross-Border Partnership -- Liberia Hires Private Firm to Recover Taylor-Era Assets [...]
2010-01-28 15:21:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA132LIBERIA RESPONSE TO DOL ON CHILD LABOR REPORTING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 13:14:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM EAID SOCI LI
10MONROVIA158THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 3, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- U.S. Firm To Begin Drilling For Oil -- Donors Push Renewed Commitment to Kimberley Process -- USG Portfolio Review with the Government of Liberia (GOL) -- Ambassador a [...]
2010-02-03 16:26:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA182THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 11, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- INDIAN MINISTER INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT -- PROPOSED MONEY LAUNDERING LAW EXCLUDES LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION -- LNP PRIORITIZES ASSISTANCE REQUESTS -- LOCAL CHIEF [...]
2010-02-11 16:16:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA188CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of the U.S.-China sub-regional dialogue to be held March 4, Embassy Monrovia prepared answers to ref A request on Chinese engagement in Liberia. China's active engagement in Liberia reflects an interest in the country's abundant natural resources, its status as a dest [...]
2010-02-16 12:22:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL LI
10MONROVIA202THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 18, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- PRESIDENT SIRLEAF'S PARTY CONTINUES TO BUILD MOMENTUM -- UN MISSION IN LIBERIA RELEASES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- COUNCIL OF CHURCHES MEMBERS DIVIDED OVER RESPONSE TO TRC R [...]
2010-02-18 14:32:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA250THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: --DEATH OF ADOPTED LIBERIAN ELICITS STRONG REACTION --TSA CONDUCTS FINAL PRE-ASSESSMENT MISSION --TONY BLAIR ADVISES PRESIDENT'S OFFICE --NEW HEAD OF FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT [...]
2010-02-25 17:11:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA36PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY (GHFSI) IN LIBERIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In Liberia, food insecurity presents daily hardships for the majority of citizens, and has been an historic cause of destabilizing political unrest. Post recognizes that a reinvigorated agricultural sector is the key to broad-based employment, economic growth, and a healthy popul [...]
2010-01-11 16:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID LI
10MONTERREY29USG SECURITY INITIATIVES SEEK TO BOLSTER NUEVO LEON STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Key USG-funded projects aimed at strengthening the rule of law have begun to take hold in Nuevo Leon, gaining acceptance among state leaders. Despite problems in getting potential candidates past internal vetting requirements, the state is moving ahead with plans to send 15 in [...]
2010-01-28 16:07:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALEAID KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM MX
10MONTERREY41VIOLENCE IN DURANGO AND COAHUILA CONTINUES TO ESCALATE
[...] (C) Summary: Recent shootings in Durango and neighboring Coahuila states have underscored the increasingly violent rivalry between the rival drug cartels in those states, primarily the Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel. Since the year began, over 105 people have died in drug-related violence in b [...]
2010-02-10 22:41:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PHUM EAID PGOV MX
10MONTEVIDEO104Uruguay: Engaging on MINUSTAH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 19:26:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MCAP EAID MASS HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO7URUGUAY: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR HAITI
[...] ChargC) spoke with MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Elbio Rosselli January 20 to thank the GOU for its support of the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti. Rosselli confirmed that the GOU sent a K-9 search and rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to Haiti Januar [...]
2010-01-19 19:19:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS EAID PGOV PREL PREF HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO72FOR RELEASE: Uruguay Will Send Additional PKO Troops to
[...] Uruguayan Army Commander General Jorge Rosales informed emboffs February 1 that the UN had requested the GOU to send an additional 155 peacekeeping troops to Haiti. Uruguay agreed to send the team, which will included a medical unit, although MFA Vice Minister Nelson Fernandez told Charg???? [...]
2010-02-04 17:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV EAID UY
10MONTREAL38Quebec Relief Efforts for Haiti in High Gear
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Quebec's and Montreal's historical and cultural links to Haiti are driving significant relief efforts at the provincial, municipal and local levels. While the ties of this province and city to Haiti were no secret, the extent of society's involvement in relief efforts has been str [...]
2010-02-05 17:05:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL HA CA
10MOSCOW172DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG POLICY ON YEMEN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Valery I. Pospelov, Head of the Yemen Division in the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. He indicated that the GOR shares our interest in creating economic opportunities in Yemen. Mr. Pospelov stated that FM Lavrov would attend the London meeting [...]
2010-01-26 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID RS YM
10MOSCOW189Russian Deputy Health Minister Wants Expanded Health
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their upbeat December 14 meeting, Russian Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Ambassador Beyrle agreed that the Bilateral Presidential Commission's Working Group on Health should promote a substantial expansion of cooperation on health and medical sciences. They c [...]
2010-01-27 12:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD ELAB EAGR KIPR
10MOSCOW273RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT
10MUMBAI12ANTI-MAOIST OPERATIONS IN CHHATTISGARH BEGIN: ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state is finally getting serious about tackling the Maoist insurgency in India's "Red Belt." As it does so, NGOs and human rights activists working in southern Chhattisgarh, one of the areas worst affected by Maoist violence, are expressing concern that a concentra [...]
2010-01-11 10:57:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EMIN ENRG SOCI PTER IN
10MUMBAI14TELEGRAM CANCEL--NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 04:54:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUMBAI17NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...]
2010-01-13 07:51:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUMBAI18NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...]
2010-01-13 08:09:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUSCAT115OMAN AND THE GCC DONOR COORDINATION CONFERENCE
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the subject demarche on Yemen donor coordination during a February 24 meeting with the Chief of the MFA Secretary General's Office (D-equivalent),Ambassador Lyutha al Mughairi. Ambassador Schmierer thanked Oman for its generous aid to Yemen, noted that Oman's thor [...]
2010-02-24 13:56:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV YM MU
10MUSCAT17OMANIS AWARE OF U.S. RECORD OF COOPERATION ON THE PEACEFUL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-16 22:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID IAEA AORC ENRG MU
10MUSCAT21TFHA01: OMAN PREPARING TO SEND ASSISTANCE TO RED CROSS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-17 14:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL ASEC HA MU
10MUSCAT35TFHA01: OMAN'S RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Embassy contacted Ali bin Ibrahim bin Shenon al Ra'isi, CEO of the Oman Charitable Organization (OCO),which is the Government of Oman's aid and development organization. Per ref A, we expressed the USG's appreciation for Oman's rapid response to support the humanit [...]
2010-01-20 05:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR PREF PREL HA MU
10MUSCAT52OMAN TERMED "STABLE COUNTRY"
[...] (U) A report published on January 12 by the UK-based Business Monitor International (BMI) magazine states that the Sultanate will remain a haven of stability in the region in 2010 due to low risks to business in the country. BMI expects that the Sultanate will maintain strong, stable relations [...]
2010-01-26 08:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL ASEC MU
10NAIROBI15Somalia - TFG Prime Minister Reviews Progress in Wake of
[...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke described to Somalia Unit December 30 his government's plans, immediately on his January 3 return to Mogadishu, to shake-up Mogadishu port operations by removing the current, corrupt leadership, and implementing [...]
2010-01-05 16:19:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO PINR EFIN EAID ECON
10NAIROBI155SOMALIA - MASS TFG ARMY MOVEMENT SIGNALS IMPENDING OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) Summary. On February 5 the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) deployed some 2,000 army troops from its training camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu into the city. With support from troops from the AU Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),four Somali battalions have taken up new positions that cont [...]
2010-02-09 11:05:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SO PTER EAID MARR MOPS
10NAIROBI165SOMALIA - CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) The following cable provides responses to action request in reftel on Chinese engagement in Somalia. Chinese Engagement in Trade and Investment --------------------------------------------- ----------------- 2. (SBU) The Sino-Somali relationship has remained strong since th [...]
2010-02-12 07:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID XA SO
10NAIROBI181Chinese Engagement in Kenya
[...] (S/NF) Summary: China's engagement in Kenya continues to grow exponentially. China enjoys a large trade surplus with Kenya; exports increased by more than 25 percent a year from 2004 to 2008. The China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is drilling for oil in the Isiolo region. China may be a po [...]
2010-02-17 07:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID KE XW ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PGOV CH PINR
10NAIROBI191Somalia - Perspectives on TFG-ASWJ Agreement
[...] (C) The February 13 agreement between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) (reftel) represents potential progress in their ongoing collaboration. But to be successful, the agreement must first gain the support of ASWJ on the ground, especially from l [...]
2010-02-18 18:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO EAID ET MOPS
10NAIROBI192DEMARCHE HAITI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA KE
10NAIROBI214SOMALIA - Assistance to Central Government With
[...] In 2009, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) benefitted from a waiver under Section 7086 of the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Act (SFOAA) to permit the Department and USAID to provide it economic and security assistance. With Somalia at a critical junc [...]
2010-02-02 13:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON AID EFIN PREL SO
10NAIROBI224SOMALIA DEYR ASSESSMENT RESULTS INDICATE SUSTAINED
[...] On January 29, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) presented findings from the 2009/2010 post-October to December short rains seasonal assessment. According to FSNAU, an estimated 3.2 million people will require humanitarian ass [...]
2010-02-03 14:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
10NAIROBI326NUTRITION AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN SOMALIA REQUIRE URGENT
[...] (U) Humanitarian agencies continue to express concern over the health and nutrition conditions in Somalia, noting that a humanitarian response focused primarily on food assistance is not enough to mitigate a humanitarian crisis in Somalia. A recent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (F [...]
2010-02-10 08:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
10NAIROBI328KENYA: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON GHFSI
[...] USAID/East Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Nairobi, Kenya February 1-5, 2010 on the implementation in eastern and southern Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 12 [...]
2010-02-10 09:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL KE
10NAIROBI346SOMALIA - VIOLENCE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF LIKELY OFFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) Al-Shabaab and Hisbul Islam have increased their attacks against TFG and AMISOM positions in Mogadishu. In an apparent effort to pre-empt the TFG's long-planned Mogadishu offensive, on February 12 and 13 al-Shabaab launched attacks from northern Mogadishu neighborhoods and on February 1 [...]
2010-02-16 17:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO MOPS MARR EAID
10NAIROBI350Security Minister on Police Reform and Public Outreach
[...] Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's meetings with Minister of Security Saitoti, DCM Lee Brudvig met with the minister on February 3 to discuss his request for assistance with police reform efforts. In addition to presenting a list of requests for his ministry (ranging from additional po [...]
2010-02-17 12:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SO KE PTER EAID
10NAIROBI37Somalia - New TFG Police Chief Describes Organizational
[...] (C) Summary: Somalia Unit contractor met with the recently-appointed TFG Chief of Police Loyan on January 9. (Note: Loyan replaced warlord "Qeybdiid" as police chief on December 6, 2009.) Loyan made a good impression. He seemed to have a good sense both of the problems he faced and a [...]
2010-01-11 17:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SO MARR PINR EAID
10NAIROBI48THE GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: DIPLOMATIC
[...] Post appreciates the Department's interest in implementing the President's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) in Kenya. We believe Kenya could become a successful GHFSI partner country and our engagement could catalyze market-driven agricultural reform in the region. Despite [...]
2010-01-11 12:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL KE
10NAIROBI57Somalia - The TFG After One Year
[...] (C) President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has survived its first year in office. A tumultuous 2009 saw the TFG initially benefit from the mid-January withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and from Sheikh Sharif's legitimacy with Somalis, only to be almost forced out o [...]
2010-01-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SOCI EAID MARR PTER
10NAIROBI69Somalia - Italian Foreign Minister Re-Affirms Support for
[...] (C) Summary: Brief conversations with the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Ambassador to Kenya, TFG President Sharif's Chief-of-Staff, and Italian Special Envoy to the TFG on January 15 suggest that the January 14 meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Frattini and Sharif prod [...]
2010-01-15 08:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO EAID MARR IT
10NAIROBI88Kenya: Macroeconomic Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In a January 8 meeting with Econoffs, Dr. Geoffrey Mwau, Ministry of Finance Economic Secretary, spoke strongly in favor of Kenya applying for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program in the range of $1 billion over three years. While Minister of Finance Kenyatta is not y [...]
2010-01-13 10:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
10NAIROBI9Security Sector Assistance in Kenya, Part II: Land Border
[...] (C) Due to the threat of spillover effects from instability in Somalia, the Government of Kenya views effective border control as its top national security concern. Using multiple funding sources, including 1206 funding, the United States' security sector assistance in Kenya supports the develo [...]
2010-01-05 11:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS EAID PHUM SO KE
10NAIROBI92FY 2010 Prohibition On Assistance To Central Governments
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY The GOK publishes annually the proposed budget as passed by parliament and signed by the president. The published budget provides detailed income and expenditures which is publicly available for purchase. The published budget is relatively accurate in reflecting actual income an [...]
2010-01-14 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AID EAID EFIN PREL
10NAIROBI99SOMALIA - TFG SIGNES DEAL FOR NEW CURRENCY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 11 the Transitional Federal Government Finance Minister Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden and his Sudanese counterpart signed an agreement for Sudan to print five trillion new Somali shillings. Sudan will fund the printing, reportedly costing $17 million dollars, accordi [...]
2010-01-26 10:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ECON EFIN EAID
10NASSAU60Bahamas Response: Haiti: International Coordination and
[...] (U) EconOff/Mission Disaster Relief Officer delivered reftel points to Under Secretary and Disaster Assistance Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlton Wright. Wright noted that the GCOB is aware of the OCHA's Financial Tracking System and has been using it. AVANT [...]
2010-01-19 23:22:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM UN BF
10NASSAU64Bahamas Response: Demarche to Host Governments in Response
[...] (U) EconOff/Mission Disaster Relief Officer delivered reftel points to Under Secretary and Disaster Assistance Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlton Wright. Wright noted that The Bahamas was working through CARICOM to deliver aid to Haiti and did not presently require any a [...]
2010-01-20 13:30:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA BF
10NDJAMENA48HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: NGO REACTIONS TO MINURCAT
[...] (C) Humanitarian NGOs are speculating about the concrete impact of the ongoing GOC-UN debate regarding MINURCAT's future after 15 March 2010 (See Ref A). If the UN and Chad do not arrive at a modus operandi that permits MINURCAT to continue activities pursuant to its mandate under UNSC 1861 u [...]
2010-01-26 13:08:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PREF CD SU
10NDJAMENA83EU UPGRADES ITS MISSION TO CHAD: THE EU'S "NEW
[...] (C) The EU delegation in N'Djamena has been chosen as one of 54 of the Union's 136 overseas missions to be endowed with new, embassy-like functions derived from the Lisbon Treaty. The delegation, headed by an Ambassador of French nationality, is empowered to speak on behalf of the 27 EU mem [...]
2010-02-08 16:21:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV EU FR PHUM PREF CD
10NDJAMENA85CHAD: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) Following paras provide answers to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Chad in advance of the U.S-China sub-regional dialogue to be held in Washington March 4. 2. (SBU) China's major investment in Chad is in oil exploration and refining. In 2008 the China Nation [...]
2010-02-09 11:24:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN CD
10NEWDELHI103TFHA01: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) division on January 19. 2. (U) An MEA official said that India had decided to give a total of USD 5 million in cash to Haiti, an increase from the USD 1 million [...]
2010-01-22 02:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM OIIP UN HA IN
10NEWDELHI188THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The national concern about continuing high food prices has grown increasingly political as the allied Congress Party has joined the opposition in criticizing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar for failing to stem rising food inflation. [...]
2010-01-29 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI189THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 01:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI225WHAT IS INDIA DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?
[...] (C) Summary: India is proud of its ongoing "development partnership" with post-Taliban Afghanistan that began in late 2001. The GOI claims the sum of its performed and pledged assistance to date totals USD 1.3 billion, of which approximately one-third has been disbursed. India's civilian ai [...]
2010-02-03 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PARM IN AF
10NEWDELHI275 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced his final decision regarding the commercial approval of genetically modified (GM) eggplant, or Bt brinjal, in India. With a long and emotional charged justification, the Minister declared that a moratorium [...]
2010-02-11 01:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI276 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 01:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NIAMEY120RE: FOR RELEASE: Chinese engagement in Niger and Potential
[...] (SBU) China is building a major portfolio in Niger's resource sectors and will probably replace France as Niger's top foreign investor when projects under construction are fully operational. Chinese investments include oil and gas production, refining, uranium mining, and infrastructure. There [...]
2010-02-12 14:00:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EMIN EPET CH NG ENRG EIND EINV
10NIAMEY129Charge Meets with Junta;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 25, Brigadier General Souleyman Salou and Colonel Moussa Gros, Senior Military Advisor to the CSRD President, met with ChargC) d'Affaires Whitaker in a frank and productive session that broached a wide variety of topics. General Salou opened by stating his pride at [...]
2010-02-25 16:48:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM SOCI US NG PTER PINR EAID EAGR MASS
10NIAMEY164NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2010
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for February 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- Opposition Members Take to the Streets; -- Japanese Donates Food Aid to Niger; -- Chinese Pre- [...]
2010-02-18 07:45:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NG JA CH IT EAGR EAID KCRM EAIR SOCI
10NIAMEY27NIGER: EU DELEGATION HEAD EXPLAINS VIEWS ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Although the EU has suspended budgetary support to the Government of Niger (GON) due to recent anti-constitutional actions by President Tandja, it will continue humanitarian aid, including food security. According to the EU Head of Delegation, the EU has provided a 120-day win [...]
2010-01-12 21:24:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM EU US NG
10NIAMEY71(S) NIGER: UPDATE ON IRANIAN OUTREACH
[...] (S/NF) Contrary to ref A, Government of Niger Minister of Agricultural Development Moussa Labo and Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Standardization Halidou Badj recently traveled to Tehran, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie. On January 26 they met with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, [...]
2010-01-27 21:32:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPREL ETRD PGOV PINR EAID ENRG KISL SCUL IR NG
10NIAMEY72 Niger: President Tandja's New Year Address of Dip Corps:
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, President Tandja accepted the greetings of the Dean of the diplomatic corps and addressed the assembled group in his customary manner. Although most of his remarks offered a lengthy defense for his anti-democratic political maneuverings of the past year, he argue [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM EAGR SOCI NG
10NIAMEY84 Niger: PM Gamatie Convenes Food Security Commission
[...] (U) On January 29, Prime Minister Ali Badjo Gamatie convened the State-Donor Mixed Coordination Commission to discuss Niger's food security situation and the Government of Niger's (GON's) intentions for addressing it. The two-hour meeting offered the GON an opportunity to lay out its views on [...]
2010-02-01 16:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID EAGR PREL SOCI NG
10NIAMEY86Niger: Niger Disaster Response Resource Request
[...] (U) This is an action message - see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: After Embassy Niamey's Disaster Declaration on January 14 (ref d),post requests urgent and serious consideration of increasing response resources for Niger due to imminent food insecurity. The newly released vulnerability asse [...]
2010-02-02 06:56:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR SENV ECON PREL PGOV US NG
10NIAMEY90 Niger: African Development Foundation Advises of
[...] (SBU) On January 29, African Development Foundation (ADF) Regional Program Director Paul Olson (protect) and Field Office Coordinator Venant Barampanze (protect) visited CDA and USAID A/Country Program Manager to advise of ADF's intention to cease operations in Niger as of the end of June 2010. [...]
2010-02-02 16:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV KDEM SOCI US NG
10NIAMEY91NIGER: FURTHER UPDATE ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) On February 1, local independent weekly newspaper "Le Canard Dechaine" claimed that President Tandja would likely visit Iran to seek funds for the 2010 budget, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie as discussed in reftels. The account added that visits to Venezuela and Cuba, as well as rec [...]
2010-02-02 19:14:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN EAGR PINR EAID EFIN IR NG
10NOUAKCHOTT51MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] (SBU) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is expected to receive SFOAA funding during FY 2010. While Mauritania continues to face technical and capacity challenges with fiscal transparency, assessments from U.S. Embassy, World Bank and IMF officials working in country indicate [...]
2010-01-21 08:40:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT60MAURITANIA BEGINS TO REFORM TROUBLED GLOBAL FUND
[...] (U) Summary. After Mauritania's September 2009 suspension from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Global Fund presented a list of requirements to be met by Mauritania before its suspension could be lifted, including a reformed Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM),t [...]
2010-01-26 07:26:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
10NOUAKCHOTT97CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA
[...] (U) China maintains a prominent and active presence in Mauritania. China is the largest destination for Mauritanian exports. As of 2009, nearly 40% of Mauritanian exports were destined for China. After France, China is the second largest importer of products into the Mauritanian market. I [...]
2010-02-15 13:41:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL MR CN
10OSLO26NORWEGIAN AID FOR HAITI LIKELY TO DOUBLE TO $35
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway on January 16 increased its promise of aid to Haiti to $17.5 million. The GON has already provided $7 million for relief efforts. An additional $17.5 million (bringing the total to $35 million) is l [...]
2010-01-20 09:50:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO38NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION
[...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO39NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION
[...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OTTAWA158TFHA01: CANADIANS GIVE GENEROUSLY FOR HAITI RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary: Canadians have so far contributed C$113 million (approximately US$105.6 million) to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund; the government has pledged to match all such contributions through February 12. In addition, the Government of Canada has earmarked C$135 million (approximately U [...]
2010-02-09 16:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID HA CA
10OTTAWA172TFHA01: CANADIAN PM IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a two day visit to Haiti, Canadian Prime Minister Harper pledged C$12 million (US$11.4 million) to construct temporary buildings as a base for key Haitian government departments and underscored that Haiti would remain a long-term Canadian aid priority despite future budge [...]
2010-02-16 17:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA39Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
[...] (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen (reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to "see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. [...]
2010-01-26 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER YM CA
10OTTAWA51Ottawa Proposes Only Minor Changes in MOU on Life Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has concluded that the draft MOU for life support for U.S. civilians deployed to non-U.S. PRTs cannot be between two embassies and must be non-binding. Either DFAIT or the Department of National Defence would b [...]
2010-02-04 19:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF CA
10OTTAWA55TFHA01: CANADA CONSIDERING MEDEVACS
[...] (U) Canada is in the process of establishing procedures to treat medevac patients from Haiti. A British Columbia-based NGO -- the Rick Hansen Foundation (which specializes in spinal cord injuries) -- has identified eight Haitian patients with spiral cord injuries recommended by contacts on t [...]
2010-02-05 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA67CANADIAN PLANS IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2011
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada will not only end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2011 but will likely significantly scale back its assistance after 2011 and offer only relatively modest contributions to Afghan Trust Funds. A top priority is likely to be the Afghan-Pakistan border programs. With grow [...]
2010-02-18 22:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MOPS MARR AF CA HA
10OTTAWA86CANADA AND HAITI
[...] (U) Summary. Haiti, even before the recent earthquake, was a major foreign policy priority for Canada. Haiti is Canada's second largest recipient of humanitarian assistance worldwide, with a number of Canadian federal and provincial agencies as well as private sector institutions active in [...]
2010-01-22 20:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10PARAMARIBO38Suriname's Offer of Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti
[...] (SBU) CDA Bell delivered REFTEL points to Ambassador Glen Alvares, Special Advisor to Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, on January 20. Alvares indicated that all official Government of Suriname (GOS) offers of assistance are currently pending with CARICOM/CDEMA. Alvares, however, was un [...]
2010-01-20 21:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL HA NS
10PARAMARIBO5Scenesetter for Special Envoy David Goldwyn and EGCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming Special Envoy David Goldwyn and the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative delegation to Suriname. Although we cannot yet provide a confirmed schedule, we expect our Ministerial-level and worki [...]
2010-02-23 18:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV NS
10PARIS101OECD: OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: OECD development institutions provide opportunities for harnessing the OECD's unique strengths (donor coordination, peer learning, analysis of market-based best practices, and statistics) in support of U.S. development priorities. As the USG looks for ways to elevate its develop [...]
2010-01-29 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN OECD XA XE XF XL XM
10PARIS140OECD COUNCIL AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met in an enlarged session with Enhanced Engagement and Accession Country countries to discuss the development dimension of OECD work on climate change, trade, taxation, and food security. The discus [...]
2010-02-05 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD OECD XA XE XF XL XM
10PARIS159FRENCH RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI - SNAPSHOT:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the international community transitions from the immediate crisis to the stabilization period before the long-term effort of reconstruction, France remains committed to sending physical and financial reinforcements to aid Haitian disaster victims. Following the conclusion of [...]
2010-02-10 12:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM CVIS UN FR HA
10PARIS216FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...]
2010-02-23 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR
10PARIS30AFRICOM COMMANDER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte, Sarkozy's Military Advisor, Admiral Edouard Guillaud, and others briefed U.S. AFRICOM Commander General William E. Ward on January 5 on security issues in Africa's Sahel region. The French pressed for additional coordin [...]
2010-01-11 17:30:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EAID PGOV PINR MOPS MA NG MR NI
10PARIS61OECD: POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states are engaged in a reflective exercise on how best to incorporate development into OECD activities writ large, both in terms of engaging developing countries in a two-way dialogue, extending support to deve [...]
2010-01-19 16:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD OECD
10PARIS65FRENCH RELIEF EFFOTS IN HAITI - SNAPSHOT: JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding immediately to the earthquake on January 12, France quickly mobilized physical and financial resources to assist Haitian disaster victims. President Sarkozy convened an inter-ministerial meeting of his Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Economy, and Defense at t [...]
2010-01-21 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM UN FR HA
10PARIS7AFGHANISTAN MOU: UPDATED INTERIM RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Post has followed up with the GOF on the interim response reported in reftel A to points in reftel B. On January 5, Francois Delmas, action officer from the interagency Afghanistan and Pakistan Cell, said that delayed transmission of the draft MOU from the French Embassy in Kabul to Par [...]
2010-01-05 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID AF FR
10PARIS8AFGHANISTAN MOU: UPDATED INTERIM RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Post has followed up with the GOF on the interim response reported in reftel A to points in reftel B. On January 5, Francois Delmas, action officer from the interagency Afghanistan and Pakistan Cell, said that delayed transmission of the draft MOU from the French Embassy in Kabul to Par [...]
2010-01-05 14:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID AF FR
10PARISFR184U.S. ATTENDS FIRST COUNCIL MEEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The U.S., represented by PAO and Dr. Larry Wexler, Director in the Department of Education's Special Education Programs, attended its first International Bureau of Education (IBE) council meeting in Geneva January 27-29. (The IBE is a UNESCO Category I institute specialized in providing e [...]
2010-02-17 13:58:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL
10PARISFR185PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY ZERHOUNI BRINGS MESSAGE OF SCIENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Presidential Science Envoy Dr. Elias Zerhouni inaugurated his first official trip with a stop at UNESCO, where he met with key ambassadors, secretariat staff and the director general to promote President Obama's agenda of enhanced scientific and technological coop [...]
2010-02-17 13:58:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL
10PHNOMPENH113CAMBODIA'S BURGEONING YOUTH POPULATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent uptick in drug use, particularly ice - the crystallized form of methamphetamine preferred by Cambodia's new urban elite - has resulted in increased scrutiny of the social triggers and available treatment for Cambodia's young population. Reported increases in teens hold [...]
2010-02-17 07:29:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREF PREL ASEC EAID CB
10PHNOMPENH27SEARCHING FOR ENERGY IN CAMBODIA'S WASTE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Although large-scale solutions to Cambodia's energy issues have dominated national and regional attention, NGOs and investors are starting to realize the energy potential in the country's farms, trash bins, and landfills. Studies estimate a potential generation of 18,852 GWh per [...]
2010-01-15 01:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
10PHNOMPENH31CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...]
2010-01-19 09:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB
10PHNOMPENH32 CAMBODIA COMMITTED TO IMPROVED FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] (U) Per Ref A's request for information regarding fiscal transparency, posts response is below. Reforming the Public Financial Management System --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is committed to greater financial accountability [...]
2010-01-19 10:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AID EFIN PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH33TFHA01: CAMBODIA OFFERS $50,000 IN HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 10:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA CB
10PORTAUPRINCE100HAITI POST-EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART OVERVIEW OF SHELTER AND
[...] Summary. As part of the relief and recovery response, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) is advocating for a shelter and settlements sector strategy that features a range of interventions, including host family and community support, transitional shelter programs, [...]
2010-01-29 02:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE104HAITI EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] Summary. USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff report that the final U.S. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams departed Haiti on January 27, as coordination efforts continue to advance response capacity for earthquake-affected populations in Haiti. A small contingent of [...]
2010-01-29 13:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE108USAID/DART OVERVIEW OF HAITI FOOD DISTRIBUTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. This weekend, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) will shift to a geographically-focused distribution system in metropolitan Port-au-Prince through 16 identified sites. Distribution of food ration coupons is scheduled to begin on January 30, prior to distribution of food on Janua [...]
2010-01-30 05:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE112USAID/DART ASSESSMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN
[...] (U) Summary. On January 28, staff from USAID/Haiti visited the Seventh Day Adventist Diquini Hospital in Carrefour, noting that although doctors continue to treat earthquake-related injuries, the number of surgeries per day has gradually decreased from 30 to 15. A recently donated surgical cac [...]
2010-02-02 14:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE114USAID/DART - HAITI NUTRITION UPDATE
[...] Summary. USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff caution that disrupted access to food and poor sanitation conditions in earthquake-affected areas of Haiti have the potential to lead to an increase in acute malnutrition, particularly among infants and young children. USAID [...]
2010-02-02 14:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE124HAITI EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #4
[...] Summary. The current international humanitarian response to the earthquake in Haiti is characterized by a marked improvement in coordination and assistance delivery over the last week, with agencies expanding and expediting distributions of food and non-food items (NFIs),and U.N. cluster par [...]
2010-02-04 20:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE126HAITI USAID/DART - SYSTEM FOR FORMAL REQUESTS FOR U.S.
[...] (U) Summary. The scale and scope of the current crisis in Haiti has created opportunities to utilize the unique capacities of the U.S. Military to support relief efforts. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) serves as the focal point for receiving formal civilian requests [...]
2010-02-05 20:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE134USAID/DART Humanitarian Coordination Overview of Haiti
[...] (U) Summary. Following the devastating impact of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12, the international humanitarian community has made significant progress in establishing humanitarian coordination structures and responding to needs in Port-au-Prince and other affected areas. [...]
2010-02-07 00:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE136Haiti USAID/DART ASSESSMENT IN LEOGANE, PETIT GOAVE, AND
[...] Summary. On February 3 and 4, an assessment team from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) and USAID/Haiti visited the earthquake-affected cities of Leogane, Petit Goave, and Grand Goave in West Department. According to the team, the provision of food and shelter assistance [...]
2010-02-07 00:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE154USAID/DART OVERVIEW OF HAITI POST-EARTHQUAKE PROTECTION
[...] (U) Summary. In the post-earthquake period, affected populations confront significant risks, including potential exploitation, abuse, psychosocial distress, and gender-based violence. Limited information regarding the availQlity of humanitarian assistance exacerbates psychosocial distress, in [...]
2010-02-10 03:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE156USAID/DART HAITI EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #5: ONE
[...] Summary. One month after the earthquake, the humanitarian community continues to make significant progress in responding to the emergency needs of the affected population, providing food assistance to nearly 2.5 million people, increasing the distribution of emergency shelter materials to ens [...]
2010-02-11 22:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE162USAID/DART HAITI EARTHQUAKE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE
[...] Summary. Humanitarian agencies in Haiti have significantly scaled up sanitation response activities in recent weeks; however, sanitation needs, particularly within Port-au-Prince settlement sites, remain urgent and challenging. On February 11, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) released the W [...]
2010-02-15 20:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE172USAID/DART AND USAID/HAITI ASSESSMENTS IN GONAIVES, JEREMIE,
[...] Summary. On February 15, USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) and USAID/Haiti staff conducted assessments of humanitarian conditions for displaced persons and host families in Gonaives, Artibonite Department; Jeremie, Grand-Anse Department; and Les Cayes, South Department; as [...]
2010-02-18 19:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE176PORT-AU-PRINCE: FEBRUARY 12 CODEL PELOSI VISIT TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, along with the 11 Senators and members of Congress, arrived in Port-au-Prince to observe U.S. relief efforts and to discuss the status of those efforts with US and GOH officials. President Preval told th [...]
2010-02-22 20:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR HA PGOV AID EAID
10PORTAUPRINCE178HAITI'S QUAKE PUTS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ON HOLD
[...] (SBU) The January 12 earthquake has taken February 2010 elections off the table and put an end to plans of securing constitutional reform before the May 12 deadline. Haiti's 1987 constitution requires that two consecutive legislatures approve constitutional amendments prior to their entr [...]
2010-02-22 22:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR HA AID EAID KDEM PHUM
10PORTAUPRINCE180HAITI POST-QUAKE ELECTION CALENDAR
[...] (SBU) Bowing to the inevitable, given the situation, on February 2 Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) indefinitely postponed parliamentary elections originally scheduled in February 2010 (Ref A). The GOH has made no further announcements concerning elections. In a meeting wi [...]
2010-02-22 22:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR HA PGOV AID EAID
10PORTAUPRINCE184USAID/DART ASSESSMENTS IN JACMEL
[...] Summary. On February 15 and 18, USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff conducted rapid health and protection assessments in Jacmel, as well as met with Logistics Cluster personnel operating in the area. USAID/DART staff observed the ongoing provision of health services th [...]
2010-02-22 22:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE186PREVAL'S PARLIAMENTARY UPPER-HAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament re-established itself quickly after the earthquake, setting up special commissions and trying to re-assert its role as a watchdog. Despite calls by opposition parliamentarians for changes in government, President Preval still has the upper-hand because of the b [...]
2010-02-23 21:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA PINR AID EAID KDEM
10PORTAUPRINCE194HAITI: GOH PLAN FOR IDP'S
[...] (SBU) On February 22, Reuters reported the Government of Haiti had halted food and water deliveries to internally displaced persons (IDP's) in a camp on the grounds of the prime minister's office, the Primature. The GOH was reportedly trying to pressure IDPs to abandon the Primature grou [...]
2010-02-24 14:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA PINR AID EAID KDEM
10PORTAUPRINCE196MINUSTAH'S POLITICAL ASSESSMENT: STABLE BUT WITH RISKS AHEAD
[...] (SBU) On February 23 Poloff met with MINUSTAH Political Office Director Lizbeth Cullity to review MINUSTAH's assessment of the post-quake political situation. Cullity was optimistic for political stability in the short term, with President Preval receiving support from a majority of the [...]
2010-02-24 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR HA PGOV AID EAID
10PORTAUPRINCE198USAID-SUPPORTED CASH-FOR-WORK ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary. The January 12 earthquake in southern Haiti destroyed household assets and income generating opportunities. USAID-funded cash-for-work (CFW) programs mitigate the economic impact of the earthquake through targeted interventions, including clearing of debris to create safe living spa [...]
2010-02-24 23:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE206APPAREL SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS HAITI'S ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Within two weeks of the January 12 earthquake, Haiti's garment manufacturing sector resumed exports to the US, re-routing shipments through Dominican ports. Prior to the earthquake, apparel assembled in Haiti accounted for three-quarters of the country's exports, employing one-fift [...]
2010-02-26 18:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR HA PGOV AID EAID ECON ETRD EINV KTEX
10PORTAUPRINCE44HAITI EARTHQUAKE SITREP 2 as of 1900
[...] (SBU) As of the drafting of this sitrep, we continue to experience severe aftershocks. An initial housing update survey conducted by the Management section indicates that most Embassy residences do not have running water or electricity. The status of one-fourth of the Embassy housing pool i [...]
2010-01-14 00:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA AID EAID
10PORTAUPRINCE60HAITI: RESCUE CONTINUES WHILE RELIEF AND LOGISTICAL ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. After a record-breaking 12 rescues on January 17, American search and rescue teams continue to search for survivors in Port-au-Prince. Progress has been made in the last 48 hours to address several limiting logistical issues, namely airport traffic and management and a plan to pr [...]
2010-01-19 04:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE72Haiti Earthquake: One Week Later
[...] (U) Summary. Seven days after the earthquake, search and rescue teams continued to conduct live rescues in Port-au-Prince. The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has released a food assistance plan for Haiti, detailing anticipated needs and response. Representatives from USAID's Disaster Assistanc [...]
2010-01-21 05:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE76Post-Earthquake Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Status in
[...] Summary. Disruptions in water service and availability remain a significant concern for earthquake-affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck the capital on January 12. However, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Disa [...]
2010-01-22 05:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE80HAITI EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. Despite U.N. and media reports noting that the Government of Haiti (GoH) declared the end of the search and rescue phase on January 22, urban search and rescue (USAR) teams responded to a request for assistance that resulted in a live rescue on January 23. On January 22, the GoH [...]
2010-01-24 03:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE82USAID/DART Overview of Search and Rescue Operations in Haiti
[...] (U) Summary. Despite January 22, U.N. and media reports that the Government of Haiti (GoH) has declared the end of the search and rescue phase, multiple urban search and rescue (USAR) teams continue to work in Port-au-Prince. According to the U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) [...]
2010-01-25 02:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE86HAITI POST-EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HEALTH OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. As the number of patients requiring specialized medical assistance declines USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff report that the current emphasis on earthquake-related trauma surgery and injuries has begun to shift to basic primary care, surveillance, and [...]
2010-01-26 02:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE96HAITI EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] Summary. USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff report that the final U.S. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams departed Haiti on January 27, as coordination efforts continue to advance response capacity for earthquake-affected populations in Haiti. A small contingent of [...]
2010-01-28 04:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE98USAID/DART ASSESSMENT OF EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED TOWNS IN
[...] (U) Summary. On January 25 and 26, assessment teams from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) visited earthquake-affected cities and towns along Haiti's southern peninsula. The team confirmed that Leogane sustained heavy earthquake damage, with the majority of buildings rend [...]
2010-01-28 04:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTOFSPAIN30TTFHA01: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S INITIAL RESPONSE ON HAITI
[...] (SBU) PM Manning announced January 13 that the GOTT will send USD 1 million to Haiti. In making the announcement, the PM stated that the fiscal situation in T&T remains tight, but the country still needed to assist its CARICOM colleague. When the money will be sent, to whom, and for what purp [...]
2010-01-14 19:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC EAID HA PREL TD
10PORTOFSPAIN42TFHA01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN TRINIDAD ON HAITI AID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel, Charge met several MFA directors and staff to thank the GOTT for its pledge of financial assistance to Haiti (ref B) and to discuss various aspects of disaster relief efforts. We were informed that the GOTT has no unanswered offers of assistance pending with the USG [...]
2010-01-20 22:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA TD
10PRAGUE26CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HAITI RELIEF EFFORT
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on January 19 and 20 to Foreign Ministry Humanitarian Aid Department Officer Hana Volna, who is leading government coordination efforts. She reported that the Czech Government has pledged CZK 20 million (USD 1.1 million) to the international Haiti relief effo [...]
2010-01-20 14:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL EZ HA
10PRAGUE42ACTION REQUEST ON COORDINATION OF CZECH AID TO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered ref A on January 25 to Czech Foreign Ministry Humanitarian Aid Department Officer Hana Volna, who is leading government coordination efforts on Haiti earthquake relief. She told us that she has distribute [...]
2010-01-26 12:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL EZ HA
10PRAGUE84CZECH ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI - VIA CHANNELS OTHER
[...] (SBU) Following up on earlier reporting as to Czech humanitarian assistance for Haiti (Ref B-D),emboff spoke with both the Czech MFA and MoD to see if the GoCR was contemplating assistance to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). An officer at the Czech MoD Joint Operations Center [...]
2010-02-12 12:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ECON EFIN PREL EZ HA
10PRAIA22CAPE VERDE'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on Cape Verde's Investment Climate Report. The full text will also be sent separately by e-mail. END SUMMARY -------------- INTRODUCTION -------------- 2. The government of Cape Verde ( [...]
2010-01-19 14:22:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EIND EINV ETRD ECIN ECON EAID KTDB TRSY
10PRAIA72CAPE VERDE: INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two primary types of Chinese commercial engagement are widespread in Cape Verde: Chinese small-scale retailers and high-profile Chinese economic development projects. With the former, the retailers have made largely economic contributions to the local market, and on the larger [...]
2010-02-12 14:36:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN CV
10PRAIA74MCC CEO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS FIRST COMPACT SUCCESS AND LOOKS
[...] (U) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Daniel Yohannes' visit to Cape Verde last week reviewed the tangible accomplishments of the 2005-2010 MCC Compact with Cape Verde and set the groundwork for the preparation of a second Compact for FY 2011-2016. As Yohannes met with the Cape Verde [...]
2010-02-12 18:55:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP EAID PREL EFIN CV
10PRETORIA210PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG MNUC PREL
10PRETORIA211PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:22:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG MNUC PREL
10PRETORIA225AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S PERFORMANCE
[...] (C) Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane hosted Ambassador Gips on January 26 at the Union Buildings. Chabane, who sets goals and tracks progress for the entire government, has overcome initial resistance from some government officials and is b [...]
2010-02-02 16:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF CVIS EAID KJUS
10PRETORIA305SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH JOEL
[...] (C) Ambassador Gips met with former Chief of the Presidency's Policy Unit Joel Netshitenzhe on February 1. Netshitenzhe, one of the key government strategists to emerge during the past 15 years, remains engaged intellectually on all of the current issues confronting South Africa. (Note: His [...]
2010-02-12 14:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SCUL KCRM SF
10PRISTINA43POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON EFFORTS TO RELOCATE ROMA, ASHKALI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Thanks to a partnership between the USG, the European Commission, and the Government of Kosovo (GOK),two lead-contaminated Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in North Mitrovica -- Cesmin Lug and Osterode -- could be closed this year. The camps have been home to over 140 et [...]
2010-01-27 15:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL PREF PINR PHUM ECON KV
10PRISTINA55KOSOVO: LDK WOBBLY AS PDK WINS TWO MORE MUNICIPALITIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) scored two impressive victories over its coalition partner Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in the January 31 mayoral run-off elections in Prizren and Lipjan/Lipljan. The elections reaffirm PDK's confidence and unity under the leadersh [...]
2010-02-03 06:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA77TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KDEM KFRD KJUS KMCA KTIP KV KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10PRISTINA83KOSOVO CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH SUCCESSES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo celebrated the second anniversary of its independence on February 17. These two years have seen political stability that has allowed the country to create legitimate new institutions, including the Constitutional Court and the Kosovo Security Force, and to start fulfilli [...]
2010-02-17 15:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA84KOSOVO CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH SUCCESSES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo celebrated the second anniversary of its independence on February 17. These two years have seen political stability that has allowed the country to create legitimate new institutions, including the Constitutional Court and the Kosovo Security Force, and to start fulfilli [...]
2010-02-17 15:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10QUITO100Fiscal Transparency in Ecuador
[...] (U) Post provides the following information on the transparency of the government of Ecuador's budget, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? Yes. In 2009, overall USG assistance to Ecuador amounted to [...]
2010-01-27 19:56:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL EC
10QUITO101Ecuador's Push for Conditions-Free Foreign Assistance has
[...] (C) Events over the last year demonstrate that the Correa government is intent on exerting as much control as possible over assistance flows and projects in Ecuador, although so far not to the extent of losing assistance Ecuador needs. The GoE's hyper-nationalistic philosophy has economic nati [...]
2010-02-24 20:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN PREL SNAR MARR EC
10QUITO160UNASUR Stresses South-South Assistance to Haiti
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a UNASUR summit meeting in Quito on February 9, presidents and other representatives from member countries approved a $100 million UNASUR fund for Haiti and requested a $200 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank that would be repaid by UNASUR member states. [...]
2010-02-09 23:49:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EFIN MARR EC HA CO XR
10QUITO27TFAH01: Ecuador on assistance for Haiti
[...] (U) Poloff delivered points (refs A-C) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Planning Galo Yepez, and Acting Director General for North American Affairs Fernando Chavez. Both officials expressed their support for current U.S. assistance efforts and the need for mil [...]
2010-01-20 21:34:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM MARR UN HA EC
10QUITO31Corrected: TFAH01: Ecuador on assistance for Haiti
[...] (U) Poloff delivered points (refs A-C) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Planning Galo Yepez, and Acting Director General for North American Affairs Fernando Chavez. Both officials expressed their support for current U.S. assistance efforts and the need for mil [...]
2010-01-21 19:05:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM MARR UN HA EC
10QUITO35TFAH01: Ecuador's President intends to visit Haiti on
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Planning Galo Yepez informed Poloff and DAO representative that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa intends to visit Haiti on January 28. Yepez emphasized repeatedly that Correa would visit Port-au-Prince in his capacity as P [...]
2010-01-22 20:12:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID UN HA EC
10QUITO43Ecuador: H1N1 Update
[...] As of January 22, there were 2,251 cases of H1N1 reported in Ecuador, with 96 confirmed fatalities. The first H1N1 infection in Ecuador was recorded in May of 2009, and roughly 70% of the reported cases have affected people between the ages of one and 29. The disease is concentrated primarily [...]
2010-01-27 18:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ECON EAID ETRD
10QUITO65Ecuador Calls UNASUR Presidential Meeting on Haiti
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Correa visited Haiti in his capacity as UNASUR interim president on January 29. Correa has since called for an emergency meeting of UNASUR presidents on Haiti on February 9 in Quito, which may include Haitian President Preval. Meanwhile, UNASUR vice defense ministers [...]
2010-02-05 00:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR EFIN SNAR EC HA CO XR
10RABAT120AMBASSADOR EXPLORES MOROCCO'S JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Justice Mohamed Naciri welcomed U.S. offers of assistance with Morocco's planned judicial reform and emphasized his intention to bring meaningful change to a system he described as "dysfunctional." Referring [...]
2010-02-12 11:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KJUS KCRM CJAN EAID MO
10RABAT121AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
[...] Summary: When the Ambassador called on the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Akhannouch on January 14, they focused on agricultural trade, the recent approval of changes to the chocolate standard, the MCA and Maroc Vert's (Green Morocco's) progress, and water resource managemen [...]
2010-02-12 11:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD EINV KMCA MO
10RABAT29TFHA01: MOROCCAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MARR AEMR PREL AMGT HA MO
10RABAT32TFHA01: MOROCCO'S RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 12:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PGOV PREL PREF ECON MO
10RABAT36KING MOHAMMED VI'S SPEECH ON REGIONALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest cabinet reshuffle (reftel) came a day after King Mohammed VI appointed a new Advisory Committee on Regionalization tasked with developing a strategic plan to empower regional governance across Morocco. Moroccan analysts and politicians generally welcomed the initiat [...]
2010-01-21 08:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PHUM MO WI
10RABAT6IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION IN MOROCCO
[...] Summary: Pursuant to President Obama's Cairo Speech and the Secretary of State's remarks in Marrakesh at the Forum for the Future, the U.S. Mission in Morocco continues to collaborate with Moroccan counterparts from civil society, government, media and academia to support a wealth of programs [...]
2010-01-05 07:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KTIA MO
10RABAT67DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 07:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG
10RABAT70MOROCCO IMPROVES ITS ECONOMIC RANKINGS, BUT STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: After years of lagging behind in world economic rankings such as the World Bank's "Doing Business Index" and the Heritage Foundation's "Economic Freedom Index," Morocco is starting to show signs of improvement. The most recent iterations of these reports show Morocco moving up [...]
2010-02-02 12:27:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO
10RANGOON100BURMA: SECOND AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK DETECTED
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials reported to the World Organization for Animal Health February 23 that they have detected another outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Rangoon, the second in 2010. The previous outbreak began on February 1 in Myangone Township (reftel); prior [...]
2010-02-23 09:33:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON104 Journalism in Burma: Newspapers, the Censor Board, and the
[...] (SBU) Burmese journalists face a restricted and uncertain environment, but a literate public has fueled a recent expansion of privately owned newspapers in urban areas. Self-censorship is prevalent and the Censor Board is heavy handed, though editors generally get along with the current dire [...]
2010-02-25 01:45:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR EAID PREL PHUM BM
10RANGOON108BURMA: RECOVERY FROM CYCLONE NARGIS
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) in coordination with the U.S. Embassy Rangoon. 2. (SBU) Most of the people in Irrawaddy and Rangoon divisions in Burma who were affected by Cyclone Nargis are making limited progress in rebuil [...]
2010-02-26 04:14:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL PGOV PINR BM
10RANGOON36TFHA01: BURMA HAS NO CURRENT PLANS TO ASSIST HAITI
[...] (SBU) The Government of Burma sent a condolence letter to the Government of Haiti after the earthquake; but, according to MOFA DG for Political Affairs Kyaw Tin, nothing further is in the works. The CDA phoned Kyaw Tin to offer USG facilitation assistance if the GOB has a donation in mind ( [...]
2010-01-20 10:23:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PREL PREF BM
10RANGOON50BURMA: NGO EMPLOYEE IMPLICATED IN TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) A Burmese national Save the Children (STC) employee has reportedly trafficked at least five young people to the Wa Region for conscription into the United Wa State Army (UWSA). The employee was not working on a U.S. Government-funded STC project. The alleged perpetrator apparently acted [...]
2010-01-26 10:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KTIP BM
10RANGOON72BURMA: ASEAN PRESENCE WINDING DOWN; NO ROLE
[...] (SBU) ASEAN Special Envoy for Post-Nargis Recovery Willie Sabandar, together with visiting officials from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, announced to donors and NGOs February 5 that the organization is winding down its presence in Burma and expects to shut down all ASEAN-related mechanism [...]
2010-02-05 10:41:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SOCI BM
10RANGOON79BURMA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials confirmed February 5 they have identified an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a poultry farm in Rangoon's Myangone Township. The initial outbreak, detected February 1, was reported to health officials on February 2, and appeared to have a [...]
2010-02-09 10:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON81BURMA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials confirmed February 5 they have identified an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a poultry farm in Rangoon's Myangone Township. The initial outbreak, detected February 1, was reported to health officials on February 2, and appeared to have a [...]
2010-02-10 10:44:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RIGA27LATVIA CONCURS WITH U.S. COMMITMENT TO CORE NPT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia is in full accord with the U.S. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty goals of strengthening non-proliferation, promoting disarmament and fostering the development of peaceful nuclear energy. Latvia supports the universality of the NPT and the Additional Protocol. Latvian o [...]
2010-01-15 15:40:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG KNNP
10RIGA31LATVIAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:42:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF LG HA
10RIGA42LATVIA APPRECIATES U.S. ROLE IN HAITIAN RELIEF
[...] (SBU) MFA Head of the Americas and Caribbean Division Dace Rutka told us the Government of Latvia appreciated the role the U.S. had played in assisting Haitian authorities and our support and collaboration with the UN to provide assistance to the people of Haiti. She appreciated receipt of ref [...]
2010-01-25 14:51:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA LG
10RIYADH102SAUDI FOREIGN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANS: OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request for EEB and USDA. Please see paragraph 17. Summary and introduction ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After decades of heavy support for domestic agriculture that made this arid Kingdom one of the world's largest wheat exporters for many years, the Saudi g [...]
2010-01-24 03:32:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ECON EAID SENV PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH119SAG ANNOUNCE $50 MILLION FOR HAITI
[...] (U) Economic Counselor presented points in reftel to Deputy Minister of Finance for Economic Affairs Sulaiman Al-Turki during a January 25 meeting. Al-Turki said the Saudi government is monitoring the situation closely and noted that the international community's response was "overwhelming." [...]
2010-01-27 05:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL AEMR SA HA
10RIYADH136SFD CONFIRMS $150 MILLION FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On the sidelines of a January 30 meeting at the Saudi Fund for Development, Mohammad Al-Arifi, the Fund's technical director for Asia, confirmed to Econoff that the SAG would be extending an additional $150 million in aid to Afghanistan. He said this aid would come in the form of soft loans [...]
2010-01-31 06:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL SA AF
10RIYADH145DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR
[...] (U) Poloff and Netherlands Embassy DCM Menno Lenstra met with Naif Al-Sudairy of the Disarmament department at the MFA on January 31 to discuss preparations for the Nuclear Security Summit per reftel. 2. (U) Al-Sudairy said that the Saudis planned to attend all preparatory meetings for th [...]
2010-02-01 12:39:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10RIYADH225GCC WANTS TO FOCUS ON TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is looking forward to the February 27-28 meeting on technical aspects of assistance to Yemen, which it hopes will identify the main impediments to more effective aid programs on the ground. This is the latest in a series of meetings the GCC has he [...]
2010-02-24 14:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID EFIN PREL SA
10ROME151ITALY TO BUILD REHABILITATION FACILITY IN HAITI
[...] (U) Summary. In a response to U.S. reftel, the GOI has informed post that it will build a Physical Rehabilitation Facility in Haiti. End summary. 2. (U) On January 26 ECONOFF met with Agostino Miozzo, General Director of the International Relations Office of the Italian Civil Protection Dep [...]
2010-02-09 07:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON HA IT PREF PREL
10SANAA106YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7086(C)
[...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 10 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...]
2010-01-20 14:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV EFIN YM
10SANAA107ROYG REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING FOR TOP TEN ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph eight. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Seeking to jumpstart a moribund economic-reform effort announced in August 2009, presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh has brought in the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey and Company to help implement three of the Top T [...]
2010-01-20 14:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG PREL PGOV UK FR GM AE SA YM
10SANAA318ROYG, WESTERN DONORS CONCERNED ABOUT RIYADH MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior ROYG officials have expressed concern about the organization and likely outcomes of upcoming GCC-sponsored meeting in Riyadh. In a February 15 meeting with donors, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdulkare [...]
2010-02-17 14:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL PGOV
10SANAA380RIYADH MEETING TO CHALLENGE BOTH GCC AND YEMEN
[...] (C) The upcoming GCC Secretariat meeting focused on Yemen presents opportunities, but also challenges in instituting aid effectiveness ) both on the part of donor countries and Yemen itself. A willingness on the part of GCC member countries to pledge funding for Yemen, the poorest country in [...]
2010-02-23 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL PGOV
10SANAA385USDA SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR ADEN HOSPITAL FUNDING
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph two. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that USDA confirm its readiness to allocate USD 3.6 million in existing USDA food aid to Yemen to fund a complete renovation of the Aden Hospital (locally referred to as al-Gomhory Hospital). 3. (C) Th [...]
2010-02-24 07:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV SA YM
10SANAA56YEMEN: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PAVES THE WAY FOR FM’S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In anticipation of Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi's January 20 meeting in Washington with Secretary Clinton, post conducted a strategic dialogue with the ROYG covering key aspects of the bilateral relationship, including counter-terrorism and military cooperation, political refo [...]
2010-01-12 11:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID AMGMT MASS YM
10SANAA81REQUEST TO FUND TRAVEL FOR YEMENI INVITEE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Embassy delivered official invitations for the two Yemeni nominees named in reftel to attend the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, April 26-27. One of the invitees, Na'ama Saeed, Director of the Al-Wafa Women Association, a small NGO, will be unabl [...]
2010-01-18 13:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI YM
10SANJOSE270Scenesetter for Secretary Clinton's March 4-5 Visit to Costa
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes your visit to Costa Rica for the Pathways to Prosperity Ministerial meeting. We encourage you to use your visit here to reinforce constructive efforts by Costa Ricans on climate change and energy security. President Oscar Arias has set a good co [...]
2010-02-25 21:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PGOV PREL ECON EAID CS
10SANSALVADOR41GOES Applauds USG Aid to Haiti
[...] On January 27, PolOff delivered reftel A demarche to the MFA's Officer for UN Issues, Egriselda Gonzalez. Gonzalez expressed the GOES's appreciation for the USG's support to the earthquake recovery in Haiti and noted that GOES post-quake aid to Haiti has included 23 rescue, police and aid work [...]
2010-01-28 15:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ES
10SANTODOMINGO116SDO Sit Rep 7 - Haiti Earthquake response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 7, further to reftel A: 2. (U) Ref B reports on Haiti relief and reconstruction conference held in Santo Domingo on 18 January. Also, on 19 January, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela gave print and TV interviews, then met with SOUTHCOM Co [...]
2010-01-20 01:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CMGT AMGT MARR DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO132Santo Domingo Sit Rep 8 - Haiti Earthquake Response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 8, further to reftel A: 2. Border Issues Update: a) The border is open between 07:00 and 19:00, with GODR officials permitting USG and humanitarian groups' conveys to go through without inspection, although this approach may change with time. While nighttim [...]
2010-01-21 01:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT ASEC AMGT DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO148SDO Sit Rep 10 - Haiti Earthquake response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 10, further to reftels A and B: 2. Border issues update: a) Many entities are working on the DR-Haiti border at Jimani, including the United Nations (including the International Organization for Migration, IOM),the Red Cross, and several GoDR agencies, i [...]
2010-01-23 00:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT AMGT MARR DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO154Santo Domingo Sit Rep 11 - Haiti Earthquake response
[...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 11, further to reftels A-C: 2. (SBU) Dominicans to join MINUSTAH: Embassy sources indicate that deployment of 150 Dominican troops as part of MINUSTAH has been agreed in principle by the DR, Haiti and UN, but details still need to be worked o [...]
2010-01-23 20:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT AMGT MARR DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO156Santo Domingo Sit Rep 11 - Haiti Earthquake response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 11, further to reftels A-C: 2. (SBU) Dominicans to join MINUSTAH: Embassy sources indicate that deployment of 150 Dominican troops as part of MINUSTAH has been agreed in principle by DR, Haiti and UN, but details still need to be worked out. On W [...]
2010-01-23 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT AMGT MARR DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO17SDO Earthquake SitRep 4
[...] (U)Embassy Santo Domingo Earthquake Sitrep 4, further to reftels: Communications with U.S. Embassy PAP 2. (U) Normal communications established between Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, including ClassNet, OpenNet, VPN (including IVG). Post has not had communications with HF radio [...]
2010-01-15 21:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID DR AMGT ASEC HA
10SANTODOMINGO19DR-Haiti Border - Chaotic, But Functional
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday 1/17 a variety of American citizens working in the public hospital in the border town of Jimani report a disorganized yet functional situation in which hundreds of displaced Haitians seek, and generally receive, urgent medical assistance. Witnesses report that the [...]
2010-01-17 18:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASEC EAID DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO21RESULTS OF 1/18 HEMISPHERIC PREPARATORY CONVERENCE ON HAITI
[...] Dominican Rebublic (DR) President Leonel Fernandez, on 1/18/10, hosted a hemispheric preparatory meeting for a future international conference on elaborating a strategic plan for the reconstruction of Haiti. He proposed that a coordinating committee be created made up of Haiti, the DR, CARICO [...]
2010-01-19 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON PGOV HA DR
10SANTODOMINGO33AFTER THE EARTH MOVED: A NEW HISPANIOLA
[...] (SBU) The horrific earthquake in Haiti could be the cathartic event that leads to an historic change in relations between that country and the Dominican Republic. In its rubble, we see a providential opening, a chance to leave behind three centuries of enmity and distrust, to foster a new s [...]
2010-01-28 21:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD EAID EINV DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO41Ecuadoran President Correa's Comments on Honduras and Haiti
[...] Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, in a press conference following a 1/30/10 meeting with President Leonel Fernandez, declared that Ecuador would not recognize the Porfirio Lobo government in Honduras, agreed with his Dominican counterpart that the Inter-American Democractic Charter should be [...]
2010-02-02 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EC DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO47DR-based Consortium Presses for Action on Haiti Electricity
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the 1/12 earthquake in Haiti, a consortium of Dominican electricity companies (and D.R.-based international electricity companies) have been working with Electricite de Haiti (EDH) to bring the electricity sector in Haiti back on line . The group, calling itself HEART, ha [...]
2010-02-04 22:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALENRG EAID EFIN DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO5Emboffs Visit DR-Haiti Border Region
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polchief and Poloff traveled to the border town of Dajabon (located in the northwestern part of the Dominican Republic) with representatives from NGO Catholic Relief Services (CRS) from 11/30-12/01/2009. Poloffs met with labor lawyers from the Solidaridad Fronteriza NGO wh [...]
2010-01-06 17:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM ECON EAID DR
10SANTODOMINGO86Fiscal Transparency for the Dominican Republic
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request regarding information on the transparency of the budget of the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR). 2. (U) The questions and answers follow: -- Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? (U) Yes. [...]
2010-01-14 19:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON PREL DR
10SANTODOMINGO92Santo Domingo - Haiti Earthquake Sit Rep 5
[...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo Earthquake Sitrep 5, further to reftels: 2. (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo is organizing a convoy that will travel to Embassy Port au Prince, Saturday 16 JAN. The convoy will include fuel, vehicles and drives, water and other supplies requested by Embas [...]
2010-01-15 22:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASEC EAID DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO96Santo Domingo - Haiti Earthquake Sit Rep 6
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Earthquake Sitrep 6, further to reftels: 2. (SBU) As indicated in reftel A, there have been no signs of tension between Dominicans or displaced Haitians who are seeking medical assistance near the border. On 16 JAN, it was reported by Dominican authori [...]
2010-01-18 14:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASEC EAID DR HA
10SAOPAULO52SAO PAULO OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR SWEEP-JANUARY 2010
[...] (U) Summary: The following is the January edition of a monthly series summarizing human rights and labor developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District (i.e. the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul) not covered in broader reporting. LAND [...]
2010-01-26 18:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI EAID KPAO KCRM
10SARAJEVO175BOSNIA ? WOMEN'S SMALL GRANT PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Embassy Sarajevo submits the following four proposals in priority order for S/GWI's small grant initiative to promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. Post received 64 proposals, which were reviewed by representatives of the economic, public affairs (OPA),and USAID offic [...]
2010-02-23 13:32:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN EAID KPAO PHUM SOCI TRSY BK
10SARAJEVO182INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON OPDAT
[...] (U) Summary. The work being done by INL-funded Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Program (OPDAT) remains crucial to our rule of law agenda in Bosnia. In addition to its training programs, OPDAT is providing technical assistance to the State Prosecutor's Special Department fo [...]
2010-02-25 08:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
10SEOUL129ROKG FIRMLY SUPPORTS USG RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 01:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA KS
10SEOUL133ROKG WILL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10SEOUL255NGOS CALL FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) at Kyungnam University co-sponsored a human rights-focused North Korea donors conference February 4-5 in Seoul. Ambassador Stephens delivered opening remarks, highlighting the USG's commitment to d [...]
2010-02-18 09:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL EAID SOCI PINR ECON KN KS
10SEOUL60INITIAL ROK STEPS ON EMERGENCY RELIEF TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) Following a January 4 inter-agency meeting, MOFAT's Development Assistance Cooperation Division informed us that the ROKG will deploy a 35-member disaster relief team to Haiti, along with supplies for the team to distribute. MOFAT expects the deployment and supplies to cost USD 1 million [...]
2010-01-14 09:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTSD KCRS CASC EAID PREL KS HA
10SEOUL99ROK SENDING SURVEY TEAM TO HAITI IN ADVANCE OF PKO
[...] (SBU) On January 26, Jun Ji-Sun, Deputy Director of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Poloff that the Republic of Korea (ROK) will send an interagency survey team to Haiti January 29 to assess humanitarian requirements. The survey team will [...]
2010-01-26 09:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKTSD KCRS CASC EAID PREL KS HA
10SINGAPORE179 ENGAGING WITH THE APEC SECRETARIAT IN SINGAPORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: New leadership and a further strengthening of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat offer an opportunity to increase engagement with Secretariat staff. With the U.S. year to host APEC set to begin in 2011 after the 2010 Japan year, there is a need for strong [...]
2010-02-17 05:20:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPECO ECON EAID ETRD SN
10SOFIA49BULGARIA CONFIRMS ADDITIONAL AID TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points A and B to MFA Head of Latin America Directorate Svetla Stefanova on January 19. We expressed our appreciation for Bulgaria's humanitarian assistance to Haiti and requested all additional donations be documented through the UN Office for the Coordination of [...]
2010-01-20 15:44:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF PHUM UN HA BU
10STATE11453(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (U) January 21, 2010, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Washington. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon PA Assistant Secretary Crowley Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar Director for Policy and Planning Slaughter NSC Director ( [...]
2010-02-04 17:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL EAID PGOV KNNP XG HA XD
10STATE11499ANNOUNCMENT OF COUNTRIES CHOSEN FOR FY10 SECTION
[...] (U) The Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) is pleased to inform posts of the eight countries chosen to receive Section 1207 funding for reconstruction and stabilization projects. Since FY06, S/CRS, in coordination with the Office of the Director of U.S. Fore [...]
2010-02-04 18:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRS PREL PGOV EAID
10STATE13489January 2010 Paris Club Meeting
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2010 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors discussed Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Cte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dubai/UAE, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Mauritania, Seychelles a [...]
2010-02-16 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR
10STATE13643LETTER ON SINAI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FROM
[...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Clinton to Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Over the course of the last year, the United States and Egypt have worked together to strengthen our bilateral relatio [...]
2010-02-16 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL EAID PHUM EG
10STATE14935THE ENERGY GOVERNANCE AND CAPACITY INITIATIVE
[...] SUMMARY. The Office of the Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA),in coordination with USAID, our missions overseas, and State's regional and functional bureaus, is proud to unveil the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI). EGCI is designed to help countries with [...]
2010-02-19 00:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV
10STATE14946GUIDANCE: CONSULTATIONS ON HAITI, FEB 19
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph three. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the points at paragraph three for the February 19 Security Council consultations on Haiti. 3. (SBU) Begin points: -- I would like to extend our thanks to Under-Secretary General Le Roy and Under-Sec [...]
2010-02-19 01:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID HA
10STATE15565DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN SPECIAL
[...] (U) This is an Action Request: see para 3. 2. (SBU) Department appreciates USUN's ongoing engagement with UN/OLA and the Steering Committee for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia aka the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (ECCC). Department notes that UN/OLA has requested donor input r [...]
2010-02-20 01:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KJUS KTIA CB
10STATE16421MEETING OF THE FOOD AID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Food Aid Committee held an "extraordinary meeting" in London February 15-16 to continue discussions on the future of the 1999 Food Aid Convention. Members discussed their vision of a convention as well as its key objectives, the convention's place in the global food security [...]
2010-02-23 16:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EC ETRD
10STATE17152AMENDED BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S.
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING AMENDED OES FISCAL DATA FOR U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ELIAS ZERHOUNI AND HIS DELEGATION'S FEBRUARY 13-21 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND MARCH 3-15 TRIP TO THE MAGREB, IN THE AMENDED AMOUNT OF $6,350. DR. ZERHOUNI WILL BE TRAVEL [...]
2010-02-24 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC EAID
10STATE18437MALDIVES AMBASSADOR’S WASHINGTON CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Maldives Ambassador-designate (resident in New York) Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed held his first consultations in Washington February 23, ahead of his presentation of credentials to POTUS February 24. Meeting with SCA, S/SECC, S/GC, and OSD, Ghafoor said he would prioritize developing educati [...]
2010-02-26 22:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON EFIN ELAB MARR MASS
10STATE18600(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOLLOWING IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES APPRECIATE REFTEL, AS IT GIVES VALUABLE ON-THE-GROUND INFORMATION THAT HELPS PROVIDE CONTEXT TO OTHER REPORTING ON MORE DETAILED ISSUES OF IRANIAN CONSTRUCTION, FINANCIAL, AND TRADE ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. IT IS PARTICULARL [...]
2010-02-28 04:06:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF IR
10STATE1923FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
[...] (U) This is a request for action by January 20; see paragraphs 3, 4, and 10. 2. (U) Under Section 7086(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-117) (SFOAA),the Department and USAID are prohibited from providing any bi [...]
2010-01-08 18:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL
10STATE4909TFHA01: HAITI: INT'L COORDINATION AND REGISTRATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has the responsibility to mobilize and coordinate humanitarian action in disasters and emergencies. In the days following the earthquake in Haiti, the [...]
2010-01-19 02:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM UN
10STATE5831REPORT ON HORMATS-MAHDI MEETING IN WASHINGTON -
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, 2010 Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, Robert Hormats and Iraqi Vice President Adel Abd' Al-Mahdi addressed several major economic challenges faced by Iraq. Al-Mahdi said that he is ready to see the debt issues with Gulf Arab neighbor [...]
2010-01-21 12:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EPET PREL PGOV EINV ECIN EAID EBEXP BTIO IZ
10STATE623KUDOS TO EMBASSY KINSHASA FOR REPORTING ON HIPC
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID
10STATE6914END USE, SECURITY, AND RETRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraphs 2-5). The Department requests Post provide appropriate Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) officials with the proposed text for a Section 505 agreement. Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, requires th [...]
2010-01-22 22:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KTIA MARR PREL MASS
10STATE6918DEMARCHE REQUEST: HAITI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at the highest appropriate level at the earliest opportunity to: -- underscore that the U.S. is actively supporting search and rescue, relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti at the request of the Government of Haiti (REF C [...]
2010-01-22 23:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA
10STATE6928DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG POLICY TOWARD YEMEN AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. For Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels (USEU),the Hague, Madrid, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 10. For Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, and Muscat, please see paragraph 11. For Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, please see paragraph 12. For Amman and Ca [...]
2010-01-22 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM
10STATE6940CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request. For Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels (USEU),the Hague, Madrid, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 10. For Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, and Muscat, please see paragraph 11. For Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, please see paragraph 12. For Amman and Ca [...]
2010-01-23 01:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM
10STATE7531FEBRUARY 16 CIV-MIL ROC DRILL IN DOHA: PURPOSE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This is a front channel response to KABUL216 to provide S/SRAP guidance for post participation in the February 16 CIV-MIL ROC Drill in Doha, Qatar. S/SRAP requests response by January 27 identifying p [...]
2010-01-26 11:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAID ECON NATO PGOV PREL
10STOCKHOLM17SWEDEN TO PROVIDE NEARLY $3 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE
[...] Working withing the UN system, Sweden contributed $60.3 million to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF),making it the second largest contributor to the fund in 2009. Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Haiti Desk Officer Sara Rameriez told Post on January 15 that Sweden has also o [...]
2010-01-15 13:10:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID HA SW
10STOCKHOLM19SWEDEN'S USD 25.6 MILLION MAKES IT THIRD LARGEST
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 08:17:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID HA SW
10STOCKHOLM21SWEDISH RESPONSE TO TFHA01 DEMARCHE: SWEDISH AID
[...] On January 20, Emboff shared reftel points regarding Sweden's humanitarian assistance to Haiti with Swedish Ministry For Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Sara Ramierez. Ramierez told Emboff that Sweden has provided a total of $27.1 million in post-earthquake humanitarian assistance to Ha [...]
2010-01-20 14:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SW
10STOCKHOLM38SWEDEN IS THE THIRD LARGEST DONOR TO HAITI; U.S.
[...] Summary: Swedish media reporting about USG efforts has been accurate and very positive. For instance, "The U.S. is doing the job" was the title of the lead editorial in Dagens Nyheter January 26. The Ambassador's message - on nationwide Swedish television and radio - of U.S. activism has bee [...]
2010-01-27 13:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SW
10STOCKHOLM40DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NUCLEAR SUMMIT AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 13:13:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV SW
10STOCKHOLM45SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD SHERPA MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 13:33:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV SW
10STOCKHOLM53SWEDEN TO SEND POLICE AND PRISON OFFICERS TO
[...] On February 4, Swedish International Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson announced that Sweden will send three police officers and four prison officers to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Swedish aid to Haiti totals USD 29.4 million as of February 4, excluding th [...]
2010-02-04 12:18:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SW
10STOCKHOLM64SWEDISH RELIEF EXPERTS PRAISE U.S. EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, the Ambassador met with Swedish relief effort experts from government, academia, and civil society to discuss coordination of assistance efforts in Haiti. The Swedes are currently the sixth or seventh largest international donor to emergency relief efforts in Hai [...]
2010-02-12 08:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SW
10STOCKHOLM65SWEDEN REVIEWS BILATERAL SUPPORT TO ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] Summary: Sweden, the world's largest donor per capita, is developing a new policy to incorporate climate change issues into development programs. As part of this effort, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),analyzed its programs from 1999-09, and presented lessons [...]
2010-02-12 12:31:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV SW
10STOCKHOLM75SWEDEN ON REINFORCEMENTS TO UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 06:59:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SW
10STOCKHOLM77ENGAGING SWEDEN TO CONCLUDE "LIFE SUPPORT" MOU IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 10:18:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF SW
10SURABAYA7MIXED REACTIONS IN EASTERN INDONESIA TOWARD ASEAN/CHINA FTA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political and business leaders in Eastern Indonesia have mixed views of the impact that the recently implemented ASEAN/China FTA will have on local economies. Some express concern that the FTA will allow cheap Chinese goods to flood local markets. Others express optimism that [...]
2010-01-21 09:17:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID PGOV SOCI KMCA MCC ID
10TALLINN13ESTONIA'S 18-MONTH STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the next 18 months, Estonia intends to contribute to success in Afghanistan by maintaining its defense forces in the south, increasing its civilian development resources in both Kabul and Helmand, and participating in diplomatic solutions together with the United States. I [...]
2010-01-26 15:28:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN AF EN
10TALLINN24EMBASSY HELPS TO REVIVE HIV PREVENTION IN ESTONIAN SCHOOLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite having the highest HIV infection rate in Europe, Estonia's Ministry of Education and Research (MOER) has not made education on HIV prevention a priority in recent years. In order to draw attention to this issue and help educators share best practices on HIV education, Emb [...]
2010-01-12 15:00:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI EAID KHIV TBIO EN
10TALLINN74Estonian Foreign Policy Largely Mirrors U.S. Agenda
[...] Summary: On February 11, FM Urmas Paet presented an overview of Estonia's foreign policy to the Estonian parliament. His main themes were: (1) Estonia will remain in Afghanistan as long as needed; (2) Estonia wants to launch joint development projects with USAID; (3) NATO should expand further [...]
2010-02-19 08:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EN
10TASHKENT242UZBEKISTAN: FOOD FOR PROGRESS JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 9 the Regional Agricultural Counselor met with the Deputy Minister of Finance to review progress on projects implemented within the framework of Food for Progress (FFP). Although progress had been negligible over the 2006-09 period, it became apparent at this meetin [...]
2010-02-11 12:28:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON UZ
10TASHKENT312UZBEKISTAN: REMOTE VILLAGE BIO-GAS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The remote mountain village of Khumsan has a bio-gas demonstration project, using primitive technology that converts livestock manure into bio-gas and provides four participating families with electricity, heat, and gas. It is designed to last ten years without repairs or spare pa [...]
2010-02-24 12:38:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV EAID UZ
10TASHKENT314UZBEKISTAN: UNDP ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Programme, one of the largest and most trusted donors in Uzbekistan, has a number of environmental and energy projects, including: building ecosystem stability on degraded land in Karakalpakstan and the Kyzylkum desert; capacity building for a clean [...]
2010-02-24 12:42:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV EAID UZ
10TASHKENT7Uzbekistan: Fiscal Transparency
[...] (SBU) Uzbekistan took a major step towards budget transparency at the beginning of this year (2010) when the state budget was posted on an official internet site. The site is a reference for all laws and regulations passed by the parliament (Oliy Majlis) and, by the standards of Uzbekistan, re [...]
2010-01-11 13:12:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON PREL UZ
10TASHKENT92FORENSIC SCIENCE IN UZBEKISTAN: THE SUBTLE APPROACH TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Forensic Laboratory Improvement Project sponsored by the State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with assistance from the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance Program (ICITAP),cont [...]
2010-01-20 09:51:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SNAR ASEC KCRM UZ
10TBILISI125GEORGIA APPROVES STATE STRATEGY ON OCCUPIED
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Georgia approved the "State Strategy on Occupied Territories: Engagement Through Collaboration" on January 27. The strategy presents the government's vision for engaging the disputed territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and preventing their isolation. Stat [...]
2010-01-29 14:37:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS EAID RS GG
10TBILISI69GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PEACEFUL USE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 13:13:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG KNNP
10TEGUCIGALPA137SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Lemieux. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United Sta [...]
2010-02-11 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA151SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Dodd. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United States [...]
2010-02-18 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA159AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VISITING CANADIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with visiting Canadian Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent on February 18. The Ambassador briefed Kent on the current political, diplomatic and economic environment in Honduras following the January 27 inauguration of President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. K [...]
2010-02-19 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR CA HO
10TEGUCIGALPA160ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION SURROUND DAM MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A last minute concession granted to a Honduran-Italian consortium by the Micheletti regime has erupted into a scandal. Critics allege that the deal was approved by outgoing Congressional leadership without a vote and hastily signed into law by the outgoing administration. The deal wa [...]
2010-02-20 00:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN EINV ENRG KJUS PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA161AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SAN PEDRO SULA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras' commercial capital, February 4-6. This was the Ambassador's first high-profile series of public events since the June 28 coup d'tat. He met with the mayor, the maquila association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the editors of E [...]
2010-02-22 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB SCUL EAID KJUS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA165AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Minister of the Presidency, Maria Antonieta Bogran, the Ambassador said that the U.S. was committed to renewing assistance to Honduras, but in a way that takes a new look at development and investment, rather than return to business as us [...]
2010-02-24 01:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA2AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS NEED
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo at the Embassy on January 4 and discussed the need for full implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, and most importantly for de facto regime leader Micheletti to step aside immediately. Lobo sought the Ambassador's [...]
2010-01-05 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MARR CVIS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA41MODERNIZATION OF HONDURAN PRISONS CONTINUES POST-COUP
[...] (U) Summary: Under the de facto regime which came to power following the June 28, 2009 coup d'etat, implementation of the Ministry of Security's pre-coup prisons reform plan, while delayed, has continued. GOH-funded construction of an administrative segregation annex nicknamed "The Maquila" at [...]
2010-01-15 14:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA46HONDURAS: Administrative Segregation Update
[...] The following is an update of the remodeling of the Maquila into an Administrative Segregation Unit as of November 28, 2009. The Maquila project is part of Minister of Security Jorge Rodas's overall prisons reform plan, devised in 2008-2009 (Reftel). ----------------- Complete Project: - [...]
2010-01-15 21:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
10TEGUCIGALPA56HONDURAS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR FY 2010 FISCAL
[...] (U) The following is Post's responses to questions in ref A. 2. (U) Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? --Yes. The central government is expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Progra [...]
2010-01-21 21:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID AID PREL ECON HO
10TEGUCIGALPA66SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome you and the delegation to Tegucigalpa January 26-27 to attend the January 27 inaugural ceremonies of the newly-elected Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. The inauguration is an historical event, bringing back democratic and constitutional rule after a seven-month hiatus. The comi [...]
2010-01-26 01:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR KCRM
10TEGUCIGALPA97HONDURAS' VISION OF THE COUNTRY 2038
[...] (C) Summary: Before his election, President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo circulated a long-term plan called Vision of the Country 2038 and National Plan 2022. It was submitted to and passed by the outgoing Congress and signed into law by President Lobo during his inauguration. The document includ [...]
2010-01-29 23:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA98AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LOBO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and his senior team to congratulate him on his inauguration and discuss bilateral issues. The Ambassador noted the important steps that Lobo had taken over the past [...]
2010-01-29 23:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ECON EAID SNAR HO
10TELAVIV139ENGAGING HAPOALIM, GOI ON CORRESPONDENT BANKING
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hapoalim reiterates concerns to OQR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Firas Raad, Development Advisor in the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR),briefed Econoff on recent discussions with sen [...]
2010-01-22 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
10TELAVIV218PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT THIRD
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs discussed with Dutch DCM Roelof Buffinga on January 27 preparations for the February 9-11 Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in The Hague. Buffinga noted that the Dutch embassy had received reftel demarche a week earlier. Given conflicting schedules, he asked to [...]
2010-01-29 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10TELAVIV359COGAT DANGOT ON PEACE PROCESS, WEST BANK AND GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV434D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...]
2010-02-24 07:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA
10THEHAGUE49NETHERLANDS/YEMEN: VIEWS FOR LONDON MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch welcome the January 27 London conference on Yemen, and FM Verhagen and Development Minister Koenders will encourage President Saleh to keep his promise of promoting dialogue in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Herman Quarles, Deputy Director for [...]
2010-01-26 15:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM NL
10THEHAGUE73AMBASSADOR VERVEER ENGAGES DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer advanced U.S. priorities in a two-day visit to the Netherlands January 13-14. With Dutch cabinet members and working-level officials, she emphasized U.S. interests in maintaining the Dutch commitment to Afghanistan w [...]
2010-02-05 11:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN EAID AF NL
10TIRANA27ALBANIA - FLOODING UPDATE JANUARY 13
[...] (SBU) Over the last 24 hours flooding from both the Drin and Buna rivers in northern Albania receded slightly. Water levels in the three dams in the region improved. The level at Fierze, the largest dam, has receded to 290.2 meters (the maximum allowable level is 296m); at Koman it has recede [...]
2010-01-13 15:56:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TIRANA28 ALBANIA FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 16:01:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TIRANA6WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN NORTHERN ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Albania continues to experience heavy flooding around the northern cities of Shkoder and Lezhe and the Drini River Delta. Media has reported that approximately 10,000 acres in the coastal floodplain are flooded. Initial reports from the GOA are that 870 houses have been destro [...]
2010-01-07 15:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TIRANA8UPDATE ON FLOODING IN NORTHERN ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend, flood waters in northern Albania receded slightly, although they remain at critical levels. Rain is forecast for the foreseeable future. To date, approximately 5,000 out of 11,000 affected people have been evacuated from affected areas in the flood plain aroun [...]
2010-01-11 16:11:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TOKYO111DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN
[...] Charge conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director-General Kazuyoshi Umemoto January 19. Umemoto thanked the USG for its support for Japan's relief efforts in Haiti and said the Japan Self Defense Force is currently examining possibilitie [...]
2010-01-19 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA
10TOKYO163USG POLICY TOWARD YEMEN AND PLANS FOR UPCOMING
[...] (C) Embassy Poloff met January 26 with MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto to deliver reftel points regarding the January 27 London meeting on Yemen. Hamamoto agreed that it was important to address the underlying developmental, economic, and security iss [...]
2010-01-26 08:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM JA
10TRIPOLI56LIBYA SENDS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Waddat Sarrah of the Libyan MFA's Americas Department January 19, expressing appreciation for Libya's generous contribution of medical equipment and supplies, blankets, foodstuffs, and other relief materials, particularly since Libya does not ma [...]
2010-01-20 11:01:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA LY
10TRIPOLI72LIBYA REQUESTS FLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR RELIEF SUPPLIES TO
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) During a January 25 meeting with Pol/Econ chief, a representative of the Qadhafi International Charity and Development Foundation (QDF) requested immediate assistance to obtain flight clearances for a Libyan Boeing 747 plane, carryin [...]
2010-01-25 16:09:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA LY
10TRIPOLI78SENIOR LIBYAN JUSTICE OFFICIAL: LESS TALK, MORE ACTION IS BEST TRIPOLI 00000078 001.2 OF 002
[...] (C) Summary: Libya's Justice Minister-equivalent, Mustafa Mohammad Abduljalil, told the Ambassador on January 25 that as Libya opens its economy to other countries, it needs international assistance in developing its private sector and strengthening the commercial legal environment. The Ambassador [...]
2010-01-27 15:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON CVIS PINR LY
10TUNIS116TUNISIA: UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs four and five. ------------------- Science Envoy Visit ------------------- 2. (SBU) The Embassy continues to plan for the March 8-9 visit to Tunisia of U.S. Science Envoy Elias Zerhouni. Senior GOT officials have told the Ambassador [...]
2010-02-16 15:58:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL TS
10TUNIS144DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON LAKE UNICEF CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 16:01:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID UNICEF TS
10TUNIS152TUNISIA-CHINA RELATIONS MODEST, BUT TRADE TIES
[...] (C) Chinese engagement in Tunisia is broad but not deep. Chinese assistance to Tunisia includes infrastructure projects and some training grants. The commercial relationship is growing but is not yet large. The last high level meeting we know of took place in November, 2009 when Zhai Jun, C [...]
2010-02-25 15:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD MASS TS CN
10TUNIS35CAIRO SPEECH IMPLEMENTATION: EMBASSY TUNIS UPDATE
[...] (C) Tunisia is on track to send five participants to the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, and Embassy Tunis will participate in additional entrepreneurship-related events in the lead-up to the Summit. Embassy Tunis looks forward to the planned March visit of Science Envoy Dr. Elias Ze [...]
2010-01-15 16:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON KPAO PREL SOCI TSPL TS
10TUNIS44TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 17:18:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL TU HA
10TUNIS45TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI UNLIKELY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 17:26:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL TU HA
10TUNIS64TFHA01: TUNISIA ANNOUNCES ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 12:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL TS HA
10UNESCOPARISFR51TFHA01 UNESCO STAFF IN HAITI
[...] (U) UNESCO has set up a task force to deal with the crisis in Haiti and to determine the well being of its 14 person staff in Port au Prince. As of last evening, all four members of UNESCO's international staff in Haiti were accounted for - safe and sound: one Italian, one French, one from Ivo [...]
2010-01-14 15:33:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AORC EAID UNESCO HA
10UNROME1WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOMALIA REFUGEE OUTFLOWS PIPELINE UPDATE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, between January 7 and 8, USUN-Rome contacted World Food Program (WFP) Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla to obtain the latest pipeline information on WFP Protracted Relief [...]
2010-01-08 17:40:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP SO EAID EFIN UNHCR PREF
10UNROME10WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On January 29, WFP reported to the Mission that: -- There were no security incidents reported against WFP staff or implementing partners during the January 25-29 period. -- WFP has no intention to res [...]
2010-01-29 16:59:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR
10UNROME11NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF OPERATIONS AT FAO DESCRIBES
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During an introductory meeting on January 29, FAO's new Deputy Director General (DDG) of Operations, He Changchui, described to the Ambassador his work priorities [...]
2010-02-01 17:26:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR ECON EAID FAO UN KBIO
10UNROME12WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 2, WFP reported that artillery/mortar exchanges between militants and the TFG over the weekend in Mogadishu did not impact WFP operations as there was no shelling in the vicinity of the port w [...]
2010-02-02 18:21:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR
10UNROME14INVESTING IN FOOD SECURITY: EXPERTS ADDRESS RESPONSIBLE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 24, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),and the International Fund for Agricultural Investment ( [...]
2010-02-04 22:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EINV ECON ETRD PREL UN FAO
10UNROME15131ST SESSION OF THE FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE - WFP MATTERS
[...] On February 1, the 131st session of the FAO Finance Committee, of which the U.S. is a member, discussed a number of budgetary and financial matters of the World Food Program which will be presented to the First Session of the WFP Executive Board February 8 through 11. The Committee discussed [...]
2010-02-05 18:36:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP FAO PREL UN EAID EAGR
10UNROME18WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) WFP continues to express concerns over intensified fighting and shelling in Mogadishu. Although not targeted, WFP fears spillover into the port area where WFP is currently operating its feeding operation [...]
2010-02-16 17:46:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR
10UNROME19USUN ROME CO-HOSTS HIGH LEVEL FOOD SECURITY EVENT ON HAITI
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, joined by the Haitian and Brazilian Missions, co-hosted a high-level meeting `Supporting a Haitian-Led Food Security P [...]
2010-02-17 11:25:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA
10UNROME20COUNSELOR MILLS DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS IN GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On February 12, Cheryl Mills, Secretary Clinton's Chief of Staff and Counselor, discussed next steps on food security issues with key interlocutors on the margin [...]
2010-02-17 11:28:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA
10UNROME23HAITI: FEEDING HAITIANS: SEEDS FOR SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the first days after the earthquake in Haiti, there has been concern - and considerable confusion - regarding the need for internationally sourced seed to meet the needs of the upcoming planting season. Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Development [...]
2010-02-19 17:52:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR HA BTIO
10UNROME25WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR
[...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...]
2010-02-23 15:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
10UNROME26WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 23, WFP disseminated its latest situation report. The text is pasted in its entirety below: BEGIN REPORT "WFP Somalia Operations Situation As of February 22, 2010 Summary Update -- W [...]
2010-02-23 17:52:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP AORC EAID PREF
10UNROME28CHINA'S GROWING ROLE AT ROME-BASED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on China's emerging role in Africa, USUN Rome notes that in recent years China has increased its contribution to, and infl [...]
2010-02-26 12:48:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID UN CH
10UNROME3WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOUTHERN SOMLIA OPERATIONS UPDATE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On January 12 the UN World Food Program presented an update on the current situation in southern Somalia to the Executive Board following WFP's partial suspen [...]
2010-01-13 19:35:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP SO AORC EAID PREF EFIN UNHCR
10UNROME4FAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON PRIORITY AREAS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Deputy Director General (DDG) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Jim Butler, told the DCM on January 13 that U.S. leadership on global food sec [...]
2010-01-19 16:42:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO UN EAGR EAID PREL PTER
10UNROME5REFORMING THE FAO: THE ROLE FOR THE ROME CHAPTER OF THE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside U.S. Government channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 14, the Mission co-hosted with UK counterparts a well-attended meeting of the Rome Chapter of the Geneva Group, and discussed ways to st [...]
2010-01-19 18:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO UN EAID EAGR PREL
10UNROME6EGYPTIAN AMBASSASDOR MISREPRESENTS SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) USUN Rome Ambassador Cousin sought clarification from Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Rashed during a January 14 meeting regarding his misrepresentation of GOE intentions to support the official USG candidate, Thomas McInerney, in the election for Director General of the International Developm [...]
2010-01-21 12:28:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON
10UNROME9ROME AGENCIES WORKING ON VOLUNTARY "CODE OF CONDUCT" FOR
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. ----------- Summary and Action Request ----------- 2. (SBU) FAO senior staff are leading an effort, in close coordination with UNCTAD, the World Bank, IFAD, and others, to address issues r [...]
2010-01-28 10:32:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON EINV PREL FAO
10UNVIEVIENNA17IAEA/PACT: Assessment of PACT's Function
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 16:34:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA54 UNIDO to Host April 2010 UN Chief Executive Board Meeting
[...] Summary. Secretary General Ban ki Moon (UNSYG) has chosen UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to host the upcoming UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) meeting, scheduled for April 9-10, 2010. While the agenda is still being formulated, it is likely discussion will focus on Copenhagen [...]
2010-02-17 12:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
10UNVIEVIENNA60IAEA/PACT: WILL 2010 BE THE BREAKOUT YEAR FOR CANCER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Cancer Day on February 4, the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapies (PACT),held a presentation highlighting its achievements and future plans. As a guest speaker, Ambassador Davies reiterated U.S. support for PACT, noting a recent decision to fund a heal [...]
2010-02-19 11:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA69IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...]
2010-02-24 09:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
10UNVIEVIENNA70IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...]
2010-02-24 09:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
10USUNNEWYORK10USUN MEETS WITH SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert, UN Special Envoy for Assistance, met with Ambassador DiCarlo on January 6 to discuss organization and next steps for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) group, the UN's capacity and security constraints, and donor coordination. Ripert outlined his re [...]
2010-01-11 21:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10USUNNEWYORK59UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session
[...] (U) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the flagship UN development agency with a billion-dollar annual operating budget, to which the United States contributes around $100 million yearly. UNDP works in over 130 countries, focusing on poverty, governance, environment/energy, cris [...]
2010-02-03 15:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNDP UNFPA EAID ECON
10USUNNEWYORK60UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session
[...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs),but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...]
2010-02-03 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNICEF EAID ECON TZ
10VATICAN10CATHOLIC CHARITIES ESTABLISH AID PLAN FOR HAITI; REPORTS ON
[...] (U) Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based federation of Caritas humanitarian assistance national chapters, is supporting Catholic Relief Services (Caritas USA) and Caritas Haiti response to the earthquake in Haiti. A Caritas Internationalis team is on the ground in PAP. Caritas is f [...]
2010-01-19 12:17:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PGOV PREL PREF HA VT
10VATICAN11VATICAN ON HAITI: CHURCH LOSSES AND RESPONSES
[...] (S) Summary: While devastating, the Church suffered fewer losses in the Haiti earthquake than initially reported in the media. The death of the Archbishop and many seminarians were especially painful but the Vatican is already reviewing how to regroup: Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Carit [...]
2010-01-20 16:44:00Embassy VaticanSECRETEAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA
10VATICAN21CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEKS INVITATION TO HAITI DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite one bishop's mild criticism of the U.S. military's role in Haiti at a press conference in Rome -- later virtually retracted in a Caritas press release -- the Holy See and Catholic relief agencies greatly appreciate U.S. assistance to Haiti and urge the USG to remain eng [...]
2010-02-05 13:05:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR PGOV HA VT
10VATICAN9CATHOLIC CHARITIES ESTABLISH AID PLAN FOR HAITI; REPORTS ON
[...] (U) Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based federation of Caritas humanitarian assistance national chapters, is supporting Catholic Relief Services (Caritas USA) and Caritas Haiti response to the earthquake in Haiti. A Caritas Internationalis team is on the ground in PAP. Caritas is f [...]
2010-01-19 11:57:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PGOV PREL PREF HA VT
10VIENNA107Update on Austrian Aid to Haiti
[...] Austria's total (public and private) assistance to Haiti has risen to about EUR 10 million, making Austria one of the more generous countries in the EU on a per capita basis(after Norway, Sweden and Denmark). 2. Government Aid: This week Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the Go [...]
2010-01-28 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU
10VIENNA69Austria's Aid to Haiti
[...] Austria's total (public and private) aid to Haiti is currently about 2.5 million Euros and is likely to increase. All aid is being channeled through the UN, EU and ICRC; so far no response has been requested from USG. 2. Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the GoA is contributin [...]
2010-01-19 15:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU
10VILNIUS54LITHUANIA PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] We delivered reftel talking points and a copy of the joint communique by President Preval and Secretary Clinton to Edita Razmenaite who is coordinating Haiti assistance for the MFA's Development Cooperation and Planning Division. Razmenaite confirmed that the GOL has pledged 50,000 litas (USD [...]
2010-01-27 13:13:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF EAID ECON HA LH
10WARSAW100NO DECISION ON POLISH PEACEKEEPERS IN HAITI
[...] (C) Poland has not yet decided to deploy peacekeeping or law enforcement personnel to Haiti. A GOP decision will probably not occur earlier than next week and will likely be made within the broader context of EU initiatives related to Haiti assistance efforts. Iwona Krzeszewska and Katarzyna [...]
2010-02-17 07:35:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR EFIN EAID HA PL
10WELLINGTON3CORRECTED COPY -- SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S NEW
[...] (SBU) Secretary Clinton, Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland extend a warm welcome to you for your January 15-17 visit to New Zealand. We have worked closely on preparations with your "Kiwi" hosts and share their excitement about your trip. Your visit to New Zealand, a small Pac [...]
2010-01-06 21:06:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD OVIP AMGT SENV MARR NZ
10WINDHOEK132Namibia: Chinese Engagement and Potential Areas for
[...] (SBU)Summary. Namibia and China enjoy excellent relations based on historical ties and current bilateral trade and development assistance. Those ties have only strengthened since 2007, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Namibia and the two governments signed an agreement for a concessio [...]
2010-02-11 15:59:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CH WA
10WINDHOEK78Namibia Pledges to Assist Haiti Via Cuban Government
[...] Poloff delivered Ref A and B to Alan Hattle, Director of Bilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on January 19. Ambassador underscored the message to Prime Minister Nahas Angula on January 25, following press reports that Namibia planned to donate USD one million in humani [...]
2010-01-25 15:28:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PGOV HA CU WA
10YAOUNDE48CAMEROONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI
[...] (SBU) In a January 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Ambassador discussed the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti. She shared information about channels for possible Cameroonian assistance per reftel. She thanked the Minister for the two Cameroonian Navy personnel on boa [...]
2010-01-22 09:22:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM EAID PGOV PHUM PREL HA
10YAOUNDE55Cameroon and Fiscal Transparency
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Cameroon (GRC) annually publishes its budget as passed by the National Assembly and approved by the President. The published budget allows the public to review some information regarding projected revenues and expenditures, but the GRC's actual income and expe [...]
2010-01-25 10:23:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID EINV ECON CM
10YAOUNDE65CAMEROON GIVES $1 MILLION TO HAITI
[...] On January 28, the Government of Cameroon announced it was making an official contribution of 500 million FCFA (about $1.1 million) to assist Haiti, according to an official press release. On January 27, DCM discussed the Haiti situation with Secretary General of the Ministry of External Rel [...]
2010-01-28 14:20:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM EAID HA PREL
10YEREVAN52COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT EAID AM
10YEREVAN87AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on February 11 Areg Barseghian, the head of the Asian Development Bank's Armenia office, outlined for the Ambassador the ADB's current projects in Armenia. The GOAM plans to manage the largest road project -- the North-South Corridor -- through a paral [...]
2010-02-19 08:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON GA AM
85MOGADISHU1175ECONOMIC POLICY PROFILE: SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
1985-01-31 05:31:00Embassy MogadishuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SO
87KAMPALA184 MEETING WITH MUSEVENI.
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIED BY PAO MET WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AT STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE JANUARY 15. THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING CONCENTRATED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND NRA USE OF "3-PIECE TIE". AMBASSADOR [...]
1987-01-21 13:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PHUM US
88BEIRUT2181 LEBANON: EXCHANGE WITH MFA ECONOMIC DIRECTOR
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SALLOUKH MADE DEMARCHE TO DCM ON FAMILIAR THEME OF A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT WHEAT PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. SALLOUKH ARGUED THAT FREE WHEAT WOULD HAVE GOOD PROPAGANDA VALUE FOR THE U.S. AND WOULD HELP THE GOL'S FINANCES. [...]
1988-04-14 15:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ETRD BEXP PGOV PINR LE
90KHARTOUM10657 GOS COUNCIL REPUTEDLY SUPPORTS DISMANTLING
[...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...]
1990-10-11 10:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS MARR EAID PHUM PREL EG IZ SU
90MOGADISHU9903NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
1990-11-13 13:08:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID SO
90STATE32618 THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YAR PRESIDENT
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, SECRETARY BAKER HOSTED PRESIDENT SALEH AND HIS DELEGATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR A ONE AND A HALF HOUR EXCHANGE INCLUDING A WORKING LUNCHEON. THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED THE MIX OF U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FY 90 TOTALLING 47.5 MILLION DOLLA [...]
1990-02-01 23:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL ECON EAID YE
91MOSCOW169 BYELORUSSIAN GOVERNMENT THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH AND
[...] THE BYELORUSSIAN REPUBLIC FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE EMBASSY FORWARD THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM REPUBLIC PRIME MINISTER V.F. KEBICH THANKING PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR HELPING THE VICTIMS OF THE CHERNOBYL' DISASTER (ENGLISH TEXT SUPPLIED BY BYELORUSSIAN MFA): (B [...]
1991-01-03 07:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID
92ZAGREB1526 CGYOOL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE NO. 38
[...] THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF, DAILY UPDATE ON THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SITUATION IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WITH REGARD TO CONVOYS, COORDINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF U.S.-DONATED ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS. AIRPORT UPDATE -------------- 2. THE SARAJEVO AIRLIFT IS [...]
1992-08-20 14:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK
92ZAGREB2263CGYOOL-ICRC REPORTS RELEASE OF 87 DETAINEES.
[...] ICRC-ZAGREB REPORTS THE RELEASE, ON NOVEMBER 3, OF 87 PRISONERS FROM B-H CAMPS. SIXTY-ONE PRISONERS HELD BY SERBIAN FORCES IN KAMENICA (NEAR DRVAR) HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND TRANSFERED BY ICRC TO THE TRANSIT CENTER IN KARLOVAC (REPUBLIC OF CROATIA) RUN BY UNHCR. ANOTHER GROUP OF 25 SERBIAN PRI [...]
1992-11-03 15:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK
94BANJUL3540 THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH DIGS IN DEEPER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. CHAIRMAN JAMMEH REMAINS UNMOVED BY SENEGALESE AND WESTERN DONOR CONCERNS FOR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND ATTENTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GAMBIA. HIS INTRANSIGENCE HAS BEEN BUOYED BY HIS PERCEPTION THAT WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE WILL BE [...]
1994-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR EAID ECON GA
94ZAGREB1372TFSROL: OFDA DART SITREP NO. 70
[...] UPCOMING DART TRAVEL IN B-H. WFP REPORTED RECORD FOOD DELIVERIES DURING MARCH. UNHCR RESUMES CONVOYS THROUGH SERB-HELD TERRITORY. CONVOYS TO SELECTED AREAS, MARCH 25 - 31. CONVOY INCIDENTS APRIL 1 - 5. SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS APRIL 1 - 5. AIRLIFTS TO SARAJEVO APRIL 1 - 5. OPERATION PROVIDE P [...]
1994-04-06 16:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK
94ZAGREB1634TFSROL: DART FIELD OFFICER'S VISIT WITH
[...] ON APRIL 5, DART/ZAGREB FIELD OFFICER HAD AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE MEETING WITH MR. FUAD DIDIC, MINISTER OF COORDINATION AND FIELD AFFAIRS IN ZENICA FOR THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT. HE IS THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REGION. FORMERLY A PROFESSOR OF MARXIST PHILOSOPHY AT THE [...]
1994-04-25 11:26:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK
94ZAGREB82 TSFROL: UNPROFOR FORCE COMMANDER GEN. COT'S
[...] IN A JAN 5 ZAGREB BRIEFING CHAIRED BY UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AKASHI, UNPROFOR FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL COT BRIEFED AMBASSADORS ALBRIGHT AND GALBRAITH, ASSTSEC SHATTUCK, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ALBRIGHT DELEGATION ON LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED [...]
1994-01-07 16:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF EAID MOPS HR BK
95LONDON13048 LEADER OF SUDANESE OPPOSITION SEEKS USG SUPPORT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: LEADER OF THE SUDANESE OPPOSITION COALITION, AL-SAYED EL-MERGHANI, TOLD US SEPTEMBER 15 THAT OPPOSITION EFFORTS WILL PRODUCE THE DOWNFALL OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) REGIME IN KHARTOUM. -- TO FURTHER THIS EFFORT, EL-MERGHANI ASKED THE US [...]
1995-09-20 16:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID SU IQ IZ
95ZAGREB1681 OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76
[...] UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATION ON APR 24 - 25 AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF AIRLIFT. UNHCR BUDGET CUTS ADVERSELY AFFECTS OFDA GRANTEE. FOR APRIL 24 - 25: CONVOY INCIDENTS; UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOY DELIVERIES; UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIF [...]
1995-04-26 18:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM HR AORC BK
95ZAGREB470 OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 43
[...] FAO RECEIVES 3.5 MILLION ECUS FROM ECHO FOR SPRING SEED PROGRAM. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO BLOCK FUEL DELIVERIES FOR SERB-HELD TERRITORY. KRAJINA SERBS GRANT CLEARANCE ONLY ONCE A WEEK FOR CONVOYS TO BIHAC POCKET. UNHCR RESTARTS FUEL DELIVERIES UNDER INA CONTRACT. POLICY IN MOSTAR [...]
1995-02-02 13:37:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK
96ASHGABAT2612 USREP BROWN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF TURKMEN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE TATIANA C. GFOELLER. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 30 US OSCE REPRESENTATIVE SAM BROWN MET WITH THE TWO TURKMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS DESIGNATED TO MANAGE THE GOTX'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- VLADIMIR KADYROV AND RASHID MEREDOV. AMBASSA [...]
1996-09-05 11:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID OSCE TX XG
96NAIROBI6573 SUDAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIVIL WAR, TERRORISM
[...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN TIMOTHY CARNEY. REASON 1.5(D). 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. THE SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMED TO ME MAY 10 THAT KHARTOUM HAS MADE A DECISION THAT TERRORIST GROUPS MUST GO AND IS WORKING TO COMPILE MEMBERSHIP LISTS. HE BELIEVES RENEGADE SAUDI TER [...]
1996-05-14 13:20:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPREL PTER PINS PINR EAID UN SU
97NIAMEY2216 QADHAFI VISIT: HE CAME, HE SAW, HE LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND WILL BECOME MORE APPARENT IN THE COMING DAYS. QADHAFI STAYED ABOUT 24 HOURS. THE MAIN PUBLIC EVENT WAS HIS ADDRESS TO THE FAITHFUL AT THE NIAMEY MOSQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IN FAVOR OF ARABIC, AND [...]
1997-05-09 17:12:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NG
97NIAMEY5135 ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, IRAN, AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOST NIGERIENS BELIEVE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM CONSTITUTES A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE SECULAR STATE ESTABLISHED UNDER NIGER'S CONSTITUTION. IRAN IS WORKING QUIETLY AND WITH SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SHI'ISM IN NIGER. SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE ALSO A FO [...]
1997-11-05 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL
98TUNIS933 PEACE CORPS: VIEWS OF AMBASSADORS: TUNIS RESPONSE
[...] PEACE CORPS? WE LOVED THEM--AND TUNISIA LOVED THEM--FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THE 2,382 AMERICANS AND THEIR THOUSANDS OF TUNISIAN COUNTERPARTS MADE DURING THE 34 YEARS OF THEIR COMMON ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION. TUNISIA HAS ATTAINED A LEVEL OF DEVE [...]
1998-02-27 16:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID PREL TS
99BEIRUT4484 JEZZINE: LOOKING FOR NORMALITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY STAFF VISITED THE SOUTHERN CITY OF JEZZINE RECENTLY, FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOUTH LEBANON ARMY (SLA). INITIAL FEAR AMONG RESIDENTS ABOUT SAFETY HAVE ABATED. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS INCREASING MODESTLY, BUT HAS NOT REPLACED THE ECONOMIC LOSS FROM [...]
1999-10-13 08:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID SY IS LE
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