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06KIEV2523	UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please advise how to respond to MFA inquiry in para 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko requested clarification of the following point contained in our demarche of June 22 (taken from ref B) regarding arms [...]	2006-06-29 09:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL YM UP

06KIEV2526	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...]	2006-06-29 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV2530	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH [...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]	2006-06-29 17:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2589	UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...]	2006-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP
06KIEV2590	UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]	2006-07-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV2651	UKRAINE: MOROZ AS SPEAKER; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a maneuver which stunned Our Ukraine (OU) and Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) only hours after they had reached agreement with Party of Regions on a division of responsibilities between the majority and opposition forces in the Rada (parliament) to end Regions' 10-day blockade of the [...]	2006-07-07 15:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2678	UKRAINE: ORANGE OPTIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Presidential Chief of Staff Rybachuk, former PM Tymoshenko, Our Ukraine (OU) Party leaders Roman Bezsmertny and Roman Zvarych, and OU Political Council member and former National Security and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh July 8 and Acting Foreign M [...]	2006-07-10 17:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KIEV2855	UKRAINE: THE POLITICAL CHESS GAME: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with key deputy party leaders from Our Ukraine (OU),Regions, and the Socialists over the week of July 17-21 revealed a complicated political chess game underway in Ukrainian politics. Regions' Volodymyr Makeyenko and Socialists Mykola Rudkovsky and Yaroslav Mendus [...]	2006-07-21 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2900	UKRAINE: WAYS OUT OF THE POLITICAL IMPASSE: FOUR [...] (C) Summary: With the window for a Presidential decision to disband the Rada now open and the "Anti-Crisis Coalition" nomination of Viktor Yanukovych for PM on his desk, Yushchenko and Ukraine face four scenarios: accept Yanukovych as PM; reject Yanukovych's nomination but not dissolve the Rad [...]	2006-07-25 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV2932	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO-LED ROUNDTABLE POINTS TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko moderated an extraordinary six-hour marathon roundtable July 27 involving all Ukrainian political leaders and additional eminent figures to discuss a way out of the current political impasse. Yushchenko ended the session at 10 pm with a plea for the parti [...]	2006-07-28 08:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2962	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's relations with NATO in the context of ongoing domestic political roundtable discussions and fading chances for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) invitation at the Riga Summit were discussed in EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Kramer's July 28 meetings with Actin [...]	2006-07-31 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2964	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES [...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...]	2006-07-31 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV3021	UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]	2006-08-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3029	UKRAINE: TALE OF TWO VIKTORS: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES [...] (C) Summary. In another last minute decision crucial to the political future of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko initiated the procedures required for dissolution of the Rada (parliament) August 2, only to agree in the middle of the night instead to endorse Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovyc [...]	2006-08-04 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV3041	UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]	2006-08-04 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV3128	UKRAINE: ENERGY MINISTERS ON NEW GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary. In August 10 meetings with Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev and Minister of Fuels and Energy Yuriy Boyko made clear that the new GOU was determined to reach a good outcome in dealings with Russia and Turkmenistan on natural gas supplies. Boyko was confident that [...]	2006-08-11 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP
06KIEV3129	UKRAINE: FIRST DEPUTY PM AZAROV COMMITTED TO WTO [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Azarov told the Ambassador that by the end of 2006, Ukraine would join the WTO. He pledged that the government would have a careful and well-balanced policy in place to deal with Ukraine's large negative trade balance. On the energy situati [...]	2006-08-11 13:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN MCC UP
06KIEV3130	UKRAINE: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE? "ORANGE" MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, who repeatedly vowed publicly in July that he would never serve under Viktor Yanukovych, revealed his continuing ambivalence in an August 11 press conference to explain why he had remained Interior Minister in Yanukovych's government, stating that [...]	2006-08-11 14:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3185	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL FACE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Ukraine (GOU) is actively considering what contribution Ukraine might offer to the expanded UNIFIL mission and has conducted consultations in New York with UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Annabi but faces an August 17 deadline from UN [...]	2006-08-16 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE UP
06KIEV3256	(C) UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UP
06KIEV333	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...]	2006-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIEV3332	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...]	2006-08-29 10:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP
06KIEV335	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH DISCUSSES GAS DEAL, RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting with opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Deputy Taras Chornovil, EUR A/S Fried told Yanukovych the U.S. supported Ukraine and would work with whatever democratically-elected government the people of Ukraine chose. The U.S. would [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ETRD ENRG EPET UP WTO
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV337	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S BEZSMERTNY ON WHY THE [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Ambassador, Roman Bezsmertny, campaign chief for President Yushchenko's party People's Union Our Ukraine, spun the January 4 Ukraine-Russia gas agreement as an advantageous deal for Ukraine. On a macro level, the higher prices would force necessary r [...]	2006-01-26 08:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RS UP
06KIEV3370	UKRAINE: MTCR PROPOSALS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C-Rel to MTCR) On August 31, we provided MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko with the texts contained reftels of U.S. proposals for the October 2-6 MTCR Plenary Meeting in Copenhagen. Kucherenko thanked us for the information but had no substantive [...]	2006-08-31 14:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR UP
06KIEV3371	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S SEPT 6-7 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical moment in Ukraine's post-Orange Revolution political development. While the primary gains of the Orange Revolution in societal attitudes, freedom of the press, and foreign and security policy remain, the orange-dominated political season is definiti [...]	2006-08-31 15:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ENRG UP
06KIEV340	Ukraine: Bilateral Coordination Group Talks: [...] (U) In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24 (see septels for other issues discussed),the U.S. side pointed out that progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) was important not only because it protected Ukrainian citizens, but also because Ukraine was currently on the Tier Tw [...]	2006-01-26 09:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV341	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: [...] (SBU) During Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, the U.S. side raised the year-long inability of the Embassy to dispatch diplomatic pouches by air given a Ukrainian law requiring x-ray inspection. 2. (SBU) As Acting Chair for the U.S. side, EB A/S Tony Wayne noted that the Ukrain [...]	2006-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ADPM ADCO PREL KREC ASEC KRIM UP
06KIEV3425	UKRAINE: ORANGE VS BLUE CASE STUDY: THE STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary. The political struggle between Orange and Blue to define policy and make decisions in a government of uneasy cohabitation will unfold in the coming weeks and months on an issue by issue basis, particularly in areas and ministries currently controlled by "Orange" Ministers loyal t [...]	2006-09-06 12:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV346	UKRAINE: GOU TELLS A/S WAYNE OF CONTINUED IPR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne met on January 24 with Acting Minister of Education and Science Borys Zhebrovskiy and other GOU officials involved in intellectual property (IPR) rights protection. A/S Wayne told the officials that, [...]	2006-01-26 13:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ETRD UP
06KIEV3463	UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...]	2006-09-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP
06KIEV3464	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]	2006-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3489	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON A NATO [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko told the Ambassador that NATO membership was an internal question for the country, but that he was working with PM Yanukovych to make a good case for a MAP during his September 14 visit to Brussels. On energy, if Ukraine could liberalize and diversify the s [...]	2006-09-11 14:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ENRG UP
06KIEV3532	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO [...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...]	2006-09-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV3552	UKRAINE: A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Moroz told A/S Fried the parliament (Rada) had begun work on remaining WTO legislation, but notably made no predictions about when it would pass. Opposition leader Tymoshenko, on the other hand, expected Yanukovych's government to significantly slow down th [...]	2006-09-18 12:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG EPET UP
06KIEV3553	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine-NATO relations was a primary theme in EUR Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings September 6-7 with FM Borys Tarasyuk, Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and PM Viktor Yanukovych. Holdover "orange" Ministers Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko have been the two staunchest advocates [...]	2006-09-18 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3569	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ADVANCES RELATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: While media attention had focused on PM Yanukovych's comments regarding a NATO Membership Action Plan during his September 14 visit to Brussels, MFA European Union Department acting director Dir argued that Yanukovych had made significant statements and substantial progress on EU [...]	2006-09-18 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD EPET EUN UP
06KIEV3570	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO MIFFED ON MAP? KIEV'S REACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the positive dynamics of PM Yanukovych's September 14 visit to NATO HQ (ref A),Yanukovych's declaration that Ukraine was not ready for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) drew swift public complaints from FM Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko September 15, followed by [...]	2006-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV363	UKRAINE: PSI SHIPBOARDING NEGOTIATIONS - U.S. [...] (SBU) We provided the U.S. response to Ukrainian views on the draft text of the PSI Shipboarding Agreement, with accompanying Ukrainian language translation, to MFA Arms Control Department Counselor Ruslan Nymchynsky January 27. Nymchynsky promised to study our views, provided in the form of n [...]	2006-01-27 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UP
06KIEV365	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS [...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...]	2006-01-27 15:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE
06KIEV367	UKRAINE: WHO ARE THE PEACEMAKERS? BUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The public political posturing about potential post-election coalitions kicked off in earnest January 24 with President Yushchenko's party Our Ukraine releasing a letter calling for the forces of the Maidan -- Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT),Moroz' Socialists [...]	2006-01-27 17:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
06KIEV3672	UKRAINE/MTCR: VENEZUELA ARMS SALES POLICY BRIEFED, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) On September 22, we relayed ref A points on changes in USG policy regarding arms sales to Venezuela and MTCR papers in other reftels to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles [...]	2006-09-22 13:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL ETTC MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR DA KN
06KIEV3674	UKRAINE: NEW PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF READY TO [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador September 19 that he was ready to engage with the U.S. to ensure that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Anti-Corruption Project was a success and was eager to get started [...]	2006-09-22 14:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UP
06KIEV368	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: [...] (SBU) Summary: In the final session of the January 24 Bilateral Coordination Group talks, the Ukrainian side reviewed GOU judicial reform and anti-corruption efforts and pledged to respond soon to OPIC's urgent request for resolution of the issues stemming from OPIC's payment of a $17-million [...]	2006-01-28 08:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL KCRM UP
06KIEV3710	UKRAINE: OFFICIALS DENY THAT KOLCHUGAS SOLD TO IRAN [...] (U) The Jane's Defense Weekly, dated September 27, 2006, carried a story, strangely datelined Bangkok, reporting that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to Iran for an estimated price of USD25 million per system. As accur [...]	2006-09-26 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV374	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group (BCG) talks January 24, EB A/S E. Anthony Wayne said restoration of Ukraine's access to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) was due to the GOU's good work on amending the optical disc law and implementing the new legislation. GOU official [...]	2006-01-30 09:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PREL UP
06KIEV3750	UKRAINE: GOU SAYS NO EVIDENCE OF KOLCHUGA SALES TO [...] (C) We followed up September 28 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov regarding the Jane's Defense Weekly report that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to [...]	2006-09-28 13:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV3751	UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT TO [...] (C) On September 28, we met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov and Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles at Belashov's request. Belashov thanked us for the briefing on USG policy on arms transfers to Venezuela (ref A). H [...]	2006-09-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MASS ETTC VE UP
06KIEV3755	UKRAINE: ENGAGING THE NEW UKRAINIAN REALITY AFTER [...] (SBU) Note: In preparation for senior-level consideration of our Ukraine policy, this cable assesses the political and economic developments under the new government. 2. (C) Summary. 50 days after Viktor Yanukovych returned to the premiership he vacated in December 2004 in the wake of the [...]	2006-09-28 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD KDEM UP
06KIEV3758	UKRAINE: RADA ROLLS BACK UTILITY PRICES, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on September 22 overrode an April presidential veto to pass a law rolling back residential natural gas and electricity prices to January 1, 2006 levels and putting a moratorium on future increases. The law, if it comes into effect, would cancel [...]	2006-09-29 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KIEV380	UKRAINE: PRIME MINISTER YEKHANUROV WARNS RUSSIANS [...] (S) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told Ambassador on January 28 that Russia was threatening to cut off shipments of Turkmen gas to Ukraine as early as February 1 because of the GOU's delay in implementing the January 4 agreement between Russia's GazProm and Ukraine's Naft [...]	2006-01-30 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS UP
06KIEV382	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]	2006-01-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KIEV384	UKRAINE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Below is text requested reftel of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Ukraine. Begin Text: Investment Climate Statement 2006 -- Ukraine A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT When President Yushchenko took office in January 2005, he [...]	2006-01-30 15:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV386	UKRAINE: Gas Pipeline Technical Capabilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Post met with Ukrainian technical experts at Naftohaz and UkrTransGaz following the January 1-3 gas shut-off to learn operational aspects of the gas crisis. Interlocutors provided background on the gas system's capabilities and parameters, and in detail described on which lines [...]	2006-01-30 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG RS UP
06KIEV3862	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH -- DEFENDER OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych stressed with EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that constitutional reform had created a new governing framework in which Parliament (Rada) established government policy, and President Yushchenko together with Yanukovych and the cabinet of mi [...]	2006-10-05 07:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KIEV3865	UKRAINE: SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST PROPORTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Commercial Chamber of Ukraine's Supreme Court ruled on October 3 in favor of a lower court's finding that mobile phone operator KyivStar's shareholders are entitled to equal representation on the company's Board of Directors, regardless of how many company shares each share [...]	2006-10-05 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV RS UP
06KIEV3866	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE MOVES INTO OPPOSITION - OR NOT [...] (C) Summary: After months of negotiations over whether or not to enter the governing coalition, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine coalition announced October 4 that it would not join the coalition, but would formally join the opposition in parliament. OU's Roman Bezsmertniy told the press [...]	2006-10-05 12:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KIEV3884	UKRAINE OPPOSES POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) On October 5, Ambassador passed reftel points on the USG position regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test to Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy. Ambassador praised the October 4 MFA statement (see para 2) regarding a possible North Korean nuclear [...]	2006-10-06 11:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN UP
06KIEV3905	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...]	2006-10-10 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL
06KIEV3906	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH ECONOMIC POLICY RECORD MIXED [...] (C) Summary: After eight weeks in power, the Yanukovych government's record on economic policy in a number of areas has not been as bad as some expected, nor as good as others hoped. The conventional wisdom among the foreign business community has swung from "let's give them a chance" to "dej [...]	2006-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV POL PREL UP
06KIEV3919	UKRAINE: OVERHAULING THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - [...] (C) Summary. With the appointment of Industrial Union of the Donbas (IUD) executive Vitaly Haiduk as National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary October 10, the overhaul of President Yushchenko's team which started September 16 with the appointment of Viktor Baloha as Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 15:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV3923	UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES? [...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]	2006-10-12 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV3933	UKRAINE: Rada Reviews Natural Gas Sector; Allows Price Rise [...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) reviewed on October 4 the preliminary results of its investigatory commission on NaftoHaz and the natural gas sector. The commission reported multiple instances of mismanagement, malfeasance, and possible criminal acts within state-owned oil and [...]	2006-10-13 11:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV SOCI RS UP
06KIEV3936	UKRAINE: ORANGE MINISTERS FATE UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl in Kiev as to the fate of the "orange" ministers in the Ukrainian Government. On October 11, an aide to Our Ukraine's Roman Bezsmertniy told us that all "orange" ministers in the Cabinet had submitted letters of resignation, later confirmed publicly by [...]	2006-10-13 14:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KIEV398	Ukraine: Prosecutors Weak Link in Combating TIP [...] Summary. In trafficking in persons (TIP) criminal cases, prosecutors are the weak link in the law enforcement chain due to the negative stereotypes many prosecutors hold of TIP victims, a lack of aggressive prosecution for fear of losing a case, and the difficulty in obtaining evidence in tim [...]	2006-01-31 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV400	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER SEES POSSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 conversation with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies President Bruce Jackson and PolOff, Presidential Security Policy Adviser and National Security Institute Chairman Volodymyr Horbulin said the electoral list of ex-PM Yanukovych's Party of Regions, [...]	2006-01-31 16:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV404	UKRAINE ADOPTIONS: YUSHCHENKO SIGNS LAW ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday January 31, President Yushchenko signed the law giving interim adoption authority to the National Adoption Center (NAC),clearing the way for prospective adoptive parents to process their adoptions to conclusion. The NAC has a plan in place to prioritize appointments [...]	2006-02-01 09:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS KOCI PREL PGOV UP
06KIEV406	UKRAINE: INL-Funded TIP Training Seminar [...] Summary: On January 23-25, Embassy Kiev and the Prosecutors' Academy of Ukraine co-sponsored a first ever training seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) that brought more than 70 members of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO),both prosecutors and investigators, as well as local [...]	2006-02-01 11:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV408	UKRAINE: SHIFTING SANDS AND POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Conversations with Media watchdog-turned-PORA politician Serhiy Taran, website editor-turned-Tymoshenko Bloc PR director Oleh Medvedev, and independent-minded Regions MP Volodymyr Makeyenko January 25-27 provided three views on the shifting ground in Ukrainian politic [...]	2006-02-01 12:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KIEV456	UKRAINE: OLIGARCH PINCHUK ON NIKOPOL FERROALLOY [...] (C) Summary: Oligarch Viktor Pinchuk suggested, in a February 1 conversation with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies President Bruce Jackson and PolOff, that he would not appeal his case to a European court after the Ukrainian Supreme Court refused January 20 to hear his appeal aga [...]	2006-02-02 11:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV
06KIEV459	UKRAINE: EX-ORANGE COALITION TALKING DEAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department head and ex-Minister of Justice Roman Zvarych indicated that President Yushchenko's party was doing increasingly well in the polls, which were showing 20-percent support for Our Ukraine, as opposed to 12-13 per [...]	2006-02-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV461	UKRAINE: GONGADZE CASE AND ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Politicians and the judge associated with the Gongadze case, wielding both implied carrots and sticks, have sought the public silence of Myroslava Gongadze -- widow of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze -- in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March, according to Myroslava's lawyer Val [...]	2006-02-02 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV471	UKRAINE: MOROSE MOROZ: SOCIALIST LEADER UNHAPPY [...] (C) Summary: Socialist Party Leader Olexander Moroz vented frustration with the gas deal with Russia, President Yushchenko, ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko, and a perceived lack of recent U.S. attention to the Socialist Party February 1 to Bruce Jackson, President, Project for Transitional Democracie [...]	2006-02-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV473	UKRAINE: EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR THE PARTY OF REGIONS? [...] (C) As part of an effort to transform itself its image into that of a democratic political force, Ukraine's Party of Regions -- long a haven for Donetsk-based mobsters and oligarchs -- is in the midst of an "extreme makeover." The effort enlists the help and advice of veteran K Street politic [...]	2006-02-03 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV477	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL ON OSCE REFORM, PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: MFA OSCE Department Counselor Volodymyr Tolkach expressed to us January 18 the Ukrainian government's support for OSCE reform. OSCE reform should include some provision that ensures a single country cannot block an OSCE decision. At the same time, Tolkach argued, there should be [...]	2006-02-03 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE
06KIEV479	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO LIEUTENANT TURCHYNOV ON GAS [...] (C) Summary: Ex-PM Tymoshenko lieutenant Oleksandr Turchynov told Ambassador February 3 that he thought the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) would obtain the additional unpublicized documents related to the January 4 gas deal and the newly arranged joint venture by the end of the day; he thought the do [...]	2006-02-03 16:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV480	UKRAINE: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PREPARE [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary elections, the independent Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) and the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission recently held briefings on their findings and plans. The CVU noted that while there some abuse of administrative r [...]	2006-02-03 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV481	UKRAINE: THIRD ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable discussion January 25, NGO representatives felt that the recent gas and government crises could hurt ex-PM Tymoshenko in the elections. One observer expressed doubt that a Rada majority coalition would be formed after the March 26 elections, [...]	2006-02-03 16:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV483	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: TKACH ON CUSTOMS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 briefing, Ukrainian Special Envoy Tkach said the February 1 Ukraine-Moldova meeting had failed to make progress, but a second round would occur at the level of Ministers of Economy in the hope of resolving Ukraine's objections to Moldovan government registration p [...]	2006-02-03 17:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCI OSCE
06KIEV520	UKRAINE: LOOKING TOWARD AND BEYOND THE MARCH [...] (C) Summary: A majority in the new Rada elected by the March 26 parliamentary elections will select a new Prime Minister, who will take the lead on forming a new Cabinet (with the exception of Defense and Foreign Ministers). Poll results have for months consistently suggested that at least t [...]	2006-02-07 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV521	UKRAINE: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEES LIMITED ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador recommended to Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko on 3 February that he create administrative divisions devoted to anti-money laundering (AML) and to fighting trafficking in persons (TIP). In both areas, Medvedko deflected blame for the low level of convictions b [...]	2006-02-07 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN
06KIEV553	UKRAINE: YOU TAKE THE LOW ROAD AND I'LL TAKE THE [...] (C) Summary: Circus-like farce impinged on serious statecraft at the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) the morning of February 9. President Yushchenko delivered an hour-long "State of the Nation" address to the Rada, reviewing the accomplishments of the past year since his inauguration an [...]	2006-02-09 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
06KIEV558	UKRAINE: MAJOR REFUGEE NGO ON CHECHENS, UZBEKS [...] (C) Two senior interlocutors from a major refugee-assistance NGO, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS),told us February 1 that Ukrainian authorities were continuing to refoul Chechen asylum seekers in violation of international law. Our HIAS contacts warned of a surge in the number of Uzb [...]	2006-02-10 14:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NOTAG UP
06KIEV565	DEPUTY ENERGY MINISTER PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAILS [...] (C) Meeting with U.S.-funded energy adviser Elkind (protect) and Econ Counselor February 8, Deputy Energy Minister Valeriy Yasyuk defended the January 4 Ukraine-Russia gas deal as the best that Ukraine could achieve at the time. He noted a framework agreement and six other agreements had been [...]	2006-02-10 16:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET
06KIEV574	Ukraine: Energizing GUAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Ministry acknowledges GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) is not yet a functioning regional organization, but is committed to getting Ukraine's house in order on the issue first, and then energizing GUAM. Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia are in agreement on h [...]	2006-02-13 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GUAM
06KIEV578	UKRAINE: ODESA CATHOLICS CONTEMPLATING HUNGER [...] (C) The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Odesa-Simferopol diocese, Bronislav Bernatsky, told us February 8 that "hundreds" of his parishioners will begin a hunger strike March 1 to protest what he described as "the strangulation of the Catholic Church" by the Odesa city government. The bishop cla [...]	2006-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV579	UKRAINE: SOCIALIST LEADER MOROZ ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz opined that new Constitutional Court judges would not be selected until after the March 26 parliamentary elections because of concerns that the court would otherwise revisit constitutional reform. Mo [...]	2006-02-13 15:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV583	UKRAINE: IN THE MIDDLE OF ODESA, A PRESBYTERIAN [...] (C) Two leaders of Odesa's small Presbyterian community asserted to us February 8 that the local actors guild had enlisted political help in an effort to seize the city's historic Presbyterian church. The actors wanted to turn the church, which has just gone through a 1.2 million USD renovati [...]	2006-02-14 07:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV589	UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION PROVINCIAL SNAPSHOT: [...] (SBU) Summary: The north-central province of Chernihiv offers a snapshot of the changed Ukraine and of the fluid political dynamics between the 2004 Presidential contest and the upcoming March parliamentary (Rada) and local elections. In 2004, Chernihiv witnessed heavy administrative resource [...]	2006-02-14 13:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV593	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR HOLDS CTAG, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin told a G-8(ish: see para 2) Counter-Terrorism Action Group gathering February 13 that he assessed the terrorist threat in Ukraine as low, but the Russian government had some concern over the presence of Chechen separatists on the Crimean pen [...]	2006-02-14 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL
06KIEV604	UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL NATO
06KIEV610	UKRAINE: WORKING TO SECURE RADA APPROVAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the February 9 failure of the Rada (parliament) to approve the measure authorizing foreign troops to participate in military exercises in Ukraine in 2006 (ref A),Defense Minister Hrytsenko asked Ambassador late February 14 to approach Party of Regions leader [...]	2006-02-15 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
06KIEV641	UKRAINE: REGIONS' BOSS YANUKOVYCH ON WTO, ELECTION [...] (C) Party of Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador on February 15 that Ukraine had to coordinate its WTO entry with Russia and said that President Yushchenko would be making a "huge mistake" if he formed an "Orange Coalition" with ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko before or after the March p [...]	2006-02-16 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON
06KIEV656	UKRAINE: FOURTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable on the March 26 Rada (Parliament) and local government elections February 14, NGO representatives felt that while most voters were aware of the shift to elections based on party lists, this awareness dropped off significantly in rural areas. N [...]	2006-02-17 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
06KIEV659	UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REFOULEMENT OF UZBEKS [...] (C) On February 17, Ambassador passed Foreign Minister Tarasyuk a non-paper on Ukraine's February 14 refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers. Tarasyuk said that he became aware of incident through media reports and had asked for an explanation from the Ukrainian law enforcement communi [...]	2006-02-17 16:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV
06KIEV713	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH STILL BITTER ABOUT THE [...] (C) As of December 2005, Yanukovych still expressed bitterness about what he saw as the December 2004 "putsch" denying him the Presidency, according to Lithuanian Embassy Political Counselor Darius Vitkauskas. Vitkauskas told us February 21 that when the Lithuanian Ambassador saw Yanukovych i [...]	2006-02-21 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
06KIEV718	UKRAINE/GUAM: ENERGIZING GUAM MEMBER STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) EUR/ACE FSA Director in December 2005 advised GUAM Embassy representatives that the USG would not wish to continue funding the U.S.-GUAM framework project or supporting GUAM Secretariat development unless member states themselves f [...]	2006-02-21 16:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GUAM
06KIEV738	UKRAINE: TALES OF SEVASTOPOL, A HERO CITY [...] (C) Summary: The presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet pervades the historic Crimean city of Sevastopol, which is one of two municipalities in Ukraine directly administered by the central government. Relations between President Yushchenko-appointed city administrator Serhiy Ivanov and the [...]	2006-02-23 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP

06KIEV743	UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS [...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...]	2006-02-23 17:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ
06KIEV781	UKRAINE: EX-PM TYMOSHENKO ON DOMESTIC POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko February 26 to deliver concerns about her comments on a contract by U.S. company Holtec to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Ukraine (septel). The conversation turned to domestic politics and the natural gas supply/transit deal with [...]	2006-02-27 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06KIEV869	Ukraine: Submission for the 2006 TIP Report [...] (U) Embassy Kiev's responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire are presented below. Answers are keyed to questions in ref A. Overview (Ref A Para 21) ------------------------ 2. (SBU) (21A) Ukraine is a country of origin for internationally trafficked men, women and children. The p [...]	2006-03-06 15:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN
06KIEV936	UKRAINE: REGIONS' CONSULTANTS WARN DEFICIENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Party of Regions' U.S. campaign consultants Paul Manafort, Phil Griffin, and Catherine Barnes called on DCM and poloff March 10 to share Regions' concerns about election organizational problems that they feared could call the legitimacy of the March 26 election into question. M [...]	2006-03-10 17:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV947	Ukraine: International Anticorruption and [...] (SBU) In 2004, the Ukrainian people radically changed Ukraine's political landscape by standing up for their rights and successfully demanding that the results of the Presidential election reflect their will in what was known as the "Orange Revolution." In a watershed decision that demonstrate [...]	2006-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM
06KIEV957	UKRAINE: USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley visited Kiev February 28-March 2 and met with OSCE, Central Election Commission (CEC),and political party representatives to get a better sense of how the run-up to the March 26 elections was proceeding. She noted repeatedly that the U [...]	2006-03-13 18:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV965	UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]	2006-03-14 09:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KIEV986	UKRAINE: MFA ON MAUP-RELATED VISA CASE [...] (C) MFA Director General Borys Bazylevsky told Consul General March 14 that the Ukrainian Government was considering banning the entry into Ukraine of AMCIT David Duke. The move would be part of a broader GOU effort to rein in the activities of the anti-Semitic Inter-Regional Academy of Perso [...]	2006-03-14 15:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV987	UKRAINE: RADA ADDRESSES ELECTION-RELATED CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the Rada (parliament) addressed election-related concerns about deficiencies in Polling Station Commission (PSC) staffing and in the voters' lists voiced by Central Election Commission Chair Davydovych, NGOs, and political parties in recent days (refs A-B) by passi [...]	2006-03-14 17:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIGALI1013	DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]	2006-10-18 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1014	DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]	2006-10-18 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1017	GOR ON TRACK TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY [...] (U) On 17 October Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama held a press conference to announce a "nation wide debate" on the abolishment of the death penalty in Rwanda. Although it has not been implemented since 22 genocidaires were shot by firing squads in 1997, the subject has been a k [...]	2006-10-19 16:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS
06KIGALI1026	LEBANON DEMARCHE AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACTS [...] On 25 October poloff delivered women's empowerment fact sheet (ref A) and demarche and talking points (ref B) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amercia Division Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no comment on the fact sheet or talking points but agreed that the GOR and Israel have a posit [...]	2006-10-27 06:01:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PTER UNGA KWMN IS LE RW
06KIGALI1027	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS [...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...]	2006-10-27 10:49:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC
06KIGALI1035	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO) [...] TFCO -- Richard M. Kaminski, Chief, Political and Economic Section, Tel Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3; E-Mail Address: KaminskiRM@state.gov 2. Deputy TFCO -- Daniel M. Stoian, Economic Officer Tel. Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3 [...]	2006-11-01 12:31:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER RW
06KIGALI1047	FIRST TIFA COUNCIL MEETING IN KIGALI [...] (U) Summary. Deputy United States Trade Representative Ambassador Karan Bhatia led the USG delegation to the first-ever Trade and Investment Council Meeting held in Kigali on October 31. Discussions covered such topics as the WTO DOHA round of negotiations, AGOA and bilateral trade, trade c [...]	2006-11-03 11:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL RW
06KIGALI1060	IMF STAFF MISSION TO RWANDA OKAYS 2007 BUDGET [...] (C) An IMF team conducted a staff mission to Rwanda October 18-November 2, and reached agreement in principle with the GOR on budget priorities and policies for 2007. According to IMF team members, the GOR's overly ambitious initial budget numbers have been trimmed, global budget numbers have [...]	2006-11-06 12:41:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1063	MAYOR PRESENTS HER VISION FOR KIGALI [...] (U) Summary. On 3 November Kigali City Mayor, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, briefed diplomatic corps and a small group of stakeholders on her strategic vision for the city. Kacyira presented her municipal government's mission, to make Kigali "a safer, cleaner, more competitive modern city with exp [...]	2006-11-07 08:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ECON RW
06KIGALI1073	CUBA EMBARGO AND UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 06:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC KTIA UN CU RW
06KIGALI1074	ICTR PROSECUTOR ADDRESSES COMPLETION STRATEGY AND [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps November 9, following a two-day conference organized jointly by the ICTR and the University of Rwanda entitled "Challenging Impunity." Jallow outlined next steps fo [...]	2006-11-09 14:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1090	GACACA: SOME JUSTICE, LITTLE RECONCILIATION, IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 7, former energy minister Bonaventure Niyibizi traveled to his birthplace in western Rwanda to attend the gacaca trial of four men accused of the murder of his mother in the 1994 genocide. Some measure of justice occurred -- four men offered partial confessions and [...]	2006-11-13 14:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI1110	PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 12:54:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI1111	NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW
06KIGALI1119	UK ASSISTS GOR IN GENOCIDAIRE EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (C) Summary. There are two British investigators in Rwanda working with the Rwandan Justice Ministry and Prosecutor's Office to build extradition requests of four suspected genocidaires living in the UK that will withstand the scrutiny of the British legal system. Because the UK does not hav [...]	2006-11-21 12:22:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC UK RW
06KIGALI1125	RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS [...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...]	2006-11-22 16:11:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1130	RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...]	2006-11-24 11:11:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1133	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...]	2006-11-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1142	THE FRENCH LEAVE RWANDA [...] (U) Twenty-five French Embassy and other official personnel left Kigali on 27 November at 19:00 local time via a Rwandair Express flight to Entebbe. The atmosphere was somber in the airport VIP lounge, the French said final good-byes, took photos and shared chocolate. There was no press and [...]	2006-11-28 16:01:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KAWC PREL FR RW
06KIGALI1143	MEETING WITH GOR ON MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and AID Director met on November 21 with Ambassador Sezibera and other GOR staff on the just-announced Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold program. Sezibera pronounced the GOR committed to a successful program, and anxious to get to work with mission and MCC [...]	2006-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1148	RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MCC AND DARFUR [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande November 23 to discuss the Millenium Challenge Corporation selection of Rwanda for its Threshold Program, and the current situation in Darfur. Murigande welcomed the MCC decision, particularly given the recent drop in some of the World Ban [...]	2006-11-29 10:22:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI1163	SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR convened its sixth annual Development Partners Meeting in Kigali on November 22 to 24. Sessions included presentations and discussions on such topics as economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, decentralization, aid policy, and governance. Donor gover [...]	2006-12-03 09:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID RW
06KIGALI1169	SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: FY 2005 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT [...] FY 2006 ANNUAL REPORT: Following is a description of the 17 FY 2006 projects funded by an allocation of USD 76,000. All of the projects are active. A. Project Number: SHF-6-696-01 Project Name: Goat raising Grantee: Abadahemuka Beneficiaries: 25 U.S. Contribution: $5129 Local Cont [...]	2006-12-06 15:44:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN RW
06KIGALI1171	GOR:NKUNDA FIGHTING FARDC NOT FDLR [...] (C) According to Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) spokesman Major Jill Rutaremara the recent fighting in North Kivu (reftel) is between the forces of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). At 1530 local time 6 December Rutaremara told polo [...]	2006-12-07 05:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI1175	RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is Embassy Kigali's submission of the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) The Rwandan Government made efforts to combat terrorism financing and continued to increase its border control measures to identify potential terrorists. Rwanda has an intergovernmental counterterr [...]	2006-12-07 15:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW
06KIGALI1176	GOR DEMARCHED ON HRC SUDAN SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 11:01:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN SU RW
06KIGALI1187	RWANDA WILL ROTATE ITS DARFUR TROOPS [...] (SBU) Action request. The GOR communicated its intent to rotate the three Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) battalions in Darfur, Sudan with three new battalions. The diplomatic note (text below) indicates a desire for the USG to provide the airlift for the troop rotation "by the end of December 2 [...]	2006-12-12 15:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PREL SU RW
06KIGALI1188	BWINDI CASE: RWANDA ENDORSES TRANSFER TO UGANDA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga December 6 to discuss the Bwindi murder case. Ambassador communicated the decision by U.S. federal prosecutors to dismiss the case, and seek transfer of the suspects to Uganda for prosecution (Note: the 1999 murders occurred in [...]	2006-12-13 07:48:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1189	UPDATE ON BACOR CASE INVOLVING VALENS KAJEGUHAKWA [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the Banque Continentale Africaine-Rwanda (BAKOR) case with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on December 6. Mission understands the Department has been requested by DHS to secure additional information on the disposition of the case as it concerns the four fel [...]	2006-12-13 07:48:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1192	Land of a thousand hills is not always a land of a thousand [...] SUMMARY. Moses Turyazooka is one of the approximately 500,000 Rwandan refugees who grew up in Uganda and returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. He is a well-educated and driven entrepreneur who was raised on diaspora ideology - a deep love for the country of Rwanda and a strong desire to [...]	2006-12-14 12:01:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID BTIO EINV EINT XA RW
06KIGALI1198	RWANDA UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary. There are few updates to post's August submission of Worst Forms of Child Labor information for mandatory reporting requirements as requested (ref A). GOR continues to take the issue seriously; however, progress is gradual due to the lack of capacity in the Ministries charged with [...]	2006-12-14 16:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI USAID RW
06KIGALI1199	MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]	2006-12-15 10:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI1219	LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements (reftel),please screen the following Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer and report any derogatory information to post. Major Gatete Karuranga, Rwandan citizen, DOB 19650616, is scheduled to attend trainin [...]	2006-12-22 09:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI1223	PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP [...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]	2006-12-22 11:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI180	MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS [...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...]	2006-02-23 15:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI181	RWANDA SENATE ASSERTS AUTONOMY, SUMMONS MINISTERS [...] (U) Summary: On February 2 and 9, Internal Affairs Minister Christophe Bazivamo and Justice Minister Edda Mukabagwiza were summoned by the Senate to two public hearings to address questions on national security and judicial issues. Senators expressed concerns over serious human rights violat [...]	2006-02-23 15:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI183	2006 SECTOR-LEVEL ELECTIONS: ORDERLY, HIGH VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The second phase of 2006 Rwanda local elections, conducted February 20 at the sector level, proceeded smoothly. Polling sites were easy to find and easy to access, and local National Electoral Commission staff appeared to follow established guidelines and procedures. Voters w [...]	2006-02-24 07:44:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI184	GOR GROUNDS SN BRUSSELS PASSANGER PLANE [...] (U) On 21 February the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) grounded an SN Brussels Airlines passenger plane for violating saftey standards. Flight 463, from Kigali to Brussels with one stop in Nairobi, had over 200 passengers, including at least two Amcits. The CAA claimed: -- The safety be [...]	2006-02-24 14:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL BE KY RW
06KIGALI192	RWANDA COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CHILD LABOR BUT [...] Summary: In a meeting February 24, UNICEF indicated that while child labor is a problem in Rwanda, child trafficking and prostitution do not appear to be prevalent. UNICEF-Rwanda Head of Child Protection attributed the incidence of child labor to the large number of vulnerable orphans, parti [...]	2006-02-27 17:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI193	DEMAND FOR RWANDAN SPECIALTY COFFEE ON THE RISE [...] Summary: Ambassador hosted an event February 24 for a visiting delegation from the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which represents the USD 20 billion U.S. coffee industry. This first annual coffee event showcased the exceptional quality of Rwandan specialty coffee and marked the b [...]	2006-02-27 18:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ETRD RW
06KIGALI199	JUSTICE MINISTRY WELCOMES RULE OF LAW DIALOGUE, [...] Summary: In a meeting February 27 with the Ministry of Justice, Ambassador expressed his desire to engage the Rwandan government on a range of important issues, including rule of law, democracy and governance. Secretary General Johnston Busingye welcomed the opportunity for further dialogue [...]	2006-02-28 17:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI220	KIGALI CITY ELECTS WOMAN MAYOR [...] Summary: In the final phase of 2006 local elections March 4, a woman parliamentarian was elected mayor of Kigali by an overwhelming majority. As in the earlier phases of the electoral process (reftels),voter turnout was high. An estimated 94 percent of the electoral college, comprised of [...]	2006-03-06 15:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI221	SN BRUSSELS SUSPENDS OPERATIONS TO RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. SN Brussels, the only carrier flying directly from Rwanda to Europe, has suspended all flights to Rwanda until further notice. High-level diplomatic discussions regarding the three-day grounding (February 21-24) of an SN Brussels flight by the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority ( [...]	2006-03-06 15:49:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BE KY RW
06KIGALI228	HOTEL RWANDA MANAGER NO HERO TO GOR [...] (C) Summary. There has been an ongoing public campaign to discredit Paul Rusesabagina, the former manager of Hotel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide and current hero in the US and Europe due to the film 'Hotel Rwanda', in Rwanda. The efforts to damage the reputation of Mr. Rusesabagin [...]	2006-03-08 06:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RW BG
06KIGALI236	CONTINUED GOR INTEREST IN PEACE CORPS [...] On 9 March Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande in response to a request by the Minister to discuss the return of the US Peace Corps to Rwanda. Minister Murigande explained that he had met with a Peace Corps delegation led by Mr. Henry McCoy in 2004 and he asked if there was any prog [...]	2006-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI238	FOREIGN MINISTER ON HOTEL RWANDA, HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND NEPAD [...] (C) Summary. In a 9 March meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande, Ambassador delivered the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR),discussed Paul Rusesabagina and inquired about the NEPAD Peer Review Report. Upon receipt of the HRR, Minister Murigande was defensive but also appreciative of the Ambass [...]	2006-03-13 10:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	NOTAG RW
06KIGALI242	RWANDA REPORT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Per reftel, information below provides a summary of each of the requested areas. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- 2. Economic Situation: Rwanda's economy remains largely dependent upon foreign aid, while its population remains [...]	2006-03-13 19:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM XA RW
06KIGALI267	STATUS OF RWANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On 13 March, Ambassador met with Sylvie Zainabo Kayitesi, the Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR),to present the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) and discuss the work of the NCHR. Ambassador Arietti discussed the importance the USG places on the respect [...]	2006-03-20 08:45:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI269	RWANDA IMPLEMENTS MEASURES TO COMBAT THREAT OF [...] With the recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Africa, Rwanda is moving forward in its preparedness to address the threat to both human and animal populations. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) has revitalized an inter- ministerial steering committee, originally formed in November 2005. Th [...]	2006-03-20 11:49:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI270	US AMBASSADOR TO DRC VISITS RWANDA [...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Meece visited Rwanda March 2-4. Highlights of the visit included a stop at Mutobo Demobilization Camp; a meeting with National Security Service (NSS) Secretary General Ndahiro; and a meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande and Ambassador Sezibera, Special Envoy for t [...]	2006-03-21 12:09:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RW CG KE XA
06KIGALI277	AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR [...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...]	2006-03-23 13:40:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW
06KIGALI281	PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]	2006-03-23 16:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI283	AJELLO VISIT TO RWANDAN DEMOBILIZATION CENTER [...] (U) Summary. On 17 March Ambassador Aldo Ajello, EU Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, visited Mutobo Demobilization and Reintegration Center. Poloff accompanied the EU delegation to a special site visit set up by the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) to introduce Ajell [...]	2006-03-24 12:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL CG RW
06KIGALI285	SOF TRAINING FOR RDF [...] (SBU) United States Embassy, Kigali country team supports and welcomes a United States European Command-funded, Special Operations Command, Europe (SOCEUR) military-to-military programmed, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) training course to be conducted in Rwanda in July 2006. The purpose of t [...]	2006-03-27 14:44:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI286	RWANDA SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AF A/S JENDAYI [...] Post warmly welcomes your visit to Rwanda. Rwanda is a country struggling to overcome its past and bring its people and economy into the 21st century. The legacy of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed still haunts the country and underlies the tension faced by a [...]	2006-03-28 05:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KDEM RW
06KIGALI291	GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises [...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...]	2006-03-29 10:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI328	THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE IN RWANDA [...] Ambassador Michael Arietti and USAID Mission Director Kevin Mullally met on April 4 with Government of Rwanda Health Minister Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo to inquire as to the government's interest in taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Rwanda's governmental and no [...]	2006-04-10 09:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID RW
06KIGALI334	PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER [...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]	2006-04-12 10:25:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI340	GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR),Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...]	2006-04-12 16:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE
06KIGALI354	GOR RECEIVES USG POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] In a 10 April meeting with Ambassador Amri-Sued Ismael, Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Arietti discussed the USG position on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) per ref B. On 17 April, poloff delivered talking points and the Secretary's message from ref B [...]	2006-04-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR RW
06KIGALI365	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA [...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]	2006-04-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI381	RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...]	2006-04-24 14:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI382	National Reconciliation a Top Priority for Rwanda [...] Summary: During an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) Executive Secretary Fatuma Ndangiza described NURC's primary role as promoting national reconciliation through civic education. Since 1999, NURC has conducted surveys, including a nation [...]	2006-04-24 17:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI393	Catholic Church of Rwanda Supports Gacaca, [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 11 meeting with the Papal Nuncio, Ambassador brought up a recent note verbale from the Vatican that criticized gacaca (ref A). Ambassador noted that he is aware of concerns that gacaca is not serving the purpose for which it was created and that the GOR, itself, [...]	2006-04-26 18:04:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI405	Embassy Comments on Vatican Note on Gacaca [...] Summary: Ref (A) Vatican note criticizes the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda for not serving the purposes for which they were created. It characterizes the gacaca process as politically manipulated and procedurally flawed, citing specific concerns. While Embassy recognizes, as does the GOR, tha [...]	2006-04-28 11:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS VT RW
06KIGALI407	FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON [...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...]	2006-04-28 12:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI408	Embassy Commemorates 28 Local Staff Killed During [...] Summary: On April 20 Embassy held a memorial service in honor of 28 locally engaged staff killed during the 1994 genocide. The fifth annual commemoration brought together American and local staff with the widows and orphans of the victims. In his remarks, Ambassador acknowledged that the i [...]	2006-04-28 12:25:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AFSN KDEM RW
06KIGALI410	GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN [...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...]	2006-05-02 10:34:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN
06KIGALI411	Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...]	2006-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW
06KIGALI428	UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts [...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]	2006-05-08 11:42:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI445	RWANDANS IN BURUNDI: ASYLUM SEEKERS BEGIN RETURNING [...] (U) In an 8 May meeting with poloff, UNHCR External Relations Officer Beatriz Garcia reported that the flow of Rwandans departing for Burundi has stopped and that there are unconfirmed reports that several hundred Rwandans have left northern Burundi and returned to southern Rwanda. UNHCR has [...]	2006-05-10 17:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL UNHCR RW BY
06KIGALI449	World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 13:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI456	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...]	2006-05-12 06:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI463	STATUS OF LAND REFORM [...] Land ownership has been a major issue of conflict throughout much of Rwanda's history, and 80 percent of current legal disputes involve land. The GOR adopted a land law in 2005, which made it the final owner of all land in Rwanda and provided for leases of up to ninety-nine years; however, ma [...]	2006-05-15 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV EAGR RW
06KIGALI464	Rwandan Government Action on Child Protection and [...] Summary: During a May 8 courtesy call on the Minister in Charge of Family and Gender Promotion in the Prime Minister's Office, Ambassador underscored USG interest in gender issues, in particular trafficking in persons, and Embassy's desire to provide assistance to the GOR to combat child pros [...]	2006-05-15 14:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI RW
06KIGALI477	RWANDAN PRIVATE SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] Reports on Rwanda's development identify the private sector as a necessary engine for economic growth. This cable, the first in a series, provides an analysis of the Rwandan private sector and the overall business environment. It provides a brief overview of the private sector, describes the [...]	2006-05-17 15:54:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD USTR BTIO ECON RW
06KIGALI480	THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA [...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]	2006-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI482	Catholic Archbishop Notes Improved Church-State [...] Summary: During a May 17 discussion with polchief on religious freedom in Rwanda, the Catholic Archbishop of Kigali noted that relations between the GOR and the Catholic Church have improved, with greater collaboration on social services and other services, such as security. He noted, howev [...]	2006-05-18 16:33:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI RW
06KIGALI483	EMBASSY DELIVERS AGOA DEMARCHE AND INVITATION [...] Per ref A, post delivered on May 9 a letter of invitation from Secretary Rice to Minister of Commerce Protais Mitali and Minister of Finance James Musoni for Rwanda to participate in the fifth U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum) in Washington, D.C. June 6 [...]	2006-05-18 16:34:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID RW
06KIGALI489	REACHING OUT TO THE RWANDAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] On May 13, Ambassador attended the opening ceremony of Al- Halaal Micro-Finance Institution, a new private financial credit company established consistent with Islamic banking principles. The Ambassador's participation was part of post's continuing effort to reach out to the Muslim community, [...]	2006-05-22 15:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ODIP SCUL RW
06KIGALI496	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a roundtable discussion April 5 with Rwandan parliamentarians and a separate call on the president of the Rwandan Senate, Assistant Secretary Frazer addressed recent developments in the Great Lakes region, human rights issues, the role of parliament in Rwandan society, [...]	2006-05-25 06:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KMCA RW CG
06KIGALI514	EMBASSY DELIVERS DEMARCHES ON IRAN AND UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 13:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC AMGT UNGA IR RW
06KIGALI517	U.S. TRIPARTITE DELEGATION MEMBERS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] Summary: During a May 24 meeting with Ambassador Arietti and visiting U.S. Tripartite Plus delegation members, Rwandan parliamentarians discussed the gap between perception and reality on Rwanda's performance on human rights. They asserted that outsiders criticize Rwanda without fully under [...]	2006-05-31 15:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KMCA RW
06KIGALI540	RWANDAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MEET WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 24 meeting with prominent local civil society leaders, Ambassador expressed U.S. support of the role of civil society in Rwanda, stressing the critical balance it brings to government decision- making. Civil society leaders discussed their goals, successes, and in [...]	2006-06-06 09:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM RW
06KIGALI555	GOR DEMARCHED ON NAM IRAN STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 11:11:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP PREL IAEA USNC IR RW
06KIGALI578	KIGALI DELIVERS MDA DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel, post delivered on June 19 a demarche on the June 20-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which will take place in Geneva. 2. The Government of Rwanda has confirmed that a member of its delegation in Geneva will attend the conference and will vote in f [...]	2006-06-19 16:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS RW
06KIGALI579	TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION [...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]	2006-06-19 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KIGALI595	FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...]	2006-06-22 14:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI607	ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN RWANDA [...] SUMMARY. During 21-23 July 2006, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) collaborated on plans for near-term pre-deployment peace support operations (PSO) training for RDF battalions preparing to deploy t [...]	2006-06-26 12:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PGOV PREL RW SU ACOTA ET
06KIGALI613	SAO NOT NECESSARY FOR RWANDANS WISHING TO TRAVEL TO US [...] SUMMARY. AmEmbassy Kigali and the government of Rwanda concur in a recommendation to end the current requirement in ref A that Embassies and Consulates submit SAO clearances on all Rwandans born before 1981 who are applying outside of Kigali for NIV's, IV's, refugee status or other travel doc [...]	2006-06-28 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREF RW
06KIGALI614	PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN [...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...]	2006-06-28 09:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW

06KIGALI653	GOR SOLICITED ON SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] On 30 June, poloff discussed talking points (reftel) with Daniel Mutezintare, the focal point for UN issues in the Minstry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Mutezintare said that the GOR was currently not committed to supporting either Guatemala or Venezuela, but he would brief Foreign Minister Muriga [...]	2006-07-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE RW
06KIGALI667	GOR RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] On 10 July, poloff delivered talking points and White House Statement (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara agreed with the USG position that the missile launches were a negative development for the world and that the international community should [...]	2006-07-10 14:58:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP RW
06KIGALI687	FORMER INTEL CHIEF KAREGEYA SENTENCED FOR [...] (U) Summary. On 13 July a Rwandan Military Tribunal ruled that Col. Patrick Karegeya was guilty of insubordination and desertion and sentenced him to a prison term of one year and eight months. Both the prosecution and defense intend to appeal the verdict at the Military High Court. End summ [...]	2006-07-13 16:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM RW UG
06KIGALI712	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ENGAGES RWANDA [...] Summary. At the request of USTR, Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan McDermott led a delegation to Rwanda to explore areas of assistance. The GOR was keen on soliciting support for a COMESA air traffic management project, but the main focus of the visit was [...]	2006-07-20 14:37:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID EAIR ECIN PREL ECON RW KE TZ UG
06KIGALI716	MILITARY PROSECUTOR DISCUSSES HIGH PROFILE CASES [...] (U) Summary. On 19 July poloff met with Major Christophe Bizimungu, Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) Chief Prosecutor, to discuss the status of three high profile cases currently being handled by his office. Bizimungu presented a detailed case against Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former head of the [...]	2006-07-21 10:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC KJUS PGOV RW
06KIGALI724	IRAN INCENTIVE AND HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] On 27 July poloff delivered the "P5 1 Incentive Package for Iran" and "High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development" demarches (reftels) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no immediate comment on the subjects but assured poloff the t [...]	2006-07-28 10:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KNNP PARM PREF UNGA RW IR EU
06KIGALI726	GOR ON RELATIONS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Summary. On July 5 Emboffs met with GOR officials to discuss the relationship between civil society and the GOR. The meeting provided an opportunity for the GOR to clarify its relationship with NGOs, religious organizations, and political parties operating in the country, and to address a [...]	2006-07-29 10:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI727	NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...]	2006-07-29 10:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW
06KIGALI731	GOR'S POSITION ON AU SUMMIT, AMIS AND TANZANIAN [...] (U) Summary. On 25 July Rwandan foreign affairs and defense officials briefed diplomatic corps on a variety of issues including the African Union (AU) Summit, the GOR's position on The Great Lakes Conference, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR [...]	2006-08-01 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN KPKO KSUM MOPS PREF PREL AU RW TZ SU
06KIGALI740	RWANDA SELF HELP PROGRAM RECEIVES EXCITED RECEPTION [...] Post has obligated all of the Ambassador's Special-Help Program funds in fiscal year 2006. 2. U.S. Embassy Kigali hosted on July 20 a signing ceremony for the recipients of the FY2006 Self Help Fund. Charg d'Affaires signed 17 grants worth a total of $76 000. Democracy and Human Rights Fun [...]	2006-08-02 15:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN RW
06KIGALI784	JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES [...] (U) Summary. On July 28, Jean Leonard Rugambage, a journalist for the Kinyarwanda fortnightly newspaper Umuco,, who was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one [...]	2006-08-11 09:40:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI790	'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...]	2006-08-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI804	GOR POSITION ON AMIS RE-HAT [...] (C) On 16 August Ambassador reiterated USG position on the UN re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) (Ref A) to Rwandan Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminari. Musemenari had accompanied President Kagame to the Afric [...]	2006-08-17 15:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL UNSC SU RW
06KIGALI817	DEATH OF AMCIT MACH VISUDH AROM [...] On Tuesday, August 22, 2006 AMCIT Mach Visudh Arom died of apparent sudden cardiac arrest in the region of Ruhengeri, Rwanda. 2. Mr. Arom was born on March 29, 1968 in Minnesota. Passport number 074699483. 3. Acting Consular Officer was notified on August 22, 2006 by Chris Donovan, Rwan [...]	2006-08-23 15:13:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC RW
06KIGALI836	KIGALI'S NEW MAYOR BANS MOTORCYCLE TAXIS [...] (U) Kigali city residents awoke on Monday, August 21 to an odd sight in central areas of the city: the complete absence of motorcycle taxis plying their trade on busy thoroughfares. The Kigali City Council, led by its new Mayor, Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, banned commercial motorcycles (termed "bod [...]	2006-08-29 16:25:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI842	PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND [...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...]	2006-08-30 15:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI847	NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REFORM [...] New Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama outlined his plans for a reformed Justice Ministry in a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28. A revamped administrative structure, strenuous efforts to reduce lagging caseloads, and a pledge to ensure "even-handed investigations" formed the co [...]	2006-08-31 14:38:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI848	GOR RENEWS VOA BROADCAST AGREEMENTS, AIRS ITS [...] On Thursday, August 31, Voice of America Director David Jackson renewed VOA's transmission agreement with Rwanda's public broadcaster, ORINFOR, and signed a licensing agreement with the Ministry of Information. The GOR took the opportunity of the signings to voice strong concerns about what i [...]	2006-08-31 14:45:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL RW
06KIGALI854	CHINESE DELEGATIONS VISIT KIGALI [...] (U) Two Chinese delegations visited Kigali the week of August 28. A Communist Party delegation, led by Wu Guanzheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, conducted closed-door discussions with the Secretary General Francois Ngarambe and other RPF [...]	2006-09-01 16:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID RW
06KIGALI867	GOR RESPONSE ON BWINDI CASE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on September 6 to discuss the Bwindi Case, in particular, next steps in the wake of the U.S. court's suppression of the defendants' confessions (as requested reftel). Ambassador discussed the three possible prosecutorial options (appeal [...]	2006-09-07 08:03:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI868	CITY GOVERNMENT RESCINDS MOTORCYCLE BAN [...] (U) The Kigali City Council on Monday September 4 rescinded its two-week ban on motorcycle taxis. Operating under new licensing requirements, the motorcycles began to return to city streets in small numbers. Each operator is now required to register with his local cell (the next-to-lowest po [...]	2006-09-07 08:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RW
06KIGALI879	EMBASSY KIGALI 9/11 COMMEMORATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 06:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL
06KIGALI880	RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]	2006-09-12 06:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI883	RWANDA AT LOGGERHEADS WITH ICTR OVER ACCUSED LEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR has demanded the termination of the employment contract of an ICTR lead counsel, Callixte Gakwaya, whom the GOR has indicted on genocide charges, to remove his immunity from prosecution by Rwanda. The ICTR has not responded formally, beyond an announced need to study t [...]	2006-09-12 15:22:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI887	EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...]	2006-09-14 09:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI945	RWANDA DECIDES NOT TO ROTATE TROOPS TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali called Ambassador the afternoon of September 28 to convey the Rwandan cabinet's decision that its troops currently in Darfur will remain for three months (until December 31); they will not/not rotate before then. There may be a [...]	2006-10-02 05:48:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS RW
06KIGALI946	BAR PRESIDENT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Emboffs met September 27 with President of the Rwanda Bar Association Gatera Gashabana to discuss the state of the judicial system. Gashabana began by emphasizing the importance of the "text" of the 2003 Constitution. "Now we have a document which firmly establishes the independence o [...]	2006-10-02 05:48:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI956	DEATH OF AMCIT ROSAMOND CARR [...] On Friday, Ms. Rosamond Carr passed away at her residence in Gisenyi, Rwanda. She had been feeling ill for the past several weeks and had been visited regularly by a local doctor. The local physician, Dr. Erasme Sarambuye, was with her at the time of death. 2. Ms. Carr was born on August [...]	2006-10-03 05:43:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC RW
06KIGALI976	MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED TO RWANDAN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 05:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL RW
06KIGALI984	ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]	2006-10-12 11:13:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI987	RWANDA STILL UNDECIDED ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) This is an action request for A/S Frazer. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On 13 October Charge delivered demarche (ref B) to Foreign Minister Murigande emphasizing that the USG considered the vote to be one of the most important decisions the UNGA would make this year. Murigande noted [...]	2006-10-13 12:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE GT
06KIGALI988	RWANDA WILL VOTE FOR GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-14 08:33:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI990	RWANDA-UGANDA JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION MEETING A [...] (U) Summary. Ugandan and Rwandan officials held the seventh Joint Permanent Commission sessions in Kigali October 12-13. A communique pledged cooperation on a hosts of issues, including consular relations, defense, education and justice issues, crop and animal diseases, cross-border transpor [...]	2006-10-16 14:37:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD RW
06KINGSTON1006	GOJ REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF JUSTICE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. On May 1, Embassy received via diplomatic note dated April 27, the following request to support the re-election of Justice Lloyd Ellis to the Board of Governors of the Justice Studies Center of the America's (JSCA). Text of note and accompany [...]	2006-05-22 19:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS JM
06KINGSTON1007	CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...]	2006-05-22 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1025	GOJ REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ELECTION TO THE PEACE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. On May 10, Embassy received via diplomatic note dated May 8, the following request to support the election of the Government of Jamaica to the standing Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission. Text of note faxed to WHA/CAR (R [...]	2006-05-25 15:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UN JA
06KINGSTON1044	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROGER [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA Office of International Affairs official Roger Gorke to travel to Kingston May 30 to June 2, 2006, to attend a water safety plan exercise in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached at [...]	2006-05-26 19:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON1045	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MAY 27 NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (S) On May 26, P/E Couns and Poloff delivered reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Given staffing gaps on the Ministry, this was the earliest the meeting could be scheduled. Brown read the poi [...]	2006-05-26 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR JM
06KINGSTON1051	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...]	2006-05-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1054	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement Advisors Nyron Davidson, Carlos Correa, Susan Thetford and Lydia Bulas for travel to Jamaica, June 7 - June 15, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to attend and participate in the Bank of Jama [...]	2006-05-31 15:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1055	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DINT/FWS OFFICIAL [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to DINT/FWS Deputy Project Leader Joseph Schwagerf to travel to Kingston June 11 - June 16, 2006, to participate in a conference on restoration of subtropical dry forests. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached at [...]	2006-05-31 15:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO JM
06KINGSTON1064	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Upon receipt of Reftel on May 31, the Ambassador attempted to contact Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who was campaigning outside of Kingston and unavailable by phone. With Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton abroad on official travel, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of State for For [...]	2006-06-01 11:58:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR JM
06KINGSTON1076	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: LORETTA MCNEIR [...] Post grants country clearance to Loretta McNeir (TSAR) and TSA Security Inspectors Beverly Laners and Herman Smith for travel to Jamaica, June 22 - June 27, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to conduct an assessment of security measures at the Norman Manley International Airport in King [...]	2006-06-01 19:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1085	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING JAMAICA TO [...] On May 26, P/ECouns and PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). 2. Brown noted that out of the Caribbean countries only Guyana and Haiti had signed an [...]	2006-06-02 15:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA
06KINGSTON1086	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: [...] (SBU) On June 1, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). On the issue of the "trade and investment" resolution, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated that she would take our concerns to the dele [...]	2006-06-02 15:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL JM
06KINGSTON1097	DEMARCHE TO "RECONFIRM" SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and six aides May 30 to ascertain GOJ voting intentions vis-a-vis Guatemala's bid for a non-permanent UNSC seat. The PM was unable to answer the question but said she would consult with Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton [...]	2006-06-05 12:05:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC PINR JM
06KINGSTON1103	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...]	2006-06-05 19:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1104	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] Post grants country clearance to Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) Representatives Cara Ison and Joseph McRae for travel to Jamaica, June 11 - June 17, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to attend and present material at a training workshop on money se [...]	2006-06-05 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1117	AMBASSADOR RAISES NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN STATEMENT, [...] (C) On June 5, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton to follow up on Guatemala's candidacy for a UNSC seat (Ref A),and to express disappointment with the recent NAM statement on Iran (Ref C). On Guatemala/UNSC, Hylton denied that Jamaica or CARICOM had yet decided how to v [...]	2006-06-07 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC AORC IAEA KNNP IR JM
06KINGSTON1118	GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...]	2006-06-07 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
06KINGSTON1122	JAMAICAN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN 2005: A YEAR OF [...] Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica at the end of April shows that the country missed its main economic targets during 2005. Real GDP growth of 1.4 percent was below the original target of 3.6 percent, due to weather-related and oil price shocks. These contributed to rising p [...]	2006-06-07 20:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1123	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY [...] Post grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy Mr. William SIPDIS Larry McDonald and to Mr. Gerard Livigni of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control for travel to Jamaica, June 11 - June 14, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to attend [...]	2006-06-07 20:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1124	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement Advisors David Chainer, Karl Oroz, Ronald Cleaver and John Anderson for travel to Jamaica June 12, 2006 through June 30, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to present OTA's Financial Investigat [...]	2006-06-07 20:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1144	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Embassy Kingston is aware of one investment dispute between a U.S. citizen/entity and the GOJ. This was first reported in ref. B, and was updated in refs. C, D and E. This dispute has been included in past Reports on Investment Disputes. 2. A) Claimant A. B) 1996 C) Case status: As n [...]	2006-06-09 18:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV ECON CASC EFIN OPIC PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1161	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA EMPLOYEE MCKAY [...] Post grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay for travel to and from Montego Bay, Jamaica on June 21, 2006. Post understands the traveler will not be staying in Jamaica overnight. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, telephone number (876) 935- [...]	2006-06-13 15:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1169	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA EMPLOYEE JOSEPH DONALD [...] Post grants country clearance to Joseph Donald Fusco for travel to Jamaica June 27 - June 29, 2006. Post understands traveler will be staying at Sunset Beach Resort in Montego Bay. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, telephone number (876) 935-6028; F [...]	2006-06-15 12:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1186	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE FINANCIAL [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Financial Enforcement Advisor Charles K. Sciarini for travel to Jamaica July 16 - July 21, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to work with REDTRAC on developing a course on advanced criminal intelligence. 2. The Control Officer for this visit w [...]	2006-06-16 12:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1187	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE ADVISOR J. [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Financial Enforcement Advisor J. Joseph Cohen for travel to Jamaica July 2 - July 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to speak at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Anti-Money-Laundering Conference. 2. The Control Officer for t [...]	2006-06-16 12:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1195	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 19:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC UNGA JA
06KINGSTON1199	CONTROVERSIAL POLICE OFFICER BACK ON THE FORCE [...] (U) Senior Superintendent Renato Adams, the controversial former head of the disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU),has been reinstated to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Adams was taken off active duty in 2004 pending the outcome of the trial in which he and five other members of the CMU [...]	2006-06-16 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM CVIS JM
06KINGSTON1209	DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 19:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1231	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS [...] Post grants country clearance to Luis A. Thompson and Walter Wheeler, Aviation Safety Inspectors, for travel to Jamaica July 10 - July 13, 2006. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, telephone number (876) 935-6028; Fax no. (876) 935-6029. 3. Post co [...]	2006-06-22 12:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1252	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: US SEC REPRESENTATIVE HAIMERA [...] Post grants country clearance to US SEC representative Haimera Workie for travel to Jamaica July 5, 2006 through July 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to speak at the CFATF Plenary on behalf of the Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance. 2. The Control Officer for th [...]	2006-06-23 19:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1253	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: TREASURY OFFICE ADVISOR DAVID [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement Advisor David Chainer for travel to Jamaica July 9, 2006 through July 22, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to work with Redtrac on the intelligence gathering instructor course. 2. The Contr [...]	2006-06-23 20:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1256	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 31 - June 23, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chilean President Visits -- GOJ Concerns with Increasing Food Imports -- Diaspora Conference Held in Kingston -- Bank Executive Highlights Benefits of Migration -- Businesses Hurting From Anti-Drug Efforts -- Huge Demand for Scrap -- Inflation Moderates -- IMF Says [...]	2006-06-26 11:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1260	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIALS STEPHANIE [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA Office of International Affairs official Stephanie Adrian and OW Representative for the PAHO/CDC/EPA Partnership Roger Gorke to travel to Kingston July 10 to July 15, 2006, to attend a water safety plan exercise in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Embass [...]	2006-06-26 17:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON1261	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - DOE/NNSA TIMOTHY HAMLIN AND [...] Post grants country clearance for proposed travel by DOE/NNSA travelers Timothy Hamlin and Jeremiah Harlin to Cayman Islands, Cayman, July 12-19, 2006, conditional on concurrence by Embassy London. (The Cayman Islands are a United Kingdom Overseas Territory.) 2. Post understands the trav [...]	2006-06-26 18:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA CI JM
06KINGSTON1263	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC'S RICHARD DAVIS FOR [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to Richard Davis, Management Analyst, NCEH, HHS/CDC, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica July 10, 2006 to July 14, 2006. Traveler will conduct a second site visit for PAHO and HHS/CDC on the EPA Water Safety Plan Demo Project. 2. Embassy point of cont [...]	2006-06-26 20:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA US CDC JM
06KINGSTON1269	STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP [...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...]	2006-06-27 12:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1280	REMITTANCES SURGE, BUT FACE SCRUTINY [...] Summary: Remittances solidified their position as the leading foreign exchange earner in Jamaica, rising 12.6 percent to USD 1.65 billion at the end of 2005. At this level, Jamaica has the largest per capita level of remittances in the region, with inflows accounting for almost 18 percent of G [...]	2006-06-28 19:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: DOL OFFICIALS EDWIN ROBISON AND [...] Post grants country clearance to Supervisory Mathematical Statistician Edwin Robison and Economist Karen Kosanovich for travel to Jamaica July 9, 2006 through July 15, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to conduct a training program on household and establishment surveys, sponsored by th [...]	2006-06-28 20:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ELAB JM
06KINGSTON1286	CEMENT CRISIS TRIGGERS SHOCKWAVES IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: An ongoing cement shortage has caused immense social and economic fallout, with potential negative implications for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's fledgling administration. In 2004, despite strong opposition from interest groups, the GOJ yielded to pressure from the Caribbean [...]	2006-06-29 13:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND JM
06KINGSTON1297	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. NR009919 01 [...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Age-Discordant Relationships Among Teen Girls in Jamaica" involving an institution in Jamaica. [...]	2006-06-30 13:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1298	PETROCARIBE SAVINGS NOT (YET) A SLUSH FUND [...] (SBU) In an informal discussion with Ruth Potopsingh, Chairwoman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Group of Companies (PCJ Group) on June 27, Potopsingh offered some clarification of the mechanism through which PetroCaribe Agreement savings are held, as well as the uses to which the savi [...]	2006-06-30 14:10:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PREL JM
06KINGSTON1299	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points by fax to Esmond Reid, Assistant Director in the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Reid apologized for being unable to meet in person, noting that his office was operating with a "skeleton staff" due to u [...]	2006-06-30 14:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	WTRO ETRD ECON JM
06KINGSTON1301	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: US SEC REPRESENTATIVE HAIMERA [...] Post grants country clearance to US Treasury representative Austin Roger Wiehe for travel to Jamaica July 5, 2006 through July 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to participate in the CFATF Plenary on behalf of the Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance. 2. The Contro [...]	2006-06-30 18:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1342	JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO [...] (C) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw predicted that national elections would be called for late August or early September. He said that a series of scandals could open the door for the first JLP [...]	2006-07-07 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM
06KINGSTON1343	AMBASSADOR JOHNSON HANDS OVER KEYS TO REFURBISHED [...] During a widely publicized ceremony at Jamaica's Coast Guard base in Port Royal on July 6, U.S. Ambassador Brenda Johnson formally presented the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) with the keys to a refurbished Sea Ark Dauntless Class vessel recently refitted/refurbished using NAS/INL funds. JDF Chi [...]	2006-07-07 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR JM
06KINGSTON1346	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT [...] On July 5, Embassy received diplomatic correspondence (No. 8/802/7 dated July 4, 2006) from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) forwarding an Independence Day congratulatory message. 2. Text of Diplomatic Note: Begin Text: 8/802/7 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade pres [...]	2006-07-07 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1359	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. DK075018 01 [...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Kwashiorkor," pending human subject approv [...]	2006-07-10 20:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1360	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH RESEARCH PROJECT NO. TW007596 01 [...] Per refel request, Post has reviewed and grants clearance from the standpoint of potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed project, "Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Rural and Urban Dwellers in Jamaica," pending human subje [...]	2006-07-10 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OSCI JM
06KINGSTON1370	GOJ LETTER TO SEC STATE RICE RE UNSC SEAT [...] On July 11, Embassy received a letter dated July 10, 2006 from G. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),to Dr. Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America. 2. Text of GOJ Letter: Begin Text: Dear Dr. [...]	2006-07-11 19:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM JM
06KINGSTON1387	JAMAICA/US AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On July 5, Embassy received diplomatic correspondence (No. 358/505/50 dated June 28, 2006) from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) providing comments on the USG message of February 3, 2006 proposing amendments to the Jamaica/United States [...]	2006-07-12 16:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD KTIA JM
06KINGSTON1412	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING: [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed cand [...]	2006-07-19 14:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1423	JAMAICAN FINANCE MINISTER NOT READY TO QUIT (YET) [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies will not/not resign just yet, despite widespread media reports last week indicating that Davies was preparing to leave the cabinet, his Parliamentary seat, and representational politics. Embassy contacts had confirmed that his rumored [...]	2006-07-21 15:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL JM
06KINGSTON1437	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING COMMISSION FOR FREE CUBA [...] (U) On July 11, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and Compact Report to the Director of Caribbean and Americas Department, Joy Wheeler, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Wheeler had no immediate comment. 2. (U) On July 20, Political Officer spoke with Shere [...]	2006-07-24 16:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CU PHUM PREL JM
06KINGSTON1439	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (U) On July 6, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and the White House statement to the Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Angella Brown, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) ON July 24, 2006, PolOff followed up with Brown who stated [...]	2006-07-24 18:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KN KNNP PARM PREL
06KINGSTON1441	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...]	2006-07-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1465	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) Post urgently requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Post regrets t [...]	2006-07-26 20:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1482	PORTIA'S CLOCK IS TICKING: JAMAICAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 13:21:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1485	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candi [...]	2006-07-28 20:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1498	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: [...] (U) On July 20, 2006, Political Section discussed reftel with Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) On July 28, 2006, PolOff followed up with Brown who stated that the GOJ has not yet decided who [...]	2006-07-31 20:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1499	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: P5 + 1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] (U) On July 24, 2006, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) On July 28, Poloff followed up with Brown who said she was preparing briefing materials for the GOJ del [...]	2006-07-31 21:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC JM
06KINGSTON1500	U.S.-CARICOM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: JAMAICAN URGES [...] (C) Summary: According to a Jamaican official at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM),there is tension within CARICOM regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. The larger economies appear to desire an FTA, but the smaller Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (O [...]	2006-07-31 22:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV PREL ETRD JM
06KINGSTON1504	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: ISA REPRESENTATIVES CONSTANCE [...] Post grants country clearance to ISA representatives Constance Arvis and Patricia Kraniotis for travel to Jamaica August 6, 2006 through August 19, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to participate in the ISA Twelfth Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority in Kingst [...]	2006-08-02 16:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC ISA JM
06KINGSTON1526	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL [...] (U) In a letter dated July 24, 2006, addressed to Joy Wheeler, Director Caribbean and Americas Department with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Acting Pol/Econ Counselor urged the GOJ to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention at the earliest possible [...]	2006-08-03 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JM
06KINGSTON1546	OPPOSITION LEADER TAUNTS PRIME MINISTER TO BRING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bruce Golding, the opposition leader for the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) continues to dare Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the leader of the ruling Peoples National Party (PNP),to call general elections now. The JLP has swept over all parts of the island in a vigorous [...]	2006-08-04 21:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1553	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA EMPLOYEE LITTAU [...] Post grants country clearance to Inspector Erwin Littau, ASI/AW, for travel to Montego Bay, Jamaica August 21 - 22, 2006. Post understands the traveler will conduct airport station inspection for U.S. air carrier. 2. The Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer John Morgan, [...]	2006-08-09 13:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1560	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FINANCIAL ENFORCEMENT ADVISOR [...] Post grants country clearance to US Treasury representative Fred Borakove for travel to Jamaica September 4, 2006 through September 8, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to present a financial profiling course for the tax administration department (TAAD). 2. The Control Officer for this [...]	2006-08-10 13:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1579	LIKELY ISSUES IF ELECTIONS CALLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),leader of the Peoples National Party (PNP),remains silent on the timing of the next general election. If elections are not called soon, PSM will have to wait until after Cricket World Cup (CWC) (scheduled to begin in March 2007),du [...]	2006-08-14 11:34:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JM

06KINGSTON1587	FALSE OPTIMISM? GOJ FINANCES IMPROVE IN FIRST FISCAL [...] Summary: Government finances for April-June 2006 (the first quarter of the Jamaican fiscal year) improved due to strong revenues and lower-than-projected capital spending. For the review period, GOJ operations generated a fiscal deficit of USD 115 million, lower than the targeted deficit of U [...]	2006-08-14 18:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL JM
06KINGSTON1588	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION [...] Post grants country clearance to US Customs and Border Protection representatives Shani-ola Fletcher and Alyce Modesto for travel to Jamaica August 15, 2006 through August 28 2006. Post understands the travelers are to coordinate efforts related to implementing the Container Security Initiativ [...]	2006-08-14 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1589	DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE LEBANON [...] (U) Political Officer delivered demarche regarding UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon to Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Hylton, Minister of State Delano Franklyn, and Deputy Director of International Organisations Angella Brown. 2. (U) On August 14, DCM Heg telephoned Minister o [...]	2006-08-14 20:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE JM
06KINGSTON1592	VENEZUELA/JAMAICA: USD 563 MILLION ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On August 14, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Energy and Petroleum Minister Raphael Ramirez, made a one-day stop in Jamaica during which he signed agreements with the GOJ totaling USD 563.3 million. Of that figure, USD 290 million pur [...]	2006-08-15 19:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1605	UNSC VOTE: MIXED SIGNALS FROM JAMAICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 15:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1606	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: DOT JOSEPH TRAINI [...] Post grants country clearance to Joseph Traini, International Transportation Specialist of the Office of the Secretary, Office of International Transportation and Trade SIPDIS of the U.S. Department of Transportation for travel to Jamaica August 21, 2006 through August 27, 2006. Post under [...]	2006-08-17 16:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1624	UNSC VOTE: JAMAICA "UNDECIDED"? [...] (C) On August 18, Poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),who reported that Jamaica was "undecided" regarding the UNSC seat vote and that Jamaica would make its decision based on "national in [...]	2006-08-18 18:27:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1630	FOLLOW UP ON 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH LEVEL [...] On August 18, Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, indicated the following regarding the Jamaican delgation to the High-Level events at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA). A. Attendance of the Head of [...]	2006-08-18 21:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1637	US CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel Diplomatic Note to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms. Brown stated that she would recommend supporting Wedgwood's candidacy and she expected that Jamaica would be able [...]	2006-08-21 15:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHCR JM
06KINGSTON1644	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] On July 31, 2006, PolOff delivered the reftel talking points related to International Migration to Claudia Barnes, Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) and to Angella Brown, Deputy Director of International Organizations at MFAFT. 2. Neit [...]	2006-08-21 20:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1645	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: July 25 - August 21, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit -- Jamaican Delegation in Venezuela -- National Elections in 2006 Unlikely -- Telecom Company Cuts Staff -- Prices Inching Up -- Bankers Submit Credit Bureau Proposal -- Several Apply for Commercial Bank Licenses -- Jamaica Files Debt Shelf with US Sec [...]	2006-08-22 11:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1646	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: FAA KRISTA BERQUIST [...] Post grants country clearance to Krista Berquist, FAA, for travel to Jamaica August 22, 2006 through August 27, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to participate in a meeting of the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) and a Maritime Working Group (MWG) meeting. 2. The C [...]	2006-08-22 14:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1651	2006 BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE [...] Embassy Kingston's designated contact responsible for oversight of the Blue Lantern Program in Jamaica is Ms. Kara V. French, Political Officer; telephone: 876-935-6079; fax: 876-935-6029; email: FrenchKV@state.gov; ETD: 11/1/2006. 2. Effective November 1, 2006, the designated contact for [...]	2006-08-22 19:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC KSEP US JM
06KINGSTON1657	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL GODWIN [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA David Godwin, Environmental Engineer, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency, to travel to Jamaica August 25 to September 5, 2006, to attend a workshop on "Alternative (Ozone-Friendly) Technologies" in Kingston, Jamaica. Em [...]	2006-08-23 15:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON1662	JAMAICA: WINDOW TO CALL ELECTIONS CLOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's (PSM) window to call general elections is quickly closing. Under an informal agreement with CARICOM countries not to hold elections within six months of Cricket World Cup (CWC),PSM must hold elections before October 11 or wait until after [...]	2006-08-23 19:16:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1666	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION [...] Post grants country clearance to US Customs and Border Protection representative Alyce Modesto to travel to Jamaica August 24, 2006 through October 1, 2006 and Winston Johnson to travel to Jamaica August 24, 2006 through August 28, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to coordinate efforts [...]	2006-08-23 20:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AMGT JM
06KINGSTON1687	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: DEAL CLARIFIED AND IRRITATION [...] (C) Summary: Clear numbers that clarify the extent of Jamaica's deals with Venezuela (outlined ref. A.) have emerged. The Venezuelan government has purchased a 49 percent stake in the GOJ-owned PetroJam refinery for USD 64 million, according to Dr. Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry [...]	2006-08-25 18:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET KMCA PGOV PREL MOPS MARR UNSC
06KINGSTON1704	CORRECTED SUBJECT: KINGSTON WELCOMES EMBASSY SCIENCE [...] This is a joint State-FAS message. This cable responds to ref. A action request. 2. Post is pleased to welcome Dr. Thomas Schiefer and Dr. Bradley Turner to Kingston to assist the Government of Jamaica's Ministry of Health to develop a National Avian Influenza Surveillance and Response Pro [...]	2006-08-29 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV JM
06KINGSTON1705	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: THOMAS SCHIEFER AND BRADLEY [...] Post grants country clearance to Bradley Turner and to Thomas Schiefer, Embassy Science Fellows. Post understands the travelers will be assisting the GOJ Ministry of Agriculture in implementing an avian influenza surveillance and response plan. 2. The Embassy point of contact will be Mr. Sy [...]	2006-08-29 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL AMGT APER SENV EAGR OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1737	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: August 22 - September 1, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 20:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB IDB KIPR JM
06KINGSTON1751	JAMAICAN PM WILL NOT ATTEND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] On September 6th, the Front Office verbally delivered reftel invitation to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's office. Unfortunately, the date of the Women's Empowerment Working Group conflicts with the People's National Party Annual Conference in Kingston and, therefore, the Prime Ministe [...]	2006-09-07 18:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM UNGA PREL JM
06KINGSTON1769	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 18:55:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JA
06KINGSTON1789	SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM: JAMAICA [...] This cable responds to reftel request. Responses are keyed to template provided. ------- Context ------- 2. USAID/Jamaica Economic Growth Strategic Objective Program for FY2005 through FY2009: Under USAID/Jamaica's FY2005 to FY2009 strategy of "Increased Trade Competitiveness in Targe [...]	2006-09-11 19:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1798	JAMAICA: ECONOMIC GROWTH EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, [...] Jamaica's economy is estimated to have grown by 2.8 percent between April and June 2006 -- twice the rate projected by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ),and this despite a shock to the construction sector from a recent cement crisis (ref. A). Growth has been largely the result of touris [...]	2006-09-12 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND PREL SOCI JM
06KINGSTON1805	JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 20:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL
06KINGSTON1826	JAMAICA: POINTS DELIVERED OUTLINING KEY ELEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 17:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER KPAO JA
06KINGSTON1842	JAMAICA: PARTICIPATION IN 2006 CARIBBEAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 20:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1851	(C) UNGA RELATED QUESTIONS [...] (C) Post provides answers to reftel A questions below: (C) Q. 2.A. General professional and personal background information on Permanent Rep to the UN Wolfe, including previous positions (include dates),foreign travel, relevant job experience, education, marital status, and English capabili [...]	2006-09-18 19:39:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR UN JM
06KINGSTON1859	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 3 OCT [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) The names of the propos [...]	2006-09-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON1881	JAMAICA: POLICE SICK-OUT [...] (U) Hundreds of rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) called in sick to press for an improved wage offer from the Government on September 20-21, thus hampering Security operations across the island. Police are demanding a 75 percent increase in salary and additional be [...]	2006-09-22 12:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC EFIN ELAB SOCI IMF
06KINGSTON1978	DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNSC RACE [...] (SBU) On October 4, PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and left a copy of the Non-Paper on President Chavez' Statements. 2. (SBU) Brown stated tha [...]	2006-10-04 20:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GT VE JM
06KINGSTON1992	JAMAICA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Post provides to following information in response to reftel: A) The Political/Economic Section has responsibility for economic monitoring and reporting. The section consists of one Political/Economic Counselor, one Economic Officer, and one FSN Economic Specialist. Commercial diplomacy effor [...]	2006-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD JM
06KINGSTON2020	JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PNP General Secretary, and may cause the Prime Minister to wait to call elections until late next year. Prior to this latest imbroglio, many observers had spec [...]	2006-10-12 12:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2021	JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]	2006-10-12 12:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2022	JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]	2006-10-12 12:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON203	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON OPPOSITION LEADER [...] Summary: During the Ambassador's January 17 courtesy call on Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding and senior Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) MPs Karl Samuda (JLP Chairman) and Ed Bartlett (shadow tourism minister),Golding lamented what he described as Jamaica's diminished importance to the USG, [...]	2006-02-01 17:56:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL WHTI JM
06KINGSTON204	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS [...] (U) On January 31, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Claudia Barnes, Director of the Economic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Gillian Guthrie, Director of Projects and Enforcement at the Ministry of Land and Environment (MLE),and Glori [...]	2006-02-01 17:56:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON2065	JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT DEFEATS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION [...] (U) On October 17, Parliament debated for eight hours a no-confidence motion brought by Bruce Golding, leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),against the ruling People's National Party (PNP),in response to the controversy surrounding the USD 500K in political funding donated to t [...]	2006-10-18 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2075	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 15 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2006-10-19 15:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2083	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 18 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name(s) of the proposed c [...]	2006-10-20 18:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2145	DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 14:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON2146	DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: ISRAEL AT UNGA - OPPOSING [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 14:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS JM
06KINGSTON2147	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 14:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA JM
06KINGSTON2150	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION PARTY'S ORIENTATION ON KEY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PTER SOCI CPAS
06KINGSTON2151	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]	2006-10-31 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2167	DIP NOTES RECEIVED ON NOVEMBER 1, 2006 [...] American Embassy Kingston received the following two Diplomatic Notes on November 1, 2006 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade: (1) Ref. 50/140/51 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America [...]	2006-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECPS JM
06KINGSTON2189	JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]	2006-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON2200	JAMAICA: TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) This message responds to questions raised in reftel. Answers are keyed to the format given. A) Primary Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Lloyd Moss Political/Economic Counselor Telephone: (876) 935-6083 Fax: (876) 935-6029 E-mail: mosslw@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO: Joh [...]	2006-11-08 19:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON2213	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requets the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candida [...]	2006-11-13 12:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2251	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES [...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...]	2006-11-20 16:27:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2275	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to Regional Environmental Specialist Andrea Borel to travel to Jamaica November 28 to December 1, 2006, to attend a meeting on the action plan for the Caribbean Environment Program, as well as the White Water to Blue Water Council meeting in Montego Bay [...]	2006-11-27 15:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV CS JM
06KINGSTON230	"A TWO-HORSE RACE": PHILLIPS AIDE HANDICAPS [...] (C) On January 30, a close confidant of National Security Minister Peter Phillips discussed the campaigns of Phillips, Local Government, Community and Sport Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Finance Minister Omar Davies, and former Water and Housing Minister Karl Blythe to succeed P.J. Patterson [...]	2006-02-03 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR JM
06KINGSTON2303	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 18:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON231	JAMAICAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Signs of recovery have started to emerge in the Jamaican economy following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Real GDP rose by 2.9 percent during the period from July to September 2005, reflecting robust growth in the productive sectors. Declining oil prices and [...]	2006-02-03 19:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON2313	PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE [...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...]	2006-11-29 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JM XL
06KINGSTON2314	(C) AIR JAMAICA: REPORTS OF MY DEMISE ARE NOT [...] (C) The GOJ simply does not grasp the dire predicament faced by Air Jamaica. The carrier literally could cease operations at any time, much like the situation with Swissair in October 2001. A cocktail of enormous and growing debt, a lack of political will to make painful and expensive choices [...]	2006-11-29 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV JM XL
06KINGSTON2320	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistane in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candida [...]	2006-11-30 15:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2328	JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...]	2006-12-01 19:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL
06KINGSTON2377	JAMAICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Since the determination that the Jamaican-owned "SuperClubs" brand of all-inclusive resorts was operating in Cuba in violation of Title IV of the Libertad Act, and subsequently divested itself of assets there (ref. B),Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jam [...]	2006-12-07 20:16:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL JM CU
06KINGSTON2379	JAMAICA: TERRORIST LIST [...] In private conversation with EmbOff on Dec. 7, Major David Anderson of the Ministry of National Security indicated the following: (A) The Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Immigration Department and the Special Branch of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) both maintain informal watch lists, [...]	2006-12-08 13:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ASEC JM
06KINGSTON2384	JAMAICA: MALARIAL OUTBREAK UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Jamaican malaria outbreak (reftel) will likely get worse before it gets better, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Director Dr. Ernest Pate. In private discussions with Embassy officials on December 8, Pate said that there are 53 confirmed cases, but [...]	2006-12-08 18:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
06KINGSTON2396	JAMAICA: INPUT FOR 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para. nine: General Assessment ------------------ No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Jamaica in 2006. Safe Haven Assessment --------------------- Jamaica is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organiz [...]	2006-12-14 16:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JM XL
06KINGSTON240	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JANUARY 20, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- Formal Inauguration of CARICOM Single Market -- Fiscal Deficit Worsens -- Fiscal Situation Worries International Investors -- GOJ Exploring Fuel Tax Increase -- Bauxite/Alumina Expansion Project On Track -- Crime Rates Down --------------------------- [...]	2006-02-03 20:47:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON2409	JAMAICA: PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE [...] (C) Summary: On December 18, econoff delivered ref. A talking points to O'Neil Hamilton, Special Advisor to Minister of National Security (MNS) Peter Phillips. On December 19, DCM reiterated the points to MNS Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott, and econoff followed up with SIPDIS Hamilton o [...]	2006-12-20 15:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL
06KINGSTON2426	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]	2006-12-22 13:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2427	JAMAICA: 1540 CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] Per Reftel (B),in a private conversation of Dec. 22 with Chief Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Michelle Walker, PolOff extended thanks to the MFAFT for offering to host a CARICOM-wide consultative workshop to strengthen member states' capacity to ful [...]	2006-12-22 18:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIN KPAO OAS OSCE PARM PGOV PREL UNSC
06KINGSTON2428	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2006-12-27 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2437	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2006-12-28 13:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON2438	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]	2006-12-28 13:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
06KINGSTON268	SUGAR TARIFF RATE QUOTA: JAMAICAN RESPONSE [...] (U) On February 1, Econoff delivered reftel talking points by fax to Ambassador Derrick Heaven, Executive Chairman of the Jamaica Sugar Industry Authority (SIA). Ambassador Heaven replied by fax on February 2. 2. (U) Ambassador Heaven,s response was as follows: Begin text: The Sugar I [...]	2006-02-07 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JM
06KINGSTON278	JAMAICAN SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Delroy Brown, official at the Spectrum Management Agency (SMA) of the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology (MCST) on December 21, 2005. Brown requested that the specific questions be left with him so that he might direct them to the appro [...]	2006-02-08 19:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS JM
06KINGSTON294	RECENT ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE DEFIES EASY [...] (C) In November and December 2005, two murders in Jamaica were labeled by some gay activists as homophobic hate crimes, although senior police contacts described the killings as resulting from common robberies. On November 30, 2005, a leading HIV/AIDS activist, Lenford "Steve" Harvey, was fou [...]	2006-02-10 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI JM PHUM
06KINGSTON30	NOMINATION FOR PE-220 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING: [...] (U) This nomination cable is in response to reftel requesting nomination of FSNs for PE-220 FSN Economic Training, May 1-12, 2006. Answers are keyed to the format provided in paragraph 8. A. Name and Grade of FSN: Elvis Melton James. Grade 11. B. Date of Birth: 27 September 1971. C [...]	2006-01-06 18:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AMGT AFSI AFSN ETRD JM
06KINGSTON310	JAMAICA ADDS MUSCLE TO GUN LICENSING PROCESS [...] (SBU) On January 18, NAS Director met with Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas to discuss the status of a 2004 investigation of widespread fraud in the issuance of gun licenses. In March 2004, due to intense media inquiries, a probe centered on the St. Andrew North Division revealed rampant [...]	2006-02-14 20:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC JM
06KINGSTON317	JAMAICAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF [...] SUMMARY: On January 19, 2006, the Jamaican National Security Ministry initiated an inquiry into allegations of daily acts of rape committed against inmates at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, where American prisoners are regularly incarcerated. The inquiry followed published comp [...]	2006-02-15 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PHUM JM
06KINGSTON318	MURDER OF SPANISH TOWN CRIMINAL LEADER AGAIN CALLS [...] (C) The February 8 murder of Andrew "Bun Man" Hope, the leader of Spanish Town's One Order gang, while Hope sat in a vehicle registered to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Olivia "Babsy" Grange, again drew attention to the deceased man's ties to Grange. Witnesses alleged that it [...]	2006-02-15 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
06KINGSTON330	WHA- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR ESF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON331	NAS PROGRAM REVIEW: JAMAICA FUGITIVE APPREHENSION [...] Summary: This report provides an update on the work of the Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT). 2. The Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT) is a unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the unit performs its duties in collaboration with the United States Marshals Servi [...]	2006-02-16 22:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KCRM JM
06KINGSTON336	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 4, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Governor General -- Economic Prospects Favorable -- First Supplementary Estimates to Be Tabled -- Tourism Back In Earnest -- Jamaica's Hunt for Oil -- Sugar Industry Developments -- Jamaica-Cuba: Light Bulbs and Cement -- International Arrest [...]	2006-02-17 15:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON393	DEMARCHE: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 18:28:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE JM
06KINGSTON394	DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT U.N. [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 24, Pol/EconCouns took advantage of a meeting on various topics with Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the Multilateral Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade ( [...]	2006-02-27 18:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN JM
06KINGSTON395	DEMARCHE ON IRAN, IAEA, AND UNSC [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 24, P/ECouns met with and conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director, Office of Multilateral Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),leaving the p [...]	2006-02-27 18:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC JM
06KINGSTON396	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] This message is also an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 5. 2. On February 23, P/ECouns called on Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),to convey reftel points on the way forward on [...]	2006-02-27 18:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PHUM UN ADCO JM
06KINGSTON402	PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER WINS PNP RACE TO SUCCEED [...] (C) On February 25 Peoples National Party (PNP) delegates elected Portia Simpson Miller to succeed P.J. Patterson as party president and Prime Minister (the latter subject to the expected confirmation by the PNP parliamentary majority, followed by ratification by the Governor General). Patters [...]	2006-02-27 20:57:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM
06KINGSTON405	FOLLOW-UP ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Following several unavoidably aborted meetings, Pol/EconCouns met on February 23 with Michelle Walker, Chief Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) and Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the MFAF [...]	2006-02-27 23:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PARM JM
06KINGSTON406	MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In a February 24 meeting with Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director, Multilateral Affairs Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel points, as well as a [...]	2006-02-27 23:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS JM
06KINGSTON415	THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 18:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON418	CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007: URGENCY REQUIRED, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Seeking to assess the state of Jamaica's preparations to host the opening ceremony and some competitive matches for the 2007 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, Ambassador and Econoff met seperately with three top organizing officials: Chris Dehring, Managing Direct [...]	2006-02-28 20:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON420	JAMAICA RECORDS STRONG GROWTH DURING OCTOBER TO [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican economy weathered the storms of 2005 to record growth of 1.8 percent during the year. The expansion in output was largely due to robust growth of 4.1 percent during the final quarter, reflecting a recovery in agriculture and tourism. Declining oil and food prices al [...]	2006-02-28 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON45	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 23, 2005 - [...] This week's topics: -- Chinese "Aid" Pipeline Deepens -- Venezuelan "Aid" Also Deepens -- Fiscal Deficit Widens -- Remittances Remain Buoyant -- Income Tax Threshold to Increase -- International Arrests -- Jamaica - The World's Murder Capital ------------------------------ Chin [...]	2006-01-09 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON475	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 18, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Chosen -- Rating Agency Maintains Jamaica's Rating -- Expansion of Oil Refinery Underway -- GOJ Seeking Consultation on Explosive Tax Proposal -- Crime Rates Down -------------------------- New Prime Minister Chosen ----------------- [...]	2006-03-08 20:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON513	DEMARCHE ON OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 10, P/ECouns and PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points (without leaving points behind) to Joy Wheeler, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, and A'Dale Robinson, Americas Desk Officer, a [...]	2006-03-14 17:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER OAS JA
06KINGSTON537	FIRST SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES FOR 2005/06 TABLED [...] The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced its supplementary estimates for the 2005/06 fiscal year, which closes on 31 March. The estimates, tabled in Parliament on March 7, will reduce the original expenditure budget for the full fiscal year by USD 13.5 million (JMD 0.9 billion) to USD 5 [...]	2006-03-17 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON539	JAMAICA: THREE LARGE GANJA SEIZURES IN TWO WEEKS [...] On February 21, during a routine examination of a 20-foot container located at the Kingston wharves, the Contraband Enforcement Team (CET),accompanied by the Narcotics police found 294.55 kilograms of processed marijuana inside 27 tins of sealed cheese. The shipment belonged to Paul Bennett o [...]	2006-03-17 19:47:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM JM
06KINGSTON542	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador called on a visibly weary Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),at Jamaica House. Minister of Commerce, Science, Technology, and Energy Phillip Paulwell and former Foreign Trade Minister Tony Hylton were also present. In their first formal meeting since the latter's tr [...]	2006-03-17 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR JM
06KINGSTON553	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 7 - MARCH 17, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister on March 30 -- Delta Call Center Contract -- Tax Debate Heats Up -- New Player in Telecom Industry -- Tough Cement Problem -- Crime Rates Down ------------------------------ New Prime Minister on March 30 --------------- [...]	2006-03-20 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON558	DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 20:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM
06KINGSTON563	GOJ'S RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) March 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points via facsimile to Joy Wheeler, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. On March 20, Poloff received a response from Karl Hamilton, Ministry of National Security, through Claudette Francis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-03-21 14:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM
06KINGSTON614	JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO STATUS OF FORCES [...] Late on March 20, Embassy Kingston received Diplomatic Note 358/803/3 from the Government of Jamaica accepting the amended Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Tradewinds exercise in response to our Diplomatic Note 085/06 dated March 17, accepting the Government of Jamaica's proposed amen [...]	2006-03-27 21:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM
06KINGSTON633	JAMAICA BRACING FOR STORMY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: Jamaica is bracing itself for one of its most tumultuous years regarding industrial relations. With approximately 48 unresolved wage disputes carrying over from 2005 and with many contracts expiring in March, work stoppages may prove common in 2006. Already seen in the bauxite s [...]	2006-03-30 16:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM

06KINGSTON634	JAMAICA OVERHAULS PENSION SYSTEM [...] Summary: The Senate has approved the contentious Pensions (Superannuation Funds and Retirement Schemes) Act to reform and regulate the pensions industry in Jamaica. The Act was passed in 2004 and came into effect on March 1, 2005, but the regulations supporting the Act were sent to a Senate [...]	2006-03-30 16:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON644	BANK EXPLAINS CUBAN ACCOUNTS DECISION [...] (SBU) The Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela Garcia Rivera, responded with outrage to recent media reports that the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited (BNS) would cease holding U.S.-dollar-denominated accounts maintained in Jamaica for the Cuban Embassy. Garcia announced that the Cuban Emba [...]	2006-04-03 14:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV JM
06KINGSTON645	MARCH 30 INAUGURATION OF PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER AS [...] On March 30, Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller became Jamaica's seventh Prime Minister (and the first woman to hold the office) when she was sworn in by Governor-General Kenneth Hall at King's House, in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000-10,000 guests. Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson submit [...]	2006-04-03 16:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV JM
06KINGSTON647	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 18 - MARCH 31, [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Sworn In -- Economic Policy Stability -- Cement Industry Developments -- Labor Relations -- Revised Sugar Production Target for `05/`06 ------------------------------ New Prime Minister Sworn In ------------------------------ 2. [...]	2006-04-03 18:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON682	CODEL ISSA'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH NEWLY INSTALLED [...] Codel Issa met with newly installed Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on March 30, shortly after the PM was sworn in at King's House. The cordial meeting lasted nearly one-and-a-quarter hours. Simpson-Miller expressed determination to move quickly to address Jamaica's joblessness and high [...]	2006-04-06 16:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCRM SOCI JM
06KINGSTON69	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM [...] (U) On January 5, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to the office of Ambassador Wolfe, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Wolfe then transmitted the points to Dr. Barrington Wint, Chief Medical Officer at the Mi [...]	2006-01-11 14:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO JM WHO
06KINGSTON693	JAMAICA'S FISCAL POLICY 2006/7: MORE OF THE SAME? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ expenditure budget for FY 2006/7 is expected to be announced on April 12. Against this background, emboffs met with Ministry of Finance (MOF) officials on March 30 to discuss the GOJ'S fiscal program. The GOJ, as expected, will miss its FY 2005/6 balanced budget targe [...]	2006-04-07 17:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON725	NOMINATION FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM [...] This is a joint State-FAS-USAID message. 2. The growing global threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to human and domestic animal health, agricultural industries, and entire economies, has generated interest among Government of Jamaica (GOJ) officials and private sector stakeho [...]	2006-04-12 18:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV JM
06KINGSTON745	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 1 - April 18, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder -- Buoyant Tourism Season -- Sluggish Economic Growth in 2005 -- Inflation Slows During First Quarter -- Estimates of Expenditure Tabled ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder ---------------------- [...]	2006-04-18 18:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON748	LABOR TURMOIL CONTINUES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) Summary: There is no end in sight to the spate of industrial disputes rocking Jamaica (reftel). During the last week the country has had to address unrest at the Jamaica Aluminum Company (JAMALCO) and strike action at three GOJ-operated sugarcane factories. The ongoing dispute at JAMALC [...]	2006-04-18 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB JM
06KINGSTON758	THE NEW PRIME MINISTER'S CABINET [...] (C) Summary. This message provides biographic sketches on members of new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her Cabinet, which she announced at midnight on March 31. Apparently, in order to build party unity before the next general elections believed to be forthcoming by Fall 2006, the [...]	2006-04-19 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JM
06KINGSTON770	JAMAICA'S CURRENT ACCOUNT WORSENS [...] Summary: Influenced by the surge in the prices of oil and food imports, Jamaica's current account deficit almost doubled during 2005. The current account deficit increased by USD 465.1 million to USD 974.5 million, just under ten percent of the country's GDP. The 20 percent jump in imports [...]	2006-04-20 18:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON771	JAMAICAN BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGES [...] Summary: Data released by the Jamaica Conference Board on April 4 showed that confidence soared to record levels during the first quarter of 2006. Consumer confidence was underpinned by improvements in economic conditions and expectations for further output growth and job prospects, while bu [...]	2006-04-20 18:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON772	GOJ RESPONSE TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE SENT REGARDING [...] On March 28, poloff sent Diplomatic Note 093/06 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) announcing the U.S. candidacy for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council and requesting the GOJ's support for election to the ITU Council. As requested in reftel, polo [...]	2006-04-20 18:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC
06KINGSTON839	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: JAMAICA 2006 SPECIAL 301 [...] On April 28, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Marcia Thomas, Acting Senior Director of the Foreign Trade Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Thomas stated that Jamaica's continued presence on the Watch List comes as no surprise to the GOJ. They a [...]	2006-05-01 15:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR JM
06KINGSTON846	NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Since the determination that the Jamaican-owned "SuperClubs" brand of all-inclusive resorts was operating in Cuba in violation of Title IV of the Libertad Act, and subsequently divested itself of assets there (ref. B),Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jam [...]	2006-05-01 20:10:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL JM
06KINGSTON854	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 19 - May 2, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed -- MOU on Slippery Slope -- Electricity Bill to Increase -- Public Debt Jumps ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed ---------------------------- 2. The sentencing of PNP linked inner-city Kingston "a [...]	2006-05-03 11:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON884	CORRECTED COPY: NOMINATION FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE [...] This is a joint State-FAS-USAID message. This cable corrects and updates ref. A, please see paragraph 6. 2. The growing global threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to human and domestic animal health, agricultural industries, and entire economies, has generated interest among [...]	2006-05-08 13:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV JM
06KINGSTON885	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL STEPHANIE [...] Embassy Kingston grants country clearance to EPA Office of International Affairs official Stephanie Adrian to travel to Kingston May 29 to June 2, 2006, to attend a water safety plan exercise in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer John Morgan who can be reached [...]	2006-05-08 13:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA JM
06KINGSTON890	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) On May 8, DCM faxed Ref C points to Ambassador Velma McNish, Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and asked McNish to urge Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to oppose the candi [...]	2006-05-08 19:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL
06KINGSTON90	INVESTMENT CLIMATE SURVEY - JAMAICA 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-12 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD EIND ELAB KTDB PGOV JM OPIC USTR
06KINGSTON925	JAMAICA'S FY 2006/7 BUDGET DEBATES: MORE THAN [...] (C) In the just-concluded yearly Parliamentary sparring match that Jamaicans refer to as the "budget debates," the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) presented sharply divergent views on the best way to pull the country out of the economic dold [...]	2006-05-12 14:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON930	VISIT OF WHA/DAS PATRICK DUDDY TO KINGSTON, [...] (U) Summary: On April 27 and 28, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Patrick Duddy SIPDIS visited Kingston, Jamaica. On April 27, Duddy met with GOJ officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the details of which are reported in ref. A. On April [...]	2006-05-12 20:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT ECON EAID PREL KMCA JM
06KINGSTON939	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]	2006-05-15 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON976	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: CHARLES STALLWORTH [...] Post grants country clearance to Charles Stallworth, Executive Director, Foreign Operations Division, Office of International Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, for travel to Jamaica, May 18 - May 20, 2006. Post understands the traveler is to attend the Caricom Ministers Meeting, locate [...]	2006-05-17 18:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JM
06KINSHAA1386	DRC ELECTIONS PPRD, INDEPENDENTS STILL LEADING IN [...] (U) Summary.The latest legislative election results releasedby the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) show the People's Party for Recostruction and Development (PPRD) leading all other parties with 26 percent of the 250 seats awarded to date. A total of 39 independent candidates have won s [...]	2006-08-31 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA100	GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH [...] (U) MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed to PAO that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed on January 23 in an operation against Lord's Resistance Army forces in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. An additional fourteen peacekeepers were injured, and have been [...]	2006-01-23 14:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT
06KINSHASA1004	IDPs AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN CENTRAL KATANGA [...] (U) Security in the triangle Pweto-Mitwaba-Manono has significantly improved as large groups of Mai Mai combatants continue to surrender on a daily basis. A visiting USAID/OFDA evaluation team did not note any support in Mitwaba for surrendering Mai Mai fighters from CONADER, the national body [...]	2006-06-27 07:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF CG
06KINSHASA1008	TWO MONUC PEACEKEEPERS RELEASED FROM CAPTIVITY [...] (C) MONUC-Bunia Head of Office Charles Gomis confirmed that two of the seven MONUC Nepalese peacekeepers being held hostage by Peter Karim (reftels) were released unharmed at 3am local time June 27. Gomis said the two were in "good condition," and reported that the five remaining peacekeepers [...]	2006-06-27 11:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA101	FARDC INSURGENTS ATTACK IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: A crisis in North Kivu caused by attacks by insurgents on several towns north of Goma seems now to be under control. The attackers are most likely FARDC insurgents, not yet integrated into the Congolese army, not General Nkunda or his supporters as widely reported. By January 23 [...]	2006-01-23 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1019	ITURI UPDATE: STATUS OF EFFORTS TO RELEASE MONUC [...] (C) Summary: The June 27 release of two MONUC Nepalese peacekeepers held by militia leader Peter Karim (ref A) comes after a series of intense negotiations between the militia leader and GDRC officials. According to MONUC and Congolese military officials in Bunia, efforts are still underway to [...]	2006-06-28 09:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1025	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 13,000 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced June 22 the provisional list of candidates for the DRC's provincial legislatures. According to the CEI, 13,371 candidate dossiers were accepted for the 632 seats nationwide; 466 potential candidacies were declared inadmissible. The DRC's [...]	2006-06-28 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1028	GDRC REITERATES SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 29 reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli reiterated that the GDRC will definitely vote in favor the candidacy of Guatemala to the UNSC because of its support to MONUC's peacekeeping operations in the DRC. MEECE [...]	2006-06-29 10:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA CG VT GE
06KINSHASA1032	ON CAMPAIGN EVE: INCONCLUSIVE ROUND 2 MEETING OF [...] (C) Summary: Key officials of the DRC Transition, including Vice Presidents, members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),the Independent Election Commission (CEI) President, and others gathered the afternoon of June 28 to continue last June 21's session (reftel) [...]	2006-06-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1033	DRC ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY BEGINS [...] (U) The official campaign period for the DRC's presidential and legislative elections commenced June 29, marking the beginning of the final electoral phase before the country's July 30 elections. In total, 33 presidential candidates are running for office, as well as 9,709 candidates (from 213 [...]	2006-06-29 13:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1036	KABILA ANNOUNCES NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] The recent spate of political alliances, including presidential candidate (and Mobutu-era Central Bank Governor) Pierre Pay Pay's CODECO and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's RENACO (ref A) continued with the June 24 announcement of the Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP). Presiden [...]	2006-06-29 15:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA105	EIGHT UN SOLDIERS, 14 LRA KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT [...] (U) As reported reftel, MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed January 23 in an operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. 2. (C) In a separate conversation January 23, MON [...]	2006-01-23 17:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO CG UG SU GT UN
06KINSHASA1058	ARS AND VOA SPEAKERS EMPOWER 200 MORE JOURNALISTS IN DRC [...] (U) Summary: Crisscrossing the Congo in April and June, ahead of historic elections July 30, VOA Chief Editor (Central Africa French service) Ferdinand Ferella, and ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue held seven workshops in five cities, for a total of 200 radio and television journalists. PAO accompanied [...]	2006-07-03 10:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1064	JUNE 30 IN DRC PASSES WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT [...] (U) The DRC celebrated June 30 its 46th anniversary of independence without major security problems despite expectations of civil disturbances from political opposition parties protesting the continuation of the country's transitional government. The DRC's National Day, which coincided with th [...]	2006-07-03 15:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1066	BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMES TO KINSHASA [...] (U) Summary: Belgian international FM radio now broadcasts to the world's second French-language city, Kinshasa. It competes with RFI, BBC, VOA and Africa No.1. Its success will likely depend upon its getting a reporter on the ground in the DRC. End Summary 2. (U) On June 26, Belgian Int [...]	2006-07-05 10:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECPS SCUL CG BE KPAO
06KINSHASA1067	MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S ELECTION OFFICIALLY BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The first, historic televised presidential debate, marking the June 29 opening of the official campaign, was a technical success, and it set an enviably moderate tone. Unfortunately, only two of the expected five candidates participated, and rather obscure ones at that. Elsewher [...]	2006-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1068	ITURI UPDATE: MILITIA RETAKES CONTROL OF TCHEI [...] (C) Summary: The militia group Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) has retaken control of the village of Tchei south of Bunia, nearly six weeks after the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and MONUC had driven the militia out of the location. As has happened in prior military encounter [...]	2006-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA107	DRC NON-COMMITTAL ON FUTURE AU PRESIDENT [...] (C) At a January 23 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani (septel),the Ambassador raised the issue of Sudanese President Bashir's potential selection as president of the African Union. Ramazani reported that the DRC's delegation at the Khartoum summit is being headed by a [...]	2006-01-24 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU CG AF
06KINSHASA1076	RCD/N PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROGER LUMBALA, A [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Pol intern met with Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - National (RCD/N) Presidential candidate Roger Lumbala to discuss the candidate's presidential vision in the run-up to the elections. The meeting took place at Lumbala's house in Kinshasa, against the bac [...]	2006-07-06 10:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
06KINSHASA1077	FARDC COMMANDER DIES SUDDENLY OF UNKNOWN CAUSES [...] (C) General Sylvain Buki, the deputy chief of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),died suddenly the evening of July 4 of unknown causes. According to military sources, Buki had reportedly been sick for the past two weeks with what was believed to be malaria and had been self-medicating for the [...]	2006-07-06 10:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1078	KABILA'S CAMPAIGN -- HE'S OFF AND RUNNING [...] President Kabila inaugurated his official run for the presidency on June 30 with two strategically-placed appearances in the first days of the presidential campaign. In rallies held in Butembo and Goma, two key cities of North Kivu, Kabila appeared in front of sizeable crowds -- groups made u [...]	2006-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1079	FDLR OFFICER SURRENDERS TO DDRRR IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) According to MONUC Eastern Division internal reporting, the FDLR Auditeur Superior Militaire based in Walikale, North Kivu surrendered to MONUC on June 24. While he warned MONUC not to expect mass repatriation in his wake, he did encourage continued sensitization efforts via radio, le [...]	2006-07-06 11:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA108	LRA UPDATE: MONUC CONTINUES INVESTIGATION [...] (C) MONUC military spokesman Hans-Jakob Reichen told PolOff January 24 that MONUC has pulled all of its troops from the Garamba National Park area, and that no search-and-cordon operations are currently being conducted against suspected LRA forces. Reichen said the only MONUC forces near Garam [...]	2006-01-24 12:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU UG GT CG
06KINSHASA1080	NORTH KATANGA: THE WEAKEST SECURITY LINK IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The north Katangan region of Tanganyika, larger in size than North Kivu, South Kivu, or Ituri district but also volatile, is the final geographic piece of the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Plagued by insecurity, Tanganyika nevertheless receives far [...]	2006-07-06 11:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1082	ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: ITURI [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited the major towns of the troubled Ituri District in Eastern DRC - Bunia, Aru and Mahagi - May 6 through 10. As in the Grand Nord region of neighboring North Kivu, legal and illegal cross-border trade, the absence of national government control and a st [...]	2006-07-06 13:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EMIN PGOV CG UG
06KINSHASA1083	ECONOMIC STABILITY AND JUNE 30: NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS [...] (U) Economic stability continued during the period surrounding the DRC's June 30 Independence Day, hand-in-hand with the relative political and social calm. The exchange rate did not fluctuate noticeably, contrary to last year's rapid twenty percent swings (reftel A). Inflation has remained l [...]	2006-07-06 13:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1085	PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES FINAL [...] (U) President of the National Assembly Thomas Luhaka invoked "cloture," formally closing the final plenary session of the transitional National Assembly, on July 3. Two crucial pieces of legislation, the draft law on magistrates and the landmark legislation on sexual violence (septel) have b [...]	2006-07-06 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1091	ITURI UPDATE: NEARLY 2,700 MILITIA MEMBERS HAVE [...] (C) Summary: According to MONUC reports, nearly 2,700 militia members in Ituri have voluntarily surrendered and turned in their weapons, including one high-level militia commander. Several factors are apparently motivating militia members to come out of the bush, including the desire to partic [...]	2006-07-07 09:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1093	UN PROTECTION CLUSTER WORKS TO STABILIZE NORTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 17-18 visit to Kalemie, Katanga, Poloff held meetings with humanitarian groups represented in the UN protection cluster, a newly formed channel for addressing violence against populations. The protection cluster in Kalemie faces particular challenges dealing wi [...]	2006-07-07 10:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1094	TANGANYIKA DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 17 meeting with Poloff, Tanganyika District Administrator Jean Rigobert Tshimanga decried the underdevelopment of the giant Katanga district, which is bigger than either South Kivu or North Kivu province. He described the major challenges the district faces in impr [...]	2006-07-07 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1095	KATANGA CHILD SOLDIER DEMOBILIZATION HARDER THAN [...] (SBU) Two thousand and six children associated with armed groups in Tanganyika district, Katanga have gone through the disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion (DDR) program since February 2003. According to the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) Kalemie office [...]	2006-07-07 10:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1098	LANDMARK SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW ADOPTED BY NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly of the DRC passed landmark sexual and gender-based violence legislation on June 22. The legislation, which was drafted by a coalition of human rights groups, women's rights groups, and lawyers with USG assistance, contains unprecedented measures against [...]	2006-07-07 15:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN CG
06KINSHASA1101	SOUTHERN ITURI BECOMING INCREASINGLY VOLATILE [...] (C) Summary: Since the June 30 capture of Tchei in southern Ituri District by the Patriotic Force of Resistance in Ituri (FRPI),militia activity has increased markedly in the area south of Bunia. The renewed fighting has led to the desertion of several villages and towns just outside Bunia an [...]	2006-07-10 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1102	FORMER UDPS OFFICIAL GEARING UP FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Former UDPS member Eve Bazaiba -- the only publicly-declared member of the opposition party running in the DRC's elections -- has officially begun her campaign for a seat in the National Assembly, despite threats being made against her. Bazaiba, running as an independent, said she [...]	2006-07-10 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1103	DRC JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - MONUC rehabilitated an airport in Bunia, Orientale province. -BHP Billiton contracted with the DRC's electricity parastatal for the purchase of 1200 MW of electricity. - A strike of ONATRA (DRC's port authority) employees paralyzed the international, maritime port of Matadi. - [...]	2006-07-10 15:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1119	MONUC BUKAVU BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 16 visit to South Kivu, MONUC Bukavu Acting Head of Office Cheikh Bangoura and South Kivu Brigade Commander General Ahmed Maqsood briefed the Ambassador on the status of FDLR militia and the tactics used -- joint FARDC-MONUC operations and the DDRRR program -- to [...]	2006-07-12 08:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1124	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: BEMBA'S MLC [...] (C) Summary: With the presidential campaign well underway, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's campaign as the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC)'s candidate is among the most visible in Kinshasa. The theme of Bemba's campaign posters, as well as his party literature, is "securit [...]	2006-07-12 10:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1131	MOBUTISTS CLAIM SECRET TO DRC GOVERNANCE: PAYOFFS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 7 meeting with poloff officials of the Popular Movement for the Revolution (MPR),one of two self-proclaimed Mobutist groups, demanded American support and claimed they alone held the secret to successfully governing the DRC. Following a lengthy rant against alle [...]	2006-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1133	MONUC EFFORTS TO PREVENT TIP AND SEA SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A, Embassy Kinshasa reports that incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse by MONUC peacekeepers in the DRC are much reduced over previous years. Local press articles decrying MONUC's TIP and SEA track records have dropped sharply, indicating that MONUC is percei [...]	2006-07-13 15:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1145	ITURI UPDATE: DEMOBILIZATION DEADLINE PASSES; MORE [...] (C) Summary: More than 3,500 militia members have voluntarily surrendered in Ituri in the District's latest round of demobilization. Although the deadline for surrendering passed July 15, small numbers of militia members continue to turn in their weapons and join demobilization programs. Altho [...]	2006-07-17 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1149	INAPPROPRIATE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CAUSE OF BUKI [...] (C) Given the many rumors circulating concerning the sudden death of General Sylvain Buki, second-in-command of the FARDC, the GDRC took the relatively unusual step of ordering an autopsy. Autopsy results were shared with Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba (from the RCD, Buki's party) and Ai [...]	2006-07-18 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA1150	USAID/FFP MONITORING MISSION TO EASTERN DRC [...] Summary. James F. Conway, Kinshasa-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO),Simon Mutala, USAID/Kinshasa, Dan Suther, USAID/EA RFFPO, and Alex Deprez, Nairobi-based RFFPO, Visited North Katanga, North Kivu, and South Kivu Provinces from June 19-25, 2006 to evaluate the food security situa [...]	2006-07-18 16:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD AMGT CF CG
06KINSHASA1153	DRC ELECTIONS: LAST-MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced July 15 that it has been able to verify some 24.4 million legitimately registered voters in the DRC, a number slightly below the original figure of 25.7 million. The CEI has estimated, however, that those 1.27 million "missing" [...]	2006-07-19 09:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1154	BEMBA'S ACTIONS DON'T MATCH HIS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) A planned CODECO rally at Bukavu's town stadium on Monday, July 16 was the forum for a display of bullying by Vice President Bemba. Pierre Pay Pay, presidential candidate under the CODECO banner, had reserved the stadium for Monday's coveted 1300 time slot for a political rally. Befor [...]	2006-07-19 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1155	SHOOTOUT AT NORTH KIVU ELECTIONS RALLY [...] (C) Violence erupted at an elections rally for Independent National Assembly candidate Jean-Luc Mutokambali in Rugarama, North Kivu on June 17. Mutokambali, a Hutu from a prominent area family, had attracted a crowd of 100-200 supporters in the town (bordering Uganda) in North Kivu's volati [...]	2006-07-19 10:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1161	PPRD: EVEN IF KABILA WINS, CAN HIS PARTY SURVIVE? [...] (C) Summary: Although President Kabila is one of the most visible and strongest presidential candidates in the DRC's upcoming election, his ostensible party, the PPRD, is in organizational disarray and showing structural flaws which could pose serious concerns for the future. Unless the par [...]	2006-07-20 09:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1162	DRC ELECTIONS: LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: With two weeks left in the DRC's election campaign, it is increasingly clear that incumbent president Joseph Kabila is the likely victor. Whether he will win on the first round (i.e., July 30) as his supporters continue to predict is far less certain, although current polling puts [...]	2006-07-20 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1165	ITURI UPDATE: KARIM AGREES TO DISARM MILITIA, [...] (C) Summary: Peter Karim, leader of the Ituri-based Front for National Integration (FNI),has agreed to disband his militia in exchange for the promise to be integrated in the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and given the rank of colonel. In addition, all militia members from the FNI who volun [...]	2006-07-21 07:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1179	PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL NYAMWISI THROWS VOTES TO [...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Mbusa Nyamwisi confirmed in an interview July 23 with Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he was urging his supporters to vote for incumbent President Joseph Kabila. The interview confirmed growing speculation that the one-time RCD-K/ML rebel leader's lacklus [...]	2006-07-25 12:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1181	DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIANS HOLDING THEIR BREATH AS [...] (C) Summary: As the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections draw closer, the prevailing attitude among Kasaians towards the electoral process is largely one of profound mistrust. Fueled by the belief that their region has been ignored and exploited by the central government for ye [...]	2006-07-25 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1182	Palm Oil Making a Comeback in the DRC [...] (U) Summary: Industrial palm oil harvesting and processing is reviving in a once agriculturally-productive region of the DRC. Emboffs visited a rehabilitated palm oil plantation near Lisala, Equateur province that has begun producing palm oil again after nearly 10 years of inactivity. Other cro [...]	2006-07-25 14:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD CG
06KINSHASA1185	DRC ELECTIONS: UDPS A WANING THREAT IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) -- which continues to boycott the DRC's July 30 elections -- remains a dominant presence in its traditional strongholds of Western and Eastern Kasai provinces. UDPS support and influence, however, are slowly declining i [...]	2006-07-26 10:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1186	ITURI UPDATE: MONUC SUSPENDS OPS FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) Summary: One week before the DRC's presidential and legislative elections, MONUC peacekeepers have suspended all offensive operations in Ituri District to focus on providing security and logistical support to election workers. Meanwhile, militia leader Peter Karim, who agreed earlier this [...]	2006-07-26 10:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1195	BEMBA'S SECURITY FORCES FIRE WEAPONS DURING VP'S [...] (C) As Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba made his way on foot from Kinshasa's airport to the city's soccer stadium for an anticipated political rally, his security forces reportedly fired their weapons into the air as jet aircraft flew overhead. The planes, dispatched by Air Force Chief of Staf [...]	2006-07-27 14:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1200	ITURI UPDATE: MRC MILITIA SIGNS CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Militia leader Mattheiu Ngonjolo and the GDRC signed a cease-fire agreement in Ituri District July 26, bringing a possible end to the conflict between the GDRC and the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC). According to a joint communique, the MRC and the GDRC concluded an accord to put a [...]	2006-07-27 16:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1206	DRC ELECTIONS: SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces have long been political flashpoints in the DRC due largely to the influence of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). Rallies and demonstrations in both provinces have in the past often devolved into violent clashes between politic [...]	2006-07-28 09:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1208	DRC ELECTIONS: POLITICAL LEADERS URGE CALM AFTER [...] (C) The atmosphere in Kinshasa is largely calm two days before the scheduled July 30 presidential and legislative elections, despite several outbreaks of violence in the city July 27. As reported reftel, some security forces of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba (Movement for the Liberation of C [...]	2006-07-28 13:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1209	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 1 [...] (U) The Democratic Republic of Congo remains largely calm on the eve of the July 30 presidential and legislative elections. A few isolated security incidents have taken place in Kinshasa and Mbuji Mayi in the past day, but they have not kept election workers nationwide from completing last-minu [...]	2006-07-29 18:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1210	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 2 [...] (U) Polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo opened largely on time for the historic July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Turnout is reportedly high in the east and moderate in Kinshasa, and numbers could rise after morning church services. Observers report surprisingly well-or [...]	2006-07-30 08:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1211	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 3: SMOOTH OPERATIONS [...] By late afternoon, most areas of the country have reported large but orderly numbers of voters, competent poll workers, and helpful police. Report after report has described patient lines of Congolese voters, some dressed in their Sunday best, but devoting this particular Sunday to participa [...]	2006-07-30 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1212	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 4: VOTING ENDS, COUNTING [...] According to reports from international elections observers countrywide, voting officially ended in all polling stations on time and with few reported problems. While the voting process itself has benefited from a variety of "lessons learned" from the constitutional referendum in December 20 [...]	2006-07-30 19:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1213	DRC ELECTIONS: THE DAY AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Despite some expected technical and logistical difficulties, coupled with isolated incidents of violence and intimidation in the Kasai provinces, the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were held in a largely calm and orderly fashion. Voter turnout nationwide appe [...]	2006-07-31 14:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1214	DRC RESPONSE ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 61ST UNGA [...] Following is the most recent information available regarding high-level Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. A. At this time, there is no plan for the DRC's Head of State to attend the UNGA General Debate. B. At this time, there is no p [...]	2006-07-31 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CG
06KINSHASA1220	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER "HOPEFUL" ABOUT VOTE [...] (U) The Carter Center's election observation mission released a preliminary statement August 1 on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that polling stations were "well-organized" and that election officials "competently fulfilled" their duties. In a Kinshasa press conference, the Carter Center' [...]	2006-08-02 12:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1223	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA CLAIMING VICTORY ABSENT [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has already begun claiming victory in the DRC's July 30 presidential elections, broadcasting purported results via television and radio stations he owns. Before polls even closed, the Bemba-owned station CCTV began reporting "results" from polling sites thr [...]	2006-08-03 12:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1231	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA ALLEGES VOTE "MARRED BY [...] (U) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and his party, the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD),alleged the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "marred by irregularities." In a six-page statement released July 31 by the RCD's secretary general, the party lays out a series of a [...]	2006-08-03 16:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1233	DRC ELECTIONS: EU MISSION DECLARES VOTE MANAGED [...] (U) The European Union's Election Observation Mission (MOEUE) released August 2 its preliminary statement on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) managed the vote "efficiently" despite political tension and certain inequalities observed during the [...]	2006-08-04 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1234	GOLD SECTOR UPDATE - FOCUS ON ANGLOGOLD [...] (C) Summary. Industrial gold mining plans are advancing in Ituri district, particularly on the concession of AngloGold Ashanti. Artisanal miners continue to operate illegally on Anglo's concession; the DRC's gold-mining parastatal profits from this mining and thus takes no action to remove the [...]	2006-08-04 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1236	DRC ELECTIONS: CEI PROMISES INVESTIGATION AFTER [...] (C) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu promised August 4 that the Commission will investigate the burning of an unknown number of marked ballots and vote tally sheets at an election liaison office in Kinshasa. In a meeting with the Ambassador and Repres [...]	2006-08-04 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1237	ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BUNIA [...] Summary: (U) Pol Intern traveled to Bunia (Ituri District) to observe the DRC's July 30 elections. Visits to over ten different voting centers and approximately 100 individual stations revealed no significant evidence of irregularities. Despite sometimes long and cumbersome voting lines, the d [...]	2006-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1238	DRC ELECTIONS: CIAT DISMAYED BY POLITICIZATION OF [...] (U) The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a declaration August 3 expressing its "dismay" over the "flagrant politicization" of the vote counting process after the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. The CIAT statement comes after a similar comm [...]	2006-08-04 13:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1239	DRC GOVERNMENT RAISES FUEL PRICES AGAIN [...] (U) The GDRC has raised fuel prices twice since May, following increases in the world market's oil price and a decline in the Congolese Franc's (CF) value. On August 3, the GDRC Ministries of Economy, Finance and Energy and members of the DRC Chamber of Commerce (FEC),agreed to increase the pr [...]	2006-08-04 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1241	ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BAS-CONGO [...] (U) Summary. Elections in Bas-Congo proceeded calmly and with high voter turnout. EconOff observed election and post-election procedures at numerous polling sites July 28-August 1. EconOff witnessed no evidence of fraud, but did observe many procedural irregularities, most of which appeared to [...]	2006-08-04 16:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1249	DRC ELECTIONS: AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS GIVE [...] (U) Summary: Several African election observation missions have released their preliminary statements regarding the DRC's July 30 president and legislative elections. While noting the logistical challenges poll workers faced, most African missions declared the vote to have been conducted succe [...]	2006-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1250	RELIGIOUS GROUPS CONGRATULATE CONGOLESE ON [...] (U) In an August 5 statement, the leaders of five of the DRC's largest religious communities lauded the success of the July 30 elections. The statement was signed by Monsignor Pierre Marini of the Congolese Christian Church, Sheik Abd'allah Mangala of the Islamic Community, Monsignor Simon Nz [...]	2006-08-07 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG ELECTIONS

06KINSHASA1251	DRC ELECTIONS: KASHALA SEES HIMSELF AS CONGO'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: Oscar Kashala is declaring himself an "emerging leader" and "power broker" capable of deciding the eventual winner of the Congo's presidency. Basing his claims on an apparently strong showing in the Kasai provinces and in Kinshasa, Kashala said he will come in third behind Presiden [...]	2006-08-08 08:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1255	DRC ELECTIONS: MARKETING BEMBA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba on August 3. During the meeting, Bemba disingenuously said all the right things and gave all the right responses as he pretended to distance himself from the effo [...]	2006-08-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1256	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA STILL CRYING FOUL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Azarias Ruberwa on August 2. During the meeting, Ruberwa repeated his allegations of "widespread fraud" and promised to pursue his complaints through the appropriate legal channels [...]	2006-08-09 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1257	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEADING BEMBA IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) With just five percent of all electoral districts nationwide having reported their ballot counts, incumbent President Joseph Kabila has taken a large and early lead over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Six of the eight districts reporting, however, are in eastern DRC, where Kabila was [...]	2006-08-09 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA126	DRC ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) In a January 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Raymond Ramazani, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarches on UN reform. Ramazani agreed in principle that the UN should be reformed to make it a more efficient organization. 2. (SBU) Ramazani asked about the USG position on the expansion [...]	2006-01-25 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR PHUM ADCO CG UN
06KINSHASA1260	NORTH KIVU FIREFIGHT SPOTLIGHTS PROBLEM OF [...] (C) Summary: On August 5, a firefight in Sake, North Kivu broke out between two Congolese army (FARDC) battalions, one integrated and one non-integrated. Both battalions suffered casualties -- at least three soldiers died and thirty-two were wounded, according to MONUC. Twenty-two civilia [...]	2006-08-10 08:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1261	DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC banking sector is slowly increasing services, with the first ATM, Master Card and mobile phone banking capabilities becoming available in July. - The Energy Vice Minister ordered an audit of Cohydro, the DRC's petroleum parastatal. - National railway employees are [...]	2006-08-10 09:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1264	DRC ELECTIONS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT KINSHASA'S [...] (U) Summary: Following the enormous logistical challenge of organizing the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections comes an equally daunting task: the collection, compilation and verification of tens of millions of ballots from some 50,000 polling stations nationwide. In Kinshasa, [...]	2006-08-11 07:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1265	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA CONFIDENT, UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with President (and presidential candidate) Joseph Kabila on August 5. Kabila noted that managing the responses of losing candidates and the high expectations from the Congolese people will be the most important challenges for th [...]	2006-08-11 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1266	PAYNE CODEL VISITS KEY LEADERS IN DRC [...] Summary: Congressman Donald Payne visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on August 2 through August 5. In addition to calling on President Kabila at his residence and Vice Presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba and other key senior government leaders, Rep. Payne met with e [...]	2006-08-11 09:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OREP KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1267	DRC ELECTIONS: OBSERVATION IN THE KIVUS [...] (U) Summary: The July 30 elections saw high turnout among North Kivu's 2.5 million and South Kivu's 1.6 million registered voters. Reports from EmbOffs who served as observers in the east indicate that despite logistical and voter education problems, elections in the Kivus were generally w [...]	2006-08-11 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1268	UPDATE ON DRC'S LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) The DRC's leading labor union continues to exert little impact on workplace or political matters. EconOff and PolOff met with Symphorien Dunia, President of the Confederation Syndicale Du Congo (CSC),the DRC's leading labor organization (reftel) August 7. 2. (SBU) Dunia reviewed som [...]	2006-08-11 11:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EMIN PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1269	DRC ELECTIONS: EARLY RESULTS SHOW KABILA IN LEAD [...] (U) With nearly 20 percent of the DRC's electoral districts reporting their presidential results, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) figures show that incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 48 to 20 percent. As of August 10, 32 of the country's 169 di [...]	2006-08-11 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1270	OPPOSITION FIGURE LEAVES SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, a minor opposition figure who was jailed December 31 for "offending the president" (reftel A) and later "escaped" to the South African Embassy in Kinshasa where he took up residence March 2 (reftel B),finally left the embassy on July 30. Ngoy said the South Afri [...]	2006-08-11 14:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1277	DRC ELECTIONS: WITH 46 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS [...] (U) As of August 14, 46 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported results from the DRC July 30 presidential election. In the 78 of 169 districts having announced results, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 55 to 17 percent. Nzanga Mobutu, [...]	2006-08-14 13:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1278	DRC ELECTIONS: EMINENT PERSONS GROUP URGES CALM [...] (U) The International Committee of Wise Men ("Comite des Sages") issued August 12 a declaration congratulating the Congolese people and authorities for the calm and peaceful manner in which the country's July 30 elections were held. The Committee urged political candidates and the population t [...]	2006-08-14 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1280	DRC ELECTIONS: RELIGIOUS GROUPS CALL FOR PEACE AND [...] (U) The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the leaders of the five largest religious communities released August 12 separate statements congratulating the Congolese people for their maturity and calm during the July 30 election, and appealing to all Congolese to remain tolerant [...]	2006-08-14 17:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA129	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] Per reftel, post submitted the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy (SHRD) report by unclassified email on January 26. Point of contact for the report is poloff Tracy Naber. MEECE NNNN [...]	2006-01-26 10:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG
06KINSHASA1291	REQUEST PERMISSION FOR AMBASSADORTO BE ABSENT FROM POST [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTA CG
06KINSHASA1292	2006 AF CHIEF OF MISSION CONFERENCE [...] Ambassador Roger Meece will participate in the Chief of Mission Conference to be held October 10 to 13, 2006. Reservations have been made for his stay at State Plaza. 2. Proposed itinerary is as follows: October 7: Depart Kinshasa, DRC October 8: Arrive Washington, DC October 14 Depar [...]	2006-08-16 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA CG
06KINSHASA1293	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 60 [...] (U) Preliminary vote tallies from the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) through August 16 show 60 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported their presidential results. In the 101 of 169 districts having finished compiling ballots, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading [...]	2006-08-16 15:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1300	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEAD SLIPPING BELOW 50 [...] (SBU) As of August 17, initial voting results from approximately 63 percent of the DRC's electoral districts show incumbent President Joseph Kabila's lead narrowing over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. According to the results posted from 107 of the 169 districts, Kabila leads Bemba 48.5 to [...]	2006-08-17 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1302	THREE TV STATIONS SUSPENDED AFTER BROADCASTS RAISE TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three television stations were suspended from broadcasting August 17 by order of the High Media Authority (HAM). The three are state-owned RTNC1, the MLC-affiliated CCTV, and the religious station RTAE, all of which have been showing violent scenes, notably from the pillaging wh [...]	2006-08-18 10:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1307	DRC HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ISSUES REPORT ON [...] (U) Summary: The National Observatory for Human Rights (ONDH),one of the five "citizen institutions" of the DRC's transitional government, issued August 12 a report detailing its findings concerning campaign-related violence in the month leading up to the country's July 30 presidential and le [...]	2006-08-18 12:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1308	AGOA: DRC'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production capabilities in the DRC. 2. (U) The DRC's three primary textile facilities are Congo-Tex in Kinshasa, Sotexki in Kisangani, and Sintexkin in Lubumbashi. In total, the DRC produces [...]	2006-08-18 12:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTEX AGOA CG
06KINSHASA1309	URANIUM SHIPMENT RUMORS UNFOUNDED [...] (C) Summary. Press reports of a possible enriched uranium shipment from the DRC to Iran are unfounded. The DRC has no capability to produce enriched uranium, and Post has no evidence of organized mining at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. The story likely was planted as a dirty trick designed to [...]	2006-08-18 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EMIN ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA131	MLC VS. OLIVIER KAMITATU [...] (SBU) The intraparty battle within the MLC has now moved to the courts. Olivier Kamitatu, the former MLC Secretary General and current Speaker of the National Assembly, has filed suit against the MLC for expelling him from his party post and attempting to remove him as Speaker. Kamitatu's No [...]	2006-01-26 13:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1310	DRC ELECTIONS: GIZENGA AN EMERGING FORCE [...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga, secretary general of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),met with the Ambassador August 17. The long-time opposition figure, who almost certainly will likely place third in the first round of presidential voting and is the potential kingmaker in a second round, sa [...]	2006-08-18 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1311	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA, BEMBA MOVE TO SECOND ROUND [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the evening of August 20 official provisional results from the DRC's July 30 presidential election. According to CEI figures, incumbent President Joseph Kabila won 44.81 percent of the votes cast to Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 20.0 [...]	2006-08-21 09:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1313	PORT AUTHORITY RELAUNCHES CONGO RIVER TRAFFIC [...] (U) The GDRC's port authority, ONATRA, has relaunched its own transport operations on the Congo River after a ten-year hiatus. In July, ONATRA began running two 3000-mile round-trips per month between Kinshasa and Kisangani, Orientale province. The upriver trip to Kisangani takes nine days, a [...]	2006-08-21 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1316	DRC SITREP 1: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) Active fighting broke out in the Gombe neighborhood of Kinshasa around 4pm local time apparently between elements of the Presidential Republican Guard (GSSP),Congolese police, and security forces of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party. The fighting is apparently a continuation of [...]	2006-08-21 16:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1317	SITREP 2: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) At approximately 5:15pm local time, the Ambassador called with an update of the situation from Vice President Bemba's residence (reftel). The Ambassador reported hearing occasional explosions, perhaps from rocket propelled grenades or tanks. MONUC forces sent to the Bemba compound had not [...]	2006-08-21 16:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1318	SITREP 3: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) At 1800 local time, RSO spoke to MONUC head of security who reported that he and "half a MONUC detachment" were at the Palais de Justice. The MONUC officer said that he was using the location as an operations base and was "going in (to Bemba's residence) to do an extraction." The intent he [...]	2006-08-21 17:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1319	SITREP 4: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM at 1840 local time from Bemba's residence to report that MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye had arrived at the compound around 1820 to discuss arrangements to extricate CIAT ambassadors. Gaye said he had arrived with four APCs, but it was unclear if those [...]	2006-08-21 18:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1320	SITREP 5: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) FARDC Chief of Staff General Kisempia announced on national television that all soldiers are prohibited from carrying arms in the city of Kinshasa, and that they have been ordered to return to their barracks and remain there. Kisempia said General Nabiola, commander of the Unite de Defense [...]	2006-08-21 19:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1321	SITREP 6: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS [...] (SBU) Emboffs have contacted eleven Kinshasa diplomatic missions to determine their response to the current security situation in the diplomatic district, Gombe (reftels). Eight missions contacted - British, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Greek, and Belgian - reported being con [...]	2006-08-21 20:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1322	SITREP 7: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM at 2115 to report that the CIAT ambassadors had all safely arrived at MONUC headquarters from Bemba's residence. The Minister of Budget (and MLC member) Francois Mwamba, plus some members of Bemba's family, were in the MONUC convoy as well. CIAT ambassadors are cu [...]	2006-08-21 20:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1323	SITREP 8: KINSHASA FIGHTING [...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM around 2220 local time to report that he had safely returned to his residence after leaving MONUC headquarters via a convoy organized by MONUC security. The Ambassador reported that the convoy drove down Boulevard 30 Juin through the center of Gombe, where much of [...]	2006-08-21 22:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1324	SITREP 9: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 0800 LOCAL TIME) [...] (C) As dawn broke in Kinshasa August 22, isolated gunfire and small explosions were heard in the downtown Gombe area of the city. The Ambassador called DCM from his residence at 0635 to report gunfire, some apparently from heavy arms, from the direction of the Palais de la Nation (the president [...]	2006-08-22 07:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1326	SITREP 11: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 1030 LOCAL TIME) [...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM at 0900 local time to report that the CIAT ambassadors will meet with President Kabila at his riverside residence at 1130 August 21. 2. (C) PolCouns called around 0900 to report that presidential diplomatic adviser Augustin Katumba is proposing a meeting of the [...]	2006-08-22 09:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1327	SITREP 13: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 11:15 LOCAL [...] (C) CIAT Ambassadors are assembling as of 11:00 local time, under MONUC protective cover, in advance of their transport to a meeting scheduled with President Kabila at 11:30. 2. (C) At 10:55 local time, scattered gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the Embassy's JAO compound. 3. (C) [...]	2006-08-22 10:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1328	SITREP 12: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS [...] (SBU) The French Embassy remains on official lockdown status, while Belgian and German mission personnel have effectively done the same, remaining at their embassies overnight. The European Union, Canadian, and IMF missions have ordered their personnel to remain at their residences. The Dutc [...]	2006-08-22 10:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1330	SITREP 15: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 13:30 LOCAL [...] (C) CIAT Ambassadors began their meeting with President Kabila at the President's riverside residence/office at around noon local time, after convoying with security provided by MONUC. 2. (C) A Dutch diplomat told EconOff that his Embassy's security firm reported that the situation around B [...]	2006-08-22 12:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1331	SITREP 16: APPEAL FROM CIVIL SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) The Executive Secretary of Civil Society/Forces Vives, who is also the president of the civil servants' trade union, Mr. Naupess Kibiswa, called PAO at 10:15 GMT. He "begged" that the international community not start evacuating people from the DRC as a result of the fighting. To do so [...]	2006-08-22 13:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1332	SITREP 17: SECOND MONUC PRESS RELEASE CALLS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1333	SITREP 18: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 1730 LOCAL TIME) [...] (C) The Canadian Embassy's security chief told RSO that at about 1315, he drove from the Canadian Embassy down Boulevard 30 Juin toward the center of town. He said that he saw heavy "GSSP" presence near DRC government buildings along the Boulevard, but that the troops were in the process of pu [...]	2006-08-22 16:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1334	SITREP 19: CIAT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA [...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM from his residence at 1350 local time to report that the noon CIAT meeting with President Kabila had ended. All members of CIAT were present except for the representatives of the African Union, Angola, South Africa, and Zambia. Among the Congolese participants, as [...]	2006-08-22 18:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1335	SITREP 20: KINSHASA RETURNING TO NORMAL (8/23 0700 [...] (C) At daybreak August 23, downtown Kinshasa is calm. There were no reports of gunfire or violence overnight. The downtown area and all of Gombe were peaceful throughout the evening, and remain so this morning. RSO is presently conducting reconnaissance patrols in the city center and on the ai [...]	2006-08-23 06:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1338	STREP21: EAC CONVENES [...] (U) The EAC convened at 0830 local time on August 23 to assess current security situation in Kinshasa, and discuss recommended next steps. All EAC members were present, and the Ambassador also attended the meeting. 2. (SBU) EAC members all reported that the situation in the central Gombe a [...]	2006-08-23 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1339	SITREP 22: EMBASSIES, BUSINESSES REOPENING (8/23 [...] (SBU) Other Kinshasa missions - French, Belgian, British, Swedish - have resumed normal business on August 23. All report local staff arriving, and diplomats who spent the past two days at their embassies are being spelled by colleagues to allow them to go home and rest. The British Embassy [...]	2006-08-23 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA134	OFDA VISIT TO NEW IDPS IN DUBIE, CENTRAL KATANGA [...] In early December 2005, a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs) began arriving in the small town of Dubie in Pweto Territory in eastern Katanga as a result of a FARDC military offensive against the forces of Mai Mai leader Gedeon. By December 17, Dubie had received 10,000 new IDPs i [...]	2006-01-26 16:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA1340	SITREP 23: PEACEKEEPERS INCREASED, SECURITY [...] (C) MONUC reports that an additional company of South African troops has been dispatched from Lubumbashi to reinforce the three MONUC battalions already deployed in Kinshasa. 2. (C) The DATT confirmed that around 200 troops were dispatched from Gabon to supplement the 1000 present in Kin [...]	2006-08-23 13:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1341	SITREP 24: MONUC WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING (8/23 1500 [...] (U) At MONUC's regular weekly press briefing, held at 1100 local time today, Press Spokesperson Kemal Saiki offered congratulations to the Congolese people on a peaceful election with massive turnout, to the two candidates who came out in the lead of the presidential elections, and to the Ind [...]	2006-08-23 14:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1342	SITREP 25: KINSHASA REMAINS CALM (8/23 1700) [...] (U) As dusk falls in Kinshasa, observers are hopeful that relative calm will hold throughout the night and during the next days while political and military leaders continue working to resolve the conflict in Kinshasa. 2. (SBU) Contacts from the embassies of South Africa, Canada and Japan [...]	2006-08-23 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1343	SITREP 26: MORNING STARTS CALMLY IN KINSHASA (8/24 [...] (U) Mission convened a follow-up EAC meeting the morning of 8/24 in Kinshasa (septel). 2. (SBU) All mission personnel are authorized to use their POVs, and classes resumed normally at the American School of Kinshasa. Traffic was still somewhat lighter than usual although commuters report [...]	2006-08-24 11:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1344	SITREP 27: FOLLOWUP EAC MEETING (8/24 1100) [...] (SBU) Mission convened an EAC meeting on August 24 at 0900 local time to assess the current security environment and discuss developments since the previous meeting on August 23. Recommendations included: A) advising mission personnel and Amcits to exercise increased caution, despite the re [...]	2006-08-24 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1345	DRC ELECTIONS: CHALLENGE PERIOD EXTENDED DUE TO [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has extended the period for bringing challenges to the provisional presidential election results announced August 20. CEI spokesman Dieudonne Mirimo said political parties and independent candidates -- the two groups authorized to raise challenge [...]	2006-08-24 13:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1346	SITREP 28: KINSHASA UPDATE (8/24 1445 LOCAL TIME) [...] (U) EmbOff eyewitnesses reported midday seeing a crowd of about 200 near the office of one of the television stations owned by Vice President Bemba. This location is where the shooting and violence the evening of August 20 originated. Congolese police, supported by MONUC and EUFOR troops, arri [...]	2006-08-24 13:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1351	SITREP 29: KINSHASA UPDATE (8/24 1630 LOCAL TIME) [...] (U) As of 1630 local time, downtown Kinshasa is calm. There have been no reports of gunfire or violence since mid-afternoon as a second day ends without significant security problems. 2. (U) Crowds that had gathered outside MLC headquarters along Boulevard 30 Juin in anticipation of a press [...]	2006-08-24 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1352	SITREP 30: LIFE IN KINSHASA PICKS UP ITS PACE, [...] (SBU) The security situation in Kinshasa remains tense but calm. Post received no additional reports of violence overnight. Neighborhoods were quiet city-wide during the evening of August 24, and people appeared to be staying close to home, although restaurants and nightspots were open for bu [...]	2006-08-25 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1353	SITREP 31: EAC CONVENES [...] (SBU) Mission convened an EAC meeting on August 25 at 0830 local time to update its assessment of the current security environment and discuss developments since the previous meeting on August 24. Recommendations included: A) issuing a Security Notice reminding all employees that it is manda [...]	2006-08-25 11:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1355	SITREP 32: KINSHASA CALM AS WEEKEND APPROACHES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 13:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1357	THE UNNECESSARY DRC CRISIS, AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa military clashes from Aug 20 - 22 represented arguably the biggest threat to date in DRC's difficult Transition process, although by Aug 24 the capital began resuming more normal activity. This crisis was confined exclusively to Central Kinshasa, in essence a clash betw [...]	2006-08-28 17:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1362	USAID/FFP MONITORING MISSION TO CENTRAL KATANGA [...] Kinshasa-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) James F. Conway traveled to Southern and Central Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 11-18, 2006 to evaluate the food security situation, particularly of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and to monitor USAID-supp [...]	2006-08-29 08:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD PREF CG
06KINSHASA1364	PETROLEUM SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. While DRC's petroleum production has stagnated, international interest in exploring the DRC's potential reserves has expanded. French company Perenco currently operates the only two producing concessions, although the GDRC recently granted three new concessions for exploration [...]	2006-08-29 12:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG
06KINSHASA1365	DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DRC: CAVEAT EMPTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. An increasing number of attempts to defraud potential American investors and traders have come to Post's attention in the past few months. While most are occurring in the extractive industries sector, driven by high global market prices, other sectors are not immune. Blatantly [...]	2006-08-29 14:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KCOR EPET PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1370	DRC ELECTIONS: PPRD HOLDS SLIM PLURALITY IN [...] (U) With approximately half of the DRC's electoral districts reporting, initial election results for the National Assembly show the Kabila-affiliated People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD) currently leading all other political parties. No results, however, have yet been poste [...]	2006-08-30 13:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1373	INCREASING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE KASAIS [...] (U) Summary. Eastern and Western Kasai have been experiencing increasing economic difficulties, seemingly due primarily to labor strife, the diamond parastatal's ongoing problems, and seasonal effects. Both Kasais have experienced shortages of produce, goods and petroleum products, with conseq [...]	2006-08-30 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN ELTN PGOV ELAB CG
06KINSHASA1378	MIXED COMMISSION BEGINS WORK ON INVESTIGATING [...] (U) The first session of the newly established Mixed Commission -- bringing together representatives of President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba -- was held August 29 at MONUC headquarters. As reported reftels, the goals of the Commission are to facilitate a dialogue between the K [...]	2006-08-30 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1379	DRC PORT AUTHORITY LOOKING INTO RAILWAY REHABILITATION [...] (U) The DRC is continuing to discuss plans to rehabilitate its Matadi-Kinshasa rail line, which currently operates at only about ten percent of capacity. A Chinese company, China Machine Building International Corporation (CMIC) signed a memorandum of understanding April 6 to provide ONATRA (t [...]	2006-08-31 05:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EINV PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1387	ITURI UPDATE: KARIM STALLING ON INTEGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Militia leader Peter Karim, who agreed in mid-July to disarm his Front for National Integration (FNI) militia and integrate his forces into the Congolese military (ref A),is refusing to honor the agreement he signed with the GDRC. Since the accord was reached, Karim has charged t [...]	2006-08-31 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1388	Kinshasa Broadcast Media Pledge to Try to Avoid Turning [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of inflammatory broadcasts and counter-broadcasts pitting media allied with Jean-Pierre Bemba and Joseph Kabila against each other, the directors of Kinshasa television stations signed pledges of good conduct on August 26 and 30. There has already been one violation [...]	2006-08-31 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG
06KINSHASA139	ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of military operations against armed militias in Ituri District (reftels),MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) launched Operation Ituri Encourager January 12 to eliminate remaining militia elements in the region. To date, the joint operations have resul [...]	2006-01-27 10:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA1390	IRANIAN EMBASSY RESPONDS TO SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE [...] (U) On August 28, the Congolese newspaper Le Potentiel printed the Iranian Embassy's denial of the August 6 Sunday Times article (reftel),which alleged a DRC-Iran uranium smuggling link. The Times reported that in October 2005 Tanzanian authorities stopped a shipment of Uranium 238 ore from [...]	2006-09-05 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA1391	NO SIGNS OF MINING ACTIVITY AT SHINKOLOBWE [...] (C) Summary. In the course of investigating ongoing rumors and press reports of a DRC-Iranian enriched uranium link, EconOff visited DRC's Shinkolobwe uranium mine August 9, but found no evidence of any mining. Neither visual nor scientific evidence at or around Shinkolobwe indicates mining oc [...]	2006-09-05 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA1392	MISSING CONTAINERS NOT LIKELY RADIOACTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 08:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CG EMIN ENRG ETRD IAEA KGIT PGOV PREL
06KINSHASA1396	IMF AND WORLD BANK PROGRAMS IN HOLDING PATTERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the IMF and World Bank (WB) say their institutions' programs in the DRC are essentially in a holding pattern. IMF Resident Representative Xavier Maret said the fund's current focus is on helping the DRC maintain macroeconomic stability, while WB Resident Repr [...]	2006-09-06 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1398	DRC AUGUST MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC's teachers' unions are calling for a nationwide strike in public schools to demand increased salaries. - Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) and OCPT (the telecommunications parastatal) are on strike, as are medical professionals in some cities. - The [...]	2006-09-06 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1401	Media Pledge Extends to Kabila and Bemba Camps [...] (SBU) Summary: High-level representatives of both President Kabila and VP Bemba on September 4 signed a pledge to rein in their respective media. The Ambassador has heard from representatives of President Kabila that pro-Bemba broadcast media will be restored by the end of this week. The pled [...]	2006-09-07 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1406	DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1407	DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1408	DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1409	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER CONCLUDES FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary: The Carter Center concluded in a September 1 statement that the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "credible," despite important procedural and logistical flaws. While voting and the counting process were generally successful, the Center noted certain irregul [...]	2006-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA141	ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of military operations against armed militias in Ituri District (reftels),MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) launched Operation Ituri Encourager January 12 to eliminate remaining militia elements in the region. To date, the joint operations have resul [...]	2006-01-27 11:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA1410	SECURITY AT THE DRCâ€™S NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER [...] (C) Summary. Four EmbOffs and an Econ LES toured the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) July 27 to assess security and determine its needs. CREN-K houses the DRC's two nuclear reactors, neither of which functions, although staff continue to conduct nuclear-related research and teaching at th [...]	2006-09-08 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD KGIT PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1411	MLC CONTINUES EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT KABILA VIA [...] (C) DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party, the MLC, appears to be continuing its campaign to discredit and undermine President Joseph Kabila by trying to convince the international community that the Presidency is illegally trafficking enriched uranium (reftel A). 2. (C) On [...]	2006-09-08 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1412	DRC ELECTIONS: PROVISIONAL LEGISLATIVE RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: National provisional results released September 7 by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the DRC's next National Assembly show no political party or coalition controlling a majority of the chamber's 500 seats. According to the CEI figures, the People's Party for Reconst [...]	2006-09-08 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA142	Nomination for FY06 Edward R. Murrow Program for [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 11:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL CG XA KPAO
06KINSHASA1423	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILC CANDIDACY [...] (U) PolOff delivered September 11 reftel diplomatic note and biography of Michael Matheson to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques D'Joli. While offering no substantive comment on the note, D'Joli said he would pass it to the GDRC mission in New York for review. Post will report [...]	2006-09-11 16:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA CG
06KINSHASA1427	CIAT ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST WEAPONS, [...] (U) With the approach of presidential (second round) and provincial elections, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a strong statement of concern September 11 about the presence of weapons and armed men in Kinshasa. According to the statement, the CIAT and the [...]	2006-09-12 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS MARR PREL CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1434	BEMBA MEDIA IS BACK AND ALREADY SANCTIONED BY HAM [...] (U) Summary. One day after recommencing their broadcast operations, two television stations owned by Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba were sanctioned by the High Media Authority (HAM) for violating the media code of conduct. The two stations had broadcast scenes from Bemba's political [...]	2006-09-13 17:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1438	OCTOBER 29 REMAINS LIKELY SECOND-ROUND DRC [...] (U) The DR Congo Supreme Court of Justice ruled September 13 that the October 29 date set by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the second round presidential run-off election was unconstitutional. Citing the new constitution approved by voters in December, 2005 the Court declared th [...]	2006-09-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1439	THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA: HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AND A [...] (C) Summary. Two days of high-level visitors to Kinshasa September 11 and 12 were followed September 13 by the long-awaited face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the two protagonists in the Congolese presidential elections and August 20-22 [...]	2006-09-14 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG EUN UK SA
06KINSHASA144	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FY-2006 CALL FOR AMBASSADOR'S [...] Embassy Brazzaville's selection committee has identified six, well-developed programs for funding by the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program in FY-06. The reputation and familiarity of this initiative have increased significantly in recent years as post endeavors to re-establish a full tim [...]	2006-01-27 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID AMGT CF CG ECON XA AID
06KINSHASA1447	Media Authority Issues Ruling Against Pro-Kabila TV [...] (U) Following its decisions September 12 - when the High Media Authority (HAM) reprimanded or fined two Bemba-owned TV stations (for jumping the gun with campaign broadcasts) and issued a warning to the state-owned RTNC (for a show where Jean-Pierre Bemba was referred to as a treacherous snake) [...]	2006-09-15 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1448	ANOTHER TRANSITION PROCEDURAL GLITCH [...] (U) In accordance with the DRC,s very complicated new constitution, and following the July 30 presidential and National Assembly elections, the 500 members of the new elected National Assembly are to take office in an initial session on September 22. The ceremonial installation is expected to [...]	2006-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1451	SUPREME COURT ALLOWS OCTOBER 29 DR CONGO ELECTION [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court ruled September 15 that the October 29 date for the second-round presidential run-off election can stand. Responding to a September 5 appeal filed by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),the Court declared that it is "technically impossible" to organize elec [...]	2006-09-15 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1458	RUBERWA AS STATESMAN: AUDITIONING FOR HIS NEXT [...] (C) Summary. Congolese Vice President and disappointed presidential candidate Azarias Ruberwa has positioned himself as a mediator and statesmen in the run-up to the second round of elections. His primary message now consists of three main points: reconciliation between Kabila and Bemba, act [...]	2006-09-18 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1462	TEACHER'S STRIKE PETERS OUT [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's public school teachers' strike has ended after just two weeks, and students are slowly returning to school as of September 18. Teachers were on strike in several parts of the DRC to press for increased salaries and benefits, but realized it is unlikely the current lame d [...]	2006-09-19 11:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA1465	DRC LEADERSHIP GAP LOOMS: A VIEW FROM THE ECONOMY [...] (U) As reported in reftel B, the GDRC is about to face serious leadership voids in several ministries and in some state enterprises. Several current ministers, vice ministers and parastatal managers who have won seats in the National Assembly must now decide if they will resign their positions [...]	2006-09-19 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN KDEM CG ELECTIONS

06KINSHASA1470	FIRE AT VP BEMBA'S TELEVISION STATIONS ONE DAY, [...] (SBU) Summary: A fire broke out September 18 at a building housing offices of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba,s MLC party and his television stations. The fire was quickly extinguished, although two serious associated injuries have been reported; there were no Amcits involved. The cause o [...]	2006-09-19 17:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1471	KABILA ALLIES CLAIM DRC PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY [...] (U) Officials of a coalition of political parties that support DR Congo President Joseph Kabila claim to have assembled a majority in the newly-elected National Assembly. In a September 19 declaration, Coordinator Andre-Philippe Futa of the Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) said the [...]	2006-09-20 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1472	BEMBA,S MEN FAN THE FLAMES IN THE WAKE OF [...] (U) Summary: Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party issued a strongly-worded statement September 19 charging that the fire that knocked his media outlets off the air the day before was a "criminal act" designed to prevent him from conducting campaigning. Bemba's political allian [...]	2006-09-20 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1473	IMF RES REP VIEWS ON DRC ECONOMIC SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF resident representative to the DRC said that there will be no review of the current Staff Monitored Program (SMP) until the end of 2006, due mainly to the ongoing electoral process, security concerns, and a lack of data. He suspected that DRC government over-budget spe [...]	2006-09-20 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1474	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE AUGUST VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary. The August 20-22 violence in Kinshasa clearly impacted the DRC's economy, although the full extent of the damage is not clear. Both in the informal and formal economies businesses suffered losses due to both closure and physical damage, although the latter was quite limited. End s [...]	2006-09-20 16:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAIR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1478	BEMBA,S READOUT OF KABILA MEETING REINFORCES [...] (C) Summary. DR Congo VP Bemba gave a readout of his meeting last week with Presidet Kabila during a September 18 discussion with te Ambassador. His version focused on their exchnges of views, including charges and counter-chargs, on the August 20-22 armed confrontations between their troops. [...]	2006-09-21 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1481	SECOND ROUND DR CONGO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has set the dates for official campaigning in the October 29 second-round presidential and provincial assembly elections. CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced that the presidential campaign will last 15 days, from October 13 [...]	2006-09-22 09:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1484	SECOND ROUND DR CONGO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has set the dates for official campaigning in the October 29 second-round presidential and provincial assembly elections. CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced that the presidential campaign will last 15 days, from October 13 [...]	2006-09-22 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1485	GIZENGA'S PARTY MAKES COMMON CAUSE WITH KABILA IN [...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga's Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) announced September 21 it would join a parliamentary coalition of the Kabila-affiliated Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP),and will support President Kabila in the October 29 presidential run-off. While such an alliance [...]	2006-09-22 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1487	UDPS STRUGGLING TO SAVE ITS FUTURE IN LATEST [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) have been quietly negotiating with representatives of both President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba since DR Congo's July 30 first-round elections. They say talks with Kabila's People's Pa [...]	2006-09-22 12:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1499	CONGO'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS WORK [...] (U) DR Congo's newly-elected National Assembly met for the first time September 22 in Kinshasa. Of the 500 deputies elected on July 29, 438 participated in the largely ceremonial session. The pro-forma selection of its provisional bureau was the Assembly's sole order of business. 2. (U) J [...]	2006-09-26 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1500	MINING SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. During the past month several miners died in mining-related accidents, and two conflicts between mining companies and the GDRC have arisen. End summary. Mining Accidents ---------------- 2. (U) The Mayor of the Western Kasai diamond-mining town of Tshikapa has banned some mi [...]	2006-09-26 14:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON SENV ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1505	DRC'S BEMBA FORMS NEW ALLIANCE TO COUNTER KABILA [...] (SBU) Summary: DR Congo Vice President Bemba announced September 23 the creation of a new political alliance, the Union for the Nation (UN). It appears unlikely to bolster significantly his electoral prospects in the October 29 presidential vote. End summary. 2. (U) Congolese Vice Presid [...]	2006-09-27 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1508	UDPS SHOWS PUBLIC SPLIT OVER POSSIBLE ALLIANCE [...] (U) Summary. Infighting among members of DR Congo's Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party spilled over into the public September 26 when several members issued a communique supporting the presidential candidacy of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba's Movement for the Liber [...]	2006-09-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1518	Media Authority Issues Further Rulings; Bemba Media Resume [...] (U) Summary: Bemba-owned TV stations, which had nearly been destroyed by fire, have resumed broadcasting. A pro-Bemba radio station, whose signal was shut down in late August, is also back on the air. The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended or reprimanded two Kinshasa TV stations September 26 [...]	2006-09-29 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1521	CAMPAIGN OPENS FOR DR CONGO'S PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Campaigning officially began at midnight September 28 for the DRC's provincial assembly elections. The 11 assemblies constitute a new level of government for the DRC, and are granted considerable authority under its new constitution. The new DRC constitution stipulates that the central gov [...]	2006-09-29 11:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1523	KABILA AND BEMBA AGREE ON MOVES TO REDUCE ARMS ON [...] (U) Negotiators for President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba signed an agreement September 23 aimed at reducing arms on the streets of Kinshasa and the risk of further confrontations between their armed forces. The agreement aims to calm tensions in the wake of the August 2 [...]	2006-09-29 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KDEM MARR CG
06KINSHASA1529	GIZENGA OFFICIALLY SIGNS ON TO SUPPORT KABILA, [...] (U) Summary: PALU leader Antoine Gizenga formalized his support September 30 for President Joseph Kabila in the second round of DR Congo's presidential elections in an agreement that also guarantees PALU the position of Prime Minister. The agreement also commits PALU and Kabila,s AMP to a co [...]	2006-10-02 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA153	NORTH KIVU: MOUNTING TUTSI-HUTU TENSIONS CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: Last week's military events in North Kivu (ref a) reflect deeper tensions currently working to destroy the increasingly fragile balance of Tutsi and Hutu interests fostered over three years ago by Governor Eugene Serufuli. The premises (and implied promises) of the loose political [...]	2006-01-30 11:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
06KINSHASA1535	INTER-MILITIA CLASHES THREATEN ITURI,S SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Rival FNI and MRC militia forces clashed last month in DR Congo's Ituri District. Precise reasons remain unknown, but appear to encompass elements of turf war, militia recruitment and ethnic protection. For now, the fighting is limited in area, but risks disturbing the delicate [...]	2006-10-03 14:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG
06KINSHASA154	FY06 SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND ALLCATION REQUEST [...] (U) Embssy Kinshasa requests $82,500 in FY06 Special Self-Help Funds (SSHF) (reftel a). JUSTIFICATION ------------ Embassy Kinshasa's seletion committe has chosen nine projects for FY06 SSHF, each o which will be directly overseen by a mission oficer and the SSHF funding coordinator. Post [...]	2006-01-30 13:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID CG DEM
06KINSHASA1540	OSCAR KASHALA -- NOT THE FORCE HE THOUGHT HE WAS [...] (C) Summary: Former DR Congo presidential candidate (and American citizen) Oscar Kashala, who once claimed to be the next "power broker" in Congolese politics (reftel),has proven little more than a flash in the pan. He won less than four percent of the vote in the July 30 presidential elect [...]	2006-10-05 15:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1542	DRC SEPTEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC's main teachers' unions and employees of the OCPT (DRC's telecommunications parastatal) ended their strikes; employees of the RVA (DRC's airport operating agency) have scaled back their strike. - Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) remain on strike. [...]	2006-10-05 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1543	EUFOR: MANDATE TO END NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary. Senior EU Force (EUFOR) commanders in Kinshasa say that EUFOR intends to leave the DRC as scheduled November 30. They think they are doing the job they were sent to do, and doing it well. End summary. 2. (C) EUFOR Commander and Major General Christian Damay and chief of staf [...]	2006-10-05 15:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL EUN CG
06KINSHASA1552	NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] (U) Embassy Kinshasa delivered reftel talking points and President Bush's statement regarding North Korea's nuclear test announcement. 2. (C) Raymond Ramazani Bayi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemned North Korea's actions and said he would make a formal statement at a later date. P [...]	2006-10-10 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP CG
06KINSHASA1555	HIGH MEDIA AUTHORITY SUSPENDS PRO-KABILA NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority suspended the pro-Kabila daily "L'Avenir" for impugning political adversaries. The HAM also reduced sanctions against those accused of inflammatory rhetoric during the official launching of the pro-Bemba political alliance. End summary. 2. (U) The High [...]	2006-10-10 18:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1556	UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-papers and talking points regarding proposed UNGA endorsement of a declaration on the rights of indigenous people. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he agreed with [...]	2006-10-11 11:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN CG
06KINSHASA1557	POLITICAL FIGURE NGOY RUNS AFOUL OF MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, a minor opposition figure arrested in 2005 for offending the president, has made headlines again by violating the Code of Good Conduct for Political Parties and the Media. During an October 3 political broadcast on Canal Congo Television (CCTV),which is owned by V [...]	2006-10-11 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1558	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR MASSIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The influential National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) called upon all Congolese to vote in massive numbers in the upcoming October 29 presidential runoff and provincial assembly elections, but maintained that the Catholic Church (as well as CENCO itself) will remain neutral in the [...]	2006-10-11 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1559	MONUC TO CONTINUE JOINT PATROLS IN KINSHASA AFTER [...] (U) In an October 7 interview with Radio Okapi, SRSG William Swing confirmed that MONUC will continue operating joint patrols in Kinshasa -- comprising MONUC peacekeepers and police forces, Congolese national police (PNC),and EUFOR troops -- beyond the October 29 election and the immediate p [...]	2006-10-11 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1561	WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MANDATES APPROVED, KEY [...] (U) Summary: With the mandates for newly-elected National Assembly delegates approved, the eight-day delay period for all members to accept or reject their seats expires October 11. As a result, the 49 members elected to the National Assembly who have also been serving as Ministers, governor [...]	2006-10-11 17:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1562	UDPS LEADERS IN EASTERN KASAI URGE VOTERS TO HEAD [...] (U) Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) leaders in Eastern Kasai province -- the stronghold of the party and home province of its president Etienne Tshisekedi -- issued a communique October 6 encouraging all Congolese to participate "massively" in the October 29 presidential runoff a [...]	2006-10-11 17:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1567	ITURI MILITIA LEADERS AWARDED RANK OF COLONEL IN [...] (C) Summary: Ituri militia leaders Peter Karim of the Front for National Integration (FNI) and Mathieu Ngonjolo of the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) will be named as colonels by the GDRC after they agreed earlier this year to surrender their weapons and demobilize their respective mil [...]	2006-10-12 13:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1568	PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNEP PARM KNNP CG
06KINSHASA1573	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA DECLARES HIMSELF NEUTRAL [...] (U) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa announced October 12 that he and his party -- the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) -- will remain neutral in the upcoming presidential runoff election between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. The RCD's Founder's College release [...]	2006-10-13 12:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1574	ITURI UPDATE: FRPI ATTACKS FARDC POSITIONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: A series of clashes between the Congolese military and the Patriotic Force of Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia has heightened security concerns in the southern part of Ituri District. Two Bangladeshi MONUC peacekeepers were wounded in the latest round of fighting, which resulted [...]	2006-10-13 12:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1575	DRC ELECTIONS: MEDIA AUTHORITY SETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The DRC's High Media Authority (HAM) has proposed for October 26 the one and only planned presidential debate between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Neither Kabila nor Bemba participated in the handful of televised debates held among the 32 candidates who ran [...]	2006-10-13 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1578	DRC ELECTIONS: SECOND-ROUND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Campaigning for the DRC's second-round presidential race officially begins at midnight local time October 13. President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the top two finishers among the 32 contenders in the first round on July 30, will have just fifteen days for their cam [...]	2006-10-13 19:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA159	BFIF 06 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 13:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD CG
06KINSHASA1590	KATANGA COPPER BELT: MANY ARTISANAL MINERS, MANY [...] (SBU) Summary. Artisanal mining is one of the major issues facing the extractive industries sector, as it moves towards industrialization. The GDRC is ill-equipped to address this issue adequately, leaving mining companies to forge their own solutions with only nominal government support or inp [...]	2006-10-17 11:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN PGOV ECON ETRD CG
06KINSHASA1591	EASTERN KASAI GOVERNOR REJECTS ASSEMBLY SEAT: [...] (C) Summary: Dominique Kanku, the governor of Eastern Kasai province, has declined to take his seat in the DRC's new National Assembly, opting instead to remain in his current position. Kanku is the first high-level GDRC official elected to parliament on July 30 to make it known he intends to [...]	2006-10-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1592	UNSC RESOLUTION 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-paper and talking points regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1718 on North Korea to the DR Congo Foreign Ministry on October 17. 2. (SBU) Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, affirmed DRCongo support for the resolutio [...]	2006-10-17 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP KNEP PARM CG
06KINSHASA160	DRC RESPONSE ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) PolOff delivered January 30 reftel diplomatic note and curriculum vitae to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC would support Ambassador Levitsky's re-election to the Board and would not nominate its own candidate. MEECE NNNN [...]	2006-01-31 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC CG UNCND UN
06KINSHASA1601	EMINENT PERSONS COMMITTEE URGES ALL TO CONTRIBUTE [...] (U) The Eminent Persons Committee, chaired by former Mozambique president Joachim Chissano, issued a statement October 14 calling on all Congolese to contribute to the stability of the DRC's electoral process. The statement followed a series of meetings by the Committee with political officia [...]	2006-10-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1602	TSHISEKEDI EXPELS UDPS MEMBERS ADVOCATING ALLIANCE [...] (U) Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) President Etienne Tshisekedi issued two decisions October 16 effectively expelling several high-ranking members of the party who have been advocating an alliance with presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba. Those named were members of the p [...]	2006-10-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1603	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Four days into the DRC's second-round presidential campaign, preparations are on track for the October 29 vote. Ballots and voting materials are being delivered, while training of poll workers is entering its final stages. The general mood of the country remains calm, although [...]	2006-10-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1608	IMF ON RECENT MACROECONOMIC DETERIORATION [...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF team characterized the DRC economic situation as "difficult" and expressed concern over a worsening macroeconomic outlook. The Fund laid the blame for rising exchange and inflation rates squarely on GDRC overspending, fueled in part by Central Bank credit to the [...]	2006-10-18 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA161	DRC RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) PolOff delivered January 30 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC shared USG and international community concerns over Iran developing nuclear weapons. Djoli also said maximum pressure should be applied o [...]	2006-01-31 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL IR CG
06KINSHASA1616	FINAL WAVE OF APPOINTMENTS IN TRANSITIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following President Kabila's ruling faction appointments of replacements for newly elected National Assembly members who were required to retire from their government posts on October 11 (ref A),the remaining transitional factions followed suit by naming their own replacements [...]	2006-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1617	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: PASTOR NTUMI JOINS THE PARTY [...] (C) Papal Nuncio Msgr. Andres Carrascoso-Coso contacted Charge d'affaires on October 15 with an urgent request to meet for an update on developments in the Pool region. Msgr. Carrascoso has been a key contact point with former Ninja rebel leader Pastor Ntumi for western group members of the [...]	2006-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC AU CF PHUM
06KINSHASA1618	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA AND NZANGA MOBUTU FORMALIZE [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila and Nzanga Mobutu, sons of two bitter enemies, signed an accord October 17 in Kinshasa to ally their parties for the October 29 presidential run-off election and in the new National Assembly. Nzanga, head of the Union of Mobutuist Democrats (UDEMO),had announced hi [...]	2006-10-19 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1621	GECAMINES' CHIEF HAS UNREALISTIC VISION [...] (C) Summary. Paul Fortin, CEO of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining parastatal, Gecamines, remains optimistic about the future of Gecamines, perhaps overly so, given the grave challenges his organization faces. Rather than try to resurrect a nearly moribund mining company, Fortin may have mor [...]	2006-10-20 09:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1622	DRC CAMPAIGN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have signed an agreement detailing the code of conduct for the presidential campaign. There is not yet agreement, however, regarding the adoption of a post-electoral accord providing certain guarantee [...]	2006-10-20 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1624	EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The extractive industries in the DRC have recently been rocked by legal actions, public denouncements and the deaths of several miners. Meanwhile, interest in exploring the DRC's petroleum reserve capacities continues. End summary. GOLD AND DIAMOND SECTORS --------------------- [...]	2006-10-20 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EMIN ENRG KJUS PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1632	BELGIUM TO CANCEL NEARLY USD 400 MILLION IN DRC [...] (U) The Government of Belgium (GOB) announced October 17 that upon the GDRC's achievement of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point, it will cancel all remaining sovereign DRC debt. (Note: As noted in reftel, completion point will be no earlier than the fourth quarter of 20 [...]	2006-10-23 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1635	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: With five days remaining until the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial assembly elections, logistical aspects remain on track. A post-election agreement governing the status of the electoral loser has yet to be agreed upon, with advisers to President Kabila calling such a [...]	2006-10-24 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1639	CROSSING THE UGANDAN BORDER: PETROLEUM EXPLORATION [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC and Cohydro, DRC's petroleum parastatal, have signed a production sharing agreement with two foreign petroleum companies for blocks on the DRC's Lake Albert border with Uganda. These blocks are adjacent to exploration blocks on the Ugandan side of the border. However, the [...]	2006-10-24 13:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG
06KINSHASA164	NORTH KIVU: SERUFULI VERSUS NKUNDA? [...] (C) PolCouns spoke January 29 with North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli, immediately following a second and highly provocative attack against Serufuli's stronghold, Rutshuru, by disgruntled FARDC forces. Serufuli and MONUC sources agreed that the insurgent elements were taking advantage of a ta [...]	2006-01-31 17:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1642	DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIANS SHOWING GREATER [...] (C) Summary: With the DRC's second-round presidential elections taking place October 29, attitudes towards the electoral process in the provinces of Western and Eastern Kasai are changing. Kasaian in the strongholds of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) have been to some degree [...]	2006-10-25 08:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1643	EU-GDRC PRESIDENCY TENSIONS [...] (C) The British, French, and Belgian Ambassadors informed the Ambassador October 24 that a European Union (EU) ministerial-level "Troika" delegation in Kinshasa two weeks ago had been unable to secure a meeting with President Kabila, to the general irritation of the Europeans. The three diplo [...]	2006-10-25 10:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL CG GE EU
06KINSHASA1644	DRC ELECTIONS: KASHALA ENDORSES BEMBA FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Former DRC presidential candidate Oscar Kashala officially endorsed Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for president October 24. Kashala will begin campaigning immediately on Bemba's behalf, beginning with a trip to Western and Eastern Kasai provinces, followed by visits to Lubumbashi, Nor [...]	2006-10-25 11:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1652	DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIAN VOTES WILL BE KEY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces are a key battleground in the October 29 presidential election. The over two million voters who abstained in the July 30 first round could be crucial to victory for President Joseph Kabila or Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Neither obtained a [...]	2006-10-25 18:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1654	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Plans for a debate between President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have been scrapped because neither camp could agree on the format for the encounter. Neither Kabila nor Bemba has personally campaigned as the official campaign period comes to a close, although Bemba [...]	2006-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1658	LEADERSHIP GAP IN ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...] (SBU) In its final months, the transitional government is facing a large economic leadership void. On October 14 a presidential decree announced several new ministers and vice ministers, as well as the resignation of numerous parastatal managers. All positions affected are held by factions of [...]	2006-10-26 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PINR PGOV PDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1663	DRC ELECTIONS: SECURITY CONCERNS MINIMAL IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces witnessed acts of politically-related violence before and during the July 30 elections. The potential for isolated incidents remains, but security and political officials in the region do not foresee problems that could derail the October 29 ele [...]	2006-10-27 10:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1664	NZANGA MOBUTU RETURNS TO KINSHASA AFTER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Nzanga Mobutu is reportedly safe and en route to Kinshasa following violence October 26 in Gbadolite in Equateur province. Congolese military forces and MONUC peacekeepers re-established order after some looting and civil unrest in the late afternoon. Gbadolite is calm on October [...]	2006-10-27 11:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1666	DRC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUNOFF: SITREP 10/27 [...] (U) Campaigning for the October 29 DRC vote ends October 27 at midnight. Voters will elect delegates to the new provincial assemblies, which will later elect senators and governors, but the race dominating the public eye is the second round presidential runoff between transitional President [...]	2006-10-27 12:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1667	DRC ELECTIONS: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS [...] (U) The following is a series of frequently asked questions and answers regarding the DRC's October 29 presidential run-off and provincial assembly elections. ----------------------------------------- Q: WHAT IS THE OCTOBER 29 ELECTION ABOUT? ----------------------------------------- 2. [...]	2006-10-27 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1668	DRC ELECTIONS: PALU CONFIDENT ITS MEMBERS WILL [...] (C) Summary: Close advisers to Antoine Gizenga, the Secretary General of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),said SIPDIS they are confident the party's supporters will vote for President Joseph Kabila in the October 29 run-off election. They confirmed that Gizenga himself will not campaign f [...]	2006-10-28 09:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1669	DRC ELECTIONS: MLC LEADERS ON CAMPAIGN AND [...] (C) Summary: Key officials of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) say they are confident that Bemba will hold key strongholds in the October 29 presidential election and increase his tally elsewhere. They complain that MLC supporters are being harassed [...]	2006-10-28 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1670	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 10/28, 1200 [...] (U) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo remains calm on the eve of the October 29 presidential and provincial elections. Official campaigning ended at midnight October 27 and there have been no reports since of serious incidents in Kinshasa or elsewhere. Voting will begin at 0600 local ti [...]	2006-10-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1671	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 1, 10/29 1000 [...] Senior representatives from the Kabila and Bemba camps issued a joint appeal October 28 requesting their followers to vote with "the same calm, order and serenity" as they did in the first round. A copy of the statement has been transmitted to AF/C and S/ES-O. An unofficial translation of p [...]	2006-10-29 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1672	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 2, 10/29 1230 [...] Despite isolated problems, observers continue to report generally smooth, orderly voting throughout the country in the October 29 DRC elections. Without exception, voters seem to be familiar with the process, which has helped reduce the amount of time people are spending waiting to vote. [...]	2006-10-29 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1673	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 3, 10/29 1600 [...] (U) The heavy rain that began early this morning in Kinshasa stopped around 1400 local time. Embassy observers in the capital report that voter turnout since midday has slowly and steadily increased as the rain abated. The Ambassador and DAS Don Yamamoto are leading a 15-member team of Embassy [...]	2006-10-29 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1674	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 4, 10/29 2130 [...] Kabila and Bemba reached agreement late this afternoon on a Declaration of Post-Electoral Intentions that includes commitments for both the winner and loser in the October 29 presidential election. The declaration, signed by Samba Kaputo for Kabila and Thomas Luhaka for Bemba and witnessed b [...]	2006-10-29 21:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1675	SITREP 5: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS: PEACEFUL AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Preliminary conversations with representatives of several of the international observer missions in DR Congo for the October 29 elections generally reflected U.S. Mission reports of mostly peaceful and efficient voting in all areas of the country. Missions will release officia [...]	2006-10-30 11:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1677	DRC ELECTIONS: VOTING COMPLETED, COMPILATION BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's October 29 presidential run-off and provincial assembly elections generally passed smoothly and peacefully, with only a few logistical problems and isolated incidents of violence reported. Officials with the major political parties have expressed their overall satisfactio [...]	2006-10-30 13:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1679	DRC ELECTIONS: MLC POST-ELECTION PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) party said before the October 29 election that a Bemba-led government would work closely with President Kabila's PPRD. They say the immediate focus would be on reform of the security [...]	2006-10-31 08:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA168	FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1681	UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered talking points regarding anti-Israeli bias in UNGA resolutions. 2. (SBU) Minister Plenipotentiary Alice Bamba Kipembe, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the DRC Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the DRC had previously abstained on this i [...]	2006-10-31 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS CG
06KINSHASA1682	UNGA LEBANON RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-paper and talking points regarding proposed UNGA resolution on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon. 2. (SBU) Minister Plenipotentiary Alice Bamba Kipembe, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreig [...]	2006-10-31 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER CG
06KINSHASA1683	DRC ELECTIONS: BALLOT COMPILATION UNDERWAY WITH [...] (U) Summary: AF DAS Yamamoto emphasized to the Congolese press strong U.S. interest in working with a freely-elected Congolese government after heading the U.S. observer team for the October 29 DRC elections. One of two Kinshasa television stations owned by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba is a [...]	2006-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1686	SOUTH AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS CALLS DRC [...] (U) The South African Observer Mission (SAOM) characterized the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial elections as "democratic, peaceful, credible, and transparent." The 108-member observer mission was deployed in all eleven provinces, with an average of three teams in each. It was le [...]	2006-11-01 09:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SA CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1687	DRC ELECTIONS: CDCE/EURAC OBSERVERS PRAISE CONDUCT [...] (U) A joint observation mission of the Civil Society Framework for Cooperation in Election Observation (CDCE) and the European Network for Central Africa (EURAC) praised the conduct of second-round DRC elections in a statement released October 31. The mission, which included more than 50,000 [...]	2006-11-01 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1688	MINING SECTOR UPDATE - DIAMONDS, URANIUM, COPPER [...] (U) Summary. The diamond sector has experienced more mining accidents and a decrease in official export revenues and production figures. The DRC's Atomic Energy Commission has entered into an agreement with a foreign company to develop uranium projects, while yet another copper mining company [...]	2006-11-01 15:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON ETRD KGIT IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1689	BEMBA MEDIA STILL OFF THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Political and technical problems have kept media owned by presidential contender Jean-Pierre Bemba off the air for most of the last few days, both before and after the October 29 voting. MONUC is reportedly mediating this issue in an attempt to restore the signals. The High Media [...]	2006-11-01 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA169	FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1692	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER COMMENDS "ORDERLY AND [...] (U) Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark released a preliminary statement by the Carter Center on the October 29 DRC elections at a press conference November 1 in Kinshasa. The Carter Center congratulated the Congolese people for an orderly and peaceful vote, and credited the Independent [...]	2006-11-02 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1693	KABILA ALLIES LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Kabila allies Kamitatu and Ghonda told the Ambassador November 1 they were optimistic about elections, with Kabila garnering a total percentage in the mid-50,s percentile. Kamitatu believes the new National Assembly organization is moving forward, and both the Congolese politicia [...]	2006-11-02 12:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1694	DRC ELECTIONS: FATAKI RE-VOTE ON FOR TODAY, BALLOT [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced November 1 it had delayed by one day a scheduled re-vote in the distant Ituri District town of Fataki. The CEI had ordered a re-vote at 43 polling sites after a mob destroyed ballots and other material following the killing of two CEI wo [...]	2006-11-02 13:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1697	ELECTION RELATED DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Malu Malu provided a briefing to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) at the regular weekly CIAT meeting November 2. Among the highlights of his presentation: a) Work to tabulate results from the Octob [...]	2006-11-03 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA17	MEDIA PLACEMENT OF WASHINGTON FILE ARTICLES, [...] The December 27th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Palmares" carried the following articles: a) Page 7 - The article titled "U.S., U.N. Helping to Avert Famine in Southern Africa" (December 20th "Washington File"). b) Page 8 - The article titled "U.N. Establishes Commission To Help Count [...]	2006-01-03 13:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CG
06KINSHASA170	NORTH KIVU TENSIONS UNDERSCORE NEED FOR SYSTEM [...] (C) Actions by "insurgent" FARDC troops over the weekend of January 21, reported in reftel and previous cables, represent a major setback to efforts to establish stability in the province. There are continuing clashes in the province between "insurgent" troops and primarily MONUC forces. The [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1700	FDLR DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (U) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) issued a statement November 1 calling the U.S. decision to impose UN sanctions against the group as "unjust, useless, unjustified and counterproductive." It claimed the group has never been involved in arms trafficking or in undermi [...]	2006-11-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER EFIN KPKO CG BE RW
06KINSHASA1701	DRC ELECTION AUTHORITIES SEEKS TO AVOID ABUSE OF PARTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of presidential candidates Kabila and Bemba signed an agreement November 1 not to publish partial election results. Two newspapers have been suspended by the High Media Authority (HAM) for abusive extrapolation of partial results. HAM President Mutinga has report [...]	2006-11-03 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1702	DRC ELECTIONS: 18 PERCENT OF POLLING STATIONS [...] (U) DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Apollinaire Malu Malu said in a November 2 press conference that results from more than 9,000 of the DRC's 50,045 polling stations have been compiled. Although this represents 18 percent of all stations, the CEI has not yet released any [...]	2006-11-03 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1703	DRC ELECTIONS: EU PRAISES CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS [...] (U) The European Union Electoral Mission released a preliminary statement regarding the October 29 DRC election on November 1. It praised the elections as peaceful and orderly, and highlighted the organizational effectiveness of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). The EU mission depl [...]	2006-11-03 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1704	DRC OCTOBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - During an October visit, an IMF team noted the DRC's growing inflation and Central Bank-financed budgetary overspending. - The Belgian government will cancel the GDRC's remaining debt once it achieves Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) completion point. - The employees of the RVA (D [...]	2006-11-03 12:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB EMIN EAIR ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1709	DRC ELECTIONS: EIGHT OBSERVER MISSIONS ISSUE [...] (U) On November 2, eight international observer missions issued a positive joint statement on the October 29 DRC provincial and second-round presidential elections. The missions collectively deployed teams in all eleven provinces, including the capital, Kinshasa. They represented the Carter [...]	2006-11-06 10:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA171	SOUTH KIVU: NEW FACES, OLD PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: In Jan 12-13 meetings with the Ambassador and EmbOff, the new South Kivu Governor, MONUC Pakistani Brigade Commander, and FARDC Military Commander all expressed their commitment to moving ahead with a positive agenda for the province. The discussions, however, revealed many famili [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG

06KINSHASA1712	DRC ELECTIONS: FIRST RESULTS SHOW KABILA WITH [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) posted on its website November 5 the first official vote tallies from the October 29 presidential election. The numbers represent only six percent of the country's electoral districts and give President Joseph Kabila a lead over Vice Preside [...]	2006-11-06 15:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1714	DRC ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT REMOVES BEMBA ALLY [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court overturned the July 30 election to the National Assembly of a close ally of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba November 2 on grounds of voter intimidation and fraud. Roger Lumbala, president of the RCD/N political party, had his victory annulled after the Court found [...]	2006-11-06 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1715	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential security adviser (and newly-elected parliamentarian) Guillaume Samba Kaputo believes that President Kabila comfortably won the second round of presidential elections on October 29 with as much as 60% of the vote. Though not discounting the possibility of violence onc [...]	2006-11-06 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO ECON CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1716	DRC ELECTIONS: AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS ECHO [...] (U) Summary. Interim statements on the October 29 DRC elections released this week by four African observer missions echoed the conclusions of other international observers (reftels): the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) conduct of elections improved from the July 30 first-round, poll [...]	2006-11-07 10:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1717	DRC WILL SUPPORT ILC CANDIDATE MATHESON [...] (U) Per reftels, Embassy Kinshasa followed up November 2 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the candidacy of Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission. 2. (U) Chief of Staff Jacques D'Joli said that Matheson's credentials were outstanding and he would forward his recommenda [...]	2006-11-07 10:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP ILC UNGA CG
06KINSHASA1718	DRC DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONCERNING NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Embassy Kinshasa a diplomatic note regarding its position on nuclear tests by North Korea. This followed condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and by the Presidency's Diplomatic Adviser (reftels A and B). [...]	2006-11-07 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KNEP PARM KN CG
06KINSHASA1719	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD OVER BEMBA IN [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) on November 7 released results from five additional electoral districts from the October 29 presidential election. Seventeen electoral districts, ten percent of the country's total, have been reported to date and give President Joseph Kabila [...]	2006-11-07 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA172	CONFIDENTIAL TEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]	2006-02-01 15:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1724	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 26 [...] (U) With results from 26 percent of the DRC's electoral districts now tabulated, President Joseph Kabila maintains a preliminary lead over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba in the October 29 DRC presidential vote. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) released results from 27 additional el [...]	2006-11-08 17:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1725	KABILA AND BEMBA HOLD FIRST POST-ELECTION MEETING [...] (U) Presidential candidates Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba met November 7 for the first time since the October 29 run-off vote. The meeting, at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, was only the second time the two have been seen in public together since the August 20-22 shootout between th [...]	2006-11-08 17:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1729	DRC ELECTIONS: 57 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS REPORTING, [...] (U) Votes from 57 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have now been tabulated. President Joseph Kabila has received 62.3 percent of the votes counted, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 37.7 percent. More than half these votes come from Kabila's eastern strongholds. The total number of valid [...]	2006-11-09 14:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA173	PRESIDENTIAL AND SECURITY COORDINATION MEETINGS: [...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]	2006-02-01 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1730	MEDIA REGULATORY BODY BARS POLITICIANS FROM THE AIR, [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, the High Media Authority (HAM) sanctioned or warned several politicians for proclaiming the victory of either presidential candidate, and for other provocative speech. Three newspapers were suspended for election-related infractions. A number of television and [...]	2006-11-09 14:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1731	LOANS TO DRC FROM CHINA, INDIA, KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post submits the following in response to reftel A's request for information on new lending from emerging bilateral creditors. The GDRC's bilateral lending agreements include China, India and Kuwait, although detailed information about the loans is difficult to obtain. (Note: Even the IM [...]	2006-11-10 08:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD EMIN PGOV CG CH IN KU
06KINSHASA1732	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA ALLEGES DISCREPANCIES IN VOTE [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has charged that the vote counts for the October 29 election being released by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) differ significantly from those provided by his MLC party's witnesses. In a November 8 letter to CEI President Apollinaire Malu Malu, [...]	2006-11-10 09:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1735	TENSION OVER GECAMINES' ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THEFT [...] (C) Tension over efforts to stop natural resource theft nearly resulted in violence in Kolwezi, Katanga province, over the November 3 weekend. November 2, the CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, told Gecamines employees in Kolwezi that the ongoing theft of copper/coba [...]	2006-11-13 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON KCOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1736	DRC ELECTIONS: VOTE COUNT NEARLY COMPLETE [...] (U) As of November 13, preliminary figures released by the DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),accounting for 90 percent of the country's electoral districts, place President Joseph Kabila ahead of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 58.8 to 41.2 percent. Approximately 2.5 million vo [...]	2006-11-13 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1737	DISPUTE EMERGING OVER GOLD MINING DEAL [...] (C) Summary. The CEO of OKIMO, the DRC's gold-mining parastatal, is publicly disputing the validity of a concession contract with the Australian-based company Moto Goldmines Limited (Moto) and a Congolese company, Orgaman, claiming that members of OKIMO's management illegally signed it. If the [...]	2006-11-13 16:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON KCOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA174	MLC NOMINATES BEMBA FOR PRESIDENT, ADOPTS PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary: The Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) held its party congress January 27-29 in Kinshasa in advance of national elections in 2006. The MLC unanimously nominated the party's chairman, Jean-Pierre Bemba, as its presidential candidate and adopted a national campaign platform. [...]	2006-02-01 17:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1740	VIOLENCE QUELLED, BUT KINSHASA TENSELY AWAITING [...] (U) Summary: Three hours of violence erupted in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa late in the morning on Saturday, November 11. Most of the fighting occurred near the official residence of Vice President Bemba on Gombe's main thoroughfare, and near Bemba's private riverside residence. [...]	2006-11-14 09:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CG KPKO CASC ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1742	DRC ELECTIONS: 94 PERCENT OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila leads Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 59.3 to 40.7 percent of votes thus far counted by the DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). As of November 14, the CEI has reported preliminary results from 159 of the country's 169 electoral districts, nearly 94 per [...]	2006-11-14 10:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1743	BEMBA FOCUSING ON POLITICAL FUTURE IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has effectively recognized he has lost the October 29 DRC elections, but is laying the groundwork for claiming electoral fraud. Nonetheless, he increasingly is focusing on his political future. He told the Ambassador he and his troops plan to m [...]	2006-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO AADP CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1746	CATHOLIC CARDINAL ISSUES INCENDIARY STATEMENT RE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Catholic Cardinal of Kinshasa, Frederic Etsou, conducted a November 13 interview from Paris with Radio France International(RFI)where he is being treated for illness , and issued a written statement, attacking the integrity of the DRC elections and accusing the West of seek [...]	2006-11-14 17:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA175	VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA STILL CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) During a January 25 discussion, VP Azarias Ruberwa (President of the Rally for Congolese Democracy party) told PolCouns that he is confident of his chances to win election as president of the DRC. (Note: Ruberwa was unanimously nominated as his party's presidential candidate during the p [...]	2006-02-01 17:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1751	DRC ELECTIONS: UNOFFICIAL TALLIES COMPLETE [...] (SBU) With 100 percent of electoral districts reporting as of November 15, unofficial tallies released by the DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) show President Joseph Kabila with 58.07 percent of the vote versus Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 41.93 percent. CEI spokesman Dieudonne [...]	2006-11-15 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1752	FAILED CANDIDATES DENOUNCE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE [...] (SBU) Fifteen members of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's presidential campaign alliance, including Oscar Kashala, issued a statement November 14 denouncing the DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for releasing fraudulent vote tallies. All except Roger Lumbala, whose election to pa [...]	2006-11-15 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1753	GOVERNMENT TARGETS STREET GANGS FOR "NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Government authorities plan to transport several hundred allegedly criminal homeless adults and children to rural areas for agricultural work or schooling following their detention in the aftermath of November 11 violence in Kinshasa (reftel). The Minister of the Interior outl [...]	2006-11-15 15:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1754	CARTER CENTER ISSUES SECOND POST-ELECTION STATEMENT [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the incendiary claims in a November 13 statement from Cardinal Etsou attacking the integrity of the DRC elections (reftel),several international election observer groups are issuing statements of their own reasserting the positive assessments of the electoral proces [...]	2006-11-15 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1755	PROVISIONAL RESULTS GIVE KABILA WIN IN DRC [...] (U) The DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) released provisional results of the October 29 presidential runoff giving Transitional President Joseph Kabila a victory over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 58.05 to 41.95 percent. CEI President Apollinaire Malu Malu announced the resul [...]	2006-11-16 09:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1757	DRC ELECTIONS: THE NATIONWIDE STATISTICS [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced provisional presidential election results November 15, giving President Kabila victory over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 58.05 to 41.95 percent. A total of 16.2 million valid votes were cast, with a nationwide participation [...]	2006-11-16 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1758	DRC PARLIAMENT: LUTUNDULA ADVOCATES AMBITIOUS [...] (U) Summary: Longtime Congolese parliamentarian Christophe Lutundula outlined his legislative priorities for the new National Assembly in a November 8 meeting with EmbOffs. Lutundula advocates broad reforms and scrutiny of contracts in the natural resources sector, as well as stringent meas [...]	2006-11-16 16:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KCOR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1759	VOTES BY SPECIAL DISPENSATION -- A REAL ISSUE? [...] (U) Summary: DRC presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba and his alliance have raised concerns about the large number of ballots by special dispensation ("derogation") in the October 29 election. They claim these votes were cast fraudulently by supporters of rival Joseph Kabila. Vote brea [...]	2006-11-17 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA176	Congo/Brazzaville: Avian Influenza: Tripwires [...] Brazzaville confirms that Avian Influenza specific tripwires have been posted in TRIPS system, with introductory comments located in Comments field. 2. Charge d'affaires Mark Biedlingmaier and OMS Ada Hellyer are designated as post employees responsible for updating AI information in the [...]	2006-02-02 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR KFLU
06KINSHASA1761	WEEKLY SATCOM CONDITION REPORT - KINSHASA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 09:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ANET ACOA
06KINSHASA1762	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA SAYS HE WILL CHALLENGE [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba said November 16 that he cannot accept the results of the DRC's October 29 presidential election and that he will use legal means to challenge the outcome. Bemba read a statement in both French and Lingala in a special broadcast on one of the Kinshasa-based [...]	2006-11-17 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1764	WEEKLY SATCOM CONDITION REPORT - KINSHASA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 08:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ANET ACOA
06KINSHASA1765	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TUNIS ITO, TIMOTHY POWELL [...] POST GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND WELCOMES THE ARRIVAL OF TIMOTHY POWELL TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) FROM DEC 21, 2006 TO JAN 23, 2007 FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO POST. 2. POINT OF CONTACT BARRY GREENE WILL BE THE CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE VISIT AND CAN BE REACHED AT: OFF [...]	2006-12-17 10:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CG
06KINSHASA1766	WEEKLY SATCOM CONDITION REPORT - KINSHASA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 07:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ANET ACOA
06KINSHASA1767	WEEKLY SATCOM CONDITION REPORT - KINSHASA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 07:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ANET ACOA
06KINSHASA1768	ITURI UPDATE: GDRC SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH KARIM, WITH [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC has signed a follow-up agreement with Ituri militia leader Peter Karim aimed at accelerating the demobilization and surrender of his Front for National Integration (FNI) forces. The latest deal promises the FNI will begin disarming by November 27, but stipulates that an a [...]	2006-11-20 16:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA1769	ITURI UPDATE: GDRC HAS FIRST MEETING WITH FRPI [...] (C) A GDRC delegation charged with negotiations with Ituri District militia groups and led by Vice Minister of Defense Yves Mena held its first official meeting with the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) November 18. FRPI leader Cobra Matata was not present, but was represented by [...]	2006-11-20 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG UG
06KINSHASA1770	BREWERY FLOURISHES IN DRC'S DIFFCULT CLIMATE [...] (U) Summary. One of the DRC's oldest businesses, Bralima brewery, demonstrates a possible way forward for Congo's beleaguered manufacturing sector. Bralima produces and distributes Coca-Cola and Heineken brands throughout the DRC. Even in an uncertain economic and political climate, Bralima's [...]	2006-11-20 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELTN EWWT ECON CG
06KINSHASA1774	CEI RESPONSES TO BEMBA'S COMPLAINTS [...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba, in his capacity as President of the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC),filed six separate complaints with electoral authorities of alleged irregularities in the DRC's October 29 election. Most were general and not backed up [...]	2006-11-21 09:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1775	MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF [...] (U) Media and public reaction was generally positive to the October 27 Executive Order blocking the assets of seven international arms traffickers and warlords, including renegade Congolese general Laurent Nkunda and Ignace Murwanashyaka, the president of the Democratic Front for the Liberation [...]	2006-11-21 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL ETTC KPAO UNSC CG
06KINSHASA1777	VIOLENCE STRIKES COURTHOUSE, DELIBERATIONS AND [...] (U) Summary: Supporters of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba clashed with police November 21 at the Supreme Court building on the initial day of hearings on Bemba's chalenges to provisional presidential election resuls announced on November 15. No American citizens ere involved, altho [...]	2006-11-22 11:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1778	EU ANALYSIS FINDS NO SUPPORT FOR BEMBA FRAUD CLAIMS [...] (U) An analysis by the European Union (EU) Electoral Observer Mission of votes cast in the October 29 presidential election does not support charges of widespread fraud raised by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and his supporters in complaints to the Independent Electoral Commission (ref A) [...]	2006-11-22 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1779	MEDIA REPORT MISTAKES TRIBAL CONFLICT FOR [...] (U) Summary. A November 20 wire service report erred in describing a conflict in Bolobo, 175 miles north of Kinshasa, as fighting between Kabila and Bemba supporters. In fact, the violence was a flare-up of a longstanding inter-tribal dispute over land-use rights and had nothing to do with [...]	2006-11-22 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA178	FARDC SECOND BRIGADE TO MOVE TO NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Following the FARDC Fifth Brigade's ignominious flight in the face of insurgent attacks in Rutshuru, North Kivu (reftel),the Second Integrated Brigade has been ordered to North Kivu from Kinshasa. According to MONUC Goma Poloff, approximately 150 troops had arrived at Goma airport by Feb [...]	2006-02-02 12:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1780	BEMBA ADVISER PREDICTS COURT LOSS, PROVINCIAL WINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Delly Sesanga, a key member of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC),expects Bemba's Supreme Court challenge of the October 29 presidential vote will not succeed. He claimed that early vote tallies indicated the MLC will control at [...]	2006-11-24 09:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1781	BEMBA TOLD TO MOVE GUARD FORCES OUTSIDE CITY [...] (U) Approximately 50 members of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's personal guard were transported from Kinshasa to a military camp November 23. SRSG Swing confirmed to the Ambassador that the troops traveled in Congolese army vehicles from Bemba's private residence on the Congo River, and [...]	2006-11-24 09:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1782	DRC ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT BEHIND SCHEDULE IN [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Supreme Court has fallen behind schedule in ruling on legal challenges to the results of the July 30 legislative elections. The DRC's electoral law stipulates the Court has two months to deliberate and rule on electoral complaints. As of November 18, however, the Court h [...]	2006-11-24 10:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1786	POLL ON MEDIA USAGE IN KINSHASA SHOWS PUBLIC SOMEWHAT [...] (U) Summary: According to a recent poll, television ranks first in terms of overall audience in Kinshasa, radio second and newspapers third. Newscasts are the programs most watched and listened to overall in broadcast media. Politically-affiliated media, particularly pro-Kabila outlets, lost au [...]	2006-11-27 08:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1787	RENEGADE TROOPS FORCE DRC MILITARY TO ABANDON [...] (U) Summary. Weekend fighting in the eastern DRC between forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda and government troops have left at least four dead, 72 injured and an undetermined number of internal refugees. Sporadic clashes in the vicinity were reported November 27. UN peacekeepi [...]	2006-11-27 12:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1788	DRC ELECTIONS: PRO-KABILA COALITION AHEAD IN AT [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has announced results for 472 of the 632 provincial assembly seats in the October 29 election. According to CEI tallies, President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition has won majorities in four of [...]	2006-11-27 14:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1789	SUPREME COURT RULING ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (U) The DRC Supreme Court, after its deliberations were disrupted by violence at the Court on November 21 (reftel),resumed hearing arguments November 24 and 25 on Jean-Pierre Bemba's electoral challenge, and resumed reviewing the provisional presidential election results announced on November [...]	2006-11-27 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1791	KABILA DECLARED PRESIDENT; SUPREME COURT THROWS [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court on November 27 certified the provisional results of the October 29 presidential runoff by declaring Joseph Kabila the victor of the DRC's first democratic presidential election in over 40 years. The Court also dismissed each of Jean-Pierre Bemba's eight elector [...]	2006-11-28 12:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1793	ITURI UPDATE: GDRC SAYS "NO GUARANTEES" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena, who recently headed a GDRC delegation to meet with the region's militia leaders in Ituri District (reftels),characterized the meetings as "positive." Mena said he believed the militias were ready to disarm because their operations have been [...]	2006-11-28 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1794	AREAS AROUND SAKE UNDER CONTROL OF MONUC, FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: Areas around the North Kivu town of Sake were retaken late November 27 by joint forces of the Congolese military (FARDC) and MONUC peacekeepers. Locations on the outskirts of Sake had briefly fallen under control of non-integrated FARDC troops loyal to dissident General Laurent [...]	2006-11-28 13:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1795	KINSHASA GOVERNOR PROMISES POLICE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. Kinshasa Governor Baudouin Liwanga reviewed issues November 22 raised by the Supreme Court riot by Bemba supporters the day before. He acknowledged that the lack of discipline by police who fled the scene was a serious problem, and took note of the Ambassador's concern about the [...]	2006-11-28 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1797	MILITARY JUSTICE REACTS QUICKLY TO DISCOVERY OF [...] (U) DRC military prosecutors have moved quickly in response to widely-publicized reports of three mass graves found near Bunia in Ituri District. The Military Prosecutor for Ituri, John Penza, arrested two senior officers of the Congolese national army's (FARDC) First Integrated Brigade (1s [...]	2006-11-28 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
06KINSHASA1799	GOVERNMENT SENDS SHEGUES TO WORK CAMP, RELEASES [...] (U) MONUC's human rights division reported on November 15 that the number of apparently homeless persons rounded up by police following politically-inspired violence November 11 had grown to 505 from the original total of 337. The three hours of violence between supporters of presidential c [...]	2006-11-29 08:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA18	PRESIDENT KABILA'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) In a televised New Year's message December 31, President Joseph Kabila thanked the Congolese for their patience and sacrifices as the country nears the end of the transition period. Affirming his determination to lead the nation to free and fair elections, he congratulated them on the hi [...]	2006-01-03 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1802	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA PLEDGES TO LEAD POLITICAL [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba said November 28 he will remain a member of the DRC's political opposition. In a nationally televised address November 28, Bemba said in the larger interest of the nation and of the necessity to preserve peace and prevent violence, he will undertake the res [...]	2006-11-29 13:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1803	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: SITUATION TENSE BUT UNDER [...] (C) Summary: The North Kivu town of Sake remains under the combined control of the Congolese military (FARDC) and MONUC peacekeepers as of November 29. A MONUC military official described the situation as fluid and tense, but under control. Small skirmishes erupted between elements of the non- [...]	2006-11-29 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1806	REFUGEES FROM BANDUNDU CONFLICT RELUCTANT TO RETURN TO DRC [...] (SBU) Attempts by UNHCR and DRC officials to persuade some 2-3000 people to return to the DRC territory of Bolobo from camps across the Congo River near Bouanga, Republic of the Congo have proven largely unsuccessful, Jens Hesemann of UNHCR told us November 28. The refugees are primarily ethnic [...]	2006-11-29 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM CG
06KINSHASA1808	ITURI UPDATE: FRPI MILITIA AGREES TO JOIN [...] (C) Summary: The Patriotic Front for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia led by Cobra Matata has agreed to demobilize. The agreement follows November 18 discussions between the GDRC and the FRPI that the militia's future participation in the program (reftel). The FRPI has placed some conditions [...]	2006-11-30 07:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1809	ITURI UPDATE: KARIM REFUSING TO BEGIN MILITIA [...] (C) Ituri militia leader Peter Karim is refusing to begin sending his Front for National Integration (FNI) force to demobilization sites despite signing an agreement November 17 to do so (reftel). 2. (C) A MONUC disarmament mission to Doi, some 35 miles north of Bunia, was denied access Nov [...]	2006-11-30 07:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1812	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: SAKE CALM, NEGOTIATION MISSION [...] (U) The North Kivu town of Sake remains calm November 30 according to MONUC military officials. Major Ajay Dalal of MONUC's North Kivu Brigade told us November 30 no fighting occurred in the past day and no movement of troops took place overnight. Sake was under control of MONUC and the integra [...]	2006-11-30 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1815	PRESIDENT KABILA MAKES UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO NORTH [...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila arrived in Goma, North Kivu in an unannounced visit November 30, accompanied by PPRD Secretary General Vital Kamerhe and advisor Marcellin SIPDIS Cishambo. Kabila traveled to Goma to address issues raised by fighting between forces loyal to renegade General La [...]	2006-12-01 11:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1816	MANDATE OVER, EUFOR TROOPS BEGIN PULLING OUT OF DRC [...] (C) Summary: The four-month mandate of the European Union force (EUFOR) deployment to the DRC officially ended at midnight November 30. The first flight of troops left Kinshasa for Gabon the same evening, and EUFOR has ended its security patrols in the capital. EUFOR officials said the majorit [...]	2006-12-01 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1817	KABILA AND BEMBA HOLD PRIVATE MEETING [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba met at Bemba's riverside residence early in the afternoon of November 30. This was the first meeting between the two since the Supreme Court's official certification of Kabila's election (reftel). 2. (SBU) Presidency official [...]	2006-12-01 11:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA182	COAST GUARD GIVES DRC PORTS TEMPORARY THUMBS UP [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has suspended its prior determination that the DRC's maritime anti-terrorism measures are inadequate (reftel). The USCG announced in a January 24 Port Security Advisory (PSA) that ships that have visited the DRC during their last five ports of call no longer fac [...]	2006-02-02 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
06KINSHASA1824	RUBERWA LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. In a private meeting, Vice President Azarias Ruberwa emphasized the need to address the security, political and judicial concerns of defeated presidential candidate and fellow Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. He declared himself open to working with President Joseph Kabila as [...]	2006-12-04 12:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO AADP CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1826	ITURI UPDATE: MILITIAS SIGN COMMON PEACE ACCORD, [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Ituri District's main militias agreed to a common peace accord with the GDRC November 29 in Bunia. The common accord details obligations and establishes a timeline for demobilization. Karim insists on amnesty before surrendering. End summary. 2. (U) The GDRC [...]	2006-12-04 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1827	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) has won majorities in at least five of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, according to provisional figures announced December 1. The pro-Bemba Union for the Nation (UN) coalition has won control of at least two. Pr [...]	2006-12-04 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1828	KABILA MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU COMMUNITY LEADERS [...] (C) President Joseph Kabila concluded his unannounced visit to North Kivu December 2. The visit, which began November 30 (ref A),included meetings with the Barazza interethnic regional council, community leaders, and residents of Sake, which had seen fighting between the FARDC and forces lo [...]	2006-12-05 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1831	ELEVEN SOLDIERS LEAVE NKUNDA'S FORCES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Eleven soldiers loyal to General Laurent Nkunda, including two top officers, have left the renegade general's forces to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC),according to MONUC military officials. MONUC peacekeepers in North Kivu launched a secret mission December 4 to extract [...]	2006-12-05 16:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1832	NKUNDA LOYALISTS, FARDC CLASH IN NORTH KIVU BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Non-integrated troops loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda clashed with integrated forces of the Congolese military (FARDC) December 5 at the DRC border post of Bunagana. Elements of the non-integrated 83rd Brigade captured Bunagana and the nearby towns of Runyoni and Jomba. I [...]	2006-12-07 11:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG UG
06KINSHASA1833	KABILA INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD [...] Summary: Joseph Kabila was inaugurated as the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 6. Numerous African heads of state as well as high level international delegations attended the ceremony in Kinshasa. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao headed the USG Presidential Delegation [...]	2006-12-07 14:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1834	FARDC CHANGES COMMANDERS IN NORTH KIVU AFTER SAKE [...] (C) Summary: The Congolese military (FARDC) has made a series of high-level changes in its leadership in North Kivu province following the November 25-27 fighting in Sake (reftels). The heads of two Integrated Brigades which had performed poorly against pro-Nkunda forces were relieved of comma [...]	2006-12-07 15:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1835	FORMER NKUNDA OFFICERS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) Summary: MONUC military officials in North Kivu December 4 debriefed former top lieutenants to Laurent Nkunda after the two abandoned the renegade general's ranks earlier that day (ref A). Colonel Bernard Mbyamungu and Major Dieudonne Kabika told MONUC interrogators the November 25 fightin [...]	2006-12-07 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG RW UG
06KINSHASA1839	Humanitarian Situation in Sake, North Kivu Province [...] Summary. Fighting between dissident FARDC troops and FARDC integrated brigades in the Sake area of North Kivu, 27 kilometers east of Goma, forced an estimated 30,000-40,000 residents of that town and neighboring villages to flee towards Goma and Minova beginning Friday, November 24. Five days [...]	2006-12-08 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1840	DRC: NYAMULAGIRA VOLCANO ERUPTING AGAIN, FIRST [...] (U) Summary. Mount Nyamulagira , a volcano some 30 kilometers (21 miles) north of Goma, began erupting on November 27 at 2000, the first time since 2004. One major lava flow from the active fissure at the southern base of the volcano was headed in a southwesterly direction towards Lake Kivu an [...]	2006-12-08 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREF CG
06KINSHASA1841	RESIDENTS FLEE FIGHTING NEAR DRC-UGANDA BORDER [...] (U) Initial press reports indicating up to 12,000 people fleeing fighting between DRC government and renegade forces near the border town of Bunagana (septel) appear to be somewhat inflated. Jens Hesemann of UNHCR Kinshasa told us December 7 that the UNHCR office in Kampala reports that 7000 C [...]	2006-12-08 12:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1846	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: FARDC LAUNCHES FAILED OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: Integrated units of the Congolese military (FARDC) attacked positions of non-integrated troops loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda near Runyoni and Sake in North Kivu province December 8 and 9. Neither offensive was successful. Divisions appear to be emerging in the FARDC's m [...]	2006-12-11 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1848	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION EXTENDS [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has extended the registration deadline for candidates running for provincial governors and vice governors through December 12. The CEI had originally planned to end enrollment December 8. According to CEI spokesman Dieudonne Mirimo, the exten [...]	2006-12-11 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1850	Kabila Lists Ways Toward Economic Growth [...] (U) Summary. In his inaugural address and in a list of "100 Proposals for the Reconstruction of the DRC" released the following day, President Joseph Kabila made a call to action and gave some idea of his priorities for promoting Congolese economic growth. End summary. -------------------- [...]	2006-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR CG
06KINSHASA1853	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION PUBLISHES LIST [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) published December 12 the provisional list of 1,127 candidates running for the 108 seats available in the national Senate. Former Vice Presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Abdoulaye Yerodia, along with several former presidential candid [...]	2006-12-13 17:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1856	UNRESOLVED POLITICAL QUESTIONS, BEHIND-THE-SCENES [...] (C) Summary. Longtime Congolese political figure Antoine Gizenga is expected to be named as prime minister in the new government of President Joseph Kabila. Kabila has been presented with recommendations for ministerial appointments, but has announced no nominations. Formal installation o [...]	2006-12-14 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1857	WORLD BANK WANTS CRUCIAL ROLE IN POST-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank's (WB) current priorities in the DRC are to develop a coordinated donor strategy; support the DRC's balance of payments; to implement short-term, high impact development projects; and to revive its nearly-moribund Demobilization, Disarmament and Reinsertion (DDR) [...]	2006-12-14 12:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1861	ITURI UPDATE: OBSTACLES DELAYING MILITIA [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 100 Ituri District militia members have voluntarily disarmed since peace agreements were signed in October between the GDRC and three of the District's militia groups. Congolese military officials had expected nearly 5,000 militia members to sign on by the end of the [...]	2006-12-15 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC EAID CG
06KINSHASA1862	2006 UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has made little progress in combating the worst forms of child labor in this final year of the transitional government. However, with the installation of a new government, 2007 may see some increased efforts to ameliorate this serious problem, as the elected government can [...]	2006-12-15 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIN ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI CG
06KINSHASA1870	FARDC BUILDING UP FORCE LEVELS IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: The Congolese military (FARDC) has begun a substantial build-up in North Kivu province following clashes beginning in late November between elements of its integrated and non-integrated brigades. At least seven brigades have been deployed in and around the provincial capital of Gom [...]	2006-12-18 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1871	BEMBA FLIES TO EUROPE TO TREAT BROKEN LEG [...] (SBU) Presidential runner-up and transitional vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba apparently broke his left leg on December 15, necessitating his evacuation to Europe for specialist treatment. The local media reported that Bemba stumbled during a regular "exercise session" at his home on Decemb [...]	2006-12-18 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1877	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: CALLS FOR PEACE AND MILITARY [...] (U) Members of the North Kivu Hutu and Tutsi communities held a press conference in Goma December 16 to call for dialogue between renegade General Laurent Nkunda and the GDRC. The leaders of the community, including North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli, a Hutu, and National Assembly member Fa [...]	2006-12-19 10:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1882	OPPOSITION LAWYER CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Marie-Therese Nlandu Mpolo-Mene, a senior official during the Mobutu regime and an ally of Jean-Pierre Bemba, was charged by a military court December 11 with incitement to overthrow the government and with possession of illegal firearms. Kinshasa Special Police had arrested Nl [...]	2006-12-20 14:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1889	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: SITUATION CALM, NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Behind-the-scenes negotiations with forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continued December 19 (reftel). According to MONUC, FARDC 8th Military Region Commander General Ngizo organized a meeting with Nkunda-loyalist 81st and 83rd Brigade battalion commanders at Kilolirwe. Ng [...]	2006-12-21 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1890	ELECTIONS UPDATE: MOMENTUM IN MOVING TOWARD [...] Summary. Antoine Gizenga, widely expected to become Prime Minister, was named government "informateur" on December 19 and is charged with determining if a majority can be found in the National Assembly. The Supreme Court will soon announce its certification of the National Assembly's Intern [...]	2006-12-21 17:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1895	ELECTIONS UPDATE: SUPREME COURT APPROVES NATIONAL [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court approved the Internal Rules for the National Assembly on December 21, two days ahead of the deadline (reftel). According to the Constitution, each parliamentary chamber's first duty is to draft internal rules which must be reviewed for constitutionality by the Supr [...]	2006-12-22 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1918	DRC NOVEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - The GDRC increased fuel prices. - The EU announced it will double its aid to the DRC for 2008-2013. - Transparency International has once again ranked the DRC as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. - The DRC has joined the new Africa Diamond Producers Association. [...]	2006-12-26 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB EMIN EPET ECON PGOV CG

06KINSHASA192	MONUC PROVIDES UPDATE ON MILITARY ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Due to recent actions by armed groups (reftel) and the high level of MONUC activity in response, MONUC spokesperson included an extended briefing on MONUC military activities in the east during the weekly MONUC press cQrence held on February 1. Main points follow: NORTH KIVU -------- [...]	2006-02-03 13:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1922	ITURI UPDATE: SKIRMISH BETWEEN FNI AND FARDC [...] (SBU) A December 24 skirmish between Peter Karim's FNI and FARDC forces in Juba territory, Ituri District left at least one government soldier dead and caused some civilians to flee to the forest. It is unclear who fired first, but according to MONUC, FNI militia members took several FARDC [...]	2006-12-26 10:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1928	PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE: DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's new National Assembly will elect its new leadership ("Permanent Bureau") by December 28. Vital Kamerhe is expected to be elected the assembly's president. Election of the new parliamentary leadership should be closely followed by the announcement of the prime ministe [...]	2006-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1930	PRE-EMPTIVE ATTACK BY NKUNDA FORCES UNSUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Three relatively calm weeks between pro-Nkunda and FARDC forces in North Kivu ended December 27 with an early morning pre-emptive attack by the former. According to MONUC, pro-Nkunda forces began firing at 3am on FARDC soldiers of the 1st Reserve Brigade in the hills outside Runyoni, [...]	2006-12-28 13:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS DPKO CG
06KINSHASA1931	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC TAKES BACK JUBA TERRITORY [...] (SBU) FARDC forces reportedly took back all Juba territory FARDC posts attacked by Peter Karim's FNI on December 24 (reftel). By the morning of December 26, the FARDC posts near the towns of Fataki, Djugu, and Bulle were recaptured, according to MONUC sources. However, FNI forces attacked [...]	2006-12-28 13:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1932	WAR CRIMES TRIAL AGAINST FARDC TROOPS BEGINS IN [...] (U) The trial of 14 FARDC soldiers implicated in the deaths of civilians found in mass graves began December 27 in Bunia, Ituri. The mass graves, containing the remains of 32 men, women, and children missing since August, were discovered at a FARDC camp in Bavi November 22 (reftel). The ac [...]	2006-12-28 13:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
06KINSHASA1933	2006 REPORT SHOWS MORE OBSTACLES TO PRESS FREEEDOM IN DR [...] (SBU) Summary: The raw statistics of JED's annual report for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) show a quantitative increase in violations of press freedom in 2006. Bitterly fought elections, the DRC's first in two generations, and corrupt practices by underpaid journalists could well acc [...]	2006-12-28 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1934	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - WILLIAM FITZGERALD, ANTOINETTE [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of Deputy Assistant Secretary William Fitzgerald, Program Officer Wendy Henning along with USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Director of the Disaster Response and Mitigation Division, Antoinette Ferrara to the Democratic Repu [...]	2006-12-28 16:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER ASEC PREF CG
06KINSHASA1935	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - DANA FRANCIS [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of Population, Refugees, and Migration Officer Dana Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from January 13 - 25, 2007 to participate in a joint assessment mission with ECHO. 2. POINT OF CONTACT Bill Damour and Jay Nash will [...]	2006-12-29 08:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER ASEC PREF PHUM CG
06KINSHASA1936	ITURI UPDATE: GDRC WANTS NEGOTIATIONS, BUT KARIM [...] (SBU) Despite his request to meet with a visiting GDRC delegation (reftel),FNI militia leader Peter Karim failed to show up for the planned meeting at Buba, Ituri on December 28. Delegation member Colonel Mukuntu Kiyana-Tim, Military Advisor at the Presidency, told MONUC that Karim had to [...]	2006-12-29 08:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1938	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: CONTINUED FIGHTING, RENEGADE [...] (SBU) Fighting re-erupted at Runyoni, North Kivu early in the morning of December 28 when forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda attacked the FARDC post at Bugusa. According to MONUC, the incident began when the FARDC 94th Battalion tried to attack renegade troop positions at Bisiza. The r [...]	2006-12-29 09:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS DPKO CG
06KINSHASA1939	ELECTIONS UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 09:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA195	GROWING ANGOLAN MISTRUST OF RWANDA? [...] (C) During a February 1 dinner for visiting Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht, the Angolan Ambassador, Mawete Joao-Batista, made several interventions conveying mistrust of Rwandan government intentions and motives in the region. Joao-Batista is dean of the diplomatic corps in Kinshasa, and a [...]	2006-02-06 10:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AO RW CG EU
06KINSHASA197	DRC: SUPREME COURT CERTIFIES REFERENDUM RESULTS, [...] (U) The Supreme Court on February 3 certified the results of the December 18-19 constitutional referendum. As reported reftel, the referendum passed with 84 percent of the vote in favor and 16 percent against. The constitution will become effective after being promulgated by President Joseph Ka [...]	2006-02-06 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA206	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: Proposal for ESF [...] In response to G/TIP's requests for proposals, post would like to put forward the project below for ESF funding. Although Republic of Congo has not been identified in the several most recent TIP reports, there is reason to be concerned that trafficking may exist in the country. For this reaso [...]	2006-02-07 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG CF
06KINSHASA208	FY06 ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Kinshasa is submitting the following proposed project and requests funding from FY2006 ESF Anti-Trafficking in Persons funds: A. TITLE OF PROJECT Support to the Reintegration of Abductees and other Victims of Sexual Violence and Trafficking. B. NAME OF RECIPI [...]	2006-02-07 17:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ASEC ELAB SMIG CG
06KINSHASA210	ABSENTEE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila's political party, the PPRD, is winding up a general convention in Kinshasa (to be reported septel). The primary purpose of the gathering is to energize the party and nominate Joseph Kabila as the party's candidate in presidential elections expected in coming mon [...]	2006-02-08 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA211	KABILA TO INITIATE CONSULTATIONS WITH NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Presidency staff have confirmed to us that President Kabila will be initiating a series of consultations in Kinshasa with a variety of North Kivu provincial community leaders in an effort to reduce tensions in the province following the recent violence initiated by "insurgent" FARDC troops [...]	2006-02-08 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA215	NORTH KIVU: SITUATION FLUID [...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa has responded both politically and militarily to the crisis in North Kivu, and the relatively rapid response has helped temporarily reduce, but not eliminate, tensions. Both MONUC Head of Office M'hand Lajouzi and Defense Minister Adolphe Onusumba believe that North Kivu [...]	2006-02-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA216	NEW MANAGEMENT INSTALLED IN MINING PARASTATAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EINV EAID PGOV CG
06KINSHASA217	ANTI-TUTSI INCIDENT AT KITONA TRAINING BASE [...] (C) An apparent anti-Tutsi incident at the Kitona military base, where graduation of the Seventh Integrated Brigade was planned this weekend, could further exacerbate tensions in North Kivu. Initial reports suggest that following a dispute between a Tutsi soldier and a Bantu soldier from the [...]	2006-02-08 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA222	PPRD NOMINATES KABILA FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) February 6 nominated President Joseph Kabila as its candidate for the DRC's presidential elections in 2006. During a disorganized party congress in Kinshasa, the PPRD lauded Kabila's efforts to bring peace and stability [...]	2006-02-09 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA225	ARS SPEAKER EDUARDO CUE: CORRUPTION OR [...] Summary: In a high-quality, versatile performance, ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue, the Paris-based U.S. News and World Report Correspondent, led two full-day workshops for 60 journalists and lectured to another 50 students of journalism in Kinshasa, February 1-3. With a studied mix of ethical, theor [...]	2006-02-09 18:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KPAO KDEM
06KINSHASA228	DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: LAST REGISTRATION CENTERS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced February 9 that the last remaining voter registration centers, located in Bandundu and Equateur provinces, will close February 10, bringing an end to enrollment efforts nationwide. Though the official enrollment period ended December 15, [...]	2006-02-10 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA23	UDPS, TSHISEKEDI ASSERT CHANGE IN DIRECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an ostensible reversal of its political strategy, the Union for Democratic and Social Progress (UDPS) announced it will participate in the DRC's 2006 elections, with UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi running as a candidate for president. As with previous messages from Tshisekedi [...]	2006-01-05 13:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA230	WILL THE DRC BUY WHAT COMESA IS SELLING? [...] (U) Summary. COMESA, the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa, continues its attempts to engage the DRC. COMESA's Deputy Secretary-General led a delegation to the DRC the week of January 23, with the primary purpose of appealing to GDRC officials to pay membership dues and join the cus [...]	2006-02-13 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EMIN PGOV CG
06KINSHASA231	DRC JANUARY ECONMIC REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - An IF delegation visited Kinshasa for an interim revie of the GDRC's compliance with the IMF economic rogram. - A December 30 presidential decree estalished OFIDA, the Congolese customs agency, as te sole customs collector. - Labor strife, includig threatened an [...]	2006-02-13 09:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR ETRD PGOV CG EMI
06KINSHASA234	PRESIDENT TO PROMULGATE CONSTITUTION FEBRUARY 18 [...] (U) President Kabila intends on February 18 to promulgate the constitution approved overwhelmingly by Congolese voters in a December 18-19 referendum. A large ceremony is apparently being planned, to include a military parade, a speech by Kabila, and the presence of ROC President Sassou Ngues [...]	2006-02-13 14:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA239	DRC MEDIA TROUBLES IN JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: Some Congolese media were exposed to harassment during the second half of January. Adding together: 1) defamation as a criminal offense, 2) some irresponsible journalism, 3) lawlessness in some areas, and 4) coming elections, the free press will certainly face some added challeng [...]	2006-02-13 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CG KPAO
06KINSHASA240	CIAT COMMUNIQUE SUPPORTS MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Summary: State-owned television and radio (RTNC) devoted more than four hours to the PPRD party on February 6, when the PPRD nominated Joseph Kabila to be its presidential candidate. The following day, the High Media Authority (HAM) suspended for 48 hours political reporting on RTNC for v [...]	2006-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO CIAT
06KINSHASA247	UDPS MOVES TOWARDS ELECTIONS KICKING AND SCREAMING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings, Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) officials said the long-time opposition party will participate in the upcoming national DRC elections and is planning to hold a national congress in February. These same officials, however, complained bitterly [...]	2006-02-14 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA25	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARS D/DIRECTOR JOAN MCKNIFF [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of ARS Deputy Director Joan MCKNIFF to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) from February 09 to 14, 2006. It is expected that Ms. McKniff will also visit Embassy Brazzaville during this period, the subject of septel country clearance. [...]	2006-01-06 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ABUD CG
06KINSHASA260	GENERAL NUMBI APPARENTLY SEEKING LARGER ROLE IN [...] (C) Air Force Commander General John Numbi and Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba (representing the PPRD and RCD, respectively) were dispatched to North Kivu by President Kabila following attacks on Rutshuru (ref a) by military insurgents. Ref b reported Onusumba's readout of his meetings in [...]	2006-02-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA265	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC MOVING INTO POSITION AGAINST [...] (C) Following a three-week delay due to logistical problems in previously planned military operations against the Patriotic Force of Resistance in Ituri (FRPI),the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) is moving commando troops from their base in Aba to Tchei (with the help of MONUC),where remnant [...]	2006-02-16 16:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA266	2006 AGOA FORUM PLANNING [...] (C) With national elections to take place in the DRC in the May-June time frame, and with a new government needing to be installed by June 30 when the transition's mandate expires, it is very doubtful whether high-level GDRC participation would be possible at an AGOA forum in Washington in Ju [...]	2006-02-16 16:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD CG
06KINSHASA268	UDPS SECRETARY GENERAL PREPARING FOR THE END [...] (C) UDPS Secretary General Remy Masamba is simultaneously laying the groundwork for his party's conference and preparing for its demise. Invitations to national UDPS members to come to Kinshasa for the conference -- which would be held sometime between February 28 and March 2 -- are ready to b [...]	2006-02-17 10:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA270	JED GOES PUBLIC WITH REPORT ABOUT KILLING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A report by Congolese NGO Journaliste en Danger (JED) purports to tie the murder last November of journalist/political adviser Franck Ngyke Kangundu to PPRD party politics. JED's President and General Secretary have gone underground, following threats supposedly linked to JED's [...]	2006-02-17 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CG
06KINSHASA292	IMF MISSION LOOKS AT DRC 2005 PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. An IMF team was in Kinshasa January 24 to February 3 to review the DRC's performance in the third and fourth quarters of 2005. The IMF was generally satisfied with macroeconomic stability during the last half of 2005. Their principal concern was GDRC overspending in some budget [...]	2006-02-22 16:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG CIAT EAC ELECTIONS IMF
06KINSHASA304	MINISTER OF PLAN THAMBWE-PRSP, THEN POLITICS [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe for lunch February 9 to discuss the current economic and political situation in the country. In follow-up to the recent IMF mission (reftel) and concerns focused on the GDRC,s compliance with the current IMF reform program and HIPC Ini [...]	2006-02-23 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN CG MONUC
06KINSHASA309	GREETING CARDS TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SECRETARY [...] We received today New Year cards to President and Mrs. George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from Democratic Republic of the Congo Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani. French text and unofficial English translation follow. The original documents will be forwarded to S [...]	2006-02-24 09:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC CG SECSTATE
06KINSHASA330	POV - NJOH, ADIG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 09:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN
06KINSHASA339	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2006 TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) American Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with reftel instructions. Responses are keyed to reftel,s numbered paragraphs (21-24). Begin responses: (21) Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. The DRC is not a majo [...]	2006-03-01 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
06KINSHASA340	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MEETINGS WITH HAMAS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Feburary 16 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Forign Afairs. Djoli agreed that Hamas must renounce violence and recognize the right of Israel to exist. He expressed hope that the responsibilities of government would [...]	2006-03-01 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG
06KINSHASA341	FARDC LEADS MILITARY OPERATION IN SOUTH KIVU [...] (SBU) For the first time, the Congolese military (FARDC) has played the lead role in planning a joint MONUC-FARDC mission against the FDLR in South Kivu. The FARDC Third Integrated Brigade and the FARDC First Reserve Brigade supplied the majority of the troops -- more than 1,000 to MONUC's 30 [...]	2006-03-01 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN
06KINSHASA342	MAI MAI RESISTANCE PATRIOTS PARTY SUPPORTS KABILA [...] (SBU) At its congress February 14-15 in Kinshasa, the Mai Mai Resistance Patriots Party (CRM) endorsed current President Joseph Kabila as its candidate for president. Party members also agreed to seek alliances with other parties in order to be part of a legislative majority with a say in the [...]	2006-03-01 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA346	TRIPARTITE-PLUS FUSION CELL HOLDS GRADUATION [...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite-Plus Fusion Cell held a "graduation" in Kisangani for its initial trainees on 25 February. The brief ceremony was attended by MONUC officials, several Congolese political representatives including Governor of Province Orientale Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, and Nation [...]	2006-03-02 08:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG MONUC
06KINSHASA347	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR FROM POST [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 08:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA CG
06KINSHASA350	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FEBRUARY EDITION, [...] (C) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso continued his shuttle diplomacy in February with visits to Tripoli, Libreville, Kinshasa and Paris to solidify his well-publicized image as the man of "peace and reconciliation" following election as Chairman of the African Union in late January. In turn, h [...]	2006-03-02 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EAID AMGT ASEC CF
06KINSHASA357	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC Avian Influenza Commission, composed of representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Health, External Commerce, and Environment, released the DRC Country Contingency Plan (CCP) on February 24. The CCP seeks over USD 16M to prepare for and respond to the anticipa [...]	2006-03-03 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR ECON SENV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA360	SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: GOING NOWHERE, SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Sector Reform Joint Commission met on March 1 to address a heavy agenda, including the police census and the military disarmament and integration process. Despite the repeated concerns from the international community and the usual excuses from the GDRC, business r [...]	2006-03-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA369	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONDEMNATION OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and statements to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC deplored the attack on the Al-Askariya shrine as well as any acts of violence in Iraq. He added that the USG must find a solution to the violence or ri [...]	2006-03-06 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CG
06KINSHASA37	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Jacques Djoli, the new chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the crisis in Darfur required continued attention and security assistance from the African Union and other interested parties. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-01-09 10:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU CG
06KINSHASA370	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING U.S.-INDIA [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points March 3 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said he welcomed the new initiative and its goal of controlling nuclear proliferation. He said the GDRC would need to study the partnership more closely before maki [...]	2006-03-06 10:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CG
06KINSHASA371	DRC: DEMARCHE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC was pleased to see the Third Additional Protocol had passed, and it would work to ensure that MDA could join the ICRC Movement. Djoli added t [...]	2006-03-06 10:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG
06KINSHASA372	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA IRAN REPORT [...] (U) PolOff met March 3 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli and delivered reftel statements and talking points. Djoli said the GDRC was very interested in what the IAEA would report to the UNSC, and hoped it would spur Iran to curtail its nuclear ambitions. Djoli agreed [...]	2006-03-06 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC CG
06KINSHASA373	DRC: DEMARCHES ON SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY [...] (SBU) PolOff met March 3 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli to discuss a variety of subjects, including the upcoming elections of new members to the UN Security Council (reftel A) and of a new UN Secretary General (reftel B). Djoli said in light of Guatemala's contri [...]	2006-03-06 10:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC GT VE CG
06KINSHASA378	FIGHTING CONTINUES IN ITURI, MUTINEERS TO BE [...] (C) Despite the suspension of Operation Ituri Engraver (reftel),fighting between militia elements and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) continues in Ituri District. Elements of the Patriotic Forces for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) March 5 attacked MONUC and FARDC positions in Kagaba (approxim [...]	2006-03-07 12:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA379	CONGOLESE BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (U) Following a week-long conference from February 27-March 4, the Congolese National Episcopal Conference (CENCO) -- an influential political actor in the DRC -- issued a statement from the country's Catholic bishops on the state of political events in the DRC. In its message, CENCO deplored [...]	2006-03-07 12:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA38	DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING [...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel),PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...]	2006-01-09 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG
06KINSHASA380	WESTERN KASAI: CALM, BUT UNPREDICTABLE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and EconOff February 21-23 visited Kananga, the capital of Eastern Kasai province. During the visit, PolOff met with a variety of local political representatives and civil society actors to gauge the province's preparedness for national elections in 2006 and the potential f [...]	2006-03-07 12:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA381	"ESCAPED" OPPOSITION LEADER TAKES REFUGE AT SOUTH [...] (SBU) Following a March 2 Supreme Court hearing regarding the legality of his detention, Pastor Ngoy, a minor but vocal opposition leader, managed to elude his police guard to take refuge at the South African embassy. He had been jailed at Kinshasa Central Prison since December 31 for "offendi [...]	2006-03-07 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
06KINSHASA382	OPERATION SOUTH SENTINEL ENDS WITH FARDC CONTROL [...] (SBU) Operation South Sentinel, a joint FARDC - MONUC mission against the FDLR in South Kivu (reftel),ended March 5 with 300-400 FDLR troops pushed out of the area and with government control established over Ekingi, Manga, and Chibiroro towns. The towns, all in the Bunyakiri area of South K [...]	2006-03-07 16:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA383	RUBERWA MISSES THE POINT; NO PROGRESS ON MINEMBWE [...] (C) During a lengthy meeting March 3 PPRD officials (Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba, Presidential Chief of Staff Leonard She Okitundu, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba and Presidential Political Advisor Marcellin Shekembo) outlined for RCD Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and [...]	2006-03-07 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
06KINSHASA39	ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS NO TO UDPS DEMANDS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced January 7 that it would not reopen registration centers for the convenience of UDPS members who boycotted the registration process from June to December 2005. CEI Director Abbe Malu Malu noted that the time constraints of the electoral [...]	2006-01-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA391	DRC'S MAIN MARITIME PORT IN DISORDER [...] (U) Trade via the DRC's main port of Matadi is becoming increasingly difficult, as a lack of resources and commitment has stalled rehabilitation projects. This assessment is based on information from ongoing contacts with port officials, business operators, and government officials. 2. (U [...]	2006-03-08 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD EFIN CG
06KINSHASA392	DRC'S INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel A. MARKET-BASED ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/TRADE BARRIERS --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) The DRC's development of a market-based economy is slowly progressing. The exchange rate has floated freely for three ye [...]	2006-03-08 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AGOA CG
06KINSHASA393	DRC: THE WORLD IS WATCHING [...] (SBU) The extraordinary visit of three United Nations (UN) agency heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the week of February 28 underscored the urgent need for support for the nation as it prepares for its first democratic elections in 40 years, and for the post-transition government [...]	2006-03-08 16:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KPKO CG
06KINSHASA398	DRC'S NEW LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. The successor to the Mobutu-era's single trade union has lost its place as the nation's leading labor organization to a better-organized, savvier competitor, the Confederation Syndicale du Congo (CSC). During a meeting with EconOff March 6, the CSC's president, Symphorien Dunia, [...]	2006-03-09 13:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR CG
06KINSHASA404	KASAIAN ECONOMY LACKS ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. The two Kasai provinces offer a clear example of the economic tragedy of the Congo, with fertile, diamond-studded soil juxtaposed with an impoverished population unable to pull themselves out of their economic despair. Western Kasai seems slightly more prosperous than Eastern Kas [...]	2006-03-09 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EMIN ELAB EAGR CG
06KINSHASA405	EASTERN KASAI: UDPS FANS TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and EconOff conducted a two-day visit February 23-24 to Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of Eastern Kasai province. During the trip, emboffs met with a variety of local officials, political party representatives and MONUC staff to assess the political, economic and security situatio [...]	2006-03-09 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA406	NORTH KIVU UPDATE [...] (SBU) After several weeks of armed conflict north of Goma, MONUC now assesses the situation in North Kivu as "sensitive but under control." As of March 2, the insurgents who invaded Rutshuru (reftel) have completely vacated Chegerero, Jomba, Bunagana, and Runyoni and have retreated to temporar [...]	2006-03-10 08:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA409	UDPS DEMONSTRATION ATTEMPT ENDS IN ARREST, MINOR [...] (SBU) The opposition UDPS party called for a March 10 march from Kinshasa's central train station to MONUC Headquarters reportedly to deliver a note addressed to visiting UN Deputy Secretary for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno. The UDPS failed to apply for a permit to march until March 8. Th [...]	2006-03-10 12:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC ASEC CG
06KINSHASA410	ELECTORAL LAW PROMULGATED; FIRST ROUND OF [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila signed the DRC's long-awaited electoral law the evening of March 8 and officially promulgated the document March 9. The electoral law lays out the conditions under which the DRC will hold its first national democratic elections in more than 40 years. With its promul [...]	2006-03-10 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA411	ITURI: MILITIAS CONTINUE TO ATTACK FARDC POSITIONS [...] (C) According to MONUC officials, elements of the Patriotic Force for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia continue to attack positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) in Ituri District. Although Operation Ituri Engraver ceased activities over a week ago (reftel),FARDC and MONUC troops a [...]	2006-03-10 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG UG
06KINSHASA422	UDPS OFFICIAL RELEASED FROM DETENTION [...] (C) Following his arrest March 10 during a demonstration in Kinshasa (reftel),Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) Secretary General Remy Masamba was released from police custody after being held for approximately two hours. Masamba told PolCouns March 11 he was treated "like a cele [...]	2006-03-13 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA424	RUBERWA STILL MULLING WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) I met with Vice President Ruberwa at his residence late Monday morning, March 13, to discuss the ongoing debate about his and his party,s (RCD-Goma) status in the Transition and electoral process. Only Ruberwa Chief of Staff Jean-Marie Emungu was also present, and Emungu confined himself [...]	2006-03-13 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA431	INTERIOR MINISTER MBEMBA: NO MINEMBWE TERRITORY [...] (SBU) In a March 9 press conference, DRC Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba claimed there were administrative reasons why Minembwe could not be an authorized territory, as has been advocated by RCD chief and Vice President Azerias Ruberwa (reftels). First, according to Mbemba, it is the Presi [...]	2006-03-14 14:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CG
06KINSHASA434	DRC SIGNS OPIC INVESTMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT [...] (U) The GDRC has signed the Investment Incentive agreement between the U.S. and the DRC. The agreement is dated December 23, 2005, although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs returned the agreement to EconOff March 9, 2006. The Secretary General of Foreign Affairs and International SIPDIS Coo [...]	2006-03-14 16:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD BEXP PREL KTIA CG
06KINSHASA435	ITURI: FARDC AND MONUC SEAL OFF BUNIA FROM MILITIAS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),with support from MONUC peacekeepers, have sealed off Bunia to prevent the infiltration of militia forces into the city. Following the cessation of Operation Ituri Engraver (reftels),militias have continued sporadic attacks against the FARDC and MONUC [...]	2006-03-14 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
06KINSHASA439	DRC: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: In the almost three years since the Global and Inclusive Accord was implemented with the installation of a transitional government, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has done much to improve the country's investment climate. While there is still much more to do, the pacifica [...]	2006-03-15 09:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV
06KINSHASA44	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MINOR OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (SBU) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, an opposition gadfly and self-proclaimed presidential candidate, was arrested December 29. His arrest came one day after he filed a motion with the Supreme Court to cancel the results of the December 18 referendum due to his (comment: unsubstantiated) claim that P [...]	2006-01-09 15:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
06KINSHASA440	ARE DIAMONDS STILL THE KASAIS' BEST FRIENDS? [...] (C) Summary. The Eastern and Western Kasai provinces produce the majority of exported diamonds in the DRC, although official statistics underreport production and overreport value. Artisanal mining dominates the sector in both provinces. Although the majority of production is currently industr [...]	2006-03-15 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA442	FARDC BEGINS REINFORCING TROOPS IN ITURI [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) have begun transferring elements of the 2nd Integrated Brigade in Beni to Bunia to assist existing FARDC troops in their fight against militia forces. According to MONUC-Bunia Head of Office Sharouh Sharif, more than 700 new FARDC troops have arrived in [...]	2006-03-15 13:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA443	USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND [...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...]	2006-03-15 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA444	OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit tourneeto in eastern DRC in February of 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. 2. (U) Traveling to first to Kitutu, in [...]	2006-03-15 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA446	OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA, [...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have appearedare present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga Province province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai -Mai milit [...]	2006-03-15 15:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA447	CHINESE ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) During a February 21-24 visit to Western and Eastern Kasai by EconOff and PolOff, the Chinese ambassador to the DRC, Fan Zhenshui, also visited the region. According to MONUC and other sources in the provinces, the Chinese ambassador met with a variety of local business and political leade [...]	2006-03-16 06:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EMIN ECON CG CH
06KINSHASA450	OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA, [...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai Mai militia, and have to date re [...]	2006-03-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA451	USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND [...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...]	2006-03-16 12:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA452	OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit to eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. Traveling first to Kitutu, in southern South Kivu, the USA [...]	2006-03-16 12:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA457	RCD-GOMA DEBATES CONTINUE [...] (C) A delegation of CIAT Ambassadors, including UN SRSG Swing and the European Commission, Canadian, British, and American Chiefs of Mission, met with Vice President Ruberwa Thursday evening for about an hour and a half to discuss the ongoing debate about RCD-Goma's status and continuing parti [...]	2006-03-17 11:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA459	LEADING MLC POLITICIAN OPTS FOR INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) party suffered a second high-profile defection March 15 when Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe Mwamba announced that he would run for election as an independent candidate, and resigned from the MLC and from his ministerial po [...]	2006-03-17 13:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA460	TSHISEKEDI REMAINS DISSATISFIED WITH ELECTORAL [...] (U) Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS),told several hundred party supporters March 14 that his party will participate in national elections, but only if the electoral process is "credible" and "fair." Tshisekedi said during a rally at UD [...]	2006-03-17 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA461	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) The GDRC Avian Influenza Commission (reftel) met on March 16 at WHO headquarters in Kinshasa, chaired by Minister of Agriculture Constant Ndom Nda Ombel, and reviewed developments in the DRC since the last meeting. The commission reiterated its call for USD 66 million to combat Highly Pat [...]	2006-03-17 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG
06KINSHASA467	GUEHENNO ASSESSES DRC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (U) UN Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno completed his 9-day visit to the DRC with a press briefing March 15, urging the Congolese and their political leaders to continue moving towards free and democratic elections. Guehenno, on his fifth trip to DRC with [...]	2006-03-20 17:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA470	N. KIVU GOVERNOR POLITICAL POSITIONING [...] (C) During a February 28 dinner in Goma (North Kivu Province) Governor Eugene Serufuli asserted to the Ambassador his confidence about the electoral future of North Kivu. Serufuli indicated that he has been coordinating with President Kabila and his staff, ostensibly regarding handling of the [...]	2006-03-21 13:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA474	UDPS RECEIVES AUTHORIZATION FOR MARCH 22 [...] (U) The opposition party Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) received authorization March 20 from the Governor of Kinshasa to hold a peaceful march in Kinshasa March 22. The UDPS plans to march in the city's central district and deliver a letter at MONUC headquarters for SYG Kofi An [...]	2006-03-21 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA476	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NO CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) DRC Minister of Agriculture N'dom Nda Ombel announced March 16 that there were three suspected outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the DRC (reftel). Ombel released a communique today stating that the first samples from those outbreaks, sent to South Africa for testing, have [...]	2006-03-22 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG
06KINSHASA477	UDPS HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN KINSHASA [...] (U) As announced (reftel),the opposition party Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) March 22 held a peaceful demonstration in central Kinshasa. By late morning, approximately 700 UDPS supporters had gathered at Kinshasa's central train station. A portion of this group marched to MON [...]	2006-03-22 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA478	ITURI: INSECURITY ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District is worsening as various militia groups continue their attacks on the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and MONUC troops. Elements of the Patriotic Front for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) and the Congolese Revolutionary Mov [...]	2006-03-22 17:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG

06KINSHASA481	MILITARY SITUATION IN THE KASAIS: STABLE, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: During a February 21-24 visit to Western and Eastern Kasai provinces, PolOff met with a variety of local political actors (reftels) and with the commanders of the DRC's 4th and 5th Military Regions. Neither province has been subject to violence and militia activity as have the DRC' [...]	2006-03-23 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA485	KOFI ANNAN'S VISIT TO DRC CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Continuing to promote the international theme of a steady march toward peaceful elections and conflict-free governmental transition, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan completed his two-day trip to Kinshasa and left for Kisangani the morning of March 23. During his meetings with DRC [...]	2006-03-23 17:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA488	GDRC TERMS UGANDAN THREAT TO INTERVENE [...] (U) Summary: Press reports suggesting Uganda's possible intent unilaterally to pursue Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) militants into Congolese territory provoked a pointed response from the GDRC. The Ugandan charge was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 22 March where he was told by F [...]	2006-03-24 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG UG
06KINSHASA489	ELECTIONS UPDATE: KABILA, BEMBA REGISTER, [...] (U) Summary: Incumbent President Joseph Kabila officially registered March 23 as an independent candidate in the DRC's upcoming democratic elections. Vice Presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba (MLC) and Z'ahidi Ngoma (political opposition) had already registered on March 21 and 22, respectively. Vice [...]	2006-03-24 15:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA490	TROUBLING DEVELOPMENTS IN ITURI [...] (C) Both MONUC Head of Office Sharu Sharif and Ituri District Commissioner Petronelle Vaweka told PolCouns March 22 that the militia group MRC, under the leadership of Peter Karim, is planning to attack Bunia. The MRC has augmented its numbers by recruiting disgruntled ex-combatants who have no [...]	2006-03-24 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA493	ELECTIONS UPDATE: RUBERWA IS IN, TSHISEKEDI STILL [...] (C) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa (president of the Rally for Congolese Democracy, RCD) confirmed March 26 that he and his party will take part in upcoming elections, despite previous threats to boycott the remainder of the transition or elections, or both (ref). He told PolCouns that the list [...]	2006-03-28 06:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA494	ELECTIONS UPDATE: RUBERWA IS IN, TSHISEKEDI STILL [...] (C) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa (president of the Rally for Congolese Democracy, RCD) confirmed March 26 that he and his party will take part in upcoming elections, despite previous threats to boycott the remainder of the transition or elections, or both (ref). He told PolCouns that the list [...]	2006-03-28 06:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA504	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IMPASSE LIKELY SOLVED [...] (C) The question of who should preside over the National Assembly, Olivier Kamitatu or Thomas Luhaka, may have been resolved. The two met March 28 in a discussion facilitated by President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda, and they reached an agreement on key issues underpinning Kami [...]	2006-03-30 10:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA505	UDPS MEMBER ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Eve Bazaiba, member of the UDPS Founders and so-called Director of the party (in charge of recruitment and social programs) registered March 23 as an independent presidential candidate. Her decision prompted party leader Etienne Tshisekedi to hold a meeting over the weekend with the Founde [...]	2006-03-30 10:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA509	IDPS INSECURE AND HUNGRY IN NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] Summary: As part of UNHCR's Country Operations 2007 planning session for donors, a field mission to Katanga province was conducted March 14-16. This trip gave donors an opportunity to view firsthand the current state of affairs, infrastructure, political climate and security concerns. The [...]	2006-03-30 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV CG
06KINSHASA516	DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...]	2006-03-31 11:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG
06KINSHASA517	DRC: DEAMRCHE ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 27 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 29. Poloff reminded Djoli of previously pledged Congolese support for U.S. candidate to the International Narcotics Control Board Melvyn Levitsky, and D [...]	2006-03-31 12:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR AORC UN CG
06KINSHASA527	Office of Transition Initiatives' Wendy Henning [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Program Manager, Wendy Henning visited the DRC from March 12 - March 27, 2006. The purpose of this visit was to assist with closeout activities and the smooth handover of CTO and other management responsibilities to the Mission. Ms. Henn [...]	2006-04-04 06:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CG
06KINSHASA528	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH DRC VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting, DRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa provided an overview of current Congolese developments remarkably similar to that given earlier in the day by President Kabila (ref). He emphasized that despite last-minute complications, the electoral process is ir [...]	2006-04-04 07:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR EFIN CG
06KINSHASA544	KAMITATU DECIDES TO ABIDE BY SUPREME COURT RULING [...] (U) In a carefully worded statement, Olivier Kamitatu announced April 3 that he will "abide by" the February Supreme Court decision requiring him to abandon his post as President of the National Assembly so that he "does not constitute an obstacle" to the business of the Assembly in the months [...]	2006-04-06 13:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA547	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION ENDS; UDPS TO BOYCOTT [...] (U) Summary: Candidate registration for the DRC's national presidential and legislative elections ended April 2, with the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) validating 32 dossiers for president. The CEI also received 8,650 applications for legislative candidates for the country's 500 Natio [...]	2006-04-07 09:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA549	FOOD SECURITY REPORT: USAID/FFP DEMOCRATIC [...] KAMPALA-BASED REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) OFFICER TRAVELED FEBRUARY 5-22 TO KINSHASA, GOMA, BUNIA, BUKAVU, MOBA AND KALEMIE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO EVALUATE FOOD SECURITY CONDITIONS AND MONITOR PARTNERS' IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COUNTRY. 2. IN EASTERN DRC, THE SECURITY SITUATION [...]	2006-04-07 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF CG
06KINSHASA56	FARDC-MAI MAI FIGHTING FORCES 30,000 TO FLEE [...] (SBU) Despite recent media reports of up to 125,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province, the number of people who have fled their homes since mid-November is actually about 30,000. According to Anne Edgerton, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa [...]	2006-01-11 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA562	NEW IDPS IN ITURI [...] (U) Summary. A group of approximately 13,000 new IDPs fleeing fighting between FARDC forces and a local militia in southern Ituri have arrived in Cantonnier, 18 kilometers southeast of Bunia. Emergency humanitarian needs have largely been addressed, though more IDPs continue to arrive every d [...]	2006-04-10 17:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA566	DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- -The DRC?s IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program lapsed March 31, without going to a sixth review. -The GDRC widened its ban on the import of poultry products. -Employees of Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC) objected to the parastatal?s new partnersh [...]	2006-04-11 17:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAGR EAIR ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA572	TWO PEACEKEEPING BATTALIONS IDENTIFIED FOR KATANGA [...] (SBU) In order to address the security situation in the northern and central Katanga province (reftels),MONUC has identified two battalions for near-term deployment. The first, a contingent of Pakistani peacekeepers, Jordanian medical officers, and 50 military observers currently assigned t [...]	2006-04-12 17:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG BU
06KINSHASA573	KABILA'S MILITARY STATUS CLARIFIED [...] (U) The debate over President Kabila's military status has been clarified following the publication of an official government decree accepting Kabila's voluntary resignation from the Congolese Army. The decree, signed March 15 by Kabila himself, was not made public until it appeared in the Apr [...]	2006-04-12 17:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA574	ITURI UPDATE: MONUC MAY REVIEW ITS RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Senior MONUC military officials are expressing frustration regarding joint Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC)-MONUC military operations in Ituri. Faced with logistical roadblocks impeding the FARDC's ability to respond quickly to situations and the general unprofessionalism of the Co [...]	2006-04-12 17:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA575	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 8,300 APPROVED TO RUN FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 12 that 8,340 dossiers have been validated from candidates running for seats in the 500-member National Assembly. The CEI received 9,797 candidacies nationwide; the remaining 1,457 dossiers are still being reviewed by the CEI. Thos [...]	2006-04-13 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA576	NEW IDPS IN ITURI [...] (U) Summary. Approximately 13,000 new IDPs fleeing fighting between FARDC forces and local militia in southern Ituri have arrived in Cantonnier, 18 kilometers southeast of Bunia. Emergency humanitarian needs have largely been addressed, though more IDPs continue to arrive every day. Prospects [...]	2006-04-13 15:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA58	CONSTITUTION APPROVED; PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced January 11 that Congolese voters approved the DRC's new constitution by a margin of 84 percent to 16 percent. The CEI said that 62 percent of the DRC's 25 million voters participated in the December 18 re [...]	2006-01-12 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA583	DRC: DEMARCHES ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 13 talking points and letter from Secretary Rice (reftel A) to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Matondo said he welcomed the clarification of the USG vote against the creation of the [...]	2006-04-14 11:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC PHUM KUNR CG
06KINSHASA584	WFP ACTS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER IN NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] Summary: Although severely underfunded and facing huge logistical challenges, the World Food Program (WFP) is racing to feed internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province. The first WFP airdrops of food outside of Sudan in eight years began April 5, with more Katanga-focu [...]	2006-04-14 12:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV EAID CG
06KINSHASA586	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]	2006-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KINSHASA592	A/S FRAZER VISITS TRIPARTITE PLUS FUSION CELL [...] (U) A/S for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on April 4 during a brief stopover in Kisangani visited the Tripartite Plus Fusion Cell (TFC),where she received a general briefing on the work of TFC participants. Along with Ambassador Meece and SRSG William Swing, the A/S visited the USG-funded fu [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PINR CG
06KINSHASA593	POLITICAL PLURALISM ON DISPLAY IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) During an April 12-17 visit to North Kivu, PolCouns visited and passed through villages small and large in Rutshuru and Masisi territories. Even in the smallest villages -- in some cases comprising only a few families and about 30 people -- the flags of various political parties were on di [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA60	HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR CONSULAR EQUIPMENT [...] EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT WAS COMPLETE AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED. 2. POST HAS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT FROM INVENTORY AND IS RETURNING IT TO CA/EX/CSD(USE ITEM NO. AND DESCRIPTION FROM PACKING LIST OR SHIPPING CABLE):GATEWAY [...]	2006-01-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCSY CMGT AMGT AADP
06KINSHASA600	ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE LIST OF [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 15 the final and definitive list of presidential candidates. Following its review of more than 40 challenges to the list, the Supreme Court added the name of one independent candidate who had previously failed to provide copies of [...]	2006-04-17 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA607	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 9,500 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 17 that 9,587 candidates have been provisionally approved to run for the 500-seat National Assembly. The CEI rejected 312 candidates for not conforming with the DRC's electoral law. On April 12, the CEI published a list of 8,340 a [...]	2006-04-18 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA612	NORTH KIVU: MAI MAI AND RENEGADE SOLDIERS [...] (C) During an April 12-17 trip to Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu PolCouns had a chance to meet with some Mai Mai elements near Walikale, including a new figure, Colonel Morph, and also to talk with the troublesome Colonel Smith. Four Mai Mai leaders, having evidently heard that [...]	2006-04-18 16:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA619	NORTH KIVU: CONGOLESE TUTSIS SAY NKUNDA, RUBERWA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-18 trip to North Kivu, PolCouns had the chance to speak at length with several Congolese Tutsis (businessmen, soldiers, bureaucrats, farmers) on a variety of subjects of interest to them. Particularly important to this group were the presence in North Kivu of [...]	2006-04-19 15:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA620	KABILA INTERVIEW MARKS BEGINNING OF PUBLIC IMAGE [...] (U) Summary: In a rare print interview published in the April 9 edition of "Jeune Afrique Intelligent," President Kabila presented himself as the "candidate of the people" and claimed he will win the presidency in the DRC's forthcoming elections. Kabila held forth on a variety of topics, inclu [...]	2006-04-19 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA623	SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SHABUNDA [...] (U) In general, security and humanitarian access have significantly improved in Shabunda and Mwenga territories over the past few years. Long-term security issues in these territories are caused by the activities of dissident Mai Mai groups rather than the actions of the FDLR. Particularly si [...]	2006-04-19 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA629	NORTH KIVU: STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN RUTSHURU [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-13 trip through remote areas in North Kivu, Emboff witnessed firsthand the difficult reality of integrated FARDC troops in their pursuit of FDLR elements. While this particular FARDC brigade seemed well-supplied and in good spirits, the obstacles faced by the [...]	2006-04-20 12:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA630	DRC ELECTIONS: WHEN DOES THE CAMPAIGN REALLY BEGIN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Confusion reigns, even within the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) itself, as to the proper interpretation of when the "official" presidential campaign period should begin. At least two different intepretations, based on two contradictory clauses of the Electoral Law, ha [...]	2006-04-20 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA631	ITURI UPDATE: NEW ANTI-MILITIA CAMPAIGN IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) are making final preparations for a new anti-militia campaign in Ituri District. While no date for the operation has been set, MONUC commanders believe fighting will begin soon. Meanwhile, militia forces of the Congolese Revolutionary [...]	2006-04-20 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA638	UNHCR WILL DEPLOY STAFF TO NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to begin deploying staff for long- term assignment to the North and Central Katanga villages of Mitwaba and Dubie on April 22. UNHCR, in cooperation with Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF),will begin registration of in [...]	2006-04-24 11:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV CG
06KINSHASA640	ITURI UPDATE: MONUC, FARDC ADVANCE ON MILITIAS [...] (C) According to internal reports from MONUC's Eastern Division military headquarters, MONUC forces conducted joint operations with the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) April 21-23 to seize several towns in Ituri District from militia control. The recent operations were meant to prepare the gro [...]	2006-04-24 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA643	GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT [...] (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and aske [...]	2006-04-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA651	MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FARDC MUTINEERS [...] (U) The military court of Ituri District rendered its verdict against 27 of the commandos of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) who mutinied during a anti-militia operation March 1 (reftel). The court sentenced ten of the mutineers to 20 years in prison, while one received a sentence of 15 yea [...]	2006-04-26 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KDEM CG
06KINSHASA653	OFDA FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM IN SHABUNDA AND [...] (U) Over 100,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and returnees in Shabunda and Mwenga have been receiving USAID/OFDA food security assistance since 2003. The program has helped returnees in the southern parts of these territories reestablish their agricultural activities. The program has ha [...]	2006-04-27 07:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF CG
06KINSHASA656	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUBSCRIBING TO HCOC [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel talking points and non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC shares USG concerns about the spread of ballistic missiles and their associated technologies. Djoli pointed out, however, that the DRC does not p [...]	2006-04-27 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
06KINSHASA657	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...]	2006-04-27 11:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ
06KINSHASA658	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS [...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...]	2006-04-27 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU
06KINSHASA661	UPDF FORCES REPORTEDLY CLASH WITH LRA, FARDC [...] (C) MONUC Eastern Division commanders report that elements of the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) clashed April 26 with suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) near the DRC border post of Lasso (approximately 12 miles northeast of Aba). MONUC commanders also told PolOff that [...]	2006-04-27 14:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG
06KINSHASA676	DRC ELECTIONS: BALLOTS TO BE PRINTED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) The electoral commissions of the DRC and South Africa signed an agreement April 27 which will provide for the printing of the DRC's presidential and legislative electoral ballots in South Africa. The GRSA will fund the paper for the ballots as well as the transportation of the finished b [...]	2006-04-28 12:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG SF
06KINSHASA68	DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - USG debt relief for the DRC has been extended through March 2006. - The World Bank approved two grants totaling USD 215 million to support the implementation of the GDRC's economic program, reconstruction and rehabilitation. - A UN-organized audit of six Congo [...]	2006-01-13 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN EAIR PGOV CG AID
06KINSHASA681	DRC ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 30 [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission announced April 30 that the first round of presidential and legislative elections will be held July 30. During an evening press conference April 30 attended by PolOff, CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu said the vote was delayed from the previousl [...]	2006-05-01 09:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA686	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 4 meeting, North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli told A/S Frazer and the Ambassador that the biggest problems facing North Kivu were continued insecurity, a lack of economic progress, and the challenge of establishing a democratic culture. End summary. 2. (C) S [...]	2006-05-02 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA696	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC SEIZES AMMUNITION CACHE, [...] (C) According to internal MONUC Eastern Division situation reports, elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) intercepted April 30 an illegal arms shipment destined for militias operating in Ituri District. MONUC security officials in Bunia had received reports from FARDC sources that a [...]	2006-05-04 09:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA697	FDLR ACTIVITY MOUNTING [...] (C) In the volatile eastern Congo region, both North and South Kivu are once again facing unrest. MONUC sources report that recent combined operations against the FDLR have resulted in fifteen deaths, including eight civilians, six suspected FDLR militia members, and at least one FARDC sold [...]	2006-05-04 10:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA698	ANGRY CITIZENS WANT ACTION AGAINST FDLR [...] (C) The airport in Bukavu was temporarily closed May 3 when about 500 residents of the town staged a demonstration on the road leading to the airport to protest perceived lack of action by either the Congolese military (FARDC) or the U.N. peacekeeping force (MONUC) against the FDLR, whose cont [...]	2006-05-04 13:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CG
06KINSHASA699	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: SENATOR ANATOLE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 2 with presidential aspirant, and current Senator, Anatole Matusila. Matusila is one of about a dozen serious candidates (among the 33 on the list) for the presidential post. A well-liked man, Matusila usually is characterized as "moral" and "honest," and bills himself as [...]	2006-05-04 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA700	MONUC INVESTIGATES UPDF INCURSIONS INTO DRC [...] (C) Summary: Following the reported April 25 incursion of Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) troops into the DRC near Aba (reftel),MONUC dispatched a joint verification mission to the area to investigate. The MONUC team concluded that elements of the UPDF had infiltrated DRC territory, but [...]	2006-05-04 15:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG
06KINSHASA701	FINAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION OF THE TRANSITION [...] (C) Following weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations and deal making, the final plenary session of the National Assembly opened May 3, with Thomas Luhaka presiding as the new President of the Assembly. (Note: Luhaka was named in November 2005 by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba to replace Oli [...]	2006-05-04 16:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA702	CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BEMBA MILITIA AND [...] (C) There were some tense moments in Kinshasa April 29-May 1 as what began as a minor confrontation between elements of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC militia and President Kabila's "Presidential Guard," the GSSP, threatened to escalate. 2. (C) For the last several months Bemba has [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA703	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA704	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA705	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA706	ARCHBISHOP MONSENGWO CRITICIZES CEI FOR LACK OF [...] (U) Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO),criticized the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for establishing a new electoral calendar (reftel) without first consulting the DRC's political actor [...]	2006-05-05 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA711	SSR - BLOCKAGES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Little progress was made at the May 3 meeting of the Joint Commission on Security on key issues of improving military discipline and establishing a viable rhythm for integration and demobilization. SRSG Swing strongly cautioned the GDRC officials present that the already falteri [...]	2006-05-08 15:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA720	DRC LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH POC [...] (U) Econcouns delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda on May 5. With Minister Kamanda was his counselor for science and technology, Professor Fortunat Lumu of the University of Kinshasa. Kamanda is the GDRC POC until mid-2006 elections for [...]	2006-05-09 10:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR CG
06KINSHASA721	ELEVEN CANDIDATES CALL FOR ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (U) A group of eleven mostly marginal presidential candidates has published a letter criticizing Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Committee (CEI),for "unilaterally" announcing July 30 as the DRC's election date. The letter's authors call for Malu Malu to be [...]	2006-05-09 10:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA722	SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL MAKES KEY DECISIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a series of marathon meetings beginning May 6 and running through late evening May 8, the Supreme Defense Council, chaired by President Kabila and attended by senior GDRC officials, addressed serious shortcomings plaguing the FARDC, including human rights violations, and failur [...]	2006-05-09 11:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA730	UNHCR BEGINS REGISTERING IDPS IN KATANGA [...] The UNHCR team that arrived in Mitwaba on April 25 (reftel A) began registering internally displaced persons (IDPs) on May 2. For the first time in the DRC, UNHCR is conducting individual registration -- long used in its work with refugees -- as a starting point for providing relief to IDPs. [...]	2006-05-09 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID CG
06KINSHASA747	MEMBERS OF MAI MAI LEADER GEDEON'S GROUP SURRENDER [...] (SBU) In a move which should reduce much of the tension in northern Katanga province, approximately 200 members of Mai Mai leader Gedeon's group surrendered to MONUC forces on May 6 and were taken to Lubumbashi. Of these, slightly more than half are reported to be militia troops, including chi [...]	2006-05-11 13:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA762	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC, MONUC LAUNCH NEW ANTI-MILITIA [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),backed by MONUC peacekeepers, launched May 9 a new military operation in Ituri District with the aim of eliminating militias from the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) in Djugu territory near Lake Albert. Operation Ituri Ember, which is composed of [...]	2006-05-12 11:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA763	DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 9 that it had received a first shipment of nearly 60 tons of voting material to be used in the DRC's July 30 elections. The elections kits, which were manufactured and delivered from South Africa, contain such items as voting booths, [...]	2006-05-12 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA772	ITURI UPDATE: MILITIA ATTACK FARDC POSITIONS IN [...] (C) Militias believed to be associated with Peter Karim and the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) May 13-14 attacked positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) near the town of Nioka (approximately 50 miles northeast of Bunia). According to FARDC spokesman Capt. Olivier Mputu, the m [...]	2006-05-15 12:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA777	ITURI UPDATE: OPERATION EMBER ENDS; FARDC [...] (C) MONUC Ituri Brigade Commander General Mahboob Haider Khan announced May 15 the end of Operation Ituri Ember, which had been launched May 9 to eliminate militia control in certain areas of Djugu territory in Ituri District (ref A). The operation, which General Mahboob said had been a success [...]	2006-05-16 10:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO KDEM MOPS CG
06KINSHASA780	BLUNTING BEMBA'S BITE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 14 with Air Force General John Numbi, who had just returned from heading a mission to seize arms and ammunition illegally stockpiled by VP Jean-Pierre Bemba in Bandaka. (Note: Per reftel, during the Supreme Defense Council meetings the weekend of May 6, Bemba was ordered t [...]	2006-05-16 14:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA783	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC CAPTURES NOTORIOUS MILITIA [...] (C) According to MONUC Head of Office Sharouh Sharif, soldiers from the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) on May 16 captured militia commander General Innocent Kayinga (code-named "Indian Queen"). Kayinga was a leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and one of the most wanted militia me [...]	2006-05-17 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA785	EASTERN DRC VOTERS REJECT MONSENGWO'S CALL FOR NEW [...] (C) During a May 4-10 visit to several towns in eastern DRC, PolOff discovered strong disagreement to the appeal by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo to launch a new national political dialogue in order to achieve a "consensus" on the DRC's political calendar (ref A) -- if, in fact, such a dialogue [...]	2006-05-18 08:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA788	ELECTIONS: ITURI POLITICS NOT YET IN FULL BLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to the open displays of political showmanship elsewhere in the DRC, Ituri District has yet to see much public electoral campaigning within its borders. Political parties freely operate in the region, but the practice of politics remains largely out of public view, as [...]	2006-05-18 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA790	KABILA TO WED ON JUNE 4 [...] (U) Cardinal Frederic Etsou, the Archbishop of Kinshasa, announced during his May 14 sermon that President Joseph Kabila will marry his long-time partner, Marie-Olive Lembe, on June 4 (which will also mark Kabila's 35th birthday). Etsou said the ceremony will take place in the Sanctuary of Not [...]	2006-05-19 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA793	ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]	2006-05-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA796	CONGO'S MARITIME PORTS: NEGLECTED TRANSPORT LINK? [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is likely to remain off the U.S. Coast Guard's "blacklist," following the second USCG visit to Congolese international maritime ports. Two USCG officers visited three of the DRC's eight listed international maritime ports May 1 and 2 to review security conditions and com [...]	2006-05-21 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
06KINSHASA797	IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? [...] (U) DRC's physicians launched a general strike in public hospitals May 8, and are now providing only emergency services. The doctors' primary demands are a wage increase and the payment of salary arrears. 2. (U) April 28, Synamed, a physicians' union, advised the Health and Civil Service [...]	2006-05-22 05:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA800	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC-MONUC OPERATION RETAKES [...] (C) Elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),backed by MONUC peacekeepers, retook control of the Ituri town of Tchei (approximately 43 miles south of Bunia) May 21 during Operation Ituri Explorer. The operation, which was launched May 20 and included some 3,000 FARDC troops and 1,000 M [...]	2006-05-22 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA805	INCIDENT REPORT (KEVIN BILLINGS, JOSEPH ROBINSON, [...] (SBU) Post has been actively working at verifying the welfare and whereabouts of three private citizens (named above) reported missing since May 19, 2006. Although we have not yet received official notification of confirmation of their detention, we have learned that they are in custody of DR [...]	2006-05-22 15:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC CG
06KINSHASA806	DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - Plane crashes continue to plague the DRC's aviation industry. - Belgium will lead a donor effort to help the DRC restructure its civil service. - A Canadian company launched rehabilitation of one Inga Dam turbine as part of a multi-year project. - Employees o [...]	2006-05-22 16:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA818	ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: THE GRAND NORD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited Beni, Butembo and Kasindi in North Kivu province May 4-6. A strong Ugandan economic influence exists in the region, supported by both legal and illegal cross-border trade. Weak national and provincial-level government influence in the region further c [...]	2006-05-23 15:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR CG
06KINSHASA826	DRC ELECTIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 23 that it will extend until May 26 the registration period for candidates for provincial legislatures. According to the previously released electoral calendar, provincial registration was to have ended May 22 (after starting May 2). [...]	2006-05-24 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA827	ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FACES MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As it organizes the DRC's first free elections in more than 40 years, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) faces significant logistical challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country. The lack of an adequate transportation infrastructure makes delivering votin [...]	2006-05-24 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA834	MONSENGWO CONTINUES TO PUSH POLITICAL "DIALOGUE" [...] (U) In an interview published May 22 by the Belgian newspaper "La Libre Belge," Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO),reiterated his appeal for a political "dialogue" to reach a national consensus [...]	2006-05-26 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA837	POLICE SURROUND HOMES OF FOUR DRC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Kinshasa homes of four DRC presidential candidates, as well as those of other prominent political personalities, were temporarily surrounded by elements of the Congolese police beginning the night of May 23. Among the presidential candidates involved were Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga (Conventi [...]	2006-05-26 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA851	ONE MONUC PEACEKEEPER KILLED, SEVEN OTHERS [...] (C) Officials with MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) confirmed that one Nepalese peacekeeper was killed May 28 during an anti-militia operation in Ituri and that seven other Nepalese peacekeepers were captured. During Operation Ituri Element 3, a joint search-and-cordon operation w [...]	2006-05-30 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA853	ITURI UPDATE: MONUC CONFIRMS CAPTURED PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) MONUC sources told PolOff May 30 they have verified that the seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured during operations May 28 (reftel) are alive and being held by militia leader Peter Karim. According to MONUC officials, MONUC is working with a group of intermediaries in Ituri to make contact [...]	2006-05-30 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA859	FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...]	2006-05-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG
06KINSHASA862	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 11,000 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has released figures showing that 11,044 candidates registered to run for 632 available seats in the DRC's 26 provincial legislatures. (Note: More than 9,700 candidates registered for the 500 National Assembly seats. End note.) According to CEI Pr [...]	2006-05-31 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA863	KABILA CONTINUES TALKING TO FOREIGN PRESS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila continued talking to the foreign press with an interview published in the May 25 edition of the French newspaper "Le Monde." In the article, Kabila presented himself as a true Congolese who is ready to work to rebuild and reunify the Congo. Kabila also said the work [...]	2006-06-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA876	RUBERWA ACCOUNT OF MAY MEETING WITH UGANDA [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador that he had a frank but useful exchange in a long meeting with Ugandan President Museveni in Kampala on the margins of the latter's inauguration. Ruberwa said he told Museveni that the GDRC is concerned over continuing reports of Ugandan [...]	2006-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UG CG
06KINSHASA879	Doctors' Strike Spreads [...] (U) Doctor's union members and health employees of Kinshasa's public hospitals have decided to continue and intensify their strike, begun on May 8 (reftel). They say that the GDRC has not made sufficient efforts to respond to their demands. 2. (U) On May 29, SYNAMED, the union that repres [...]	2006-06-02 12:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG

06KINSHASA890	DRC MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - IMF team visits DRC to put a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) in place and to assess situation since the end of the PRGF program. - DRC public hospital physicians launch a general strike while some government enterprises face possible strikes. - DRC Minister o [...]	2006-06-05 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG

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