ACTION COMPLETED: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE

UNCLAS SANAA 002832 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO OES/PCI LACEY RAAK AND OES/PCI LORI BRUTTEN. E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV KPAO YM SUBJECT: ACTION COMPLETED: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SEED ANNOUNCEMENT REF: SECSTATE 207463 ¶1. Embassy Sanaa completed reftel action request. September 7, 2004 media notice on the Seed Initiative was sent by PD to normal newspaper distribution throughout Yemen on September 29, 2004. The notice was picked up by at least the Annahar, a weekly independent publication. Annahar has a weekly circulation of over 10 thousand copies in the larger Yemeni cities. The release has also been posted on the Embassy's public Internet site. ¶2. Names and contact information of in-country journalists to be forwarded to the Seed Secretariate: Mr. Walid Al-Saqqaf Editor-in-Chief Yemen Times - Bi-weekly Tel: 967 1 268 661 Fax: 967 1 268 276 Mobile: 967 71 717 133 E-mail: yementimes@yementimes.com Web site: www.yementimes.com Mr. Mohamed Al-Asadi Managing Editor Yemen Observer - Weekly Tel: 967 1 203 393 Fax: 967 1 207 239 Mobile: 967 71 656 656 E-mail: editor@yobserver.com Web site: www.yobserver.com Mr. Basha Basharahil Managing Editor Al-Ayyam - Independent Daily Tel: 967 2 255 170 Fax: 967 2 255 692 Mobile: 967 73 220 747 E-mail: alayyam@y.net.ye Web site: www.al-ayyam-yemen.com Mr. Abdul-Alem Bajash Deputy Editor-in-Chief Al-Usbu - Independent Weekly Tel: 967 1 212 554 Fax: 967 1 204 464 Mobile: 967 73 224 927 KRAJESKI