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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00STATE117658 |
SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-20 21:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1926 |
SUDAN/UNSC: DUTCH BELIEVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-27 09:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC SU NL UNSC |
| 01ABUJA2113 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels), the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...] |
2001-08-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI |
| 01ABUJA2256 |
NIGERIA: CONFLICT RESOLUTION - "AFRICAN-STYLE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on the Special Presidential Envoy for Conflict Resolution, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, to discuss Sudan developments (Refs A and B). Uwechue welcomed the appointment of Senator Danforth as a signal of U.S. interest in Sudan and Africa. He descri [...] |
2001-09-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SL ZI PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA2330 |
NIGERIA: REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY [...] On September 15 Mission received the following letter from Ambassador Femi George, Director of African Affairs for the GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. I acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter dated 6 September 2001 on the appointment of former Senator John C. Danfort [...] |
2001-09-18 07:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NI |
| 01ABUJA2562 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...] |
2001-10-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI |
| 01ABUJA2687 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED [...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...] |
2001-10-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU CG XA NI |
| 01ABUJA2759 |
NIGERIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR BUGAJE HOLDS HIGH [...] (C) Summary: During a brief October 22 meeting, Presidential Special Advisor Usman Bugaje said the November 12-17 conference on Sudan was on track. He described the "3-in-1" conference where the Southern and Northern groups would first meet separately, then join in an all parties session. H [...] |
2001-10-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU XA NI IGAD |
| 01ABUJA2982 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DROC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator for Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on Nigeria's foreign affairs efforts. 2. (C) SUMMARY CO [...] |
2001-11-26 17:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CG SU BY NI |
| 01VATICAN5577 |
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC SU VT AGMT |
| 01VATICAN5845 |
SANT'EGIDIO WANTS TO TALK TO S/E DANFORTH ABOUT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE NEXT PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY HOPES TO HOST A CONFIDENTIAL OFF-SITE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE GOS AND SPLM SIPDIS TO UNBLOCK THE IGAD PROCESS. SANT'EGIDIO SUDAN EXPERT RICCARDI, JUST BACK FROM KHARTOUM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH [...] |
2001-11-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU VT |
| 01VATICAN6604 |
SPECIAL ENVOY DANFORTH DISCUSSES BACK- [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/E DANFORTH AND DELEGATION DISCUSSED STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD SUDAN PEACE PROCESS 12/20 WITH SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY AFRICA SPECIALISTS FABIO RICCARDI AND DON MATTEO ZUPPI. RICCARDI PROPOSED CONFIDENTIAL TALKS BETWEEN TRUSTED SENIOR GOS AND SPLM REPRESENTATIVES AT A LOCATIO [...] |
2001-12-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU VT VTPREL |
| 02ABUJA695 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) This message was delayed in transmission, but contains information that may be of value to end-users. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and NSA Mohammed February 6 discussed the Ikeja cantonment tragedy and Nigeria's request for large-scale EOD assistance. Mohammed also briefed the Am [...] |
2002-03-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MASS MOPS CG SU BY ZI NI |
| 02AMMAN6157 |
KING ABDULLAH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFO ON DROC [...] (S) During an October 19 dinner with visiting NEA A/S Burns, King Abdullah again raised the September 16-18 visit to Jordan of DROC President Joseph Kabila. The King said "Kabila came to see me mostly about how to create a channel to the British but also to the Americans." The King said he h [...] |
2002-10-23 05:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL XA ZF XW CF JO SU LY |
| 02KHARTOUM162 |
THE CHANGED FACE OF POLITICAL ISLAM IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE REMOVAL OF TURABI IN 1999 EFFECTED A REVERSAL IN SUDAN'S POLITICAL APPROACH TOWARD ISLAM, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSONNEL OF THE REGIME OTHERWISE REMAINED LARGELY IN PLACE. THE REGIME MAINTAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE MOSQUES, IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS RATHER THAN FOMENT ISLA [...] |
2002-08-23 16:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SU |
| 02ROME2217 |
SUDAN CEASEFIRE: ITALY CANNOT CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH PAOLA IMPERIALE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST AFRICAN AFFAIRS, ON MAY 2 AT THE MFA. IMPERIALE HAD REQUESTED THE MEETING BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS BY TELEPHONE THE GOI'S ISSUES WITH FUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING UNIT FOR THE NUBA MOUNTAINS CEASE-FIRE. 2 [...] |
2002-05-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU IT UN |
| 02ROME5624 |
ITALY ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, SOMALIA, ERITREA, COTE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 14, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA BRUNO CABRAS GAVE A READOUT OF THE EU-SADC MEETING, WHICH FOCUSED ON ZIMBABWE AND MADE NO PROGRESS; REQUESTED THAT THE SUDAN "TROIKA" BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE GOI; ARGUED FOR G [...] |
2002-11-19 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI SU SO ER IV ET IT |
| 03HANOI264 |
VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK), Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...] |
2003-02-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK |
| 03KHARTOUM185 |
SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...] |
2003-03-02 17:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU AL IZ |
| 03KHARTOUM374 |
RETURN OF SUDANESE BA'ATHISTS [...] (C) OVER 80 MEMBERS OF THE SUDANESE BA'ATH PARTY HAVE RETURNED FROM IRAQ TO SUDAN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE MOST PROMINENT SUDANESE BA'ATHIST AND FOUNDER OF THE PARTY IN SUDAN, BADR-ADDIN MUDATHIR, RETURNED, POST WAS TOLD, ON PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR'S PLANE FROM SYRIA, LANDING AT KHARTOUM'S [...] |
2003-04-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ SU |
| 03OTTAWA916 |
UNCHR-59- CANADA WANTS STRONG SUDAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-28 21:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SU CA UNCHR |
| 03ROME163 |
SEN. DANFORTH, ITALIAN MFA AGREE ON SUDAN APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 11 MEETING AT THE MFA, SENATOR DANFORTH AND THE MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA, BRUNO CABRAS, SPOKE OF THE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY THE SUDANESE NOW HAVE TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. CABRAS REVEALED THAT THE GOI WOULD PROVIDE AN ADD [...] |
2003-01-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG KE IT |
| 03ROME2370 |
FAO ON "POST CONFLICT" AND OTHER EMERGENCY [...] SUMMARY: UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) OFFICIALS BRIEFED DONORS MAY 21 ON THE SITUATION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES (INCLUDING IRAQ) RECEIVING EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE THROUGH FAO. FAO WELCOMED INCREASING DONOR SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCIES BUT NOTED THAT MANY APPEA [...] |
2003-05-29 07:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR AN AF CE SU FAO IQ |
| 03ROME5689 |
ITALY TO INCREASE SUDAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH PAOLA IMPERIALE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST AFRICA, AND GIOVANNI BATICCI, MFA AFRICA DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EXPERT, EMBOFFS RECEIVED DETAILED INFORMATION ON ITALY'S PLANNED 63 PERCENT EXPANSION OF ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN IN 2004. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING [...] |
2003-12-23 05:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID IT SU KPRP |
| 03SANAA1975 |
YEMEN SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION WITH HOA TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (c) Summary: Commander of the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force for the Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), General Maston Robeson, met with the Yemeni Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Interior on August 4 to discuss American and Yemeni policy [...] |
2003-08-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR PREL YM SU EH COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY |
| 03SANAA2618 |
POSSIBLE ARMS SMUGGLING FROM YEMEN TO SOMALIA [...] (c) Summary/Comment: During his mid-September 2003 visit to Yemen, Dr. John Tambi, from United Nation's Panel of Experts on Somalia (UNPES) stated that UNPES was looking into the possible use of Yemeni airports to smuggle weapons from Yemen to Somalia. Given the prevalence of arms dealing in [...] |
2003-10-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR PREL SU YM EH UN COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03VATICAN5669 |
HOLY SEE PUSHES FOR DIALOGUE, NEW RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) Pope John Paul II challenged Sudanese bishops on an officialvisit to Rome to expand their inter-religious dialogue efforts in the search for peace in Sudan. Vatican officials focused their attention in particular on newly- created Cardinal Wako of Khartoum, pressing him to engage in dia [...] |
2003-12-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
| 04ABUDHABI4215 |
SUDANESE OPPOSITION FIGURE DEPORTED [...] (U) On November 23, the UAE deported Sudanese opposition figure Abdul Aziz Khalid Osman on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice from Sudan. Osman is wanted by Sudan for alleged sabotage against Sudanese oil installations in 1999. Osman is the former head of the Sudanese Alliance Forces, one of [...] |
2004-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC SU TC |
| 04ABUJA1218 |
SUDAN: SUPPORTING DEPLOYMENT OF AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: July 12, Ambassador Campbell met with President Obasanjo to deliver demarche (REF A) on support for the African Union deployment to Sudan. Obasanjo said that Sudan had accepted the AU protection force at the summit in Addis Ababa and had agreed to cooperate with the AU. While Ob [...] |
2004-07-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PARM SU AU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1240 |
DARFUR DEPLOYMENT PLANS; SEPT 15 BAKASSI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports from July 11 and 12 indicate that during a July 10 meeting with Cross Rivers state Governor Donald Duke, Minister of Defense Rabiu Kwankwaso said the Nigerian military had begun a gradual withdrawal from the Bakassi and planned to hand over disputed territory to Cam [...] |
2004-07-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS SU AU CM NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1260 |
NIGERIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) 19 July, Embassy received a faxed copy of a letter dated 14 July from Chief of Army Staff LTG Martin-Luther Agwai requesting U.S. assistance for Nigeria's deployment of a company-sized unit to Darfur to act as a protection force for international monitors. 2. (C) The 170-man company i [...] |
2004-07-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1354 |
OBASANJO MEETINGS WITH BASHIR, QADHAFI [...] (C) Garrick Kayode, Senior Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor, briefed PolCouns August 4 on President Obasanjo's Sunday August 1 meetings with Sudanese President Bashir and Libyan leader Qadhafi. The Bashir meeting went very well, in Obasanjo's opinion. He persuaded Bashir t [...] |
2004-08-04 07:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SU NI |
| 04ABUJA1380 |
FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ADENIJI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Adeniji used his first meeting with incoming Ambassador August 1 to raise parking tickets and visa issues. He was unable or unwilling to produce specifics on the Darfur peace talks, due to begin here August 23. FM Adeniji said he did not know where the negotiat [...] |
2004-08-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS AMGT NI SU CM |
| 04ABUJA1382 |
NIGERIA: EXPANDED AU DARFUR PROTECTION FORCE [...] (SBU) As reported Refs C and D and in e-mails, Nigeria is providing both military observers and a unit for the military protection force, and (as AU chair) is heavily involved in talks with the Sudanese on expansion of the protection force. Post has been in constant contact with the GON on sup [...] |
2004-08-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1396 |
NIGERIA: BRITISH WOES WITH DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) The British High Commission told us August 16 that they are having considerable difficulty bringing the GON to action on transporting the Nigerian force protection unit to Darfur. Since the handoff to the UK (reftel), the British High Commissioner has met with President Obasanjo, the Nige [...] |
2004-08-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1456 |
DARFUR TALKS IN ABUJA AUGUST 23 [...] (SBU) The Darfur peace talks began in Abuja August 23 with an open plenary session chaired by President Obasanjo. Obasanjo called on the Sudanese parties to reach a settlement at the negotiations of the underlying political issues, not only deal with humanitarian and security issues, and approa [...] |
2004-08-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1461 |
DARFUR TALKS, DAY TWO AND THREE [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite initial wrangling over agenda items and the presence of the international community during negotiating sessions, talks between the Sudanese Government and rebel movements started on August 24. The parties emerged from several closed-door sessions with an agenda to fra [...] |
2004-08-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV NI CH SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1463 |
GON REQUEST FOR USG INTERVENTION WITH LIBYA [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Nigerian National Security Advisor, Aliyu Mohammed, on August 24 relayed a request from President Obasanjo for the USG to intercede with the Libyans to turn off a proposal that the Darfur peace talks be moved from Abuja to Libya (ref e-mail). The N [...] |
2004-08-26 06:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU LY NI |
| 04ABUJA1514 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: CONSIDERING SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: After reaching agreement on a humanitarian protocol on September 1, the African Union-led negotiations on Dafur are addressing security issues, with the primary goal of strengthening the mechanisms for the implementation of the N'Djamena Humanitarian Cease-fire Agreement. A dr [...] |
2004-09-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1515 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...] |
2004-09-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1528 |
OBASANJO TO SEND LETTER ADVOCATING LARGER AU FORCE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Obasanjo September 5 to deliver Darfur demarche. The Ambassador laid out the proposed draft UNSCR, and provided Obasanjo with a copy of the excerpts (reftel). Obasanjo read the excerpts and said he thought they would work well. He has been pushing for a [...] |
2004-09-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1573 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: WRAPPING UP ROUND ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of African Union (AU)- mediated discussions on Darfur in Abuja ended September 10 with the parties remaining far apart on fundamental issues and approach to the negotiations. The AU mediators plan to officially adjourn the talks after meeting with President Obas [...] |
2004-09-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID MARR NI SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1657 |
MFA ON DARFUR AU PROTECTION FORCE, BAKASSI [...] (C) Polcouns met September 24 in the evening with the MFA UnderSecretary for African Affairs, Ambassador Ukonga, to make the Ref A demarche on Darfur and discuss Bakassi per Ref B. U/S Ukonga said President Obasanjo was pleased that our joint efforts on Darfur were succeeding. She was rather [...] |
2004-09-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI CM DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1797 |
AU TALKS ON DARFUR: DAY 1 [...] (U) The talks started October 21, but the plenary session was postponed because many delegation members were still not in Abuja. The talks will resume formally on Monday, October 25, although Friday, October 22 has been set aside for consultations. General Okonkwo has indicated that a Joint [...] |
2004-10-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID MOPS MARR NI SU |
| 04ABUJA1801 |
NIGERIAN ARMY 6BN DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, a senior Nigerian military officer told Post that Nigeria intended to deploy the 6th Battalion from Abak to Darfur on October 28. This is a change from the GON's preferred unit, 72d Para Battalion, in response to USG concerns over that unit's human rights record. [...] |
2004-10-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR SU NI |
| 04ABUJA1811 |
ROCKY BEGINNING FOR DARFUR TALKS IN ABUJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. After a brief opening ceremony on October 21 (reftel), tThe second round of Darfur peace talks in Abuja has started slowly, as key Move. After a brief opening ceremony on August 21, the delayed arrival of several members of the SLM and JEM delegations and lack of a well-ar [...] |
2004-10-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM NI SU |
| 04ABUJA2039 |
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...] |
2004-12-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL |
| 04ABUJA2060 |
AU-LED TALKS ON DARFUR IN ABUJA ROCKED BY [...] (C) Summary. African Union-led peace talks on Darfur hit a new snag on Monday, December 13, when rebel movements announced suspension of their participation until the Government of Sudan meets a series of demands, including a halt to the current GOS military offensive to "open the roads." M [...] |
2004-12-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID MARR SU DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA2068 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...] |
2004-12-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA647 |
SUDAN: NIGERIA AGREES TO DEPLOYMENT OF VMT [...] (C) April 15, per request from Embassy Khartoum (REF B) CDA raised the African Union's request to re-assign monitors from the VMT to Darfur with Minister of Foreign Affairs Adeniji and MFA Undersecretary for Regions and International Organizations Amb. Ashiru. The MFA had not yet been inform [...] |
2004-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR SU NI |
| 04AMMAN6883 |
U.S.-BASHING LEAVES REGIONAL TRADE UNION CONGRESS [...] Summary: Trade Union leaders from across the region used a conference in Amman to denounce U.S. foreign policy. One of the few real labor issues raised was a dispute with the Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever. END SUMMARY. 2. The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) held its Fifth G [...] |
2004-08-16 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PREL KPAL LE IZ SU JO |
| 04AMMAN9777 |
POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO SUPPORT A UN [...] (C) A mid-level Jordanian military officer informed USDAO Amman (septel) that the Jordanian military is conducting contingency planning to deploy approximately 70 soldiers to serve as UN military observers in Darfur, Sudan in January 2005 in the event the UNSC agrees to establish a peace supp [...] |
2004-12-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU JO UN |
| 04ANKARA4227 |
SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...] |
2004-07-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SU TU |
| 04ANKARA4628 |
EMBASSY ASKS TURKS TO WORK THE OIC ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up on reftel, we approached MFA Africa Department Head Melih Tezel on August 17 and MFA Adviser to the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Osman Ulukan August 18. We made reftel points, asking the GOT to use its leadership role as OIC Ministerial co-chair and OIC SYG-elect to [...] |
2004-08-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU |
| 04ANKARA4824 |
ASKING THE TURKS TO PRESS OIC MEMBERS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up further on ref A, we approached Acting MFA Middle East Department Head Hasan Sekizkok on August 25, asking that the GOT use its leadership role in the OIC to urge appropriate OIC members to take a more active role in pressing the GOS on the situation in Darfur, particularly on [...] |
2004-08-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU |
| 04BRATISLAVA678 |
SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU LO |
| 04BRUSSELS1151 |
COORDINATION FOR THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: EC [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is in agreement with USG thoughts on Darfur mediation (reftel), and is prepared to financially support the talks in Chad with 400,000 euros channeled through the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). According to the EC, important outstanding issue [...] |
2004-03-19 04:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM CD SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1897 |
EU ON DARFUR: CEASEFIRE MONITORING, HUMANITARIAN [...] (S) Summary. The EU will contribute personnel and financial resources to support both the Ceasefire Commission and other efforts to establish peace in Darfur, as well as to address the complex humanitarian emergency in the region. The EU feels the disagreement at the UNCHR meeting was not ove [...] |
2004-05-03 05:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PREF PHUM SU CD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2410 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The EU Council Secretariat will recommend to the Irish Presidency that they adopt a similar approach outlined in reftel A, demarching friendly Arab and African states over the deteriorating situation in Sudan. The EU announced a 10 million euro contribution to address humanitar [...] |
2004-06-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PREF SU PROV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3140 |
DARFUR: EU STRESSES STRONG GOS ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Hirep Solana's point man on Sudan, Christian Manahl, stressed the importance of improving the security situation in Darfur to allow humanitarian assistance. He ridiculed some of the GOS actions to date, and urged the arrest of Jingaweit leaders and suspension [...] |
2004-07-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID SU ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3195 |
SUBJECT: EU/SUDAN: FMS THREATEN SANCTIONS, PLEDGE [...] In a meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) on July 26, EU FMs threatened sanctions if Sudan does not soon comply with international expectations on Darfur. The GAERC Conclusions (available at http://ue.eu.int/) offer a very critical assessment of progress on [...] |
2004-07-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3223 |
DARFUR: EU TO AUGMENT OBSERVERS, PROPOSES [...] (C) Summary. Hirep Solana has proposed to African Union (AU) an augmentation in EU representation on ceasefire observers to allow a European representative on each team. An officer has also been dispatched to backstop the AU in Addis, but operational details remain unsettled. EU also wants t [...] |
2004-07-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ET MARR PREL SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3772 |
GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (SBU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will go ahead with the Asia-EU (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi on October 7-9, as long as Burma attends at the FM or lower level, but the FMs also announced further sanction [...] |
2004-09-08 05:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3813 |
SUDAN: EU SUPPORTS KEY ELEMENTS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. EU agrees on all main elements of UNSC draft. EU not ready to declare situation genocide, but agree it is "ethnic cleansing." Africa experts believe Pronk Plan is fatally flawed, but believe it is important for international community to stand together. They also worry that it [...] |
2004-09-09 14:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SU UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3840 |
ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...] |
2004-09-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3897 |
EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...] |
2004-09-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4055 |
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Development Committee in the European Parliament (EP) is responsible for EU development assistance policy (over which the EP and the Council share legislative power). Its new chairperson is Italian Communist EP Deputy (MEP) Luisa Morgantini. We do not expect its customary [...] |
2004-09-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4119 |
European Parliament (EP) Plenary September [...] SUMMARY: The September 13-16 EP plenary included debate on Iraq and Darfur. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten criticized U.S. policy on terrorism and Iraq. MEPs qualified the Darfur situation as "tantamount to genocide." Also, the EP passed a resolution criticizing human rights [...] |
2004-09-27 13:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF IZ SU CD BO CY TU EUN AID ICTY USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4410 |
EU CONTINUES TO EXERT PRESSURE ON SUDAN: SNYDER [...] (SBU) Summary. During October 11 consultations with Department's Senior Representative on Sudan Charles Snyder, the EU shared Snyder's assessment that concluding a comprehensive peace settlement between the North and the South was essential to stabilize the country. Snyder said the EU's gen [...] |
2004-10-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4602 |
EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded deployment of the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur, Sudan. EU financial support for the mission will exceed fifty percent of the total. Although the decis [...] |
2004-10-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4665 |
EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON [...] (C) We shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council officials in advance of the Nov. 2 EU FMs (GAERC) meeting and the Nov. 4-5 European Council summit meeting. Given the failure of the incoming Barroso Commission to get parliamentary confirmation (REF C) before this meeting, the Commi [...] |
2004-10-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID YI CY UP ZR IS SU SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5014 |
EU MILITARY COMMITTEE ADVICE ON THE AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. USEU was passed the text of the European Union Military Committee's military advice to the Political and Security Committee on the AU Plan for the AMIS II mission in Darfur. It was likely passed with the intention to influence, as well as inform. The Military Committee finds sign [...] |
2004-11-26 09:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3216 |
URGENT DEMARCE CONCERNING THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IR BO ZI SU AR UNGA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3283 |
SUDAN: PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AR UNGA |
| 04CAIRO8456 |
EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled events surrounding Yasser Arafat's funeral the previous day and discussed the upcoming Iraq conference in Sharm El Sheikh. Aboul Gheit noted his desire [...] |
2004-11-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS SU IR KBIO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1617 |
GUELLEH UNLIKELY TO TRAVEL TO SUDAN; DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale delivered reftel (B) demarche on December 22 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. Youssouf told the Ambassador that the meeting in Khartoum on December 28 is a regularly scheduled one among the self-proclaimed "a [...] |
2004-12-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM |
| 04DJIBOUTI1618 |
GUELLEH WILL NOT TRAVEL TO SUDAN DESPITE SALEH'S [...] (C) Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, confirmed today that Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh will not/not travel to Sudan at the end of the month to attend the axis meeting of Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen (see reftel A). Youssouf told Ambass [...] |
2004-12-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM |
| 04DJIBOUTI390 |
SUDAN PEACE: U.S. INITIATIVE TO BREAK ABYEI LOGJAM [...] (C) Ambassador passed reftel message to the Government of Djibouti via Badri Ali Bogoreh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, during a courtesy call March 17 at the Ministry. Badri would not comment substantively on the U.S. plan to dispatch Spe [...] |
2004-03-17 06:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SU DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI915 |
DJIBOUTI CELEBRATES 27 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti marked the 27th anniversary of its independence from France, Sunday, June 27, 2004 with Government hosted celebrations including a military parade and a reception at the Presidential Palace. Ambassador with USLO attended the early morning parade, and was accompanied by U [...] |
2004-07-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PNAT IS IZ SU SO DJ |
| 04GUATEMALA3163 |
GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...] |
2004-12-10 18:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN |
| 04HELSINKI1137 |
GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...] |
2004-09-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN |
| 04HELSINKI1407 |
FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish MFA, and to Jonna Partanen, Counselor in the Secretariat for EU Affairs in the office of PM Vanhanen. Alto and Partanen briefed us on the positions FM Tuomioja will be taking [...] |
2004-11-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN |
| 04KIGALI1163 |
DARFUR: PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAN TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge spoke with Dutch Charge the morning of 13 August regarding the movement of a company of Rwandan soldiers to Darfur to provide protection to AU observers. According to Dutch Charge, one commercial aircraft will transport RDF troops and equipment in two or three sorties from Kigal [...] |
2004-08-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS RW SU NL |
| 04KIGALI1166 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES [...] This is an action request for the Department (please see paragraph 4). 2. The RDF will deploy the following unit to Darfur, on or around August 14: -- A Co, 99th BN, 305th BDE, from Kibuye The company is not (NOT) a composite unit. -- The following officers are OPCON in support of th [...] |
2004-08-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW SU |
| 04KINSHASA2136 |
PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Tosi Mpanu, political advisor to FonMin Ramazani. Mpanu replied that the GDRC was supportive of UNSC efforts on this matter and said he would recommend DRC support for the UNGA resolution on Sudan. MEECE [...] |
2004-11-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU CG UNGA |
| 04MADRID2659 |
SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON [...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...] |
2004-07-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN |
| 04MADRID2660 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2844 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID4443 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS SUDAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN UNSC [...] (C) Spain fully agrees with U.S. efforts on the UK-penned draft resolution focusing on the North-South peace process in Sudan. Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA, told Poloff that he hoped that the resolution would be passed by consensus in Na [...] |
2004-11-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SP UNSC |
| 04MAPUTO1524 |
MOZAMBIQUE: PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON THE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-23 11:04:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU MZ UNGA |
| 04MAPUTO515 |
MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR MONITORING MISSION [...] (U) Classified By: Econ/Pol Chief David Hodge for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on establishment of the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the morning of April 14, 2004 with Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, President Chissano's diplomatic adviser and po [...] |
2004-04-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU MZ AU |
| 04MAPUTO542 |
MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE MONITORING [...] (C) On April 20 the Ambassador delivered reftel (A) demarche to Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, diplomatic adviser to President Chissano. Dos Santos was not aware of what had transpired at the April 19 Addis meeting. He promised to brief President Chissano that afternoon at the Parliament before [...] |
2004-04-20 14:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SU CD MZ EUN |
| 04MAPUTO544 |
MORE FROM MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Following up on their meeting earlier that day (reftel A) on Darfur ceasefire monitoring arrangements (reftel B), late in the afternoon of April 20 the Ambassador spoke again with Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, diplomatic adviser to President Chissano. Dos Santos reported that he had spoken [...] |
2004-04-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SU CD MZ EUN |
| 04PARIS9133 |
FRANCE AND EAST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. France's principal long-term concern in East Africa is the management of its relations with Djibouti where it maintains a large permanent military presence. The crisis in Darfur has prompted a more active French policy with regard to Sudan, but it remains largely a "Chad problem" [...] |
2004-12-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR |
| 04ROME1125 |
DARFUR CONFERENCE: ITALIAN INPUT [...] (C) MFA East Africa Office Director, Stafano Dejak expressed great interest in the Darfur Conference. He reported that the level of EU support was being discussed and, although he could not speak for the EU, he was sure that, at a minimum, the EU delegation would consist of the EU representati [...] |
2004-03-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM NO SU UK CD IT |
| 04ROME1672 |
WORLD FOOD OPERATIONS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] US MISSION ROME STAFF MET WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S ASSOCIATE FRIDAY, APRIL 23 TO HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS RAISED IN REFTEL SPECIFIC TO W DURING THE APPROXIMATE HOUR-LONG MEETING, WFP OFFERED ASSURANCES THAT WFP ALSO STATED THAT REFTEL INFORMATION IS OBSOLETE AND OFFERED DETAI -------- OVERVIE [...] |
2004-04-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME1781 |
World Food Program Discussions with Libya on [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 05:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2096 |
SUDAN - DARFUR MOVING WFP FOOD [...] Summary. The World Food Programme (WFP) tells us that the two existing supply routes for feeding the hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees and internally displaced people are in danger of immediate disruption due to the soon-to-begin rainy season. The organization would like to open a ro [...] |
2004-05-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID MOPS PINS SU WFP |
| 04ROME2272 |
DARFUR: ITALY COMMITMENT EURO 4.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is contributing a total of Euro 4.4 million (approx $5.4 million) to relief efforts related to the crisis in Darfur. Officials at the MFA's Directorate of Development Cooperation told USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick Schieck that Italy does not rule out further contri [...] |
2004-06-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU IT AF WFP UN |
| 04ROME2371 |
Further World Food Program Discussions with [...] (SBU) WFP received a letter dated June 14 from Mohamed Fakheri El-Kreikshi, Director-General of the Economic Department, regarding the agreement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with WFP's request for a waiver for all taxes and fees applicable to WFP cargo in transit. Libya's letter seeks confirm [...] |
2004-06-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2746 |
World Food Program Update on Opening New [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, Mission spoke 07/12 with WFP and conveyed information. WFP has not been considering the shipment of commodities from Libya (Al Kufrah) by road directly into northern Sudan down to Darfur because of serious security constraints, which would require substantive Sudanese [...] |
2004-07-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2765 |
ITALY - DOUBTS ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FORCE [...] (C) Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, expressed doubts and concerns regarding an expanded international protection force for Darfur. He stated that introducing such a force at this stage may be premature and that internationalizing the presence on the ground may not be wise. He s [...] |
2004-07-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME2774 |
ITALY - FOLLOW UP ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After consulting on ref A demarche with MFA colleagues and the Dutch EU Presidency, Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, toned down the skepticism expressed in ref B by stating that Italy and the EU are pr [...] |
2004-07-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT EUN |
| 04ROME2781 |
WFP BRIEFING ON DARFUR AND SOUTHERN SUDAN - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) WFP conducted a Sudan humanitarian needs briefing for Rome-based permanent representatives at its Headquarters on July 13. Security remains a profound concern, with examples of humanitarian workers being detained anywhere from a few hours to a few days. WFP estimates that 1.2 million peo [...] |
2004-07-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2872 |
World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of [...] (SBU) US Mission has received copy of the World Food Program/Libya Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the transit of humanitarian assistance through Libya into Chad, Sudan and other African countries, signed in Tripoli on July 15, 2004. The MOU permits all forms of humanitarian assis [...] |
2004-07-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ELTN LY CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2874 |
SUDAN: ITALY SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION DRAFT AND [...] (SBU) MFA East Africa Office Director Stefano Dejak told poloff that Italy appreciated the strong US interest in the Darfur crisis and was looking forward to continued and enhanced cooperation bilaterally and through the EU. He had reviewed the UNSC resolution draft and confirmed that Italy w [...] |
2004-07-26 05:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU IT EUN |
| 04ROME2935 |
UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...] |
2004-07-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME3520 |
ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...] |
2004-09-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA |
| 04ROME4673 |
USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...] |
2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 04SANAA2996 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered ref A and B demarches on keeping weapons out of Sudan (ref A) and encouraging support for full participation in Iraqi elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Noman on December 1. Pointing to President Saleh's on-again, off-again support for Coalition and IIG efforts, [...] |
2004-12-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC SU IZ YM DEMARCHE |
| 04SANAA3168 |
SALEH PLAYING HOA STATESMAN, WANTS USG STATEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Immediately following his return from the Sanaa Forum for Cooperation in Khartoum, Foreign Minister Qirbi convoked Charge on December 28 to ask for U.S. political support for a number of initiatives endorsed by the participan [...] |
2004-12-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ODIP ER ET SU YM |
| 04THEHAGUE1717 |
DUTCH/EU: FM BOT ON IRAQ, CHINA, ASEM, SUDAN, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot on July 7 to preview the agenda for the July 12-13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. Bot anticipated that the GAERC would agree to take positive steps with regard to Iraq and Sudan, although [...] |
2004-07-09 12:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PARM EAID NL IZ CH SU EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1721 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH IN DRIVER'S SEAT IN [...] (C) The Dutch see themselves as leading Europe to take firmer action on Sudan. The highest levels of the Dutch government, including the Prime Minister, are actively engaged on this issue. Bilaterally, the Dutch have pressed the Sudanese government to implement its commitments and have pledg [...] |
2004-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL SU UNSC |
| 04THEHAGUE1777 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CONTINUE TO LEAD ON [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the Dutch government is fully seized of th situation in Sudan/Darfur at all levels, and is actively engaging Europ colleagues to increase contributions. The Dutch have already pledged o 25 million euros in bilateral assistance toward Sudan/Darfur, as well a an extra m [...] |
2004-07-15 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1867 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/SUDAN: PREPPING FOR GAERC DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect GAERC conclusions to maintain political pressure on GOS, endorse coordination with AU/UN/US, and to increase humanitarian assistance. In a scheduled July 24 meeting with GOS FM Ismael, FM Bot and Dev Min Van Ardenne intend to express deep concern about the situat [...] |
2004-07-23 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NL EUN UNSC |
| 04THEHAGUE1894 |
CODEL FRIST AUG 11 [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Frist and staff members in The Netherlands on August 11, 2004. 2. As museums and stores in Amsterdam will not be open during transit time, post recommends delegation remain at the Schipol airport. Post also recommen [...] |
2004-07-27 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH SU KE NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1897 |
DUTCH WILL ASK U.S. TO JOIN FRIENDS OF SUDAN GROUP [...] Dutch Director for Africa Roeland van de Geer and Marieke van Renssen, Acting Sudan desk officer, told emboffs in separate meetings today that the GONL intends to invite the US to join a "Friends of Sudan" group to assist in the post-crisis reconstruction of the Darfur region. The Dutch wil [...] |
2004-07-28 14:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2519 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: POSSIBLE EU RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-04 14:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SU UNGA |
| 04THEHAGUE3219 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...] |
2004-12-09 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE677 |
DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-17 08:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM NO SU CD NL |
| 04THEHAGUE943 |
DUTCH ON SUDAN RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-14 13:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SU NL |
| 04VATICAN239 |
VATICAN SEES PROGRESS IN SUDAN, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US JANUARY 15 THAT HE HAD RECENTLY SEEN PROGRESS IN "SMALL STEPS" IN SUDAN. HE NOTED THAT THE GOS HAD BEGUN TO ISSUE A FEW MORE VISAS TO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES FROM ABROAD, AND HAD RECENTLY APPROVED PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NE [...] |
2004-01-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
| 04VATICAN2764 |
VATICAN TO DISPATCH AID CHIEF TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us July 8 that the Pope was sending the President of the Vatican's aid coordination agency to Darfur to assess the situation on the ground. Sembrano praised U.S. leadership on Sudan and took on ref (a) points with interes [...] |
2004-07-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF SU VT |
| 04VATICAN2892 |
SUDAN: SANT'EGIDIO OFFERS ROME MEDIATION VENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community, which specializes in conflict mediation and has ties with both the Sudanese government and main rebel groups, conveyed its interest in hosting informal discussions at its Rome-based headquarters to establish a political dia [...] |
2004-07-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU VT |
| 04VATICAN594 |
VATICAN: BISHOPS MUST BE MORE INVOLVED IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting requested by the Holy See, Vatican Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo told the Ambassador the Sudanese Catholic bishops were in a position to play an important role in the North-South peace process. In fact, according to Lajolo, their participation in reconciliation efforts a [...] |
2004-02-18 06:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
| 04VATICAN788 |
VATICAN BULLISH ON BISHOPS' PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US FEBRUARY 25 THAT WIDER PARTICIPATION IN THE DARFUR TALKS WOULD BE A KEY TO THEIR LONG-TERM SUCCESS. HE DESCRIBED REPORTS OF ATROCITIES IN THE REGION, AND OUTLINED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CAPACITY TO AID REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. ON TH [...] |
2004-03-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT |
| 05ABUJA1178 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS UPDATE: OBASANJO MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the leaders of the Darfur rebel movements on June 30 and urged them to be flexible over the remaining points of contention on the Declaration of Principles. He also encouraged them to continue the negotiations, and above all, be patient. A [...] |
2005-07-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
| 05ABUJA1217 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and Justice and Equality Movement signed a Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur (DOP) on July 5. This evolved after more than three weeks of African Union (AU) mediation assiste [...] |
2005-07-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF NI SU CD DARFUR |
| 05ABUJA137 |
AF PDAS RANNEBERGER'S MEETING WITH AU CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary. At his 29 January meeting in Abuja with African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare, Ambassador Ranneberger underscored the priority the U.S. attaches to strengthening its relationship with the AU. He emphasized U.S. support for the AU mission in Darfur. He stressed the need to use th [...] |
2005-01-31 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU NI |
| 05ABUJA1986 |
SLM CONFERENCE: CHADIAN/FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the Ninth Session of the Joint Commission (for the Cease-fire in Darfur) held in Ndjamena October 13-14, both SLM Chairman Abdelwahid Nur and France's Special Representative Ambassador Henri de Coignac had private meetings with Chadian President Deby touching on the Darf [...] |
2005-10-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
| 05ABUJA2008 |
ABUJA: ROUND SIX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Round of the Darfur talks at Abuja, held from September 15 - October 20, were hindered by controversy within the SLM/A, poor planning, and a perceived lack of serious approach by the GOS and the JEM/SLM. The African Union did not provide the stern leadership needed [...] |
2005-10-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
| 05ABUJA2339 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: "FINAL, DECISIVE ROUND" OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary. The seventh round of the Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks on the conflict in Darfur opened on November 29 with all speakers emphasizing the importance of reaching a comprehensive agreement in this round. SLM leaders avoided an early setback by compromising on a single speaker for th [...] |
2005-11-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SU NI DARFUR |
| 05ABUJA59 |
OBASANJO ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL CONCEPT [...] (C) Ambassador presented the Sudan Tribunal Concept demarche to the Foreign Ministry and National Security Advisor, and then to President Obasanjo, on January 14. After explaining where he was going on the Darfur talks (below), Obasanjo asked how it would be decided who would be prosecuted by [...] |
2005-01-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU NI DARFUR |
| 05ABUJA743 |
OBASANJO AND CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S) Summary: In our May 13 meeting, President Obasanjo reiterated his familiar arguments against turning Taylor over to the Special Court in Sierra Leone. He showed no sense of urgency and made it clear that he did not want to engage. However, he agreed on the importance of continued dialog [...] |
2005-05-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL SU NI LI |
| 05ACCRA1450 |
SUDANESE REFUGEES ON THE BRINK OF EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A melee that broke out on July 21 at Ussher Fort involving Sudanese refugees resulted in a host of negative publicity and exposed GOG contingency plans to spirit them out of the country. Both UNHCR Representative Thomas Albrecht and Ambassador Yates have appealed for careful c [...] |
2005-07-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL GH SU |
| 05ACCRA773 |
INFLUX OF 224 NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES INTO GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: In what may be the beginning of a larger wave, 224 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Ghana over the past two weeks. Except for four women residing at a UNHCR transient center, all are currently housed at the former Usher Forte prison, which is nearly at full capacity. The g [...] |
2005-04-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KWMN PREF PREL SU |
| 05ACCRA943 |
GHANA REFUGEE ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian refugees in Ghana recently pelted the camp manager's car with stones, causing UNHCR to withdraw all services to the Budumburam settlement for one week. Of the 224 newly arrived Sudanese refugees, 40% have now been interviewed and 3% have been favorably adjudicated. N [...] |
2005-05-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI SU TO |
| 05ADDISABABA3374 |
ETHIOPIA: WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS [...] Post is unaware of any SLM leadership presence in Addis Ababa. 2. Minimize considered. HUDDLESTON [...] |
2005-09-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SU ET |
| 05ADDISABABA3941 |
DARFUR POLITICAL TALKS: AU PSC DEMANDS SLM/A FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) mediator for the Darfur Political Talks Amb. Sam Ibok, the Seventh Round of talks will resume in Abuja on November 28. On November 22, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) urged all parties to ensure that the Seventh Round is the "decisive ro [...] |
2005-11-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU XA AF UNION |
| 05ADDISABABA4016 |
AU ON AMIS: TRANSITION TO BLUE HATS "ONE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Acting Peace and Security Commissioner El-Ghassim Wane confirmed to Addis-based partner representatives December 5 that the AU expects that the December 10-20 planning mission to Darfur to assess AMIS will make recommendations regarding the future of AMIS, to in [...] |
2005-12-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU AF UNION DARFUR |
| 05ADDISABABA4199 |
AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...] |
2005-12-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KPKO SU AU |
| 05ADDISABABA4201 |
AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...] |
2005-12-23 12:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KPKO SU AU |
| 05ADDISABABA4223 |
AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...] |
2005-12-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU AU ER ET |
| 05ADDISABABA4234 |
DARFUR: AU TELLS SACEUR NATO ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission views its collaboration with NATO on Darfur as "excellent" and welcomes discussion on how to expand NATO assistance in areas such as training, Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told SACEUR Gen. Jones December 16. Amb. Djinnit [...] |
2005-12-29 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR SU AU |
| 05AMMAN2864 |
DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE ON SUDAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 7 reftel talking points to Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Obeidat responded that the Government of Jordan fully supported the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement and that Jordan had sent two plane loads of humanitarian assistance to [...] |
2005-04-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SU JO |
| 05AMMAN4228 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Ross Wilson Embassy Amman Charge d'Affaires David Hale (notetaker) Farah Pandith (NSC) Jordan King [...] |
2005-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO |
| 05AMMAN4947 |
DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DARFUR: [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office on June 20. Obeidat did not offer a substantive response, but noted that Jordan's financial situation would likely preclude monetary donations to the mission in Darfur. However, he said that he would pa [...] |
2005-06-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SU JO |
| 05AMMAN5354 |
ATTENDANCE AT SUDAN'S NATIONAL UNITY INSTALLATION: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU JO IGAD |
| 05ANKARA2893 |
APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 GAERC [...] (C) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing effort to advise the Turkish MFA of USG positions vis-a-vis the European Union, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA European Union Directorate Political Affairs Department Head Hakan Akbulut, who initially asserted that Turkey had parallel attitudes as [...] |
2005-05-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS TU EUN |
| 05ANKARA3198 |
TURKEY CONSIDERING NATO AIRLIFT FOR AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) On June 6, PolMilOff called on MFA NATO Military Affairs Head of Department Alper Coskun to discuss ref a demarche. Coskun responded that Turkey wants to approach this issue constructively. He said that Turkey understands that this would not be a Berlin-plus operation, but he cautioned i [...] |
2005-06-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR SU TU NATO |
| 05ANKARA4070 |
DARFUR/NATO: FURTHER DETAILS ON TURKISH AIRLIFT [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on COL Halit Yilmaz, TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief, to discuss Turkish airlift support for Darfur. Yilmaz confirmed that Turkey will provide one C130 from Sept. 20-29. Its mission--along with the Danes--will be to lift equipment from Kenya and/or Chad to Darfur to [...] |
2005-07-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU SU NATO EUN |
| 05BRUSSELS1147 |
RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel), EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...] |
2005-03-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1549 |
DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...] |
2005-04-20 09:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1593 |
COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING [...] (U) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle East, the GAERC is exepcted to issue Conclusions on the MEPP, Iraq and Lebanon. Africa discussion will focus on the Great Lakes, with any new decisions on Zimb [...] |
2005-04-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1727 |
NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...] |
2005-05-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2730 |
EC CONSIDERS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR AMIS [...] (C) Summary. Although the European Commission (EC) has reservations about expanding the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS IIe) beyond 7000 peacekeepers, it nonetheless is considering a third funding tranche from its Africa Peace Facility (APF). Even if the EC uses most of the APF balance, [...] |
2005-07-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2735 |
GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...] |
2005-07-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CAIRO2517 |
CODELS PELOSI/KILPATRICK/SMITH/DREIER IN CAIRO [...] (C) During the week of March 20-24, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi met with 20 members of Congress and staff from CODEL Pelosi (March 20, eight representatives), CODEL Kilpatrick (March 23, five representatives), CODEL Smith (March 23, one senator), and CODEL Dreier (March 24, six repre [...] |
2005-03-31 09:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MOPS MASS IR IS IZ SU EG |
| 05CAIRO2534 |
SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...] |
2005-03-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO |
| 05CAIRO2741 |
SUDAN: EGYPT SUGGESTS DARFUR WAR CRIMINALS BE [...] (C) Following an April 6 meeting between President Mubarak and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the press that "Sudanese war criminals need not go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Sudanese judiciary held fair trials." MFA contacts c [...] |
2005-04-07 19:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3649 |
SUDAN: EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN [...] (SBU) During a May 12 meeting with MFA Sudan Office Deputy Director Abdelmoneim Omar, poloff explored the current Egyptian contribution to the African Union (AU)'s Mission in Sudan (AMIS), drawing from reftel talking points to express appreciation for Egypt's continued and expanding involvemen [...] |
2005-05-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3650 |
SUDAN: NATO TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Poloff met May 12 with MFA Sudan Affairs Deputy Office Director Abdelmoneim Omar to press the GOE to support African Union (AU) Chairman Konare's recent appeal to NATO for provision of technical and logistical assistance for the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan. Omar said that Egypt supported [...] |
2005-05-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3952 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...] |
2005-05-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU |
| 05CAIRO4360 |
SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE [...] (C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...] |
2005-06-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER |
| 05CAIRO4535 |
EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...] |
2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
| 05CAIRO4875 |
SUDAN: NDA OFFICIALS IN CAIRO SAY JUNE 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, Cairo-based representatives of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) shared with the diplomatic corps their perspectives on the June 18 Cairo agreement. The tone of the briefing was hopeful, as the NDA highlighted increased NDA participation in Sudan's democratic [...] |
2005-06-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4876 |
EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...] |
2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4882 |
CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...] |
2005-06-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG |
| 05CAIRO5052 |
EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND [...] Hesham Afifi of the Foreign Ministry's cabinet staff told poloff July 3 that Prime Minister Nazif would represent the GOE at the July 9 installation of the Government of National Unity. According to Afifi, PM Nazif is scheduled to be in Khartoum from 7-10 July. 2. Arab League Secretary Ge [...] |
2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG SU IGAD |
| 05CAIRO5521 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...] |
2005-07-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU |
| 05CAIRO6509 |
SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE; [...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...] |
2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO |
| 05CAIRO7766 |
SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...] |
2005-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO8110 |
FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...] |
2005-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO9471 |
EGYPT CLEAR ON USG APPREHENSIONS OF BASHIR AS [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with poloff, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed al Higazy shared that he was already aware of USG discomfort at the prospect of Sudanese President Bashir being offered the Presidency of the African Union at the January summit in Khartoum. Higa [...] |
2005-12-22 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EG SU |
| 05DARESSALAAM149 |
Interim Response: Sudan Tribunal Concept [...] (C) Senior Foreign Ministry officials are accompanying a visiting British Minister, and are unavailable for meetings on January 25. We do not believe that we can most effectively present the Sudan Tribunal demarche to the relatively junior officer who is available for meetings on January 25. [...] |
2005-01-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM155 |
Tanzania to study Sudan Tribunal Concept [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires Christopher Stillman, accompanied by Poloff, met January 26 with the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula. Ambassador Mulamula listened carefully to the concept for a Sudan Tribunal outlined in Reftel. Ambassador Mulamula said [...] |
2005-01-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM206 |
TANZANIANS CAUTIOUS ON AU-UN SUDAN TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Charge met on February 1 with Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, the Foreign Ministry Director for Multilateral Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on Sudan action in the UN Security Council. Charge provided Mulamula with copies of reftel paragraphs 7 and 8 talking points and concept paper, [...] |
2005-02-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO ETTC ETRD SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM2139 |
TANZANIA: DEPSEC ZOELLICK'S SPEECH DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID PREL SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM253 |
British and French Sound Out Tanzanians on [...] (C) The French Deputy Chief of Mission in Tanzania raised the alternative proposals for a Sudan Tribunal during a February 3 courtesy call at the US Embassy. Apparently acting on instructions, French DCM Terence Wills asked Poloff what position we thought Tanzania was likely to take in the Sec [...] |
2005-02-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM374 |
TANZANIAN VIEWS ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, AU COURT [...] (U) Charge met on February 18 with Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, to deliver ref A demarche on the Sudan tribunal. Both the Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister were traveling outside of Dar es Salaam and unavailable. Charge left a copy of ref [...] |
2005-02-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM381 |
TANZANIAN VIEWS ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, AU COURT [...] (U) Charge met on February 18 with Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, to deliver ref A demarche on the Sudan tribunal. Both the Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister were traveling outside of Dar es Salaam and unavailable. Charge left a copy of ref [...] |
2005-02-22 08:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ |
| 05DARESSALAAM439 |
TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Charge met on February 25 with Foreign Minister Jakaya Kikwete to reiterate ref C demarche on Darfur, and to underline our support for an AU/UN Darfur tribunal that could utilize the existing ICTR infrastructure in Arusha. Kikwete, who had just returned from two weeks of travel, appeared [...] |
2005-03-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ |
| 05GENEVA1037 |
UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...] |
2005-04-22 08:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR |
| 05HANOI136 |
(C) DETAILS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS' [...] (C) Summary: Six North Korean asylum-seekers, four in the French Embassy and two in the Swedish Embassy, departed Vietnam January 7 for Singapore and, soon after, the ROK. Throughout the affair, the GVN's generally helpful and forthcoming attitude was in contrast to that of the ROK Embassy, a [...] |
2005-01-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SU VM FR KN HUMANR DPRK |
| 05HELSINKI207 |
FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...] |
2005-02-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05HELSINKI475 |
APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...] |
2005-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05KHARTOUM1945 |
SUDAN MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY [...] On December 1, Sudan marked the occasion of World AIDS Day with the Khartoum launch of the Global Campaign "Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS" at Friendship Hall. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, the Sudan National AIDS Program, UNAIDS, and UNICEF, the event featured remarks by First [...] |
2005-12-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV PGOV SOCI SU |
| 05KINSHASA1579 |
LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE WOULD LIKE LRA OUT [...] (C) Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador September 26 that he shares the feelings of other senior GDRC officials that the LRA incursion into northern DRC represents an unwelcome intrusion into what is already a complicated and sensitive context. The government would like the LRA gone, p [...] |
2005-09-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
| 05KINSHASA1876 |
LRA UPDATE: MONUC-FARDC PLAN SEARCH-AND-CORDON OPS [...] (C) Summary. According to MONUC sources, Operation Eastern Endeavour is to begin in the vicinity of Aba on November 10, encompassing forces from MONUC and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in an effort to identify and capture any elements of the Lord's Resistance Army [...] |
2005-11-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
| 05KUWAIT1542 |
KUWAITI DELEGATION DESCRIBES SUDAN AS "WORSE THAN [...] (SBU) During a 17 April meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah described the current situation in Sudan as worse than it was 20 years ago. Al-Jarallah, as part of a delegation led by Minister for Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, visite [...] |
2005-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EINV PHUM SU KU |
| 05LJUBLJANA112 |
SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI |
| 05MADRID1000 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...] |
2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN |
| 05MADRID1212 |
SPAIN ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to MFA DAS for Sub-Saharan African Affairs Antonio Sanchez Benedito, emphasizing that the participation of the Deputy Secretary in the Oslo conference was intended to convey the importance the USG placed on the success of this event. Benedito said that Spain [...] |
2005-03-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON SU SP |
| 05MADRID1374 |
SPANISH REPRESENTATION AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SU SP |
| 05MADRID1577 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] |
2005-04-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
| 05MADRID1578 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] |
2005-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
| 05MADRID1891 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...] |
2005-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN |
| 05MADRID2186 |
SPANISH RESPONSE TO AFRICAN UNION AIRLIFT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Spain has opted to go the European Union route in offering assistance to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). Spain has donated two small tactical transport planes to the AU as part of the EU effort, and has lent along with the planes Spanish pilots and maintenance workers [...] |
2005-06-08 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP SU NATO |
| 05MADRID2803 |
S37-05: UAE ENTITY DIVERTING GOODS TO IRAN, SUDAN, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-01 13:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC IR AE SU SP CBW NK |
| 05MADRID617 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. We discussed Transatlantic Relations, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, the Western Balkans, Ukraine/Moldova, Sudan, the Great Lakes, and Iran with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning on February 15. Mora Benavente said that the February 21 GAERC meeting would [...] |
2005-02-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU SR BK CGEN |
| 05MADRID635 |
SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-16 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KTIA SU CWC |
| 05MANAMA509 |
BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel message concerning the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa April 6. Sheikh Abdul Aziz pledged to relay the message to appropriat [...] |
2005-04-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL SU BA |
| 05MANAMA951 |
BAHRAIN: ATTENDANCE AT SUDAN'S NATIONAL UNITY [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief July 6 delivered reftel demarche concerning attendance at Sudan's national unity government installation to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz affirmed that a representative of the Bahrai [...] |
2005-07-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BA SU IGAD |
| 05MANILA2277 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...] |
2005-05-18 06:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID |
| 05MANILA655 |
MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons while working with Japan on implementation of new regulations on entertainers, confirmed that the de-listing as a terrorist organizat [...] |
2005-02-10 08:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP |
| 05NAIROBI3169 |
A/S NEWMAN AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MEET SPLM [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 3, A/S Newman and Special Representative Winter traveled to New Site, South Sudan, to offer their condolences over the death of John Garang and to meet with new SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir. Kiir briefed Newman and Winter on the sequence of events surrounding Garang's death [...] |
2005-08-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS EAIR SU KE |
| 05NAIROBI3173 |
SUDAN: A/S NEWMAN AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. AF A/S Newman and Special Representative Winter met Gen. Sumbeiywo on August 4 in Nairobi to discuss the way forward in Sudan following the death of John Garang. Newman, Winter and Sumbeiywo compared views on the challenges facing new SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir and his capacity to me [...] |
2005-08-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KE SU |
| 05NAIROBI3300 |
REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...] |
2005-08-15 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI3944 |
SUDANESE REFUGEES IN KAKUMA: MORE ARRIVING, FEW [...] SUMMARY. Sudanese refugees are not excited by the prospect of returning to Sudan; in fact, as many as 6,000 new Sudanese refugees have arrived in Kakuma refugee camp since January. Theft of roofing material on vacant former Somali Bantu dwellings led to their destruction by the weather. END SU [...] |
2005-09-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF SU KE |
| 05NAIROBI4757 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick and Kenyan President Kibaki agreed November 8 to keep pressure on the Sudanese parties to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Zoellick pushed for greater Kenyan progress on counter-terrorism and the Kenyans urged greater U.S. engagement on Som [...] |
2005-11-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER SU SO KE SLM CPA |
| 05NAIROBI4758 |
SUDAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY CONFERS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 8 meeting with international partners in Nairobi, Deputy Secretary Zoellick emphasized the urgency of conveying to the various parties in Sudan the need to regain momentum in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Speaking with representatives from Eur [...] |
2005-11-16 07:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SU KE SLM CPA |
| 05NAIROBI4762 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S NAIROBI MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with AU Special Envoy Salim Salim at the start of a day of meetings intended to address the rift within the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). The Deputy Secretary and Mediator agreed that the international community should act together to encourage the [...] |
2005-11-16 08:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR KPKO SU SLM |
| 05NAIROBI5240 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...] |
2005-12-23 03:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC |
| 05NDJAMENA1020 |
CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS [...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...] |
2005-06-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1134 |
SCENARIOS FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Chad is currently experiencing another period of heightened uncertainty. Deby has been able to navigate through them in the past. (Reftels) Nonetheless, the removal of presidential term limits through a less-than-transparent public referendum has many observers wondering what [...] |
2005-07-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA115 |
CHAD: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary: Chad continues to be a strong partner in the global war against terrorism. Chad was not covered in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Post responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. A. The Government of Chad continues to take significant actions to support the globa [...] |
2005-01-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU PTER |
| 05NDJAMENA1209 |
DISCUSSING DARFUR WITH DEBY [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby outlined Chad's perspective on the upcoming round of negotiations on Darfur in a meeting on July 29 with Ambassador John Yates, the U.S. Special Representative to the talks. Deby expressed his concerns with the African Union's lack of consultation and acce [...] |
2005-08-02 12:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1214 |
OUTREACH TO DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: SuQ Liberation Movement (SLM) members say that they will not be ready to return to the negotiating table on August 24. Special Representative to the Darfur Talks Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Wall, and P/E officer delivered points per reftel to the SLM leaders on July 29 [...] |
2005-08-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1377 |
SALIM ON THE NEXT ROUND OF DARFUR PEACE TALKS, SLM [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Chad for consultations over September 8-9, the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, shared his views on the upcoming round of peace talks. Salim is committed to starting the talks on September 15, but acknowledges that members of [...] |
2005-09-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1378 |
EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...] |
2005-09-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA140 |
SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] The Government's human rights record remains poor. Security forces committed extrajudicial killings and continued to intimidate the public. The judiciary remained subject to executive interference. Violence and societal discrimination against women were common. The independent press occasi [...] |
2005-01-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1412 |
WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...] |
2005-09-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1487 |
CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...] |
2005-10-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1546 |
NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR: CHADIAN VIEWS ON REPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15 to share USG ideas on organizing an all-inclusive conference for the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), Foreign Minister Allam-mi Ahmad welcomed U.S. assistance for the conference and said Chad already is working on the preparation [...] |
2005-10-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1547 |
NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...] |
2005-10-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1616 |
REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR and P/E Officer visited Bahai, Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, and border areas of Bamina and Tine from October 17-19. The security situation was calm at the time of the visit, although fighting in Sudan around October 21 resulted in nine suspected combatants crossing the border [...] |
2005-11-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA162 |
PRESIDENT DEBY APPEALS FOR HELP [...] (C) Summary: Darfur threatens to become a regional catastrophe and Chad proposes hosting a high-level meeting of the Joint Commission on the Humanitarian Cease-Fire in a new attempt to head it off, President Deby told us February 4. In the meeting he requested with the Ambassador, he appeale [...] |
2005-02-04 19:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1624 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES: PRM VISITS CAMPS IN [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange (Deputy Director of the Africa Office) and Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) traveled to southern Chad from October 10-15 to visit the refugee camps in Amboko and Yaroungou. The visit was prompted by the arrival of an estimated 10,700 new refugees from th [...] |
2005-11-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU CZ |
| 05NDJAMENA163 |
TURNING UP THE HEAT: HIGH-LEVEL JOINT COMMISSION [...] (U) Summary: Chad will host a high-level meeting of the Joint Commission on the Humanitarian Cease-fire for Darfur on February 15. The meeting will include the presidents of Nigeria, Sudan, and Gabon, and the foreign ministers of other countries, according to Chadian Foreign Minister Nagoum [...] |
2005-02-04 19:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1755 |
USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] As reported septel, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist visited eastern Chad from November 16 to 29 to monitor emergency food assistance activities of U.N. World Food Program (WFP). Representatives from WFP, food distribution partners, and humanitarian organizations acc [...] |
2005-12-12 08:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1758 |
USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] From November 16 to 29, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist traveled to eastern Chad for the second time in 2005 to monitor USAID- sponsored food aid operations carried out by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners. This is the first of two assessment cables re [...] |
2005-12-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA1852 |
CHAD: SLM REPORTS CHAD REBELS REGROUPING [...] (SBU) Summary: SLM General Coordinator Adam Shogar warned Charge that the Sudanese government was arming and supporting Chadian rebels in the Darfur region and that movement of new vehicles and arms indicated that the rebels were gearing up for a new attack. Shogar stated that SLM was tryin [...] |
2005-12-27 17:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA1871 |
CHAD: SLM REPORTS CHAD REBELS REGROUPING [...] (SBU) Summary: SLM General Coordinator Adam Shogar warned Charge that the Sudanese government was arming and supporting Chadian rebels in the Darfur region and that movement of new vehicles and arms indicated that the rebels were gearing up for a new attack. Shogar stated that SLM was tryin [...] |
2005-12-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA20 |
AMBASSADOR'S FY 2005 DISASTER DECLARATION: IMPACT [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 8. 2. Disaster Determination. Under Section 062, Volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, I hereby determine that the Republic of Chad is suffering from a disaster which exceeds the host country's ability to provide an adequate response, that the ho [...] |
2005-01-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA22 |
SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...] |
2005-01-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA260 |
PRESIDENT DEBY DOUBTS AFRICAN UNION'S CAPACITY ON [...] (C) Summary. The African Union (AU) is not up to the task of establishing a tribunal on Darfur, but the decision on how to proceed should reflect whatever AU consensus is reached, President Deby told the Ambassador February 18. In the meeting held to convey the Secretary's letter to him on [...] |
2005-02-18 17:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO PHUM PREL KAWC SU CD |
| 05NDJAMENA261 |
DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...] |
2005-02-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA262 |
SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...] |
2005-02-20 12:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA263 |
RUMORS OF REFUGEES RETURNING TO SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A, P/E officer met with UNHCR officials, representatives of the National Movement for Reform and Democracy (NMRD), members of the Chad mediation team on Darfur, African Union (AU) officials responsible for Darfur, and members of the African Union Ceasefire Commission to [...] |
2005-02-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA277 |
CHAD SEEKS RAPID ACTION ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) Upon receiving ref B (notal), the Ambassador followed up to clarify Chad's views on a Sudan tribunal based on prior statements of support for our position in Libreville on February 11 (ref C). The Ambassador contacted President Deby's Special Advisor Alam-mi Ahmad by telephone February 1 [...] |
2005-02-22 14:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO PHUM PREL CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA28 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REFUGEES: DON'T FORGET US! [...] Summary. Central African refugees told Ambassador Wall not to forget their plight during his visit to Amboko Camp in Gore on December 14. Amboko, in southern Chad near the border with Central African Republic, has been open since June 2003 and hosts 13,800 refugees who fled political unrest [...] |
2005-01-10 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU CT |
| 05NDJAMENA281 |
ICRC OPERATIONS IN CHAD [...] Summary. In addition to ICRC's traditional activities in Chad (e.g. detention visits and international humanitarian law dissemination), ICRC is playing a key role in eastern Chad in assisting refugee populations and local communities. ICRC's work with refugees specifically focuses on family [...] |
2005-02-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA282 |
REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE, [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...] |
2005-02-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID |
| 05NDJAMENA283 |
REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...] |
2005-02-23 10:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA285 |
KEEPING WEAPONS OUT OF SUDAN: CHAD'S RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Foreign Minister Nagoum Yamassoum, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on keeping weapons out of Sudan. Yamassoum stated that as a mediator of the Darfurconflict, the Government of Chad maintains a neutral position and does not provide support to any f the [...] |
2005-02-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETTC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA308 |
CATTLE, CAMELS, ELEPHANTS, AND REFUGEES: SKETCHES [...] (U) Pressures on the land are multiplying in southern Chad. Cattle and camel herds are expanding as nomads migrate further south and stay longer. Clashes with local farmers are breaking out as livestock trample crops and drain water reserves. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR [...] |
2005-03-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA370 |
CHAD SEEKS HELP TO PAY FOR DARFUR MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary. Chad needs help to defray the expenses of its mediation effort on Darfur and is asking for U.S. assistance, according to President Deby's top foreign affairs and military advisors. In the meeting they requested with the Ambassador March 7, the two leaders of Chad's mediation t [...] |
2005-03-08 17:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA405 |
CHAD'S CHANGING TACTICS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Chadian President Idriss Deby's latest move to break the current impasse in Darfur involves working with the Sudan Liberation Movement. Currently, the Chadian Government is hosting a number of leaders and field commanders from the SLM in N'Djamena for discussions about the move [...] |
2005-03-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA441 |
CHADIAN TACTICS ALARM AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Summary: African Union officials are concerned that Chad's attempts to change the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will contribute to major delays in restarting the Abuja talks. Ambassador Sam Ibok and Boubou Niang stopped in N'Djamena for consultations from March 18 to [...] |
2005-03-22 13:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA491 |
RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE FOOD INSECURITY [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 8. 2. Summary. The presence in eastern Chad of more than 200,000 Sudanese refugees from the Darfur crisis has negatively affected the livelihoods and food security of the host population. In addition there has been meager, untimely rainfall durin [...] |
2005-04-01 07:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA542 |
SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...] |
2005-04-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA543 |
RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...] |
2005-04-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA555 |
DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...] |
2005-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA565 |
CHAD PUBLICLY ACCUSES SUDAN OF AIDING CHADIAN [...] (C) Summary: On April 8, the Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to accuse Khartoum publicly of "maintaining, arming, and financing" Chadian rebel groups inside Sudan. There are 3,000 Chadian rebels near El Geneina, Sudan, according to the Minister of Justice. Chad has long su [...] |
2005-04-11 06:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA58 |
CHAD'S PRESIDENT'S SON COMES CALLING [...] (C) Summary. Chad's President Deby will accept the will of the people expressed in upcoming elections whatever the outcome, according to his son and personal secretary. The Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting with Brahim Deby to probe into his father's views on staying in power for [...] |
2005-01-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA59 |
PRIME MINISTER FAKI GIVES SENATOR FEINGOLD A TOUR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Moussa Faki shared the views of the Chadian Government on a wide range of issues with Senator Russell Feingold on January 13. Faki expressed his frustration that the situation in Darfur remains unresolved and his concerns about the plight of the local Chadian pop [...] |
2005-01-18 06:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP |
| 05NDJAMENA60 |
SENATOR FEINGOLD GETS AN EARFUL ON DARFUR IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold heard a number of perspectives on Darfur-related issues during his visit to Chad January 12-13. Feingold met with Sudanese refugees at Iridimi Refugee camp, held discussions with Foreign Minister Yamassoum and the Chad mediation team over the status of th [...] |
2005-01-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA791 |
SLM PLANS FOR DARFUR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) appears to be moving ahead with its plans to hold a meeting of its members in Darfur to make leadership changes. The long-awaited meeting may take place in three weeks time. SLM members from Asmara and Nairobi began arriving in N'Djamena to [...] |
2005-05-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA81 |
SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold expressed appreciation for Chad's cooperation in the war on terror and discussed human rights with Defense Minister Emmanuel Nadingar during his visit on January 13. Nadingar welcomed U.S. support for the Chadian military, which he says is needed to help [...] |
2005-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP |
| 05NDJAMENA814 |
REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND [...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...] |
2005-05-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA834 |
REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...] |
2005-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA835 |
REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II) [...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...] |
2005-05-24 06:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NDJAMENA884 |
SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...] |
2005-06-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP |
| 05NDJAMENA933 |
CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...] |
2005-06-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NEWDELHI5868 |
INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS: SUDAN READY TO GO, MAYBE MORE [...] (C) Summary: Indian media reported on July 27 that a second Indian infantry brigade had been told to prepare to deploy to the UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) K Nandini told us that the MEA was SIPDIS unawa [...] |
2005-07-28 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IN CG SU UNSC |
| 05OTTAWA1475 |
THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S DARFUR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an effort to shore up support for his tottering minority government, PM Martin gave in to the demands of independent MP David Kilgour and accelerated the announcement of a major increase in aid for Darfur, to include CN $200 million and up to Canadian Forces technical advis [...] |
2005-05-16 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CA PGOV EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL SU |
| 05OTTAWA1697 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: NATO: AIRLIFT TO THE AFRICAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche points on Friday, June 3, to Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) Sudan Task Force Director Wendy Gilmour and NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart. FAC forwarded the points to the NATO policy office at National Defence. Promising us a "more definitive answer" late [...] |
2005-06-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR SU CA NATO |
| 05OTTAWA2928 |
CANADA INTERESTED IN COOPERATING ON DARFUR WOMEN'S [...] (U) As requested in reftel, poloff met with officials from Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and the Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA) on 23 September to discuss U.S. initiatives to counter violence against women in Darfur, and to solicit Canada's support for such initiatives. Canadia [...] |
2005-09-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU CA |
| 05OTTAWA3123 |
LETTER FROM MP DAVID KILGOUR TO SECSTATE URGING [...] Embassy has received a letter from MP David Kilgour addressed to the Secretary regarding NATO involvement in Darfur. Mr. Kilgour is an independent MP who has been a champion of human rights and humanitarian issues going back to international efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry in the 1970,s. K [...] |
2005-10-19 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA PREL SU PARM MOPS |
| 05OTTAWA3293 |
CANADIANS INVITED TO NAIROBI; GOC FUNDING POSSIBLE [...] (C) Post extended reftel invitation to the Prime Minister's Special Advisory Team (SAT) on Sudan through Lt. Col. Brad Bergstrand, Military Advisor to the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). Currently, the Team is planning a trip to Darfur but will not be on the ground in the [...] |
2005-11-04 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PREF PHUM CA SU |
| 05OTTAWA951 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to counterparts at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) on March 30. In a follow-up conversation with poloff, Suehila Elkateb, Sudan Desk Officer at FAC, advised that it was likely that either Foreign Affa [...] |
2005-03-31 19:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | SU PREL EAID ECON CA FAC CIDA |
| 05PARIS1039 |
DARFUR ACCOUNTABILITY: AMB. PROSPER'S DISCUSSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains committed to referring those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The USG proposal for a hybrid UN/AU tribunal raises French concerns over universal standards of justice, [...] |
2005-02-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KAWC SU FR |
| 05PARIS1082 |
FRENCH ON FEB. 21 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A) points to MFA DAS-equivalent for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on Feb. 11 and followed up in conversation Feb. 18. LeDeunff emphasized that ministers would spend the bulk of the Feb. 21 GAERC in preparing for the EU summit with President Bus [...] |
2005-02-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR |
| 05PARIS2110 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OSLO DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Assistant Secretary Joubert on March 29 said that Xavier Darcos (Minister-Delegate for Cooperation, Development, and Francophonie) would likely lead the GOF delegation to the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan (reftel), although no final decision had been made. [...] |
2005-03-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON KJUS KAWC SU FR |
| 05PARIS3146 |
DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...] |
2005-05-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS3232 |
DARFUR: FRENCH POSITION ON NATO ROLE [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Charge raised a possible NATO role in Darfur with MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye May 11. Charge said French opposition to a NAC meeting with AU SYG Konare was not consistent with FM Barnier's assurances that Paris would not object to a NATO role in [...] |
2005-05-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SU FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3491 |
FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...] |
2005-05-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO |
| 05PARIS4755 |
CHAD: FRENCH VIEWS POST-REFERENDUM [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier on July 1 to discuss various Africa issues, Embassy Africa watcher raised the situation in Chad after the June 6 referendum. Barbier responded that the MFA was concerned about the situation and that the French Ambassador to Chad s [...] |
2005-07-07 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CD FR PGOV PREL SU |
| 05PARIS5196 |
SUDAN: FRENCH INFORMED OF DEPUTY SECRETARY'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL US AMGT SU FR |
| 05PARIS6336 |
SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...] |
2005-09-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR |
| 05PARIS6434 |
FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...] |
2005-09-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS6887 |
FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE [...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...] |
2005-10-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR |
| 05PARIS6938 |
PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...] |
2005-10-11 06:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR |
| 05PARIS7198 |
DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD [...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...] |
2005-10-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU CD FR |
| 05PARIS7461 |
UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S [...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...] |
2005-11-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA |
| 05PARIS7667 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC |
| 05PARIS7715 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB [...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...] |
2005-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SU UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8605 |
FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU [...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...] |
2005-12-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR |
| 05PARIS8610 |
UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...] |
2005-12-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF |
| 05PRAGUE376 |
CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a), China Arms Embargo (ref b), and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] |
2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
| 05PRAGUE459 |
DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SU EZ |
| 05PRETORIA4590 |
SOUTH AFRICA WILL SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. South Africa will seek USG support for its expanding capacity-building program in southern Sudan, according to DFA Director Graham Maitland (please protect). The SAG is still discussing the proposal internally and will likely present it to Washington in the "coming weeks." South [...] |
2005-11-18 10:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SU SF |
| 05ROME1390 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...] |
2005-04-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN |
| 05ROME2046 |
DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS [...] (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. In a June 15 conversation with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be determined number of Boeing 707s for the mission. All Itali [...] |
2005-06-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO |
| 05ROME2049 |
UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...] |
2005-06-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 05ROME3765 |
ITALY ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA U/S Mantica will travel to Sudan November 16-21, making stops in Khartoum, Darfur, and Juba. Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) will be at the top of the agenda. Italy is pleased with its seat on the Sudanese Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...] |
2005-11-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05THEHAGUE1073 |
NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...] |
2005-04-21 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE1554 |
SUDAN/NETHERLANDS: NGO AND DUTCH ANGER OVER ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Sudan's arrest of the Country and Darfur directors of the NGO Artsen zonder Grensen/Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) angered the NGO and the Dutch government, which has called in the Sudanese Ambassador to protest. The NGO confirms the men are free for now but [...] |
2005-06-03 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE1559 |
NATO: AIRLIFT TO THE AU IN DARFUR -- DUTCH [...] (C) PolMilOff made reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on June 3. Gabrielse called the demarche timely as "things were moving quickly" within the EU. He said Dutch MFA Director-General for Security Policy Maurits Jochems had spoken with his UK coun [...] |
2005-06-03 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR SU NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE2080 |
S37-05: NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Hedda Samson (Senior Policy Officer, Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation, MFA) on July 28. Samson stated she would pass the points on to the appropriate agencies, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the intelligence services. 2. (C) Sams [...] |
2005-07-29 07:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC IR PARM PREL SU AE CBW NK |
| 05THEHAGUE2523 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR [...] (C) On September 14, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force, and requested contact information for SLM representatives in the Netherlands. Kloth provided this information on September 15. 2. (C) On S [...] |
2005-09-16 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2694 |
NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) On October 4, Charge raised reftel points on the need to counter the recent increase in violence in Sudan with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA. Siblesz agreed that the situation was worrisome, and that it was important for parties to weigh in with both the [...] |
2005-10-06 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SU EAID NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2792 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: COORDINATED TROIKA PLUS [...] (SBU) On October 13, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Carlijn Pouwels and Hagar Lightvoet (Policy Officers, Sudan Task Force, MFA). POLOFF noted that the U.S. was urging the Presidency of the Government of National Unity (GNU) to form the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (EAC) and asked t [...] |
2005-10-14 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM NL SU |
| 05THEHAGUE2827 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR - SLM [...] (SBU) On October 18, POLOFF shared reftel proposal to move the Abuja peace talks forward with Hagar Lightvoet (Policy Officer, Sudan Task Force, Dutch MFA). Lightvoet greeted the news enthusiastically and promised to share the proposal with Fred Racke, Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Africa. Li [...] |
2005-10-18 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3145 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH MAY SEND UNMIS TROOPS [...] (U) The Dutch recently moved a step closer to committing troops to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). According to press reports, the Dutch cabinet on November 18 reached internal agreement to deploy 15 military observers, 15 police officers, and 5 staff officers to UNMIS for a one-y [...] |
2005-11-23 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MARR SU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE427 |
NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparing a positive agenda for the President's visit, the EU is actively seeking forward-looking ways to engage with the U.S. on a range of issues while the Luxembourg Presidency struggles to control an agenda where 25 Heads of State/Foreign Ministers want a chance to speak. T [...] |
2005-02-14 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK NL |
| 05THEHAGUE831 |
NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche points to Stella Kloth, Sudan desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kloth responded that Minister of Development Assistance Agnes van Ardenne would be leading the Dutch delegation to the Oslo conference, but was not able to inform post of any [...] |
2005-03-30 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON NL SU |
| 05VATICAN443 |
SUDAN: VATICAN HESITANT ON AU-UN TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us February 10 that the Holy See was optimistic regarding Darfur, but hesitant about the proposed African Union (AU) - UN Sudan Tribunal. He maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be the most effectiv [...] |
2005-02-23 09:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT |
| 05VATICAN447 |
DARFUR: SANT EGIDIO READY TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Community of Sant'Egidio representatives told the Charge February 24 that they were willing to work with the Darfur rebels to help them become better prepared for the Abuja negotiations. In confidential talks that could be held at its Rome headquarters, Sant'Egidio proposed a preparatory [...] |
2005-02-24 17:12:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU VT |
| 05VATICAN452 |
SUDAN: VATICAN HESITANT ON AU-UN TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us February 10 that the Holy See was optimistic regarding Darfur, but hesitant about the proposed African Union (AU) - UN Sudan Tribunal. He maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be the most effectiv [...] |
2005-03-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT |
| 05VATICAN548 |
POPE CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN SUDAN AND GREATER [...] Pope Benedict XVI issued an appeal for national reconciliation in Sudan during an audience November 28 with Khartoum's Cardinal Archbishop, Gabriel Zubeir Wako. After greeting the cardinal's delegation, the Pontiff made the following statement: Begin text The cessation of the civil w [...] |
2005-12-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SU VT |
| 05VATICAN565 |
POPE'S CALLS FOR JUST WORLD ORDER, ATTENTION TO TERRORISM, [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI used his first Christmas message to the city of Rome and the world (Urbi et Orbi) to focus attention on the threat of terrorism and the humanitarian crises around the world. (Complete text of the speech was emailed to EUR/WE.) With an audience of hundreds of million [...] |
2005-12-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SU VT |
| 05VIENNA1033 |
AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...] |
2005-03-31 09:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU |
| 05VIENNA1326 |
APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...] |
2005-04-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1653 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...] |
2005-05-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3937 |
AUSTRIA ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S POSSIBLE AU [...] (C) On December 21, Econ Unit Chief met with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division, to discuss USG concerns regarding Sudanese President Bashir's possible candidacy to be Chairman of the African Union (AU). Gudenus said Austria, which assumes the EU Presidency January [...] |
2005-12-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU |
| 05VIENNA473 |
APPROACHING EU IN ADVANCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Director/Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Werner Almhofer on February 11 and followed up with him on February 16. Almhofer's likely successor, Andreas Riecken, also attended. 2 [...] |
2005-02-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA792 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...] |
2005-03-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN |
| 06ABIDJAN1342 |
SUDAN: URGING COTE D'IVOIRE'S ABSENCE FROM AFCARPAC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU IV |
| 06ABUDHABI1126 |
ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to raise four key issues that will be on the Arab League agenda: Darfur, Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian situation, Arab reform (ref A). On the situation in Darfur, Ambassador highlighted the need to move quickly to end the violence [...] |
2006-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR IS GZ WE SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1341 |
SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES [...] (C) The Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA as a diplomatic note April 3 and followed up with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani April 5. Al-Hosani told Pol chief that he was not aware that the UN had approached the UAE to date with a request for assistance, an [...] |
2006-04-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU KPKO AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1531 |
UAE CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SUDAN, AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Pol chief met with MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Ahmed Besais April 17 to follow up on the issue of re-hatting the peacekeeping troops in Darfur (refs A, B). Besais told Pol chief the UAE supports the Arab League's "Khartoum Declaration" that affirms support for the African Union's [...] |
2006-04-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3137 |
REPLACING FOREIGN JUDGES OVER TIME [...] (C) Summary: An IV-grantee with extensive experience in the UAE judicial system offered insights into the foreign lawyers, prosecutors and judges who now staff much of the court system in the Emirates and efforts to train UAE nationals to take over. He noted that two of the seven Emirates m [...] |
2006-08-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS EG SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3538 |
DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF LE SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3626 |
UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA: [...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ), MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...] |
2006-09-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR |
| 06ABUJA1009 |
PRESIDENT OBASANJO FULLY SUPPORTS DEPUTY [...] (C) During the Deputy SecretaryQs May 3 call, President Obasanjo promised his full support in the final Abuja push for an agreement between the Darfur rebel groups and the Government of Sudan (GOS). The President and the Deputy Secretary shared ideas about possible ways forward to an SIPDI [...] |
2006-05-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA1076 |
DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED AFTER INTENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi signed the Darfur Peace Agreement on May 5 following days of intensive negotiations led by the U.S. and U.K. During a final all-night, early morning session led by Nigerian President Olus [...] |
2006-05-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI DARFUR |
| 06ABUJA1079 |
DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: ABUJA AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Minni Minnawi remains under considerable pressure on number of fronts for signing the Darfur Peace Agreement. His followers are seeking assistance in bolstering his ability to promote the deal in Darfur. SLM's Abdelwahid Nur continues [...] |
2006-05-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA2131 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR/UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Adamu Emozozo, Assistant Director for African Affairs at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 17. Emozozo said that President Obasanjo continues to use every available opportunity to talk to President Bashir about Darfu [...] |
2006-08-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU NI |
| 06ABUJA2150 |
KINGIBE ON NIGERIAN ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Acting Political Counselor met with Babagana Kingibe August 16. Much of the conversation focused on domestic politics, including the 2007 presidential election. Many political commentators mention Kingibe's name as a "dark horse" 2007 presidential contender, an [...] |
2006-08-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU NI |
| 06ABUJA232 |
HOPES FOR PEACE AND TALK OF WAR AT DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pace of the Darfur Peace Talks has accelerated. The parties appear to have more of a negotiating mandate, and although red-lines remain, those committed to a settlement still outnumber the spoilers. International observer corps, enthusiasm about the improved op tempo, however [...] |
2006-02-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC SU DARFUR |
| 06ABUJA233 |
SUDAN: GNU PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR VIEWS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two hour discussion with AU mediation advisors, Government of National Unity Presidential Advisor Magzoub laid out a negotiating position at sharp angles with those of both erstwhile Acting Head of Delegation Mohammed Yousuf and SPLM/GNU Darfur point-man Yasir Armin. Magzoub, [...] |
2006-02-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU DARFUR |
| 06ABUJA234 |
SUDAN: GETTING PAST "NO" ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Skilled AU mediation has wrested control out of the hands of the incapable chairman of the Security Arrangements Committee and established some promising common ground between the parties at the Darfur Peace Talks. The Movements, superficial grasp of the modalities of [...] |
2006-02-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PINS ASEC SU DARFUR |
| 06ABUJA2839 |
NIGERIAN FM ON DARFUR, UNSC RACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Nigerian Foreign Minister Joy Ogwu October 27. Minister Ogwu briefed the Ambassador on her recent travel to Sudan and the GON's thinking on the way ahead in Darfur, seemed to indicate support for Venezuela in the UNSC race, and talked about her desire to im [...] |
2006-10-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SU NI |
| 06ABUJA650 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: INCREASING THE MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: The following is an update on USDEL's engagement with the African Union mediation and the parties. End Summary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUDANESE DELEGATION MEETS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) On [...] |
2006-03-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA676 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: OBASANJO MEETS DARFUR PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo stressed the importance of getting a peace deal soon to parties to the Darfur conflict on March 25. Obasanjo also asked the African Union mediation for a clear schedule for the negotiations and expressed his desire to weigh in on the peac [...] |
2006-03-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA677 |
DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS: MAIN ISSUES IN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Many hours of discussion with the mediation team and with the parties have identified five key issues that will have to be resolved: how the ceasefire commission will make decisions; how different geographic areas will be defined and managed; provisions for the exercise of the [...] |
2006-03-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PROV NI SU |
| 06ABUJA706 |
ENHANCING SECURITY MEDIATION TEAM AT DARFUR PEACE [...] (SBU) Per State 04850, USDEL asked African Union Special Envoy Dr. Salim Salim if he would welcome BG Kazura from Rwanda as part of his mediation team. Salim said yes. He hopes Kazura can arrive soon. CAMPBELL [...] |
2006-03-29 09:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU NI |
| 06ABUJA722 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: AN ACCELERATING PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: USDEL is encouraging the mediation and parties to make progress on security arrangements text and has again urged African Union Special Envoy Salim to table a full package for discussion next week. Khartoum CDA Hume outlined the contents of President Bush's letter to Bashir to [...] |
2006-03-31 10:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA729 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: PRONK WARNS UN TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) UN Special Representative for Sudan Jan Pronk expressed his concern that the African Union's top leadership, including Alpha Omar Konare, does not support the transition of an AU force to UN in Sudan on April 1 and 2. Pronk told USDEL and international partners that Ko [...] |
2006-04-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA737 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: CEASE-FIRE TEXT AS STEPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union Mediation presented the revised cease-fire document to international partners on April 4, hoping it will become a stepping stone to the final agreement. AU Chief Mediator Sam Ibok stated that the document could build momentum for the AU to table other eleme [...] |
2006-04-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA772 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: TAHA OPTIMISTIC, MEDIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Vice President Taha remains hopeful that a comprehensive peace deal can be reached within weeks. Taha and top SPLM leaders continue bilateral meetings with the movements in order to develop clear proposals on the way forward. Taha expressed his desire for the AU to p [...] |
2006-04-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA792 |
SUDAN: RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN AND CHAD DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum CDA Hume carried out ref A instructions on humanitarian administration concerns in Sudan with Vice President Ali Osman Taha at his Abuja hotel suite on April 15. As Hume went through each of the five demarche points, Taha listened without comment except to interject [...] |
2006-04-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI CD |
| 06ABUJA798 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: TAHA REMAINS, AU PREPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Vice President Taha remains in Abuja to continue consultations with the parties. JEM is avoiding meeting Taha, but is complaining it is being left out. His delegation may be augmented with the arrival of Salah Gosh and Mutrif Sadiq. The African Union's Peace and Se [...] |
2006-04-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI CD |
| 06ABUJA856 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 19, African Union Chief Negotiator Sam Ibok discussed potential next steps for putting forward the entire peace deal with USDEL. During the same meeting, AU Special Representative Baba Gana Kingibe said that there will be a transition from AMIS to a re-hatted force i [...] |
2006-04-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA889 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: FINAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union Mediation put the final security arrangements text on the negotiating table April 22, which has generated serious discussions of the future status of the movements' forces between the Government of Sudan and the rebels. AU Special Envoy Salim Salim said he w [...] |
2006-04-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA910 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: MEDIATION PROMISES TO PRESENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USDEL facilitated meetings between Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi to clarify points of divergence between both sides on integration and border issues. The African Union Mediation Team worked into the early morning hours on April 25 to prepare the [...] |
2006-04-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA938 |
PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN DARFUR: AMIS FORCE [...] (C) On April 25 Khartoum CDA Hume raised with AMIS commander Major General Ihekire US concerns about increased fighting and specifically attacks on civilians in Darfur per reftel. He emphasized that recent fighting had taken place in close proximity to AMIS installations without any appropr [...] |
2006-04-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINS PARM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA939 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: AU MEDIATION PUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union Mediation team presented the draft Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) to the parties on April 25. The long-awaited comprehensive package was unveiled in a press event at which AU Special Envoy stated that the AU mediation paper constituted a "just basis" for a neg [...] |
2006-04-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA953 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DEMARCHES DELIVERED, INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Khartoum CDA Hume discussed the escalating violence in Darfur and US concerns about Usama Bin Laden's statements about Sudan with Sudanese Vice President Taha on April 26. Taha told USDEL that with a few changes, the Government of Sudan found the AU mediation's draft Darfur P [...] |
2006-04-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA969 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: OBASANJO SAYS DRAFT PEACE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo requested a meeting with USDEL to share his impressions of the draft peace agreement and his ideas on the way forward. Obasanjo is conducting separate meetings with the parties and then plans to bring them together later in the [...] |
2006-04-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ABUJA975 |
DARFUR PEACE TALKS: AU EXTENDS NEGOTIATIONS BY 48 [...] (SBU) Summary: African Union Special Envoy Dr. Salim Salim extended the deadline for the Darfur negotiations by 48 hours at the request of USDEL, other international partners, and the parties. Salim announced his decision in a late night plenary and urged all the parties to take full advant [...] |
2006-05-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI |
| 06ACCRA566 |
GHANA PROMISES SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA,S UNSC [...] (U) The Ambassador spoke with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo March 8 and raised ref A points regarding support for Guatemala,s candidacy as Latin America,s next non-permanent member of the UNSC. Akufo-Addo quickly stated that the GOG would support Guatemala and asked when the vot [...] |
2006-03-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH GT KPKO PREL SU VE NATO UNSC UN |
| 06ACCRA66 |
DEMARCHE ON AMIS RE-HAT: GHANA [...] (SBU) On January 5, PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of African Union Affairs Kwabena Baah-Doudu to urge the Government of Ghana to press the AU to request that the UN begin planning to re-hat the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in 2006, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Baah-D [...] |
2006-01-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1003 |
DPKO ASG ANNABI MAKES TRANSITION PROGRESS WITH AU [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN is cautiously optimistic that planning for transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission is on better footing following consultations with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit and his team, UN ASG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi [...] |
2006-04-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1005 |
DARFUR: AU CONTINUES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Summary/action request: Addis-based Darfur Liaison Group (LG) heads of mission met April 14 with African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit to discuss the AU's draft roadmap for implementation of the March 10 Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision on Darfur [...] |
2006-04-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO EAID SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1055 |
AU SEIZED WITH CHAD-SUDAN AND SUDAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) will send a delegation to Ndjamena to gather more information on alleged Sudanese support for Chadian rebels in order to brief the Peace and Security Council (PSC), AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM April 17. Djinnit underto [...] |
2006-04-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SU CD AU |
| 06ADDISABABA115 |
AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 23-24 African Union (AU) Summit in Khartoum will focus on the AU's efforts to make the organization more relevant for Africa, while retaining international credibility. The Summit will spotlight education, social and cultural issues, though the AU Commission's mod [...] |
2006-01-11 17:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1154 |
ETHIOPIA: REPORTS OF ATTACKS ON ANUAK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Addis Ababa and other embassy contacts confirmed mid-April reports of Ethiopian troop movements along the Sudanese border in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, but deemed media reports of widescal [...] |
2006-04-26 04:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL MOPS ET SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1186 |
DARFUR AND CHAD: DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) expects to produce a well-informed report on the internal situation in Chad and allegations of Sudanese involvement in the attempted coup as a result of its fact finding mission which concluded April 26, AU Commission Chairperson Chief of Staff Amb. John Kay [...] |
2006-04-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU CD AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1194 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: AU COMMISSION DEMARCHED ON GRAIDA [...] (SBU) Deputy pol/econ counselor delivered ref A points on USG concerns about further violence in south Darfur to Ambassador Ki Doulaye Corentin, Head of the African Union Commission's Darfur Integrated Task Force (AU/DITF), on April 28. Ki Doulaye pledged to share the information with AU Pea [...] |
2006-05-01 09:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SU KPKO MOPS AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1336 |
SUDAN-AU PSC DEMARCHE: PSC WILL LIKELY NOT ADDRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union Commission anticipates that the upcoming May 15 AU Peace and Security Council meeting will address the implementation of the previous March PSC on AMIS transition, but will not discuss a new CONOPs for AMIS. Separately, Gabon notes that it only learned of the [...] |
2006-05-12 16:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU KPKO AU |
| 06ADDISABABA140 |
DARFUR: AU PSC ACCEPTS TRANSITION OF AMIS TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) extended the mandate of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) until March 31, 2006 and accepted "in principle" the transition of AMIS to a UN operation. The PSC will meet again in Addis at the foreign mini [...] |
2006-01-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MARR SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1472 |
AU PLANNERS AND NATO DISCUSS DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A meeting between visiting DOD DASD Whelan, African Union officials working on Darfur issues, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, and Embassy officials, highlighted challenges in implementing the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement. The AU DITF POLAD called for co [...] |
2006-05-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1542 |
AFRICAN UNION'S KONARE AND DJINNIT ON CHAD AND [...] (C) African Union Chairperson Konare told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall, accompanied by Charge, AF/E Office Director Reddick and DCM (notetaker) in a meeting May 26 that the problem in Chad is bad governance, exacerbated by the Darfur conflict. According to Konare, Sudanese President Bash [...] |
2006-06-06 11:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1566 |
ETHIOPIA: UN U/S GENERAL GUEHENNO LAYS OUT NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Undersecretary General Jean-Marie Guehenno met with the Charge and Admiral Hunt June 7 to review the AMIS to UN transition efforts and his views of next steps. By the time he returned to Khartoum, he hoped that he would be able to gain greater clarity on the mand [...] |
2006-06-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MARR SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1568 |
UNSC MISSION REPORTS TO AU THAT SUDAN HAS NOT [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. On June 7, the visiting UN Security Council delegation visiting Addis Ababa, Chad, and Sudan, briefed representatives of the 15-member African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and AU partners (i.e., non-member states) on its June 6 meetings in Khartoum with Sudanese P [...] |
2006-06-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UN |
| 06ADDISABABA1578 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge June 7 that the GOE was increasingly concerned about a growing armed population of an estimated 60 thousand ethnic Sudanese Nuer in the Gambella region of Ethiopia and believed the problem may be directly attributable to a GOS [...] |
2006-06-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PREF SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1581 |
AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON FORMALLY REQUESTS NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AU Commission Chairperson Konare has formally requested NATO assistance for AMIS in a June 2 letter to NATO Secretary-General Scheffer, but confines the scope of such assistance to manning a handful of advisory positions in AMIS's Forward Joint Mission Headquarters and providin [...] |
2006-06-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN |
| 06ADDISABABA1615 |
DARFUR: JEM SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two members of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told poloff June 12 that their organization sought to join the peace process under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) but urgently needed funds to hold a general congress in order to elect new leadership. End Summary [...] |
2006-06-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PREL SU AU UN |
| 06ADDISABABA1655 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE DARFUR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has actively engaged African Union officials and Partner representatives on the U.S. initiatives to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). 2. (U) DPA VERIFICATION: -- Prior to the June 9 departure of the joint UN-AU technical assistance mission (TAM) to Sudan, Charge [...] |
2006-06-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PREL SU NATO AU |
| 06ADDISABABA170 |
AU PRESIDENCY: ETHIOPIAN PM MELES SAYS BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Frazer told PM Meles that increasing U.S. engagement with the African Union would be jeopardized if the upcoming AU Summit in Khartoum elected Sudanese President Bashir the next President of the General Assembly. Meles said he did not think that Bashir had the votes to be ele [...] |
2006-01-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA1709 |
AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON PREVIEWS AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Streamlining duplication among Africa?s numerous regional economic communities (e.g., SADC, COMESA, IGAD, EAC, WAEMU, CEMAC, ECOWAS, etc.) and establishing a ?United States of Africa? are among the nominal themes of the upcoming African Union Summit to be held in Banjul. More l [...] |
2006-06-22 04:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU XA |
| 06ADDISABABA1736 |
AU AGREES WITH PARTNER NOMINATIONS TO STAFF FJMHQ [...] Summary. The African Union (AU) notified its partners via note verbale June 22 that it had no objections to the partners providing all six personnel requested as advisors to the AMIS Joint Forward Headquarters in El Fasher. Furthermore, the AU had no objections to the partners' nominations f [...] |
2006-06-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN |
| 06ADDISABABA1737 |
A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...] |
2006-06-25 06:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1741 |
A/S FRAZER TALKS SOMALIA AND DARFUR WITH IGAD [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Frazer met June 23 with Ethiopia-based representatives of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states. The Kenyan and Somali Ambassadors argued that membership in the International Somalia Contact Group (SCG) should have been cast a bit wider to include [...] |
2006-06-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1744 |
ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...] |
2006-06-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1745 |
SUDAN - AU REJECTS SUPPORT TO JEM SPLINTER GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dissident representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a non-signatory to the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), seek USD 200,000 to hold a party congress in Addis Ababa to replace JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhammed. While the JEM representatives have approache [...] |
2006-06-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS SU AU KPKO |
| 06ADDISABABA1779 |
A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...] |
2006-06-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1780 |
ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...] |
2006-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU |
| 06ADDISABABA1781 |
AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-29 16:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO |
| 06ADDISABABA1961 |
DARFUR: JULY 13 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union planners state that USD 440 million will be needed to extend the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the end of December 2006 and have it implement the additional tasks required by the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The degree of AMIS enhancement will depend large [...] |
2006-07-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2021 |
NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS), despite earlier co [...] |
2006-07-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2122 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR - SECURITY COUNCIL [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Sahlework Zewde, Director of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on July 31. Responding that an October 1 date for the transition of AMIS to the UN would not be easy, Ambassador Sahlework raised the concerns of Sudan's non-acceptance of r [...] |
2006-08-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KPKO PREL AU SU |
| 06ADDISABABA2130 |
DARFUR: AU SAYS NEW PLEDGES ALLOW AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At his first briefing for donors and other partners since the July 18 pledging conference for the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS), the head of the African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force (DITF) said that the conference's main outcome was the acknowledgement that partners seek t [...] |
2006-08-04 09:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO EAID SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2303 |
DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN UNION CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO PREL SU |
| 06ADDISABABA2312 |
DARFUR: AUGUST 10 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an August 10 briefing AU officials reported that the situation in Darfur was "relatively calm" despite serious incidents in northern Darfur (Sector 6), including several alleged attacks by GOS aircraft on an IDP camp and a village, and a suspension of AMIS activities near Ku [...] |
2006-08-21 13:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2420 |
DARFUR: AU MINISTERIAL MUST DECIDE FUTURE OF AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit reported to international partners that in September 4 discussions with the AU, Sudan disavowed press reports that say it seeks the immediate expulsion of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS), but confirmed its rejection of a [...] |
2006-09-06 17:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO AU SU |
| 06ADDISABABA2506 |
DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on September 13 to Head of the MFA's UN Directorate, Counsellor Abdulkadir Risku, and to UN Directorate officer Eyob Tekalegn. 2. (SBU) Citing the binding nature of UN Security Council resolutions on UN member states, Risku said that Sudan would not be abl [...] |
2006-09-14 14:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC SU ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2523 |
DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 14 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to African Union officials, Sudan has requested that AMIS suspend rotation of peacekeeping troops to Darfur, pending the outcome of the September 18 ministerial-level PSC. The AU confirmed that the Rwandan rotation is on hold, but suggested that the September 16 rotat [...] |
2006-09-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2524 |
DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...] |
2006-09-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2525 |
ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told visiting AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 12 that his ruling coalition was developing a new strategy to deal with Eritrea's "proxy war" with Ethiopioa in Somalia. He also suggested that the Government of Sudan was reluctant to allow a transition to a UN peac [...] |
2006-09-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SO SU |
| 06ADDISABABA2610 |
DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 21 AU DITF BRIEFING CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the AU PSC extended the mandate of AMIS to December 31, and Sudan has allowed the rotation of AMIS troops to resume, AU officials expressed concern that transition to a UN peacekeeping operation remains an unresolved issue. The AMIS Force Commander remained in Addis Abab [...] |
2006-09-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2775 |
AFRICAN UNION DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka underscored the need for a robust U.N. mandate for peacekeeping in Sudan, noting that the AU lacked the resources to sustain an operation in Darfur and therefore sought to transfer responsibility to the international [...] |
2006-10-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MASS AU SO SU ET ER |
| 06ADDISABABA2818 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...] |
2006-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2832 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM REACTS TO CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge October 20 that the statement from the Somalia Contact Group was positive in that it confirmed the international community's support of the TFG, but it would have been better if the contact group had publicly supported a partial lif [...] |
2006-10-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2936 |
DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...] |
2006-11-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2948 |
DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...] |
2006-11-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA3011 |
DARFUR: UN A/SYG FOR PEACE-KEEPING DISCUSSES UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG for Peace-keeping Operations Annabi said November 11-12 meetings with President Bashir, FM Lam Akol and other GOS principals resulted in an affirmation that the GOS would accept UN packages of "light" and "heavy" assistance to the AU Mission in Sudan, despite Sudan's c [...] |
2006-11-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU CD AU UN |
| 06ADDISABABA304 |
DARFUR: AU SITREP 1 FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is working with partners in a technical committee to implement December joint assessment mission recommendations to improve AMIS performance, but this committee is not empowered to consider steps necessary to effect a transition to a UN mission. The AU f [...] |
2006-02-02 06:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA3114 |
ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ABOUT DIALOGING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Vicki Huddleston on November 20 (during a farewell call) that Ethiopia preferred to dialogue with the CIC rather than enter into armed conflict. Tekeda said that Ethiopia had invited the CIC to talks in Addis Ababa, and the "ball was now [...] |
2006-11-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA3206 |
ETHIOPIA: PM MELES MEETS WITH FMR SECSTATE [...] (SBU) Summary. While visiting Addis Ababa to promote the UNDP's Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi December 1 to discuss Ethiopia's support of the Commission and her concern about the deterioratin [...] |
2006-12-06 06:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET |
| 06ADDISABABA323 |
AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...] |
2006-02-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA3243 |
DARFUR: DECEMBER 7, AU DITF BRIEFING PROVIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to African Union officials, the head-of-state-level November 30 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting affirmed Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur, but highlighted that Sudan continues to oppose full transition to a hybrid [...] |
2006-12-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA3316 |
DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...] |
2006-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR |
| 06ADDISABABA3317 |
DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 16 bilateral meeting prior to UN-AU-GOS consultations on Darfur, Egyptian FM Gheit asserted that Sudanese FM Lam Akol was "very forthcoming," and highlighted Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur. While the GOS [...] |
2006-12-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU EG |
| 06ADDISABABA3318 |
DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS WARNS SUDANESE FM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a bilateral meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and other GOS principals, just prior to November 16 high-level consultations on Darfur chaired by the UN SYG and AU Commission Chairperson Konare (septel), Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios outlined USG pri [...] |
2006-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA46 |
AU COMMISSION FEARS A BASHIR CHAIRMANSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission believes there is a "high risk" that Sudanese President Bashir will win AU Assembly chairmanship, Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka told Charge January 6. Mazimhaka (protect) urged high level calls to key African heads of state to encourage [...] |
2006-01-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA48 |
AU PSC GREEN LIGHT FOR UN TRANSITION OF AMIS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission has not undertaken extensive discussions either internally or with member states on the issue of an "exit strategy" for AMIS, Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM, British Ambassador, Dutch Ambassador and Canadian Charge Jan [...] |
2006-01-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA680 |
AMIS RE-HAT: REPUBLIC OF CONGO NOTES SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Congo's foreign minister will attend the March 10 PSC on AMIS transition, as well as a March 9 briefing in Addis Ababa (requested by the GNU) at which Sudan's foreign minister will brief African Union Permanent Representative Committee members. While acknowledging the weakness o [...] |
2006-03-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO NATO PREL SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA703 |
AMIS RE-HAT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERMREP SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's ambassador and permanent representative to the AU Baso Sangqu notes that the January 10 Peace and Security Council meeting endorsed the transition of AMIS to a UN operation "in principle." As a member of both the AU and the UN, and as a troop-contributing country, [...] |
2006-03-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO NATO PREL SF SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA723 |
AU APPROVES AMIS REHAT - NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The March 10 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) ministerial supported transition of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission. The PSC extended AMIS' mandate until September 30, 2006, and set a deadline of April 30 to conclude the A [...] |
2006-03-14 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO EAID PREL SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA738 |
DARFUR - AMIS MEDIA STRATEGY NEEDS HELP [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) recognizes that its mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) requires a more proactive public outreach approach, especially in light of the March 10 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision to approve transition of AMIS to a UN operation. AU Sp [...] |
2006-03-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU KPAO AU |
| 06ADDISABABA756 |
DARFUR PSC DECISION: KONARE EMPHASIZES AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 15 briefing for Addis-based partner ambassadors, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare emphasized the importance of African leadership in creating a democratic Sudan. Konare called for partner support in pressing for a political solution to th [...] |
2006-03-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO EAID SU AU |
| 06ALGIERS1278 |
ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...] |
2006-07-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU |
| 06ALGIERS2108 |
MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...] |
2006-12-11 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS409 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel points for participants in the Arab League preparatory ministerial (discussion of Hamas reported septel). After reviewing points on Iraq and Syria, Ambassador turned to Sudan, noting that [...] |
2006-03-12 18:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS456 |
DARFUR: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS NEA A/S WELCH ALGERIA [...] (C) Darfur was one of the main subjects covered in a two-hour meeting March 14 between NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and President Bouteflika (other subjects reported septels). A/S Welch stressed President Bush's personal interest in Darfur and U.S. concern at the continued violence an [...] |
2006-03-18 08:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS501 |
NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF HAMAS, [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, PM Ouyahia and NEA A/S Welch primarily focused on the Palestinian issue and dealings with Hamas. A/S Welch stressed that U.S. assistance to the Palestinians would continue but not through government channels so long as Hamas was in government and failed to reco [...] |
2006-03-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IR IZ IS PA SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS502 |
NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH FM BEDJAOUI [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, A/S Welch told FM Bedjaoui we would welcome his visiting Washington in April; expressed U.S. concerns about Sudan and urged Arab League support for bringing African Union forces in Darfur under a UN umbrella; and hoped Algeria would press Hamas to recognize Israel [...] |
2006-03-21 07:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PA SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS854 |
ALGERIA PLEASED WITH DARFUR AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS855 |
ALGERIA PLEASED WITH DARFUR AGREEMENT [...] In a May 7 communique issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the Government of Algeria expressed its "satisfaction" with the conclusion of a peace agreement to resolve the Darfur crisis. Algeria "rejoices in this positive development" and wishes that the "parties who are not yet si [...] |
2006-05-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AG |
| 06AMMAN2737 |
DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU JO |
| 06AMMAN3112 |
FOLLOW UP TO DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE - [...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, told poloff April 27 that Arab African states were lining up against the UN taking charge in Darfur, and that the African Union wanted to retain control of peacekeeping operations in Darfur. [...] |
2006-05-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU JO |
| 06ANKARA1400 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its first meeting of 2006 on February 23. Turkey-Iran relations, February 4 IAEA decision on Iran's nuclear program, and Turkey's foreign assistance policy topped the agenda. Turkish media coverage of the meeting was wider than other months. The [...] |
2006-03-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
| 06ANKARA1570 |
PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum), confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...] |
2006-03-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU |
| 06ANKARA1957 |
TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...] |
2006-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU |
| 06ANKARA2083 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March 2006 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Hilmi Ozkok gave his annual speech to the Istanbul War Academy on March 16. He noted the importance of a cohesive domestic government in the international place of a country; underlined the importance of a sound security strategy based on a st [...] |
2006-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
| 06ANKARA2808 |
TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) We met MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on May 17 regarding support to the Darfur Peace Agreement, including NATO support to peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance (ref A). He welcomed the UNSC resolution passed May 16 and said the GOT is keen to support a United Nation [...] |
2006-05-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SOCI SU TU |
| 06ANKARA4796 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...] |
2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR |
| 06ANKARA4803 |
TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GAINING SUPPORT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on August 17. We emphasized PM Erdogan's March trip to Darfur and Turkey's humanitarian assistance and asked that they exert whatever influence they can on President Bashir. 2. (C) Karaca said that when Sudanese gover [...] |
2006-08-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SU TU |
| 06ANKARA5331 |
TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT/DARFUR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU TU |
| 06ANKARA5972 |
ENCOURAGING TURKEY ON DARFUR [...] (C) Ambassador followed up the President's lengthy exchange on Darfur with Turkish President Erdogan earlier this month in meetings October 13 and 16 with MFA U/S Tuygan and PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, respectively. Ambassador reviewed the state of play with respect to rehatting t [...] |
2006-10-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU TU US |
| 06ASMARA1015 |
SAMARITAN'S PURSE,S DRIVERS ARRESTED AND VEHICLES [...] (U) Summary. On November 20, Samaritan's Purse (SP) attempted to transfer eight vehicles, including two trucks, to the Beja Relief Organization (BRO) in Telkuk in Eastern Sudan. During the transport, the police forced the drivers to return to Asmara. In Asmara, the drivers and the local sup [...] |
2006-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAID ER SU |
| 06ASMARA354 |
ERITREA TO HOST EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: With the announcement that Eritrea will host talks between the Eastern Front and Sudan's Government of National Unity, speculation has risen on whether we may finally see a resolution to instability in eastern Sudan. An Egyptian Diplomat provided additional information on the re [...] |
2006-04-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA381 |
GSE CONFIRMS ROLE IN EASTERN FRONT TALKS [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, 2006 Ambassador DeLisi met with PFDJ Political Advisor Yemane Ghebreab to discuss recent news that Eritrea would host negotiations between the Eastern Front and the Government of National Unity (GNU). Ghebreab explained that during his recent visit to Khartoum, the [...] |
2006-04-28 08:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA467 |
NEXT STEPS ON NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: Following a visit by a Sudanese delegation over Eritrea Independence Day, there has been some movement on the upcoming negotiations between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front. Much, however, remains unresolved. While a date has been set for the upcoming "ta [...] |
2006-06-01 15:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA490 |
GSE ASKS FOR USG ROLE IN EF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PFDJ Political Advisor Yemane Ghebreab on June 6, 2006, Ambassador was told that the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to move ahead with planning for preparatory talks on June 13 with the Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU). Gh [...] |
2006-06-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA514 |
OPENING SESSION OF EF/KHT PREPARATORY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Ambassador attended the opening session of the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (GNU) preparatory talks held in Asmara at the Eritrean Labor Union Hall. Both the Eastern Front and GNU were fully represented and provided positive statements on the success of [...] |
2006-06-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA543 |
AMBASSADOR YATES AND GSE TALK ON EASTERN [...] (C) Summary: Following the conclusion of preparatory talks between the Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU), Ambassador John Yates had the opportunity to sit down with the Eritrean mediator, PFDJ Political Advisor Yemane Ghebreab, to discuss the just-concluded preliminary roun [...] |
2006-06-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA552 |
EASTERN FRONT OFFER UP THEIR SIDE [...] (C) Summary: On June 22, Ambassador John Yates met with the leadership of the Eastern Front to get a better sense of their negotiating strategy and readiness following the first round of talks. The group explained that their primary goal before talks begin is to build a broadly based consensu [...] |
2006-06-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA604 |
LEAD UP TO SECOND ROUND OF EF/KHT [...] (C) Summary: The second round of negotiations between the Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU) commenced on July 17, 2006. All sides were very positive on the prospect of reaching a quick settlement to the problems that have beset eastern Sudan. In the lead-up to the second r [...] |
2006-07-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA624 |
THE DARFUR BUZZ FROM ASMARA: NO GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Since early June, Embassy Asmara has been following the rumors and activities of key Darfur players in Asmara. PolOff has met with each of the leaders of the newly formed National Redemption Front (NRF) as well as AbdulWahid Nour and his father-in-law Abul Gasem. NRF leaders in [...] |
2006-07-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA625 |
EF/GNU NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: REASONABLE [...] (C) Summary: According to both Eastern Front (EF) contacts and Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials, there has been reasonable progress on the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (EF/GNU) negotiations so far. The two trickiest issues are no surprise: whether to unify t [...] |
2006-08-01 12:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA636 |
ABDULWAHID DETHRONED? [...] (C) Summary: While no one has publicly denounced the claim made by Ahmed Abdel Shafi in his "Impeachment of President of SLM/A AbdulWahid Mohamed Ahmed Nur," issued on July 28, AbdulWahid and his close advisors seem unwilling to accept their fate. AbdulWahid in a meeting with PolOff on August [...] |
2006-08-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA648 |
DARFUR: ABDEL SHAFI WANTS SLM/A TO REUNITE [...] (C) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/A) defector Ahmed Abdel Shafi and Babikir Abdalla Mohamed requested a meeting with the Embassy on August 8 to discuss the recent press release issued by 32 commanders of the SLM/A, explain the current state of play within the organization and ask fo [...] |
2006-08-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA679 |
EASTERN FRONT/GNU NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED, NO [...] (C) Summary: While the Eastern Front and the Government of Nation Unity(GNU) have both expressed optimism about progress in negotiations since their resumption August 8, outside advisors for the Eastern Front expressed concern about the Eastern Front's capabilities to achieve a fair agreement. [...] |
2006-08-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA757 |
EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...] |
2006-09-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SU ER |
| 06ASMARA787 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EASTERN FRONT: SEEKING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, Poloff met with the three Eastern Front leaders, Dr. Amna Dirar, Musa Muhammed Ahmed and Salim Al-Mabrouk, to discuss the progress of their GSE-mediated negotiations with the GNU. A final agreement is reportedly close. Concerns about implementation are now becom [...] |
2006-09-29 09:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PINR ER SU |
| 06ASMARA793 |
EU REPRESENTATIVE FOR SUDAN BRIEFS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On September 29, EU Special Representative for Sudan, Pekka Haavisto briefed the diplomatic community on recent developments in Darfur. Haavisto highlighted the shifting alliances in Darfur and raised concerns over the role of Eritrea in Darfur politics and the creation of the N [...] |
2006-10-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA802 |
EASTERN SUDAN AGREEMENT: TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, the Eastern Front and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) have agreed in principle to the wealth sharing and security arrangement components of an agreement on the future of eastern Sudan. The parties are finalizing power sharing arrangements, the fina [...] |
2006-10-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA829 |
EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDING [...] (C) Summary: The Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU) initialed the power sharing agreement on October 9. Only the implementation modalities need to be finalized and these are expected to be resolved by October 13. The Eastern Front successfully secured a significant number o [...] |
2006-10-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA838 |
ERITREA'S SUDANESE VENTURE CONTINUES WITH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Since the visits of Sudanese VP Salva Kiir and a National Congress Party (NCP) delegation in late August, rumors have been circulating about an Eritrean-hosted DPA non-signatories conference. With the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to host a Darfur meeti [...] |
2006-10-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA856 |
EASTERN SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT (ESPA) SIGNED [...] (C) Summary: On October 14, 2006, the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was signed in Asmara, Eritrea. Senior level officials from the region attended the signing ceremony which was presided over by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir and Suda [...] |
2006-10-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA858 |
PRESIDENT ISAIAS SPEAKS AT SIGNING OF ESPA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU ER |
| 06ASMARA877 |
ERITREA: DETERMINED TO PLAY ON DARFUR MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Only one day after the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA), Eritrea turned its attention to Darfur, meeting a National Congress Party (NCP) delegation led by Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie and NCP Director of Intelligence and Security Saleh Gosh. Reports i [...] |
2006-10-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA933 |
ABDULWAHID PLANS DEPARTURE FROM ASMARA AND ASKS [...] (C) Summary: AbdulWahid al-Nur recently has told Emboff he plans to depart Asmara on November 8 for Europe and then Darfur, to meet with his supporters. He proposed tacking on travel to the U.S., requesting USG visa and financial assistance for the trip. AbdulWahid expressed support for the [...] |
2006-11-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA940 |
ABDUL SHAFI ALSO CLAIMS HE WILL RETURN TO DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Abdul Shafi plans to depart Asmara on November 12, to arrive in Darfur early next week in order to take part in the SLM military commanders meeting scheduled for November 15. He claims to be in close contact with his commanders as well as Sharif Harir and Khamis Abdalia A [...] |
2006-11-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA956 |
GSE SUDAN MEDIATOR OFFERS VIEWS ON POSSIBLE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Yemane Ghebreab, PFDJ head of Political Affairs and GSE mediator for Sudan, on November 14 to discuss his recent visit to Khartoum, plans for a potential Eritrean mediation on Darfur and the outcome of the Eastern Front consultative conference in Rubda. Ghebr [...] |
2006-11-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ER SU |
| 06ASMARA970 |
ERITREA EXPELS TWO MORE NGOs [...] Summary: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) ordered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Samaritan's Purse(SP) and the International Rescue Committee(IRC) to terminate operations in Eritrea by November 15, 2006. In a letter dated October 31 and signed by the Minister of Labor and Hu [...] |
2006-11-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ER SU |
| 06BAGHDAD3299 |
IRAQI MFA SUPPORTIVE ON LEBANON, GUATEMALA UNSC [...] (C) On September 3, Post made reftel points to Qusay al-Kubaysi, Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Kubaysi responded that he would convey the points to the Minister as soon as he was available. On September 5, we reviewed the points with Deputy FM Bidan. Bidan said tha [...] |
2006-09-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ LE SU IS UN |
| 06BAGHDAD3458 |
DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Qusay Al Qubaisy, chief advisor to FM Zebary. Al Qubaisy said he relayed the message to both FM Zebary and Deputy FM Mohammad Bidan, who is traveling with the delegation. Al Qubaisy told poloff that both Zebary and Bidan appreciated USG views on the cri [...] |
2006-09-15 05:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU IZ |
| 06BAKU1806 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S [...] (SBU) ADCM delivered ref demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on December 11. Mammadguliyev said that, according to his information, the EU and Africa groups were consulting in Geneva today, December 11, and that Azerbaijan supported the two groups' efforts to find a comp [...]< |