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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09SARAJEVO1157 | BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR AND EU REPS DELIVER INVITATIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador and representatives of the EU delivered invitations to eight party leaders October 2 to participate in discussions on October 8-9 in Sarajevo led by Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. All eight leaders said they will participate. Bosniak re [...] | 2009-10-05 07:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO1165 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Although your August 8-9 visit with Swedish Foreign Minister/EU President Bildt offers a much-needed prospect for political change, you are visiting Sarajevo when tensions are higher than at any time since the failure of the April Package of constitutional reforms in 2006. Bosnian Serb [...] | 2009-10-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO1181 | BOSNIA: AMENDED REQUEST FOR REVISION OF THE VISA [...] SUMMARY. Post asks for the Department's review of the visa reciprocity schedule for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Specifically, post would like the Department to increase the validity of the following visa classes: A3 from 12 to 24 months, B1, B2, B1/B2, from 12 to 120 months, C1, D, C1/D from 12 to [...] | 2009-10-14 11:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT BK |
09SARAJEVO1183 | BOSNIA: POLITICAL STANDOFF OVER UTILITY CONTINUES, [...] (SBU) The state electricity transmission company of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Transco (Elektroprenos),has like other state institutions become a victim of political squabbling. However, unlike some other examples of dysfunction that do not affect the general public, there are concrete consequ [...] | 2009-10-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV AMGT BK |
09SARAJEVO1184 | BOSNIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 06:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PHUM PREL PTER IS BK |
09SARAJEVO1207 | SARAJEVO FRAUD SUMMARY, SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL CY2009 [...] This semi-annual fraud summary covers 1 March 2009 to 30 August 2009. ------------------ Country Conditions ------------------ 2. Fourteen years after the 1992-95 Balkan conflict, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the displacement of two million of its citizens. Of the [...] | 2009-10-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1216 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UNGA THIRD [...] (U) Post demarched Sanja Kenig-Corovic, Head of Bosnian MFA Department for the UN and other International Organizations, on October 23. Kenig-Corovic was able to provide several substantive responses related to demarche points, as discussed below. 2. (U) "No-action motions": Bosnia concur [...] | 2009-10-26 11:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN BK |
09SARAJEVO122 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG [...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...] | 2009-01-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO123 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG [...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...] | 2009-01-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO1241 | 2009-2010 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I) [...] (U) Below follows the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part One for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia") remain in a formative stage and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of l [...] | 2009-11-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO1247 | NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY FROM BOSNIA ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) Post demarched Bosnian MFA contacts Amb. Milenko Misic, Head of Department for Human Rights, and Sanja Kenig-Corovic, Head of Department for UN and International Organizations, on November 3 regarding the UN General Assembly's upcoming debate on the Goldstone Report. Misic and Kenig-Cor [...] | 2009-11-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL BK |
09SARAJEVO125 | BOSNIA TO BACK OFF ON REQUEST FOR NATO MAP AT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj told Ambassador, January 29, that Bosnia would act on our advice and not send a formal letter requesting that the Alliance approve Bosnia for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at its upcoming summit in April. Bosnia's ministers and members of the [...] | 2009-01-30 17:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO1252 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD'S [...] (C) Admiral: Your visit comes at a time of intense diplomatic activity responding to a increasingly negative trend in Bosnia's political climate. In October, the European Union and the United States began a process of high-level engagement aimed at breaking the impasse on issues critical to B [...] | 2009-11-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO1253 | WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP'S OCTOBER 13-15 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Stephen Rapp traveled to Sarajevo October 13-15 to discuss extension of the mandate of international judges and prosecutors past December, implementation of the National War Crimes Strategy, and Bosnia's efforts to pursue regional cooperation agreements. Most of A [...] | 2009-11-04 16:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO1269 | BOSNIA: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] This cable outlines, per reftel, ongoing security and defense dialogues between Bosnia and the United States. Bilateral Defense Consultations ------------------------------- 2. The United States and Bosnia have organized bilateral defense consultations on an ad hoc basis since December 2 [...] | 2009-11-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO1280 | BOSNIA: STEPS TOWARD FIXING THE BROKEN POWER [...] (SBU) The Government of Republika Srpska (RS) issued a statement on November 12 that offers some hope for resolving the political standoff that has blocked investment in the state-level electric transmission company Elektroprenos, or Transco, for nearly two years. The decision in effect dire [...] | 2009-11-17 08:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO1287 | BOSNIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON BIASED [...] (SBU) Post demarched Bosnian MFA contacts Amb. Milenko Misic, Head of Department for Human Rights, and Sanja Kenig-Corovic, Head of Department for UN and International Organizations, on November 18 regarding the UN General Assembly's upcoming discussion of Israel-specific resolutions, per reft [...] | 2009-11-19 07:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE BK |
09SARAJEVO1294 | CORRUPTION, ETHNICITY, AND POLITICAL FAVORITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several weeks ago, Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) launched an investigation into the work of the state-level Return Fund and the State Commission for Displaced Persons and Refugees (DPRE Commission),due to numerous reports of alleged irregularities a [...] | 2009-11-20 10:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KREF BK |
09SARAJEVO1297 | BOSNIA: TRANSCO BOARD APPROVES ACTING MANAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO1298 | BOSNIA: CONGRESSMAN BAIRD REVIEWS ENVIRNMENTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV BK |
09SARAJEVO1299 | BOSNIA: IMF PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 15:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV IMF BK |
09SARAJEVO130 | BOSNIA - MILORAD BARASIN APPOINTED NEW STATE [...] (C) The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) -- the state-level body responsible for the appointment, evaluation, and disciplining of judges, prosecutors, and other judicial staff nation-wide -- on January 28 appointed Milorad Barasin as State Prosecutor. Barasin, an ethnic Serb f [...] | 2009-02-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC PHUM KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1300 | BOSNIA: WANING BOSNIAK-CROAT PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) The stalled cooperation between the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-BiH in the Federation entity reflects deepening tension between the party leaders. SDA leader Sulejman Tihic and HDZ-BiH leader Dragan Covic, who in the past have resolved [...] | 2009-11-23 06:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1312 | BOSNIA - PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL HOLDS OFF ON [...] (C) Summary: At the October 18-19 session of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo, member state representatives expressed concern over continued attempts by the Republika Srpska (RS) to obstruct the work of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). PIC members also cited lack [...] | 2009-11-24 18:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS EU BK |
09SARAJEVO1324 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ALEXANDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. ASD Vershbow attended the Adriatic Charter Defense Ministerial in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on November 18. Vershbow reiterated U.S. support for Bosnia's and Montenegro's NATO aspirations and stressed that the U.S. supported NATO membership for Macedonia as soon as a mutually [...] | 2009-12-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO1334 | BOSNIA: BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - CASE NO. [...] Summary: Per reftel request, we conducted a site visit to the company referenced in Blue Lantern case number K-2420, PD Igman DD in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. We spoke with Igman General Manager Djahid Muratbegovic, and Operations Manager Mirsada Kadic. According to the two Igman repres [...] | 2009-12-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BK |
09SARAJEVO134 | BOSNIA - TIME TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY ON BRCKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 26, the three main party leaders met and agreed on a text for a constitutional amendment on Brcko District. The text is similar but not identical to the text proposed by the Brcko District Supervisor (with strong U.S. support). An OHR legal review has determined that [...] | 2009-02-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1340 | BOSNIA RESPONSE: DECEMBER UN VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO1368 | BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA RATCHETS UP REFERENDUM [...] (C) Republika Srpska (RS) leaders are speaking increasingly openly about holding referenda on some of BiH's most sensitive issues. RS leaders -- particularly PM Milorad Dodik -- threaten almost daily to hold referenda on issues such as NATO accession and rule of law. Meanwhile, the oppositi [...] | 2009-12-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1370 | BOSNIA: DEPARTING STATE PROSECUTOR WAR CRIMES [...] (U) At a farewell lunch December 9, David Schwendiman (outgoing head of the State Prosecutor's Special Department for War Crimes, SDWC) reflected on his achievements, while lamenting the tremendous difficulties facing the department. His comments underscore the challenges facing the State Pr [...] | 2009-12-14 17:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1372 | BOSNIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Sarajevo appreciates the opportunity provided in reftel to nominate candidates from the Bosnian Muslim community to participate in the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in the spring. However, we request exemption from the requirement to recruit candidates actively and to hol [...] | 2009-12-15 16:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI KPAO BK |
09SARAJEVO1381 | BOSNIA: LJUBIC STRIVES TO RALLY BIH CROATS AND [...] (SBU) Recent initiatives from Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-1990 President Bozo Ljubic indicate that the campaign among Croats for the 2010 general elections is underway. Ljubic is reaching out -- thus far unsuccessfully -- to Croat academic and religious leaders, as well as other political [...] | 2009-12-17 18:19:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1382 | BOSNIA:HIGHREP IMPOSES NEW RULES FOR MOSTAR MAYOR [...] (SBU) On December 14 High Representative Valentin Inzko imposed a decision which changes voting procedures in Mostar aimed at breaking a political deadlock that has prevented the election of a mayor for the past 14 months. The city council plans to hold a session on December 18 where a mayo [...] | 2009-12-18 07:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO1383 | BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA STILL BLOCKING BRCKO [...] (SBU) The Republika Srpska (RS) continues to reject two OHR September 18 decisions on Brcko, thereby undermining OHR's authority. Because of the RS's non-compliance with these decisions, the Brcko Supervisor could not recommend the closure of OHR supervision of Brcko District at the November [...] | 2009-12-18 09:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1387 | BOSNIA: HIGHREP EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) HighRep Valentin Inzko, supported by the Steering Board Ambassadors of the Peace Implmentation Council (PIC),on December 14 used his Bonn Powers to extend for three years the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases at the State Court and the State Pro [...] | 2009-12-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1388 | BOSNIA: SOME PROGRESS TOWARD VISA LIBERALIZATION [...] (U) Following the uproar among local politicians over the EU's decision in July to reject Bosnia from gaining entry into the EU's visa liberalization regime this past July (reftel),Bosnia has made strides in implementing visa roadmap requirements, with EU prodding. Notably, it began issuin [...] | 2009-12-18 18:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM BK EU |
09SARAJEVO1391 | BOSNIA: NEGATING THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" [...] (SBU) We believe the best way to get Bosnian support for our position on &Defamation of Religion8 votes (reftel) is to stress that Bosnia should change its voting behavior because it aims to become an EU country, a tolerant multi-ethnic democracy and a fully functional state that can present [...] | 2009-12-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO1404 | BOSNIA: CONSULAR FRAUD PERSPECTIVES ON NIV APPLICANTS' LAND [...] FPU Sarajevo recently launched an investigation of land ownership documents. These documents are frequently presented by NIV applicants in an effort to prove economic or financial ties. In some cases, applicants may not have as strong an interest in the land as they may claim. End summary. [...] | 2009-12-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1419 | BOSNIA: SLIGHT DELAY IN IMF SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) It appears that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is on track for receiving the next tranche of assistance from the country's IMF Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) in January 2010. However, given political squabbling, particularly as 2010 is an elections year, we will not be surprised by delays as a [...] | 2009-12-28 07:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IMF SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO1427 | BOSNIA: FOCA MAYOR LAUNCHES NEW OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (SBU) On December 16, Foca Mayor Zdravko Krsmanovic launched the New Socialist Party (NSP) in Banja Luka, claiming that the NSP already has 5,000 members. He said he plans to build a multi-ethnic party that will run candidates in all electoral units throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in [...] | 2009-12-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BK |
09SARAJEVO1428 | BOSNIA: CHALLENGE TO USE OF ENTITY VOTE [...] (SBU) On November 30, Party of Democratic Action President Tihic submitted a motion to the BiH Constitutional Court requesting review of the compliance of the BiH Election Law with the BiH Constitution. Specifically, Tihic argued that the principle of ethnic representation is not properly im [...] | 2009-12-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO1430 | BOSNIA: POWER TO THE PEOPLE OF BRCKO (OR NOT) [...] (C) On September 18 High Representative Inzko mandated that each entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) supply 50 percent of Brcko's electricity needs as of January 1, 2010. The decision was an effort to ensure Brcko's electricity security as a necessary condition to end OHR's Supervisory rol [...] | 2009-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON PREL ETRD BK |
09SARAJEVO1433 | BOSNIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) constitute the most numerous of the three constituent peoples in BiH and the majority group in the Federation of BiH and capital city Sarajevo. Given that the three constituent groups (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats) are divided along ethnic-religious line, one of [...] | 2009-12-31 10:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO1434 | BOSNIA: RS PARLIAMENT SETS STAGE FOR POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) At a December 28 special session called to discuss High Representative Inzko's extension of the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes issues, the Republika Srpska National Assembly voted to reject Inzko's "illegal" imposition. The RSNA went on to set the [...] | 2009-12-31 10:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PINR BK |
09SARAJEVO145 | Sarajevo FPU uncovers vulnerability in Bosnia's Child [...] [Summary] Recent FPU field trips have uncovered a potentially serious vulnerability in Bosnia and Herzegovina's child legitimation procedure. FPU determined that no Federal or Entity law regulates background checks to verify the credibility of parents' statements during the process of child l [...] | 2009-02-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO147 | BOSNIA: TRANSCO UPDATE - TALKS CONTINUE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary. Little has happened since the entity Prime Ministers agreed on December 3 (Ref A) to do everything possible to jumpstart operations at the State-level electricity transmission company (TRANSCO). The first meeting between the entity Ministers of Energy finally took place on Januar [...] | 2009-02-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO151 | BOSNIA - DODIK AGREES TO TEXT OF A BRCKO AMENDMENT [...] (U) The Ambassador and PDHR/Supervisor Gregorian met with Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik on February 5 in Doboj to discuss the text of a proposed constitutional amendment on Brcko. An amendment that codifies Brcko's status in the constitution and provides Brcko with direct access to th [...] | 2009-02-05 20:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO169 | BOSNIA - NATO PARP ASSESSMENT TEAM DELIVERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the NATO Ambassadors' Forum on February 11, Frank Boland, the Director of NATO's Force Planning Directorate, previewed his office's upcoming PARP assessment of Bosnia. Boland warned the international community that the assessment, to be released February 26, of [...] | 2009-02-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO173 | BOSNIA - INABILITY TO APPOINT A NEW HEAD OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the need for strong leadership at the Directorate for European Integration (DEI) to ensure that Bosnia implements the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU and other EU priorities, the country's political parties have clashed for over eight months over [...] | 2009-02-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO183 | BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT PASSES COUNCIL OF [...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers (CoM) on February 12 approved the proposed constitutional amendment on Brcko (Reftel),the last step before its introduction into Parliament. All Ministers voted in favor except for Foreign Minister Alkalaj and Human Rights and Refugees Minister Halilovic, both [...] | 2009-02-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO19 | BOSNIA IN THE COLD WITHOUT NATURAL GAS [...] Summary: With only a faxed warning from Gazprom shortly before it happened, Bosnia's natural gas supplies were cut off yesterday afternoon, joining much of Europe in the cold. Because there is only one pipeline into Bosnia from Serbia, only about one third of Bosnian households are dependent o [...] | 2009-01-07 17:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN KPAO ENRG PGOV PREL SENV BK AMGT |
09SARAJEVO190 | BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT BEGINS LONG AND ARDUOUS PATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the Brcko amendment has passed in the Council of Ministers (CoM),Parliament has begun the legislative process necessary for its eventual passage. The Collegia of both Houses of Parliament (i.e., the Speaker and two Deputy Speakers from each House) are working to prepar [...] | 2009-02-18 06:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO2 | BOSNIA - MOSQUE FIRE SPARKS MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A mosque in a predominantly-Bosniak village in Eastern Republika Srpska (RS) caught fire on December 7, the eve of a major Islamic holiday. Almost immediately, political and religious leaders, led by SBiH President Haris Silajdzic and Mostar Mufti Seid Smajkic, politicized the i [...] | 2009-01-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BK |
09SARAJEVO206 | BOSNIA - SIA FILES CRIMINAL REPORT AGAINST DODIK [...] (C) The press reported on February 19 that the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) filed a criminal report with the State Prosecutor's Office that implicates Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and several associates in corruption associated with RS government procu [...] | 2009-02-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PIN PHUM KDEM KJUS CRM BK |
09SARAJEVO208 | BOSNIAN RESPONSE ON ALGERIAN DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 22 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a dipnote in response to our reftel request that Bosnia accept two Algerian nationals who lived in Bosnia before being detained in Guantanamo (Lakhdar Boumediene and Sabir Lahmar Manfud). The dipnote was vague as to the final [...] | 2009-02-20 08:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO210 | BOSNIA - CRIMINAL REPORT AGAINST DODIK SPARKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The criminal report that the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) filed with the State Prosecutor's office against Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and his associates (Reftel) has sparked a well-coordinated chorus of complaints from the RS. These grievances igno [...] | 2009-02-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO211 | BOSNIA - FUTURE OF THE EUFOR ALTHEA MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, February 10 and 13, Per Normark, Political Military Advisor to the EUFOR Commander, and EUFOR Chief of Staff Brigadier General Wundrak previewed for us EUFOR's upcoming reports to the EU Military Committee, February 23, and to the Political and Security Comm [...] | 2009-02-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN BK |
09SARAJEVO212 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO CLOSE WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, High Representative Lajcak used his Bonn Powers to impose amendments to state and Federation legislation, which were designed to close legal loopholes that impacted both governments' ability to effectively manage war crimes case. In the case of the state, the High [...] | 2009-02-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO217 | BOSNIA- REDUCED BUDGETS WILL HAMPER STATE COURT [...] SUMMARY: (U) Officials at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office are now coming to terms with the BiH Parliament's decision to significantly reduce the budgets of both institutions. During a February 12 meeting with donors, State Court representatives said that the reduced budget [...] | 2009-02-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO223 | BOSNIA - SIPA REPORT PRECIPITATES COLLAPSE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the days following the news of the criminal report that the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) filed with the State Prosecutor's Office against Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and his associates (Reftel),Dodik and his party have vacillated between fits of [...] | 2009-02-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO226 | BOSNIA - REIS'ING TOWARD TROUBLE [...] (C) Summary: Reis Mustafa Ceric, leader of the Islamic Community (Islamska Zajednica, or IZ) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has made a series of statements in recent weeks that undermine his long-espoused position as a responsible leader of modern, "European" Islam. When addressing issues of Wah [...] | 2009-02-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO228 | BOSNIA - PRESSURE INTENSIFIES ON SIPA AND STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office told us on February 23 that they anticipate completing their review of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) criminal report against Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik (Ref A) next week. A formal investigation against D [...] | 2009-02-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO232 | BOSNIA: MFA TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION TO BIH [...] Per ref A request, DCM and ECONOFF met with Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Trisic-Babic on February 24 to discuss Kosovo official travel access to BiH for Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) meetings. Although Bosnia has not officially recognized Kosovo independence, Kosovo officials had been suc [...] | 2009-02-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL KVIR BK |
09SARAJEVO233 | BOSNIA - SPECULATION ABOUNDS ON FUTURE OF BOSNIAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are anticipating a tumultuous time in Bosniak politics as spring approaches. The main Bosniak party, Sulejman Tihic's Party of Democratic Action (SDA),will hold an election on May 26 for its party presidency, and speculation on the candidates and outcome is already captivatin [...] | 2009-02-26 06:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO234 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND RULE OF [...] (U) Summary: Significant USG investments in information technology systems for law enforcement and judicial institutions in BiH have enabled standardized and efficient case management and the real time exchange of sensitive data to assist police and border officials to interdict smugglers, org [...] | 2009-02-26 07:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO239 | CLAC APPROVES BRCKO AMENDMENT; ALL EYES ON [...] (C) The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee (CLAC) in Bosnia's state-level House of Representatives (HoR) on February 26 approved the proposed amendment on Brcko District (Reftel). Eight of the nine CLAC members -- all but Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) caucus ch [...] | 2009-02-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO249 | BOSNIA - RADMANOVIC ON SIPA COMPLAINT AGAINST DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 26 meeting, Bosnian Serb member of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic told the Ambassador that the political situation in Bosnia was very "complicated" following the February 19 filing of a criminal report against RS PM Milorad Dodik for corruption (Reftels). Ref [...] | 2009-02-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO250 | BOSNIA DOES NOT ACCEPT TWO ALGERIAN GUANTANAMO [...] (S) On February 27 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a second dipnote in response to our request (reftel A) that Bosnia accept two Algerian nationals who lived in Bosnia before being detained in Guantanamo (Lakhdar Boumediene and Sabir Lahmar Manfud). This second dipnote was in respons [...] | 2009-02-27 16:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO251 | BOSNIA: EU REBUFFED BY RS AGAIN ON TRANSCO [...] (C) RS Minister of Energy Puhalac submitted a strongly-worded reply to EU officials on February 17 regarding the EU,s offer to conduct a management review of the moribund state-run electricity transmission company Electroprijenos (TRANSCO). Instead of a reply from the RS Government, Puhalac i [...] | 2009-03-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG PINR PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO258 | BOSNIA - RSNA CAUTIOUSLY ENDORSES BRCKO AMENDMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 25, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) adopted: 1) an RS Government report endorsing the text of the proposed constitutional amendment on Brcko (Ref A),2) a conclusion urging Serb delegates in the state-level Parliament to support the amendment but also to [...] | 2009-03-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO279 | BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT PASSES IN FIRST READING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The House of Representatives (HoR) on March 4 approved -- with only one vote opposed -- the proposed amendment on Brcko District (Reftel) in its first reading, thus introducing the amendment into parliamentary procedure and opening the process for debate and proposed changes. The [...] | 2009-03-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO297 | BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPOINTS HEADS TO [...] (U) After a long delay the Council of Minister February 26 made several appointments to leading positions for three new state-level police support agencies created as part of two April 2008 reform laws. Although the Ministry of Security had held interviews for the positions of Director and Dep [...] | 2009-03-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | REL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO310 | FEDERATION DEVELOPMENT BANK SCANDAL - WATCH THIS [...] Summary. (C) Federation Financial Police have started an investigation of potential irregularities in the operation of the Federation Development Bank. After initially being threatened and rebuffed by Bank director Ramiz Dzaferovic on March 3, the investigators returned on March 9 with a polic [...] | 2009-03-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK ECON EFIN |
09SARAJEVO315 | BOSNIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETINGS IN KOREA [...] (SBU) In coordination with Dr. Dmitiri Iordanidi, First Political Secretary at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, we delivered Ref A and Ref B demarches to Nijaz Cardaklija, Counsellor in the Peace and Security Division of the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilat [...] | 2009-03-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC BK |
09SARAJEVO317 | BOSNIA - DAS JONES' MARCH 1-4 VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY During his March 1-4 visit to Sarajevo DAS Stuart Jones met with leaders of all major political parties, members of the presidency, Defense Minister Cikotic, Prime Minister Spiric and Foreign Minister Alkalaj. He also met with representatives from international financial instituti [...] | 2009-03-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO342 | BOSNIA SLOW TO ADJUST TO RCC HOST RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (SBU) In a conversation with Charge on March 17, Foreign Minister Alkalaj confirmed that the Foreign Ministry would forward its proposal regarding Kosovo travel documents to the Council of Ministers in the next few days. He was confident that there would be a resolution to the problem of Kosov [...] | 2009-03-18 15:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO348 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 25-26 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Sarajevo on March 25-26. Despite Bosnia's problems, including continued nationalist rhetoric and challenges to the Dayton constitutional order, the PIC is expected to be non-eventful. Hopes among PIC members, particularly Russia [...] | 2009-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO35 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 13-14 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bob, Cameron -- I look forward to welcoming you to Sarajevo next week for the NATO HQ Sarajevo change-of-command ceremony and our joint meeting with Admiral Fitzgerald. I am also pleased that you both have the time for some additional meetings, particularly a lunch with political [...] | 2009-01-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO353 | BOSNIA - ATTACK ON JOURNALIST IN EASTERN REPUBLIKA [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, a Federation Television journalist, reporting on allegations of corruption in Trebinje, was physically attacked while filming the Serb Orthodox Church there. The local mayor and Serb Orthodox bishop (both Dodik allies) immediately blamed the victim, and Dodik himsel [...] | 2009-03-23 05:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO364 | BOSNIA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS BK |
09SARAJEVO365 | BOSNIA - LETTER FOR THE SECRETARY FROM FOREIGN [...] (U) On March 23, the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered to the Embassy a latter from Foreign Minister Alkalaj to the Secretary. Alkalaj's letter is a reply to the Secre tary's March 18 correspondence, and the text is contained in paragraph two below. A scan of the signed letter wa [...] | 2009-03-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO366 | GUIDANCE REQUEST; APRIL 2 OHR FINANCIAL EXPERTS [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. OHR provided Embassy with draft 2009/2010 budget in advance of the April 2, 2009 Financial Experts meeting. The proposed budget reflects the Steering Board Ambassador's command to begin preparing a continuing OHR budget for 2009/2010 in advance of [...] | 2009-03-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO373 | BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO [...] (C) The State Prosecutor's Special Department for Organized Crime (SDOC),under the leadership of USG-funded secondee Drew Engel, the Deputy Chief Prosecutor and head of SDOC, made inroads in the fight against organized crime, financial crimes, and corruption in 2008. This includes using cas [...] | 2009-03-25 06:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON PREL KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO377 | ITA POSITION USED FOR POLITICAL LEVERAGE AMONG [...] (C/NF) Summary: The position of the Director of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) has opened another struggle for "ethnic balance" in state-level institutions. The current director, Kemal Causevic, is a Bosniak who has managed to keep the institution functioning at a basic level, but has [...] | 2009-03-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON BK |
09SARAJEVO38 | BOSNIA: SERBIA AND HUNGARY SECURE NATURAL GAS FOR [...] Summary: Freezing citizens of Bosnia's capital of Sarajevo received some relief from the natural gas crisis on Friday and Saturday when Serbia and Hungary, via the German-owned EON natural gas storage facility, provided a temporary supply of natural gas to Bosnia's pipeline system. Sarajevo's [...] | 2009-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC ENRG EPET PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO381 | BOSNIA - PIC URGES POLITICAL LEADERS TO COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 25-26 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo welcomed the Bosnian parliament's adoption of a constitutional amendment on Brcko (reported septel),but stressed that progress on the remainder of the PIC 5-plus-2 agenda was insufficient to justify a decision to close [...] | 2009-03-27 07:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS EU BK |
09SARAJEVO385 | BOSNIA -- THE COMING END OF EUFOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. We understand that the administration is planning a review of the U.S. and international profile in Bosnia. The Embassy would like to call Washington's attention to decision processes underway which will impact our ability [...] | 2009-03-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL BK EUN |
09SARAJEVO386 | BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT PASSES: A VICTORY FOR [...] (SBU) Two months of negotiating a constitutional amendment on Brcko District (Ref A) -- and thirteen years of USG engagement to make Brcko a self-sustaining, multiethnic district -- culminated in the amendment's overwhelming support in both houses of Parliament. The House of Representatives ( [...] | 2009-03-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO388 | BOSNIA - SIPA ACTION AGAINST ID FRAUD ANGERS DODIK [...] (U) The State Investigative and Protective Agency (SIPA),acting on the order of the State Prosecutor's Office, on March 24 arrested three officials in Bijeljina in eastern Republika Srpska (RS) in connection with the fraudulent issuance of Citizenship Identity Protection System (CIPS) identi [...] | 2009-03-27 16:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM KJUS KAWC BK |
09SARAJEVO393 | BOSNIA: KOSOVO DOCUMENTS PROPOSAL WITH THE [...] On Friday, March 27, FM Alkalaj shared with the Ambassador the MFA's proposal on how to deal with Kosovo documents, particularly travel documents of Kosovo officials who need to travel to BiH for Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) meetings in Sarajevo. The proposal, which was forwarded to the [...] | 2009-03-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL KVIR BK |
09SARAJEVO398 | BOSNIA: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS VULNERABLE [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs visited the Srebrenica municipality to assess the impact of the world economic crisis on area businesses and municipal government. Automobile parts manufacturer, CIMOS Srebrenica, warns that a 50% decline in customer orders since September 2008 will force the plant to layo [...] | 2009-03-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BK ECON |
09SARAJEVO40 | BOSNIA - GAZA REACTION REVEALS UGLY SIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Several incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti, biased press coverage, and irresponsible comments by Islamic Community head, Reis Mustafa Ceric (who labeled events in Gaza "genocide"),have contributed to an undercurrent of anti-Semitism in the Bosnian reaction to events in Gaza. [...] | 2009-01-12 16:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GZ BK PREL |
09SARAJEVO403 | BOSNIA - COURT REJECTS EFFORT TO GUT STATE COURT'S [...] (U) During its March 28 session, the BiH Constitutional Court rejected a case brought by BiH House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Milorad Zivkovic and twelve other deputies from Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's party, the Alliance of Social Democrats (SNSD),that had c [...] | 2009-03-31 16:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO406 | BOSNIA: INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS ADVANCE [...] The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) rule of law program, funded by INL-managed SEED funds, continue to play a critical role in advancing our rule of [...] | 2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO409 | SARAJEVO FRAUD SUMMARY, SEMI-ANNUAL CY2009 [...] This semi-annual fraud summary covers 1 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. ------------------ Country Conditions ------------------ 2. Fourteen years after the 1992-95 Balkan conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the devastation of the war that resulted in some two mil [...] | 2009-04-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO42 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. Major initiatives include a liberal State Foreign Investment Policy Law, a value-added tax (VAT),and a uniform trade and customs policy. However, foreign investors continue to face a num [...] | 2009-01-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR BK |
09SARAJEVO439 | ACTION REQUEST: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff contacted Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) MFA's Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ms. Sanja Kenig-Corovic, regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council on April 1. Ms. Kenig-Corovic had no substantive response to the talking points provide [...] | 2009-04-08 05:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO444 | SARAJEVO FRAUD UNIT VISITS THE OFFICE OF THE BOSNIAN MUSLIM [...] [Summary] FPU recently completed a fraud prevention site visit to the Islamic Community's Governing Council (Rijaset) Office of the Bosniak Diaspora. Our fraud investigator wanted to broaden our contacts with the Rijaset representatives to resolve questions about religious worker (R1) visa [...] | 2009-04-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO452 | BOSNIA - PM SPIRIC MOVES FORWARD (FINALLY) ON [...] (SBU) On April 9, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (CoM) Nikola Spiric (Serb) agreed to place the long overdue decision on an inventory of state property on the CoM agenda. Spiric also agreed that the scope of the inventory should be consistent with the March 26 communique of the Peace Im [...] | 2009-04-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM EU BK |
09SARAJEVO464 | Half of Bosnian Au-pairs remain in America [...] [Summary] Sarajevo FPU recently completed a validation study for all J1 au-pair cases Post issued in 2006. Nearly half of the program participants from Bosnia found legal ways to stay in the USA. [End Summary] 2. Methodology: FPU examined cases from 2006 to provide ample time for return [...] | 2009-04-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO467 | BOSNIA - TIHIC AND COVIC EAGER TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 8 lunch with Ambassador, Party of Democratic Action (SDA) chairman Sulejman Tihic and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-BiH chairman Dragan Covic focused almost exclusively on constitutional reform (CR). The two men discussed the positive momentum generated by the recent [...] | 2009-04-15 04:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO469 | BOSNIA - SEEKING RESOLUTION OF DEFENSE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bosnia's progress towards reaching an "acceptable and resolution of defense property," one of the PIC's 5 objectives for closure of the Office of the High Representative, remains stalled, and recently we have seen some backsliding. With respect to moveable defense property -- th [...] | 2009-04-15 06:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO480 | Sarajevo Work and Travel visa validation study [...] [Summary] Sarajevo FPU recently completed a validation study for all J1 Summer Work and Travel cases that post issued in 2008. A solid 96% of issued applicants returned, with only four percent remaining in America [End of Summary] 2. Methodology: Our Fraud Prevention Unit took all 78 issue [...] | 2009-04-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO487 | BOSNIA - DODIK INVESTIGATION TO START NEXT WEEK; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office (SPO) expects to open a formal investigation into Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Tuesday, April 21. Dodik is one of nine individuals, including three sitting RS ministers, alleged to have committed a variety of criminal offens [...] | 2009-04-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO488 | BOSNIA - EU TROIKA FM'S BRING THE SAME OLD EU [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: We have spoken with EU diplomats to assess whether the "EU Troika" foreign ministers broke new ground when they visited Sarajevo on April 7-9. Although the simultaneous visit of Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Swedish Foreign Minis [...] | 2009-04-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU BK |
09SARAJEVO489 | BOSNIA - DODIK INVESTIGATION TO START NEXT WEEK; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office (SPO) expects to open a formal investigation into Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Tuesday, April 21. Dodik is one of nine individuals, including three sitting RS ministers, alleged to have committed a variety of criminal offens [...] | 2009-04-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO492 | Bosnia FPU visits Roma community in Bijeljina. [...] [Summary] Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited the Roma community in the Bosnian city of Bijeljina, the second largest town in the Republika Srpska. Bijeljina, once considered the largest and the richest Roma community in all Bosnia, now shows signs of economic distress, a likely fact [...] | 2009-04-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO493 | BOSNIA FRAUD PREVENTION UNIT VISITS SREBRENICA AND [...] [Summary] Sarajevo's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) recently visited Srebrenica and Bijeljina, two cities in northeast Bosnia located in the Republika Srpska. Post's anti-fraud unit identified a recent influx of non-immigrant visa applicants from these towns and executed their own survey of thes [...] | 2009-04-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO500 | WHAT TO DO ABOUT A PROBLEM CALLED BOSNIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Our objectives here are to: 1) maintain Bosnia as a single state; 2) mute the country's potentially explosive ethnic divisions by embedding it in Euro-Atlantic institutions; and, 3) ensure that the state is strong enough to meet its NATO and EU obligations. Unfortunately, Bosni [...] | 2009-04-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO501 | BOSNIA: INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST FEDERATION PRIME [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, the Bosnian media confirmed that on April 14 the Sarajevo Cantonal State Prosecutor filed an indictment against Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic (Party of Democratic Action--SDA) and former Federation Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic (SDA Federation PM from 1998 [...] | 2009-04-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO507 | BOSNIA - REIS CERIC CALLS FOR "NATIONAL BOSNIAK [...] (C) Summary: Reis Mustafa Ceric, head of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues to shoot from the hip on political matters, this time calling into question the country's multi-ethnic identity. While Islamic Community representatives were quick to dismiss this as a misunde [...] | 2009-04-21 14:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BK |
09SARAJEVO513 | BOSNIA - DODIK MAKES NICE AND ISSUES WARNINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over lunch on the 17th floor terrace of the Republika Srpska (RS) Government building on April 16, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and the Ambassador discussed a range of issues, including outstanding elements of OHR's 5 2 agenda, the state-level investigation of the PM over, amo [...] | 2009-04-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO514 | BOSNIA - TIME TO ASSIGN A U.S. GENERAL OFFICER TO [...] (C/NF) I have argued that it remains critical to U.S. interests for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo. We did not succeed in keeping that post last year, however, and an Italian general officer assumed command of NATO HQ on January 14. After that decision was taken my hope h [...] | 2009-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM NATO EU BK |
09SARAJEVO515 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP INZKO DISCUSSES EXTENDING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Inzko met with Quint Ambassadors on April 20 to discuss extending the presence of the international secondees working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office past the legislatively-mandated December 2009 deadline. Inzko expressed strong support for [...] | 2009-04-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO516 | BOSNIA -- DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE CLEARS SIPA [...] (C) On April 22 a Disciplinary Committee of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) cleared Assistant Director Dragan Lukac (Croat) of any wrongdoing when he submitted a criminal report against several Republika Srpska Government (RSG) officials, including RS Prime Minister Milora [...] | 2009-04-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO529 | BOSNIA: EMBASSY RATCHETS UP ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On an April 23 visit to Srebrenica, Ambassador English pushed local leaders to put aside their political differences for the sake of citizens of a municipality still struggling to come to terms with the 1995 genocide which took place there. Bickering over government jobs, and th [...] | 2009-04-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO530 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO RESTORE [...] (U) High Representative Valentin Inzko used his "Bonn powers" on Friday, April 24 to return the travel documents of 13 Republika Srpska (RS) police officers whose documents were seized in July 2007 because they were suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. According to Andrej [...] | 2009-04-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KCRM KJUS KMRS PGOV PHUM PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO548 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO554 | BOSNIA -- REPUBLIKA SRPSKA PRESS CRITICIZES [...] (U) Republika Srpska (RS) based press and a parliamentarian from right-wing RS Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) are publicly criticizing Bosnia's planned participation in the NATO PfP Cooperative Longbow-Cooperative Lancer (exercise) in Tbilisi, Georgia from May 6 to June 1. Bosnia's MOD has pu [...] | 2009-04-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO556 | BOSNIA - SDA CONGRESS FORECASTS TURNING POINT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) gears up for its party congress on May 26 -- at which it will elect its party president -- both party leadership and rank and file are preparing to make a crucial choice between moving SDA along its current, progressive path and shifting the [...] | 2009-05-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO563 | BOSNIA - INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS UPDATE: [...] (U) Summry: Extensive technical assistance in drafting gverning legislation and rules of procedures along with significant USG investment in equipment and taining facilitated the creation and rapid develoment of the new state-level Foreigners Affairs Service from an idea on paper to an effecti [...] | 2009-05-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO565 | BOSNIA - CROAT POLITICS MIRED IN STALEMATES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Croat political scene of late has been marked by increasing anxiety about the fate of two centers of Croat power -- the city of Mostar and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) parties. After six months of stalemate and frivolous bargaining, HDZ-BiH is reportedly close to an ag [...] | 2009-05-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO566 | BOSNIA - DODIK'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST "TRANSFERRED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 23, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) began a debate on the "effects of the transfer of constitutional competencies from the RS to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina." The debate, which will continue on May 14, is part of a long campaign dating back [...] | 2009-05-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EU BK |
09SARAJEVO573 | BOSNIA - FY 2009 JULIA TAFT REFUGEE FUND PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post is pleased to submit a project proposal for the FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. Embassy Sarajevo, working in consultation with the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) State Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees, the Federation Ministry of Human Rights and Refugee Issues, t [...] | 2009-05-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO574 | BOSNIA - INCREASED INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to their lunch with High Representative Valentin Inzko (Reftel),the Quint Ambassadors met on May 5 with State Justice Minister Barisa Colak to urge him to prepare legislative amendments needed to extend the presence of international judges and prosecutors past Dec [...] | 2009-05-07 16:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO589 | BOSNIA: HARSH ECONOMIC TIMES LEAD TO STANDBY [...] Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on May 5 announced it had reached a staff level agreement on a $1.52 billion standby arrangement with Bosnian authorities. This is the first such agreement since the last one expired in 2004, and reflects Bosnia,s growing concern with its deterio [...] | 2009-05-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO592 | BOSNIA'S NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Our Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited several offices involved in data collection for passport issuance. The visits suggested that even if the Bosnian government hits its January 2010 production target for the new biometric passport, the data used to issue the [...] | 2009-05-12 05:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO594 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mr. Vice President: welcome to Bosnia. Your visit here is being taken as a sign that "the U.S. is back" and ready to resume our traditional leadership role here. Bosniaks especially welcome the news, Croats as well, but Serbs are leery, believing new U.S. energy will be devoted t [...] | 2009-05-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KJUS KCRM PINR BK |
09SARAJEVO600 | SNSD RATCHETS UP INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC [...] (C) A parliamentary debate on May 13 on constitutional reform turned ugly when House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Milorad Zivkovic from the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) proposed conducting public opinion surveys on whether citizens of Bosnia want to continue living toge [...] | 2009-05-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO606 | BOSNIA - POLITICIANS COMMENT ON U.S. HOUSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The nonbinding resolution on Bosnia (H.R. 171) passed on May 12 by the U.S. House of Representatives provoked much commentary by Bosnian politicians, most of it along predictable lines. Bosniak and Croat politicians generally praised the resolution, saying it demonstrated incr [...] | 2009-05-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO609 | BOSNIA - MFA OFFICIAL WILL PARTICIPATE IN CGINT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER NL BK |
09SARAJEVO610 | BOSNIA - RSNA DECLARES "TRANSFERRED COMPETENCIES" [...] (SBU) On May 14, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) concluded its April 23 debate on competency transfers (Reftel) and adopted a set of conclusions that, in effect, declared (erroneously) that 65 "competencies" had been illegally transferred from the RS to the state. Only in three [...] | 2009-05-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM MARR EU BK |
09SARAJEVO614 | BOSNIA - EUROPEANS IGNORE DANGER FROM DODIK ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven below. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The issue of the Republika Srpska (RS)-led break down of Transco, the state-run electricity transmission company is coming to a critical point. All good faith offers by the international community to provide technic [...] | 2009-05-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG PINR PREL PGOV EU BK |
09SARAJEVO631 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP PONDERS BONN POWERS ANNULMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph xxxx below. HighRep Concern Over RS Challenge to "Competency Transfers" --------------------------------------------- -------------- 2. (C) At the May 22 meeting of the Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA),HighRep Inzko reiterated concerns he firs [...] | 2009-05-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM EU BK |
09SARAJEVO641 | BOSNIA - SACIRBEY TO TESTIFY BEFORE ICTY VIA [...] (SBU) Per reftels, on May 18 we conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the urgent need for the Bosnian government to clarify its position regarding Muhamed Sacirbey's travel to The Hague to testify before the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). We made clear that we [...] | 2009-05-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO643 | BOSNIA - TIHIC VICTORY SENDS MESSAGE: SDA WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At its party congress on May 26 (Ref A),the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) reelected its moderate, pro-European president, Sulejman Tihic, who immediately pledged to continue working toward reforms vital for Bosnia,s future. Tihic comfortably defeated right-wing candid [...] | 2009-05-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO645 | BOSNIA - MFA SENDS SECOND DIP NOTE CLARIFYING [...] (SBU) Per the Department's request, on May 28 we sought from the MFA additional documentation clarifying the Bosnian government's support for having Muhamed Sacirbey testify before the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia via video-link (Refs A and B). In response to our request, [...] | 2009-05-28 14:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO658 | BOSNIA - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN OPENS DOOR FOR USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: One week after the visit of Vice President Biden to Bosnia and Herzegovina, his signals of clear USG support for Bosnia have begun to shore up the voice of the Bosnian political moderates. During his public speech and private meetings on May 19, the Vice President declared in no [...] | 2009-06-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO66 | BOSNIA - COUNCIL OF MINISTERS TO DECIDE SOON ON [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met separately on January 13 with Foreign Minister Sven Alakalaj and Prime Minister Nikola Spiric to deliver the diplomatic note in reftel regarding Bosnia's willingness to accept two Algerian Guantanamo detainees, Sabir Lahmar Manfud and Lakhdar Boumedienne. The Ambas [...] | 2009-01-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO666 | BOSNIA: FEDERATION PM'S RESIGNATION COULD DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic proffered his resignation on May 27 under a cloud of corruption charges. While he is widely viewed as ineffective, his resignation, if accepted, will likely hinder the Federation's ability to fulfill the conditions necessary for the Inte [...] | 2009-06-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO67 | BOSNIA TO FORMALLY ASK FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO670 | BOSNIA: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) Post delivered points per reftel to Sanja Kenig-Corovic, the Bosnian MFA's Head of Department for the UN and Other International Organizations. Kenig-Corovic advised that representatives from the European Commission, Sweden, and the Czech Republic (representing current and future EU Pr [...] | 2009-06-05 07:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO678 | BOSNIA INCHING CLOSER ON VISA LIBERALIZATION [...] (U) At its June 4, 2009 session, the Council of Ministers approved and sent to Parliament a package of four draft laws needed to facilitate Bosnia's entry into a visa liberalization regime with the EU. The package includes draft laws on International Legal Aid in Criminal Matters, Border C [...] | 2009-06-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU BK |
09SARAJEVO679 | BOSNIA: COM REJECTS LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (U) During its June 4 session, the Council of Ministers in a 2-7 vote rejected a proposal to extend the presence of international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office past December 2009. The defeat of the initiative dealt a severe blow to the Sta [...] | 2009-06-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO687 | BOSNIA - HIREP INZKO USES BONN POWERS TO REMOVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8 OHR High Representative Valentine Inzko used the Bonn powers for the first time in his tenure in order to remove two police officials engaged in illegal activities, including reported illegal wiretapping against OHR officials. Inzko ordered the removal of Herzegovina [...] | 2009-06-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO689 | BOSNIA: SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Long considered a black hole in the region, Bosnia now appears to be taking some steps towards signing regional cooperation agreements in an effort to bring to justice criminals, particularly war criminals, who are dual citizens and out of reach of the law due to existing bans [...] | 2009-06-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO691 | BOSNIA - DODIK RAISES THE STAKES ON RSNA [...] (C) SUMMARY: HighRep Valentin Inzko,s June 11 deadline for the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) to withdraw its May 14 conclusions that declared 65 competency transfers from the entities to the state unconstitutional (Ref A) is upon us, and the issue remains unresolved. Both the Amba [...] | 2009-06-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO70 | BOSNIA - STRUGGLING WITH DODIK ON BRCKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik remains the principal stumbling block to a resolution on Brcko District. Seemingly backing off his long-standing intransigence on constitutional amendments to resolve Brcko, Dodik promised Ambassador and HighRep Lajcak in December [...] | 2009-01-15 16:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO704 | BOSNIA - DODIK REMAINS DEFIANT ON RSNA CONCLUSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik on June 12 publicly reiterated his support for the RS National Assembly (RSNA's) May 14 conclusions that declared 68 competency transfers to the state level unconstitutional. Dodik insisted that the spirit of the conclusions would remain in e [...] | 2009-06-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO708 | BOSNIA: INDICTMENT EXPECTED AGAINST HEAD OF [...] (C) The Federation Financial Police shared with us in confidence the full investigation prepared for the prosecutor regarding allegations against the director of the Federation Development Bank (FDB),Ramiz Dzaferovic (Reftel). Forty-two individuals are named in connection with the case, and a [...] | 2009-06-16 12:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BK |
09SARAJEVO732 | BOSNIA: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JUNE 14-16 [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Sarajevo June 14-16 to discuss regional cooperation and extending past December the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. He met with State Justice Minister Barisa [...] | 2009-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO733 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO ANNUL RSNA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20, High Representative Valentin Inzko publicly announced his decision to use the Bonn Powers to annul the Republika Srpska's (RS) May 14 Conclusions on the alleged illegal transfer of 68 competencies from the entities to the state. This decision came after almost a [...] | 2009-06-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
09SARAJEVO741 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 29-30 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Sarajevo on June 29-30. This meeting, the first PIC Political Directors meeting to be chaired by the current HighRep Valentin Inzko, will take place in the shadow of a serious confrontation between Inzko and Republika Srpska Pri [...] | 2009-06-23 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO744 | BOSNIA: IMF DEAL DELAYED [...] Summary. On June 22, the IMF postponed a scheduled June 29 governing board meeting at which the IMF was to approve a proposed $1.5 billion, 3-year standby arrangement because IMF conditions have not been met. The conditions included budget cuts at all levels of government. The RS entity and [...] | 2009-06-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO745 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27-28 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You come to Sarajevo as Bosnia weathers its latest political crisis, a showdown over the High Representative's use of his extraordinary Bonn Powers to annul an action by the Republika Srpska (RS) that challenged the structures of the Dayton Peace Accords (Ref A). Such crises a [...] | 2009-06-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BK |
09SARAJEVO747 | BOSNIA: FORMER FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED; BUT CAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Administrative delays and barriers to evidence sharing may contribute to the release from the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) Immigration Center of several former foreign fighters, who have been deemed threats to BiH national security. Currently the center holds eight persons [...] | 2009-06-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL INR KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO76 | BOSNIA - BIDDING FOR 2010-2011 UNSC SEAT [...] (U) We received the following diplomatic note from the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Bosnia's interest in being elected to the UN Security Council, and have added our comment on this request below: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina presents its compliment [...] | 2009-01-16 16:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC BK |
09SARAJEVO77 | BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ADOPTS LONG AWAITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers (CoM) on December 29 adopted a National War Crimes Strategy that establishes the framework for the prosecution of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 war. The initiative marks a milestone in Bosnia's efforts to prosecute war crimes and promote na [...] | 2009-01-16 17:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO773 | BOSNIA - SERBS KEEP QUIET AND BOSNIAKS CRY FOUL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following HighRep Valentin Inzko's June 20 decision to use the Bonn Powers to annul the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA's) conclusions condemning what the RSNA perceived as the illegal transfer of competencies from the entities to the state (Ref A),Bosnian Serb politician [...] | 2009-06-30 06:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO776 | BOSNIA - STATE COURT APPROVES ANOTHER TEMPORARY [...] (C) A contact at the State Prosecutor's Office on June 29 told us that the State Court late on June 26 had approved the office's request for a temporary seizure order for additional documents from Republika Srpska (RS) in connection with the ongoing corruption case against RS Prime Minister [...] | 2009-06-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO782 | BOSNIA: IMF DEAL BACK ON [...] Summary. The IMF governing board meeting to approve the standby arrangement for Bosnia has been rescheduled for July 8, following Bosnia,s fulfillment of the two outstanding conditions: the adoption of a comprehensive budget framework by the National Fiscal Council, and an agreement by the Fe [...] | 2009-07-01 12:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO785 | BOSNIA: INTENT ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) The Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina shares USG concerns (reftel) about North Korea's May 25 nuclear test and the prospect of the DPRK obtaining WMD material despite UNSC sanctions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for the UN and Other International Organizations Sanja KEN [...] | 2009-07-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BK |
09SARAJEVO786 | BOSNIA - CANTONAL COURT CONVICTS NOTORIOUS MAFIA [...] (U) The Sarajevo Cantonal Court's June 23 decision to convict notorious mafia boss Muhammed Ali Gasi continues to elicit favorable commentary. Gasi, along with his brother, and six associates, were convicted on organized crime-related charges, including extortion, illegal property purchases, [...] | 2009-07-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO79 | BOSNIA TO FORMALLY ASK FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION [...] (SBU) Director of the MFA's Peace and Security division, Ambassador Fuad Sabate, called us in January 14 to report that the MFA has submitted for approval by Bosnia's Tri-Presidency a letter to NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer formally asking that Bosnia be given a Membership Action Plan at the Stras [...] | 2009-01-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO791 | Sarajevo non-immigrant visa application numbers in dramatic [...] (Summary) Not since 9/11 has Post experienced a decrease in non-immigrant visa numbers as dramatic as that which has occurred during this global economic crisis. But, Post has seized this unanticipated drop in applications as an opportunity to expand its anti-fraud and student outreach programs [...] | 2009-07-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO796 | REQUEST FOR REVISION OF THE VISA RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR [...] SUMMARY. Post asks for the Department's review of the visa reciprocity schedule for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Specifically, post would like the Department to increase the validity of B1, B2, B1/B2, C1, D, C1/D, F, M, I, J, H, L, M, O, P, Q, R visas to multiple-entry, 120 months. The current sche [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT BK |
09SARAJEVO797 | BOSNIA - CODEL CARDIN STRESSES NEED FOR DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 27-28 meetings with Bosnia's Presidency and the leaders of its most prominent political parties, a Congressional delegation led by Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) stressed the USG's continued concern for Bosnia's future and pledged our support for helping Bosnia become a s [...] | 2009-07-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO802 | BOSNIAN COURT RULES CEFTA-VIOLATING LAW [...] (U) Based on a complaint brought by the President of the BiH House of Peoples, the Constitutional Court on July 3 temporarily declared unconstitutional a law on domestic protection until it has time to study the law in detail. The law intended to protect domestic agriculture producers by taxi [...] | 2009-07-07 05:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BK |
09SARAJEVO804 | REPUBLIKA SRPSKA DELEGATES BLOCK ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 18, 2009, the Republika Srpska (RS) delegates in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliament (BiH HoP) rejected a proposed Revised Strategy for implementation of Annex VII (dealing with returns of displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina) and returned it to the Counci [...] | 2009-07-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO810 | BOSNIA - FEW SIGNS OF PROGRESS AT THE JUNE PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 29-30 Peace Implementation Council (PIC)session was marked by rancorous debate among Bosnian politicians and by general acknowledgment that Bosnia had made little progress toward satisfying the objectives and conditions necessary to close the Office of the High Represent [...] | 2009-07-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO812 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 11-12 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You come to Sarajevo to commemorate a searing event in Bosnia's history, the 1995 genocide at Srebrenica. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly to the Bosniaks, a strong USG commitment to national reconciliation. You also will meet with Bosnian leaders on [...] | 2009-07-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BK |
09SARAJEVO821 | BOSNIA: IMF GOVERNING BOARD APPROVES $1.57 B [...] On July 8, the IMF Governing Board approved a $1.57 billion, 36-month standby arrangement for Bosnia-Herzegovina. The first tranche of $282 million could arrive as early as July 10. The funding must be used to service external debt, but Federation Finance Minister Bevanda has said that this [...] | 2009-07-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID BK |
09SARAJEVO827 | BOSNIA VULNERABLE TO MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (U) Summary. Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist financing due to serious deficiencies in the integrity of its anti-money laundering (AML) regime. On paper, BiH,s AML regime complies with many Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, but the r [...] | 2009-07-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL ECON BK |
09SARAJEVO834 | BOSNIAN MARRIAGE PATTERNS THROUGH THE EYES OF SARAJEVO'S [...] (Summary) After almost two years of Immigrant Visa operations in Sarajevo, our consular staff is beginning to see standard behavioral patterns that while not necessarily indicating fraud, do exemplify both a very utilitarian approach to finding a partner, and the strengths of traditional ro [...] | 2009-07-10 08:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO838 | BOSNIA - CONVICTED TERRORIST BEKTASEVIC [...] (C) Mirsad Bektasevic, a dual Bosnian-Swedish citizen who was convicted in a Bosnian court on charges of terrorism in 2007 (Reftel),successfully petitioned the Bosnian court to serve out the remainder of his prison sentence in Sweden, and was transferred from Bosnia to Sweden on June 10, 2009. [...] | 2009-07-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO839 | BOSNIA: STATE OF PLAY ON SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the fourteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 upon us, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investigating [...] | 2009-07-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK |
09SARAJEVO840 | BOSNIA: STATE OF PLAY ON SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the fourteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 upon us, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investigating [...] | 2009-07-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK |
09SARAJEVO841 | BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON [...] (U) Summary: INL-provided SEED funded training conducted by the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) continue to play a critical role in our rule of law agenda here in Bosn [...] | 2009-07-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO857 | A Tale of Two Cities: the Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit [...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Consular Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) recently visited two adjacent towns in Northern Bosnia, Prijedor and Sanski Most. We wanted to improve our understanding of a region that experienced severe displacement during the war and to examine the living conditions of our visa [...] | 2009-07-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO866 | Bosnia consular outreach program yields substantial drop in [...] [Summary] In past years, Sarajevo's refusal rate for J1 Summer Work and Travel (SWT) applicants was often over 50 percent. Recognizing that our refusal rate was directly related to a Post policy of only issuing to students of accredited universities, the Consular section launched an outreach pr [...] | 2009-07-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO867 | EU DENIES BOSNIA ENTRY INTO VISA LIBERALIZATION [...] (C) The European Commission (EC) announced on July 14 that it had decided to keep Bosnia off the list of countries recommended for entry into the EU's visa liberalization regime at this time. It attributed its decision to Bosnia's shortcomings in the issuance of biometric passports, the fig [...] | 2009-07-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KCRM EU BK |
09SARAJEVO87 | BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR MOVES CLOSER TO OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office is close to completing its review of the Republika Srpska (RS) government documents provided to it as part of its preliminary investigation into alleged corruption associated with RS Government Building contracts. Based on their preliminary conclusio [...] | 2009-01-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO877 | BOSNIA - DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BK RS |
09SARAJEVO883 | SUBJECT: BOSNIA - CODEL CARNAHAN HELPS MARK [...] (SBU) Summary: From July 11-13 the Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and including Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) visited Bosnia-Herzegovina, underscoring the strength of the U.S. commitment to help Bosnia joi [...] | 2009-07-23 04:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM OVIP BK |
09SARAJEVO894 | BOSNIA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DISMISS SDA SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 22, the BiH House of Representatives, acting on a request from the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Presidency, voted to dismiss SDA Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic. This vote ends two months of speculation about Sadovic's removal and a public fight between SDA Presiden [...] | 2009-07-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO895 | BOSNIAKS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE WORK OF THE RS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to a recent decision by the Republika Srpska (RS) Constitutional Court, Bosniak leaders in the RS announced on July 14 that the Bosniak Caucus in the RS Council of Peoples (RS CoP) will attempt to block all laws passed by the RS National Assembly (RSNA) by boycotting [...] | 2009-07-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO922 | BOSNIA - EXTENDING THE PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. We are reaching a critical point in our and the international community's efforts to extend the presence of the international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. The Coun [...] | 2009-07-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO934 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP PUTS TEMPORARY LID ON BUBBLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ten months after the October 2008 municipal elections, Mostar's elected officials have yet to find a resolution to the city mayor stalemate (Reftel). As a result, the Mostar City Council is unable to adopt a permanent budget and therefore pay city employees. Disgruntlement with [...] | 2009-07-31 10:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO937 | BOSNIA - HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA BK |
09SARAJEVO946 | BOSNIA - HIGH-PROFILE PRISONER DISAPPEARS [...] (C) Bosnia is abuzz about the disappearance of Karray Kemal bin Ali who failed to return to a high security prison in Zenica after being granted leave to visit his family. Bin Ali (AKA Abu Hamza though not the "Abu Hamza" cited in our terrorism report) is a Tunisian national with possible li [...] | 2009-08-03 10:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS AEMR APCS BK |
09SARAJEVO951 | BOSNIA - GRIGORIJE, PRINCE-BISHOP OF TREBINJE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Serb Orthodox Vladika Grigorije (Bishop of Zahumlije and Herzegovina) holds both spiritual and temporal power in the southern Bosnian municipality of Trebinje. With authority extending throughout much of southern Bosnia, including Mostar, the relatively-youthful Grigorije is a m [...] | 2009-08-04 10:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO954 | BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW [...] (U) The U.S. Government's core strategic objective in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is to lock the country into a self-sustaining path towards Euro-Atlantic integration. A BiH inside NATO and the EU is the best guarantee that the country's future will be stable, democratic and prosperous. Strong l [...] | 2009-08-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO955 | BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO958 | BOSNIA: AVDO PALIC FOUND, HIGH PROFILE MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colonel Avdo Palic, the wartime commander of the Zepa enclave seized in 1995 under a flag of truce and whose whereabouts have been of keen local and international interest since, was finally identified August 4 as being among nine bodies found in a mass grave near Rogatica. But [...] | 2009-08-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV BK |
09SARAJEVO96 | BOSNIA -- SEEKING A DEAL ON IMMOVEABLE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the Minister of Defense, Selmo Cikotic, January 22 to urge him to submit to the Council of Ministers (COM) an agreement giving ownership of immoveable defense property to Bosnia's state level defense institutions. The agreement is in line with the principl [...] | 2009-01-23 17:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO963 | Sarejevo FPU talks to local grassroots leaders in Northwest [...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Consular Fraud Prevention Unit(FPU) recently visited two adjacent towns in northern Bosnia, Prijedor and Sanski Most. FPU was interested in contacting the relevant representatives of ethnic minorities to better understand our visa applicants and their migration patterns. [...] | 2009-08-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: ENGAGING IN [...] (U) Summary: The International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) engage Bosnian interlocutors in discussions about needed reforms in law enforcement and the judiciary to advance our [...] | 2009-08-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO975 | Bosnia: Sarajevo FPU Investigates Bosnia's Military Records [...] Summary. The Sarajevo Consular Section initiated full IV services in December 2007. Our Fraud Prevention Unit(FPU) wanted to learn more about documents important for immigration to the United States: military records, court records and police records. This is the first in a series of three cab [...] | 2009-08-11 12:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO988 | Bosnia: Fraud Prevention Unit examines court records [...] Summary. This cable is the second of three cables concerning documents that support immigrant visa applications, in this case focusing on court records from both entities. The case management system is not being properly used by regional court authorities and efforts need to be made to ensur [...] | 2009-08-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
09STATE102518 | ADRIATIC CHARTER FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEET [...] Classified by EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones for Reasons: 1.4 (b and d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 5:00-6:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones EUR/SCE - Cathy Westley (note taker) Adriatic Charter Al [...] | 2009-10-01 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN NATO CR AL BK SR MK MW |
09STATE111773 | COORDINATING WITH BIH ON BOSNIAN PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sarajevo please see para 7; Embassy The Hague, USOSCE, USNATO, USEU Missions, see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 2, 2009 the Bosnian Embassy in Washington, D.C. transmitted a note dated August 6, 2009 to the Secretary with a request by the [...] | 2009-10-29 18:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM OSCE ZL BK |
09STATE118956 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: VOTING INSTRUCTION ON [...] This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the EUFOR Chapter VII mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled for Council adoption on November 18, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the [...] | 2009-11-18 14:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL BK |
09STATE119221 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1227) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend TCT NCO's Role in Battle Oriented Training. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory informa [...] | 2009-11-18 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE119228 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1042) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Instructor Development Course. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory information as of [...] | 2009-11-18 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE119650 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled for November 23, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to welcome back to the Council Prime Minister Sp [...] | 2009-11-19 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL BK |
09STATE123101 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1249) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Communications Interoperability for Coalitions Deployments Course. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no c [...] | 2009-12-01 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PREL BK |
09STATE123121 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1285) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the USPTO Workshop on IP Protection and Enforcement. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogator [...] | 2009-12-01 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PREL BK |
09STATE124101 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1285) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the USPTO Workshop on IP Protection and Enforcement 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory [...] | 2009-12-03 21:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PREL BK |
09STATE125432 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1228) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Financial Crimes Seminar. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory information as of 12/0 [...] | 2009-12-08 16:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE128931 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1279) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the Drill Sergeants Duties Course scheduled for January 26 to January 29, 2010 in Parris Island, South Carolina. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the indiv [...] | 2009-12-17 16:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE129193 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 14, [...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon. For Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) December 14, 2009; 11:00am; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR DAS Stuart Jones D Staff Alexandra McKnight Stacie Zerdecki (EUR Notetaker) Spain Fo [...] | 2009-12-17 22:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PNAT PREL KDEM ZL HR BK KVPR MK |
09STATE130194 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1323) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the Combined Strategic Intelligence Training Course scheduled for January 7, 2010 in Washington, D.C. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual liste [...] | 2009-12-22 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE130299 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1218) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Communications Interoperability for Coalition Deployments program scheduled for January 11 to January 15, 2010 in Germany. 2. (U) The Department of State has ve [...] | 2009-12-22 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE130971 | (C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON ITALIAN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFS ON ITALY'S POLICY TOWARDS THE BALKANS. WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE GRADUAL DRAWDOWN OF ITALIAN FORCES IN THE BALKANS AND ARE ASSESSING ITALY'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND POLITICAL POLICY IN THE BALKANS, IN THE EVENT OF A PUL [...] | 2009-12-24 17:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MARR NATO PGOV PREL AL BK IT KV |
09STATE131230 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1352) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the Basic Lanuage Course scheduled for April 28, 2010 in Lackland, AFB, San Antonio, TX. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel an [...] | 2009-12-28 18:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE131827 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1348) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the ATA 7048, WMD/CBRN Operations Course. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory informatio [...] | 2009-12-30 14:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
09STATE18262 | Deputy Secretary Steinberg's meeting with [...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for Reasons: 1.4 (b and d) 2. (U) February 20, 2009; 11:25-11:55 a.m.; Washington, D.C., USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR - DAS Stuart Jones D Staff - Mary Sue Conaway EUR/SCE - Mike Fooks (note tak [...] | 2009-02-27 00:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
09STATE23809 | INVITATION FOR HOST NATIONS TO SOUTH EAST EUROPE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2-6. 2. (U) Summary and Action Request. The idea for a regional approach to the common challenge of excess munitions disposal first emerged at the September 2008 Adriatic Charter Chiefs of Defense Conference. Recognizing the potential b [...] | 2009-03-12 21:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MASS AL BK BU HR KV MK MW SI ZL |
09STATE27795 | (SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON EUROPEAN CT [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS AT THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) GREATLY APPRECIATED EMBASSY REPORTING WHICH WAS USED IN A PDB, AN NTB AND A SETR (SENIOR EXECUTIVE TERRORISM REPORT). THERE WAS GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE PIECE WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, DHS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DIREC [...] | 2009-03-23 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR AL AN AU BE BK BO BU CY DA EI EN EZ FI FO |
09STATE28773 | WELCOMING THE DESIGNATION OF MR. VALENTIN INZKO [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution welcoming the designation of Mr. Valentin Inzko as High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina which is to be considered by the Council on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. [...] | 2009-03-25 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BK PREL XG XH ZL UNSC |
09STATE43864 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MIGRATION IN [...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE MONITORING THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON MIGRATION PATTERNS IN EUROPE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESCALE DISPLACEMENT OF CITIZENS IN THE EU, THE BALKANS, AND THE NORDIC COUNTRIES THAT COULD POSSIBLY FUEL SOCIAL TENSION AND PUT PRESSURE ON EUROPEAN AND [...] | 2009-04-30 14:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG AL AU BE BK BU DA |
09STATE46284 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Welcome to the Permanent Council, Ambassador Robbins, and thank you for your insightful report. The United States regrets that little ha [...] | 2009-05-06 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV BK |
09STATE54256 | GUIDANCE FOR 5/28 UNSC DEBATE ON BOSNIA AND [...] This is an action request. USUN should draw on the following points for use during the May 28 UN Security Council discussion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Inzko to the Council for the first time in his capacity as High Re [...] | 2009-05-27 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL BK |
09STATE54929 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITING KOSOVO TO THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 5 for demarche points. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that addressee posts demarche their host governments at the highest appropriate level encouraging them to call on the Montenegrin government to invite the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, t [...] | 2009-05-28 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AL BK BU HR SI TU KV MW SR |
09STATE54930 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITING KOSOVO TO THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 5 for demarche points. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that addressee posts demarche their host governments at the highest appropriate level encouraging them to call on the Montenegrin government to invite the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, [...] | 2009-05-28 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AL BK BU HR SI TU KV MW SR |
09STATE54986 | ATA 7048 - OFFER, BOSNIA WMD/CBRN OPERATIONS AND [...] COURSE OFFER: DS/T/ATA OFFERS THE GOBIH THE THREE-WEEK COURSE, WMD/CBRN OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT DELIVERY (ATA-7048). THE COURSE WILL BE HELD IN SARAJEVO FROM OCTOBER 12, 2009 THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2009. UP TO 24 PARTICIPANTS MAY ATTEND. PLEASE PROVIDE GOBIH ACCEPTANCE/DECLINATION TO DS/ATA [...] | 2009-05-29 09:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER BK |
09STATE61016 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 18:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BK |
09STATE78583 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV:CONTACT GROUP LETTER TO THE [...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Per Reftel, at a July 8 meeting, the Contact Group (CG) (France, Italy, Germany, Russia, UK and the U.S.) offered tentative support for the Chairman in Office's (CiO) Personal Representative's (PR--Italian Brigadier General Costanzo P [...] | 2009-07-28 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM OSCE BK HR SR |
09STATE87487 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050013980 and 050013981 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled nigh [...] | 2009-08-21 19:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BK |
09STATE87488 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050013982 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled night vision device [...] | 2009-08-21 19:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BK |
09STATE99504 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BK |
09STATE99893 | INVITATION FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE NATIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. Summary and Action Request. The idea for a regional approach to the common challenge of excess munitions disposal first emerged at the September 2008 Adriatic Charter Chiefs of Defense Conference. Recognizing the benefits of con [...] | 2009-09-25 12:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM AL BK BU HR KV MK MW SI ZL |
09STOCKHOLM170 | SWEDEN ON MARCH GAERC AND GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 10, Poloff discussed the March GAERC and GYMNICH with EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel; on March 6, POL Counselor met separately with EU Correspondent Magnus Scholdtz. Their comments follow: General Affairs Session: Afghanistan, Chad, Ireland ------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-12 07:48:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BO MD MW BK MK SU EG EU SW |
09STOCKHOLM270 | SWEDISH FM BILDT WANTS BOSNIA TO BE AN EU [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, poloff discussed FM Bildt's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with BiH Desk Officer Dinka Jasarevic. FM Bildt visited Sarajevo on April 8-9 for both bilateral talks and Presidency Trio discussions with BiH officials. Bildt's main goal for his visit to Sarajevo wa [...] | 2009-04-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK EU SW |
09STOCKHOLM66 | DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES ISAF, KFOR WITH CDA [...] (S) On January 30, CDA, DAO and poloff met with Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors. CDA thanked Sweden for its continued contributions to ISAF and KFOR and said the U.S. supports expansion of Sweden's international military operations. Tolgfors' points were: -- ISAF: Tolgfors said possible [...] | 2009-01-30 16:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PMIL AF BK XZ ZB SW |
09STOCKHOLM751 | SWEDISH PLAN FOR EU ADVISORY MILITARY MISSION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On November 30, Carl Magnus Eriksson, Deputy Director for the MFA International Security Policy Department, and Brigadier General Lennart Bengtsson, MFA Military Advisor, briefed Poloffs on Swedish plans for discussion of the EUFOR A [...] | 2009-11-30 16:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN NATO BK SW |
09USEUBRUSSELS1569 | EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...] | 2009-11-23 14:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS |
09USEUBRUSSELS725 | EU FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS FOCUS ON RUSSIA, [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meetings May 18-19 brought together foreign, defense, and development ministers in a complex choreography of meetings in Brussels. During the meetings, foreign ministers laid plans for the June European Council [...] | 2009-05-26 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR RS BM IR BK XW XF CE EUN |
09USNATO121 | USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Brigadier General Errico and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on March [...] | 2009-03-25 13:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK |
09USNATO254 | NATO-KOSOVO: EUSR FEITH STRESSES NEED FOR U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Special Representative Feith told NATO Permanent Representatives on June 9 that, while he thought conditions were appropriate for a KFOR drawdown, a continued U.S. and NATO presence in Kosovo and the region would remain critical. He advised that KFOR should retain the ability t [...] | 2009-06-12 14:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK KV |
09USNATO323 | USNATO: SWEDISH FM BILDT STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt briefed the NAC on Sweden's goals for its EU Presidency. FM Bildt, with U.S. backing, emphasized the need for a true NATO-EU strategic partnership to confront common challenges. Ambassador Daalder called on the EU to do more in Afghanist [...] | 2009-07-28 15:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS BK KV EUN |
09USNATO390 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Foreign Minister, Sven Alkalaj, said in a courtesy call with Ambassador Daalder on September 11 BiH intends to submit its application to join the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the coming weeks, immediately after the United Nations General Assembl [...] | 2009-09-15 08:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PREL MOPS MCAT BK |
09USNATO427 | BOSNIA APPLIES FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) During an October 2 visit to NATO Headquarters, Zeljko Komsic, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),delivered a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen formally applying for BiH's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan. Rasmussen distributed the letter to [...] | 2009-10-05 12:09:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PGOV MCAP PHUM PINS PNAT BK |
09USNATO449 | MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA MAP: A SNAPSHOT OF ALLIED [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministerial quickly approaching, Allies are beginning to seriously discuss whether and how to respond to the applications of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join the Membership Action Plan process. While most Allies do not beli [...] | 2009-10-13 18:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL BK MW GG UP |
09USNATO465 | MARCHING TOWARDS DECEMBER: NATO DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over an informal session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 20 to discuss views on the Western Balkans in preparation for decisions to be taken at the December Foreign Ministerial, a discussion informed by a n [...] | 2009-10-21 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL MW BK YI GG UP |
09USNATO520 | HIGHREP INZKO PRESSES NATO ON MAP FOR BIH [...] (C) Summary: High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Inzko briefed the NAC on November 11. Inzko, supported by Ambassador Daalder and many other PermReps, provided a negative assessment of the situation in BiH and stressed the need to support the U.S.-EU "Butmir process." Inzko [...] | 2009-11-13 17:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS BK |
09USNATO530 | NATO ALLIES TELL BOSNIAN FM THAT REFORMS ARE [...] (C) Summary: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Foreign Minister failed in a November 17 informal meeting with NATO PermReps to push Allies towards consensus that Ministers should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December. Most PermReps rejected the FM's assertion that pro [...] | 2009-11-18 17:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO BK TU IT NO |
09USNATO554 | TURKEY INVITING FOREIGN MINISTERS TO HAVE A [...] (C) Summary: Turkey intends to invite NATO Foreign Ministers to a separate meeting to discuss granting MAP to Bosnia. Unless directed otherwise USNATO will work to oppose this move. End summary. 2. (C) Turkey announced in a November 27 communique negotiation for the December 3-4 NATO Fore [...] | 2009-11-27 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO BK TU NO |
09USNATO569 | FINAL STATEMENT OF THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) NATO Foreign Ministers issued the following statement following statement at the conclusion of their December 3-4 meeting in Brussels: BEGIN TEXT Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Foreign Ministers held at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 4 December 2009 Â [...] | 2009-12-04 15:03:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP MASS AF KV MW BK |
09USNATO571 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009 [...] (U) December 3, 2009; 1500; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Amb. Ivo Daalder EUR A/S Phil Gordon EUR Deputy A/S Robert Wood Special Assistant Amy Scanlon USNATO PolAd Kelly Degnan (notetaker) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen [...] | 2009-12-04 18:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO MARR MOPS BK |
09USOSCE169 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR),Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...] | 2009-07-20 13:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE184 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009 [...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...] | 2009-08-06 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK |
09USOSCE188 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR [...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR |
09USOSCE255 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO [...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia),met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...] | 2009-11-16 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE283 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...] | 2009-12-18 07:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR |
09USOSCE73 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia),met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...] | 2009-03-27 09:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR |
09USUNNEWYORK1072 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES [...] SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko told the Security Council that BiH had made very limited progress in its effort to complete the agenda necessary for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),citing actions by Republika Srpska that unde [...] | 2009-11-25 19:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK1170 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FM ALKALAJ SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj told Ambassador Rice on December 16 that early bilateral consultations on key Security Council matters would ensure that the Foreign Ministry has sufficient time to gain consensus among BiH's tri-presidency for Council acti [...] | 2009-12-30 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK167 | BIH ACTION REQUEST: PERMREP SEEKS U.S. HELP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In a brief introductory call with Ambassador Rice, incoming Bosnia and Herzegovina PermRep Ivan Barbalic said his immediate focus is on preparing his mission to take on the extra workload that will come with Bosnia's likely Security Council membership in 2010-20 [...] | 2009-02-22 18:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK885 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.) [...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...] | 2009-10-09 18:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM |
09VALLETTA503 | MALTA: DEMARCHE ON USG SUPPORT FOR EUFOR IN BOSNIA [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to MFA Americas' desk officer, Second Secretary Maria Depasquale, who indicated she would forward to FM Tonio Borg's party, in Brussels. There was no immediate substantive response. Post will report any further information received septel. K [...] | 2009-11-17 16:57:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU BK MT |
09VIENNA1492 | AUSTRIA TO STAY THE COURSE ON EUFOR, OHR [...] (U) Polchief met November 20 with Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe, and Karl Prummer, MFA Unit Chief for European Security Policy, to discuss reftel points on EUFOR and seek GOA views on the transition from the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to the EU Special Repre [...] | 2009-11-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU BK AU |
09WARSAW1150 | POLAND SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF EUFOR MISSION IN [...] (C) Poland favors UN Security Council renewal of the EUFOR mandate in Bosnia. Tomasz Lekarski, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Department, said he did not expect any major obstacles to renewal when UNSC considers the issue November 18. However, he described the EU's position on E [...] | 2009-11-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU BK PL |
09ZAGREB484 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BOSNIAN [...] (C) In a private meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, Sulejman Tihic of the SDA argued that constitutional reform had to come before the closure of the Office of the High Rep (OHR) in Bosnia. He also expressed skepticism of the value of continuing the "Prud 3" process, unless it was to agr [...] | 2009-08-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
09ZAGREB551 | EUR DAS JONES' DISCUSSIONS IN ZAGREB ON BOSNIA, [...] (SBU) Croatian officials told EUR DAS Stu Jones on September 1 of their concern about political developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but pledged that Croatia would continue to play a constructive, and relatively hands-off, role there. The Croats also noted continued strains in their relationsh [...] | 2009-09-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON HR BK SR ICJ |
09ZAGREB653 | PM KOSOR URGES BOSNIAN CROAT LEADERS TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Kosor made an official one day visit to Sarajevo on November 3 and during her meetings with HDZ-1990 Party President Bozo Ljubic and HDZ-BiH Party President Dragan Covic the GoC urged them to support the Butmir process. Ljubic said that he had proposals for changes to the Hou [...] | 2009-11-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
09ZAGREB691 | ZAGREB'S EFFORTS TO ENGAGE BOSNIAN CROAT PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA State Secretary Davor Bozinovic told post that he was in Sarajevo on November 16 and 17 following up on PM Kosor's engagement with HDZ-1990 Party President Bozo Ljubic and HDZ-BiH Party President Dragan Covic on the Butmir process. Bozinovic believed that both leaders were l [...] | 2009-11-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
10ANKARA241 | TURKEY TOUTS FIFTH BOSNIA/SERBIA/TURKEY TRILATERAL [...] (C) Turkish media reports lauded the February 9 trilateral meeting in Ankara of Turkey, Bosnia, and Serbia as having succeeded in establishing diplomatic relations and the exchange of ambassadors between Bosnia and Serbia. The media outlets appeared unaware that Bosnia and Serbia had actually [...] | 2010-02-12 17:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU BK ZL |
10ANKARA47 | TURKEY PLANS QUADRILATERAL MEETING ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following its spate of meetings with Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia in December, the MFA is planning a new quadrilateral structure that would parallel the Butmir framework for dialogue on Bosnia. At least according to their embassies here, the other participants are open to the idea [...] | 2010-01-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU BK |
10ANKARA70 | GUL'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON IRAN, OTHER ITEMS [...] (C) During a January 14 meeting with Huseyin Dirioz, President Abdullah Gul's Chief Foreign Policy Advisor, the Ambassador took issue with PM Erdogan's recent public statement equating Iran's nuclear ambitions with Israel's alleged nuclear capability. He reminded Dirioz in the event the world [...] | 2010-01-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL ECON MNUC IR BK TU |
10BELGRADE21 | Ambassador's February 2 Meeting with Serbian Foreign [...] (C) During their first meeting on February 2, Foreign Minister Jeremic reinforced President Tadic's recent statements that 2010 would be the "Year of Solutions" for the Western Balkans. When pressed for details, however, the "solutions" appear linked to the expectation that other parties woul [...] | 2010-02-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR BK KV HR MW US |
10BERLIN86 | GERMAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on January 18 and followed up with him on January 20. 2. (C) On Iran, Fluegger said Germany supported all the U.S. points, with the exception of the one calling for the EU to repeat that it stands ready to "acco [...] | 2010-01-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR BK SO AF UP GM |
10BRUSSELS119 | EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, JANUARY - HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 25, EU Foreign Ministers focused their attention on the situation in Haiti and discussed how the EU could better support international community relief efforts taking place there. Following an overview of Spanish presidency priorities, discussions [...] | 2010-02-01 06:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID AF MASS EUN BK SR SO YM |
10BRUSSELS85 | BALKAN POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSS KOSOVO AND [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 11, Quint Balkans political directors - representing the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, the UK and EU Council Secretariat - met to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia. On Kosovo, the EU Council Secretariat noted Serb hardening and suggested [...] | 2010-01-26 09:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR |
10BUDAPEST37 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings January 21 with the Ambassador, MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Gabor Iklody stressed the importance of the U.S.-Hungarian bilateral relationship and outlined proposed cooperation between the Visegrad Four and the USG on Roma and energy issues. Hi [...] | 2010-01-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET MOPS PHUM RS BK AF HU |
10BUDAPEST90 | VISEGRAD FOUR POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETING IN [...] (SBU) The Hungarian MFA's Political Director, Gabor Ikody, offered to share with PolOff a report of the Visegrad Four (V4) Political Directors January 27-28 meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina. The Political Directors met with the three members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, [...] | 2010-02-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PREL PGOV BK HU |
10COPENHAGEN43 | JAN. 25 FAC DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IR YM BK SO UP YI DA |
10HELSINKI35 | FINLAND'S VIEWS ON JAN 25 FAC TOPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolEconOff, Finnish Acting Deputy European Correspondent Juha Mustonen received U.S. points on FAC agenda items contained in ref A and provided the following responses, previously reported in ref B email. In general Finland supported almost all U.S. p [...] | 2010-01-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BK EU FI HA IR MAS PHUM PK PREL SO YM |
10LJUBLJANA19 | SCENESETTER ON SLOVENIA'S ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN MARR BK KV SI |
10LJUBLJANA20 | CORRECTED COPY: SCENESETTER ON SLOVENIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN MARR BK KV SI |
10MOSCOW324 | ENGAGING RUSSIA ON THE FUTURE OF BOSNIA [...] (C) While GOR officials share our goal for BiH -- a stable country integrated with Europe -- they are increasingly calling for the Office of High Representative (OHR) to close, assessing that the entities have nearly met all five objectives and two conditions ("5 plus 2") set by the Peace Imp [...] | 2010-02-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK RS |
10PARIS207 | FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BALKANS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During separate discussions with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Spencer Boyer in early February, Roland Galharague, MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, adopted a defensive posture about the pot [...] | 2010-02-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS GG SR BK AF IR AM FR |
10PARIS68 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF JANUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On January 22, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the January 25 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ------------------------ LADY ASHTON TAKES CHARGE ------------------------ 2. ( [...] | 2010-01-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN HA YM AF BK SO IR MD FR |
10SARAJEVO100 | BOSNIA: TILTING TOWARD ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) On January 20, DCM urged President Zeljko Komsic's Foreign Policy Advisor Davor Vuletic (in Komsic's absence) to support the Copenhagen Accord as an important step to combat climate change (reftel). DCM underscored that Washington is urging Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to associate itse [...] | 2010-01-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG BK |
10SARAJEVO110 | BOSNIA: CROATS SEEK EARLY ALLIES AS ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) In preparation for the October 5 general elections, the leading BiH Croat parties are unofficially considering possible coalition partners and rallying them around perennial campaign themes, particularly the need for a third, Croat-dominated entity. Further complicating the pre-election [...] | 2010-02-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO114 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN-LIEBERMAN [...] (SBU) You are visiting Sarajevo when frustration over the failure of government at all levels is higher than at any time since the failure of the April Package of constitutional reforms in 2006. Governmental gridlock has been further fueled by conflicting visions among Bosnia's ethnic groups [...] | 2010-02-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BK |
10SARAJEVO115 | BOSNIA: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Below follows the 2009 End Use Monitoring Report for Bosnia-Herzegovina keyed to reftel format. Please note that Bosnia-Herzegovina receives no INCLE funding, but rather law enforcement capacity building programs are financed with INL-managed SEED funds implemented by the Department of Ju [...] | 2010-02-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN KCRM BK |
10SARAJEVO12 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post demarched Bosnian MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Jasmina Pasalic on January 5, soliciting Bosnia's assistance in encouraging Iran to free Amcits who have been imprisoned. Post provided para 7 of reftel as non-paper to Pasalic. 2. (SBU) Pasalic had no substantive r [...] | 2010-01-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC BK |
10SARAJEVO121 | BOSNIA: MAINTAINING U.S. COMMAND OF NATO HQ [...] (C/NF) I have for two-and-a-half years argued that the U.S. needs to maintain leadership of the NATO HQ in Sarajevo, both to show strong U.S. committment to the stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to provide firm leadership, in partnership with the Embassy, in promoting and [...] | 2010-02-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR PREL BK |
10SARAJEVO123 | BOSNIA: PDASD MCMILLAN'S MEETING WITH BIH [...] (C) On January 28, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Joseph McMillan met with Bosnian Tri-Presidency Chairman Zeljko Komsic and Tri-Presidency Member Nebojsa Radmanovic. During the meeting, PDASD McMillan explained that Bosnia did not receive [...] | 2010-02-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BK |
10SARAJEVO13 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR COMUSNAVEUR FITZGERALD'S [...] (C) Admiral: Your visit comes as Bosnia's leaders are frustrated and disappointed about their country's lack of progress towards NATO. Bosnia's Presidency and defense leadership feel that Allies unfairly passed up Bosnia in December when they allowed Montenegro to begin a Membership Action Pl [...] | 2010-01-05 16:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BK |
10SARAJEVO131 | BOSNIA: CONSIDERING U.S. PROPOSALS FOR CITES [...] (U) On February 3, Post delivered reftel demarche to Senad Oprasic, Head of the Department for the Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources at the BiH Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MOFTER). We requested Bosnia and Herzegovina's support for U.S. proposals for cha [...] | 2010-02-08 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES BK |
10SARAJEVO133 | BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 12:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO134 | BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN [...] (S/NF) The emergence of a new Bosniak party, led by the powerful, reportedly corrupt, and sometimes vindictive media mogul Fahrudin Radoncic, is likely to create further rifts in the Bosniak political scene, particularly amid the campaign for the October 2010 general elections. Radoncic has the [...] | 2010-02-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO140 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL POMEROY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You are visiting Sarajevo when frustration over the failure of government at all levels is higher than at any time since the failure of the April Package of constitutional reforms in 2006. Governmental gridlock has been further fueled by conflicting visions among Bosnia's ethn [...] | 2010-02-10 16:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP ECON BK |
10SARAJEVO141 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) You are visiting Sarajevo when frustration over the failure of government at all levels is higher than at any time since the failure of the April Package of constitutional reforms in 2006. Governmental gridlock has been further fueled by conflicting visions among Bosnia's ethnic groups [...] | 2010-02-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP ECON BK |
10SARAJEVO142 | BOSNIA: ARMED FORCES FACE DOWN GRAVE CRISIS [...] (C) Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic described to Ambassador, January 30, what he considered to be the greatest threat to the command, discipline and unity of Bosnia's Armed Forces since the creation of a unified command and Ministry of Defense in 2006. Prompted by veterans associations and [...] | 2010-02-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR BK |
10SARAJEVO148 | BOSNIA: COVIC AND DODIK - STRANGE BEDFELLOWS [...] (C) An emerging relationship between prominent BiH Croat and Serb leaders is compounding worrisome rhetoric on both sides and engendering concern among Bosniaks. Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-BiH President Dragan Covic and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) President -- and Re [...] | 2010-02-12 08:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO150 | BOSNIA TO TAKE CONTROL OF ITS AIRSPACE IN 2010 [...] (U) Since the war, Serbia and Croatia have managed overflight control of Bosnian airspace, collecting USD 15 million annually in fees. After five years of developing its new air traffic management (ATM) system, Bosnia is poised to take control of this overflight space and the revenues that co [...] | 2010-02-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BK |
10SARAJEVO151 | BOSNIA: CODEL MCCAIN-LIEBERMAN DELIVERS MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) During their February 5 visit to Sarajevo, a Congressional Delegation led by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman delivered strong messages to the BiH Tri-Presidency and Minister of Defense on the need to make real progress on constitutional and defense reform so that BiH can move [...] | 2010-02-12 12:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP MARR BK |
10SARAJEVO157 | BOSNIA: FEDERATION IGNORES HIGHREP CONCERNS [...] (C) The Federation entity has refused to address HighRep Inzko's concerns, which he expressed in a letter to the Federation Presidency in December 2009, about the uneven distribution of governing positions. In a separate December letter, the HighRep also reminded Federation President Borjana [...] | 2010-02-16 08:11:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO167 | BOSNIA: CONTRIBUTION OF ANSF TRAINERS POSSIBLE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Assistant Minister of Defense Zoran Sajinovic on February 19, urging Bosnia to contribute a team of trainers or mentors to ISAF's efforts to expand the capacity of the Afghan National Security Forces. Sajinovic told us that Bosnia's Military Representative to [...] | 2010-02-19 16:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL BK |
10SARAJEVO171 | BOSNIA: WORLD BANK DEADLINE LOOMS - POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Federation parliamentarians face a February 26 deadline to fix the entity's unsustainable system of social benefits, or risk grave financial and political consequences. At stake are a $111 million World Bank budget support loan, an IMF disbursement worth $135 million, ten more IMF disbu [...] | 2010-02-22 23:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI IMF IBRD BK |
10SARAJEVO175 | BOSNIA ? WOMEN'S SMALL GRANT PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Sarajevo submits the following four proposals in priority order for S/GWI's small grant initiative to promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. Post received 64 proposals, which were reviewed by representatives of the economic, public affairs (OPA),and USAID offic [...] | 2010-02-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN EAID KPAO PHUM SOCI TRSY BK |
10SARAJEVO181 | BOSNIA: SOCIAL BENEFITS REFORM PASSES FEDERATION [...] (U) Summary: In an extraordinary session February 24, the Federation House of Representatives speedily passed a set of amendments to reform the system of social benefits. If also passed in the House of Peoples, the legislation is expected to fulfill requirements for release of budget-support f [...] | 2010-02-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI BK |
10SARAJEVO182 | INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON OPDAT [...] (U) Summary. The work being done by INL-funded Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Program (OPDAT) remains crucial to our rule of law agenda in Bosnia. In addition to its training programs, OPDAT is providing technical assistance to the State Prosecutor's Special Department fo [...] | 2010-02-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
10SARAJEVO183 | CODEL POMEROY MEETINGS IN BOSNIA, FEBRUARY 14-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND),in Bosnia February 14-16, met with parliamentarians, civil society representatives, students, Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, and the Bosnian tri-presidency. Pomeroy outlined the functions of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP),urging Bosni [...] | 2010-02-25 08:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BK |
10SARAJEVO184 | CODEL POMEROY MEETINGS IN BOSNIA, FEBRUARY 14-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND),in Bosnia February 14-16, met with parliamentarians, civil society representatives, students, Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, and the Bosnian tri-presidency. Pomeroy outlined the functions of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP),urging Bosni [...] | 2010-02-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BK |
10SARAJEVO186 | BOSNIA: USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH UNHRC SESSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on February 25, post delivered para five talking points to Bosnian MFA Head of Department for Human Rights, Amb. Milenko Misic, who was preparing to depart for Geneva to participate as a member of the Bosnian delegation at the upcoming UNHRC session. 2. (SBU) Delegation Co [...] | 2010-02-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BK |
10SARAJEVO189 | BOSNIA: GETTING CLOSER TO QUALIFYING FOR IMF AND [...] (SBU) As expected, the Federation House of Peoples ratified the set of amendments to reform the system of social benefits passed yesterday by the Federation House of Representatives (Reftel). This was the last remaining hurdle before the amendments enter into law. These amendments are exp [...] | 2010-02-25 16:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI BK |
10SARAJEVO196 | BOSNIA: MOSTAR BUSINESSPEOPLE WELCOME EU ACCESSION [...] (C) In a series of discussions in Mostar, businesspeople from both large and small enterprises expressed positive attitudes about the benefits of Bosnia's eventual EU accession, particularly access to new markets and capital. All of the Mostar interlocutors noted a drop in consumer demand in [...] | 2010-02-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECIN BEXP PGOV EUN BK |
10SARAJEVO21 | BOSNIA: UNCLEAR IF ECHR DECISION WILL BRING QUICK [...] (SBU) On December 22, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of two complainants from the Jewish and Roma communities that certain provisions of the BiH constitution were unjustifiably discriminatory and thus, violated BiH's obligations under the ECHR and related proto [...] | 2010-01-08 09:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KDEM EUN BK |
10SARAJEVO23 | BOSNIA: BACKGROUND AND SUGGESTED POINTS FOR SENIOR [...] (SBU) We understand that the list of Bosnian attendees at the prayer breakfast in Washington will include three senior government officials -- state-level PM Nikola Spiric, media mogul and new Bosniak party leader Fahrudin Radoncic, and Federation entity Prime Minister Mustafa Mujezinovic. We [...] | 2010-01-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO59 | BOSNIA: FY10 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Post appreciated EEB/CBA's offer of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) support. Per reftel instructions, we submit the following proposals in rank priority order. Our responses are keyed to reftel instructions. RENEWABLE ENERGY SEMINAR, MAY 2009 ----------------------------------- [...] | 2010-01-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP KPAO ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BK |
10SARAJEVO61 | BOSNIA: DISPUTE OVER FEDERATION TELECOM FIRM [...] (SBU) Appointment of a general manager of the Federation majority-owned telecommunications firm HT Mostar has become a further point of conflict within the Federation. The Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA),along with most other Bosniak and Croat parties, favors reappointment of the c [...] | 2010-01-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV BK |
10SARAJEVO70 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR PDASD JOSEPH MCMILLAN'S [...] (C/NF) I am delighted you are coming to Sarajevo to chair the second Bilateral Defense Consultations between Bosnia and the United States. Your visit comes as Bosnia's leaders are frustrated over their country's lack of progress towards NATO. Bosnia's Presidency and defense leadership feel t [...] | 2010-01-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BK |
10SARAJEVO73 | BOSNIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] In the past several years, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. However, the global economic crisis, coupled with increasing internal political struggles, has led to a significant slowdown in necessary reforms since 2008. [...] | 2010-01-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BK |
10SARAJEVO74 | BOSNIA: CORRIDOR 5C: THE ROAD NOT TRAVELED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 14:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EINV BK |
10SARAJEVO75 | BOSNIA: CORRIDOR 5C: THE ROAD NOT TRAVELED [...] (SBU) If it is ever completed, corridor 5C, a multi-country strategic highway planned for south-central Europe would run from Budapest, Hungary, to the Adriatic port of Ploce in Croatia. Obstacles facing this project mirror the difficulty securing an agreement on other, equally important ini [...] | 2010-01-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN EINV BK |
10SARAJEVO80 | BOSNIA: OPPOSITION BEATS DODIK'S CANDIDATE IN [...] (C) In a special mayoral election in the Republika Srpska (RS) municipality of Bileca on January 24, the opposition coalition candidate defeated the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). The coalition clinched this victory despite an ardent campaign and alleged pre-election threats [...] | 2010-01-26 17:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
10SARAJEVO82 | BOSNIA: IMF SECOND TRANCHE ON HOLD [...] (C) Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation entity has not yet met conditions for disbursement of the second tranche of the IMF stand-by arrangement, worth roughly USD 135 million. The IMF's local representative stressed in a January 15 statement that the IMF board will not approve disbursement -- [...] | 2010-01-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI IMF IBRD BK |
10SARAJEVO99 | BOSNIA: CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING PROHIBITED [...] (U) Post has requested assistance of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Transportation and Communications for information on prevalence of distracted driving and efforts to prevent it, as requested in reftel. Bosnia and Herzegovina already has adopted a law prohibiting the use of cell pho [...] | 2010-01-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI BK |
10STATE11479 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1369) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the Workshop on Preventing and Responding to a Terrorist Attack on Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection scheduled for February 11-12, 2010 in Vienna, Austria. [...] | 2010-02-04 18:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE11892 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 56) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend a program funded by the TCA, which is sponsored by ODC and scheduled for the 2010 at Military Schools and posts in the U.S. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vet [...] | 2010-02-05 14:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE12073 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1317) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Straegic Force Planning Course scheduled for February 9 to February 11, 2010 in Sarajevo, BiH. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals list [...] | 2010-02-05 17:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PREL BK |
10STATE14730 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1412) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Military Intelligence Battalion Training cheduled for February 22 to February 26, 2010 in Germany. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals [...] | 2010-02-18 19:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE14742 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 79) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the NATO Integration and Lessons Learned Regional Conference scheduled for February 24 2010 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the [...] | 2010-02-18 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE14801 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BAKU 34) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the SSLP-PASS 10-5 Course in Garmisch, Germany, from February 20-June 18, 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and posse [...] | 2010-02-18 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE2358 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1389) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Legal Issues Concerning Preparations for ISAF on January 17, 2010 in Ohrid, Macedonia. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in refte [...] | 2010-01-11 16:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE3974 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1413) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the George C Marshall Center Residential Courses scheduled for January 20, 2010 in Garmisch, Germany. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals list [...] | 2010-01-14 20:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE3976 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1251) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Drill Sergeants Duties Course scheduled for 26 January to 29 January, 2010 in Parris Island, South Carolina. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the indiv [...] | 2010-01-14 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE3979 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1250) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Drill Sergeants Duties Course scheduled for 26 January to 29 January, 2010 in Parris Island, South Carolina. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the indiv [...] | 2010-01-14 20:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE4433 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1413) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the George C Marshall Center Residential Courses scheduled for January 20, 2010 in Garmisch, Germany. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals list [...] | 2010-01-15 17:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE4569 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 4) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the George C Marshall Center Residential Courses scheduled for January 20, 2010 in Garmisch, Germany. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed [...] | 2010-01-15 19:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE4571 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (TBILISI 2311) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the Defense Language Institute, Lackland AFB, San Antonio and at the Basic Officer Course, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA. 2. (U) The Department of State has [...] | 2010-01-15 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STATE6555 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (SARAJEVO 1347) [...] (SBU) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the NBC Unit Operations and Training scheduled for January 26 to January 28, 2010 in Sarajevo. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals nominat [...] | 2010-01-22 15:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BK |
10STOCKHOLM32 | SWEDEN'S POINTS ON 25 JANUARY FAC [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Stockholm delivered FAC demarche points on January 20 to the EU Correspondent's Office Deputy Kristin Forsgren-Bengtsson, Head of the Gulf Section Gufran Al-Nadal, and Head of the Asia and East Asia Department Klas Mohlin. Their main points were: -- The London Conferenc [...] | 2010-01-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR BK EUN SW |
10USNATO88 | RFG - NATO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH BOSNIA AND [...] (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE and SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 3, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will conduct an exchange of views with the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the run-up to the NAC's March 23 Sarajevo visit and NATO's Foreign Ministerial meeting in April. The NAC me [...] | 2010-02-26 15:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL BK |
10USOSCE66 | KAZAKHSTAN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK TO APPOINT A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian Federation (RF) officially withdrew its candidate for the position of OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media (RFoM) February 25, opening the door for the appointment of the Bosnian candidate - the overwhelming favorite of the participating States. Although the R [...] | 2010-02-26 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OSCE BK KZ RS |
10USUNNEWYORK48 | EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 64TH GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 20:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA AL AM AJ BO BK BU HR CY EN |
10ZAGREB54 | CROATIAN MFA ON TRILATERAL TALKS ON BOSNIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Croatian MFA readout of the January 14 trilateral meeting between Croatia, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH),the GoC sought to improve political protection for the Bosnian Croats in the Federation. The GoC believes that relaxing tensions between the Croat and Bo [...] | 2010-01-26 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK TU |
92ZAGREB1056 | ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 26, 1992 [...] LOCAL PRESS REPORTS IT IS ALL QUIET TODAY ON THE DRNIS FRONT, BUT UNPROFOR HAS POSTPONED ITS TAKEOVER OF SECTOR SOUTH UNTIL THE CEASEFIRE IS RESPECTED. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01056 01 OF 03 261351Z PRESIDENT TUDJ [...] | 1992-06-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN HR BK MOPS |
92ZAGREB1169 | LETTER TO SECRETARY BAKER FROM FOREIGN [...] PROVIDED HEREIN IS TEXT OF A LETTER FAXED TO THE CONSULATE FROM CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZDENKO SKRABALO, REGARDING THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA -HERCEGOVINA (ENGLISH VERSION AS PROVIDEDB CROATIANS). UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZA [...] | 1992-07-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB1526 | CGYOOL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE NO. 38 [...] THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF, DAILY UPDATE ON THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SITUATION IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WITH REGARD TO CONVOYS, COORDINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF U.S.-DONATED ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS. AIRPORT UPDATE -------------- 2. THE SARAJEVO AIRLIFT IS [...] | 1992-08-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB1854 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 28, 1992 [...] AS UN/EC PEACE ENVOYS VANCE AND OWEN MET WITH CROATIAN AUTHORITIES IN ZAGREB LAST FRIDAY, THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT ERUPTED INTO DEBATE OVER THE PASSAGE OF A LAW GRANTING AMNESTY TO SOME OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR SERBIA AGAINST CROATIA. A SECOND SESSION OF CROATIA'S NEW NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL [...] | 1992-09-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF ECON HR BK |
92ZAGREB1856 | HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA - REPORTED RAPES OF YOUNG MUSLIM WOMEN [...] A TWO-PAGE ARTICLE IN THE SEPT 25 EDITION OF THE ZAGREB WEEKLY "GLOBUS" REPORTS THAT A GROUP OF FORTY YOUNG WOMEN FROM THE MUSLIM-POPULATED TOWN OF BREZOVO POLJE, NORTH OF SARAJEVO, WERE BRUTALIZED AND REPEATEDLY RAPED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR BY SERBIAN SOLDIERS. THE WOMEN, NINE OF WHOM ARE SH [...] | 1992-09-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB1869 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 29, 1992 [...] THE PRESIDENTS OF CROATIA AND SERBIA WILL MEET IN GENEVA TOMORROW (SEPTEMBER 30) TO DISCUSS BILATERAL ISSUES. THE CROATIAN RED CROSS HAS REGISTERED 26,110 MISSING PERSONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. ULTRA-RIGHTIST LEADER PARAGA MAINTAINS THAT LARGE QUANTITIES OF ARMS FOUND DURING A SEA [...] | 1992-09-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR BK |
92ZAGREB2038 | CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA- [...] (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF SPECIFIC AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (B-H) BASED ON PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SUBJECTS NAMED. THE SUBJECTS IN THIS REPORT AGREED TO SPEAK ONLY AFTER RECEIVING ASSURANCES THAT THEIR NAMES WOULD NOT BE USED PUBLICLY FOR F [...] | 1992-10-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2203 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: OCT 29, 1992 [...] CROATIAN BUDGET DEFICIT HITS 400 BILLION DINARS (ALMOST USD 890 MILLION). PRESIDENT TUDJMAN TELLS ISLANDERS THAT RECONSTRUCTION IS NUMBER ONE GOAL. SERBS DESTROY BOSANSKI BROD CATHOLIC CHURCH. ZUPANJA HIT BY 12 SERBIAN SHELLS. B-10,000 CROATIAN ARMY SOLDIERS TO BE [...] | 1992-10-29 16:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2243 | CGYOOL: CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS [...] FOLLOWING A PUBLIC EXCHANGE OF RECRIMINATORY LETTERS BY PRESIDENTS IZETBEGOVIC AND TUDJMAN (REFS A AND B),THE TWO LEADERS MET IN ZAGREB ON SUNDAY, NOV 1, TO ATTEMPT TO IRON OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES. TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE START OF THE MEETING SHOWED B-H HDZ LEADER MATE BOBAN NEXT TO IZETBEG [...] | 1992-11-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK |
92ZAGREB2263 | CGYOOL-ICRC REPORTS RELEASE OF 87 DETAINEES. [...] ICRC-ZAGREB REPORTS THE RELEASE, ON NOVEMBER 3, OF 87 PRISONERS FROM B-H CAMPS. SIXTY-ONE PRISONERS HELD BY SERBIAN FORCES IN KAMENICA (NEAR DRVAR) HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND TRANSFERED BY ICRC TO THE TRANSIT CENTER IN KARLOVAC (REPUBLIC OF CROATIA) RUN BY UNHCR. ANOTHER GROUP OF 25 SERBIAN PRI [...] | 1992-11-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2290 | CGYOOL: TUDJMAN SUMMONS DIP CORPS; SPELLS [...] PRESIDENT TUDJMAN SUMMONED ALL ZAGREB CHIEFS OF LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02290 01 OF 06 051640Z MISSION TO THE "PREDSJEDNICKI DVORI" NOVEMBER 4 TO HEAR A STATEMENT OF CROATIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON A RANGE OF [...] | 1992-11-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2362 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 12, 1992 [...] EX-JNA GENERAL GOES ON TRIAL IN SPLIT FOR WAR CRIMES. CROATIA AND RUSSIA SIGN NATURAL GAS DEAL. FIRST PRISONERS PARDONED UNDER NEW AMNESTY LAW. SERBIAN CAPO MARTIC THREATENS UNPROFOR. KRSKO A-PLANT RESTARTED AFTER MECHANICAL PROBLEM. ZUPANIJA AND SECTOR NORTH VILLAGE SHELLED BY [...] | 1992-11-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2392 | CGYOOL -- APPROACHING THE BREAKING POINT: [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO REF A'S REQUEST FOR OUR CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02392 01 OF 09 131606Z CANDID APPRAISAL OF THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN CROATIA. REF B CONVEYED THE GOC'S LATES [...] | 1992-11-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2405 | CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS [...] ON COMPLETION OF THEIR VISIT TO MACEDONIA AND CROATIA NOVEMBER 15, A HELSINKI COMMISSION DELEGATION COMPRISED OF SEN. DENNIS DECONCINI AND REP. FRANK MCCLOSKEY ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING FOR: IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA; INCLUSION OF MACEDONIA IN UNCLASSIFIED [...] | 1992-11-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2505 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 25, 1992 [...] EC MONITORS "CLEAR" CROATIA OF ALLEGATIONS OF NO-FLY BAN VIOLATIONS. SOME PROGRESS ON RESIDENCY PERMITS ISSUED. MUP REPORTS AN INCREASE IN CRIME. OPPOSITION ROUNDTABLE QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT REDISTRICTING PLAN. SERB GUNNERS CONTINUE SHELLING CROATIAN TOWNS. 14 SERBS INDICTED IN [...] | 1992-11-25 15:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2517 | CGYOOL: CODEL DECONCINI OPENS THE MASH; [...] UNDER HELSINKI COMMISSION AUSPICES, SENATOR DECONCINI AND REP. MCCLOSKEY VISITED CROATIA NOV 15. THEY HELPED OFFICIALLY OPEN THE U.S. ARMY MASH UNIT AT ZAGREB AIRPORT AND INTERVIEWED SEVERAL MEN FROM THE LATEST GROUP OF SERBIAN DEATH CAMP SURVIVORS IN KARLOVAC. PRESIDENT TUDJMAN TOLD THE COD [...] | 1992-11-27 13:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR BK MK |
92ZAGREB2522 | CGYOOL: PRES TUDJMAN TELLS SENATOR MOYNIHAN [...] IN A LATE EVENING MEETING NOV 27, SENATOR MOYNIHAN SHARED WITH PRESIDENT TUDJMAN HIS IMPRESSIONS AFTER HAVING PERSONALLY VIEWED THE DEVASTATION IN SARAJEVO, MOSTAR, AND THE DUBROVNIK AREA. THE SENATOR SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY UNHCR IN SARAJEVO THAT THE CITY IS DOWN TO ONLY ONE DAY'S FOOD SUP [...] | 1992-11-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2532 | CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA- [...] (LOU) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS ON SPECIFIC AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (B-H). ON OCTOBER 27, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN EIGHT-PAGE LETTER IN CROATIAN, ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT BUSH, FROM SAID MUMINOVIC, A MUSLIM REFUGEE FROM BRCKO, BOSNIA. IN THE LETTER, MU [...] | 1992-11-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2544 | CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA- [...] (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS ON SPECIFIC AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (B-H) BASED ON PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SUBJECTS NAMED. THE SUBJECT IN THIS REPORT AGREED TO SPEAK ONLY AFTER RECEIVING ASSURANCES THAT HIS NAME WOULD NOT/NOT BE USED PUBLICLY FOR [...] | 1992-12-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2586 | CGY001: THE UGLY VIRUS OF MORAL SYMMETRY - [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. --------------- SUMMARY COMMENT --------------- 2. WE ARE FRANKLY APPALLED BY THE THRICE-REPEATED CLAIM IN REF A THAT THE EVENTS IN AND AROUND PROZOR OVER 6 WEEKS AGO CONSTITUTE HARD EVIDENCE OF PAST AND LIKELY FUTURE CROATIAN ETHNIC CLEANSING IN BOSNIA. F [...] | 1992-12-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2621 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 8, 1992 [...] CROATIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR MORE ACTION. TAX EVADERS TO BE THE TARGET OF ZAGREB'S NEW FINANCIAL POLICE. SERBIAN LEADER IN CROATIA CALLS FOR TOUGHER UN MANDATE. OSIJEK CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN RETALIATES AGAINST CRITICAL NEWS STORY. B-H PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC CONTINUES TALKS WITH CRO [...] | 1992-12-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2783 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 21, 1992 [...] FORMER FSO SAYS CROATIA WILL HAVE TO USE FORCE TO REGAIN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. 1,115 CHILDREN FROM B-H GO TO LIBYA TO STUDY AS PARLIAMENTARY GROUP VISITS WITH GHADAFFI. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REPORTS 30,000 WOMEN RAPED IN B-H WHILE 50,000 ARE STILL HELD IN PRISON CAMPS. MANJACA PRISON CAMP CLOS [...] | 1992-12-21 16:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS PREL PREF HR BK |
92ZAGREB2828 | CGYOO1: WAR CRIMES COMMISSION REQUEST [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02828 281435Z 2. IZETBEGOVIC FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR HAJRUDIN SOMUN HAS PASSED TO US A VIDEOTAPE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION IN B-H AND REPORTED WAR CRIMES. TH [...] | 1992-12-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL HR BK SR |
92ZAGREB2829 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 28, 1992 [...] NOISEMAKERS RESOUND THROUGHOUT ZAGREB OVER THE HOLIDAY. 130,000 DEAD IN WAR BY BOSNIAN COUNT. B-H BATTLES RAGE ON OVER WEEKEND. LASIC IS NEW CROAT REP ON B-H PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. CANADIANS RETREAT FROM B-H. GERMAN AF CHIEF FLIES IN TO REVIEW SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SECT [...] | 1992-12-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM HR BK CA RS GM |
92ZAGREB2856 | NBC "TODAY" REQUEST TO INTERVIEW CHARGE [...] NBC "TODAY" SHOW REPORTER/PRODUCER MURIEL RUBINE IS IN CROATIA PREPARING A PIECE ON ATROCITIES IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, FOCUSSED HEAVILY ON THE WIDELY- PUBLICIZED REPORTS OF MASS RAPE. SHE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING VICTIMS, WITNESSES, AND CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN ACTIVISTS ON THIS ISSUE. SHE HAS ASKE [...] | 1992-12-31 10:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC HR BK |
92ZAGREB2862 | CGYOOL: BANJA LUKA -- SERBIAN HARASSMENT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AN EXPATRIATE STAFFER FROM UNHCR'S BANJA LUKA OFFICE (STRICTLY PROTECT) DESCRIBED FOR US THE WORSENING SITUATION IN NORTHWEST BOSNIA DEC. 30. THE UNHCR STAFFER SAID THE LOCAL SERBIAN FORCES HAD INTENSIFIED THEIR HARASSMENT OF BOTH [...] | 1992-12-31 18:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MASS HR BK |
92ZAGREB2863 | 1992 CROATIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EMBASSY [...] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- ENTIRE TEXT. ----------------------------------------- GENERAL COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT'S RE-DRAFT ----------------------------------------- LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02863 01 OF 08 [...] | 1992-12-31 18:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KSPR HR BK |
92ZAGREB692 | MAY 04 APPEAL FOR ACTION BY CROATIAN [...] CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEPAROVIC CALLED IN THE CONSULAR/DIPLOMATIC CORPS LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (MAY 05) TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WHICH WAS AGREED TO DURING THE PREVIOUS DAYS CABINET MEETING AND IS SIGNED BY PRIME MINISTER GREGURIC. IT CALLS ON THE WORLD TO TAKE AGGRESSIVE ACT [...] | 1992-05-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB1155 | WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL -- INTERVIEWING [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE WELCOME THE REFUGEE-INTERVIEWING TEAM'S PROPOSED VISIT TO CROATIA. CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE VISIT WILL BE REFCOORD ERIC WHITAKER -- (0) 385-41-444-800, EXT. 63; (H) 385-41-337-736. 3. THE DATES SCHEDULED FOR THE TEAM'S BRIEF STOP IN CROATIA INCLUDE [...] | 1994-03-22 17:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR |
94ZAGREB118 | TFSROL: ZAGREB UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] ON JANUARY 6 UNPROFOR TROOPS WERE PERMITTED TO EXHUME A MASS GRAVE NEAR KRIZANCEVO (NEAR VITEZ, CENTRAL B-H). BRITISH UNPROFOR ELEMENTS INVESTIGATING THE SITUATION THERE ON DECEMBER 29 WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW AFTER ENCOUNTERING HEAVY FIRE FROM B-H ARMY POSITIONS. 2. ON JANUARY 8, AFTER [...] | 1994-01-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV HR BK |
94ZAGREB1217 | THE NEST OF EVIL: SERBS INTENSIFY ATROCITIES IN [...] THE USE OF EXTREME VIOLENCE AGAINST NON-SERBS REMAINING IN THE BANJA LUKA AREA OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA HAS ACCELERATED IN RECENT WEEKS. RECENT ARRIVALS FROM THE REGION HAVE PROVIDED NUMEROUS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE NON-SERBIAN POPULATION. THESE INCL [...] | 1994-03-25 18:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS PINS PREL PREF BK HR |
94ZAGREB1372 | TFSROL: OFDA DART SITREP NO. 70 [...] UPCOMING DART TRAVEL IN B-H. WFP REPORTED RECORD FOOD DELIVERIES DURING MARCH. UNHCR RESUMES CONVOYS THROUGH SERB-HELD TERRITORY. CONVOYS TO SELECTED AREAS, MARCH 25 - 31. CONVOY INCIDENTS APRIL 1 - 5. SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS APRIL 1 - 5. AIRLIFTS TO SARAJEVO APRIL 1 - 5. OPERATION PROVIDE P [...] | 1994-04-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB1634 | TFSROL: DART FIELD OFFICER'S VISIT WITH [...] ON APRIL 5, DART/ZAGREB FIELD OFFICER HAD AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE MEETING WITH MR. FUAD DIDIC, MINISTER OF COORDINATION AND FIELD AFFAIRS IN ZENICA FOR THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT. HE IS THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REGION. FORMERLY A PROFESSOR OF MARXIST PHILOSOPHY AT THE [...] | 1994-04-25 11:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB176 | A/S SHATTUCK AND CROATIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY INFORMATIVE AND SOMETIMES EMOTIONAL JANUARY 7 MEETING HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH, HA A/S SHATTUCK AND LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS SPOKESMEN IN CROATIA DISCUSSED WHAT A/S SHATTUCK CALLED "THE HUMAN RIGHTS CATASTROPHE" IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. IN A BROAD-RANGING CONVERSATIO [...] | 1994-01-13 18:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB23 | WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL: CROATIAN RESPONSE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL, AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH CALLED ON FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC JANUARY 13 TO DISCUSS ASSISTANCE TO THE PROSECUTOR FOR THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. HE LEFT A COPY OF THE TALKING POINTS IN THE REFTEL. 3. THE AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE NEED FOR [...] | 1994-01-03 18:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS HR BK |
94ZAGREB2371 | AMBASSADOR RAISES WAR CRIMES, REFUGEE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TUDJMAN, DEFMIN SUSAK, AND DEPUTY FM SANADER, ON OTHER SUBJECTS (SEPTEL),AMB. GALBRAITH MADE TWO OTHER POINTS: ----------------------------------------- CRIMINAL ACTS OF CROATIAN OCCUPYING TROOPS -------------------------- [...] | 1994-06-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF HR BK |
94ZAGREB335 | TFSROL: AMB. ALBRIGHT TELLS TUDJMAN MORE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN A JANUARY 6 MEETING PRESIDENT TUDJMAN THANKED AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR CROATIA'S CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00335 01 OF 06 251811Z TE [...] | 1994-01-25 19:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF HR BK |
94ZAGREB42 | TFSROL: BOBAN DENIED VISA TO AUSTRALIA; [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN A JANUARY 4 MEETING FOREIGN MINISTER MATE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00042 041835Z GRANIC TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THAT THE PLANNED "LONG VACATION" TO AUSTRALIA BY THE "PRESIDENT [...] | 1994-01-04 18:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR BK |
94ZAGREB467 | TFSROL: THE MEDIA WAR: CROAT-MUSLIM [...] (U) THIS EMBASSY CONTINUES TO NOTE THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL MEDIA IN HEIGHTENING ETHNIC TENSIONS. GOVERNMENT OWNED AND CONTROLLED CROATIAN TV (HTV) ON SATURDAY, JAN. 29, BROADCAST TWO UNSCHEDULED DOCUMENTARIES BACK-TO-BACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENING NEWS. THE FIRST WAS A TWENTY MINUTE FILM [...] | 1994-02-02 16:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB513 | CROATIAN WEEKLY LISTS ALLEGED B-H ARMY [...] THE SEMI-INDEPENDENT SPLIT-BASED WEEKLY "NEDELJNA DALMACIJA" ON JAN 5 PUBLISHED A LENGTHY PIECE BY RESPECTED FREELANCER MARIO MARUSIC ON THE THREAT FACED BY BOSNIAN CROATS FROM B-H ARMY OR ALLIED FORCES. MARUSIC DECRIES THE PAUCITY OF ATTENTION TO ATROCITIES SUFFERED BY BOSNIAN CROATS WHILE [...] | 1994-02-04 19:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS HR BK |
94ZAGREB82 | TSFROL: UNPROFOR FORCE COMMANDER GEN. COT'S [...] IN A JAN 5 ZAGREB BRIEFING CHAIRED BY UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AKASHI, UNPROFOR FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL COT BRIEFED AMBASSADORS ALBRIGHT AND GALBRAITH, ASSTSEC SHATTUCK, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ALBRIGHT DELEGATION ON LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED [...] | 1994-01-07 16:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF EAID MOPS HR BK |
94ZAGREB827 | TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H: [...] (U) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS OF WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NEEDS. THIS REPORT NAMES VICTIMS AND, IN SOME C [...] | 1994-02-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF HR BK |
94ZAGREB872 | TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H: [...] (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NEEDS. ------------------- WITNESS INFORMATION -- [...] | 1994-03-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF HR BK |
94ZAGREB903 | TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H: [...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS (REFTELS) OF INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00930 01 OF 05 071400Z BY A DAR [...] | 1994-03-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MOPS HR BK |
94ZAGREB919 | TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H: [...] (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS OF WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS. THIS REPORT NAMES VICTIMS AND, IN SOME CASES, PERPETRATOR [...] | 1994-03-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF HR BK |
94ZAGREB941 | TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H: [...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00941 01 OF 03 081032Z IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB FI [...] | 1994-03-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MOPS HR BK |
94ZAGREB945 | TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H: [...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS (REFTELS) WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00945 01 OF 03 [...] | 1994-03-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MOPS HR BK |
95ZAGREB1090 | BANJA LUKA MUSLIM LEADERS ARRESTED FOR [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7. 2. (U) IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, OVER TEN OF THE MOST PROMINENT MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THEIR MERHAMET OFFICES AND IN THEIR HOMES BY SERB MILITARY AUTHORITIES. THE DETAINED INCLUDED NIJAZ KARASELIMOVIC, [...] | 1995-03-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF BK HR |
95ZAGREB1681 | OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 [...] UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATION ON APR 24 - 25 AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF AIRLIFT. UNHCR BUDGET CUTS ADVERSELY AFFECTS OFDA GRANTEE. FOR APRIL 24 - 25: CONVOY INCIDENTS; UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOY DELIVERIES; UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIF [...] | 1995-04-26 18:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM HR AORC BK |
95ZAGREB1822 | AKASHI SAYS TENSION LOWER IN "RSK"; DEFENDS [...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AT A MAY 10 MEETING AT UN HQ IN ZAGREB, UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE YASUSHI AKASHI TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THAT "RSK PRESIDENT" MILAN MARTIC APPEARED TO HAVE A "FIRMER GRIP ON REALITY" DURING THEIR DISCUSSIONS THE PREVLOU [...] | 1995-05-11 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS HR BK |
95ZAGREB3309 | CODEL KERREY/WARNER PART TWO: VISIT TO KNIN [...] SENATORS WARNER AND KERREY WERE BRIEFED IN KNIN IN THE UN COMPOUND BY LOCAL UNCRO MILITARY OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER, THE EC MONITORING MISSION AND UNHCR. THE UN AND ECMM ASSESSMENTS OF THE ATTACK AND AFTERMATH OF THE HV'S "OPERATION STORM" WERE BL [...] | 1995-08-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF MOPS HR BK |
95ZAGREB3944 | REFUGEES FROM VELIKA KLADUSA - SLOW PROGRESS ON [...] TALKS WERE HELD OCTOBER 6-8 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE B-H, CROATIAN, AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK FOR A TRILATERAL ENTITY THAT WOULD MONITOR THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES (ABDIC SUPPORTERS) WHO RETURN FROM CROATIA TO THE VELIKA KLADUSA AREA. TURKISH DELEGATION HAS RETURNED TO [...] | 1995-10-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM BK HR TU |
95ZAGREB4592 | THE ART OF EDITING: CROATIAN TELEVISION FAILS [...] ALTHOUGH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL'S INDICTMENT OF SIX BOSNIAN CROATS WAS NOT BIG NEWS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE NAMING OF ONE OF THEM, TIHOMIR BLASKIC, THE NEXT DAY TO A HIGH POSITION IN THE CROATIAN ARMY WAS. BY DAY THREE, HOWEVER, THE CROATIAN MEDIA -- THANKS, NO DOUBT, TO THE HIDDEN HAND OF POL [...] | 1995-11-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR BK SR PREL PHUM |
95ZAGREB470 | OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 43 [...] FAO RECEIVES 3.5 MILLION ECUS FROM ECHO FOR SPRING SEED PROGRAM. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO BLOCK FUEL DELIVERIES FOR SERB-HELD TERRITORY. KRAJINA SERBS GRANT CLEARANCE ONLY ONCE A WEEK FOR CONVOYS TO BIHAC POCKET. UNHCR RESTARTS FUEL DELIVERIES UNDER INA CONTRACT. POLICY IN MOSTAR [...] | 1995-02-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |