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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09ASTANA444 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 7 - 13, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...] | 2009-03-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA448 | KAZAKHSTAN: DONORS SEEK TO IMPROVE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, several bilateral and multilateral donors met in Astana to discuss ways to improve coordination of assistance and resolve common issues and obstacles. Participants discussed information sharing; exemptions for Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services received [...] | 2009-03-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA449 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of March 7-13, Kazakhstani media buzzed with reactions to President Nazarbayev's annual address to the nation on March 6. Coverage was widely positive with criticism coming largely from opposition sources. Issues of media freedom, specifically the court decision [...] | 2009-03-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA479 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...] | 2009-03-17 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ |
09ASTANA480 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 2-13 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." ALMATY MASLIKHAT ELECTIONS 2. Bi-elections for the Almaty maslikhat (local legislature) will take place on March 29. According t [...] | 2009-03-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA484 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...] | 2009-03-18 00:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA490 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCES EXPAND BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY: On February 25, USAID established separate public-private alliances with Baker Hughes ($1,250,000 over five years),an American drilling company active in Kazakhstan, and with Chevron ($250,000). The partnerships between these two companies and USAID will improve the supply of ski [...] | 2009-03-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA523 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 14-20 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...] | 2009-03-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA541 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 21 - 27, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...] | 2009-03-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA545 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...] | 2009-03-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA556 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 14-27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITIONISTS RESERVE THE OPTION TO PROTEST 2. On March 17, the leaders of the opposition parties Azat, the National Social Democr [...] | 2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA558 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...] | 2009-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA559 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SEEKS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MVD) sent a letter to the Embassy seeking guidance on how police in the United States handle large public gatherings and uphold public order while ensuring that the civil rights of participants in [...] | 2009-03-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA586 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 28 - APRIL 3 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA587 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...] | 2009-04-03 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ |
09ASTANA588 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...] | 2009-04-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ |
09ASTANA591 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH [...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...] | 2009-04-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA593 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan has struggled for years with the question of prostitution. Though not legalized, prostitution is not technically illegal and this legal grey zone has enabled the country to deflect difficult questions. In a recent, public appeal to the government, Rosa Petraus, Chairwom [...] | 2009-04-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA594 | KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...] | 2009-04-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA596 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...] | 2009-04-06 08:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA620 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 4-10 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA621 | KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...] | 2009-04-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA622 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8 [...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...] | 2009-04-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA625 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...] | 2009-04-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA629 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...] | 2009-04-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA654 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 28 - APRIL 10 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV OWES TAX DEBT? 3. (U) Bula [...] | 2009-04-17 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA660 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...] | 2009-04-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ |
09ASTANA661 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS [...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...] | 2009-04-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA663 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15 [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...] | 2009-04-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA672 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 11-17 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA677 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...] | 2009-04-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA715 | KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...] | 2009-04-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ |
09ASTANA718 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES TO PROTECTION LAW WILL BENEFIT [...] SUMMARY: Changes to Kazakhstan's witness protection law will enable the government to more quickly provide a full range of services to crime victims during lengthy, complex investigations. These changes will benefit victims of trafficking-in-persons and other serious transnational crimes. EN [...] | 2009-04-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA724 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 18-24 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA812 | KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF BOTA FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 13. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The BOTA Foundation held a meeting of its Board of Trustees in Almaty on April 29-30. All the items on the fully packed agenda were reviewed, with many [...] | 2009-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA818 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, USAID's State and Society Advisor met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Almaty. The two organizations offered contrasting views of progress on religious f [...] | 2009-05-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF KZ |
09ASTANA822 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, May 1-8 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-05-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA828 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6 [...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...] | 2009-05-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA853 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. AZAT'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...] | 2009-05-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA870 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...] | 2009-05-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA89 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...] | 2009-01-16 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ |
09ASTANA90 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 10-16 [...] The following is the first in a new series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. MASIMOV JOINS BLOGOSPHERE 2. Prime Minister Karim Masimov has joined the Kazakhstani blogosphere by starting his very own weblog ("primeminister. government.kz"). In [...] | 2009-01-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA928 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE LEADS TO INCREASED [...] SUMMARY: The Sustainable Dairy Global Development Alliance (SD-GDA),initiated in 2006 by USAID in cooperation with U.S. and Kazakhstani based dairy farms and dairy service providers, is a public-private partnership designed to increase the profitability of small and medium sized dairy farms. [...] | 2009-06-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA929 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 11 - 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS 3. (U) The trial of [...] | 2009-06-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA953 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29 [...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...] | 2009-06-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA959 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...] | 2009-06-08 02:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ |
09ASUNCION10 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Alvaro Lopez Cattebecke [...] | 2009-01-08 17:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION112 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Jorge Godoy Uriarte [...] | 2009-02-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION117 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Ramon [...] | 2009-02-24 20:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION129 | PARAGUAY'S CONCERNS OVER DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion thanks the Department of Labor for the opportunity to comment on the draft list of goods believed to be produced by child labor or forced labor in Paraguay as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) (ref A). 2. (SBU) Post echoes som [...] | 2009-03-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PA |
09ASUNCION132 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These Paraguayan National Police officers are sc [...] | 2009-03-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION133 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Selva Noemi Galeano Alvaren [...] | 2009-03-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION134 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Rojas [...] | 2009-03-04 18:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION149 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan National Police that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Crim [...] | 2009-03-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION165 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Patrocino Rivas Ramirez [...] | 2009-03-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION172 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information to determine whether Paraguay is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor (ref A). A. What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the country? The 1993 Labor [...] | 2009-03-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PA |
09ASUNCION190 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Pe [...] | 2009-03-30 20:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION198 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend Intelle [...] | 2009-04-01 19:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION228 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance (refs A-D). Many were previously vette [...] | 2009-04-13 21:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION233 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Ru [...] | 2009-04-15 18:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION239 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. Mr. Valdez Ruiz is scheduled to attend drug enfor [...] | 2009-04-20 18:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION240 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan Army that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Peacekeeping [...] | 2009-04-20 18:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION241 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Co [...] | 2009-04-20 18:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION243 | 2010 DEMARCHE FOR THE MAJORS LIST TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 21:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CFED CJAN KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI PA |
09ASUNCION252 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to attend the Joint [...] | 2009-04-23 21:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION253 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Senior C [...] | 2009-04-23 21:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION264 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Interage [...] | 2009-04-30 17:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION265 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to attend the Senior [...] | 2009-04-30 17:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION30 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Teresa Concepcion Britez M [...] | 2009-01-14 20:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION326 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend Antite [...] | 2009-05-21 18:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION345 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend the U.S [...] | 2009-05-27 14:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION355 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Amalio Rios Rolon DOB: [...] | 2009-06-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION356 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This candidate, who is the new coordinator for th [...] | 2009-06-08 21:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION376 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. This individual, who is [...] | 2009-06-17 20:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION377 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...] | 2009-06-17 20:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION378 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals, who are Paraguayan police offic [...] | 2009-06-17 20:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION383 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-06-18 19:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION384 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...] | 2009-06-18 19:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION385 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate i [...] | 2009-06-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION402 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security force that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...] | 2009-06-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION403 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance (refs A-D). Jose [...] | 2009-06-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION422 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). This [...] | 2009-07-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION423 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are schedule to participate in [...] | 2009-07-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION427 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION428 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are an intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate [...] | 2009-07-08 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION429 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-07-09 18:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION451 | CHACO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE UNDER SEVERE [...] (SBU) During a June 18-19 visit to the indigenous communities of the Paraguayan Chaco, PolOff observed very poor living conditions exacerbated by severe drought. Local indigenous leaders said that although many indigenous workers earned less than minimum wages and no benefits, they had no kn [...] | 2009-07-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND SOCI PA |
09ASUNCION456 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...] | 2009-07-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION463 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...] | 2009-07-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION469 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-07-27 18:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION49 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Felix Raul Benitez Velazqu [...] | 2009-01-22 22:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION50 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Join [...] | 2009-01-22 22:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION504 | TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W, [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...] | 2009-08-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS |
09ASUNCION51 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals will attend the ICT Alumni Even [...] | 2009-01-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION515 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-08-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION516 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...] | 2009-08-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION517 | PARAGUAY'S LABOR UNIONS' UNMET HOPES [...] (SBU) Paraguay's unionized labor is fractured and represents only eleven percent of the total labor force. Labor unions have undertaken structural reforms (organizing campesino groups); however, they have had limited success organizing workers and improving labor conditions. President Fernand [...] | 2009-08-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI KTIP PA |
09ASUNCION528 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-08-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION535 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-08-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION544 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-09-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION546 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...] | 2009-09-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION547 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...] | 2009-09-02 11:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION580 | Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...] | 2009-09-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION582 | Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...] | 2009-09-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION59 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Christian Saturnino Centurio [...] | 2009-02-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION592 | Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...] | 2009-09-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION594 | Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...] | 2009-09-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION596 | Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...] | 2009-09-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION598 | Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...] | 2009-09-21 14:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION68 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Adalberto Garcete DOB: [...] | 2009-02-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION700 | U.S. OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Ayalde and A/PAO visited newly appointed National Institute of the Indigenous (INDI) President Lida Acuna on October 13. Acuna explained the many challenges INDI faces and accepted the Ambassador's offer to partner with Post on indigenous issues. End summary. 2. [...] | 2009-10-22 18:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC OIIP SCUL IAII SOCI PHUM PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION9 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend the Str [...] | 2009-01-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION93 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of Tactical Commander's ATA training March 2 - March 20, 2009, in As [...] | 2009-02-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION94 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training March 9 - 20, 2009 in Lima, Peru. 2. Candidate n [...] | 2009-02-12 13:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
09ATHENS1033 | Greece Euro-Elections Analysis: ND Government Likely to Limp [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite ruling party New Democracy's (ND) loss to main opposition PASOK in June 7 European Parliament elections, the ND government is likely to limp on, with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis focusing inward and scrambling to protect his fragile one-seat majority in the Greek Parli [...] | 2009-06-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GR SMIG SOCI ASEC |
09ATHENS11 | POLICE ATTACKED WITH WEAPON LINKED TO [...] (C) Greece abruptly shifted attention from Gaza back to domestic concerns when domestic terrorists fired upon a police patrol guarding the Ministry of Culture in the Exarchia region of Athens on January 5. One police officer was critically wounded. Police officials have announced that the pe [...] | 2009-01-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1393 | AS 2009 FIRE SEASON COMMENCES, CONCERNS CONTINUE OVER LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1544 | FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 24 SITREP [...] (SBU) Over the weekend of August 21-23, over 80 wildfires broke out throughout Greece. The worst of these hit northeast of the greater Athens area, fueled by strong winds and evoking images of Greece's devastating 2007 fire season. In response, Post issued a Warden message. While the worst o [...] | 2009-08-24 16:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1560 | FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 26 SITREP [...] (SBU) Wildfires in towns north of Athens subsided on 25 August after four days of destruction. No casualties were reported, but press reports indicate about 50,000 acres of land had been burnt and 50 homes destroyed. Following an "emergency" cabinet meeting on August 25, the Government of Gree [...] | 2009-08-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1643 | Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Citizens' Protection [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis provided Ambassador Speckhard with an outline on November 12 of his ambitious plan to reorganize and energize all of Greece's civilian security agencies, including the national police, the domestic intelligence servi [...] | 2009-11-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV SOCI PTER KCRM KTIP SMIG GR |
09ATHENS1659 | Greece: Lacking a Fire Prevention Strategy Despite US [...] (SBU) Despite significant U.S. cooperation programs, Greece continues to lack a comprehensive fire prevention policy and does not have a wildfire prevention strategy. The Greek Government has sought to leverage any investment the U.S. is willing to provide in wildfire prevention and emergency [...] | 2009-11-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1725 | University Asylum in Greece: When Democracy Goes Awry [...] (C) Summary: A series of violent attacks against Greek academics in both Athens and Thessaloniki during the past month has fueled public debate over whether the university asylum law should be repealed to allow police officers to enter university grounds absent a formal request from university au [...] | 2009-12-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OEXC SOCI GR |
09ATHENS207 | PASOK LEADER PAPANDREOU READY TO ASSIST ON GLOBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with Ambassador, main Greek opposition PASOK President George Papandreou offered his assistance to the new U.S. Administration on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and other critical global issues. Citing his special status as he [...] | 2009-02-18 05:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR PTER MOPS SOCI IS IR NATO AFIN |
09ATHENS9 | GREEK FM CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis -- who became Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on January 1 -- has also taken an activist role in the EU response to the Gaza crisis. On January 4, she issued a statement criticizing Israeli ground operations in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire, an [...] | 2009-01-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS |
09BAGHDAD1079 | KARBALA MOVING TOWARD NORMALCY AMID SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Amid an unsettled security situation, Karbala since early 2009 has showed increasing signs that normalcy is returning. Tourism is up and the dinar is appreciating. Electricity is on 12 hours per day. Markets are full of goods, gas queues have vanished and residents, while not [...] | 2009-04-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1100 | KARBALA SHRINES PURSUING INDEPENDENT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The religious leadership of Karbala's al-Husayn and al-Abbas shrines, among the most revered sites in Shi'a Islam, pursue an independent agenda encompassing economic development, reconciliation and reconstruction. Well-funded and led by representatives of Grand Ayatollah al-Sista [...] | 2009-04-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1118 | KARBALA MODE: INAUGURAL EDITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala Mode is a vehicle for capturing observations and anecdotes about life in the "world Shi'a capital" that otherwise might not be reported. In this inaugural edition, we ponder Persian pills, hear from "the Mahdi" and his friend, learn why taking credit for good deeds is [...] | 2009-04-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1167 | NAJAF MACHINATIONS BEFORE SELECTION OF NEW GOVERNOR [...] (C) Amid uncertainty over the election of the next governor, Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) leader Fred Fonteneau on April 27-28 met the newly elected chairman of the Najaf Provincial Council Shaykh Fayad al-Shimmeri (State of Law) and [...] | 2009-05-04 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1238 | KARBALA SECURITY IN QUESTION AS GOVERNMENT DRIFTS [...] (C) Summary: There is a widespread perception among Karbalans that security here is eroding. Crime has increased, as have reports of extremists and weapons moving into the province. The new provincial leadership appears detached and disinterested in addressing problems. Maneuvering by Karba [...] | 2009-05-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD124 | ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: At the direction of Prime Minister Maliki, Support Councils (SC) (Arabic: majilis al-isnad) were first established in Maysan and Basra in conjunction with ISF security operations in March and May 2008. The first Support Council, established in Basra, didn't develop much due to [...] | 2009-01-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1288 | MINORITY QUOTAS IN UPCOMING IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Iraq's minority communities will have mandated representation in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament following the KRG elections, currently scheduled for July 25. For the first time, Kurdish electoral law stipulates that Christians, Turkmen, and Armenians will receive 11 seats of the total 111 [...] | 2009-05-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BAGHDAD130 | CONCERN IN KARBALA ABOUT ELECTIONS' INTEGRITY [...] (C) Summary: Some in Karbala are concerned about the integrity of the upcoming provincial elections, but we do not believe the credibility of the process is in jeopardy. The balloting procedure is viewed as unduly complex and likely to confuse all but the most educated or best prepared voters [...] | 2009-01-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD137 | KARBALA CANDIDATES MANEUVER FOR ADVANTAGE [...] (C) Summary: Few incumbent Provincial Council (PC) candidates are popular, but we expect a number to retain their seats because they are buying votes. The campaign of Governor Aqeel Mahmoud al-Khazali, a member of the Da'wa party, was caught by television reporters in the act of purchasing s [...] | 2009-01-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1395 | KARBALA MODE: SECOND EDITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala Mode is a vehicle for capturing observations and anecdotes about life in the world Shi'a pilgrimage capital that otherwise might not be reported. End Summary. Where's Abbas? -------------- 2. (SBU) Since being sworn into office in April, Karbala's government l [...] | 2009-05-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1426 | MINORITIES FIND SECURITY IN KURDISTAN BUT [...] (C) Christian and Sabean-Mandean leaders based in the Kurdistan region report that the flow of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into their communities from the rest of Iraq has decreased to a trickle -- an indicator, they believe, that sectarian violence targeting minorities throughout Iraq [...] | 2009-06-01 05:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1480 | MAY 2009 PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: SECURITY, STABILITY, [...] (U) Summary: On May 26-27, Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly conference for leaders of the Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). All PRTs, embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs) and Regional Embassy Offices (REOs) participated, including [...] | 2009-06-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1539 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, Christian religious leaders emphasized that continued emigration of Iraqi Christians abroad remains their primary concern. They stressed that, although security remains worrisome, the motivation behind current departures was economic, coupled [...] | 2009-06-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1545 | AMBASSADOR HILL MEETS WITH MINORITY POLITICAL [...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, political representatives of Iraq's minority communities focused on the issues of emigration, greater political representation, and a perception of societal discrimination, subjects which they believed to be mutually reinforcing. They attrib [...] | 2009-06-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD155 | IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL WORKING THROUGH FULL DOCKET OF CRIMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The development of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) as an independent, fully functioning court is illustrated by its full docket of trials. Having recently completed its third trial, the IHT has four other cases currently in trial, two more set to begin shortly, and two cases refe [...] | 2009-01-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1579 | IRAQI WOMEN STRUGGLE OVER HOW BEST TO ENSURE THEIR [...] (C) Sunni and Kurdish women Parliamentary leaders are pushing Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to amend Article 41 of the Iraqi Constitution to strike language stipulating that the personal status of Iraqis is determined by their religion and sect. These MPs fear that if it [...] | 2009-06-17 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF KWMN PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1635 | ERBIL RRT: PRICE WATERHOUSE ADVISES KURDISTAN REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 17, the results of an 11-month "good governance assessment" conducted by private consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) were presented to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister and KRG Council of Ministers. The next step is a comprehensive strategy for "G [...] | 2009-06-22 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1654 | PRT NAJAF: THE NAJAF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Shi'a religious establishment plays an important and influential role in Iraqi politics and society. Najaf is the seat of the four Shi'a grand ayatollahs, referred to as the marja'iyah ("sources of emulation" to the faithful),location of the most important Iraq [...] | 2009-06-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1671 | Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's Chief Judge ordered Iraq's ministries to cooperate in processing detainee cases at the Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention June 17. The committee, made up of representatives from the Higher Judicial Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, [...] | 2009-06-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1695 | Trial Begins on Destruction of Marshes and Marsh Arabs [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Iraqi High Tribunal began the trial of the Marsh Arabs case, which consists of crimes against humanity committed by Saddam's regime against Arabs living in the southern marshes of Iraq. The military attacks, forced relocation and draining of the marshes destroyed [...] | 2009-06-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1697 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Environment Working Group under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 22, 2009, the Minister for the Environment requested USG assistance for environmental legislation and regulation, laboratory c [...] | 2009-06-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID SENV SOCI EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1699 | PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS GOI ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The issue of detainee abuse and prison conditions has been transformed into an election-year hot potato following the assassination of Deputy Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Harith al-Obeidi, a Sadrist parliamentary bloc report alleging human rights violations by security officials, [...] | 2009-06-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1745 | IRAQI LEADERS CALL FOR UNITY IN CONFRONTING [...] Summary: The Ambassador attended the sixth anniversary commemoration of the death of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, the founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) political movement. A Who's Who of the political class attended the ceremony, PM Maliki addressed the importance [...] | 2009-06-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI PGOV KISL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD178 | KARBALA CONFEREES CONFUSED, CANDIDATES CRANKY [...] (C) Summary: With fewer than ten days to go before the provincial elections, attendees at a PRT-sponsored voter-education conference organized by the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) on January 21 expressed considerable confusion over voting procedures. Many were tribesmen who said they [...] | 2009-01-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1785 | CHRISTIANS SEEK POLITICAL UNITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Several key Christian politicians and religious leaders have begun to lay the groundwork for the unification of Iraq's Christian political parties into a single electoral coalition in anticipation of the January 2010 national elections. Although Iraq's Christian community suffers from num [...] | 2009-07-02 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1786 | GOI OFFICIALS SUPPORT TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN [...] (C) Iraq's Ministry of Defense holds thousands of civilians in more than 65 detention facilities throughout the country, often for longer periods than permitted under Iraqi law. Conditions in MOD prisons are among the worst in Iraq, and inmates often remain outside the reach of the judicial [...] | 2009-07-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD181 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITIQUE OF IRAQ COURT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the primary tribunal handling terrorism and other serious criminal cases, the Central Criminal Courts of Iraq (CCCI),with courthouses in Karkh and Rusafa, play a key role in promoting Rule of Law in Iraq. A recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on the CCCI alleges a nu [...] | 2009-01-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1860 | SABEAN-MANDEANS: UNDER SIEGE BUT HOLDING ON [...] (C) Sabean-Mandean leaders living in Iraq describe their community as desperately wanting to remain and participate in the country's political life rather than emigrate abroad, despite being the frequent targets of criminal elements. These leaders tell us that members of the community who are [...] | 2009-07-10 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1911 | A STEP FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS: MOD TRANSFERRING [...] (C) In response to a recent prison abuse scandal (ref A),the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) has ordered its operational commands to transfer detainees to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to bring the Iraqi Army in compliance with CPA Order number 10. CPA Order 10 vests full authority and contr [...] | 2009-07-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1959 | ARTICLE 142 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS DRAWS [...] (SBU) After nearly four years, the work of the Article 142 Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) is finally drawing to a close. The vast majority of the approximately 60 proposed amendments that will be submitted to the Parliament would make only technical or minor cosmetic changes to the Con [...] | 2009-07-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KWMN PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD2014 | AYATOLLAH SISTANI PUSHES FOR OPEN ELECTORAL LISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the foremost Iraqi Shi'a cleric, has conveyed messages on the pending elections law and political coalition formation for several weeks. After meeting with Sistani and two other leading Shi'a clerics, GOI Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told P [...] | 2009-07-28 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2022 | PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Maliki's July 21-25 visit to the United States generally received factual and neutral coverage in the local press. Iraqi media stories focused on the implementation of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) in addition to Maliki's meetings with U.S. and UN off [...] | 2009-07-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2038 | MINORITY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI CENSUS [...] (C) As Ministry of Planning officials continue their preparations for a nationwide census this fall, many of Iraq's ethnic and religious minority leaders have raised concerns about how the census will be administered and whether it will provide an accurate reflection of their communities' demo [...] | 2009-07-30 08:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF PGOV SMIG SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD205 | RRT ERBIL: MEETING WITH KRG PRIME MINISTER BARZANI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani expounded on a wide range of subjects in a January 25 meeting with Erbil PRT team leader. The initial impetus of the meeting was to provide PM Barzani with information on USG development assistance. In the cour [...] | 2009-01-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SOCI PTER TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD2055 | MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES ISSUE WITH AMNESTY [...] (C) A July 23 report from Amnesty International that nine Iraqi women face imminent execution appears to be exaggerated, according to the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. While Minister Selim confirmed that three Iraqi women have already been executed in 2009, she told us July 30 that n [...] | 2009-07-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2142 | BAGHDAD FAILY KURDS - NOT SO KURD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad's Faily Kurds, a Muslim Kurd minority, continue to grapple with issues of identity that were exacerbated by Saddam Hussein's repressive policies. They appear to have little affinity for Iraqi Kurdistan and its leaders. Rather, they say they support PM Maliki's efforts [...] | 2009-08-10 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL SMIG KERF IZ |
09BAGHDAD2184 | RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN TARGETS PROMPT CONCERN, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since late July, a series of explosions targeting political party offices, mosques and civilian gathering places across the country have unsettled Iraqis about the possibility of renewed sectarianism. While the number of overall casualties is relatively low compared t [...] | 2009-08-13 06:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD219 | KARBALANS KEEN TO CAST BALLOTS [...] (C) Summary: Karbala's citizens are eager to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Preparations for "special needs" voting on January 28 are complete. Acting Provincial Council Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri told the PRT on January 26 that there is nothing to prevent those voting o [...] | 2009-01-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2293 | AMBASSADOR HILL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DARA VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 12, Ambassador Hill toured the Rusafa Prison Complex with Minister of Justice Dara Noor Al-Deen Baha, Al-Deen. Minister Dara hosted the tour to assess the conditions and treatment of detainees, and to show Ambassador Hill the facility and operation. Ambassador Hill [...] | 2009-08-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD237 | FEMALE CANDIDATES COULD WIN MORE THAN 25 PERCENT [...] (C) Summary: Despite confusion over the interpretation of the Provincial Election Law, and the failure to pass a late amendment to guarantee a 25 percent quota for women on each of the 14 provincial councils (PCs) to be elected in Iraq on January 31, the United Nations projects that new PCs [...] | 2009-01-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD239 | PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS KICK OFF WITH SPECIAL NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Polling centers around Iraq opened for the day on January 28 to accommodate "special needs" voters. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Police (IP),detainees in Iraqi and Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) centers, and hospital patients and staff were eligible to vote early in the [...] | 2009-01-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD242 | IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: RAMIFICATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The outcome of the upcoming provincial elections will have important implications for the stability of Diyala Province and the region. The PRT predicts one of three likely scenarios to result from the elections: coalitions will fo [...] | 2009-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2473 | MOI TO HIRE 500 CHRISTIANS AND MANDEANS TO GUARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to requests from the non-Muslim Endowment and the bombings of six churches in Baghdad on July 12, the GOI has authorized the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to hire, train and pay 500 guards drawn from Iraq's Christians and Sabean-Mandean communities to serve as guards at ch [...] | 2009-09-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PTER SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD249 | KARBALANS "SPECIAL NEEDS" VOTING PROBLEM-FREE [...] (C) Summary: "Special needs" voting in Karbala on January 28 proceeded smoothly. Some 19,000 out of approximately 24,000 eligible voters cast ballots. Polling sites in the western, central and eastern sectors of the province were calm and orderly, with voters taking evident care to read and [...] | 2009-01-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2491 | MINORITY QUOTAS IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS LIKELY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minority political leaders tell us that it is increasingly likely that the forthcoming national election law will include reserved seats for Iraq's minority communities. Such a move would continue the trend of providing for minority representation that began in the Provincial Cou [...] | 2009-09-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2528 | MANDEANS FACE INTERNAL SPLIT EVEN AS THEY SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sabean-Mandean leaders tell us they are making a united full-court press to secure guaranteed representation in the next Iraqi Parliament, even as current leader Sheikh Sittar Hillo fends off a challenge from a younger rival. While the Mandeans acknowledge that the GOI has taken [...] | 2009-09-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2567 | BAHAI CASE TESTS IRAQ'S RESPECT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of Iraq's small Bahai community are requesting the assistance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in their bid to receive identification documents that would list their religion as Bahai rather than Muslim. Although the MOI issued a small number of ID cards listing the Bahai [...] | 2009-09-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2599 | MOSQUE DISPUTE RAISES SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An ongoing dispute over whether a mosque located in the Salman Pak neighborhood of southern Baghdad rightfully belongs to the Sunni or the Shia Endowment is raising sectarian tensions and undermining economic reconstruction efforts in the area. The Prime Minister has appointed a [...] | 2009-09-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD260 | IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS -- POLLS OPEN, VOTING [...] (C) Summary: Voting in Iraq's provincial elections is underway. The vast majority of 39,000 polling stations around the country are reported to have opened as scheduled at 0700 and UNAMI confirmed at 1200 that all polling centers are now open. U.S. election observer teams report heavy sec [...] | 2009-01-31 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2600 | US MARSHALS SERVICE,S SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, the United States Marshals Service, Special Operations Group (SOG),ensured that Saddam and members of the regime remained in custody to stand trial for their crimes, worked to provide security for the nation,s judges a [...] | 2009-09-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KCRM IZ KAWC |
09BAGHDAD261 | POLLS CLOSE AFTER A PEACEFUL DAY OF VOTING IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Iraq remained relatively peaceful as millions of Iraqis went to the polls on January 31 to elect new provincial councils. Polls closed throughout the country at 1800 after eleven hours of voting, with a one-hour extension authorized late in the day. Embassy received isolated [...] | 2009-01-31 19:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD2683 | EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FIND PATH TO OFFICIAL [...] (C) A key Iraqi Evangelical Church leader tells us that Evangelical Churches are unable to obtain official recognition from the GOI because of overly stringent registration requirements imposed by the non-Muslim Endowment, thus preventing these churches from conducting legally sanctioned marri [...] | 2009-10-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2694 | BAGHDAD: INL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE [...] (U) Summary: INL faces significant challenges in its effort to ensure contractor performance in Iraq. Some of the challenges are due to current constraints on the number of program officers and in-country contracting officer representatives (ICOR) in Baghdad, while others appear to be inhere [...] | 2009-10-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SNAR MOPS SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD274 | IRAQ PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Turnout for the Iraqi provincial elections held 31 January, 2009 was 51 percent nationwide, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC). The votes have been counted, and the tally sheets are arriving in Baghdad two days after the elections, and the IHEC expect [...] | 2009-02-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD2748 | IRAQ'S REMAINING JEWS STAY HIDDEN [...] (C) On October 10, Poloff met with one of the last remaining Jews in Iraq, Khalida Fouad Liahu Moualim (strictly protect),to discuss the current state of the Iraqi Jewish community. Moualim stated that there are now eight remaining members of the Iraqi Jewish community in Baghdad including h [...] | 2009-10-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD275 | KARBALA: ELECTIONS RUN SMOOTHLY, PM-BACKED SLATE [...] Summary: Election Day in Karbala proceeded smoothly amid tight security. According to IHEC figures, 60 percent of registered voters participated. The decision to extend voting for an hour enabled as many as 4,000 voters whose names were not properly recorded to cast their ballots. Initial b [...] | 2009-02-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2812 | KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...] | 2009-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2813 | GOI REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the past several months, the GOI has reinforced its commitment to Iraq's Christian community by inviting the Assyrian Church to relocate its headquarters back to Baghdad and by returning schools expropriated during the Saddam-era back to the Chaldean Church. At [...] | 2009-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2911 | LEADER OF SABEAN-MANDEANS SAYS COMMUNITY UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Iraq's Sabean-Mandean community, Sheikh Sittar Hillo, tells us that the Mandeans have received new death threats from extremist elements over the past ten days and that 10 Mandeans have been murdered over the past year. Hillo complained that the GOI has been neglige [...] | 2009-10-31 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2927 | ICCTF COMBATS CONTRACT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To address corruption and fraud that pervaded the government procurement process during the initial stages of the USG's Iraq reconstruction effort, DOJ created the International Contract Corruption Task Force (ICCTF) in March 2006. The ICCTF is a joint law enforcement task forc [...] | 2009-11-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IZ KCRM KJUS |
09BAGHDAD297 | IRAQI MINISTERS SEEK MEETING WITH COUNTERPARTS IN [...] At a February 2 meeting with EMIN Wall, Deputy Prime Minister Rafa'a Al-Issawi expressed interest in leading a delegation of ministers to Washington, DC. The delegation would include the Minister of Health, Agriculture, Transportation, and Electricity who would like to meet with their U.S. c [...] | 2009-02-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IZ OTRA PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD315 | ELECTIONS RESULTS SPELL DIVIDED KARBALA COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The results of the provincial elections in Karbala reveal a fractured electorate and presage a divided Provincial Council (PC). Only Yusef Majid al-Haboubi and his one-man "list" received double-digit support. The other 26 seats likely will be divided among candidates representi [...] | 2009-02-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3154 | COMPENSATION FINALIZED TO REPAIR "HEART" OF IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 20, a compensation agreement in the amount of USD $981,405 was finalized between MNF-I and the Chaldean Church of Iraq for rents incurred from the use of and damages caused to the Babel College seminary that Coalition forces occupied from March 1, 2007 until November 5 [...] | 2009-12-07 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3177 | EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ SET TO INCREASE [...] (C) The GOI appears set to accelerate the number of executions it carries out after the Eid holiday, having received signed death warrants from the Presidency Council for virtually all of the approximately 1,000 prisoners (including 17 women) currently sitting on death row. In a meeting on De [...] | 2009-12-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3312 | REGIONAL EMBASSY OFFICE HILLAH CLOSES; BABIL GOVERNOR FILLS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Regional Embassy Office (REO) Hillah handed over its facility in a former hotel building to representatives of the Ministries of Interior and Tourism on December 15 (reftel). The GOI representatives appeared to disregard the PRT's briefing on security, operatio [...] | 2009-12-23 03:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD364 | DA'WA WHEELING AND DEALING IN KARBALA [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent attempt to minimize the influence the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) will have in the new Provincial Council (PC),Da'wa leaders in Karbala are working furiously to form alliances with the second-place Hope of the Two Rivers and the fourth-place Independent [...] | 2009-02-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD386 | PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: FOCUSING EFFORTS POST [...] (U) Summary. On February 9-10, Embassy Baghdad Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Addressing the post-provincial elections theme, Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the next 18 months will be pivotal to Iraq's [...] | 2009-02-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD422 | HANDOVER CEREMONY MARKS WATERSHED IN BASRAH [...] On February 9, Ambassador Crocker and Minister of Health (MOH) Salih Madhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding that laid out the roles and responsibilities for completion and transfer of the Basrah Children's Hospital to the GOI. The transfer will take place in stages over the next several [...] | 2009-02-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD429 | RRT ERBIL: THE SILENT IMAMS, DEALING WITH EXTEMIST [...] (C) Summary: A number of Muslim leaders in the Kurdistan region took to the pulpit in December/January to denounce Israeli actions in the Gaza strip and call for the destruction of the Israeli state and death to Jews. In response, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) banned these Imams fr [...] | 2009-02-18 23:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PRL PHUM PTER SOCI PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD431 | SUPPORT COUNCILS IN SUNNI REGIONS: FAILURE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Support Councils (SC) (Arabic: Majlis Al Isnad),have not had as great an effect in the central Sunni-Arab majority provinces as in southern, Shi'a-dominated provinces (refs). Sunni suspicions of the Maliki Government of Iraq (GOI),already established tribal groupings and othe [...] | 2009-02-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD477 | DA,WA FORMING PARTNERSHIP WITH HOPE OF TWO RIVERS [...] (C) Summary: The State of Law Coalition (Da'wa) and the Hope of the Two Rivers (disaffected Da'wa, tribal and others) each won nine Provincial Council (PC) seats in last month's provincial elections. Both separately have announced that their lists may form a governing partnership. State of L [...] | 2009-02-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD544 | DETENTION OF DIYALA SUNNI ARAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The circumstances surrounding the arrest and subsequent five month detention of a high-ranking government official in Diyala Province, Dr. Hussein al-Zubaydi, raise questions as to whether it is politically motivated. A Sunni Arab provincial council member, Dr. Hussein was ar [...] | 2009-03-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD578 | IRAQ'S MINORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Iraq's minorities have a long and colorful history in the "Land Between the Two Rivers." While their numbers have declined significantly in recent years, those who remain contribute significantly to the cultural and political fabric of Iraq. Most minority communities are loca [...] | 2009-03-05 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD63 | ASHURA IN KARBALA: PEACEFUL, CROWDED, SANGUINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ashura commemorations passed peacefully in Karbala amid a heavy security presence, elements of which will remain in place through Arba'ayniyah (February 15-16),which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period. A record number of pilgrims, estimated at two million, participated [...] | 2009-01-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD649 | PM Barzani Pledges Strong Support for Cultural Heritage [...] (U) During a 2/19 meeting at his residence, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barzani told a visiting State Department delegation that he fully supports the establishment of a national cultural heritage preservation training institute in Erbil. The PM said the KRG would cost- [...] | 2009-03-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD650 | Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! U Kansas Professor Wows Kurdistan [...] (U) During a jam-packed visit to the Kurdistan Region, University of Kansas Political Science Department Chairman Burdett Loomis spoke to students and faculty at major universities in Dohuk and Erbil on the transition to the new Obama administration and the effects it will have on domestic and [...] | 2009-03-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV OEXC OIIP IZ |
09BAGHDAD700 | RRT Erbil: The 1991 Generation on College, Jobs [...] (U) Summary: Given that half of the Kurdistan Region's population is under 25, understanding the concerns of the so-called "1991 Generation" -- those born during or after the Kurdish Uprising -- is key to understanding the Region's future. Right now, the Generation's primary concern is getting [...] | 2009-03-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV PINR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD722 | Judicial Training a Potential Change Agent for Iraq's Rule [...] SUMMARY: Speaking before the U.S. Embassy-hosted Rule of Law (ROL) Community Forum, the Dean of the Judicial Training Institute (JTI),created in the wake of the Baathist "bloodless revolution" of 1968 as part of the Ministry of Justice, advocated increasing the institute's resources and upd [...] | 2009-03-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD750 | NINEWA: SONGS IN THE KEY OF AIN SIFNI [...] (C) Summary: What do you get when a US Army band plays an Eastern Orthodox wedding hall in a Yezidi town with Arab, Christian and Kurdish musicians under the watchful gaze of the Barzani patriarch, a crucifix, and the Iraqi flag, plus a banner celebrating the anniversary of an anti-Saddam up [...] | 2009-03-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD770 | ERBIL RRT: KURDISTAN REGIONAL POLITICS THROUGH THE EYES OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Students in the Kurdistan Region (KR) uniformly stress that the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) dominate both the political and private spheres of the KR. But their opinions differ on whether these political parties have advanced th [...] | 2009-03-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ SOCI |
09BAGHDAD778 | RRT Erbil: Nawshirwan Mustafa on Free Press, Elections [...] (SBU) During a March 17 visit to Sulaimaniyah, legendary Peshmerga commander and Talabani political rival Nawshirwan Mustafa gave RRT officers an impromptu tour of his Kurdistan News Network (KNN),the Region's first private TV station. KNN is finishing its test broadcast phase and will soon g [...] | 2009-03-22 08:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD796 | ERBIL RRT: KURDISTAN REGION TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perceptions of widespread government corruption are common in the Kurdistan Region (KR). The dominant role that the two major parties play in the political and economic life of the KR is believed to encourage corruption and act as an impediment to reform. Domestic and internatio [...] | 2009-03-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV SOCI ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD959 | IRAQI MARSHES STRUGGLING TO MAKE A COMEBACK (PART [...] (SBU) Iraq's marshes have been in trouble for a long time. Considering the marshes to be a waste of land and a breeding ground for mosquitoes, early British plans called for the near complete drying out of the marshes. By 1990, the marsh area had already been reduced by 50%. Saddam greatly [...] | 2009-04-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD960 | WHO'S WHO IN MARSHLAND RESTORATION (PART 2 OF 2) [...] (SBU) Marsh restoration is a nexus of delicate political, economic, and cultural issues, spanning three provinces and 12 Iraqi ministries. While only a few tens of thousands of Iraqis still lived in the marshes area in early 2003, estimates are that over 150,000 people have returned, with man [...] | 2009-04-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAKU159 | AZERBAIJAN: POST FINDINGS ON COTTON CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Baku contacted NGO's and local experts to discuss child labor in Azerbaijan's cotton fields in accordance with reftel. Agriculture experts in Azerbaijan note that cotton production in the country has significantly/massively declined since Soviet times, continuing that trend in r [...] | 2009-02-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI AJ |
09BAKU201 | AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY: STILL ONE NATION, TWO STATES? [...] (C) Summary: Although Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic and is still properly considered part of the ex-Soviet space, it is culturally, linguistically and economically much more a satellite of Turkey than Russia. Ties between the two countries are exceptionally strong along the entire spe [...] | 2009-03-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SOCI ECON ETRD AJ TU |
09BAKU618 | AZERBAIJAN: H1N1 STATUS AND PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 30, Azerbaijan disclosed its first two lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, a 40 year-old woman who returned from a trip to France July 27 and a teenage boy who returned from a trip to the UK July 29. By August 1, the woman was released from the Baku Hospital of Lung Diseases [...] | 2009-08-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU PREL AEMR CASC PINR AMGT SOCI ESTH AJ |
09BAKU85 | Letter to President Obama from Chairman of the Caucasus [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter from Sheykh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, which the Embassy has been asked to forward to President Barack Obama: BEGIN TEXT: No. 022 January 23, 2009 To the President of the United States of America H. E [...] | 2009-02-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KISL SCUL SOCI AJ |
09BAKU990 | Azerbaijan (Sort of) Celebrates Muharram, Ashoura [...] (SBU) On December 18, Muslims worldwide started celebrations for the holy month of Muharram. In Azerbaijan, the date was marked by a simple statement, without fanfare, from the Caucasus Muslim Board. For Shi'a Muslims, including those in Azerbaijan and neighboring Iran, Muharram has a special [...] | 2009-12-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI AJ IR |
09BAMAKO111 | BLACK TAMACHEKS LOBBY FOR ANTI-SLAVERY LAW IN MALI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ELAB ML |
09BAMAKO247 | MALI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW DELIVERED [...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Hamadou Albachir Toure, Chief of the Europe and Americas Desk at the Malian Foreign Ministry, on April 21. Mr. Toure thanked the Embassy for relaying this information but made no further comment. LEONARD [...] | 2009-04-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM ML |
09BAMAKO695 | THE HIGH ISLAMIC COUNCIL - A VIEW FROM THE [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with the Embassy, Kidal's representative to the national High Islamic Council (HCI),Moussa ag Ali, noted the presence of internal tensions between the provincial and national level of the HCI and between ethnic groups represented in the HCI. Moussa's account i [...] | 2009-10-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ML |
09BAMAKO77 | LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRISONS, AND JUSTICE IN MALI: A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to detention centers in Bamako, Mali's Public Prosecutor for the Court of Appeals Mahamadou Boire met with staff and inmates to verify prison conditions, identify areas of concern, and propose potential solutions to the two most pressing problems facing [...] | 2009-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO839 | ARREST AND RELEASE OF A CHILD TRAFFICKER IN NIORO [...] (SBU) On December 17, Enda-Tiers Monde, an NGO that combats trafficking in children in west Africa, informed the Embassy that Malian authorities in Nioro du Sahel, Koulikoro Region arrested child trafficker Sidamar ag Cherif and rescued eight Tuareg children originally from Kidal. Ag Cherif w [...] | 2009-12-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KFRD SOCI ML |
09BAMAKO97 | MALI: INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC ML |
09BANGKOK147 | EMBASSY BANGKOK COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TH |
09BANGKOK1955 | CONCURRENCE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S UPDATE OF [...] The Embassy appreciates the Department of Labor's consultation with diplomatic posts abroad on its draft revised list of products that have been "mined, produced or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13126. Post concurs with the list, as rele [...] | 2009-08-10 07:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TH |
09BANGKOK3072 | FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...] | 2009-12-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH |
09BANJUL103 | JAMMEH ANNOUNCES ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE DRUGS TRADE [...] On March 27, President Jammeh strongly condemned the trade in narcotics and urged the country's judges to exercise no mercy for drug dealers in his annual speech to the National Assembly. This is Jammeh's strongest condemnation of the drug trade to date, and could be a reaction to recent event [...] | 2009-04-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI SNAR GA |
09BANJUL55 | GAMBIA: THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL [...] Per instructions in reftel, Embassy Banjul hereby provides its assessment of the need for increased law enforcement and judicial training in The Gambia. --------------------------------- INTERNAL AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES --------------------------------- 2. The regional challenges for The [...] | 2009-02-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI GA |
09BARCELONA154 | MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES ISLAM IN SPAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain's first Muslim Parliamentarian discussed with POLOFF Muslim relations in Spain and stressed the importance of grassroots activism to integrate Muslims into Spanish society. Noting the vast increase of Muslim immigrants into Spain in recent years, Mohammed Chaib cautio [...] | 2009-11-06 14:19:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG SOCI SP MO |
09BASRAH39 | TOUR DE TABLE WITH BASRA'S SUNNI SHEIKHS AND CLERICS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 28 meeting with the Deputy Team Leader and other Basra PRT members, 14 Sunni tribal sheikhs and clerics from the districts of Basra, Abul Kasib, Al Faw, and Al Zubair, shared their views on political, security, and development issues. They voiced disenchantment with t [...] | 2009-07-04 06:54:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
09BASRAH40 | BASRA: OMS LEADER FEARS MILITARY KILLING WILL HURT EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. Senior OMS (Office of the Martyr al-Sadr) leader Sheikh Mohammed al-Furaji expressed concerns about the June 21 killing of Ahmed Rahman Jasim, a member of Jaysh al-Mahdi, who he claims had no ties to Iranian-backed militant groups. Though the military operation that resulted in t [...] | 2009-07-06 08:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR PREL PTER IZ IR |
09BASRAH41 | BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS [...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...] | 2009-07-06 13:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ |
09BASRAH46 | SUNNI ENDOWMENT LEADER REVEALS IIP ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) In a August 12 meeting, Dr. Abd al-Kareem al-Khazraji, head of the Sunni Endowment for southern Iraq, provided his views on local and national issues. He gave positive marks to the current Basra Provincial Council and Sunni effectiveness within it, but criticized reconstruction efforts as [...] | 2009-08-13 14:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI IZ IR |
09BASRAH47 | PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...] | 2009-08-16 15:00:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR |
09BASRAH48 | BASRA GOVERNMENT FLEXES MUSCLES TO SACK MINISTERIAL DG [...] (SBU) In a first for the Basra government, the Provincial Council and Governor Shiltagh joined forces to use new Provincial Powers Law to remove a federal official from his job. Six times before, the Basra provincial government had tried to fire the managerially challenged Director General (DG [...] | 2009-09-03 08:21:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SOCI IZ |
09BASRAH49 | BASRA INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ON LOCAL AND FOREIGN THREATS [...] (C) In a September 6 meeting, Colonel Hazam, head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service's Fusion Center for the Basra region, called the special cells of Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) the biggest security threat in southern Iraq and said Baathists and other insurgent groups were infiltrating their ranks to [...] | 2009-09-10 12:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI IZ IR |
09BASRAH53 | BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...] | 2009-09-24 06:52:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH55 | PRT BASRA'S EID AL-FITR CELEBRATION A SYMBOLIC MILESTONE [...] This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Basra PRT hosted an Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) event on September 23 for an estimated 130 guests from a broad swath of Basrawi society. The event took place at a new downtown Basra luxury hotel, significant itself, as it further demo [...] | 2009-10-06 07:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ASEC EINV IZ |
09BASRAH57 | BASRA: THE SLUMS OF HAYYANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Hayyaniyah is a poor and politically sensitive Basra city neighborhood with a history very similar to Baghdad's Sadr City. Wracked by extreme poverty, high unemployment, and an extremely dense population, the enclave of about 300,000 is largely comprised of Shi'a Marsh Arabs fr [...] | 2009-10-28 08:38:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PREL PGOV SMIG IZ IR |
09BASRAH58 | THE VIEW FROM BASRA U: STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO VOTE FOR [...] (C) Conversations with a dozen students at Basra University's School of Law reveal strong interest in the upcoming national elections, but also fears that fraud will occur without strong oversight by international observers. All the students support an open list ballot, and the majority say [...] | 2009-11-02 11:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH61 | IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...] | 2009-11-21 13:58:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH63 | ERA OF CLOSER COOPERATION BEGINS WITH BASRAH UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU/NF) In a December 3 meeting, Basrah University's new chancellor, Dr. Saleh Najim, reviewed the status of the province's premier academic institution and related plans to create a new university devoted solely to petroleum and mineral studies. The PRT outlined possible avenues of cooperat [...] | 2009-12-15 08:50:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV IZ IR |
09BEIJING1097 | CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: [...] (SBU) Summary: China's blueprint for healthcare reform released on April 6 is being heavily promoted by the official media but will take years to implement and experts question whether it will address fundamental problems in China's healthcare system. The plan is unlikely to improve trust in [...] | 2009-04-23 22:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING1206 | INCREASED GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Aggressive censorship is making it more difficult to hold political discussions online, according to multiple bloggers and online activists. While contacts differed on whether the ongoing "anti-vulgarity" campaign was being employed as cover for the political tightening, all agreed that c [...] | 2009-05-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL SOCI CH TW EINT |
09BEIJING1242 | China's Qinghai Province Slow to Rebalance Economy and [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tibetan and other minority communities in rural Qinghai Province see only limited benefits from China's rural development efforts. Like much of rural China, weak local government capacity hinders Chinese Government development efforts throughout rural Qinghai. These problems are [...] | 2009-05-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING1336 | XXXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) CDA spoke by phone with XXXXXXXXXXXXX to discuss recent pressure by the Chinese government to censor the company's Chinese website, accelerated perhaps by the approach of significant political anniversaries.XXXXXXXXXXXXX averred that the root of the problem was China's Politburo Standing Comm [...] | 2009-05-18 23:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1346 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ECOSOC NGO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC PHUM NGO SOCI UN CH |
09BEIJING1388 | PRC/SUDAN: PRC SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARFUR [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration, Special Representative for the Chinese Government on Darfur Ambassador Liu Guijin agreed that the United States and China shared common goals in Sudan. Liu added that China hoped that the new U.S. Administration's "con [...] | 2009-05-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU LY |
09BEIJING1389 | PRC/SUDAN: MFA DG CALLS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for West Asia and North Africa Song Aiguo told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China sought "comprehensive" ties with Sudan by developing links with authorities in the south but maintaining strong relations with Khartoum. Song urged the internati [...] | 2009-05-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1414 | PRC/SUDAN: AFM LIU JIEYI TELLS S/E GRATION CHINA [...] (C) The United States and China had common interests in Sudan, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25. AFM Liu stressed that China believed the political and peace-keeping tracks were both important and underscored the need to persuade p [...] | 2009-05-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1416 | PRC/SUDAN: CENTRAL PARTY COMMITTEE SAYS CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee International Department Director General Liu Denglin told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China would "spare no efforts" to bring about lasting peace and stability in Sudan. Initial implementation of the [...] | 2009-05-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1435 | PRC/SUDAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY VP DISCUSSES SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare and free-flowing discussion with visiting Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported a "wait-and-see" attitude about Sudan's future but hoped to continue oil production regardless of the 2011 refer [...] | 2009-06-01 00:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EPET SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING150 | CHINESE NEW YEAR TRAVEL RUSH BEGINS; PRESIDENT HU [...] (SBU) With China's Lunar New Year travel rush officially underway migrant workers, students and middle-class residents are queuing for hours to snatch up scarce train tickets. Severe ticket shortages, allegedly exacerbated by the hoarding and scalping of railway passes, led Chinese President [...] | 2009-01-16 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH |
09BEIJING1520 | "ESCORT OF THE YOUTH FLOWERS" - CHINA SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on May 22 mandated that all computers sold in China, whether imported or manufactured domestically, be pre-installed with "Green Dam - Escort of the Youth Flowers" Internet filtering software effective July 1, 2009. [...] | 2009-06-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1538 | COMPUTER INDUSTRY CONTEMPLATES RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met on June 8 with representatives of several trade associations to further discuss their reactions to the Chinese government's mandate that all computers sold in China after July 1 be preinstalled with "Green Dam" Internet filtering software (reftel). Those present el [...] | 2009-06-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING161 | CHINA WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF ICC ARREST WARRANT [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir that will make the Sudanese Government less cooperative and further destabilize the situation in Sudan, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Su [...] | 2009-01-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM CH SU |
09BEIJING1682 | GREEN DAM INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese government has a legal obligation to protect children from inappropriate content on the web Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told EMIN June 19. Mandating the internet filtering software Green Dam be provided with every new computer sold in China is in [...] | 2009-06-19 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING1754 | INDUSTRY DISCUSSES GREEN DAM DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Industry's strong opposition to China's plans to roll out the internet filtering software Green Dam stems both from business concerns and domestic political concerns U.S. industry representatives said June 25. CEOs have to show their companies made every effort to stop the roll- [...] | 2009-06-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING186 | LAND AND SOCIAL STABILITY IN RURAL CHINA: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discontent and the potential for rural unrest involving land disputes may be increasing despite the Government's recent emphasis on reforming rural land policy. Little substantive progress has been made to reform rural land policy since the announcement of new reforms at the Oc [...] | 2009-01-22 03:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI |
09BEIJING2123 | HIGH-PROFILE NGO CLOSED, PRE-60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On July 17 the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau raided the offices of the Open Constitution Initiative (aka "Gongmeng"),an NGO promoting democracy and rule-of-law, and declared the group an "illegal organization." Days earlier, Beijing tax officials had slapped OCI with a large fine for all [...] | 2009-07-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2187 | NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION URGES GREATER [...] (SBU) At the request of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC),ESTHOffs met with Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Cooperation Madam RU Xiaomei on July 31 to share current USG views on international family planning and related policy toward China. ESTHOFF [...] | 2009-08-02 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM CH |
09BEIJING2212 | NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION URGES GREATER [...] (SBU) At the request of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC),ESTHOffs met with Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Cooperation Madam RU Xiaomei on July 31 to share current USG views on international family planning and related policy toward China. ESTHOFF [...] | 2009-08-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM CH |
09BEIJING232 | CHINESE GOVERNMENT SEEKS BETTER UNEMPLOYMENT DATA [...] (U) Summary: China s official unemployment rate, which rose to 4.2 percent in December, is unrealistic and does not capture over 100 million migrant workers most affected by the economic downturn in late 2008. According to government officials and a local labor economist, the government know [...] | 2009-01-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2360 | CHINA OFFICIALLY "UNINSTALLS" GREEN DAM INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Minister Li announced August 13 computers sold in China would not be subject to mandatory internet censorship software requirements. The remarks represent the highest level signal to date that the Chinese government has off [...] | 2009-08-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING2362 | CHINA: POST CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to review the Department of Labor's draft update to its list of products that have been "mined, produced or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13126 (Ref A). Post concurs with the list and has no additi [...] | 2009-08-14 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2429 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: XU ZHIYONG (ON BAIL) AND ILHAM [...] (C) On August 23, detained rights activist Xu Zhiyong and ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti were released from police custody. Also released was Zhuang Lu, a codefendant in the state's "tax evasion" case against Xu and his NGO, the Open Constitution Initiative. Tohti, whose writings had been [...] | 2009-08-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2692 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY ROUNDTABLE WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Beijing hosted a round-table discussion with 19 Beijing-based rights lawyers, visiting Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor senior advisor Susan O'Sullivan, and third-country diplomats. Most of the Chinese participants were among a group of lawyers whose li [...] | 2009-09-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2703 | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (U) Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Shanghai CDC) are collaborating on preparations for the World Expo 2010, including, developing a healt [...] | 2009-09-22 03:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH APER |
09BEIJING2733 | PRE-ANNIVERSARY TIGHTENING OF CONTROLS ON NGOS [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the October 1 sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese authorities have tightened control over civil society groups, according to contacts. In recent months, many NGOs have encountered official harassment, ranging from off [...] | 2009-09-24 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2734 | CHINA: RURAL LAND AND RELIGIOUS DISPUTES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rural land, corruption among local officials, and conflicts between different sects of Sunni Islam are equally important causes of unrest in rural Ningxia, though contacts downplayed the overall risks of instability. Disputes over rural land are largely limited to land confiscati [...] | 2009-09-24 06:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2773 | POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...] | 2009-09-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2795 | CHINESE MORE FREE TO DECIDE BIRTH TIMING AND SPACING BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China has relaxed some family planning controls and is turning towards more incentive-based mechanisms for the enforcement of family planning policies and targets. Although a restrictive policy, especially for urban areas, still exists, the most significant progress is increasi [...] | 2009-09-29 23:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM TBIO UNFPA CH |
09BEIJING2805 | CHINA/REBALANCING: RURAL LAND POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China has made only incremental progress on rural land policy reforms needed to restructure China's rural economy and increase rural consumption. Transfers of land use rights have increased gradually in recent years, but the overall amount of rural land that has been transferr [...] | 2009-09-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2808 | CARROTS AND STICKS IN CHINA'S ENFORCEMENT OF FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Beijing experts on family planning assert that China's family planning efforts have broadened beyond population targets and include a number of programs and strategies emphasizing a more incentive-based and service-oriented approach. Targets remain, however, as do heavy financi [...] | 2009-09-30 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KPAO KPOP TBIO CH |
09BEIJING2814 | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...] | 2009-10-06 23:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ |
09BEIJING285 | PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS, [...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...] | 2009-02-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH |
09BEIJING2867 | PRC EDUCATION VICE MINISTER SUPPORTS PROPOSAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRC Education Vice Minister Hao Ping embraced a U.S. proposal to double the projected number of U.S. students studying in China to 100,000 over the next four years. During an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Campbell, Vice Minister Hao expressed hope to reach agreement on the p [...] | 2009-10-14 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL PGOV CVIS SOCI CASC CH ED |
09BEIJING2898 | CAIJING'S LAST STAND? [...] (C) Summary: Disagreements over editorial policy and business models threaten to bring about the demise of China's most influential and independent economic magazine, Caijing. The conflicts are the result of a complex clash of interests and philosophies, including competing business strategies [...] | 2009-10-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EFIN SOCI CH |
09BEIJING2899 | CHINA TARGETS ONLINE GAMES: BATTLES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) issued a circular on October 10 prohibiting foreign investment in the domestic online games operations through joint ventures, wholly-owned enterprises and cooperatives. The new directive comprehensively prohibits fo [...] | 2009-10-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING2997 | OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...] | 2009-10-29 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA |
09BEIJING3037 | NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...] | 2009-11-03 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY |
09BEIJING3046 | WHEN HU JINTAO COMES FOR DINNER: LOCAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 28 meeting with PolOffs, Shi Jing (protect),a former municipal party secretary in Gansu Province, described a 2007 Chinese New Year visit by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao to his district and offered insights into how Hu's domestic trips are organized. Much of wh [...] | 2009-11-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3160 | THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT, [...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...] | 2009-11-23 11:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
09BEIJING3209 | CHINA SIDESTEPS S&ED/JCCT COMMITMENTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Rules providing preference in government procurement for Chinese companies with accredited indigenous innovation appear to contravene China's S&ED and JCCT commitments to consider products produced by foreign-invested enterprises in China as domestic. A recent joint Ministry o [...] | 2009-12-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH |
09BEIJING3235 | LABOR NGO COMMUNITY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE SETBACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a mid-November grassroots Chinese labor NGO conference noted that labor NGOs, like all civil society groups in China, continue to face difficulties, including registering their organizations and obtaining legal status. However, they emphasized, their organizatio [...] | 2009-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BEIJING3296 | INITIAL CHINESE REBUFF OF INDIGENOUS INNOVATION [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Huntsman transmitted reftel demarche points under cover of a letter to the Ministers of MOST, MOF and the NDRC on December 9. Separately, emboffs on December 10 delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance (MOF) Deputy Director Ge [...] | 2009-12-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI |
09BEIJING3314 | MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...] | 2009-12-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3321 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador met December 9 with five prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyers. The lawyers reported increased harassment and political pressure due to their work on sensitive human rights and religious freedom cases and their association with the democracy manifesto Charter '08. Th [...] | 2009-12-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3357 | ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHINA STILL ELUSIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BEIJING3373 | CHARGE'S CALL WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) On December 17, Charge d'Affaires Robert Goldberg telephoned Liu Xia, the wife of detained Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo, to convey USG concerns regarding her husband's case and sympathy for the difficulties she faced. The Charge told Liu Xia that United States believed that Liu Xiaobo had [...] | 2009-12-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3379 | INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche regarding indigenous innovation to a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) official December 9. The official took note of USG concerns over the Circular and promised to "respond accordingly." Separately, a Minis [...] | 2009-12-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3482 | POPULAR PRC FILM REDRAWS TAIWAN PROPAGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The blockbuster film "The Founding of a Republic," released in China to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, marks a noteworthy shift in Chinese propaganda on Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang . While the storyline of the movie is consistent with [...] | 2009-12-29 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI CH TW |
09BEIJING356 | THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 23:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING359 | THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the sixth year in a row, the Chinese Government,s first major policy document of the year has focused on the rural sector. The document breaks little new ground on the policy front, mainly reiterating the Government,s oft-stated goal of tackling rural poverty and boosting ru [...] | 2009-02-12 01:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING400 | SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...] | 2009-02-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH |
09BEIJING412 | NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...] | 2009-02-18 07:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO |
09BEIJING422 | CHINA/REBALANCING: BARRIERS TO BOOSTING RURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption, mismanagement and an inefficient central-local government budgetary system in rural China bode ill for Chinese Government plans to ease the economic slowdown in part through measures to spur rural demand. Two rural Shanxi Province communities provide examples of h [...] | 2009-02-19 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING448 | Graduate Unemployment in China: Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government blames rising unemployment on the global financial crisis, but in the case of college graduates the crisis has only exacerbated a preexisting problem. Graduate unemployment began to rise in 2003, as a result of policies to expand enrollment, while reform [...] | 2009-02-23 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING531 | NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...] | 2009-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING580 | PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...] | 2009-03-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW |
09BEIJING614 | JILIN GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMY AND U.S. [...] (C) Jilin Governor Han Changfu focused on his province's plans for coping with the global financial crisis and attracting U.S. investment during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC). Jilin was experiencing an economic downturn [...] | 2009-03-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING633 | CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...] | 2009-03-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH |
09BEIJING649 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...] | 2009-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING872 | NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...] | 2009-04-01 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH |
09BEIRUT101 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT SPECIAL [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador that he expected the four Lebanese judges on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to spend approximately two weeks in The Hague in March to approve the procedural code for the Tribunal. He also believed the four generals, currently [...] | 2009-01-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS KTIP SOCI |
09BEIRUT1117 | HARIRI SUMMONS SUNNI POWER, BUT REVEALS [...] (C) Lebanese contacts from across the political spectrum perceive Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's emphasis on the constitutional authorities of the prime minister as a strong defense of "Sunni power." However, Hariri's redesignation without support from either of the country's Shia par [...] | 2009-10-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1130 | THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON AS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is still a political football, with opposition-aligned figures striving to discredit it and the majority pledging its support for the STL's mission of bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik [...] | 2009-10-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS UNSC PTER PREL SOCI PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT1147 | LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...] | 2009-10-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1175 | LEBANON PROGRESSING ON UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (U) Lebanon has made substantial progress towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),according to a recent report by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The report highlighted improvements in the areas of education, reduction of child and mother mortality rates, gender equali [...] | 2009-10-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1207 | REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...] | 2009-11-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE |
09BEIRUT1238 | THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...] | 2009-11-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE |
09BEIRUT1260 | H1N1 IN LEBANON DECLARED AN EPIDEMIC (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced November 25 that Lebanon had moved to the epidemic stage of H1N1, as test results showed that 80% of people with the flu were carrying the H1N1 strain. However, he reiterated that the virus was not fatal, noting that most patients were [...] | 2009-12-01 07:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM SOCI PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1261 | EMBASSY BEIRUT NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Post nominated the following ten individuals for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: - Mr. Fawaz Hamidi, General Manager, Business Incubation Association Tripoli and Northern Lebanon (BIAT); - Mr. Nicolas Rouhana, Business Development & Communication Director, Berytech Technologic [...] | 2009-12-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT412 | LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 06:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL |
09BEIRUT417 | LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...] | 2009-04-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL |
09BEIRUT565 | LEBANON: LEBANESE YOUTH COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) On Saturday My 9, 2009, a new anti-corruption movement, the "ebanese Youth Coalition against Corruption" (LYCAC was launched in Beirut. This coalition was launched by the Youth Civil Society & Leadership (YCSL) program as a joint initiative between the Lebanese Transparency Association (L [...] | 2009-05-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI LE |
09BEIRUT767 | LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE HARIRI TELLS INL A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson and the Ambassador July 1 that the Internal Security Forces (the police) have been "very successful" in recent years, but more recruits, training, and equi [...] | 2009-07-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT833 | LEBANON FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut contacted Lebanese stakeholders - including youth, civil society partners, and political interlocutors - to solicit feedback about specific recommendations and suggestions to achieve priorities outlined by President Obama during his June 4 speech in Cairo, (ref A). Co [...] | 2009-07-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
09BEIRUT851 | HIZBALLAH PUBLICLY RECRUITING COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR [...] (C) Publicly-available brochures and radio advertisements in early July confirm Hizballah is actively recruiting college students to participate in a "summer camp." The camp's activities include cultural, educational, religious and political discussions and activities. In addition, one "boys [...] | 2009-07-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT918 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...] | 2009-08-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI |
09BEIRUT957 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS LEBANON STILL NEEDS [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri need [...] | 2009-08-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT KFLU PGOV SOCI LE |
09BELFAST50 | NORTHERN IRELAND DEVOLUTION DELAYED BUT ON TRACK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Northern Ireland's political leaders, together with HMG's Northern Ireland Office, are united in their conviction to move forward on the devolution of policing and justice. An attempt by hard-line unionist Jim Allister to siphon off support from First Minister Peter Robinson's [...] | 2009-07-10 11:25:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI UK EI |
09BELGRADE1602 | SERBIA: ROUNDTABLES WITH MUSLIM ENTREPENEURS [...] (U) During two embassy-led roundtables with local Muslim entrepreneurs (as per reftel A),participants expressed their support for President Obama's Muslim outreach initiative but remained primarily concerned about the depressed local economic situation hindering business opportunity and the [...] | 2009-12-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC PREL SCUL SOCI SR |
09BELGRADE32 | SERBIA DELAYS CHANGES TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (SBU) Serbia will not implement the proposed 2006 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) that would have introduced improvements to criminal investigations. Instead, the government continues to work on a complete revision of the CPC which will introduce more reforms. At the same time [...] | 2009-01-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP KCRM KJUS SOCI SR |
09BELGRADE39 | SERBIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Reftel requested post input for Serbia, as a recipient of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, on efforts to combat child labor. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. END SUMMARY. INCIDENCE AND N [...] | 2009-01-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM SOCI SR MW |
09BELMOPAN206 | EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE MISSES BELIZE [...] On May 28, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras, followed by a 4.8 magnitude aftershock. While the earthquake was felt in Belize, only minor shaking was experienced. No major damage has been reported by the Government of Belize, and only minor damage has been observed b [...] | 2009-05-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI REF EAID AEMR BH |
09BELMOPAN298 | DENGUE OUTBREAK [...] Summary: Belize is experiencing an upsurge in cases of dengue fever with about 200 clinically-diagnosed cases in the last two months. The health authorities in the adjacent Mexican state of Quintana Roo (QR) are providing the GOB assistance to control the outbreak. End Summary. 2. The [...] | 2009-07-31 21:50:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN45 | BELIZE: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Per reftel, Post submits its updated report on child labor information for Belize for USDOL's use in preparing its congressionally-mandated report on child labor as required by the Trade Development Act of 2000. ------- Summary ------- 2. Child labor does exist in Belize but is not co [...] | 2009-01-30 20:46:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN485 | ZABANEH FAMILY PURCHASES PRIVATE UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2009, Dr. Louis Zabaneh stunned the Belizean education community with his surprise acquisition of Galen University. The Zabaneh family is purportedly involved in a number of illicit activities including money laundering and drug smuggling. Over the last year, the [...] | 2009-12-22 17:43:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN80 | PREVIEWING BELIZE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2009: UDP LIKELY [...] Summary: After a landslide victory in the 2008 general elections, the United Democratic Party (UDP) is now preparing for the 2009 municipal elections amidst criticism for lacking a clear policy agenda and a weakened economy. The new Peoples United Party(PUP) leadership has declared its deter [...] | 2009-02-27 21:54:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN87 | LOW VOTER TURNOUT AS BELIZEANS GO TO THE POLLS FOR [...] Summary. Embassy observers visited the Belize City, Orange Walk, and Belmopan districts to observe the municipal elections today. These district elections were generally well-organized and calm, and media reports indicate the mood was similar throughout the country. Voter turnout has been e [...] | 2009-03-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN88 | BELIZEAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW VOTER TURNOUT FAVORED [...] Belize's March 4th municipal election resulted in another landslide victory for the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP). The UDP won 61 of 64 contested seats. All elected mayors were from the UDP party, including in the Toledo District where the previous mayor was from the People's United [...] | 2009-03-05 22:23:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI |
09BERLIN1001 | H1N1 UPDATE: 11,493 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 390 new cases, bringing the total as of August 14 to 11,493. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. A dispute between the government and the health insurance companies over flu shot payments has been resolv [...] | 2009-08-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1007 | H1N1 UPDATE: 12,120 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 627 new cases, bringing the total as of August 17 to 12,120. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. The German government plans to order enough vaccine for 80 percent of its population. END SUMMARY 2. [...] | 2009-08-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1012 | H1N1 UPDATE: 12,830 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the past two days by 710 new cases, bringing the total as of August 19 to 12,830. The daily rate of increase has slightly declined. On August 19, the Cabinet approved a Health Ministry regulation on establishing p [...] | 2009-08-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1014 | H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over yesterday by 350 new cases, bringing the total as of August 20 to 13,180. Germany ranks first in confirmed virus infections among European countries. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 20 press briefing, the Na [...] | 2009-08-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1023 | H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 560 cases, bringing the total as of August 21 to 13,740. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 21 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 5 [...] | 2009-08-24 05:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1025 | H1N1 UPDATE: 14,325 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the weekend by 585 cases, bringing the total as of August 24 to 14,325. Local health officials said that the recent Berlin World Championship in Athletics had no impact on the increase in H1N1 cases in the capital. [...] | 2009-08-25 05:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1039 | H1N1 UPDATE: 14,581 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 256 cases, bringing the total as of August 25 to 14,581. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 25 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a t [...] | 2009-08-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1046 | H1N1 UPDATE: 14,940 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 359 cases, bringing the total as of August 26 to 14,940. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia proposes protection for pregnant women working with flu patients. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 26 press [...] | 2009-08-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1047 | H1N1 UPDATE: GERMANY PASSES 15,000 CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany has passed the 15,000 mark. On August 27, 319 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 15,259. German health authorities expect a second massive wave of infections in winter. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 27 press [...] | 2009-08-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1056 | H1N1 UPDATE: 15,878 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the weekend to 15,878 cases on August 31. Opinion polls show that fewer Germans are interested in flu vaccination this fall/winter. Health authorities are planning an awareness campaign to encourage people to get vaccinat [...] | 2009-08-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1089 | H1N1 UPDATE: 16,584 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose to 16,584 cases on September 3. Germany reported its first severe case of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 3 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confir [...] | 2009-09-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1096 | H1N1 UPDATE: 17,265 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 681 cases to 17,265 cases on September 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its September 8 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 698 new (labor [...] | 2009-09-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1104 | H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million courses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...] | 2009-09-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1111 | H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES (UPDATED) [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million doses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Rober [...] | 2009-09-10 09:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1115 | H1N1 UPDATE: 17,790 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 146 cases to 17,790 on September 10. Munich International School confirms case(s) of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 10 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institu [...] | 2009-09-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1128 | H1N1 UPDATE: 17,937 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 147 cases to 17,937 on September 11. Munich International School, which includes Mission children, has reported two cases of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 11 press briefing, the National Reference Center [...] | 2009-09-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1163 | H1N1 UPDATE: 19,015 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 218 cases to 19,015 on September 16. Nordrhein-Westfalen remains the German state with the highest number of confirmed virus cases. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 17 press briefing, the National Reference Cent [...] | 2009-09-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1166 | GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON SRI LANKAN IDPS, [...] (SBU) After presenting ref A demarche on Sri Lankan IDPs to the MFA Deputy European Corespondent in advance of the September 14-15 EU GAERC meeting (ref B),PolOff followed up to reinforce the points with MFA South Asia Office Director Gudrun Sraega. 2. (C) Sraega said that Germany shared U [...] | 2009-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
09BERLIN1200 | Mission Germany Pandemic Influenza Working Group [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a September 18 meeting of Mission Germany's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG),Mission Germany remains under tripwire two. A core group of PIWG members will begin meeting biweekly as we head into the flu season. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Mission Germany's Pandemi [...] | 2009-09-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1201 | H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH AS GERMANY HITS 20,000 MARK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 175 cases over the weekend to a total of 20,068 on September 28. Germany reported its first suspected H1N1 death. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 28 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at [...] | 2009-09-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1236 | H1N1 UPDATE: 21,129 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 481 cases to a total of 21,129 on October 2. RKI and ECDC have confirmed the first H1N1 death in Germany. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the H1N1 vaccine will be delivered to Germany in the com [...] | 2009-10-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1267 | H1N1 Update: 22,110 Cases; Second Death Reported [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 507 cases to 22,110 on October 8. RKI has announced the death of a 5-year old boy from Munich (Bavaria) who had been infected with H1N1. Germany hopes to start its H1N1 vaccination program at the end of October. END SUMM [...] | 2009-10-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1304 | H1N1 Update: 22,936 Cases; Concerns over Vaccine [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 942 cases to a total of 22,936. As of October 12, Germany is reporting new H1N1 cases on a weekly, rather than daily, basis. The Ministry of Health (BMG) announced that the H1N1 vaccination program will [...] | 2009-10-20 06:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1389 | H1N1 Update: 29,907 Confirmed Cases; 4 New H1N1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 21-29, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 3,075 to a total of 29,907 cases. Four more H1N1 deaths have been reported for a total of 6 deaths in Germany. In an October 26 meeting, the Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute stated that we ar [...] | 2009-11-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1418 | H1N1 Spikes By Over a Third in a Week: 10,368 New [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 26 to November 1, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 10,368 cases to 40,271 total cases. Five more deaths were reported in Germany due to H1N1 increasing the total number of death to eleven. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its November 9 press briefi [...] | 2009-11-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1451 | Spike of H1N1 Cases - 53,957 Total; 5 New Deaths [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 2-8, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 14,890 cases to a total of 53,957 cases. Five more H1N1 related deaths were reported in Germany, increasing the total number of deaths to sixteen. Germany plans to order 150,000 doses of a non-adjuvant v [...] | 2009-11-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1500 | H1N1 Cases Continue to Skyrocket in Germany; New Low- [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 26,579 cases to a total of 86,654 cases. This is the third consecutive week with an approximately 30 percent increase in the number of confirmed H1N1 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increas [...] | 2009-11-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1518 | H1N1 Update: 132,965 Confirmed Cases, 61 [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 8-20, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 33,787 cases to a total of 132,965 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to sixty-one. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its weekly press briefing on November 30, the National Reference Center [...] | 2009-12-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1526 | GERMAN MFA SHARES ITS OWN QUESTIONS, [...] (SBU) Poloff shared reftel points as well as questions and recommendations with MFA Human Rights Division deputy Martin Huth December 2. Huth said that the MFA is "in full agreement with the points made" and also provided questions that the MFA sent to its Geneva Mission, see para 2. Huth sa [...] | 2009-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA GM |
09BERLIN1576 | H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Peaked in November [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 28-December 4, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 11,582 to a total of 192,348 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to ninety-four. Germany is considering selling its surplus H1N1 vaccine. Our analysis of infection rates sug [...] | 2009-12-14 05:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1603 | H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Continues to Fall [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 5-December 11, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 6,800 to a total of 203,713 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to 119. END SUMMARY 2. (U) The Influenza Working Group of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Dec [...] | 2009-12-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
09BERLIN1610 | EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin finds no evidence suggesting the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations share ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation or recognition [...] | 2009-12-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM |
09BERLIN488 | 3 SUSPECTED SWINE FLU CASES IN GERMANY / EMBASSY [...] (SBU) German media reported on April 27 that three Germans -- two men who recently returned from Mexico and a woman -- have been quarantined in the western city of Bielefeld after exhibiting swine flu-like symptoms. Preliminary tests on two of the patients did not support suspicions of swine [...] | 2009-04-28 05:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN494 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...] | 2009-04-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN495 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...] | 2009-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN512 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 8 CONFIRMED, FIRST HUMAN-TO- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed five new cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany over the weekend, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to eight. One man from Bavaria and a couple from Brandenburg tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu- l [...] | 2009-05-05 05:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN518 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 9 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to nine. One man from Saxony- Anhalt tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. The German government announce [...] | 2009-05-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN526 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 10 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to ten. One man from Saxony-Anhalt tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. Despite the increase in fl [...] | 2009-05-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN537 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 11 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to eleven. One man from Bavaria tested positive for H1N1 after returning from the U.S. with flu-like symptoms. This is the first German tr [...] | 2009-05-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN545 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 12 CONFIRMED CASES; Bavarian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) today confirmed another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to twelve. One woman from Bavaria tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico. RKI reports a mild course of the virus in Germany [...] | 2009-05-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN582 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 14 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed two additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to fourteen. The spouse and son of a man from the state of Saxony-Anhalt confirmed to have the virus two weeks ago also tested [...] | 2009-05-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN626 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 17 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed three additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to seventeen. Of the three new cases, a six-year-old girl who attends a day care center in Duesseldorf contracted the virus [...] | 2009-05-22 18:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN641 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 19 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed two additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to nineteen. A small child from the US and a man from Norway traveling to North Rhine-Westphalia tested positive for H1N1. RK [...] | 2009-05-28 12:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN657 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: Spike in Germany - 31 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 12 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty-one. The majority of new infections stem from Germans who recently traveled to the US. There is a media report of a [...] | 2009-06-03 05:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN663 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 6 NEW CASES; 37 TOTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 3, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 6 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty- seven. The majority of the infections occurred in the US. The affected states are Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxo [...] | 2009-06-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN672 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: AN 11-CASE SPIKE, 49 TOTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 49 on June 5 as eleven more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The states of Lower-Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate reported their first infections. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 5, the National Reference Cen [...] | 2009-06-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN686 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: A 19-CASE SPIKE, 68 TOTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 68 on June 8 as nineteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Two US soldiers at a military facility in Landstuhl (Rhineland-Palatinate) are infected with the virus and several other US military cases are suspe [...] | 2009-06-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN695 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES, 86 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 86 on June 10, as twenty more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The four suspected military cases at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center were confirmed positive. RKI says the growth of cases in Germany does not rep [...] | 2009-06-10 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN704 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 95 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 95 on June 11, as nine more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Most of the new cases in Germany are occurring in children and young adults. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 11, the National Reference Center for I [...] | 2009-06-11 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN710 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 111 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 111 on June 12, as sixteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. More school children have contracted the virus. Despite the raise in the WHO pandemic alert level, there is no change in German measures. END [...] | 2009-06-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN714 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 172 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 172 on June 15, as fifty-six more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus over the weekend. The day also brought the first confirmed H1N1 case in Berlin. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 15, the National Reference C [...] | 2009-06-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN720 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 195 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 195 on June 16, as twenty-three more people were confirmed to be infected with the virus. Most of the spike in H1N1 cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 16, the National Reference Center for In [...] | 2009-06-17 05:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM RO |
09BERLIN735 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 229 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 229 on June 18, as thirty-four further infections were confirmed. First case of H1N1 confirmed in Bremen. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its pres [...] | 2009-06-19 05:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN738 | H1N1 - MISSION GERMANY'S READINESS AND PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany has had spike of H1N1 cases throughout the country, resulting in an average daily increase in new cases of over ten percent over the past two weeks. We review the country's outbreak status daily and are implementing measures consistent with Mission tripwire two. This ca [...] | 2009-06-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN744 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 251 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 251 on June 19, as twenty-two further infections were confirmed. The majority of newly confirmed cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 19, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robe [...] | 2009-06-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN747 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 278 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 278 on June 22, as twenty-seven new infections were confirmed. The fourth H1N1 infection in Berlin was confirmed over the weekend. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 22, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Ins [...] | 2009-06-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN754 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 301 on June 23, as twenty-three new infections were confirmed. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 23, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing 23 new laboratory-confi [...] | 2009-06-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN762 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 332 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 332 on June 24, as thirty-one new infections were confirmed. State Health Ministers are meeting today in Thuringia to discuss H1N1 situation. Chancellor Merkel visited the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on June 23 and assured that the cou [...] | 2009-06-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN769 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 333 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose by one infection to 333 on June 25. (Authorities identified six new cases, but retracted five previously- confirmed ones, adjusting the total increase to one.) State health ministers reassured the public after meeting on June 24 in T [...] | 2009-06-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN775 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 358 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 25 cases to a total of 358. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 25, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-six new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtracted o [...] | 2009-06-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN781 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 388 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 30 cases to a total of 388 on June 29. Germany has the third highest number of infections in the EU. SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 29, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirty-o [...] | 2009-06-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN783 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 417 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 29 cases to a total of 417 on June 30. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 30, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-nine new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany. This [...] | 2009-06-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN795 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 429 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 12 cases to a total of 429 on July 1. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 1, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirteen new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtr [...] | 2009-07-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN808 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: SPIKE IN H1N1 INFECTIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 41 cases to a total of 470 on July 2. Germany's airports take different precautions to keep the virus from spreading. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 2, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press [...] | 2009-07-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN812 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 527 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 57 cases over the weekend to a total of 527 on July 6. We are hearing our first reports of Amcit infections in Germany. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) [...] | 2009-07-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN813 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 527 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 57 cases over the weekend to a total of 527 on July 6. We are hearing our first reports of Amcit infections in Germany. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) [...] | 2009-07-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN817 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 548 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 21 cases to a total of 548 on July 7. Berlin confirms more infections. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 7 a total o [...] | 2009-07-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN819 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 591 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 43 cases to a total of 591 on July 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 8 a total of 43 new laboratory-confirmed cases of [...] | 2009-07-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN828 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 641 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 50 cases to a total of 641 on July 9. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 9 a total of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H [...] | 2009-07-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN839 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 691 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 50 cases to a total of 691 on July 10. Media reports indicate first case of H1N1 in the Federal State of Saarland. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced [...] | 2009-07-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN844 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 737 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 46 cases to a total of 737 on July 13. Majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 13 [...] | 2009-07-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN847 | ROBERT-KOCH-INSTITUTE DESCRIBES FLU SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, ECON Berlin met with officials from the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) to discuss the current H1N1 outbreak in Germany. RKI experts believe there could be ten times the number of confirmed cases (691) in Germany due to the often mild symptoms experienced by many of thos [...] | 2009-07-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN85 | EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation [...] | 2009-01-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM |
09BERLIN852 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 763 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 26 cases to a total of 763 on July 14. Seven federal states reported new cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute [...] | 2009-07-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN858 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 834 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 71 cases to a total of 834 on July 15. Nine federal states reported new cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. The Federal German States have ordered 50 million doses of seasonal i [...] | 2009-07-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN884 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 1,818 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 263 cases to a total of 1,818 on July 22. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. German companies prepare for the new virus. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The National Reference Center for Influe [...] | 2009-07-22 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN889 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 2,455 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 637 cases to a total of 2,455 on July 23. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Experts expect more severe cases of the infection. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 23 press briefin [...] | 2009-07-23 11:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN894 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: German Cases Triple This Week [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Germany has more than tripled this week. The one-day rise was 389 cases to a total of 2,844 on July 24. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The number of confirmed virus cases i [...] | 2009-07-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN899 | H1N1 UPDATE: 3,349 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 505 cases to a total of 3,349 on July 27. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Germany considers cancelling mass gatherings to stem an outbreak. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 2 [...] | 2009-07-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN903 | H1N1 UPDATE: 3,810 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 461 cases to a total of 3,810 on July 28. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Information available to German companies on pandemic planning. RKI warns of "H1N1 parties". END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-07-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN906 | H1N1 UPDATE: 4,445 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 635 cases to a total of 4,445 on July 29. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Germany's statutory health insurance agencies are examining raising insurance premiums to pay for the widesprea [...] | 2009-07-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN908 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 5,324 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 879 cases to a total of 5,324 on July 30. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 30 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...] | 2009-07-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN917 | H1N1 UPDATE: 6,062 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) UMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 738 cases to a total of 6,062 on July 31. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Family Ministry calls on statutory health insurance agencies to cover costs for flu vaccination in fall. END [...] | 2009-07-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN925 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 6,800 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 738 cases to a total of 6,800 on August 3. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Doctors warn of unknown side effects of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Ko [...] | 2009-08-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN937 | H1N1 UPDATE: 7,177 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 377 cases to a total of 7,177 on August 4. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Some of Germany's Federal States are considering extending school summer vacations in for school breaks. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Nati [...] | 2009-08-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN962 | H1N1 UPDATE: 8,619 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose within the last two days by 1442 to a total of 8,619 on August 6. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. School began in several federal states despite an increase in H1N1 cases. Berlin's preparations for the World Championsh [...] | 2009-08-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN977 | H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the week end by 557 to a total of 9,770 on August 10. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Berlin authorities are taking additional precautionary measures in preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic Championship w [...] | 2009-08-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN984 | H1N1 UPDATE: 10,155 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany crossed the 10,000 mark as 385 new cases were confirmed on August 11 -- increasing the total to 10,155 cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On August 11, the National Reference Center for Influen [...] | 2009-08-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN989 | H1N1 UPDATE: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 445 new cases bringing the total as of August 12 to 10,600. The majority of new infections occurred abroad and Germany's hospitals reported an increase in walk-in patients concerned that they may be H1N1 positive. E [...] | 2009-08-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN997 | H1N1 UPDATE: 11,103 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 503 new cases bringing the total as of August 13 to 11,103. Consistent with previous reporting, the majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 12 press briefing, the National R [...] | 2009-08-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERN390 | SWISS RESPONSE TO PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A talking points on September 11, 2009 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and one of his deputies, Yves Nicolet. Fux and Nicolet noted that the GOS was in agreement with the US [...] | 2009-09-16 16:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE SZ |
09BERN514 | NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for post to nominate Switzerland-based entrepreneurs of Muslim faith to attend The Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, Embassy Bern submits the following nominees: Cebrail Terlemez: Mr. Terlemez is the Secretary General of the Institute for Intercultura [...] | 2009-11-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI PHUM XF SZ |
09BISHKEK1286 | KYRGYZSTAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] Below are Embassy Bishkek's nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel) and proposed public diplomacy activities related to the summit. While some of the nominees come from relatively large companies (for Kyrgyzstan's market),others are from small companies and NGOs and th [...] | 2009-12-14 08:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID SOCI KG |
09BISHKEK136 | KYRGYZ CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) In response to reftel request seeking current information on child labor and government efforts to address the issue in the Kyrgyz Republic, Embassy notes from anecdotal reporting that child labor still exists in the country. Kyrgyz law provides for the protection of children from economi [...] | 2009-02-17 05:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KG |
09BISHKEK152 | KYRGYZ FACE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Despite Kyrgyz official forecasts of 6% economic growth in 2009, independent experts anticipate low or negative growth this year. Tax revenues are falling because of the economic slowdown and a substantial decrease in value added tax, and the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance is prepa [...] | 2009-02-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI KG |
09BISHKEK319 | WILL RUSSIAN AID PROMOTE KYRGYZ STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: In early April, the Kyrgyz Central Bank received $150 million in aid Moscow pledged to Bishkek in early February. These funds are expected to fill holes in the Kyrgyz budget, and Kyrgyz officials are debating how to manage a $300 million low interest rate loan which Bishkek ant [...] | 2009-04-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI KG |
09BISHKEK458 | STAFFDEL HELWIG VISITS SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two staff members from the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Poloff held meetings in Osh, Kyrgyzstan on May 5-6. Opposition party officials raised concerns about the state of democracy in Kyrgyzstan as the country prepares [...] | 2009-05-12 08:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KG |
09BISHKEK965 | KYRGYZSTAN: FIRST H1N1 FLU CASES CONFIRMED [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 24, Kyrgyz health authorities confirmed the first cases of H1N1 flu in the country. Two Kyrgyz citizens, who had recently traveled to Dubai, tested positive for the H1N1 virus. U.S. assistance, provided earlier to support Kyrgyzstan's preparedness for possible Avian I [...] | 2009-09-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI EAGR AID KG |
09BISHKEK975 | KYRGYZSTAN: FIRST H1N1 FLU CASES CONFIRMED [...] SUMMARY. On August 24, Kyrgyz health authorities confirmed the first cases of H1N1 flu in the country. Two Kyrgyz citizens who had recently traveled to Dubai tested positive for the H1N1 virus. USG assistance provided earlier to support Kyrgyzstan's preparedness for possible Avian Influenza [...] | 2009-09-08 07:56:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI EAGR AID KG |
09BOGOTA1012 | COLOMBIA LABOR UPDATE [...] (C) The labor-affiliated National Union School (ENS) reports seven cases of unionist homicides so far in 2009. Since its inception in October 2006, the Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) labor sub-unit has obtained convictions of 126 individuals for labor-related crimes. In total, the Fiscalia [...] | 2009-03-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA1123 | COLOMBIA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) The following is Embassy Bogota's update on Colombia's efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) of 2000. 2. (U) LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABO [...] | 2009-04-03 20:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EING ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1126 | AWA INDIGENOUS SEARCH FOR MEMBERS SLAIN BY FARC; 8 [...] (U) An indigenous humanitarian mission of 600 returned to the Awa community in Narino department where the FARC killed at least eight Awa members in February. Search parties found eight bodies in the area. The mission was greatly complicated by security concerns, which also prevented any int [...] | 2009-04-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM SMIG SNAR SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA1467 | COLOMBIA TRANSFORMING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN LARGEST CITIES [...] Summary: Encouraged by the successful implementation of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system - locally known as TransMilenio - in Bogota, the GOC has launched an ambitious program to bring BRT to seven of Colombia's largest cities. While delays and cost overruns have complicated the effort, an e [...] | 2009-05-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN SENV SOCI KGHG PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA1552 | CODHES REPORT SPARKS RENEWED DEBATE ON [...] (U) A local human rights group--the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES)--recently reported a 24.5 percent increase in internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2008. CODHES attributed the increase to GOC efforts to expand security, competition among illegal armed groups inclu [...] | 2009-05-15 20:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA1751 | POINTS OF CONTENTION IN COLOMBIAN LABOR LAW [...] (U) Unionists claim Colombian labor laws prevent workers from exercising their basic rights to associate, negotiate, and strike. They want the GOC to repeal or modify Article 5 of the Substantive Labor Code (CST),which limits the definition of a "worker" to someone with a labor contract; Ar [...] | 2009-06-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA2568 | POST CONCURS WITH DOL'S UPDATE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] (SBU) Post concurs with the Department of Labor's update of Executive Order 13126 list for the Colombian product listed in ref A. Brownfield [...] | 2009-08-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA2585 | VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS PITCHES FTA PASSAGE [...] (C) On August 6, Colombian Vice President Santos encouraged Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to the Ambassador and members of a fact-finding mission led by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Santos warned that failure to pass the [...] | 2009-08-17 19:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI USTR CO |
09BOGOTA275 | COMMENTS ON THE CHILD LABOR DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (C) This is a response to the request for comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods from counties that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. Post concurs [...] | 2009-01-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA2922 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS INCREASINGLY STRONG USG [...] (U) On August 25, the Ambassador gave the opening address to the tenth annual Fulbright conference on hemispheric relations at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla. He also inaugurated a U.S. Department of Commerce-sponsored corporate good governance program and met with leaders of the Ca [...] | 2009-09-10 21:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM OEXC SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA2954 | PRESIDENT URIBE TO ATTEND LAUNCH OF INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 18:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM SOCI ECON PREL OPDC CO |
09BOGOTA2998 | COLOMBIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR SEAT ON PAHO [...] This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (U) The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a diplomatic note requesting USG support in obtaining one of three vacant seats on the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at elections this month in Was [...] | 2009-09-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA305 | GOC PRIVATIZATION OF PROTECTION PROGRAM [...] (U) Interior and Justice Minister (MOIJ) Fabio Valencia announced January 26 that the GOC-funded and administered protection program for at-risk individuals, including unionists and human rights defenders, will be contracted out to a private security firm starting January, 2010. The body guar [...] | 2009-01-30 20:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA3277 | Judicial Institutions' Family Feuds [...] (SBU) Colombia's dizzying array of judicial institutions has always made understanding and navigating its judicial system complicated and time-consuming. Moreover, recent turf battles have frozen the implementation of some policies and threaten to plunge the judicial system into crisis. Inspe [...] | 2009-10-28 21:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS SOCI KWMN PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3503 | THE MEDELLIN MIRACLE LOSES ITS LUSTER [...] (C) Medellin's homicide rate continues to climb, reversing positive trends experienced between 2002 and 2008. Residents attribute the rise in murders to local criminal groups competing for turf in Medellin's underworld. As the GOC successfully eliminates cocaine kingpins nationally, drug traf [...] | 2009-12-04 20:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SOCI |
09BOGOTA379 | PROTECTIONIST LABOR LAWS HINDER FORMAL ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Colombia's heavily taxed and regulated labor market--higher than many regionally--encourages informality and temporary contracts and cooperatives, said Vice President of the National Association of Industries (ANDI) Alberto Echavarria. He added that the 50% additional non-wage worker c [...] | 2009-02-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA3984 | CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: FOR PUBLIC GOOD OR PUBLIC VOTES? [...] (U) Summary. Colombia's conditional cash transfer program, called "Familias en Accion", receives notable support and praise from the international financial institutions. The World Bank highlights that Familias en Accion significantly contributes to poverty alleviation and equity of opportun [...] | 2009-12-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PREL CO |
09BOGOTA4066 | FOR RELEASE: INTO THE JUNGLE: AMBASSADOR VISITS AMAZONAS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled for the first time in his tenure to the Amazonas Department and its capital, Leticia, on November 18 and 19. During his visit, he met with representatives from indigenous communities, the local tourism sector, local, department, and federal government officials, a [...] | 2009-12-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PHUM MOPS SENV EAID SOCI SCUL PREL CO |
09BOGOTA438 | FARC MASSACRES 17 INDIGENOUS IN NARINO - HIGH RISK [...] (SBU) The FARC killed at least 17 members of the Awa indigenous tribe, including three minors, on February 4 in the southwestern department of Narino. Details remain unconfirmed, but the local UNHCR Representative told us an eye-witness reported that the FARC tortured and stabbed the victims [...] | 2009-02-11 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA488 | UPDATE ON FARC KILLINGS OF INDIGENOUS IN NARINO - [...] (U) The FARC confirmed in a communique on February 17 that a FARC unit executed eight Awa in Narino department after the victims supposedly "confessed" to collaborating with the Colombian military. Other reports say the FARC tortured and killed at least 17 Awa, with ten more missing. A human [...] | 2009-02-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA597 | AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD DISCUSSES LABOR REFORM [...] (U) Ambassador Brownfield hosted a February 13 breakfast for union leaders of the General Work Confederation (CGT) and its member union, the Federation of Colombian Workers (FETRABOC) to discuss labor trends in Colombia. The Ambassador underscored the importance of working together on issue [...] | 2009-02-24 19:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA743 | ARMY FINDS UNION LEADER IN FARC CAMP [...] Colombian troops captured labor leader Juan Efrain Mendoza in the same February 27 raid that netted Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Bernardo Mosquera Machado ("Negro Antonio"). Mendoza initially tried to flee the soldiers, but later claimed the FARC had kidnapped him. [...] | 2009-03-04 19:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KJUS PGOV PTER SOCI PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA997 | PALM OIL FIRMS VOLUNTARILY RETURN SOME LAND TO [...] Summary: On February 16-17, three palm oil firms voluntarily returned 1269 hectares of land usurped by paramilitaries to the displaced Afro-Colombian communities of Curvarado and Jiguamiando in Choco department. The hand over follows years of pressure by the GOC, human rights groups, and the [...] | 2009-03-25 20:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI EAGR CO |
09BRASILIA1097 | BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...] | 2009-09-01 16:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR |
09BRASILIA1098 | BRAZIL'S CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM FIVE YEARS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A little more than five years into its existence, Brazil's conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Familia (PBF) continues to stir debate over its effectiveness. PBF aims to alleviate poverty both by providing for beneficiaries' short-run basic needs and by creating conditions [...] | 2009-09-01 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1167 | JOINT ACTION PLAN TO ELIMINATE RACISM (JAPER) [...] Summary: In a September 8-9 technical meeting of the Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPER) in Brasilia, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- an agenda for the October 22-23 Steering Group Meeting in Salvador featuring high-level [...] | 2009-09-17 21:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1184 | BRAZIL SHARES UPDATE ON SITUATION IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 22 at 14:00 EDT that, with power and water cut off and 70 pro-Zelaya protesters now also trapped on the compound, the situation [...] | 2009-09-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO |
09BRASILIA1195 | BRAZIL REQUESTS MORE HELP IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 24 that while the immediate threat to the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras has diminished, the GOB needs assistance getting their p [...] | 2009-09-25 10:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO |
09BRASILIA1210 | BRAZIL LACKS STRATEGY IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil, which had pinned much of its hope for a quick resolution of the Honduras crisis on the success of an OAS or Costa Rica President Arias, mission to Tegucigalpa, now seems at a loss of how to protect its Embassy in Tegucigalpa and negotiate itself out of the standstill in Ho [...] | 2009-10-02 10:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO |
09BRASILIA124 | COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragaph five. 2. (C) Embassy Brasilia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft TVPRA list of products using child and/or forced labor. The draft list of Brazilian products is only partially accurate and Mission is concerned that this [...] | 2009-01-30 18:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA1262 | BRAZIL STILL LACKS A STRATEGY IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: A six-member Brazilian Congressional delegation traveled to Tegucigalpa September 30 to October 2 to support the Brazilian community in Honduras and met with Zelaya and Micheletti government officials. According to two members of the delegation, Zelaya appeared to be "fragile" and [...] | 2009-10-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO |
09BRASILIA1292 | Third Meeting of the Steering Group of the U.S.-Brazil [...] Summary: In an October 22-23 Steering Group meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- the public launching of a $400,000 Small Grants Program for educational and cultural proj [...] | 2009-11-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA1428 | USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti [...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...] | 2009-12-08 17:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON |
09BRASILIA1468 | Trafficking in Persons and Child Sex Exploitation in the [...] Summary: The state of Goias, which surrounds Brasilia, has one of the highest incidences of human trafficking in Brazil; it also has a number of officials in the state with a strong commitment to dealing with the problem. In light of impending direct flights between Brasilia and Atlanta, whi [...] | 2009-12-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI KTIP BR |
09BRASILIA1472 | U.S.-Brazil Project on Racial Profiling by the Police -- [...] Summary: In meetings in Brasilia December 2-4, three U.S. technical experts, together with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Ministry of External Relations, Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) and Police Academy of the State of Santa Catarina, [...] | 2009-12-16 14:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB SNAR SOCI KCRM BR |
09BRASILIA178 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 117 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...] | 2009-02-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRASILIA330 | GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...] | 2009-03-17 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR |
09BRASILIA400 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...] | 2009-03-31 20:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRASILIA445 | CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LULA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare meeting granted by President Lula to a US congressional delegation, President Lula told CoDel Hoyer April 8 that he has high expectations of the Obama administration, sees a new era in U.S. relations with Latin America, and hopes for a positive gesture on Cuba at the S [...] | 2009-04-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD OREP KSUM SOCI BR CU VE IR |
09BRASILIA447 | BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA449 | BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA559 | CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN [...] The South America Regional Environmental HUB Office attended the Third Annual Meeting of the Andean Amazon Conservation Initiative (ICAA) in Bogota, Colombia, April 19-25. These annual conferences bring together more than twenty partner organizations of this USAID-funded initiative to exchang [...] | 2009-05-06 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRASILIA625 | CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Brasilia (protect) told poloffs on May 7 week that the profile of child labor in Brazil has shifted in recent years and is now predominantly an urban phenomenon. The ILO child labor expert stressed that Brazilian authorities [...] | 2009-05-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ELAB SOCI BR |
09BRASILIA78 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...] | 2009-01-16 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRASILIA807 | CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. Child labor specialist Renato Mendes (strictly protect) at the ILO Brazil office said child labor continues to be a problem in the footwear and pineapple industries, has largely been eliminated from sisal and cotton, and the situation in the rice industry is unclear. A signi [...] | 2009-06-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EAGR SOCI KCRM BR |
09BRASILIA955 | USG SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELT [...] SUMMARY. In July 2009, a USAID and NSF-sponsored workshop brought together U.S. and Peruvian experts on climate change impacts on highland mountain zones and they identified six major weaknesses impeding the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. These weaknesses included t [...] | 2009-08-03 16:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRASILIA963 | USG SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELT [...] SUMMARY. In July 2009, a USAID and NSF-sponsored workshop brought together U.S. and Peruvian experts on climate change impacts on highland mountain zones and they identified six major weaknesses impeding the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. These weaknesses included t [...] | 2009-08-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO KSCA ECON SOCI XR BR |
09BRATISLAVA475 | SLOVAKIA H1N1 UPDATE: 29 NEW CASES IN PAST WEEK, 1 DEATH [...] (U) The Slovak Health Ministry released its latest figures on November 9, showing 29 new cases of H1N1 flu diagnosed in the previous week, bringing the total number of cases in Slovakia to 200 since the spring. A 48 year-old woman became the first person with a confirmed H1N1 infection to die i [...] | 2009-11-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KFLU WHO CASC LO |
09BRATISLAVA494 | SLOVAKIA H1N1 UPDATE: RATE OF INFECTION INCREASING, [...] (U) The rate of H1N1 infection in Slovakia continues to rise, as 133 new cases of H1N1 flu were officially diagnosed in the week ending November 20. The previous week had seen 72 new cases, and before that just 29 new ones. In all likelihood, these numbers greatly understate the actual preval [...] | 2009-11-25 12:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KFLU WHO CASC LO |
09BRATISLAVA513 | SLOVAKIA H1N1 UPDATE: BORDERS WITH UKRAINE REOPENED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KFLU CASC LO |
09BRAZZAVILLE146 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 15, 2009 [...] Presidential campaign is heating up: Although local press has remained mysteriously silent about the fact, a fire in the Republic of Congo's (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso's home village of Edou this past week destroyed at least two vehicles and a stockpile of election materials. Internation [...] | 2009-05-18 07:07:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI EAID TBIO CF |
09BRAZZAVILLE85 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN [...] The Republic of Congo-Brazzaville (ROC) is not an industrialized economy and production of goods for both export and domestic use is very limited. The natural resources economic sector (oil and timber)is largely controlled by foreign investors which adhere firmly to labor laws and do not have [...] | 2009-03-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CF |
09BRIDGETOWN140 | INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] (U) This response covers the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 2. (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. A [...] | 2009-03-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI XL |
09BRIDGETOWN348 | BLANKET DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM [...] Blanket over-flight clearance approval has been received via diplomatic notes for the duration of the year 2009 hurricane season from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Antigua and Barbuda (Note #172/2009),Barbados (Note #298/2009),Dominica (Note #242/04-1382),St. Kitts and Nevis (No [...] | 2009-06-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR SENV SOCI TPHY XL |
09BRIDGETOWN448 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) In an effort to get a grip on escalating, gang-related violent crime in the Eastern Caribbean, St. Kitts and Nevis hosted the first Regional Conference on Youth Crime and Violence Prevention on June 22-23. The conference sought to define the scope of the problem, establish why the violence [...] | 2009-07-22 18:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ECON SOCI PREL PGOV XL |
09BRIDGETOWN619 | ST LUCIA IFTAR HIGHLIGHTS COMPETITION IN LOCAL [...] (C) The Iftar hosted by the Embassy in St. Lucia continued our efforts begun in Barbados in 2007 to reach out to the small but growing Muslim Community in the Eastern Caribbean. This community is appreciative of U.S. engagement. The local dynamics among Muslim groups competing for scarce re [...] | 2009-10-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL KISL SOCI XL |
09BRIDGETOWN654 | YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN655 | YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN659 | YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN749 | The Last of the Caribs [...] (C) Dominica's Carib territory - one of the last vestiges of indigenous Carib culture in the Hemisphere -- is rapidly losing its cultural identity due to increasing government encroachment, the breakdown of public institutions, and the high rate of poverty and social ills within the Carib comm [...] | 2009-12-07 19:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EAID ECON KWMN XL |
09BRIDGETOWN759 | St. Kitts Shooting for Number One [...] (C) Summary. The per capita murder rate in St. Kitts is on pace to be among the highest in the world for the second year in a row. The country has set a new record for gun murders, despite new gun legislation and a national crackdown on illegal fire arms. A poorly trained police force sore [...] | 2009-12-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV KCRM EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN78 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CONTENDS FOR PER CAPITA MURDER [...] (C) The small twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis is number two, sandwiched between Colombia and South Africa, on the list of nations with the most murders per capita. The spike in killings, now receiving attention in the international press, has the potential to further damage a touris [...] | 2009-02-05 20:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL XL SOCI |
09BRIDGETOWN81 | BARBADOS CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, in the face of rising proverty levels due to the high cost of li [...] | 2009-02-06 19:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN83 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given rising poverty levels in the region due to the high cost of li [...] | 2009-02-06 19:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN86 | DOMINICA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, poverty levels in the region are starting to rise due to the hig [...] | 2009-02-06 19:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN87 | ST LUCIA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, poverty levels in the region are rising due to the high cost of [...] | 2009-02-06 19:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN88 | ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given that poverty levels in the region are rising due to the hi [...] | 2009-02-06 19:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN89 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given the fact that poverty levels in the region are starting to [...] | 2009-02-06 20:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
09BRUSSELS1028 | EEB/ODF Director Nutter's Development Meetings with EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...] | 2009-07-28 09:57:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1029 | EEB/ODF DIRECTOR NUTTER'S DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...] | 2009-07-28 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1188 | SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Your visit will develop further the already close U.S. - Belgium strategic dialogue that has developed over the past year. MFA contacts will be excited to discuss the new Administration's developing perspective and policies on Africa, especially the Great Lakes region. Secretary Clinton [...] | 2009-08-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE |
09BRUSSELS1228 | EMBASSY BRUSSELS FOLLOW UP ON CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post is actively engaged with Belgium's Muslim communities. Charge Bush used the occasion of the President's Cairo speech to host a special outreach luncheon on June 10 with key Muslim contacts (please see reftel). Muslims in Belgium took great interest in the President's speec [...] | 2009-09-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD |
09BRUSSELS1255 | S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND [...] (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Belgians said the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi were the top priorities o [...] | 2009-09-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN |
09BRUSSELS1284 | USEU RESPONSE TO FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE CABLE [...] (SBU) USEU representative delivered reftel demarche to the European Commission's Directorate General for Development (DG DEV) and Agriculture (AGRI) September 22. USEU rep spoke with lead for FAO within DG DEV's Unit for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Luis Ritto. (Note: Prior to [...] | 2009-09-23 15:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1315 | S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND [...] (U) This is a corrected version of canceled BRUSSELS 1255. 2. (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Bel [...] | 2009-09-30 06:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN |
09BRUSSELS1344 | EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ: FUTURE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials serving in the EU Rule of Law Mission for Iraq, EUJUST LEX, have assured us that they remain committed to expanding the EU's training and mentoring operations in Iraq. EUJUST LEX has developed plans to hold 18 additional training events both in Europe and in locations i [...] | 2009-10-02 15:09:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN IZ MARR MOPS PHUM PINS PREL PTER SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1397 | EU CONFERENCE GIVES ROUSING APPLAUSE TO NEW U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) officials were gratified by the enthusiastic and spontaneous reception given at the International Workshop on Poverty Eradication and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights to the presentation of new U.S. policy changes on reproducti [...] | 2009-10-20 11:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI EU |
09BRUSSELS1406 | DONORS ENGAGE ON L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, 2009, the European Commission's (EC) Directorate General for Development (DEV) and USAID hosted a meeting in Brussels to further operationalize donor commitments from the July 8-10 L'Aquila meeting on Food Security. The meeting sought to build on prior discussion [...] | 2009-10-21 11:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1425 | BELGIUM'S GOALS FOR THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutman hosted a luncheon October 8 with the Belgian MFA Africa team and the Chief of Staff to Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation to discuss Belgium's priorities in the African Great Lakes region. Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Belgium [...] | 2009-10-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI CG BE |
09BRUSSELS1471 | DELIVERY OF LETTER AND PROPOSAL ON PARTNERING FOR [...] USEU USAID officer delivered reftel letter from the Secretary outlining the USG approach to combating global hunger and promoting food security to the European Commission's Directorate General (DG) for Development (DEV) and DG for Agriculture (AGRI). In addition to the letter, USEU delivere [...] | 2009-10-29 15:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1613 | USEU RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLARIFICATION OF [...] SUMMARY: USEU USAID officer delivered reftel demarche to the European Commission's (EC) Directorates General for Development (DG DEV) and for Agriculture (AGRI). USEU officer spoke with DG DEV's Head of Sector Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Marc Debois. USEU also engaged the DG [...] | 2009-12-01 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON ETRD EUN SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1634 | BELGIUM: OUTREACH FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1679 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ASSISTANCE TO WFP IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Poloff and Uftel demarche Decembexj, Head of Unit for Asd likely be more responsive to such concerns. 3. (SBU) Comment: Despite ECHO's clear unease Qith the WFP operations in Pakistan, and partiQularly their view that WFP operations are hew)ng too closely to Pakistani government [...] | 2009-12-16 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR WFP SOCI ECON IO PREL EUN PK |
09BRUSSELS267 | SCENESETTER FOR ACTING A/S CARTER WITH BELGIAN MFA [...] Acting A/S Carter, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Your willingness to meet MFA Africa policy hands will help show that the U.S. takes Belgian views seriously and is willing to consider coordinating with [...] | 2009-02-25 15:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PREF PINS SOCI MOPS MARR |
09BRUSSELS314 | ACTING A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIANS ON AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: Acting A/S Carter had a positive exchange of views with the Belgian MFA Africa Team at a breakfast hosted by Charge February 26. The MFA was represented by Africa Director Guy Trouveroy, Minister De Gucht's Deputy Chef du Cabinet Jean-Luc Bodson, Great Lakes Envoy Karl Dehaene, an [...] | 2009-03-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE |
09BRUSSELS324 | SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES [...] (U) Deputy to the Commander of AFRICOM Yates, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Secretary of State Clinton met with Foreign Minister De Gucht March 6, and much of what De Gucht brought up centered on Africa [...] | 2009-03-11 05:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE |
09BRUSSELS360 | BELGIUM: WORLD CANCER DAY OBSERVANCES FOCUS ON [...] (U) Summary: On World Cancer Day, February 4, 2009, a number of Belgian groups raised public awareness of various cancer risks, with a particular focus on obesity. Different activities in Brussels, Antwerp and other locations in Flanders informed Belgians about cancer; Belgium has the high [...] | 2009-03-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV SOCI TBIO BE |
09BRUSSELS444 | EUROPEAN UNION EFFORTS TO COUNTER MUSLIM RADICALIZATION [...] (U) The European Union (EU),with the European Commission at the forefront, has made several advances in the past six months in addressing the topic of Muslim radicalization and related terrorism. The Commission has revised its Plan of Action on Combating Terrorism, or Action Plan, as it doe [...] | 2009-03-27 13:34:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EUN SOCI PHUM PINS SCUL KISL |
09BRUSSELS447 | THE STOCKHOLM PROGRAM: EUROPEAN UNION'S NEXT [...] (U) The European Union (EU) will adopt a new five-year program in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) in 2009, which will succeed the Hague Program in place since 2005. This program will outline EU-wide policy priorities and objectives for the years 2010-2014. In honor of the (July t [...] | 2009-03-27 15:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL KCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI CVIS |
09BRUSSELS455 | AFRICOM'S AMB YATES MEETS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND MOD [...] (C) Summary. AFRICOM's Deputy to the Commander for Civ/Mil Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates met with the Belgian MOD March 12 and MFA March 13 to share opinions and learn about Belgium's efforts in Africa. Ambassador Yates explained AFRICOM's mission and its holistic approach to supportin [...] | 2009-03-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS SOCI MNUC CG BE |
09BRUSSELS456 | AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES' MARCH 12 MEETINGS [...] (S/NF) Summary: AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civ/Mil Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates received a wide variety of opinions and input March 12 during meetings with representatives of the NGO community in Brussels, a lunch with Belgian parliamentarians, and a dinner with several Africa [...] | 2009-03-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS MNUC CG BE |
09BRUSSELS474 | WORLD WATER DAY 2009: BELGIUM [...] (U) Summary: Belgium participated in a few events to observe World Water Day. In Brussels the world record of the longest waiting line for the bathroom was broken, in order to raise public awareness regarding water problems and to promote UNICEF's WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) program. [...] | 2009-04-01 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV SOCI TBIO BE |
09BRUSSELS477 | CONCERNS OVER SIGNS OF GROWING ANTI-SEMITISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the umbrella organization of Jewish organizations in Belgium told the Charge and Pol/Econ Counselor on March 11 that he was concerned by signs of growing anti-Semitism in Belgium. Joel Rubinfeld, head of the Comite de Coordination d'Organisations Juives de Belgique [...] | 2009-04-02 04:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS512 | BELGIUM HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS, TARGETS CHALLENGES ON [...] (U) Summary: In observance of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24, 2009, Belgium primarily reflected upon the progress it has achieved in addressing the disease. The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp hosted a medical conference to highlight medical improvements. An EU-funded p [...] | 2009-04-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV SOCI TBIO BE |
09BRUSSELS696 | OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S 1 BILLION [...] SUMMARY: In early summer 2008 the European Commission (EC) proposed using leftover agriculture support funds to build a 1 billion Euro (USD 1.3 billion) Food Facility to assist developing countries struggling under the weight of the international food price crisis. However, EU member state [...] | 2009-05-15 18:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD EUN SOCI |
09BRUSSELS723 | EC RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] USEU Brussels delivered reftel demarche to European Commission officials the week of May 18, including EC Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) Director General Zangl. EC officials share USG concerns regarding number of IDPs; strain on existing camps and families hosting IDPs, and need to provide [...] | 2009-05-22 14:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREF SOCI |
09BRUSSELS846 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE |
09BRUSSELS853 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] (U) This cable is a correction for deleted BRUSSELS 846. Population figures for Muslims in para 2 have been revised upwards. 2. (SBU) Summary: At a June 10 luncheon for Muslim community leaders, activists, and academics, Charge elicited the reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech. Bel [...] | 2009-06-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE |
09BRUSSELS869 | ECHO TO USAID AA: SUDAN FRAGILE, GENOCIDE LABEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, transiting Brussels en route to Sudan, spent June 12 in Brussels meeting with Commission counterparts at the EC's Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),EUROPEAID and DG-DEV. Interlocutors at ECHO described a fragile situation in Suda [...] | 2009-06-24 18:10:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PREL ECON |
09BRUSSELS976 | POTENTIAL U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON JUDICIAL TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Union standing reluctance to work with the U.S. in Iraq now seems to be evolving into eagerness to cooperate. EU officials working on the EU's integrated Rule of Law mission in Iraq, EUJUST LEX, are ready to join us in providing judicial training in Iraq. After a positiv [...] | 2009-07-15 17:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN IZ PREL SOCI PHUM PINS |
09BUCHAREST199 | ROMANIA: HIGHLIGHTING WORLD TB DAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL KPAO RO |
09BUCHAREST315 | ROMANIA: HEALTHCARE REFORM ON THE AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian healthcare system continues to suffer from neglect two decades after the fall of communism. Health statistics remain bleak, with the country occupying the worst position in the EU in terms of the frequency of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary diseases, diabetes, tub [...] | 2009-05-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED KHIV RO |
09BUCHAREST337 | ROMANIA: REGULATIONS CHOKE PHARMA COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: American and other foreign pharmaceutical companies are upset that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has recently passed several ordinances which, taken together, severely impact their ability to operate profitably in Romania. With its "universal" healthcare system, the Government [...] | 2009-05-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED KHIV RO |
09BUCHAREST358 | ROMANIA: HEALTH MINISTER BAZAC OUTLINES HIS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 20 meeting, Minister of Health Ion Bazac shared privately with the Charge d'affaires many of the same goals for the health care sector that he has publicly outlined over the last several months (ref B). Agreeing that changes to the system are badly needed, Bazac was q [...] | 2009-05-28 12:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO |
09BUCHAREST525 | ROMANIAN JUDICIARY UPDATE: CONSTITUTIONAL STALEMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, the Charge d'Affaires and DOJ RLA met with Prosecutor General Codruta Kovesi, Tom Barnes from the European Commission's Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, and Laura Stefan, anti-corruption expert with the Romanian Academic Society. Issues discussed included the [...] | 2009-07-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST535 | ROMANIA: SORRY STATE OF EDUCATION A SUMMERTIME STAPLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Education has dominated the headlines of Romanian papers since early July as a public clash has played out between President Traian Basescu and Minister of Education Ecaterina Andronescu (PSD). The Ministry of Education's (MOE) recent decision to close three private universitie [...] | 2009-07-31 13:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO RO |
09BUCHAREST673 | ROMANIA: PREPARATIONS FOR AN H1N1 PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The start of the school year and continued steady uptick in AH1N1 cases has pushed the Government of Romania (GOR) to advance its planning for a potential flu pandemic. AH1N1's relatively low mortality rate to date has lessened the urgency of the planning, but the Ministry of [...] | 2009-10-06 04:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO |
09BUCHAREST742 | ROMANIA: REQUEST FOR H1N1 VACCINE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador was contacted on November 4 by Anca Ilinoiu, Senior Foreign Policy adviser to President Traian Basescu, with a "personal request from the President to President Obama" that the United States agree to pr [...] | 2009-11-05 04:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO |
09BUCHAREST764 | ROMANIA: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FEATURES PLENTY OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: With just over a week to go before the first round of the presidential election, Romania's economic woes are foremost in the minds of voters. The leading presidential candidates have been long on rhetoric but short on specifics about how they would return the country to econom [...] | 2009-11-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
09BUCHAREST807 | ROMANIA ELECTIONS: ETHNIC HUNGARIANS TILT TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. The ethnic Hungarian party UDMR announced between rounds of the Romanian presidential race that it would support the PNL-PSD nomination of Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister, but stopped short of joining PNL in endorsing PSD candidate Mircea Geoana for the December 6 [...] | 2009-12-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
09BUCHAREST809 | ROMANIA ELECTIONS: BASESCU GETS THE BEST OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just three days before the December 6 Presidential runoff incumbent President Traian Basescu and Social Democratic Party (PSD) chairman Mircea Geoana met for their one and only televised debate before the second round of elections. Basescu is generally considered to have gotten [...] | 2009-12-07 04:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR RO |
09BUDAPEST149 | HUNGARY, HATE SPEECH, AND RACISM [...] Coincidental, but timely, one day following the shooting death of a 27-year-old Romani man and his five year-old son in the village of Tatarszentgyorgy, the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released their February 24 report that examined Hungarian racism and intoleranc [...] | 2009-02-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST309 | HOLOCAUST DENIAL - HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION [...] (U) Summary. As the far-right Magyar Garda crossed the line into holocaust denial, Budapest observed the 60th anniversary of the holocaust. The "March of the Living" event the evening of April 19, attended by new Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, as well as the Charge and Parliamentarians across [...] | 2009-04-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST361 | GAUGING THE HUNGARIAN PUBLIC'S TOLERANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: Despite frequent admonishments by key government and human rights leaders to respect the rights of the Hungarian Roma, several indicators point to a growing anti-Roma climate in Hungary. Two recent public opinion surveys indicate an overwhelming majority of Hungarians harbor str [...] | 2009-05-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINS SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST362 | JOBBIK AND RISING HUNGARIAN NATIONALISM [...] (SBU) Summary. As the European Parliamentary (EP) elections approach on June 7, many Hungarian political analysts and pollsters believe that the extreme-right Jobbik party will win at least one seat in the EP, providing it a potential "bounce" for the national elections currently scheduled fo [...] | 2009-05-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST376 | ANTI-ROMA PUBLIC OPINION IN HUNGARY: OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: News of a "dramatic increase" in anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary has been reported by both the international and domestic press in recent weeks. However, despite the conclusion that Hungarians are growing more anti-Roma, Post's review of historical polling data calls this into qu [...] | 2009-05-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINS SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST463 | ROMA AND JEWISH LEADERS RESPOND TO FAR RIGHT GAINS [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the far right Jobbik party's success in the June 7 European Parliament elections, the Charge and EmbOffs met with Jewish and Roma leaders to assess their communities' reactions. Contrary to expectations, the leaders expressed only moderate concern and revealed no cl [...] | 2009-06-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINS SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST500 | MAGYAR GARDA BANNED - BUT NOT YET GONE [...] Summary. On July 2, the Budapest Court of Appeals issued a legally binding ruling banning the extreme right-wing, paramilitary Magyar Garda (MG). Jobbik President and Magyar Garda founder, Gabor Vona, said he will appeal the verdict. Responding to the ruling, MG members held an unauthorized [...] | 2009-07-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST612 | OUTLAWED MAGYAR GARDA MARCHES ON [...] Summary. Defying authorities, the extreme-right Jobbik party swore in 620 new members for the banned Magyar Garda movement on August 22. In response, police intervened and launched legal proceedings against 176 members, including increasingly popular Jobbik President Gabor Vona. End Summar [...] | 2009-08-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST766 | ATTRACTING NEGATIVE ATTENTION - FIDESZ MAYOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Fidesz Mayor Oszkar Molnar's recent inflammatory comments concerning Roma, gays, and Jews have attracted a strong response from opposition party leaders and citizen groups. Meanwhile, senior Fidesz party leaders, including Party President Viktor Orban, attempt to remain above [...] | 2009-10-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST819 | HEATED CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ROMA AND [...] (U) Responding to a November 14 rally of the extreme-right Jobbik party and the banned Magyar Garda in the north-eastern Hungarian town of Sajobabony, local Roma attempted to break up the event, threatening the local Jobbik party chief. After a group of Roma assaulted one of the organizers, Job [...] | 2009-11-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST824 | 200 CIVIL SERVICE JOBS FOR ROMA -- HUNGARIAN STYLE [...] (U) Summary: Despite the public service hiring freeze, the GOH launched an affirmative action project that aims to induct 200 Roma college graduates into civil service positions by January 1, 2010. EU grants will cover salaries for the first year, after which the GOH hopes to add the new empl [...] | 2009-11-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST86 | GABOR VONA AND THE MAKING OF A HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary. Jobbik party President Gabor Vona has emerged from obscurity to pursue his ambition to be a prime actor with a leading role on the stage of Hungarian politics. Gravitating from Fidesz, Vona took over leadership of the extreme-right Jobbik party in 2006. Using the Jobbik-created [...] | 2009-02-02 05:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI HU |
09BUDAPEST865 | HUNGARY COMMENTS FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA HU |
09BUDAPEST881 | MULTICULTURAL POLICING WORKSHOP ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of Post's continuing tolerance program, Post, the Hungarian Ministry of Justice (MOJ),and the FBI's International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) jointly conducted a two-day workshop in Budapest for senior police officials, prosecutors, and judges on policing in multi-cu [...] | 2009-12-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST896 | HUNGARY - INPUT FOR THE QDR'S GLOBAL CONTEXT [...] (U) We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Global Context section of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Our input is coded to the questions posed by reftel. A. (U) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in Hungary to exercise a mo [...] | 2009-12-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON SOCI HU |
09BUENOSAIRES1025 | ARGENTINA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS H1N1 EPIDEMIC IS OVER [...] In an interview to daily newspaper "Clarin" on September 7, Argentina's Health Minister Juan Manzur stated that "the H1N1 epidemic is over, but the alert level continues, as flu cases continue to be diagnosed." As more than 92 percent of the test results identified the H1N1 virus (8,384 posit [...] | 2009-09-14 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1030 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT DISMAYED BY DOL LIST OF [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti convoked Charge d,Affaires on September 14 to convey the GOA,s strong objection to the DOL List of Goods Produced by Forced and Child Labor. Taccetti complained that the extensive list of Argentine products on the list [...] | 2009-09-16 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV EIND PHUM SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1147 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR ENCOUNTERS PROTESTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During her first trip outside of Buenos Aires, Ambassador Martinez was forced to change the location of a speech at the National University of Cuyo due to disorderly protests by far-left groups on October 15. Public reaction has been mostly sympathetic to the Ambassador and critical [...] | 2009-10-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO ASEC PHUM SOCI KDEM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1148 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR ENCOUNTERS PROTESTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During her first trip outside of Buenos Aires, Ambassador Martinez was forced to change the location of a speech at the National University of Cuyo due to disorderly protests by far-left groups on October 15. Public reaction has been mostly sympathetic to the Ambassador and cri [...] | 2009-10-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO ASEC PHUM SOCI KDEM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1166 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARGENTINA'S HEALTH MINISTER [...] ACTION REQUEST - See paras two and six. 2. Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by ESTH Couns, met on October 25 with Argentina's Health Minister Juan Manzur and Vice-Minister Jaime Lazovski. Minister Manzur expressed his appreciation for U.S. cooperation on H1N1 and shared his ministry' [...] | 2009-10-27 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1179 | ARGENTINA: VIOLENCE AMONG GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Argentine media and opposition are questioning government financial support of a group that attacked the venue for an October 16 speech in Jujuy by Senator Gerardo Morales, leader of the Radical Party (UCR). Morales blames 40 members of the piquetero group Tupac Amaru for orchest [...] | 2009-10-31 00:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1189 | CDC EXPERT CONDUCTS PROGRAM IN ARGENTINA ON H1N1 [...] (U) Summary: Dan Rutz, Global Health Communication Team Lead at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),visited Buenos Aires and Mendoza from October 2-5 to consult with and brief public health and media counterparts on communication strategies related to the H1N1 outbreak. Rutz held meetings [...] | 2009-11-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU KSTH TBIO SOCI PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1239 | Argentina: President of the Chamber of Deputies Welcomes [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid an introductory call on a warm and talkative Eduardo Fellner, President of Argentina's Chamber of Deputies, November 12. Fellner, a strong supporter of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),speculated that the Lower House might consider political reform legislat [...] | 2009-11-20 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI BL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1259 | (C) Argentina: Media Freedoms Under Attack? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentine media outlets are sounding the alarms over government changes to media licensing laws, an executive decree restricting where print media can be sold, government support for union blockades of media distribution plants, and government pressure on a private-public newsprin [...] | 2009-12-01 17:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES253 | ARGENTINA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, below please find post's input to reftel's request for information on Argentina's efforts to implement their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Post requests that the Department of Labor not cite the Embassy as a source in its [...] | 2009-03-09 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES304 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 3. SUMMARY/COMMENT --------------- 3. (SBU) Below please find post's response to ref A's request for additional information on the Department of Labor's list of goods [...] | 2009-03-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES414 | ARGENTINA: HEALTH MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN [...] The Ambassador met with Health Minister Gabriela Ocana on April 7 at her request to discuss ways that the USG could assist with the outbreak of dengue fever in Argentina over the past couple of months. According to Ministry of Health figures, there are now 7,415 locally contracted cases of de [...] | 2009-04-07 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES422 | ARGENTINA: HEALTH MINISTER THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR SPEEDY [...] Following Health Minister Gabriela Ocana's urgent request to Ambassador on April 7 for USG assistance (reftel),post undertook to locate the two large-scale fumigation machines (thermal foggers) that the Health Ministry needed to combat the spread of dengue. FCS contacted a U.S. supplier of t [...] | 2009-04-09 16:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES426 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (SBU) Post appreciates the U.S. Department of Labor's notification (ref A) of its decision to remove lemons and sugar from its proposed list of goods produced in Arg [...] | 2009-04-09 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES445 | ARGENTINA: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT DOL-FUNDED RESEARCH [...] (SBU) MFA North America Director Antonio Trombetta expressed concern to CDA April 14 about the DOL's intention to include Argentina in a multi-country study on the incidence of forced and child labor. (Note: DOL informed the GOA in January that Argentina was one of the eight countries to be [...] | 2009-04-15 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES499 | Argentina: International Donor Community [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable coffee with the international donor community to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on international assistance to Argentina. The roundtable was co-organized with the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) and the [...] | 2009-04-30 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON SOCI PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES686 | ARGENTINA: INPUT FOR LABOR SECRETARY SOLIS MEETING IN [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Labor Secretary Solis' upcoming June 15 meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) represents an opportunity to assure the Argentine government (GOA) tha [...] | 2009-06-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP SOCI AR |
09BUENOSAIRES695 | ARGENTINA: H1N1: HEALTH MINISTRY HAS BEEN WORKING AT ALERT [...] On June 11, ESTCouns called Sebastian Tobar, Director of International Health Relations at the Ministry of Health (MOH),to discuss the recent WHO announcement that it had raised the alert level for Influenza A H1N1 from level five to level six. Tobar commented that the Argentina MOH had been [...] | 2009-06-13 19:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES721 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO SIX [...] Summary: H1N1 cases in Argentina continue to increase. In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has begun to focus on defined risk groups. Reacting to an increased pattern of local transmission rather than contagion from outside the country, the MOH has moved from a strategy of containment [...] | 2009-06-19 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES748 | (C) ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATHS SURGING [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Ministry of Health (MOH) puts the number of confirmed H1N1 cases at 1486, 335 of whom are currently hospitalized. Officially, 23 patients have died, but several sources claim that there have been at least 15 additional deaths and a broader incidence of cases. Eighty [...] | 2009-06-26 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR AMED |
09BUENOSAIRES752 | ARGENTINE HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS JOB MID-PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Minister of Health Graciela Ocana has resigned the day after the GOA lost big in mid-term legislative elections. Ocana reportedly resigned due to her belief that she was not getting the support she needed to combat an ongoing dengue crisis that has been partly eclips [...] | 2009-06-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES778 | H1N1: ARGENTINA DECLINES TO DECLARE H1N1 EMERGENCY--FOR [...] SUMMARY: The death toll in Argentina attributed to H1N1 influenza has reached 55. In the midst of this crisis, the Government of Argentina (GOA) has appointed a new Minister with extensive public health experience (reftel). Although the new Minister declined to declare a national health eme [...] | 2009-07-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES794 | ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] | 2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES806 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 EPICENTER OF THE WORLD [...] SUMMARY: A Mexican H1N1 expert believes that Argentina is now the epicenter of the worldwide H1N1 pandemic. To aggressively counteract the disease's spread, a consortium of Argentine health experts and officials agree to standardize treatment with oseltamivir. In preparation, hundreds of th [...] | 2009-07-08 22:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB AR |
09BUENOSAIRES844 | ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...] | 2009-07-17 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES851 | ARGENTINA: DATA COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] Through contacts with Argentine officials and healthcare professionals, Post developed the following timeline of public health interventions, as requested in reftel: -- First cases: The first case of H1N1 in Argentina was detected on May 7, 2009, in Buenos Aires and the second on May 22 in [...] | 2009-07-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELB CASC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES908 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] As of August 5, Argentina had confirmed 337 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. According to the press, over half these fatalities were in otherwise healthy patients who had no pre-existing chronic conditions or ailments. Tests to determine the cause of an additional 400 deaths are still pending. [...] | 2009-08-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES952 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...] | 2009-08-21 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES96 | Argentina's Minister of Health - Crusader against [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wayne and Health Minister Maria Graciela Ocana discussed her Ministry's efforts to fight corruption within Argentina's public health system, the importance of drug rehabilitation programs, and prospects for future collaboration on health issues during a meeting on Janu [...] | 2009-01-29 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO ECON AR |
09BUJUMBURA79 | ASSESSMENT OF BURUNDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Burundi (GOB) faces significant challenges in reforming its security sector, including a lack for training for mid-level officers within the Burundian National Police (PNB) and a pervasive culture of impunity. The GOB is willing to partner with international [...] | 2009-02-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC FR BE NL BY |
09CAIRO106 | EGYPT: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress towards restricting and regulating child labor. In June 2008, Egypt's Parliament passed a comprehensive set of amendments to the Child Protection Law raising the minimum age for employment from fourteen to fifteen years, and the [...] | 2009-01-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1109 | COURT REJECTS CHRISTIAN CONVERT'S IDENTITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1148 | AMENDMENT ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1182 | QUARTERLY UPDATE ON POLICE BRUTALITY CASES - JUNE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1222 | EGYPTIAN MFA REACTIONS TO 2009 TIP REPORT REF: A. 08 CAIRO 2525 B. 09 CAIRO 386 C. 09 CAIRO 721 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 07:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1223 | PUBLIC REACTION TO THE 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Key Points: -- Public reaction to the 2009 TIP Report has varied from condemnation by certain Government of Egypt (GOE) officials to support from civil society representatives. -- The Minister of Family and Population and head of the National Commission for Motherhood and Childhood, Mu [...] | 2009-06-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1226 | HIGH COURT GRANTS CUSTODY TO CHRISTIAN MOTHER, BUT RULES CHILDREN ARE MUSLIMS REF: A. CAIRO 1109 B. CAIRO 485 C. CAIRO 477 D. 07 CAIRO 2622 E. 07 CAIRO 1427 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor William R. Stewart for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1333 | EGYPT'S SPEAKER OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1393 | POWER POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DELTA CITY [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 15 we visited the Delta city of Mansoura, with a population of 1 million, high unemployment and a formerly agricultural economy transitioning to light manufacturing and other trade. -- (C) One local businessman and NGO leader told us that in the past six months t [...] | 2009-07-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1416 | USG-FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT FOR WOMEN IN THE [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 20, we visited the USG-funded kiosk project, which aims to provide a small business livelihood for low-income women in a poor, agricultural section of the Nile Delta Governorate of Menufiya, approximately 75 miles north of Cairo. -- (U) The USD 43,000 ESF grant [...] | 2009-07-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1458 | SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- A National Democratic Party (NDP) Bedouin parliamentary representative for northern and central Sinai and members of the Fawakhriya Bedouin Council said that increased Egyptian security and military measures will not resolve the smuggling of goods, weapons, and people. [...] | 2009-07-30 04:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EAID SOCI KWBG EG |
09CAIRO1547 | STRIKES AND MOULIDS IN NILE DELTA TEXTILE CENTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO172 | EGYPTIAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RECONVERT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1739 | EGYPT NOTIFIED OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LIST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1758 | THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1818 | TIP PROSECUTOR TALKS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFICKING LAW REF: CAIRO 1758 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1918 | EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES BACK ON THE NIQAB [...] Key points: -- (C) Leadership of both Islamic and secular educational institutions are increasingly critical of the niqab, a full facial veil exposing only the wearer's eyes, and have announced or intend soon to announce restrictions. These restrictions fall far short of a general prohibition. -- ( [...] | 2009-10-08 06:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1971 | NEWSPAPER SHUT DOWN OVER ALLEGING ACTORS' [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO202 | SALAFISM ON THE RISE IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER KIRF SOCI SCUL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO2052 | 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PREVIEW FOR THE MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2157 | POPULATION MINISTER FOCUSING ON FAMILY PLANNING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EG |
09CAIRO2164 | ACTIVISTS BELIEVE POLICE BRUTALITY CONTINUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF EG |
09CAIRO2176 | EGYPT'S MUFTI ON NIQAB CONTROVERSY [...] Key Points -- (C) In a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gom'aa said that while the niqab (full-facial veil) is not a requirement in Islam, women should have the right to wear it if they chose. -- (C) Commenting on sectarian strife in Egypt, the Mufti said that formal [...] | 2009-11-19 10:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI KIRF KPAO KWMN EG |
09CAIRO219 | TEN MEN DETAINED FOR ALLEGED HOMOSEXUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2207 | EGYPTIAN TEXTILE FACTORY STRIKE ENDS [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) Workers at Tanta Flax and Oil Company, a large textile factory in the Nile Delta City of Tanta (Gharabeya Governorate),who had been on strike since May, returned to work on November 21. -- (SBU) The strike, which the GoE-controlled General Union of Textile Workers supported, e [...] | 2009-11-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2214 | EGYPT: NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON [...] In response to reftel, Post offers the following twelve names to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington: -- Basil El Baz, Founder and Chairman, Egypt Basic Industries Corporation. The first Egyptian company created solely from international finance, EBIC received su [...] | 2009-11-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2249 | SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EAID SOCI SNAR SCUL KPAL KCRM IS EG |
09CAIRO2258 | ASWAN: GOE ENLISTS LOYAL NGOS TO COOPERATE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2301 | EGYPTIAN LABOR ACTIVISM AS A POLITICAL FORCE [...] Key Points: - (SBU) In 2009, there have been over 300 strikes and other worker protests in Egypt, despite legal restrictions and a lack of support for strikers from GoE-affiliated trade unions. -- (C) Worker activism is driven by economic, not political, concerns. Some workers' rights advocates non [...] | 2009-12-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2320 | THE MYSTERIES OF EGYPT'S HEALTH CARE REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2380 | EGYPT'S GOVERNMENT-BACKED UNION LEADER ON STRIKES, [...] Key points: -- (SBU) On December 22, we met with XXXXXXXXXXXX a GoE-controlled trade union umbrella organization. XXXXXXXXXXXX one of 23 ETUF-member unions, also participated in the meeting. -- (C) According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX does not oppose strikes, which he believes are necessary in s [...] | 2009-12-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2400 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, EMBASSY CAIRO OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo's interagency entrepreneurship team has organized a series of activities to engage local partners in entrepreneurship and build momentum for the White House Summit next year. ------------------------ Roundtables and Outreach ------------------------ 2. (S [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI EG |
09CAIRO243 | BLOGGER POSTS GRAPHIC VIDEO OF ALLEGED POLICE SODOMY REF: A. 09 CAIRO 79 B. 07 CAIRO 3214 Classified By: ECPO Mincouns William R. Stewart for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO402 | EGYPT: COMMENTS ON DOL'S DRAFT LIST OF GOODS [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that it has evidence are produced with child or forced labor. (ref A) For Egypt, the DOL proposes listing limestone and cotton as such goods. 2. (SBU) With respect to limestone, Post rec [...] | 2009-03-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO44 | PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES, DESPITE SOME GOE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The past six months have seen significant progress on women's issues in Egypt. Recent advances for women on combating female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual harassment and assault have stood out in an environment characterized by backsliding on issues such as pre [...] | 2009-01-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KISL KIRF EG |
09CAIRO454 | COURT SENTENCES NINE MEN TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE [...] (U) On March 4, the Criminal Court in the Delta town of Kafr Al-Sheikh sentenced nine defendants to death and one juvenile to 15 years in prison for the armed gang-rape of 28 year-old Fatma Mahmoud Amin in 2006. One of the convicted men planned the rape as revenge against Amin's husband who r [...] | 2009-03-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN EG |
09CAIRO462 | EGYPT: ADDITIONAL CONCERNS REGARDING DRAFT LIST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO477 | EGYPTIAN CONVERT STRUGGLES FOR ACCEPTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO504 | UPDATE ON POLICE BRUTALITY CASES [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In recent weeks we have followed up with human rights attorneys on several police brutality cases. Lawyers are working to file suits against the police for the torture of a Cairo woman who complained about police abuse of her husband, and for the torture of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"Apr [...] | 2009-03-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EG |
09CAIRO544 | BLOGGERS MOVING FROM ACTIVISM TO BROADENING DISCOURSE AND SELF-EXPRESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KWMN SOCI EG |
09CAIRO547 | EGYPTIAN SHI'A LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH GOE, IRAN [...] Key Points: --(C) We met recently with Mohamed al-Darini, leader of the Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, an Egyptian Shi'a organization. According to al-Darini, there are approximately 60,000 Shi'a in Egypt, not counting Iraqi refugees. --(C) Al-Darini said Egypt's Sh [...] | 2009-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PREF SOCI EG IR IZ |
09CAIRO575 | NEW MINISTER ON FAMILY PLANNING, GIRLS' EDUCATION [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 29, New Minister for Families and Population Moushira Khattab told the Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director that significant economic development in Egypt will not be possible without limiting population growth. -- (C) Minister Khattab said that girls' educa [...] | 2009-04-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KWMN SOCI EG |
09CAIRO591 | APRIL 6 STRIKE AND PROTESTS FIZZLE INTO A NON-EVENT [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) The strike planned by the "April 6 Movement" to protest political and economic conditions failed to disrupt normal traffic and business activity throughout Egypt, in contrast to the more successful April 6, 2008 strike. -- (U) In downtown Cairo, there were a few demonst [...] | 2009-04-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM ELAB SOCI EG |
09CAIRO598 | MFA ON MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In an April 6 meeting with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd, we reiterated our request for Egyptian support for a U.S. seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),and emphasized that the U.S. wants to improve cooperation on multilateral human r [...] | 2009-04-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN SOCI EG |
09CAIRO604 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- President Mubarak told CODEL McConnell he feared that the new Israeli government would be "very difficult to work with," in particular Foreign Minister Lieberman, whose public statements have already had a very negative impact on Arab public opinion. -- On Palestinian re [...] | 2009-04-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM KDEM PTER PARM PGOV SOCI SY |
09CAIRO639 | DARFURI WOMEN REFUGEE LEADERS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Key Points -- We met with two Darfuri women chosen to represent the views of Darfuri refugee women to the U.S. Embassy. They told us that they held protests at UNHCR's Cairo office demanding better housing allowances, medical care, and resettlement options. -- Both women said they we [...] | 2009-04-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN SU EG |
09CAIRO657 | EGYPT-GAZA BORDER OPERATIONS IMPACTING NORTH SINAI [...] (C) Key Points -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) is using aggressive security measures to control the North Sinai population as a result of counter-smuggling operations at Egypt-Gaza border. -- The local North Sinai population understands the national security concerns, but is getting frust [...] | 2009-04-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON KCRM KPAL KWBG IS EG |
09CAIRO763 | TOURISM IN THE SINAI: THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS [...] (SBU) Key Points -- Tourism revenues, the life blood of South Sinai have dropped 30-40 percent in the last six months due to the global financial crisis. Some are forecasting recovery by fall; others say the downturn could last two years -- South Sinai Governor Mohamed Hany Metwally belie [...] | 2009-05-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON EG |
09CAIRO900 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ECOSOC COMMITTEE ON NGOS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UN SOCI EG |
09CAIRO929 | FORMER REGIME INSIDER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POP [...] (U) On May 21, a Cairo court convicted former regime insider and powerful businessman Hisham Talat Mustafa, and sentenced him to death for ordering the July 2008 Dubai murder of his former girlfriend, the Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim. Mustafa, who remains a ruling National Democratic Par [...] | 2009-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG |
09CAIRO930 | UPDATE ON BLOGGER CASES [...] KEY POINTS: -- (U) The following bloggers remain in prison: 1) Karim Amer, convicted of insulting Islam and Mubarak, and sentenced to a four-year term in 2007; 2) Musad Abu Fagr, jailed in December 2007 following posts about the Sinai Bedouin's difficulties; 3) Hany Nazir, jailed in October [...] | 2009-05-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM SOCI KIRF EG |
09CAIRO945 | CONVERSATION WITH EGYPTIAN MUSLIM TELEVANGELIST [...] Key Points: -- (C) According to Moez Massoud, a rising star among Egyptian Muslim televangelists, Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are competing fiercely for influence among Egypt's youth. -- (C) Massoud said Salafist influence - which has been present in Egypt since the movements founding [...] | 2009-05-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KIRF KPAO SOCI EG |
09CANBERRA132 | COMPARING GAZA TO HOLOCAUST CAUSES MUSLIM-JEWISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's Jewish community leaders have threatened to sever relations with their Muslim counterparts after the chairman of Australia main Islamic group refused to withdraw his comparison of the Israeli Gaza incursion with the Holocaust. During Israel's push into Gaza in January, [...] | 2009-02-06 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI AS |
09CANBERRA331 | GANG VIOLENCE SPARKS CALLS FOR TOUGHER MEASURES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Following the murder of an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) associate in full view of hundreds of travelers at Sydney Airport on March 22, the GOA and New South Wales (NSW) are calling for tougher efforts against gang-related violence. The Deputy National Security Adviser told [...] | 2009-04-02 01:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR SOCI AS |
09CANBERRA401 | INDIGENOUS ISSUES: STILL LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After thirty years of bipartisan support for a range of policies based on self-determination and self-management, the Australian Government, in reaction to increasing evidence of policy failure, has embarked on policies involving direct intervention in the lives of indigenous [...] | 2009-04-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PHUM SOCI |
09CANBERRA464 | Australian Health Care - An Overview [...] (SBU) Australia's mixed public and private health care system achieves some of the best health outcomes in the OECD despite healthcare spending comprising less than 10% of GDP. Australia is second in the OECD for life expectancy at birth and 16th in percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Aust [...] | 2009-05-17 22:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI AS |
09CANBERRA73 | CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR GSP 2008 REPORT [...] Reftel requested information on new developments regarding child labor in Australia's overseas territories, of which there are three inhabited territories: Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands. There has been no change over the past year regarding Australia's implementatio [...] | 2009-01-21 06:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
09CANBERRA833 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] (C) Pol/Econcouns delivered on September 8 reftel points on freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to Gary Cowan, Director of the India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and raised the issue sep [...] | 2009-09-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE |
09CAPETOWN197 | SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT HOLDS ROBUST DEBATE ON [...] Summary: South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi recently gave his first budget speech to a packed Parliament chamber. The Minister's speech came at a difficult time with an ongoing doctors' strike and a public health sector in dire straits. Minister Motsoaledi outlined the gover [...] | 2009-09-04 15:29:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PHUM SOCI TBIO SA |
09CAPETOWN44 | LOCAL CAPE TOWN NGO WORKING TO REHABILITATE GANG [...] (U) On February 27, Poloff and PAO met with Reverend Jacobus Nomdoe, Director of Teen Challenge. Among other things, Teen Challenge targets gang members by removing them from the gang and placing them in the center. The program aims to rehabilitate these former gang members primarily throug [...] | 2009-03-06 13:39:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | GTIP KCRM SF SOCI |
09CAPETOWN58 | THE UPHILL BATTLE OF HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The administration of South Africa's Eastern Cape province is widely derided as the worst in the country, and the province's inability to effectively provide health services to its citizens epitomizes the challenges -- both self-inflicted and inherent -- faced by provincial gove [...] | 2009-03-17 13:04:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | SF SOCI |
09CAPETOWN80 | CAPE TOWN'S "TIK"ING TIME BOMB [...] Summary: Cape Town is in the midst of a drug epidemic, with little relief in sight. Tik, South Africa's name for crystal methamphetamine, has emerged since about 2005 as the drug of choice for Cape Town residents, particularly from the city's ethnic "colored" community. The highly addictive d [...] | 2009-03-30 12:13:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | SF SOCI |
09CARACAS1115 | RAMPANT CRIME IN VENEZUELA - CHAVEZ'S ACHILLES [...] (C) SUMMARY. With a murder rate of 130 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, Caracas is generally considered the most dangerous city in Latin America, if not the world. Over 90 percent of homicides in Venezuela go unpunished, and recent polling suggests more Venezuelans may be starting to lay t [...] | 2009-08-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON VE |
09CARACAS238 | VENEZUELA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for current information on child labor as well as government efforts to address the problem. Venezuelan law protects children from exploitation in the workplace, but enforcement is often lacking. The Ministry of Labor and the National Institute for [...] | 2009-02-20 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI VE |
09CARACAS310 | IT PAYS TO TRAVEL - HIGH VISA DEMAND IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 21:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC ECON SOCI VE |
09CARACAS535 | VENEZUELA CLAIMS PREPAREDNESS ON SWINE FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuela's Health Ministry reported there are no actual or suspected cases of swine flu in Venezuela, and that local health authorities stand ready to screen incoming travelers from the United States and Mexico. No actions have been taken to restrict agricultural products fro [...] | 2009-04-27 22:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR AMED SOCI VE |
09CARACAS658 | TEACHERS CALL NEW CONTRACT "IDEOLOGICAL" [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) reached agreement with three teachers' unions (but excluded six other unions) to sign a collective bargaining agreement May 12. The agreement provides for a 15% raise, but changes the teacher evaluation system and m [...] | 2009-05-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI KDEM VE |
09CARACAS692 | EXPLAINING VENEZUELAN ACQUIESCENCE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's efforts to concentrate more power in his hands and undermine the democratic opposition have been met in Venezuela with more acceptance and resignation than outrage and resistance. There are numerous, credible theories to explain Venezuelans' acquiescence to an [...] | 2009-06-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI VE |
09CARACAS824 | HIV/AIDS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) does not publish statistics on the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Venezuela. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and a local HIV/AIDS non-governmental organization (NGO) estimate that approximately 130,00 [...] | 2009-07-01 16:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI PREL PGOV TBIO VE |
09CASABLANCA12 | 2008 MOROCCO UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Morocco's commitment to combat and eliminate them. It updates information provided by Post in 2007 and years prior, concerning Morocco's child labor laws and regu [...] | 2009-01-21 17:18:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA165 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Representative Mashall, Consulate Casablanca warmly welcomes you nd your delegation to Morocco. Politically and eonomically, Morocco is a country "on the move," eeply engaged in reform and development, albeit nevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent anual growth in r [...] | 2009-08-14 16:58:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA175 | THIS RAMADAN, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with Morocco's business community and civil society reveal that this year's global economic crisis and the country's rising food prices are having a sobering effect on celebrating the holiest month of the Islamic year, Ramadan. Governmental efforts to manage the im [...] | 2009-09-02 16:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA194 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN MOROCCO: A MODEL FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has implemented a wide variety of social and economic reforms with the aim of modernizing the country. One the areas where this has been the most apparent is in the advancement of women's rights. This prog [...] | 2009-10-14 09:18:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA210 | MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...] | 2009-11-19 09:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA213 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING AS ISLAMIST APPEAL WANES [...] SUMMARY: On November 22, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Melanne Verveer, met with Morocco's most prominent women policy makers, civil activists, journalists, and CEOs in Casablanca. Some of the country's leading women were highly critical of the Islamist-oriented Party of [...] | 2009-11-30 09:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA44 | POLITICAL DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG MOROCCAN YOUTH [...] (SBU)Summary: A series of conversations with university-educated middle class Moroccan youth revealed negative and/or apathetic opinions towards their country's politicians and the political system in general. They reported that politicians were corrupt, indifferent to the needs of the people [...] | 2009-03-18 09:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA67 | MOROCCO's GRAPES OF WRATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The city of Meknes is the center of Morocco's budding wine business, employing 6,000 people and producing 70 percent of the country's wine. Paradoxically, until early 2009 the city was governed by the Islamist-oriented Party of Justice and Development (PJD). The story of Mekne [...] | 2009-04-10 16:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA83 | MOROCCO'S NON-EMERGING ALTERNATIVE: ISLAMIC FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In late 2007, Morocco's central bank authorized Sharia-compliant products to be sold in the country's leading commercial banks. To date, the products have had limited success in penetrating the financial market due to two major constraints: the country's fiscal policy and a gove [...] | 2009-04-30 16:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SOCI KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA93 | MOROCCO'S EL DORADO - FRANCOPHONE AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: To fuel its expansion in Francophone Africa, Morocco's largest companies - Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Morocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE),and Maroc Telecom - are employing a calculated strategy, which entails buying controlling stakes in key sub-Saharan African firms, and pur [...] | 2009-05-14 17:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SOCI MO |
09CHENGDU101 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: SICHUAN WORKER LAMENTS PARTY AND PLA [...] (C) Summary: A 55-year old worker in the southern Sichuan city of Xichang vented to us recently about how the Communist Party had ruined his life, chronic corruption in Xichang, bribery in the People's Liberation Army, and the arrogance of the Party/government elite that wastes resources on bi [...] | 2009-06-10 04:07:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI MCAP CH |
09CHENGDU102 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: CONVERSATIONS WITH XICHANG CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Summary: According to Catholic and Protestant church members in the city of Xichang in southern Sichuan Province, urban and rural churches in the area operate relatively freely. The local Catholic community boasts nine priests and 25 nuns, regularly receives priests from South Korea and Ta [...] | 2009-06-11 03:21:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU11 | SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY: CONTRASTING TWO SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Eight months after the May Sichuan Earthquake, harder hit areas in Southwest China's Sichuan province face a long recovery process that may exceed the official targe [...] | 2009-01-14 10:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU110 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: PEASANTS, TITANIUM, AND HALTED DAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Displaced peasants, a new dam that will be second only to Three Gorges, China's largest titanium deposits, a sudden dam-halting order from the PRC Environment Ministry and the transformation of villages on Xichang's rural periphery are all linked to the construction of a va [...] | 2009-06-24 03:42:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN SENV SOCI ECON CH |
09CHENGDU115 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: TIBETAN NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local official media, ten thousand Tibetan middle school graduates students are to be given three-year government scholarships under the new "Sichuan Tibetan Areas Nine Plus Three Free Education Plan." The Tibetans will attend schools in Chinese-speaking parts of S [...] | 2009-06-30 01:51:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU117 | TIBETAN TEACHER ON PACIFYING KHAM BY JOBS AND EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: According to an ethnic Tibetan teacher from Aba Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, government job programs begun there over the past few years aim to give young people something to lose so they think twice about "stirring up trouble." A new program that will send ten thousa [...] | 2009-07-01 01:59:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU132 | SW CHINA: CHENGDU RECYCLES THANKS TO MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Migrant worker entrepreneurs help Chengdu recycle by providing multiple filters for the city's waste, keeping recyclable material of all kinds out of landfills. Labo [...] | 2009-07-24 06:31:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU149 | US NGOS SUPPORT LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS AMONG ETHNIC TIBETANS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ethnic Tibetans and other minority communities benefit from income-boosting and cultural preservation projects in northwest Yunnan implemented by U.S. NGOs and fun [...] | 2009-08-11 04:02:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU154 | SW CHINA: A FALUNGONG ALERT, BUT ANNIVERSARY PASSED [...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Sichuan issued an internal order to be on high alert in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the issuance on July 20, 1999, of the internal PRC government document ordering a nationwide crackdown on the spiritual movement known as the Falun Gong. A local off [...] | 2009-08-17 06:55:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU155 | NEW TELEMEDICINE CENTER AIMS TO EXPAND QUAKE ZONE HEALTHCARE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In the aftermath of the massive, May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, ConGen Chengdu has closely monitored disaster reconstruction and response efforts, [...] | 2009-08-17 11:02:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU168 | SW CHINA: BLOGS, TWITTER ALERT PUBLIC TO DISSIDENT'S TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Supporters of Chengdu environmentalist Tan Zuoren, put on trial for incitement to overthrow state power on August 12, used blogs and twitter text messages to raise public awareness of the case. Tan's two lawyers, both active bloggers, and other supporters put the [...] | 2009-08-26 05:05:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU181 | TIBETAN SURVIVAL IN SHANGRI-LA: TOURISM, BUDDHISM, AND [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit to Shangri-la by CG and ConGen staff found a booming tourism industry that some say threatens the local Tibetan Buddhist landscape, though the local Party Secretary asserts that it benefits religious life, bringing necessary financial support. New high-end, Tibetan- [...] | 2009-09-03 01:25:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU184 | TIBET: US NGO SAYS T.A.R. OFFICIALS WANT THEM OUT [...] (C) Summary: Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) officials want foreign residents, particularly those who speak Tibetan, out of the TAR, Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) Country Director Tony Gleason said. The situation of international NGOs (INGOs) in the TAR has steadily worsened since the [...] | 2009-09-04 07:08:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU187 | TIBET: NGO WORKING TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN NW YUNNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting USG-funded projects to support Tibetan livelihood in NW Yunnan run by the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF),CG and ConGen staff saw successful programs that teach engine repair and business skills and support craftspeople by connecting them with international marke [...] | 2009-09-10 02:44:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU189 | TIBET: MANY INTERNATIONAL NGOS FORCED OUT SINCE 3/08 [...] (U) This is the second of two reports on the current situation faced by international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),following Chengdu 184. This cable was coordinated with Embassy Beijing. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since March 2008, TAR officials [...] | 2009-09-14 08:04:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU195 | SW CHINA: TIBETAN HIGH SCHOOLERS ARRIVE IN SICHUAN HAN [...] (C) Summary: An Aba Prefecture plan to send many Tibetan middle school graduates to Sichuan high schools has been delayed a year, an ethnic Tibetan former middle school teacher from Aba Prefecture in western Sichuan Province said. The plan overall has more students than originally planned, wi [...] | 2009-09-17 03:11:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU210 | CHONGQING LABOR LAWYER SEES LEGAL SYSTEM PROGRESS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: After 13 years of advocating for migrant workers' legal rights, Chongqing lawyer Zhou Litai says he has seen positive progress, especially in the PRC's legal system. Zhou [...] | 2009-09-29 07:20:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU212 | CHENGDU MINORITIES UNDER WATCH FOR OCTOBER HOLIDAY [...] (C) Summary: Uighur students studying in Chengdu are being closely monitored by security personnel in the run-up to the October 1 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and continue to worry about anti-Uighur sentiment from Han Chinese. Some Han continue to fear [...] | 2009-09-30 08:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU213 | TIBET: TIGHT SECURITY IN LHASA IN OCTOBER 1 LEAD UP [...] (C) Summary: An elderly Tibetan couple visiting Chengdu described to PolEconOff the environment in and around Lhasa in the weeks leading up to Chinese National Day on October 1 as "very tense" with "soldiers everywhere." The environment they described tracks closely with observations by ConOff [...] | 2009-09-30 09:31:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU218 | SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY: MANY RURAL RESIDENTS STILL LACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite official Sichuan Province statistics claiming 97 percent of rural home rebuilding following last year's earthquake has been completed, a trip to the area in mid-September revealed a significant proportion of rural residents remain in temporary housing. Banners proclaimin [...] | 2009-10-07 09:24:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU220 | TIBET EXPERT ON BREAKDOWN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRC; BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Both the Dalai Lama and the PRC leadership are to blame for the breakdown in Tibetan-China negotiations, the Director of the Mountain Institute's China Program told us. This Amcit Director, a seasoned Chinese and Tibetan-speaker, said irredentist Tibetans fail both to focus on the [...] | 2009-10-08 09:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU228 | TIBETAN MONKS SAY VOA BROADCASTS ARE INFORMATION LIFELINE [...] (S) Summary: Chengdu ethnic Tibetan LES (strictly protect) in early October spent a week at Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province, visiting family and senior monks -- including the chief religious tutor to the Beijing-recognized 11th Panchen Lama. The tutor did not have a picture of the young P [...] | 2009-10-15 09:20:00 | Consulate Chengdu | SECRET | PHUM SOCI VOA CH |
09CHENGDU229 | CHONGQING GOALS FOR BALANCED URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: As one of only two pilot areas in China working to reduce the economic imbalance between urban and rural citizens (ref A),Chongqing Municipality -- where rural residents account for 70 percent of 33 million inhabitants -- is focusing inter alia on reforming the social security, land [...] | 2009-10-15 09:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU231 | U.S. VENTURE SEEKS FOR-PROFIT RURAL HEALTH CLINIC NETWORK IN [...] (U) This cable contains business confidential information, not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: To address the lack of adequate rural healthcare in SW China, a U.S. firm seeks to establish a for-profit network of clinics using a telemedicine and "barefoot doctor" model bo [...] | 2009-10-16 06:44:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU236 | CHEVRON'S SW CHINA GAS PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first stage of Chevron's upstream gas development project on the Sichuan-Chongqing border is poised to take a significant step forward when it receives National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approval in the coming weeks. Chevron and PetroChina signed a multi-year p [...] | 2009-10-27 03:46:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI KNNP CH |
09CHENGDU251 | TIBET VICE GOVERNOR: SLAMS DALAI LAMA, DENIES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dalai Lama and his "clique" masterminded the "March 14" incident as part of a bid to take back feudal power in Tibet, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Vice Governor Wu Yingjie told Consul General October 20. The many people praying at temples in Lhasa testify to the government [...] | 2009-11-09 06:36:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EAGR SENV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU252 | TIBET 15 YEARS LATER: CONGENOFF'S OBSERVATIONS OF CHANGING [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: ConGen Chengdu Officer visited Lhasa in mid-October for the first time since 1994, when he was a university student in religious studies (including Buddhism). This cable provides his informal vignettes of life in Lhasa. ConGenOff noted that Western tourists in Lhas [...] | 2009-11-09 07:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU257 | LHASA STORIES: MONK, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WRITER, CAB [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with non-official Han and Tibetan residents of Lhasa reflect continuing tight government controls and the quiet determination of many Tibetans to remain loyal to their religious leader, the Dalai Lama. Young monks at Sera Monastery showed off a cell phone picture [...] | 2009-11-13 02:00:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU263 | RED ALERT! U.S. DIPLOMATS VISIT (QUASI-) CLOSED CITY OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Consul General recently visited Mianyang, Sichuan Province's second largest city, and a "Science and Technology City" where Beijing carries out research for its nuclear weapons program. The city is also home to Changhong, a former military-industrial company that no [...] | 2009-11-18 08:29:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU270 | FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DURING [...] (U) The message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and officials from the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity, traveled to Sichuan Province November [...] | 2009-11-29 01:38:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID ECON PGOV SOCI OVIP KPAO CH |
09CHENGDU277 | GUIZHOU PROVINCE: GREEN INITIATIVES BELIE ITS CONSERVATIVE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Southwest China's Guizhou Province, an early adopter of Beijing's relatively new "Ecological Culture" policy, has become a leader on some environmental issues. Guiz [...] | 2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL ECON EMIN SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU280 | A TIBETAN ENGLISH TEACHER TALKS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: A Tibetan English teacher, school principal, and amateur drama director discussed navigating Tibet's difficult political climate and introducing students to foreign cultures through English language instruction. Norbu once worked with foreign NGOs, but since friends in the Tibeta [...] | 2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI VOA CH |
09CHENGDU282 | SW CHINA: BIG CITY GAY HIV PREVALENCE EXCEEDS TEN PERCENT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The HIV rate among gay men living in Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, and Chongqing exceeds 10 percent, according to a large nationwide survey conducted by the China Centers [...] | 2009-12-02 07:21:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV KHIV CH |
09CHENGDU283 | TIBET: NEPAL SEEKS INCREASED PRC TRADE/AID/TRANSPORT LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal seeks to be a transit point between India and China and hopes to see increased development assistance and investment from the PRC, Nepalese Consul General in Lhasa told CG recently during a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Nepal seeks lower content requirement [...] | 2009-12-02 07:46:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID EINV ELTN SOCI NP CH |
09CHENGDU285 | GUIYANG HOPES ARE HIGH UNDER ENTHUSIASTIC LEADER; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Brimming with confidence, Guiyang Vice-Mayor Li Zhong told Consul General recently that his city -- long the isolated capital of one of China's poorest provinces -- wo [...] | 2009-12-04 00:15:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ELTN SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU288 | TIBET: RELIGION MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS EXPLAIN THEIR SYSTEM [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region's (TAR) Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau recently presented to Consul General in Lhasa the strictly Chinese government, official view [...] | 2009-12-07 07:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU289 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA: CASE STUDY OF RURAL JINTANG [...] (U) This message is contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Sichuan's rural Jintang County has a small Protestant community of 1000 persons organized under one "patriotic" church (a legally registered religious venue),with [...] | 2009-12-07 08:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU296 | GUIZHOU: PORTRAIT OF A SELF-PROMOTING COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: At 39 years old, Chen Cangxu has been the Secretary of the Guizhou Communist Youth League (GCYL) for the last two years. Over dinner, Chen told Consul General how he [...] | 2009-12-09 08:26:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU3 | GUIZHOU LOOKS TO CHINA COAST TO RE-EMPLOY PEASANT MIGRANT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor officials and researchers say an economic upturn in the more prosperous coastal region is the key to reducing the swelling number of unemployed migrant laborers [...] | 2009-01-06 06:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU31 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: VISITING GUIZHOU'S MIAO MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: A recent trip with an ethnic Miao anthropologist to his home in the Miao/Hmong heartland of Guizhou, China's poorest province, provided an interesting window on rapid changes currently underway in rural areas of the region. Large government and private investments in tourist dev [...] | 2009-02-17 05:28:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU316 | SICHUAN PERSPECTIVES: THE APPARATCHIK, THE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: A Sichuan People's Congress committee chairman, a professor of constitutional law at Sichuan University, and a Chinese blogger recently gave their differing takes on the outlook for Chinese reform: -- the Sichuan People's Congress committee chairman said that strong pres [...] | 2009-12-18 10:09:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU71 | SICHUAN FACES RETURNING MIGRANT WORKER TIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 07:11:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB SOCI CH |
09CHENGDU81 | CONNECTING THE SOUTHWEST: SICHUAN'S NEW ROADS PAVED WITH [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic stimulus and earthquake reconstruction money will fund rapid transportation network expansion in Southwest China's Sichuan province over the next thr [...] | 2009-05-13 05:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU82 | SW CHINA BROADBAND: GROWING RAPIDLY IN A LARGE POTENTIAL [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: The number of Internet users in Southwest China doubled to 27 million people between 2005 and 2008. The region's population of 200 million people leaves room for su [...] | 2009-05-18 08:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON CH SOCI |
09CHENGDU87 | TIBETAN LANGUAGE INTERNET IN THE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The nascent growth of Tibetan language internet in China slowed with the closure of several websites and detention of Tibetan e-activists over the past year. Tibetan language email and websites are nevertheless becoming increasingly popular among students and intellectuals, low [...] | 2009-05-22 04:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EINT CH |
09CHENGDU90 | SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY UPDATE: RAPID RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Spurred by the central government's goal of moving displaced quake victims into permanent housing by the end of 2009, reconstruction in the earthquake zone has signi [...] | 2009-05-26 09:41:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU99 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: LOCAL SCHOLAR ON TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY AND [...] (C) Summary: Indicating that controls over media in Sichuan Province have notably increased over the past year, a senior-level Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) researcher described how Communist Party officials applied additional pressure on him and other independent website editors [...] | 2009-06-04 06:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO SOCI CH |
09CHENNAI100 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: "FORCED CONVERSIONS" FUEL POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Political conversations in Karnataka are peppered with references to "forced" or "forcible" conversion. Although the term has been defined in various states' legal statutes and interpreted by the Indian Supreme Court, different religious communities in the state -- particularly H [...] | 2009-04-02 06:29:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI IN |
09CHENNAI168 | ANDHRA PRADESH CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, SCORES OTHER [...] Summary: The state of Andhra Pradesh (one of India's largest, with a population exceeding 80 million) continues to be one of India's most active states in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),as highlighted by a recent series of arrests, convictions, and lengthy prison sentences handed out [...] | 2009-06-03 02:55:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI KCRM IN |
09CHENNAI248 | CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN SOME PARTS OF FORMAL FIREWORKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three children died in an explosion at a licensed fireworks factory near Madurai in southern Tamil Nadu. The factory was in violation of a number of regulations at the time of the accident, including India's prohibition against employing children in the manufacture of explosiv [...] | 2009-07-30 23:38:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON ELAB IN |
09CHENNAI294 | RAHUL TOURS TAMIL NADU, WATERING THE GRASSROOTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Party's leader of the future, toured Tamil Nadu cities and towns September 8-10, calling on youth, entrepreneurs, farmers, weavers, fishermen, and Dalits to support his party in the state. He urged these potential supporters to bring Congress to power [...] | 2009-09-14 11:45:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IN |
09CHENNAI317 | SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA UNLIKELY TO RETURN ANYTIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to return to their homeland anytime soon. Release of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from confinement in IDP camps is a [...] | 2009-10-30 05:03:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE |
09CHENNAI341 | LABOR PROBLEMS NEAR CHENNAI HAMPER U.S. FIRM'S OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor problems severely hampered a U.S. firm's operations in late November. A local politician gathered an unruly mob to prevent the firm's contractors from entering its premises, ostensibly because some of the contractors were not local. Police eventually helped broker an agr [...] | 2009-12-01 06:12:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI ELAB EINV PGOV IN |
09CHENNAI9 | ANDHRA PRADESH PLANS COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR FALL 2009 [...] Andhra Pradesh plans to set up the South Indian state's first community colleges in time for the 2009-2010 academic year. K.C. Reddy, Chairman of the state's Department of Higher Education, confirmed media reports that Andhra Pradesh will establish U.S.-style community colleges. The state wi [...] | 2009-01-12 04:32:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV IN |
09CHENNAI98 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIX MONTHS LATER, RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly six months after the anti-Christian violence that drew international media attention (refs C-E),Christian groups in the seaside town of Mangalore, Karnataka are still nervous. While the media attention has died down and large-scale violence like what transpired in Septe [...] | 2009-04-02 06:21:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI IN |
09CHIANGMAI118 | NORTHERN REDSHIRTS, MPS MARK THAKSIN'S BIRTHDAY [...] (U) At well-attended events in three northern provinces organized by several different redshirt groups on July 26, supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin celebrated his 60th birthday flanked by leading MPs of the opposition Phuea Thai Party - the successor to Thaksin's Thai Rak T [...] | 2009-08-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI138 | RED-SHIRTS, YELLOW-SHIRTS BEGIN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Spurred on by a U.S. speaker program that focused on the role of opposition political parties and non-party actors (Ref B),members of red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups in Chiang Mai held an initial meeting on September 23 to iron out some differences and search for common ground. Though [...] | 2009-09-29 09:51:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM PROP TH |
09CHIANGMAI178 | PM'S PLANNED NOV. 29 VISIT GALVANIZES RED-SHIRTS TO ACT IN [...] (C) In the wake of anti-government red-shirt rhetoric tantamount to death threats against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, red-shirts and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin are gearing up for a potential showdown with security forces in Chiang Mai during Prime Minister Abhisit's plan [...] | 2009-11-25 11:10:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC TH |
09CHIANGMAI59 | COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS REMAIN OPEN; REDSHIRT LEADERS TURN [...] (SBU) Though raided on April 17 and ordered to cease politically-charged broadcasts that could incite violence by the Provincial Government, pro-redshirt community radio stations in Chiang Mai continue to broadcast under the terms of an MOU negotiated with Provincial authorities. In a separat [...] | 2009-04-30 03:34:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL PROP ECPS SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI77 | FIVE RELIGIONS, ONE VOICE: CHIANG MAI INTER-FAITH GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 09:38:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI90 | SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT MIGRANT WORKER POLICY, NEW TECHNOLOGY IN [...] (U) As Thailand grapples with its policy towards migrant workers and in the wake of media getting caught in the crosshairs of Thai domestic politics, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted two PA speakers funded by Embassy Bangkok on migrant labor and citizen journalism June 19-20. Both programs were w [...] | 2009-06-26 10:30:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI ECON ELAB SCUL ECPS PROP TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI93 | U.S. ACADEMIC DISCUSSES OPPOSITION PARTY POLITICS WITH RED [...] (U) As redshirt, yellowshirt, and other politically active groups struggle to define their roles in Thai society, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted a U.S. speaker, who discussed with them the role of opposition parties in the U.S. system. An expert on the American political system, Dr. Larry Berman [...] | 2009-07-02 09:21:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SCUL SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI98 | LOWER NORTH ECONOMIES CONTRACTING; POLITICAL DIVIDES [...] (SBU) The economy in Phitsanulok remains stable, providing a solid economic foundation for the region, despite the global economic crisis causing many workers to return to the lower north. Although the agricultural sector in the region's economic hub of Phitsanulok is reportedly accommodating [...] | 2009-07-13 09:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ECIN EFIN ELAB PGOV SNAR SMIG SOCI TH |
09CHISINAU49 | MOLDOVA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] Conditions for children in Moldova are difficult. Child poverty is widespread in families in both rural and urban areas. Children living in households without one or both of their parents (generally as a result of parents' out- migration to find work) make up about one-third of children in [...] | 2009-01-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MD |
09COLOMBO1092 | PANDEMIC FLU PREPARATIONS IN THE MALDIVES - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: To date, there have been only 32 confirmed cases of H1N1 (Swine flu) in the Maldives with one reported death. Maldivians are increasingly concerned with the country's ability to cope with a full-blown outbreak. The Ma [...] | 2009-12-02 07:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC MV |
09COLOMBO1136 | Business Leaders See Progress in Eastern Reconstruction; [...] Summary: A/S Robert Blake met with a group of business leaders to discuss reconstruction of the conflict regions of the North and East. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) defeated the LTTE in 2007 in the East, and there has been great progress in that region, with fewer checkpoints, improved r [...] | 2009-12-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO424 | SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE [...] (U) Summary: Post is not aware of forced labor in the production of goods in Sri Lanka. Exploitative child labor may exist in the brick industry. Children working in the fireworks industry work at home and are engaged in non-hazardous forms of work. End Summary. ------------ Forced Labor [...] | 2009-04-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE |
09COLOMBO447 | MALDIVES: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE [...] Post is not aware of forced labor or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Maldives. ------------ Forced Labor ------------ 2. Forced Labor: Post is not aware of forced labor in the production of goods in Maldives. The Employment Act of 2008 prohibits forced labor. [...] | 2009-04-21 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MV |
09COLOMBO63 | SRI LANKA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE -JANUARY 2009 [...] As requested by Ref A, below is an update of the worst forms of child labor information for Sri Lanka. Child Labor Legislation ----------------------- 2. Sri Lanka ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 on Minimum Age for Employment on November 2, 2000, and ILO [...] | 2009-01-20 07:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE |
09COLOMBO954 | SRI LANKA'S PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) developed a plan in 2005 to track and respond to pandemic flu (H1N1 and H5N1) and has updated the plan as needed. Surveillance systems are in place, hospitals nationwide are prepared with isolated wards, and ports of entry are closely monitored. [...] | 2009-10-19 04:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ECON PGOV TBIO SOCI CASC KFLU |
09CONAKRY1 | UNION LEADER SAYS CONSITUTION FIRST, THEN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that the long anticipated coup has taken place, union leader Rabiatou is looking to create an effective civilian coalition that can check the military junta's power until elections can be organized. However, Rabiatou appears to be in no hurry to get to elections, arguing th [...] | 2009-01-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY100 | MEETING WITH DADIS DISAPPOINTS CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a nationally broadcast meeting with civil and political leaders, CNDD President Dadis was aggressive, vague, and noncommittal. Despite the CNDD's February 7 announcement that elections will take place in late 2009, Dadis danced around the subject and refused to be pinn [...] | 2009-02-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY101 | YOUTH LEADER CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY NOT CREDIBLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a February 11 meeting with Poloff, prominent youth leader Thierno Balde shared his perspective on recent political events in Guinea. He found the CNDD's increased intimidation of the media and the close relationship between the Minister of Justice and Claude Pivi troublin [...] | 2009-02-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY102 | CONAKRY RESPONSE - ASSESSING THE NEED FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information regarding assessed needs for increased law enforcement and judicial training in Guinea. Post notes that the USG has suspended aid to Guinea, with the exception of humanitarian and democracy assistance, in response to th [...] | 2009-02-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY114 | CNDD OUTLINES VAGUE ELECTION TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent meetings between the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and the Forces Vives, a group of civil and political actors, have focused on identifying an election date and defining a transition timeline. The Forces Vives recently sent a letter to the Presid [...] | 2009-02-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY133 | CNDD LIFTS BAN ON POLITICAL AND UNION ACTIVITIES [...] (U) On February 28 over national television, the CNDD publicly lifted the ban on political and union activities in Guinea. The military junta had instituted the ban within hours of seizing power on December 23. Local press reports indicate that the announcement was positively received by a [...] | 2009-03-02 15:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PHUM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY172 | ACUTE MALNUTRITION EVIDENT IN CONAKRY'S CENTRAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a recent Embassy visit to Conakry's central prison, a prison doctor confirmed that over a two month period, ten individuals had died of acute malnutrion in the jail. Severe crowding, inadequate medical care, and appalling hygienic conditions continue to imperil the fundame [...] | 2009-03-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY195 | YOUTH RALLY IN SUPPORT OF DADIS AND THE CNDD [...] (C) SUMMARY. A stadium packed with youths publicly demonstrated the country's alleged support for the military junta and its president, Moussa Dadis Camara, on March 29. The event was peaceful, but security was heavy. During the speeches, youth representatives demanded that Dadis stay in of [...] | 2009-03-30 16:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY24 | MOST POLITICAL PARTIES CALL FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Most of Guinea's major political parties are pushing to hold legislative elections by the end of June. Sidya Toure's UFR party appears to be the main exception, arguing for presidential elections within the next twelve months. Other than the actual timeframe, however, the oppo [...] | 2009-01-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY248 | GOG CUTS OFF FOOD DELIVERIES TO PRISONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to multiple sources, the Government of Guinea has stopped delivering food to the country's prisons. Prison directors now rely upon charities, international organizations and others to provide food for 1,100 prisoners and described the situation as "catastrophic." A re [...] | 2009-05-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY25 | TECHNICAL PARTNERS SAY ELECTIONS LIKELY TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Technical experts who have been working with the Guinean Government to organize elections since June of 2007 maintain that it will take at least another eight to nine months before elections will be feasible, provided that all goes perfectly between now and then. They cited a [...] | 2009-01-09 14:45:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY36 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER CRITICIZES USG POLICY, CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A prominent civil society leader and former minister of social affairs privately criticized the USG's decision to suspend non-humanitarian aid during a January 7 meeting with Poloff. She blamed the international community for Guinea's current situation and called for greater [...] | 2009-01-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY47 | MOBILIZING CIVIL SOCIETY TO ADVANCE A COMMON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three weeks after the December 23 coup d'etat, Guinean civil society has yet to emerge with strong leadership and a common strategic vision. Although they agree that a democratic election installing a civilian government is the end objective, they disagree as to what needs to [...] | 2009-01-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY508 | DADIS MAY LOSE SUPPORT FORM BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EconOff met with prominent businessman, Mohammed Abliou Bah, to discuss the economic and political situation in Guinea on August 25. Bah, a public supporter of Dadis, has seemingly abandoned his former allegiance to the CNDD. He thinks that the military is becoming far too comfort [...] | 2009-08-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV GV |
09CONAKRY533 | BUSINESS OWNERS TARGETED BY MILITARY [...] (C) Long-time Embassy contact Hadja Binta Balde, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) director in Guinea, told Econoff that she has recently become the target of extensive military harassment. According to Balde, several unnamed persons began threatening her immediately after Embassy [...] | 2009-09-03 17:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PGOV ECON SOCI PREL GV |
09CONAKRY611 | PROTESTS ANTICIPATED TOMORROW IN CONAKRY [...] (U) As of 1300, the situation in Conakry is outwardly calm with only small disturbances in the neighborhoods of Cosa, Hamdallaye, and Bambeto where there is sporadic gunfire and small-scale demonstrations. Most of the interior also remains quiet, though there is low-level agitation in the north [...] | 2009-10-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY615 | CNDD PLANS TO RELEASE 58 BODIES TO GRAND MOSQUE [...] (U) At least 58 bodies of victims of the September 28 violence will be returned today, according to government press releases and religious leaders. The government, which maintains that only 58 people were killed in the violence, will be releasing the bodies to Conakry's Grand Mosque at 1030 t [...] | 2009-10-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY619 | A CALM WEEKEND IN CONAKRY, SMALL-SCALE PROTESTS [...] (U) Guinea was calm over the weekend, with no reports of disturbances in Conakry or the interior. Many people in Conakry took advantage of the relative calm to restock on food items and other necessary goods, though economic and social activity was more subdued than usual. ------------- G [...] | 2009-10-05 11:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ECON SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY624 | (C) USG ASKS DADIS TO RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a heated meeting with the president of the junta yesterday, DAS of African Affairs, William Fitzgerald, recommended that Dadis relinquish power and allow for the formation of a transition government. Dadis initially seemed shocked by the message and argued that his presidency is [...] | 2009-10-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY65 | YOUTH LEADER WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR DADIS AND THE [...] SUMMARY. An important youth leader, Dansa Kourouma, claims to have backed Moussa Dadis Camara even before President Conte's death, and to have helped Dadis and others plot the coup that overthrew the government. However, Dansa told Poloff on January 22 that he is disappointed with the CNDD' [...] | 2009-01-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV SOCI PREL ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY651 | SIXTEEN YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM DESCRIBES EXPERIENCE [...] (C) On October 9, EconOff met with two young sisters who were attacked on September 28 at the stadium. One girl, barely sixteen years old, was raped by multiple soldiers and severely beaten and stabbed. The other, who was about eighteen years old, narrowly escaped rape, but was beaten and cut [...] | 2009-10-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI GV |
09CONAKRY665 | GUINEA ROUNDUP: OCTOBER 16 [...] (U) Late last night, the CNDD issued a communique ending the ban on political demonstrations in Guinea. The statement encouraged Guineans to strictly comply with current anti-riot laws and to give priority to "national unity and social tranquillity" over political messaging. The statement claim [...] | 2009-10-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY822 | UNION LEADER SAYS CONSITUTION FIRST, THEN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that the long anticipated coup has taken place, union leader Rabiatou is looking to create an effective civilian coalition that can check the military junta's power until elections can be organized. However, Rabiatou appears to be in no hurry to get to elections, arguing th [...] | 2009-01-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
09CONAKRY96 | CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICAL PARTIES PUBLICLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's civilian and political leaders may be starting to coalesce and find a common voice. Both groups independently issued public declarations the week of February 2, which were highly critical of Dadis and the CNDD. In addition, civil society articulated a clear set of d [...] | 2009-02-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
09COPENHAGEN396 | (C) SRI LANKA: DENMARK SUPPORTING USG DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark says it supported the USG position on Sri Lanka (reftel) at the EU's Asia Working Group meeting in Brussels September 16. Afterwards, the European Commission unit that covers Sri Lanka asked the Danes for a copy of reftel points; the Danes told the unit to talk to the [...] | 2009-09-16 17:58:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
09COPENHAGEN543 | PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT - ENGAGING [...] (SBU) This message addresses reftel action items due November 30. Post welcomes the opportunity to participate in this initiative, even though the economic context for Muslims in Denmark is substantially different from the norm in the Muslim world. While Denmark's population is largely homo [...] | 2009-12-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI KISL DA |
09COTONOU120 | BENIN: HOMAGE TO LATE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER CATHERINE [...] Summary: The local media reported on the memorial ceremony held at the Chief of Mission's Residence on March 25. The ceremony was held in memory of the late Catherine Puzey, a Peace Corps Volunteer who was killed at her residence in the village of Badjoude, located in the Atacora department o [...] | 2009-04-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO SOCI BN |
09COTONOU21 | BENIN: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] In response to State 127448, Post provides the following information: -------------------- Laws and Regulations -------------------- 2. Benin uses laws and ministerial decrees to set the minimum age for employment, to prohibit child trafficking, and to forbid children's work in certain [...] | 2009-01-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV BN |
09COTONOU328 | BENIN: WJEI LEADS BENINESE DELEGATION ON STUDY TOUR OF [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI),DOJ/OPDAT organized a study tour of South Africa for a Beninese delegation comprised of magistrates, representatives of the Justice, Health, and Family Ministries, and NGO representatives. The study tour [...] | 2009-07-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN |
09COTONOU374 | BENIN: AMBASSADOR BROWN LEAVES ON A HIGH NOTE [...] Ambassador Brown departs post on August 22, 2009, leaving a legacy of a stronger bilateral relationship and increased visibility of the US Mission in Benin. Supported by a strong Country Team, American and LES staff, under her leadership the Mission agencies (USAID, MCC, Peace Corps, and the S [...] | 2009-08-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM MASS EWWT BN |
09COTONOU597 | BENIN: WJEI ORGANIZES TRAINING FOR MAGISTRATES, JUDICIAL [...] SUMMARY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI),DOJ/OPDAT AND DOJ/ICITAP organized a weeklong training for twenty magistrates, twenty judicial police officers, and ten public school administrators on how to combat violence against children, particularly sexual violenc [...] | 2009-12-18 05:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN |
09COTONOU67 | BENIN: ACT DRUGS ON PARALLEL MARKET [...] Summary: The Artemisinin-based combination therapy drug Coartem, for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, supplied to the public health sector in Benin by the USG through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI),the World Bank Booster Program and the Global Fund, have been found on sale in [...] | 2009-02-27 03:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV EAID ETRD BN |
09DAKAR1027 | SENEGAL: RELIGIOUS BROTHERHOODS' GROWING INFLUENCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's public universities have enjoyed a long history of religious tolerance and secularism. During the past decade, however, they have witnessed an unprecedented growth of religious identity and expression. The dominance and influence of Sufi Muslim brotherhoods and the l [...] | 2009-08-07 12:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM SOCI PHUM SG |
09DAKAR105 | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON [...] Summary: In response to Ref B request, Post submits the following information on the possible impact of the global financial crisis on assistance programs in Senegal. Ref A and previous reports have outlined the general impact of the global financial crisis on Senegal's broader economic cond [...] | 2009-01-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON SOCI KMCA SG |
09DAKAR130 | RELIGION IN SENEGAL-THE SHIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG |
09DAKAR215 | SENEGAL: INFORMATION ON THE USE OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Begin report: 2. (SBU) Senegalese law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children; however, such practices were widespread in 2008. The law bans the exploitation of child labor, and there are regulations on child labor th [...] | 2009-02-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG |
09DAKAR220 | SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...] | 2009-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON |
09DAKAR290 | SENEGAL'S KARIM WADE - THE HEIR APPARENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With local elections less than three weeks away, the country has entered a period of intense campaigning. One of the key battles will be in Dakar, where President Abdoulaye Wade has finally made a move to slip his son Karim into the political arena by including him on his party's [...] | 2009-03-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ECON PINR KDEM SOCI SG |
09DAKAR32 | Senegal: Rape on the Rise [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegalese women's associations are mobilizing in support of a draft law to criminalize rape. After achieving notable successes in gaining parity on gender issues such as schooling for girls and allowing a woman to pay her family's medical expenses when her husband is unable to [...] | 2009-01-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI SG |
09DAKAR409 | SENEGAL: RIOT VICTIM NOT KILLED BY SECURITY [...] (SBU) In ref A Post reported that 21-year-old Mamdaou Sinna Sidibe had been shot dead by military personnel during a violent demonstration in the city of Kedougou in southeastern Senegal. During a follow-up visit to the city by Poloff and FSN Pol Assistant, Post determined that the youth was [...] | 2009-03-31 08:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR ECON SG |
09DAKAR512 | SENEGAL: TROUBLES AHEAD IN 2009? CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) Summary: Laye Bamba Diallo, Editor of the Nouvelle Horizon weekly and Omar Ndiaye, an old Embassy contact and the editor of the Temoin weekly, told poloff that they are both worried about the future for Senegal, characterizing the outlook as bleak. They believe that President Abdoulaye Wa [...] | 2009-04-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR540 | SENEGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE IN UN HUMAN [...] PolCouns met with the head of the Senegalese Foreign Ministry's UN Division, Mame Oumar Thiaw, on April 16th to request Senegalese support for the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the Human Rights Council per reftel. Thiaw welcomed the return of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council, [...] | 2009-04-28 16:45:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR563 | AMBASSADOR AND DCMA PRESS BISSAU-GUINEAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2009, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) and Ambassador Bernicat led a nine-person delegation to [...] | 2009-05-05 17:58:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI SNAR PU XY |
09DAKAR636 | SENEGAL-THE OPPOSITION WON, BUT NOW WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion with newly elected Dakar Regional Councilor, Rahmet Sow, she admitted that the opposition coalition grouped under the Benno Siggil Senegaal (BSS) banner did far better than any of them had expected and refuted rumors that the BSS was on the verge of br [...] | 2009-05-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR871 | Challenges within Senegal's Public Tertiary Educational [...] (SBU) Summary: Universit Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) is generally billed as Senegal's premier institution of higher learning. However, recent student strikes have illustrated some of the glaring problems evident within the public education system. Overcrowding and mismanagement have left the Unive [...] | 2009-07-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM SOCI PHUM SG |
09DAKAR901 | GOLD IN SENEGAL; BUT THIS IS NO ELDORADO [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to verify claims of alleged child labor and to get a first-hand look at Senegal's up-and-coming gold mining sector, Poloff conducted an unannounced visit to an artisanal gold mining village near Kedougou. Reports of child exploitation could not be fully corroborated [...] | 2009-07-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PINR KDEM KTIP SG |
09DAMASCUS109 | WOMEN'S NGO WARNED REGARDING EMBASSY CONTACT [...] (C/NF) The Ministry of Social Affairs recently warned a prominent Syrian women's NGO that it risked losing its license if it had any unauthorized contact with foreigners or embassies. NGO staff believe the warning was issued after one of its board members reported to the SARG that Embassy Dam [...] | 2009-02-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS170 | WHY ARE WE FIGHTING? WOMEN IN DAMASCUS DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Damascus partnered with the Canadian Embassy and local Syrian activists to organize a three-day workshop on the role of women in promoting interfaith dialogue, January 21-23. The workshop featured three Canadian and two American women as facilitators. Three of the pre [...] | 2009-03-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS209 | NORTHEASTERN SYRIA: IT'S MORE THAN JUST UNHAPPY KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a tour of the Jazirah region of northern and eastern Syria, PD officers witnessed first-hand the cultural complexity of Syrian society, the effect of population and environmental shifts on this mosaic, and the extensive reach of the Syrian security services. From March 10-13 [...] | 2009-03-18 07:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SENV SOCI SY XF |
09DAMASCUS355 | ICRC REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN RESTARTING FAMILY [...] This cable is an action request, please see para nine. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mr. Jean-Jacques Frsard, the Head of Delegation in Syria for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),delivered a demarche to Charge d'Affaires on May 13, requesting USG assistance in persuading the Governme [...] | 2009-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV SMIG SOCI IS SY |
09DAMASCUS471 | WOMEN STRUGGLE FOR REFUGE IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs joined lawyer and civil society activist Daad Mousa (strictly protect) in a visit to the Oasis Trust women's shelter on June 25 to discuss trafficking and abuse of women in Syria. Administered by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (SGS),the shelter is a refuge for female vi [...] | 2009-07-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PBTS PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI SMIG KWMN KTIP |
09DAMASCUS479 | WOMEN'S ISSUES: IOM HALTS FUNDS TO LOCAL WOMEN'S [...] (C) Maria Rumman, the Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Damascus, reported that IOM ceased making grant payments to the Association for Arab Women's Role Development (AWRD) in the first week of July because of its failure to implement and operate a she [...] | 2009-07-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS534 | SARG IMPRISONS PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (C) This cable contains an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In what may be its highest profile arrest since the 2007 round-up of Damascus Declaration members, the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) invited human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani to its offices on July [...] | 2009-07-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS563 | SARG CONTINUES TO CENSOR AND INTIMIDATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite 2001 amendments to Syria's archaic press law that precipitated the creation of a private media industry, the SARG still relies on censorship and intimidation to ensure the expanded number of publications does not threaten its control over information inside the country. Re [...] | 2009-08-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS604 | DISBARMENT HEARINGS BEGIN FOR JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Civil society activists, lawyers, journalists, and diplomats packed the narrow halls of the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate offices on August 18 for the Syndicate's first administrative hearing to disbar human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani. The hearing, which was not opened to the [...] | 2009-08-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS62 | PROTECTING WOMEN: SARG COOPERATING WITH LOCAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past two years, the Association for Women's Role Development (AWRD),a local NGO, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) to promote protective services for women who are victims of trafficking (VOT [...] | 2009-01-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS620 | SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: KURDS AILING BUT POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: Drought, unemployment, economic & cultural discrimination, political repression, arbitrary arrest, unexplainable deaths, and statelessness contributed to a miserable first six months of the Kurdish New Year (Nowruz) in Syria -- making this year, so far, very much like last year. [...] | 2009-08-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SCUL SENV SOCI SMIG SY TU |
09DAMASCUS682 | "INTERNET PIONEERS" SEEK TO USE WEB TO EASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three twenty-something Syrian entrepreneurs recently started an Arabic-language website called Masaader.com ("Sources") and a marketing and advertising research firm associated with the British Internet-based marketing firm YouGov in the hopes of developing Syria-specific Interne [...] | 2009-09-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS747 | MICHEL KILO: FREED DISSIDENT ANALYZES US-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with the prominent dissident Michel Kilo at his home on October 21 for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of Syria's political opposition and its view of U.S.-Syrian rapproachment. Kilo, who was released from prison in May of this year, generally supported U.S. en [...] | 2009-10-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SY TU |
09DAMASCUS780 | THE CURIOUS CASE OF HAITHAM MALEH: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The first formal stage of human rights activist Haitham Maleh's trial before the Military Court in Damascus began on October 25. The court charged Maleh with publishing false information that might weaken the national sentiment, and defaming the judiciary. Though diplomatic obs [...] | 2009-11-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECIN KDEM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS787 | DAMASCUS LAWYERS' SYNDICATE DISBARS MUHANAD [...] (C) Summary: Despite swirling rumors that the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate would suspend disbarment procedures against imprisoned human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani, the Syndicate voted to cancel Hasani's license on November 10. The decision can be appealed, though it remains to be seen whet [...] | 2009-11-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS788 | SYRIAN DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT'S HAIRLINE FRACTURES [...] (C) Summary: The SARG's two-year crackdown on civil society activists, especially the Damascus Declaration's leadership (ref C),may be on the verge of producing the first serious structural fragmentation in the opposition movement. Hasan Abdul Azim told us on November 9 that he would convoke [...] | 2009-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS791 | HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE PROMPTS NEW THREATS AND [...] (C) Summary: Citing the pressure that international condemnation over the arrests of human rights lawyers Muhanad al-Hasani and Haitham al-Maleh had produced, Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) told us state security services had employed a mixture of legal action and direct threats of impr [...] | 2009-11-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS806 | A SUNNI GAMBIT? PM UTRI'S PROPOSED "NEW" PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: After provoking another controversial debate on religious freedom and women's issues by attempting to amend the Personal Status Law (PSL) in April, Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri has again introduced a draft that closely mirrors the current PSL from 1953. Some contacts sugg [...] | 2009-11-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL KMPI KWMN SCUL SOCI |
09DAMASCUS819 | A/S SCHWARTZ DISCUSSES REFUGEES AND NGOS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SOCI PREL PHUM SY |
09DAMASCUS822 | AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: SARG SETS SIGHTS ON [...] (C) Syrian Human Rights Organization - SWASIAH activist and lawyer Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) told us on November 24 that the Syrian Lawyers' Syndicate had opened a case against the lawyer and political activist Hasan Abdul Azim. The charges for which the Syndicate was investigating [...] | 2009-11-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS825 | SEEKING A PROGRAMMING SURGE IN SYRIA [...] SUMMARY: After nearly five years of significantly constrained public outreach options, Embassy Damascus is focused on exploiting new opportunities to engage in more sustained public diplomacy programmatic activity. With a finite number of tools at our disposal, we hope to expand our ability [...] | 2009-11-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SOCI PREL PGOV SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS826 | NO DIVIDEND ON SARG-KURDISH BACKCHANNEL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Democratic Front Secretary General Abdul Hakim Bashar (strictly protect) detailed backchannel discussions between the SARG and Kurdish political leaders that took place this summer. Issam Baghdy, a former MP and member of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP),co [...] | 2009-11-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL SMIG SY TU |
09DAMASCUS840 | SYRIA NOMINATES SISTER CLAUDA ISAIAH NADDAF FOR [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy in Damascus is honored to nominate Sister Clauda Isaiah Naddaf (a.k.a. Sister Marie-Claude) for the Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award. Working arduously and quietly in the murky "no-man's land" between civil society activists and the Syrian Ar [...] | 2009-12-03 13:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SOCI SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS846 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: CIVIL SOCIETY (STILL) [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks the Syrian security services have stepped up their already rapid pace of detentions, targeting members of the Damascus Declaration National Council and two writers, one of whom reportedly disappeared in Beirut and is now believed to be in Syrian custody. These arr [...] | 2009-12-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI SCUL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS852 | SABAEAN MANDAEAN REFUGEES TORN BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Sabaean Mandaean ("Mandaeans," collectively) refugee community in Syria told us December 7 they are concerned that the recent departure of 200 Mandaean families from Iraq for Syria may be a tipping point in their community's fight to survive in Iraq, the birthplace [...] | 2009-12-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS867 | UNHCR OFFICIALS PRAISE SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting with NGO representatives and diplomats in Damascus on December 14, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Radhouane Nouicier bluntly criticized the Iraqi government for "failing to support" the [...] | 2009-12-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL PREF PHUM |
09DAMASCUS881 | RIAD TURK UPDATES ON DAMASCUS DECLARATION [...] (C) Summary: Leading Damascus Declaration opposition figure Riad al-Turk outlined the movement's current status in a wide-ranging December 14 discussion. Main points were: -- Damascus Declaration General Secretariat members would like a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Embassy Charge d'Aff [...] | 2009-12-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI SCUL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS892 | ROSE-COLORED GLASSES AT THE STATE PLANNING [...] (C) For the first time in more than four years, emboffs were granted a meeting in late December with the State Planning Commission (SPC). Although largely echoing the party line on subjects like U.S. economic sanctions, SPC head Dr. Taysir Raddawi shared his objectives for developing Syria's [...] | 2009-12-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
09DARESSALAAM127 | ZANZIBAR: MEMORIES OF AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REVOLUTIONARY [...] SUMMARY: Ali Sultani was one of the leading figures of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, but later spent eight years in prison as one of the conspirators of President Karume's assassination (father of the current President Karume). A charismatic raconteur, quoting Edith Pilaf's "Je Ne Regrete Rie [...] | 2009-02-27 02:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PINR PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM238 | ZANZIBAR PARTY VIEWS GOING INTO MAGOGONI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: With the voter registration completed in the Zanzibari suburban district of Magogoni (ref A),the actual vote to fill a local legislative seat will occur May 23, 2009. However, for ruling party CCM and opposition CUF, the winner-take-all nature of local politics [...] | 2009-04-10 09:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM486 | ZANZIBAR 2010 ELECTION REGISTRATION BEGINS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY & INTRODUCTION: On July 6, the Zanzibar Election Commission (ZEC) started voter registration for the October 2010 General Election on the island of Pemba, stronghold of opposition party Civic United Front (CUF). Between July 16-18 Zanzibar Affairs Officer (ZAO) and Specialist (Z [...] | 2009-07-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM505 | AN INCIDENT ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] (U) Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) suspended its Pemba voter registration activities August 4, following a boycott organized by opposition CUF and an incident in which Zanzibar government special forces fired weapons into the air and beat and arrested CUF supporters. 2. (SBU) Zanzibar [...] | 2009-08-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM509 | AN INCIDENT ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM510 | VIOLENCE ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM560 | GLOBAL FUND AUDIT: TANZANIA TAKING ACTION [...] SUMMARY: A recent internal audit of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria's grants in Tanzania concluded that the grants face serious challenges, particularly in the areas of supply chain management and financial and programmatic reporting. The GOT has committed to taking appropriate c [...] | 2009-08-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHIV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM584 | PEPFAR TEAM BRIEFS PRESIDENT KIKWETE ON PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: At President Kikwete's request, Mission PEPFAR team met with him on August 7 to discuss the program and the status of Partnership Framework negotiations. Further discussion covered other U.S. bilateral assistance to Tanzania and issues related to the administrative and technical (A&T) [...] | 2009-09-03 11:47:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHIV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM61 | 2008 TANZANIA CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor: ------------------------------------ 2. The use of young girls, known as house girls, for forced domestic labor is the greatest child labor problem in Tanzania. No statistics exist to delineate this pro [...] | 2009-01-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TZ |
09DARESSALAAM79 | Tanzania Production of Goods Using Child Labor [...] (U) This cable responds to request in ref a. 2. (U) The use of young girls for forced domestic labor is the greatest child labor problem in Tanzania. The problem of children involved in family agriculture and fishing endeavors - which may contribute to the larger economy -persist, but there [...] | 2009-02-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TZ |
09DARESSALAAM871 | ZANZIBAR'S MAIN ISLAND FACES MAJOR POWER CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: On December 9 there was a melt-down of the power cable terminus connecting the main Zanzibar island of Unguja with Tanzania's national power grid. The broken cable supplies almost all the power used by the island, resulting in near total failure of electricity for the entire island, [...] | 2009-12-21 02:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD SOCI PGOV EPET EIND TZ |
09DHAKA1008 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Verveer, we look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a secular democracy with a moderate Muslim-majority population of nearly 160 million people friendly to the United States. U.S. engagement with Bangladesh focuses on what we call the three "D"s: democracy, development and [...] | 2009-10-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER SOCI KPAO BG |
09DHAKA1040 | BANGLADESH EMBRACES USG GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Bangladesh and Mission Dhaka are moving ahead with plans to collaborate on food security, as laid out in the USG's new Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Ambassador and senior officials from [...] | 2009-11-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EAGR EAID IT KWMN PINR PREL SOCI |
09DHAKA1078 | BANGLADESH PM REMAINS COOL TOWARD NOBEL LAUREATE [...] (C) A prophet has no honor in his own country, at least as far as Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh's Awami League government is concerned. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni made clear their distrust and suspicion of Yunus in several recent meetings [...] | 2009-11-30 05:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KWMN SOCI ECON PGOV PREL BG |
09DHAKA1081 | BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...] | 2009-12-01 04:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA1114 | BANGLADESH NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the President's Entrepreneurship Initiative. Post's Economic Working Group will continue to explore ways to highlight the entrepreneurship objectives outlined reftel. The Ambassador discussed entrepreneurship with leading business repre [...] | 2009-12-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA130 | RESPONSE TO 2008 DOL REQUEST FOR TRADE [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information regarding child labor in Bangladesh. The Caretaker Government made few changes to labor policies in 2008. In the absence of an elected legislature, the President was empowered to promulgate ordinances. These ordinances will lapse unless [...] | 2009-02-05 04:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BG |
09DHAKA235 | EDUCATION MINISTER LOOKS TO CURRICULUM AND [...] (SBU) Acknowledging significant problems in the education sector, the new Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intended to focus on introducing a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's schools, increasing vocational and technical education opportunities and campaigning against illiteracy. [...] | 2009-03-05 03:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL KISL BG |
09DHAKA239 | EDUCATION REFORM: FOR QAWMI MADRASAS TOO? [...] (C) The new Awami League government recently announced plans to introduce a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's multi-curriculumed schools. The Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intends to include qawmi madrasas (non-regulated, privately-funded Islam-focused institutions) in the ne [...] | 2009-03-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KISL SOCI SCUL BG |
09DHAKA419 | WHAT DO BANGLADESH'S DEOBANDI QAWMI MADRASAS WANT? [...] (SBU) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. The government seeks more control over qawmi madrasas and fears failure to equip students with ski [...] | 2009-04-28 04:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA431 | THE GOB SAYS IT IS SERIOUS ABOUT QAWMI MADRASA [...] (C) After a rocky start, the Awami League government and Bangladesh's qawmi madrasa (QM) community appear to have laid the necessary groundwork for much-needed dialogue aimed at addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system. That said, the so [...] | 2009-04-30 03:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA443 | ISLAMIC PARTIES AND THE QAWMI MADRASA COMMUNITY (3 [...] (C) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. A proportion of Bangladesh's Deobandi qawmi madrasa (DQM) community has strong ties to small Islamic [...] | 2009-05-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA469 | NOBEL LAUREATE REQUESTS USG HELP ON GRAMEEN BANK [...] (C) Nobel Peace Laureate and Grameen Bank Chairman Muhammad Yunus asked that the USG assist him in urging Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to change a long-standing rule that gives the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) control over his position as Grameen Bank Chairman. Bangladesh's 2007-2008 Caret [...] | 2009-05-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI KWMN BG |
09DHAKA475 | BANGLADESH'S AHLE HADITH QAWMI MADRASAS: FEW AND [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's Ahle Hadith qawmi madrasas (AHQM) would not object to coming under government oversight, according to a senior Ahle Hadith (AH) representative, who told post there were approximately 200 AHQMs in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the northwest. He said attempts were underway [...] | 2009-05-12 10:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA534 | BANGLADESH DECLARATION OF DISASTER DUE TO CYCLONIC STORM AILA DATED MAY 28, 2009 [...] Summary: Action Request: This cable declares a disaster in Bangladesh as a result of the Cyclonic Storm Aila and requests USD 100,000 to furnish disaster assistance, which may include supplies for shelter, water, food and relief supplies for the storm affected areas of Bangladesh. End summar [...] | 2009-05-28 11:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG EAID PINR PREL SOCI |
09DHAKA617 | A/S BLAKE OUTLINES NEW AREAS OF COOPERATION FOR [...] (C) Bangladesh's top two foreign affairs officials welcomed prospects for collaboration with the United States in areas like climate change, food security and building stronger U.S. relations with the Muslim world. South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake and the Amba [...] | 2009-06-17 11:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR PHUM KPAO SOCI BG |
09DHAKA663 | BANGLADESH OPPOSITION USING INDIAN DAM TO ATTACK [...] (SBU) India's construction of a dam on a major river that flows into Bangladesh has triggered protests from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),which claims the project threatens the region's environment and livelihoods. Party leaders clearly believe they can get political mile [...] | 2009-07-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL EAGR SOCI PGOV IN BG |
09DHAKA735 | FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: ENGAGING WITH THE MUSLIMS [...] (U) Muslims in Bangladesh have shown great enthusiasm for following up with the U.S. on many of the themes unveiled in the President's Cairo speech. Mission Dhaka recommends the following areas of opportunity to foster dialogue with Muslims here: -- Bring the Peace Corps Back to Bangladesh. [...] | 2009-07-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
09DHAKA805 | FY2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR INL LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BG KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI |
09DILI118 | TIMOR-LESTE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING [...] Summary: The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) held its annual international donor development assistance meeting April 2-4, 2009, with delegations from over 32 countries and 350 participants attending. The Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister chaired the Timor Leste Development Pa [...] | 2009-05-01 15:33:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN SOCI TT |
09DILI181 | HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE LOW, BUT VULNERABILITIES PERSIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Timor-Leste remains a low HIV prevalence country, but porous borders, an influx of sex workers from abroad, and low awareness about the disease could lead to an increase in HIV/AIDS infected persons. The national response has focused on prevention, education, testing, and treatmen [...] | 2009-07-24 03:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV SOCI PGOV MASS TT |
09DILI201 | TIMOR CONFIRMS FIRST TWO CASES OF SWINE FLU [...] Doctors at Timor's National Hospital confirmed the country's first two cases of H1N1 swine flu on August 10. The two patients -- one an Australian, the other Indian -- were held in an isolation area at the hospital while medical samples were forwarded to Australia for testing. The hospital p [...] | 2009-08-11 11:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI TT |
09DILI301 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: COMMUNITY POLICING [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candidates are as follows: -- Joao Bel [...] | 2009-11-10 05:17:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MASS TT SOCI |
09DJIBOUTI100 | Somalia - Lobbying for PM Job Intensifies [...] (C) Summary: With newly-elected transitional President Sheikh Sharif temporarily in Mogadishu, lobbying for the job of prime minister has intensified in Djibouti. Sharif is widely expected to return from Mogadishu on February 9, and to name a PM on February 10. There are new, largely self-no [...] | 2009-02-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI105 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT TO RETURN TO DJIBOUTI, NAME PM [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed returned to Djibouti on February 10 after a successful four-day trip to Mogadishu where he was warmly received by a cross-section of the population. Sharif's next task is to nominate a Prime Minister from among t [...] | 2009-02-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI108 | Somalia - President Sharif Begins PM Candidate Interview [...] (C) Summary: In a brief, February 11 meeting, on the heels of his successful visit to Mogadishu, transitional President Sheikh Sharif previewed what we believe to be the four finalists for prime minister. Sharif's list coincided with the list given us February 10 by Sharif Hassan (reftel). In [...] | 2009-02-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1109 | DJIBOUTI: FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER ON PRESIDENT'S THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the former opposition party Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity (FRUD)-and currently President Guelleh's most important ruling coalition partner-laid out the FRUD's cautious approach to the question of a p [...] | 2009-09-14 07:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM DJ ER |
09DJIBOUTI1159 | DJIBOUTI OPPOSITION UPDATE: LITTLE NEW MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with Ambassador, leaders of two opposition parties that remain outside of Djibouti's five-party ruling coalition reiterated their consistent talking points (ref A),criticizing President Guelleh and his administration for inequitable development, a narrowing of [...] | 2009-09-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1173 | DJIBOUTI ON GOLDSTONE REPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Legal and Consular Affairs Marie Natalis on October 1. Natalis serves as the MFA's representative on Djibouti's newly-formed National Human Rights Commission, and acts as the MFA's de facto Djibouti-based f [...] | 2009-10-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI KPAL IS DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1191 | DJIBOUTI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister opened Djibouti's parliamentary session October 1 with a speech highlighting the GODJ's significant ongoing investments in health, education, and poverty reduction. Several days before the opening of parliament, the three-party opposition coalition which boy [...] | 2009-10-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON KDEM SOCI EAID EINV ELTN PREL PHUM DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1261 | DJIBOUTI PRISON VISIT: AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 22 visit to Djibouti's Gabode Prison, EmbOffs noted that conditions continued to improve. A new prison guard force was fully operational, and had created a noticeably calmer and more orderly atmosphere. Aging and inadequate physical infrastructure contribute [...] | 2009-11-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CASC PGOV EAID KJUS SOCI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI195 | IMF OPTIMISTIC ON DJIBOUTI PRGF, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to a recent visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, Djibouti is making solid progress under its new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. Despite an ongoing border conflict with Eritrea that has cost the GODJ approximately USD 34 million [...] | 2009-03-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EAID SOCI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI271 | MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...] | 2009-04-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI279 | PM SPEECH TRIGGERS UNUSALLY SHARP PUBLIC PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's National Assembly-generally regarded as a relatively weak and non-controversial body-recently heard an unusually heated debate during its first ordinary session of the year. The President of the second most powerful ruling coalition partner-who represents the historic, [...] | 2009-04-05 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO ECON PHUM SOCI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI291 | MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...] | 2009-04-08 05:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI50 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Convenes in Djibouti [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament convened January 25 in Djibouti's Peoples Palace with an estimated 230 MPs in attendance. On the agenda for day one are amendments to the Transitional Federal Charter, which would expand the Parliament to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of [...] | 2009-01-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI549 | GODJ LOOKS BACK ON SEVEN YEARS OF ACTION; FIELDS CITIZEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a weeklong, televised "National Seminar of Reflection on Government Action," President Guelleh and the members of his cabinet summarized the GODJ's accomplishments of the past seven years, outlined remaining challenges, and fielded questions from a broad cross-section of [...] | 2009-05-21 10:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM DJ |
09DJIBOUTI59 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARS [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI60 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARS [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI61 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARs [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI63 | Somalia - Parliament Extends Deadline for Electing President [...] (C) In a setback to the UN Special Representative for Somalia's (SRSG) efforts to ensure that a new President is elected within the thirty days allotted by the Transitional Federal Charter, the transitional Parliament January 27 extended the deadline for election by an additional five days, to [...] | 2009-01-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI64 | RECALL 09 DJIBOUTI 64 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI655 | DJIBOUTI: MIXED PROGRESS TOWARD RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti continues to struggle with a widening gap between electricity demand from consumers, and a constrained supply of expensive, diesel-generated electricity provided by the national electricity company. Realizing that improved supplies of lower-cost energy are imperative [...] | 2009-06-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL SENV SOCI IC ET DJ |
09DJIBOUTI87 | Somalia - Stage Set for Unity Government Presidential [...] (C) Summary: With the transitional Parliament expanded to include 200 Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs (reftels),and the candidate registration process complete, the stage is set for the presidential election. The fifteen candidates for office are scheduled to make brief c [...] | 2009-01-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SO |
09DJIBOUTI97 | Somalia - TFG President Sheikh Sharif Considering PM [...] (C) Summary: On February 5 in Djibouti, transitional President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed outlined some of the criteria he would apply in choosing a prime minister. Key among them were support for the candidate from members of his sub-clan, an ability to work with the international community, [...] | 2009-02-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ ET |
09DOHA401 | EXPATS SHARE VIEWS ON QATAR WITH FELTMAN [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met over dinner at the Ambassador's residence with five thoughtful expatriates who have worked in Qatar for a number of years. Each offered his views of why Qatar pursues the foreign and domestic policies that i [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
09DOHA402 | QATARI INTELLECTUALS TO FELTMAN: PROBLEMS? WHAT PROBLEMS? [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with seven influential Qatari intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence to hear their views on Qatar. Dr. Hassan al-Ansari, who is simultaneously a professor of political science at Qatar University, Edit [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
09DOHA414 | FRENCH ACTIVIST LEAVES MEDIA FREEDOM CENTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
09DOHA458 | EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...] | 2009-07-22 04:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
09DOHA466 | QATAR RELEASES ITS OWN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT; JUDGMENTS CLOSE [...] Following is Post's detailed summary of the NHRC report and a comparison of its findings with that of our most recent Human Rights report for Qatar. GAZA ---- -- The NHRC Report begins with a review of Qatar's reaction to the war in Gaza, stating that the conflict cast a heavy shadow on t [...] | 2009-07-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI SCUL QA |
09DOHA529 | QATAR ACCEDES TO UN CONVENTION ON WOMEN [...] (U) On June 24, Shaykh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Heir Apparent, issued an Amiri Decree approving Qatar's accession to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW). Qatar conditioned its acceptance of the treaty by taking into account the following [...] | 2009-08-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI QA |
09DOHA676 | ARAB DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION HEAD RELATES DRAFT PLAN [...] (SBU) At a November 12 meeting with Ambassador, Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) Director Marzen Marzouk unveiled a three part draft plan for how his organization plans to engage the parties to the conflict in Somalia with the aim of formulating a blueprint for a peace process. The meeting was [...] | 2009-11-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHSA SOCI QA |
09DUBAI330 | DUBAI SEEKS TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent press reports about a spate of food poisoning cases in Dubai, including high-profile deaths of several children, have resulted in growing concern about food safety standards in the emirate. The Director of the Food Control Department (FCD) at Dubai Municipality attributes [...] | 2009-08-12 11:36:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV AE |
09DUBAI365 | LABOR STRIKES RETURN TO DUBAI [...] (SBU) Summary: An impromptu labor strike on August 31 surprised a city known for its disproportionately large, but generally quiet expat unskilled labor force. Approximately 1200 laborers from Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises took to the streets in protest of low pay and restricted access to [...] | 2009-09-02 14:06:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI AE |
09DUBLIN522 | IRELAND ON DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] (C) On December 2, Poloff discussed reftel points with Isolde Moylan, Director of the Asia and Oceania Bureau in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Peter McIvor, the Bureau's Deputy Director. They said DPRK was one of their Bureau's priorities, and expressed their appreciation [...] | 2009-12-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI UNGA EI |
09DUSHANBE100 | Mission Mutual Understanding Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fourth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. In our mutual understanding goal all [...] | 2009-01-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI |
09DUSHANBE1333 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE NOMINEES TO PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Following is Embassy Dushanbe's list of ten nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel). More background can be provided upon request for any nominee. Embassy notes that though most nominees are members of successful companies in Tajikistan, this is a very poor country, and [...] | 2009-12-01 04:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI TI |
09DUSHANBE1457 | TAJIKISTAN - H1N1 SITUATION, INFORMATION SCARCE [...] (SBU) Summary: About one fourth of all people in Tajikistan will contract influenza by February 2010, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) Adviser. This number includes all forms of influenza, not just H1N1. In a worst-case scenario, about 1,000 of those infected would die. There [...] | 2009-12-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID KFLU CDC WHO TI |
09DUSHANBE301 | BRINGING HOME NEW IDEAS -EXCHANGES IN ACTION [...] Summary: City planners, loan managers, librarians and hospital administrators - groups of each of these have visited the United States in the last seven months under the USAID-funded Community Connections program. This program for mid-level professionals provides many benefits. Participants g [...] | 2009-03-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PCUL SOCI EFIN TBIO TI |
09DUSHANBE62 | Mission Investing in People Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the third cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. With our Investing in People goal we s [...] | 2009-01-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI |
09DUSHANBE620 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER IN TAJIKISTAN FOR MUDSLIDES AND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT A SERIES OF DISASTERS CAUSED BY CONTINUOUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS SPRING IS BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, AND T [...] | 2009-05-22 18:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE786 | WHO KILLED FORMER TAJIK INTERIOR MINISTER SOLEHOV? [...] (SBU) Summary: Competing explanations have emerged regarding last week's death of former Tajik Minister of Internal Affairs Mahmadnazar Solehov. Initial reports indicated that Solehov, for whom an arrest warrant was issued the day before his death, killed himself to avoid arrest. The governme [...] | 2009-06-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV SOCI KCRM TI |
09DUSHANBE792 | HEAVY RAIN AND MUDFLOWS THREATEN RURAL LIVELIHOODS, TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Heavy rainfall in recent months has left several communities in Tajikistan under water or mud. Districts in Khatlon province south of Dushanbe have been hardest hit. The situation will have several short-term effects on health and local hygiene. Damage to crops and livestock pos [...] | 2009-06-30 09:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SENV SOCI TI |
09DUSHANBE831 | THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION AND BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Extreme levels of outmigration from Tajikistan have left the country with few skilled citizens to address its complex problems, and at the same time, is warping the social fabric in ways that have serious consequences for future stability. While skilled professionals leave with t [...] | 2009-07-10 11:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI EAID AMGT RU TI |
09DUSHANBE855 | HOLLYWOOD IN TAJIKISTAN: L.A. MOVIE WORKER SEES FLEDGLING [...] (U) Summary: Jon Green, a film industry worker from Los Angeles, met with local movie enthusiasts on a recent trip to Dushanbe. Green's discussions yielded insights on local culture, the effects of endemic corruption on the development of fledgling industries, and Tajiks' impressions on Americ [...] | 2009-07-16 13:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI TI |
09DUSHANBE899 | CAIRO SPEECH FOLLOW UP: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM [...] Summary: To share President Obama's vision of partnership and opportunity here in Tajikistan, we will have to overcome the country's extreme poverty and isolation. While urban youth and educated elites were generally receptive to his June 4 speech, they represent a small minority of Tajiks. T [...] | 2009-07-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SOCI TNGD TSPL TI |
09DUSHANBE945 | THE IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION ON EMBASSY TURNOVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The high rate of emigration, especially of those with marketable skills as reported reftel, results in a very high level of staff turnover at Embassy Dushanbe. Though for the purposes of setting salaries we look to local employers, our real competitors are employers abroad, in R [...] | 2009-08-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ELAB SOCI AMGT TI |
09DUSHANBE968 | TAJIKISTAN - POST CONCURRENCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe concurs with reftel listing of Cotton produced in Tajikistan as being subject to E.O. 13126. Per the annual Trafficking in Persons report for Tajikistan, and other post- and department-generated reports, children continue to be forced to participate in the cotton industry [...] | 2009-08-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TI |
09GABORONE189 | Botswana Political Briefs February 2009 [...] (U) The following is a compilation of February 2009 political highlights from Botswana. This cable covers: - University of Botswana Re-Opens - First Cholera Death Reported in Botswana - Red Cross Completes Refugee Fund Project - BDP May Change Party Leadership Rules - BDP Wants to Improve [...] | 2009-03-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SCUL SOCI BC |
09GABORONE52 | BOTSWANA 2009 CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Although there were no prosecutions in 2008, child labor exists in Botswana but not in its worst forms. Education is not compulsory and children between the ages of 15 and 18 can work although there are some restrictions on the type of work they can do. All stakeholders actively [...] | 2009-01-20 10:06:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BC |
09GABORONE545 | CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS APPOINTMENT OF NEW BTV HEAD, [...] (U) Summary: On July 10, Molefhe Sejoe was announced as the new general manager of the state-owned Botswana Television (BTV). Sejoe is a retired police officer, and critics of the appointment say this is another example of President Khama's pattern of appointing military and police officials [...] | 2009-07-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI BC |
09GABORONE632 | BOTSWANA: GOB INTERVENTIONS ON H1N1 [...] Summary: As of July 31, 2009, there were only 13 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Botswana. However, government actions to inform the public and screen for the disease began in late April. The Botswana Ministry of Health has issued a series of notices in local media to alert the public ab [...] | 2009-08-10 05:34:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV BC |
09GABORONE96 | UB SUSPENDS CLASSES AFTER STUDENT STRIKES [...] SUMMARY: Students at the University of Botswana (UB) are unhappy over changes in government policy regarding their monthly allowances. The UB Student Representative Council (SRC) organized a series of demonstrations to protest the changes, and an attempted march from the university to Parliam [...] | 2009-02-06 04:53:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC SCUL SOCI PHUM BC |
09GENEVA111 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE [...] Summary. Charge paid a courtesy call February 5, 2009, on Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). Noting U.S. strong support for the Fund, Charge stressed the need for more efficiency savings to finance the Fund's Round 8 [...] | 2009-02-06 13:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO |
09GENEVA148 | UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDICATES SUPPORT FOR AN [...] Summary. Charge paid a courtesy call February 18, 2009, on Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Congratulating Sidibe on his appointment by the UN Secretary-General, Charge expressed strong U.S. support for UNAIDS anQurged Sidibe to a [...] | 2009-02-20 16:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO UNAIDS |
09GENEVA762 | UNHCR AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Refugee Officer spoke to Pascale Moreau, Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNHCR, on points outlined Reftel. Moreau said that UNHCR supported the U.S. concern for IDPs in Manik Farm as well as the need for the GSL to allow IDPs full freedom of movement. Moreau said that UNHCR Hi [...] | 2009-09-15 17:26:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID EUN MAS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SOCI |
09GENEVA988 | ECE - Beijing+15 Regional Review Meeting [...] SUMMARY. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) convened its "Beijing+15 Regional Review" meeting, November 2-3, 2009, in Geneva. The meeting will feed into next year's session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW),to be held at UN headquarters on March 1-12, 20 [...] | 2009-11-06 13:15:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KWMN UNECE |
09GRENADA11 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: FEBRUARY 8 - 14, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Grenada Ranked 84th in Ease of Doing Business Grenada has dropped from 63rd place in 2006 to 84th in the latest ranking in the [...] | 2009-02-19 21:15:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ELAB SOCI ECON GJ |
09GRENADA13 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: FEBRUARY 15 - 21 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: A. Possible Invitation to Foreign Nurses Grenada's Ministry of Health is seriously considering inviting nurses from St. Vincent a [...] | 2009-02-27 21:51:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN PNAT PGOV GJ |
09GRENADA4 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 11 - 17, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. (U)UNESCO Director General Visits Grenada UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura, during a first ever visit by a UNESCO DG, [...] | 2009-01-23 22:33:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL ELAB GJ |
09GRENADA42 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 26 - MAY 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 19:07:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ENRG PREL ELAB |
09GRENADA45 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MAY 3 - 9, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin text: a. Taiwan Demands Immediate Repayment of Loans Taiwan has demanded that the Grenada government repay four multi-million dollar loans it [...] | 2009-05-22 18:57:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SOCI KPAO |
09GRENADA6 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 18 - 24 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. PM Thomas Meets with Trades Union Council Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and Finance Minister Nazim Burke discussed the current [...] | 2009-01-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI KCRM PREL GJ |
09GRENADA65 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS: ONE YEAR IN POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told the nation on July 9 that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government completed its first year in office with great success. His speech skated over details and blamed the previous government and the current economic downturn for making i [...] | 2009-07-13 20:11:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN SOCI GJ |
09GRENADA8 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 25 - 31, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. COP Denies Comments Hurt Tourism Commissioner of Police James Clarkson denied accusations that police efforts to crack down on [...] | 2009-02-03 19:59:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SOCI PGOV PREL GJ |
09GUANGZHOU127 | Think Twice about that Scrumptious Sliver of Pig Liver: [...] (U) Summary: Another day, another adulterated food problem. Pork tainted with the chemical clenbuterol has severely sickened 70 in Guangdong. An illegal pig-feed additive, clenbuterol, continues to be used by pig farmers to improve the quality of meat and increase wholesale profits, but with [...] | 2009-02-23 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU162 | Sustainable NGO Development in Fujian: A Lesson from Green [...] (U) Registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Fujian province are few and far between, but at least one, Xiamen Green Cross, is finding room to operate successfully and form a cooperative relationship with government authorities. After 10 years of gradually expanding environmental an [...] | 2009-03-11 07:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU163 | Labor Unrest in South China? - Unlikely...For Now [...] (SBU) Summary: Increasing unemployment and isolated labor disturbances will not likely translate into broader social instability in the near future, according to South China business and academic contacts. Local governments have taken steps to help returning migrant workers find jobs and have [...] | 2009-03-11 06:57:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ELAB PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU17 | The Plight of NGOs in Guangdong - Educating Government, [...] (U) Summary. Political reform and a serious debate about civil society have not been at the forefront of 30 years of reform and opening in Guangdong province. In fact, the development of non-government organizations (NGOs) has been held back by a combination of government suspicion, their own [...] | 2009-01-09 09:49:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU180 | Guangzhou's Garbage Goldmine: From Waste to Renewable [...] (U) Summary. Is trash the ticket to solving Guangzhou's energy woes? The city government sure thinks so. Local officials are hoping that converting more of Guangzhou's waste into energy will help solve power shortages and strengthen environmental protection. Two garbage power plants are alre [...] | 2009-03-22 09:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU192 | Making Room for Civil Society - Guangdong NGO Leaders Talk [...] (U) Summary and Comment. What can you expect if you work for a Guangdong NGO? At best, a degree of official oversight, which could be even greater than before if authorities follow through with the idea of having a party committee in each NGO. At worst, outright interference, especially if y [...] | 2009-04-01 07:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU260 | Phoenix TV in the Mainland - Self Censorship or Just [...] (SBU) Summary: So how's Phoenix TV doing in China? How much has it expanded its coverage in China over the last fifteen years? Is it on its way to becoming the Chinese-language CNN (or FOX)? How much independence can it realistically aspire to? Of course, it all depends whom you talk with a [...] | 2009-04-29 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON HK TW CH |
09GUANGZHOU283 | CHINESE INTERNET PORTALS SPINNING A LARGER WEB [...] (U) SUMMARY: China's online community is not simply a group of young men hanging out at home, at a university center or (less frequently today) in an internet cafe, whiling away the time, playing games, viewing the equivalent of Youtube (or Youtube itself when it's not blocked) and even occas [...] | 2009-05-05 08:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU32 | Economic Downturn Takes Guangdong's Recycling Industry for [...] (U) Summary. In this economy, even the recycling industry is getting "trashed." For much of the last decade, Guangdong's recycling sector has boomed, but the global economic downturn is hurting the industry, leaving many firms struggling to stay afloat. A combination of declining consumption [...] | 2009-01-16 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU414 | THE LIMITS OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN GUANGZHOU [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC/POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF STEPHAN LANG FOR REASON 1.4 (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SELF-CENSORSHIP IS WIDESPREAD IN THE LECTURE HALLS AND PUBLICATIONS OF GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITIES, WHERE PROFESSORS GENERALLY CHOOSE NOT TO SPEAK OR WRITE OPENLY ABOUT SENSITIVE SUBJECTS SUCH A [...] | 2009-07-09 07:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU463 | Trafficking Women and Children: A Perspective from the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guangdong Women's Federation and Public Security Bureau are combining resources with other government agencies to combat the trafficking of women and children. Authorities are hesitant to say where these women and children end up, claiming that the women "mostly become farmer [...] | 2009-08-03 09:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP SOCI ELAB CH |
09GUANGZHOU466 | Rule of Law Interference Snapshot: Pingnan Green HomeQs [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The emergence and continued growth of civil society organizations in China over the past decade appears to support claims that the country's leadership grasps the need to allow greater room for social action and public expression. Still, the challenges these group [...] | 2009-08-04 08:52:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV PHUM SOCI SENV ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU480 | Environmental Law in Guangzhou's Universities [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) Summary: Interest in the study of environmental law is on the rise in Guangzhou. Sun Yat-sen University Law School, South China Agricultural University and South China University of Technology are all expanding [...] | 2009-08-07 07:41:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON SENV CH |
09GUANGZHOU482 | South China Rail Lines Expanding, But Not Due to Economic [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: South China rail lines will almost double to 9,400 km by 2020, but the expansion projects were included in central and provincial railway plans initiated in 2004, rather than as part of China's massive economic stimulus. Expanded railway capacity will do little to a [...] | 2009-08-07 08:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN SOCI ELAB ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU498 | Guangzhou's Minorities: Uighurs and Others in a Sea of Han [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Linguistic, cultural and religious differences often lead to "major communication difficulties" between Guangzhou officials and minority groups. The municipal government has mandated sensitivity training for police and other officials who deal frequently with minorities. Provin [...] | 2009-08-18 09:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SOCI KJUS CH |
09GUANGZHOU51 | Preaching and Practicing -- Fujian Churches [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officially registered churches in Fujian Province are growing steadily, with a demographic shift toward younger, urban, educated and more affluent members. In the wake of the economic downturn and gaps left in the government's social safety net, many churches are launching social [...] | 2009-01-29 09:30:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU510 | Uighur Departure a Loss for Guangdong Shoe Factory [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A short-lived experiment by a Nike supplier in Guangdong to employ 1,200 Uighur workers will end the last week in August when the 193 remaining Uighurs return to Xinjiang at the end of their year-long contract. Though some Uighur workers had considered extending for another year [...] | 2009-08-24 09:18:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PGOV SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU544 | Fujian's Minorities: Hard To Distinguish But Still [...] (U) Summary. Fujian's two largest ethnic minorities-the She and the Hui-are already visually indistinguishable from their Han neighbors and appear to have lost or are rapidly losing culturally distinctive characteristics. This is especially the case with the urban She and the Hui minority m [...] | 2009-09-15 09:23:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SOCI SCUL CH |
09GUANGZHOU55 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE: GUANGXI TEEN BECOMES FIFTH AI FATALITY IN [...] (U) Summary: Mindful of the need for transparency on pandemic diseases, Chinese authorities released information that an 18-year old in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had become China's fifth H5N1 avian influenza (AI) fatality of 2009. Possible sources of the infection under i [...] | 2009-01-30 07:28:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH |
09GUANGZHOU57 | South China Migrant Workers: Coming Back Soon, Tickets [...] (SBU) Summary: Last year's cold and snow storm chaos were a distant memory at south China train stations teeming with migrant workers and other travelers under the watchful supervision of student volunteers and police, backed up by military-uniformed People's Armed Police. This year's Lunar Ne [...] | 2009-01-30 09:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ELAB PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU585 | H1N1 PREPAREDNESS DEEMED SUFFICIENT BY GUANGDONG HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Health officials in Guangdong Province, birthplace of SARS and the H5N1 virus in Asia, are confident that they are well prepared to deal with the threat of influenza outbreaks this flu season. Officials expressed confidence that existing H1N1 prevention and control measures --i [...] | 2009-10-14 09:06:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH |
09GUANGZHOU586 | H1N1 PREPAREDNESS DEEMED SUFFICIENT BY GUANGDONG HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Health officials in Guangdong Province, birthplace of SARS and the H5N1 virus in Asia, are confident that they are well prepared to deal with the threat of influenza outbreaks this flu season. Officials expressed confidence that existing H1N1 prevention and control measures --i [...] | 2009-10-14 09:07:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH |
09GUANGZHOU59 | GUANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCHES - GROWING DESPITE SPORADIC POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou's underground house churches continue to grow, particularly among students and professionals, even in the face of periodic police pressure and oversight of large gatherings and religious training. Church leaders tell us that most area house churches continue to hold serv [...] | 2009-02-03 08:13:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU6 | INFANT CONTRACTS H9N2 AVIAN FLU IN SHENZHEN, HOSPITALIZED [...] Summary: An eleven-week old girl who resides in Shenzhen has reportedly contracted the H9N2 strain of avian influenza (AI). She is being treated in a Hong Kong hospital. Some medical experts have expressed concern that the H9N2 virus, which is less virulent than H5N1, may have mutated because [...] | 2009-01-05 07:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH |
09GUANGZHOU61 | An Evening with Guangzhou's Bishop Gan: Whither Religious [...] (C) Summary. A wry, at times bemused, Bishop Joseph Gan (Gan Junqiu) told the U.S. and French Consuls General over dinner February 3 that he did not see any possibility for China-Vatican relations over the next 4-5 years. The issue, the Bishop said, was not whether the Vatican "de-recognized" [...] | 2009-02-04 06:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH PGOV |
09GUANGZHOU628 | Fujian Officials Describe Rural-Urban Disparities in Health [...] (SBU) Summary: Public health officials in Fujian admit there are significant gaps in the level of medical care and health insurance protection available to Fujian residents. Farmers, in particular, fare poorly in the type of government health insurance coverage and health care to which the [...] | 2009-11-09 05:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO ELAB PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU635 | Guangxi Opens Its Doors, But Does Not Roll out the Carpet [...] (SBU) Summary: On his initial visit to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Consul General Goldbeck promoted trade and investment, advanced the possibility of establishing an American Corner and learned about Sino-Vietnamese cooperation on trafficking in persons. He also discussed the plans o [...] | 2009-11-18 09:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KTIP PGOV KIRF SOCI CH VN |
09GUANGZHOU642 | Guangzhou Begins Asian Games Campaign to Promote Its [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangzhou held its one-year countdown celebration for the November 2010 16th Asian Games, kicking off an effort to use the Games to advance its image as a modern, cosmopolitan city and a worthy destination for tourists and foreign investment. The countdown ceremony capitalized [...] | 2009-11-20 05:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL ETRD PGOV SENV CH XA |
09GUANGZHOU644 | CHINESE BLOGGERS FEEL INCREASING GOVERNMENT PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has been tightening its grip on the Internet, and the trend won't be reversed any time soon, according to prominent bloggers attending the 5th Annual Blogger Conference (Septel). Bloggers viewed the role of the Internet in Chinese society alternatively as a [...] | 2009-11-20 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH |
09GUANGZHOU645 | CHINESE BLOGGERS CONFERENCE MORE DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: It can be tough being a blogger in China. But try gathering dozens of bloggers from all around the country for a conference and then you'll face some challenges. The 5th Annual China Blogger Conference faced numerous obstacles from the initial planning stages right up to the last [...] | 2009-11-20 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH |
09GUANGZHOU646 | American Culture Week A Big Hit at Xiamen University [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Guangzhou hosted its first ever "American Culture Week" at Xiamen University's School of Humanities from November 9-13. Despite pressure from the University's Foreign Affairs Office to cancel the program, including the Consul General's opening speech highlighting the Pr [...] | 2009-11-23 02:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI SCUL PREL ETRD PGOV SENV OPRC CH XA |
09GUANGZHOU647 | Chinese Protestant Christians Discuss Finding [...] (C) Summary: Pastors at the state-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement Protestant Zhongshan Road Church in Nanning, Guangxi, say they have more freedom to minister to their flocks but still must avoid discussing sensitive topics. The Zhongshan Road Church takes pride in its professionally t [...] | 2009-11-23 09:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI ELAB CH |
09GUANGZHOU652 | CONSULATE GUANGZHOU STEPS UP STUDENT OUTREACH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Guangzhou continues to bolster its student outreach efforts as its F-1 student visa refusal rate -- historically the highest among China posts -- drops incrementally year over year. In 2009, Guangzhou refused 28% of student visa applicants, a large drop compared to 38% in [...] | 2009-11-30 06:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU653 | Supporting the POTUS Visit: ConGen Guangzhou Swarmed to [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou programmed significant outreach to amplify the POTUS November 15-18 trip to China, hosted bloggers for the All-China Bloggers DVC prior to the visit, and used Twitter to deliver live content of the POTUS Shanghai speech to thousands of Chinese netizens. Although Foreign [...] | 2009-12-01 09:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR PREL EINT SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU654 | Anatomy of a Media Murder: How Beijing Killed [...] (C) Summary: President Obama gave only one interview during his visit to China, and he chose Guangzhou's Southern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo),a paper the New York Times called "China's most influential liberal newspaper." Reporters in Guangzhou, working for the Southern Daily Group or closely as [...] | 2009-12-02 07:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KMDR PREL EINT SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU677 | Female Official Named New Fujian Party Secretary [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Twenty-five years since the last woman was appointed to a provincial party secretary position, the Chinese central government has named Sun Chunlan as the new Party Secretary of Fujian Province. Sun's appointment suggests a further expansion of President Hu Jintao's [...] | 2009-12-15 08:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI SCUL CH TW |
09GUANGZHOU678 | Slow Improvements in South China NGO Environment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, when the Chinese government tacitly allowed some non-government organizations (NGOs) to play a role in the relief effort, NGOs have had relatively more freedom in which to operate, according to NGO leaders and academics in south China. Howe [...] | 2009-12-15 09:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID SMIG PHUM CH |
09GUANGZHOU679 | South China NGO Getting More Professional But Still Face [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the operational space for non-government organizations (NGOs) continue to slowly widen in China (septel),the sector's social role is becoming more defined and some organizations are beginning to mature in how they organize and operate, according to NGO experts in south China [...] | 2009-12-15 09:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV ECON SCUL EAID CH |
09GUANGZHOU689 | Shenzhen Tightens Limits on Petitioner Activity [...] (U) Summary: The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, Procuratorate (prosecutor's office),Public Security Bureau and Judicial Bureau in November jointly issued a "Notice on Dealing with Abnormal Petition Behaviors in Accordance with the Law" and defined 14 behaviors as "abnormal petition beha [...] | 2009-12-21 03:21:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PHUM CH |
09GUANGZHOU696 | Public Health in Fujian Province: Dealing with Disease [...] (SBU) Summary. Drawing on lessons learned from the 2003 SARS outbreak, public health officials in Fujian worked to establish a comprehensive emergency response and alert system for communicable diseases. The current H1N1 outbreak has highlighted the limitations of the system and a need to i [...] | 2009-12-22 05:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO ELAB PGOV ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU697 | Fujian Officials Describe Rural-Urban [...] (SBU) Summary: Public health officials in Fujian admit there are significant gaps in the level of medical care and health insurance protection available to Fujian residents. Farmers, in particular, fare poorly in the type of government health insurance coverage and health care to which t [...] | 2009-12-22 05:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO ELAB PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU70 | SOUTH CHINA BUDDHISTS - EMPHASIZING CHARITY, RAISING [...] (C) Summary: Buddhist leaders in South China, like many other religious leaders, are ramping up charitable efforts, especially in the wake of China's economic slowdown, and in the process are maintaining positive and cooperative relationships with the government. Guangdong's government-approve [...] | 2009-02-05 06:36:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH |
09GUANGZHOU701 | Shenzhen's Planned Comprehensive Reforms: What will They [...] (SBU) Summary: Shenzhen is currently undergoing "comprehensive" reform of its administrative system (see also reftel),including instituting a balance of power scheme and reducing the number of government departments by one-third. Attrition -- not personnel cuts -- will be the primary means of [...] | 2009-12-23 04:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI SENV CH |
09GUANGZHOU713 | Rural/Urban Divide - Officials and Academics Ponder the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government hopes urbanization will boost domestic consumption and reduce reliance on exports, according to officials and academics at a conference on rural-urban integration in Hainan December 5-6. One academic estimated, for each one percentage point increase in urb [...] | 2009-12-30 09:52:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU716 | Guangxi Snapshot: Local Volunteer Association Flourishing [...] (SBU) Summary: Volunteer organizations formed with the support of local government appear to be spreading to third-tier cities in China as illustrated by the example of the Beihai Civil Volunteer Association (BCVA) in coastal Guangxi. The organization has more than 400 members and is engaged i [...] | 2009-12-30 09:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PGOV SCUL EAID PHUM CH |
09GUANGZHOU72 | CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS -- A GROWING FORCE IN GUANGDONG [...] (U) Summary: Volunteerism is gaining strength in South China, with the government-sponsored Guangdong Volunteer Federation (GVF) database of four million mostly young volunteers supposedly ready to heed the call when and where needed. Last year's three highly visible events -- the central Chi [...] | 2009-02-06 01:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU76 | Guangxi AI Update: Still No Link To Bird Outbreak - [...] (U) Summary: Authorities have been unable to link the H5N1-death of a Guangxi teen, the 5th fatality of 2009, with an outbreak among bird populations. Some south China health experts suspect that recent human AI cases may be associated with birds that carry and transmit the virus but do not t [...] | 2009-02-06 09:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH |
09GUATEMALA1025 | Vigilante Groups Taking Justice Into Their Own Hands [...] (U) Summary: The last several weeks have seen an uptick in violence spearheaded by Local Citizen Security Groups (Juntas Locales de Seguridad Ciudadana). These groups, made up of armed civilians frustrated by the poor security situation and economic depression in their communities, are [...] | 2009-12-12 21:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA1262 | Peasant Groups Growing Impatient with Colom [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's various peasant and indigenous groups are growing increasingly impatient with the Colom administration for what they believe has been its slow and inadequate response in addressing the needs of the rural poor, many of whom have been hit hard by the combined effect [...] | 2009-11-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA1284 | GUATEMALA FY2010 SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] (U) On October 28, USAID Mission Director and Emboffs delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) FY 2010 Scorecard for Guatemala to Vice President Jos???? Rafael Espada. Overall, VP Espada was pleased with Guatemala's progress on the indicators, contrasting them with the deteriorat [...] | 2009-11-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KMAC GT |
09GUATEMALA142 | INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY INCREASING [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's climate of impunity and violence is affecting not only the country's urban, concentrated areas, but also rural indigenous areas where public lynchings are a common form of social justice and deterrence. Human rights activist Manuel Calel Morales, leader of an indigeno [...] | 2009-02-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SOCI KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA172 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NOBEL LAUREATE RIGOBERTA [...] (U) Summary: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Nobel laureate and former presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchu highlighted the work of her foundation, which supports educational centers and programs promoting peace and multiculturalism. Menchu also discussed the political a [...] | 2009-02-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM KJUS PHUM KCRM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA184 | PROGRESS IN BRIDGING GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador has been facilitating constructive dialogue between civil society and the Colom government, urging both sides to find common ground. The most recent event was a meeting at the Residence between human rights leader Helen Mack and Minister of Government Gandara wher [...] | 2009-02-26 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PHUM PGOV KCRM SOCI GT |
09GUATEMALA262 | GUATEMALAN "WOMAN OF COURAGE" ASSISTS VICTIMS OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 4, the Ambassador met with 2009 Guatemalan "Woman of Courage" Norma Cruz to personally congratulate her in advance of her visit to Washington to participate in the Secretary's awards ceremony and related activities. Cruz, co-founder and director of local NGO Survivors F [...] | 2009-03-19 12:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KJUS KDEM KCRM EAID SOCI |
09GUATEMALA269 | CRONYISM TRUMPS PUBLIC WELFARE IN VACCINE PURCHASE [...] (C) After 25 years of purchasing vaccines through the Pan-American Health Organization's (PAHO) Revolving Fund (RF),the GOG recently awarded a contract to purchase seven types of vaccines and many high costs drugs from a local pharmaceutical company (J.I. Cohen) that was a major donor to the [...] | 2009-03-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI TBIO PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA291 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales reported to authorities that his wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants earlier that day from a restaurant in zone 10 of Guatemala City while having lunch, and released 15 hours later in a park in zone 18 after she w [...] | 2009-03-26 18:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA406 | GUATEMALA'S NEW LEFT: THE NEW REPUBLIC MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amid growing insecurity, narco-related violence, and an economic crisis, independent Congressman Anibal Garcia has announced the formation of a new leftist movement to promote reform and to represent traditionally under-represented sectors of the population. Garcia hopes to turn [...] | 2009-04-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA427 | GUATEMALA'S MARGINALIZED WORKERS: PROSTITUTES AND [...] (U) Summary: Driven by economic hardship into prostitution, women loiter in the doorways of dozens of brothels lining the street in the seedy red-light district of Chimaltenango. Driven by the same economic forces, children, some as young as ten, toil alongside their parents in a municipal l [...] | 2009-05-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI PHUM KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA478 | THE ROSENBERG CASE: THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a week after his death, the accusations made by attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg against President Colom, the First Lady, and Colom's inner circle continue to reverberate in Guatemala. On May 17 thousands took to the streets in two very large yet peaceful demonstrations bo [...] | 2009-05-19 23:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KJUS KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA527 | SECURITY: BAD AND GETTING WORSE IN QUETZALTENANGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip by Emboffs to Quetzaltenango, in western Guatemala, found widespread concern over increasing insecurity, a significant lack of confidence in the ability of the national police (PNC) to address the issue, and a belief that Guatemala City is pushing its problems to th [...] | 2009-06-04 23:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV SOCI PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA539 | HUMAN RIGHTS' OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE REQUESTS TRANSFER [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales' wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants and released some 15 hours later after she was beaten and raped (reftel). Early indications suggested that the kidnapping may have been intended to intimidate Morales into ba [...] | 2009-06-08 23:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KDEM SOCI PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA67 | GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA822 | INFORMATION REGARDING UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR [...] What is the extent to which the host government supports the program financially or politically? Current host government laws, policies and priorities serve as the foundation for the proposed program. The Population and Social Development Law and the Universal Access to Family Planning Law [...] | 2009-08-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID GT PHUM PGOV SOCI UG UNFPA |
09GUATEMALA917 | First Lady Prepares Controversial Bid for Presidency [...] (C) Although she has not publicly stated her intentions, it is clear that First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom intends to run for the Guatemalan Presidency in 2011. Torres, who is to the left of her husband, President Alvaro Colom, is a controversial figure. She is the most able manager in the governm [...] | 2009-09-28 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI GT |
09GUATEMALA961 | Leftists Moderate Tone and Strategy, but Maintain Radical [...] (U) Summary: President Colom linked Guatemala's violence to extreme social and economic inequality during a two day conference entitled, "Political Change in Latin America: the State, Democracy and Social Policy." Public officials, including President Colom, academics, journalists and fore [...] | 2009-11-04 18:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA969 | Congress Elects New Executive Board; Pre-Election Jockeying Under Way [...] (C) On October 27 Congress elected a new Executive Board. Roberto Alejos, of the governing UNE party, was re-elected as President of Congress. Alejos has been helpful to the Embassy, particularly on rule of law reform issues, and we anticipate two more important rule of law reform measures will soo [...] | 2009-11-09 19:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PINR KDEM SOCI GT |
09HAMILTON132 | BERMUDA: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR COMING [...] (U) Governor Sir Richard Gozney reconvened Parliament on November 6 and delivered the Throne Speech setting out the Government of Bermuda's (GOB) legislative agenda for the coming year. Speaking on behalf of the government, the Governor put the spotlight on education and youth and the ne [...] | 2009-11-10 20:01:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI CVIS BD |
09HAMILTON136 | BERMUDA'S FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS: PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Bermuda Customs describes Bermuda as a point of destination for drugs because of the high street value garnered as compared with street values in the U.S. The Bermuda Department of National Drug Control (DNDC) has documented an increasing use of illicit drugs in Bermuda, and a May [...] | 2009-11-13 15:23:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SOCI PGOV BD |
09HAMILTON147 | BERMUDA: ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (U) Since the arrival of Hamilton's first female Consul General at post in August, women's groups in Bermuda have been reaching out to the U.S. Consulate. Previously the Consulate had not done much work on women's issues, but the Consulate is now exploring the particular areas of interes [...] | 2009-12-18 20:13:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN XG PHUM SOCI BD |
09HAMILTON149 | BERMUDA: GANGS, GUNS, AND CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Crime, in particular gang-related and gun crime, is increasing on the island. The Consul General met with the Bermuda Governor on December 16th and Bermuda and its citizens are uniting together to combat the violent crime problem. The Government is even considering imposing [...] | 2009-12-18 21:21:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC SOCI |
09HANOI1148 | Promoting IPR Protection in Vietnam [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post hosted a series of two-day workshops for 200 officials of GVN agencies as part of ongoing efforts to boost Vietnam's prote [...] | 2009-10-28 02:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV VM |
09HANOI119 | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF VIETNAM'S CRAFT VILLAGES [...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese craft villages play an important economic role, particularly in the country's north and employ 14 million people. However, older, less-efficient technologies with limited pollution control equipment in these villages discharge massive amounts of waste directly into the [...] | 2009-02-13 03:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM |
09HANOI1360 | Embassy Monitoring of Montagnard Returnees in Gia Lai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Poloff visited three recent Montagnard returnees in Gia Lai province. All three affirmed that they traveled to Cambodia for economic reasons with the long-term goal of resettlement in the U.S. None reported harassment by local officials prior to fleeing Cambodi [...] | 2009-12-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF UNHCR CB VM |
09HANOI1370 | (SBU) Applying Comments on the Draft Strategy of the [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Hanoi??????s inter-agency health team believes that the President??????s Global Health Initiative (PGHI) principles will advance our health diplomacy efforts in Vietnam, particularly PGHI??????s emphasis on health systems strengthening HANOI 00001370 004 OF 026 (HS [...] | 2009-12-17 08:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI EAID KWMN KHIV VM |
09HANOI1374 | (SBU) PEPFAR supports Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister [...] (U) Summary. With support from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),Deputy Prime Minister Trong of Vietnam visited the United States on November 5-14, 2009 to explore medication-assisted therapy (MAT) for heroin addiction, including the manufacturing of methadone. The visi [...] | 2009-12-17 11:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID SOCI SNAR KHIV VM |
09HANOI1436 | National Standing Committee on TIP Reflects on 2009 and [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 10 meeting with the Political Counselor, Colonel Le Van Chuong, the chair of Vietnam's coordinating agency on trafficking, National Committee 130, reviewed his country's efforts over the past year to combat human trafficking. The Ministry of Public Security report [...] | 2009-12-30 05:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN SOCI VM |
09HANOI278 | WORLD TB DAY CELEBRATIONS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. In commemoration of World TB Day, Vietnam celebrated the lives and stories of people affected by tuberculosis (TB). The United States Government (USG) joined in GVN events and highlighted our commitment to prevention and control of the spread of this major global public health pr [...] | 2009-03-26 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED SOCI KPAO VM |
09HANOI329 | VIETNAM POVERTY REDUCTION SURVIVING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (U) Summary: Despite high inflation and the global economic crisis, Vietnam managed to bring down poverty levels in 2008 to 13.1% from 14.7% the previous year. Vietnam has made dramatic strides in poverty reduction since it began to adopt market economy policies. As the global financial cri [...] | 2009-04-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI VM |
09HANOI354 | Vietnam's Agriculture and Rural Development Minister to [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and a delegation of 10 will visit the United States April 20-23, beginning with visits to the University of California-Davis and ending with meetings in Washington, D.C. that include calls on USDA Secretary Vilsa [...] | 2009-04-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO TBIO EAGR PINR SOCI USTR EAID VM |
09HANOI483 | VIETNAM'S AGRICULTURE MINISTER DISCUSSES BEEF ACCESS, NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 19, Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat to discuss the Minister's recent visit to the United States. The Minister said he was pleased with the visit. It gave him a great opportunity to interact with his U.S. [...] | 2009-05-27 03:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO TBIO EAGR PINR SOCI USTR EAID VM |
09HANOI496 | VIETNAM'S HEALTH MINISTER CONGRATULATES HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] (U) Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu, of the Vietnam Ministry of Health, has sent a letter of congratulations to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on her appointment. In the letter, Minister Trieu also expressed his hopes for continued cooperation between his Minist [...] | 2009-06-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KPAO VM |
09HANOI578 | PEPFAR VIETNAM, SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Warm congratulations on your appointment from me and the entire PEPFAR team here at Mission Vietnam. I wanted to personally congratulate you and spend a little time giving you my perspective on what I believe is a somewhat unique component of your PEPFAR community. Before you [...] | 2009-06-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV PROP SOCI EAID SNAR KHIV VM |
09HANOI632 | LETTER FROM VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL [...] (U) On July 06, 2009, Embassy Hanoi received a letter from Minister Cao Duc Phat of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding Vietnam's decision on the import of U.S. beef from cattle older than 30 months. In the letter, Minister Phat gave approval for import of U.S. b [...] | 2009-07-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO TBIO EAGR PINR SOCI USTR EAID VM |
09HANOI639 | THE CASE FOR INCREASED EPA ENGAGEMENT IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Over the past several years, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) experts have provided critical assistance to U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on Agent Orange/dioxin legacy issues and to the development of Vietnamese capacity to manage growing industrial pollution. Increased EPA [...] | 2009-07-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM |
09HANOI741 | VIETNAM'S NEW BIODIVERSITY LAW: A GOOD IDEA, BUT TOO FEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 1, 2009, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the implementation of its new Biodiversity Law, which had been ratified by the National Assembly in November 2008. The Vietnamese biodiversity law is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. While biodiversity advocates [...] | 2009-08-06 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV SOCI EAGR VM |
09HARARE14 | HARARE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE: REQUEST FOR FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 09:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT SOCI ECON PGOV AMED ZI |
09HARARE970 | FORMER ZIMBABWE ANGLICAN BISHOP DISRUPTS CHURCH [...] (SBU) A recent series of church disruptions mark a resurgence of the heated dispute between the Anglican Church in the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) and a breakaway faction led by former CPCA Bishop Nolbert Kunonga. The latest actions by Kunonga and his followers further undermine the te [...] | 2009-12-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI |
09HAVANA142 | ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM CUBA IN SHARP DECLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Illegal migration from Cuba to the United States appears to have peaked in FY 2008 and has declined significantly. Illegal migration fell 20 percent in FY 08 and is down by almost 50 percent thus far in FY 2009. The decline has affected migrant flows both through Mexico - the ma [...] | 2009-03-03 14:34:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREL CVIS CMGT SOCI CU MX |
09HELSINKI197 | FINLAND: ROMA OUTREACH 2009 [...] (SBU) Post maintains strong ties with the Roma community in Finland and has remained active in Roma engagement. On April 17, PolOff and PAS Cultural Assistant attended the opening of a Romani written and directed play on Finnish minority stereotypes entitled "Botox". In February, PolOff atte [...] | 2009-05-27 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER KPAO PHUM SOCI FI |
09HELSINKI74 | FINLAND: POSSIBLE RWANDAN GENOCIDE TRIAL [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, local media reported that Finnish police referred their investigation of genocide charges against a Rwandan resident in Finland for prosecution. Finnish officials investigated the charges after the Rwandan applied for asylum in Finland. Officials allege that the s [...] | 2009-02-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI FI |
09HILLAH48 | SUNNI IMAM'S FORAY INTO NON-SECTARIAN POLITICS [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Summary and Comment: On August 19, PRT Babil met with Sheikh Fadel al-Janaby to follow up on Embassy's request to find out more about the reported announcement of a new political entity in Babil o [...] | 2009-08-19 14:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09HOCHIMINHCITY11 | FALLING U.S. CONSUMER DEMAND PROMPTS FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 100 garment factories in southern Vietnam have closed in recent months, leaving an estimated 60,000 workers jobless. The garment industry will be just a drop in the bucket, according to the Taiwan Business Association, which believes 800 to 1,000 companies are unlikely to [...] | 2009-01-07 10:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD SOCI PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY125 | HCMC BANK AND FUND MANAGERS EXPECT INVESTMENT TO SLOW [...] (SBU) Summary. Investment into Vietnam will slow significantly in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, according to Ho Chi Minh City financial sector analysts. Virtually every corporate client is postponing or slowing implementation of their existing investment plans, multinati [...] | 2009-02-24 11:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD SOCI PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY162 | VIETNAMESE TYCOON OFFERS EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: The global economic downturn is proving to be an opportunity for Vietnam as well as a challenge, according to many in the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) business community, including one of the country's richest men, Dang Thanh Tam. Vietnam's leadership is fixated on the economic crisis, [...] | 2009-03-05 11:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN PGOV SOCI VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY171 | BIOFUEL OR BUST: ONE COMPANY'S QUEST TO TRANSFORM VIETNAM'S [...] (U) Summary: One enterprise in Vietnam is forging a biofuel initiative based on crude oil from a new-generation biofuel feedstock, jatropha curcus. GreenEnergy, Vietnam (GEV) has completed the first stage of its project to plant and refine crude oil from the jatropha bush, a hardy perennial p [...] | 2009-03-10 01:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY181 | (C) REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, LE KIEN THANH ON MEDIA AND [...] (C) Summary: Whether high-profile international bribery cases like Pacific Consultants International (PCI) or informal fees for a check up at the local clinic, Vietnam is beset by corruption because special interests have monopolized decision-making and the country lacks an effective media, a [...] | 2009-03-12 03:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI PREL JA VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY213 | CAMBODIA BORDER AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES BRUSHING OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: While provinces on the outskirts of Vietnam's Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ) feel cushioned from the global economic downturn because their largely agricultural economies can easily absorb unemployed workers, these areas are suffering from declining global commodity prices. [...] | 2009-03-24 09:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY232 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PACE OF REFORM ON [...] (C) Summary: Three significant public figures, each having stood on both sides of the line that separates government from private industry in Ho Chi Minh City, engaged EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake on the foremost issues they see confronting Vietnam: the influence of China, development of ci [...] | 2009-03-30 11:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI CH VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY238 | MANY AMERICANS IN HCMC FEEL THE UNWELCOME PINCH OF [...] (SBU) Summary. One leading Ho Chi Minh City developer best summed up the pervasive nature of corruption in Vietnam by declaring to the Consul General, "corruption is in the air that we breathe." A recent informal survey ConGen HCMC conducted found that more than one in five American citizens [...] | 2009-04-02 04:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CVIS KFRD KPAO SOCI PGOV VM |