Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10DJIBOUTI97
2010-01-25 14:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Djibouti
Cable title:
DJIBOUTI: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
how-toVZCZCXYZ0006 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHDJ #0097 0251431 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 251431Z JAN 10 FM AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1299 INFO RUEHDJ/AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI
UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000097
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E AND OES/S NANCY CARTER-FOSTER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELTN SOCI DJ
SUBJECT: DJIBOUTI: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: 10 STATE 6703
UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000097
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E AND OES/S NANCY CARTER-FOSTER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELTN SOCI DJ
SUBJECT: DJIBOUTI: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: 10 STATE 6703
1. Poloff discussed reftel points January 25 with Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed
Goumaneh. Goumaneh indicated that while the GODJ was concerned
about road safety, the specific issue of text messaging while
driving had not been addressed in Djibouti. She said that the GODJ
currently had no plans to address this issue.
2. Djibouti has no laws forbidding text messaging while
driving. Law enforcement officials have no records on reported
accidents due to talking on the phone or text messaging while
driving. Djibouti Telecom, the state-run telecommunications
monopoly, reports 130,000 mobile telephone subscribers in the
country, or an estimated sixteen percent of the total population.
SWAN
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E AND OES/S NANCY CARTER-FOSTER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELTN SOCI DJ
SUBJECT: DJIBOUTI: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: 10 STATE 6703
1. Poloff discussed reftel points January 25 with Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed
Goumaneh. Goumaneh indicated that while the GODJ was concerned
about road safety, the specific issue of text messaging while
driving had not been addressed in Djibouti. She said that the GODJ
currently had no plans to address this issue.
2. Djibouti has no laws forbidding text messaging while
driving. Law enforcement officials have no records on reported
accidents due to talking on the phone or text messaging while
driving. Djibouti Telecom, the state-run telecommunications
monopoly, reports 130,000 mobile telephone subscribers in the
country, or an estimated sixteen percent of the total population.
SWAN