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06OTTAWA2420	THE PROSPEROUS CANADA-CUBA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s economic relationship with Cuba began in the late 19th century, long before the U.S. embargo. Today, Canada-Cuba economic ties continue to be strong. The annual two-way trade between the countries is around $1 billion USD. About 22 percent of Cuban exports (mostly n [...]	2006-08-12 12:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR CU CA

06OTTAWA2439	CRUNCH TIME COMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In his vigorous efforts to garner industry support for the July 1 softwood lumber agreement, International Trade Minister Emerson and other senior Ministers met with top Canadian lumber officials in Toronto on August 9 to hear their concerns about several of the deal's provisio [...]	2006-08-15 17:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD CA
06OTTAWA2458	CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE JUNE 23 U.S. PRESS ARTICLES DISCLOSING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USG'S TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM AND THE COOPERATION IT RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL "SWIFT" BANK TRANSACTION MESSAGING SYSTEM HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF SWIFT B [...]	2006-08-16 22:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECPS ECON PTER CA
06OTTAWA2467	PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW LEBANON RELIEF FUND [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada will give C$25 million to Lebanon reconstruction and relief efforts. C$15 million will be largely directed to UN agencies and the ICRC and C$10 million will support stabilization efforts and provide civilian support for i [...]	2006-08-17 19:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PREF PGOV LE CA
06OTTAWA2484	CANADA RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON TOP U.S. TRADE, [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, EMIN and Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials to discuss reftel, which had been provided to them in late July. DFAIT was represented by outgoing Deputy Director for APEC Christopher Burton, his replacement Karen [...]	2006-08-18 22:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON APECO CA
06OTTAWA2550	STOCKHOLM DONORS MEETING: CANADIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) On August 25, EMIN presented ref A demarche to Douglas Williams, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),which is Canada's counterpart to USAID. According to Williams, Canada's delegation to the August 31 Stockholm Confer [...]	2006-08-25 21:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID LE PREL SW
06OTTAWA2555	TRANSBORDER USE OF VERY LIGHT JETS [...] Summary: For frequent business travelers, Very Light Jets (VLJs) offer important advantages, including less time spent on the ground before flights, direct flights that avoid multiple legs that often occur under the hub-and-spoke model, and the ability to land on shorter runways than other jet [...]	2006-08-25 22:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA EAIR
06OTTAWA2562	CERTAIN CANADIAN INDUSTRIES' INPUT ON POSSIBLE WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) head Graham Henderson (protect) on August 24 to discuss IP, specifically the USG's role in encouraging GOC to pass legislation implementing the WIPO Internet Treaties. Henderson also briefed us o [...]	2006-08-28 18:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CH KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO USTR
06OTTAWA26	FY 2006 U.S. SPEAKER REQUEST: Former Congressmen [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two former U.S. Congressmen, one Republican and one Democrat, as U.S. Speakers for a program to include Carleton University faculty and students in Ottawa, Parliamentary staff, and government officials, media and academics in other Canadian cities via video [...]	2006-01-05 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP CA
06OTTAWA2615	CANADA'S VIEWS ON AMERICAN IMSO DG CANDIDATE STEVEN LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 16:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS CA
06OTTAWA2766	CANADA "HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION" ON JOINING [...] On September 11 the Ambassador discussed the Secretary's invitation to participate in her press event on the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) with Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, urging that Canada join CAWT and pressing MacKay to attend the September 22 event in New York. Althoug [...]	2006-09-13 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UNGA CA
06OTTAWA28	CANADA: "YES" TO UN RE-HATTING BUT "NO" TO NATO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on 6 January to Wendy Gilmore, Director of the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada. After noting the value of regular weekly conference calls with DOS, UK and EU counterparts, she characterized the GoC's immediate efforts prior to the January 12 meeting as [...]	2006-01-05 19:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CA SU UNSC NATO
06OTTAWA2837	VISIT OF USTR AMBASSADOR SUSAN SCHWAB TO OTTAWA, [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab visited Ottawa on September 11-12 to sign the U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will be voted on by the Canadian Parliament during the week of September 18. Prior to the signing ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Intern [...]	2006-09-18 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EAGR CA CH KS
06OTTAWA2945	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 27, Economic Minister-Counselor presented reftel demarche to Chantal de Varennes, Deputy Director, Francophonie Affairs Division, Foreign Affairs Canada (DFAIT),and Alain Tellier, Deputy Director, Criminal, Security and Treaty Law Division, DFAIT. Both were familiar with t [...]	2006-09-27 22:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM SNAR CA
06OTTAWA2977	NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS [...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]	2006-09-29 22:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3010	CANADA'S TAKE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On October 4, Janice Fitchett (Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Advisor at Foreign Affairs) provided POL M/C with initial Canada's comments on the GI draft documents, which she said had been widely cleared throught the Department. She confirmed that these comments were also being shared [...]	2006-10-04 20:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS CA
06OTTAWA3015	CANADIAN VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) In the Ambassador's absence, A/DCM met on October 3 with Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director. Canada shares our outrage and concerns regarding North Korea's declaration that it planned to test a nuclear weapon. The Foreign Affairs spokesperson immediately de [...]	2006-10-04 22:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM KN CA
06OTTAWA3026	THAI COUP: CANADIANS WERE NOT AMUSED [...] (C) Pol M/C delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. reaction to the Coup in Thailand to Foreign Affairs Office Director Deborah Paul (Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region) on October 5. Paul said our approach was very timely, as she was heading an interagency task force that was seeking ways [...]	2006-10-05 21:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH CA
06OTTAWA3042	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO PREPARATIONS FOR UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) On October 6, A/DCM discussed preparations for UN Security Council action on North Korea with Michael Small, the DFAIT (Foreign Ministry,s) Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for Global Issues and International Organizations. He also followed up with ADM/Political Director Colleen Swords, [...]	2006-10-06 22:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC KN CA
06OTTAWA3089	ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) On October 12, Economic Minister-Counselor presented reftel diplomatic notes to Bill Graham, Director, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination, Industry Canada and Jim MacKenzie, Senior Advisor, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination (Canada/United States [...]	2006-10-12 17:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC ITU CA
06OTTAWA3121	CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS [...] (C) At an October 13 follow up meeting to our September 27 demarche (reftels),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Deputy Director Steven Goodinson told us that arms transfers from Canada to Venezuela were infrequent, that his office was [...]	2006-10-13 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE CA
06OTTAWA3123	CANADA ON 2007 UN PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Missile and Export Control Policy Officer Jean-Christian Brillant on September 29, and at a follow up meeting on October 13. Brillant responded that the GOC supported the USG position, [...]	2006-10-13 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM UNGA PREL CDG CA
06OTTAWA3164	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: POLDIR TO LEAD CANADIAN DEL TO [...] (SBU) We joined our Russian counterpart to convey reftel to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation, Compliance and Export Control Shawn Caza, and Senior Adviser Janice Fitchett. Caza reaffirmed earlier word that DFA [...]	2006-10-18 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PREL MCAP IAEA CA
06OTTAWA3172	CANADA SOLID ON GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA VOTE [...] (C) On October 19, POL M/C discussed the standoff in the UNSC with Patrick Wittmann, Director of the United Nations Division at Foreign Affairs Canada. Wittmann said he was following the UNGA closely and was amazed and frustrated by Venezuela's persistence in the face of Guatemala's clear lea [...]	2006-10-19 21:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC CA
06OTTAWA3179	SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW: EMBASSY VIEWS ON [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada is starting to take important steps toward improving protection for intellectual property rights since USTR kept Canada on the "Special 301" Watch List in April 2006. The new Conservative government is more receptive than its predecessor to U.S. concerns and on October [...]	2006-10-20 20:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR
06OTTAWA3205	MAPPING THE BORDER:NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPOBELLO/LUBEC [...] The Lubec Maine/Campobello Island, New Brunswick crossing is the easternmost land border port of entry on our northern border. The island -- in Canada is only accessible to the rest of Canada by road through the U.S., mirroring our westernmost port of entry in Point Roberts, Washington, a pie [...]	2006-10-24 15:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA PTER PGOV CVIS PHUM
06OTTAWA3224	NEW TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON CANADA'S CRIMINAL [...] (U) On October 24, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has been designated as a terrorist organization under Canada's Criminal Code. 2. (U) All Canadian [...]	2006-10-25 19:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PTER AF CA
06OTTAWA3229	218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD [...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]	2006-10-25 20:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MX CA
06OTTAWA3248	APEC 2006: CANADA'S PRIORITIES [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Foreign Affairs Canada APEC Deputy Director Karen Garner told EMIN on October 26. Garner stated that Canada would urge APEC members to support an "ambitious, successful conclusion" to the Doha round, and said APEC refor [...]	2006-10-27 11:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO
06OTTAWA3251	IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY GROUP MEETING IN KUWAIT: [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 15:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PREL EINV CA IZ
06OTTAWA3253	CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...]	2006-10-27 17:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI
06OTTAWA3264	CANADA SEEKS AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS AT RIGA, GOC WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canadian thinking on NATO enlargement tracks with U.S. policy. The GOC will seek consultations in Washington in early-to-mid November to discuss the broad range of topics on the Riga Summit agenda, including enlargement. Canada will continue to press its NATO allies to burd [...]	2006-10-30 15:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CA
06OTTAWA3296	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO): [...] (C) This response on Embassy Ottawa's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers (TFCO) is keyed to para. 9 of reftel: a) Embassy Ottawa's TFCO is Brian J. Mohler, Economic Minister-Counselor, office phone: (613) 688-5214, email: MohlerBJ@State.gov; classified email: MohlerBJ@State.sgov.gov. [...]	2006-11-01 19:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC ECON KTFN KVPR PREL PTER CA
06OTTAWA3302	CANADA SEEKS TO AMEND MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (U) Summary: The Harper Government has introduced a bill (C-25) in Parliament to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to ensure Canada's global leadership in combating organized crime and terrorist financing. In his introduction of the bill on October 5, [...]	2006-11-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PTER CA
06OTTAWA3333	Income Trust Tax Loophole Closed [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move that sent Canada's financial markets reeling, the Canadian federal government announced on October 31 that it would start taxing income trusts as regular corporations. The GOC took the action to stem lost revenue as more Canadian companies threatened to restru [...]	2006-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON CA
06OTTAWA3373	CANADA MIGHT CONSIDER FURTHER DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN IZ
06OTTAWA3423	CANADA'S CLEAN AIR ACT FACES TOUGH SLEDDING [...] (U) Summary: Less than two weeks after its introduction in the House of Commons the Tories' highly anticipated "made-in-Canada" environmental plan, the Clean Air Act, has been derailed from the standard parliamentary pathway. The bill will likely be subject to a massive redraft in an ad hoc " [...]	2006-11-16 22:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON CA
06OTTAWA3432	CANADA UPDATE ON DONOR PLEDGE FOR SOUTH ASIA [...] (sbu) Econcouns received an update (per reftel) on Canada's disbursement of funds pledged for earthquake relief and reconstruction in Pakistan from Department of Foreign Affairs Pakistan Policy Officer Jon Bonnar and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Pakistan Analyst Stuart Lane [...]	2006-11-17 22:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID PK PREL
06OTTAWA3439	DAS SUCHAN DISCUSSES ITAR WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials and defense industry claim that U.S. refusal to authorize (under the ITAR) access to U.S. defense items by Canadian dual nationals of "proscribed countries" violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is jeopardizing Canada's multi-billion dollar p [...]	2006-11-20 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR CA
06OTTAWA3447	CANADA: COUNTERING ANTI-IP PROPOSALS AT WORLD [...] (sbu) Econcouns delivered reftel points on countering World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat forays into intellectual property issues to Department of Interational Trade Intellectual Property Director Doug George and Senior Trade Policy Advisor Julie Boisvert. George had little immediate [...]	2006-11-21 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO
06OTTAWA3455	Ottawa Studies Further International Aviation [...] (U) Summary: The Conservative government is set to announce a new international air policy in early 2007 that aims to open Canada's skies to more foreign competition and will focus on an "Open Skies" model. Some observers think the move promises to benefit consumers, but not necessarily the co [...]	2006-11-24 16:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV CA
06OTTAWA3458	CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND [...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...]	2006-11-24 20:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA
06OTTAWA3473	WHTI IMPLEMENTATION: CANADA STILL HOPING FOR A [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Comments and statements from a variety of Canadian interlocutors, coupled with Canada's apparent lack of serious preparations, indicate that the government will continue to lobby to delay, alter, or kill the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). WH [...]	2006-11-27 21:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA CPAS CVIS PREL PGOV
06OTTAWA3480	CANADA APPLAUDS WTO RULING ON GMO IMPORTS [...] (U) On November 22, Canadian Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl and International Trade Minister David Emerson welcomed the WTO's adoption of a ruling against the European Union's (EU) treatment of imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Emerson said that "the (Canadian) government h [...]	2006-11-28 16:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EUN WTO CA
06OTTAWA3487	CANADA ANNOUNCES OVER C$40 MILLION IN MICROFINANCE [...] (U) Summary: At the November 12 Global Microfinance Summit in Halifax, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay and International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced that Canada will provide more than C$40 million to three Canadian NGOs to help poor people in developing countries get acc [...]	2006-11-28 20:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN CA
06OTTAWA3491	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic flu: Canadian Plans [...] (U) The Government of Canada (GoC) will send a delegation to attend the fourth international conference on avian and pandemic influenza (API) in Bamako, Mali, December 6 through 8. Canada's Ambassador to Mali, Isabelle Roy, will lead the delegation; her deputy will be Dr. Arlene King, Director [...]	2006-11-28 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CA
06OTTAWA3503	SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) On November 30, Economic Minister presented reftel demarche conveying U.S. views on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on Sustainable Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to an inter-agency group headed by Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director (Policy),Braz [...]	2006-11-30 21:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA
06OTTAWA3511	SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This afternoon the Economic Minister received a formal Canadian response to the demarche he delivered to Canadian officials on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on November 30 (ref B). The reply was sent by Jenna MacKay-Alie, Director General, Americas Directorate, Environment Canada. 2. (U) [...]	2006-12-01 19:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA
06OTTAWA3523	CANADIAN TYPHOON ASSISTANCE TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON RP CA
06OTTAWA3536	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained from Daniel Daley and Louise Branch, the Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Caribbean, Central America and Andean Region Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as well as reporting [...]	2006-12-05 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU CA
06OTTAWA3561	NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...]	2006-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PINR CA
06OTTAWA3564	AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]	2006-12-08 18:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR AF CA
06OTTAWA3566	TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KPAO CA
06OTTAWA3575	TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND INCITERS ADDED TO [...] (U) On December 8, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) notified all Canadian financial institutions that two individuals (together with a number of aliases) have been made subject to the United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations by virtue of having be [...]	2006-12-11 17:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CA
06OTTAWA3591	CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS HIV/AIDS [...] Canada's International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced on December 1, World AIDS Day, C$120 million to fight HIV/AIDS overseas. This is over and above what Canada has previously pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The new funding will support glob [...]	2006-12-13 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO EAID CA XA
06OTTAWA3594	CANADIAN AID TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN HORN OF [...] (U) Summary: Canada is giving C$2.67 million to assist flood-affected people in the Horn of Africa. International Cooperation Minister Verner said that hundreds of thousands of children and adults will receive food, safe drinking water, and shelter as a result of the GoC contribution. The m [...]	2006-12-14 20:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON CA ET KE SO
06OTTAWA3599	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING OECD [...] (U) On December 15, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered reftel demarche on the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) to Mark Moher, Senior Coordinator, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Moher promised to share its contents with L [...]	2006-12-15 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA3604	IPR: LETTER FROM CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER BEV [...] (U) Ambassador Wilkins has received the attached letter from Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda on copyright reform in Canada, which responds to an October 13th letter sent by USTR Ambassador Schwab to Industry Minister Maxime Bernier. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Ministry of Canadian Heritage [...]	2006-12-15 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON USTR CA
06OTTAWA3608	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNAUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Director Michael Rooney on December 11. At a follow up meeting on December 14, Rooney expressed appreciation for our decision to raise the matter with ECD and re [...]	2006-12-18 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC CA
06OTTAWA3613	ADDITIONAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (U) Embassy Ottawa has received an additional Canadian response to the OECD Working Group on Bribery demarche (ref A) that the Embassy Economic Minister-Counselor delivered to DFAIT official Mark Moher on December 15. The initial response was reported in ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text. Respon [...]	2006-12-19 19:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA3620	CANADA COPYRIGHT BILL MONTHS AWAY FROM [...] (c) Summary: In a December 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier stated that he hopes to present copyright legislation for Cabinet approval by the end of February 2007. Bernier said he had tried and failed to introduce a copyright bill before the Christmas reces [...]	2006-12-20 18:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA ECON ETRD KIPR
06OTTAWA3630	CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW AFGHAN AID IN PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: On December 20, Canadian Minister of International Cooperation Josee Verner announced that Canada will contribute C$4.5 million to UNICEF and C$4 million to the World Food Program (WFP) to assist families in Kandahar province. Minister Verner said that "Canada is committed to sup [...]	2006-12-21 21:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREF PREL CA AF
06OTTAWA3632	CANADA TAKES ECONOMIC ACTION AGAINST BELARUS [...] (U) On December 18, Foreign Minister MacKay and International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is taking new measures against Belarus by limiting Canadian exports to that country. "Canada remains very concerned that Belarus continues to ignore international appeals to restore demo [...]	2006-12-21 22:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PHUM CA BO
06OTTAWA3639	CANADA ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTION, [...] Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl announced in Saskatoon on December 20 a C$345 million program to promote the use of renewable fuels in Canada. They billed the program as the next element of the Conservative government's environmental agenda, but this t [...]	2006-12-22 16:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR SENV CA
06OTTAWA37	OTTAWA: ADVISORY ON BANKING SERVICES TO NORTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 21:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON CA KN KJUS KNNP KTFN
06OTTAWA40	WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 17:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO CA WHO
06OTTAWA415	CANADIAN VIEWS ON APEC 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Canadian priorities for APEC in 2006 share broad common ground with U.S. objectives described in ref.A. The GOC is focusing on health security, private-sector-led development, and continuing to use APEC leaders' statements to influence WTO negotiations. End Summary. End Summary. [...]	2006-02-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD APECO CA
06OTTAWA45	OPERATION THUNDERING POUTINE: EMBASSY OTTAWA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to penetrate the headlines and polls, Embassy Poloff and PolFSN visited local Ontario and Quebec campaign headquarters to talk with candidates, campaign managers, and volunteers. The resultant worm's-eye view of the campaign revealed the importance of local issues [...]	2006-01-06 20:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV
06OTTAWA539	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA54	CANADA COMFORTABLE WITH AFGHANISTAN COMPACT TEXT; [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC is comfortable with the current version of the Compact, plans to continue its solid commitment to Afghanistan (C$100 million/US$85 million in FY2006) and is moving ahead with troop deployments. Canada is committed to success in Afghanistan and constantly monitors assi [...]	2006-01-09 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AF CA CIDA FAC
06OTTAWA563	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]	2006-03-02 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA617	SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES: CANADA [...] The GOC's response to the questions posed in SECSTATE 225777 has been sent as an email attachment, with formatting to make the GOC points clearer, to Mr. Frederick Matos, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. We recommend that others inter [...]	2006-03-07 16:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS CA
06OTTAWA669	CANADA NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT MARCH 31 WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Post contacted Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency regarding reftel demarche. Canadian funding to the Balkans is declining, with the intention of winding up programs there by 2010. 2. (SBU) Though the new government's foreign policy priorities will n [...]	2006-03-10 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BK CA
06OTTAWA756	OTTAWA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: COLLECTIVE REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Post presented the demarche and talking points to Joanne Hamilton, Deputy Director of Services Trade Policy Division, International Trade Canada. Ms. Hamilton indicated that she is in touch with U.S. counterparts in DC on this issue, and she added that Canadian industry groups have als [...]	2006-03-17 14:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO
06OTTAWA796	CANADA: MORE ON FUNDING FOR STATE COURT WAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 19:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL BK CA
06OTTAWA902	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: COMPANIES URGE RETURN TO TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Canadian softwood industry officials tell the Embassy that they are pushing the Harper government for a quick restart of lumber negotiations, and advising Canadian officials not to waste time trying to reach full consensus in the industry. The officials understand that [...]	2006-03-29 13:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD CA
06OTTAWA907	CANADA WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR FOUR JI INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (S) As requested in ref A, Economic Minister Counselor Brian Mohler (TFCO) and econoff approached Canadians again on March 28, this time at Director level, to urge the government of Canada to join the United States and Australia in sponsoring the designation of four JI individuals to the UN 1 [...]	2006-03-29 22:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC CA
06OTTAWA93	MISSION CANADA 2ND QUARTER FY-06 90-DAY GOALS-- [...] (C) Summary - Much of our attention over the next 90 days will have to do with the January 23 election in Canada and the formation of the next government. Most political observers currently predict, with just ten days left before the election, a Conservative minority government, but even if t [...]	2006-01-12 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT CA CASC ETRD PGOV PREL
06OTTAWA936	CANADA TO HAMAS: NO CONTACT, NO AID, NO JOKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 Canada formally announced a policy of no contact and no aid to the newly installed Hamas-led Palestinian government. The decision was described by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Near East Division as being consistent with Canada's [...]	2006-03-31 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWHG CA XF
06OTTAWA963	CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TALKS TOUGH ON DRUGS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In three speeches over two consecutive days, Canada's new Conservative-led government has underscored the "dire consequences" that underfunded law enforcement and weak sentences have had on increasing rates of drug crime and has offered potentially significant reforms to addr [...]	2006-04-04 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR CA
06OUAGADOUGOU420	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) DCM presented demarche to Salifou Sawadogo, Chef de Cabinet of the Prime Minister. The President and Minister of Foreign Affairs are both out of the country, and the Prime Minister is unavailable until next week. Sawadogo took careful notes as DCM presented demarche, summarized the a [...]	2006-06-02 14:00:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CH IR SG
06PANAMA10	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JANUARY 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic/trade environment. [...]	2006-01-04 20:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC ETRD PM CA GT ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
06PANAMA1016	PANAMA NONCOMMITTAL ON NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT [...] (U) Post conveyed talking points (reftels A and B) to Panamanian MFA International Organizations Director Javier Bonagas May 25. Bonagas was noncommittal on both subjects but agreed to pass on the U.S. position to FM Samuel Lewis Navarro. 2. (S) Bonagas said he realized the Non-Aligned Mov [...]	2006-05-26 20:11:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	AORC IR KNNP PREL IAEA UNSC AMGT UNGA
06PANAMA1029	PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND [...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...]	2006-05-31 22:45:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU
06PANAMA1044	PANAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE LEAVES TORRIJOS WEAKER [...] (C) The April 28 cabinet changes (Reftel A) exposed and intensified a rift dividing President Torrijos's inner circle from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) rank and file. Although Torrijos and Consejo (Intelligence Chief) Leonel Solis succeeded in removing Minister of Government and J [...]	2006-06-02 18:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1050	PANAMA: FOREIGN MINISTER RECEPTIVE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eaton delivered talking points (reftel) to FM Samuel Lewis yesterday afternoon. Lewis told Ambassador Eaton that he welcomed the U.S. initiative and would look for an opportunity to make a public statement. Lewis also said he hoped that this bold and welcome step by the U.S [...]	2006-06-02 21:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM NEA IR
06PANAMA1072	PANAMA CITY MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CANAL [...] (SBU) During a brief but intense conversation on May 22, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro told Emboffs that possibilities for the GOP to win a potential Canal referendum in 2006 are close to null. Navarro, a usually cheerful and positive character, was pessimistic when explaining why he, [...]	2006-06-05 21:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA1092	GOP TURNS TO CHAVEZ TO BOOST CANAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) The GOP has invited Venezuelan President Chavez to attend the June 22 Congreso Anfictionico in Panama in an attempt to sway leftist voters, trade unions, and students before the upcoming Canal expansion referendum, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador in a June 1 mee [...]	2006-06-07 00:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EWWT PM
06PANAMA1099	PANAMA: MFA VICE MINISTER "DOUBTFUL" ON CUBAN AND [...] (SBU) Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Ricardo Duran. Duran told Pol Counselor he was doubtful that Panama would accept migrants from Guantanamo but he would check with MFA for a final answer. Comment: Duran's answer is a diplomatic "no." In recent years, Panama h [...]	2006-06-07 20:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CU ES GT NU PA PM SMIG UY
06PANAMA1101	PANAMA DID NOT VOTE AT NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 21:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP USNC IR
06PANAMA1104	PANAMA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act. Text is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of four claims of United States citizens that may be [...]	2006-06-08 12:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV PM
06PANAMA1116	EMBASSY PANAMA SHARPENS ITS FOCUS ON SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Country team met off-site to assess the status of U.S./Panama bilateral relations, review our priorities and ensure the correct alignment of USG activities and resources. Participants reached consensus that USG interests were best served by focusing on three strategic areas: secu [...]	2006-06-09 16:41:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KSPR EAID AMGT PINS KTAO
06PANAMA1124	POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF NORIEGA'S RETURN TO PANAMA [...] (C) As Manuel Noriega's fall 2007 release from prison draws closer, Embassy consensus is that Noriega's extradition to Panama could lead to political instability and unrest. Alternatively, his extradition to France may actually further U.S. relations with the GOP, although the USG will need a publ [...]	2006-06-09 22:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1166	GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 18:52:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM
06PANAMA1169	PANAMA: EMBASSY ACTION PLAN FOR CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (C) At the invitation of the GOP, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Panama on June 22 for a one-day stop to celebrate the 180th anniversary of Simon Bolivar's Anfitionic Congress in Panama when Simon Bolivar called on individual Latin American countries band together into a hemispheric u [...]	2006-06-15 19:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1174	PANAMA CRIMINALIZES WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) President Torrijos signed an executive decree June 12 to identify and criminalize the worst forms of child labor, marking a significant step in the fight against the worst forms of child labor in Panama. Emboffs attended the signing ceremony, held in a school gymnasium in Penonome, Cocle [...]	2006-06-15 21:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB PA
06PANAMA1187	Money Laundering Panamanian Style [...] (SBU) Acting jointly, DEA and several Latin American authorities knocked out a sophisticated multi-national drug cartel that smuggled tons of cocaine on a monthly to the U.S. Drug lord Pablo Rayo Montano was arrested on May 16 in Brazil. Authorities have seized millions of dollars in assets a [...]	2006-06-16 22:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA1213	PANAMA & VENEZUELA TO SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Econ Chief June 19 that the GOP expects to sign a framework agreement and two related agreements on energy with Venezuela during the June 22 visit of Hugo Chavez. He stressed that the deals would be limited to general agreements "t [...]	2006-06-20 20:59:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG PREL PM
06PANAMA1223	PANAMA COORDINATES RESPONSE TO AVIAN FLU THREAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, 2006, a broad range of GOP ministries and NGOs met to coordinate efforts on Panama's Avian Influenza (AI) National Prevention and Response Plan. Participants included officials from the Ministry of Health (MINSA),Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA),the Panama [...]	2006-06-22 15:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV PM

06PANAMA123	PANAMA DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) [...] (C) On January 17, Ambassador Eaton delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and discussed the GOP's position on a possible emergency IAEA Board meeting to report Iran to UNSC. Ambassador Eaton emphasized to Lewis that Iran has violated both IAEA resolutions and EU-3 agreements [...]	2006-01-20 16:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1231	HHS VISIT BOOSTS REGIONAL FOCUS ON AVIAN FLU [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's June 7-10 visit to Panama boosted the efforts of Central American health ministers to prepare for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or another type of pandemic. Through a series of official meetings and publ [...]	2006-06-22 19:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA1233	PANAMA: REACHING OUT TO ASIAN MISSIONS [...] (SBU) Following up on A/S Shannon's visit to Asia, we reached out to our Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean counterparts to discuss issues of common concern in Panama. While the three Asian missions share a strong focus on developing their countries' commercial and business interests in Panama, t [...]	2006-06-23 16:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK CH JA KS
06PANAMA1249	PANAMA'S 2006 GDP GROWTH OFF TO STRONG START [...] (U) SUMMARY: Panama posted impressive GDP growth during the first quarter of 2006. The 7.9% GDP growth was the largest quarterly GDP growth rate in 16 years. Almost all sectors of economy saw growth in real terms. Increased export demand for agricultural products and construction spending, [...]	2006-06-26 17:28:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAIR PM
06PANAMA125	PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS AND REP DAN BURTON [...] (SBU) Congressman Dan Burton (R-IND) and the Ambassador called on President Torrijos on January 12th to discuss on-going U.S./Panama FTA negotiations and Hugo Chavez's influence in the region. Torrijos reiterated GOP commitment to free trade and sought Burton's help in resolving a key obstacle to [...]	2006-01-20 20:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD OREP PM
06PANAMA1281	PANAMA OUSTS CONTROVERSIAL HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (U) The National Assembly voted June 29 to remove from office controversial Human Rights Ombudsman Liborio Garcia, who had been under fire from women's and civic groups for a 2004 domestic violence incident. In a near unanimous vote, the Assembly found Garcia in violation of the Ombudsman's l [...]	2006-06-30 21:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PM
06PANAMA1286	PANAMA'S CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR FORCED TO RESIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) Director Tomas Paredes told EconOff that President Torrijos requested his resignation on June 26. On June 30, Torrijos nominated Eustacio Fabrega Lopez as the new AAC Director and sent the nomination to the National Assembly for approval. Parede [...]	2006-06-30 22:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR FAA
06PANAMA1287	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION REFERRED FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GoP has submitted its proposal to expand the Panama Canal to the National Assembly. The Assembly must approve having a national referendum on the expansion project by July 15. Legislative approval is expected. If approved, the referendum will be held on October 15. END SUM [...]	2006-06-30 22:33:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06PANAMA1289	PANAMA REQUESTS NOTE EXCHANGE FOR PANAMAX [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Panama has requested a diplomatic note exchange for the August PANAMAX exercise. The note does not suggest any change to our existing policy; it essentially puts on paper what has always taken place in practice. The GOP wants thi [...]	2006-07-03 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PM
06PANAMA1291	PRESIDENT TORRIJOS CHANGES CABINET [...] (SBU) President Torrijos nominated June 29 three new vice ministers to his cabinet. The newly named vice minister for Government and Justice is current ministry advisor Severino Mejia. Current vice minister for Social Development Doris Zapata is the new nominee for vice minister of Housing. [...]	2006-07-03 21:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1292	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION HURDLES [...] SUMMARY (SBU) Financing the canal expansion is premised on increasing tolls an average of 3.5% per year. Panama Canal Authority (ACP) officials are concerned that countries will use Article 5 of GATT (Freedom of Transit) and Article 3 of the Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty to oppose the planne [...]	2006-07-03 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06PANAMA1293	TORRIJOS, URIBE AND CHAVEZ TO MEET REGARDING GAS [...] (C) VP/FM Lewis telephoned the Ambassador on July 3rd to advise him that President Torrijos will be visiting Colombia on Friday, July 7th. On Saturday July 8th, President Torrijos and President Uribe will travel to the Colombian/Venezuelan border to meet with President Chavez. The purpose of the [...]	2006-07-03 22:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET BTIO BEXP PREL XM
06PANAMA1294	PANAMA TO HOST PRESIDENT FOX AT REGIONAL CENTAM [...] (U) Leaders from all Central American countries plus Mexico and the Dominican Republic are scheduled to meet July 11 in Panama for the Eighth Summit of the Tuxtla Mechanism for Dialogue and Coordination. The Tuxtla Mechanism, founded in 1991, is a multilateral forum designed to promote coope [...]	2006-07-03 22:52:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD
06PANAMA1303	CENTAM PRESIDENTS TO DISCUSS DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) The presidents and foreign ministers of the Central American countries, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic will meet July 11 in Panama for the Eighth Summit of the Tuxtla Mechanism for Dialogue and Coordination (see reftel). Agenda points for the summit include: strengthening democracy i [...]	2006-07-05 20:28:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD
06PANAMA1318	PANAMA EXPORTS FULL ALLOTMENT OF 2006 SUGAR QUOTA [...] The GoP's Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MICI) informed Post that as of June 28, 2006, Panama had exported to the United States 49,882.41 metric tons of raw sugar. Panama's sugar export allocation is 52,104 metric tons. The GoP believes the remaining 2,222 metric tons will be used up when [...]	2006-07-06 18:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON FAS
06PANAMA1359	PANAMA HOSTS SUMMIT ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION [...] (U) The presidents and foreign ministers of the Central American countries, Mexico, and Colombia gathered in Panama July 11 for the 8th summit of the Tuxtla Mechanism and the System for Central American Integration (SICA). The foreign ministers held a pre-summit meeting July 10 to finalize th [...]	2006-07-11 21:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD PM
06PANAMA1371	NEW LAW BACKSLIDES ON ANTIâ€CORRUPTION, [...] (C) In a move contrary to his anti"corruption pledges, President Torrijos signed a law July 5 restoring some of the legislative immunities taken away by Panama's 2005 constitutional reforms. Attorney General Gomez may challenge the constitutionality of the new Law 25. One Supreme Court justice to [...]	2006-07-12 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA14	PANAMA: MIGUEL ANTONIO BERNAL'S QUEST TO SAVE UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA [...] (SBU) In May 2005, when newspapers reported that the University of Panama (UP) had issued thousands of false diplomas, Professor Miguel Antonio Bernal quickly took the lead in denouncing the school's administration. Bernal went even further and filed criminal charges against university rect [...]	2006-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PM SCUL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1402	GOP PREVIEWS NEW NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN [...] (S) Summary: At the Ambassdor's request, Panama's National Security Director Erick Espinosa, Minister of Government & Justice (MOGJ) Olga Golcher, and other top GOP security officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs July 14 on Panama's new national security strategy. The strategy is premised [...]	2006-07-17 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA1411	GOP SETS CANAL EXPANSION VOTE FOR OCT. 22 [...] (U) President Torrijos announced Saturday, July 15 that the referendum on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal would be held October 22, 2006. The National Assembly approved the expansion legislation on Friday July 14th in a unanimous 72-0 vote. Three amendments were made to the o [...]	2006-07-18 17:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
06PANAMA1455	PANAMA REELS FROM LOSS TO KEY ANTI-DRUG OFFICIALS [...] (C) The sudden July 20 resignation of Panama's top anti-drug prosecutor, Patricio Candanedo, has dealt a harsh blow to a law enforcement community that was already reeling from the suspicious July 19 death of Franklin Brewster, the top counter-narcotics detective in the Judicial Technical Pol [...]	2006-07-25 20:24:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM PM
06PANAMA147	VP/FORMIN ON EVO MORALES AND U.S.-PANAMA FTA MOOD [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1477	BANK SUPERINTENDENT UNDER PRESSURE TO QUIT [...] (C) Panama's Bank Superintendent Delia Cardenas said President Torrijos had asked her to resign "voluntarily," ostensibly so he could "restructure" GOP oversight of bank and financial institutions. Cardenas also told ECON Chief on July 27 that this was the first time that any of the three Pr [...]	2006-07-28 16:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV SNAR PM
06PANAMA1485	PRESIDENT TORRIJOS TO ATTEND UNGA [...] (U) President Torrijos planned to attend the 61st UN General Assembly and was scheduled to speak September 20 in the second time slot, said MFA Director for External Affairs Javier Bonagas. He told POL OFFS July 28 that the rest of the Panamanian delegation would be finalized next week. Post [...]	2006-07-28 21:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA PM
06PANAMA1518	GOP DIVIDED ON REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Ambassador and Econchief that he remains committed to the Occidental Petroleum refinery project (Ref A) but finds himself a lone voice. He said President Martin Torrijos, VP/FM Samuel Lewis Navarro, and other cabinet me [...]	2006-08-04 15:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1532	TORRIJOS PICKS EX-CHASE MANHATTAN GM AS NEW BANK [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, President Torrijos appointed Olegario "Gary" Barrelier as Panama's new Bank Superintendent. Barrelier is a well-respected, albeit elderly, banker. He replaces Delia Cardenas, whom Torrijos had forced to resign two years before her second (and final) term was due to exp [...]	2006-08-08 16:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV SNAR PM
06PANAMA1578	SAN MIGUELITO AND PANAMAQS GROWING GANG PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Gang activity in Panama is growing, but so too is the GOPQs awareness of the problem as well as GOP and civil society response to it. Gang activity is evident not only in the capital itself, but also in small communities such as San Miguelito, also part of the metropolitan area of Pana [...]	2006-08-11 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI
06PANAMA1580	GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST [...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]	2006-08-11 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA1586	PANAMA ORDERS ARREST OF EX-NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia ordered on 11 August 2006, via Interpol, the arrest of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and three of his accomplices who were ordered to appear in court on 25 August 2006. Aleman is accused of laundering USD 58.2 million through Panamanian banks a [...]	2006-08-14 22:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL KJUS KCRM
06PANAMA160	PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFRONTS PRISON ABUSE [...] (U) Panama's Attorney General made an unscheduled visit to La Joya Maximum Security Prison following newspaper reports detailing prisoner abuse by guards in the crowded facility. After her visit, the AG told reporters she had found evidence of human rights violations and that the police cus [...]	2006-01-26 20:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1628	PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PANAMA [...] Panama's Minister of Education Miguel Angel Canizalez called July 27 for educational reforms at all levels--including elementary, middle, and high schools--in order to remain competitive. Canizales' remarks were in step with President Torrijos' proclaimed desire to advance educational reforms [...]	2006-08-18 21:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI
06PANAMA1629	SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...]	2006-08-18 21:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM
06PANAMA1649	CANAL EXPANSION REFERENDUM: INDECISION GROWS, [...] (C) The undecided vote for the October 22 Panama Canal expansion referendum has grown about five points to 28.5 percent in the last two months at the expense of both the &yes8 and the &no8 votes, according to a recent Dichter and Neira poll. Embassy interlocutors cite lack of confidence in the gov [...]	2006-08-24 15:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD PREL PM
06PANAMA1650	AMBASSADOR LUNCH WITH CFZ GENERAL MANAGER NILDA [...] (SBU) Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano told Ambassador on 14 August 2006, that she is disappointed over the lack of GOP action to gain support for the Canal Referendum. A self-described "leftist radical," Quijano enjoys good support from Panama's business community and has been [...]	2006-08-24 15:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EWWT PM
06PANAMA1652	THE RULING PRD: THE CANAL REFERENDUM AND BEYOND [...] (C) The Panama Canal expansion referendum will have political implications for the Torrijos administration far beyond the tangible impact of the project itself. President Torrijos confronts the referendum from an uncertain position in his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) and with vocal opposi [...]	2006-08-24 23:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
06PANAMA1659	PANAMA'S BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL FORCE [...] (C) Alternative Political Force (Fuerza Politica Alternativa -- FPA) leader Olmedo Beluche said his goal was to establish the Bolivarian FPA as a political party, in an August 21 meeting with POLCHIEF and POL TDYer. Beluche underscored that his more immediate concern was reforming Panama's "undem [...]	2006-08-25 16:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON
06PANAMA1662	WORRIED TORRIJOS DROPS IN ON AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 22:08:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KCRM SNAR ETRD ELAB CU PM
06PANAMA1663	PANAMA TO PAY IATTC DUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 16:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV PM
06PANAMA1719	PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 17:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS
06PANAMA1726	TORRIJOS APPEALS TO PUBLIC FOR CANAL EXPANSION [...] (U) President Torrijos urged the Panamanian people to take advantage of the "unique and possibly irrepeatable" opportunity of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum in his September 1 "state of the nation"- like address. Torrijos called on Panamanians to vote according to what was best for [...]	2006-09-07 17:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PM
06PANAMA1753	SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 15:51:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM PM
06PANAMA1793	PANAMA'S OFF SHORE CORPORATION INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama is the second most popular jurisdiction in which to form offshore corporations (sociedad anonimas or anonymous societies) after Hong Kong. The advantages to incorporating in Panama include: the ease and flexibility of forming a corporation, well-established corporation [...]	2006-09-13 16:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM
06PANAMA1798	FINCEN DIRECTOR BOOSTS USG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This message is SENSITIVE. Please protect accordingly. 2.(U) Summary: FinCEN Director Robert Werner, Deputy Director William Baity, and staff member Mauricio Pastora visited Panama on August 23 and 24. Director Werner delivered the keynote address at the 10th Hemispheric Conference on M [...]	2006-09-13 22:48:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PM
06PANAMA1820	BENEFICIARIES OF PANAMA'S OFF SHORE CORPORATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama is the second most popular jurisdiction for forming offshore corporations (sociedad anonimas or anonymous societies) after Hong Kong. Offshore corporations can be used for asset protection, diversification, tax and currency control evasion, money laundering and terroris [...]	2006-09-15 17:33:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRK KCRM PTER PM
06PANAMA1825	PANAMA NONCOMMITTAL ON NAM DEMARCHE ISSUES [...] (U) Panama continues to support Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council, MFA Deputy Director for External Politics Vladimir Franco told POLOFFS September 8. Franco was less enthusiastic about USG views on terrorism, democracy in Cuba, and the Middle East (see reftel A). He doubted [...]	2006-09-18 18:36:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1836	GOP SLEIGHT OF HAND DEALING IN GAMING INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite overcoming two key bureaucratic hurdles, U.S.-based Merit Management continues to encounter what they believe to be high-level GOP obfuscation and delays in securing the license for its $8 million casino in Colon. Merit attributes its delay to financial incentives from the exi [...]	2006-09-19 20:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA184	(C) PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS: LACK OF U.S. [...] (S) During a January 30 meeting with Ambassador and DOD DASD Roger Pardo-Mauer, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos Espino shared his frustration with what he perceives as a leadership void created by a lack of a coherent U.S. strategic vision for the region. In his view, the increasingly r [...]	2006-02-01 12:24:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PGOV PREL ETRD PM
06PANAMA1842	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN: REALITY OR GIMMICK? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hoping to boost the odds of a favorable outcome on the October 22 Panama Canal (Canal) expansion referendum, President Torrijos on August 16 announced plans to hold a national dialogue for establishing a national development plan (NDP). Support for an NDP enjoys broad support ac [...]	2006-09-20 15:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06PANAMA1868	PANAMA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Panama's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or cr [...]	2006-09-22 16:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR PM
06PANAMA190	PANAMA: INCREASING URGENCY ON CANAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) A flurry of recent detailed discussions at the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to discuss the proposed Canal expansion suggest that the GOP is speeding up its internal technical process, in order to hold a constitutionally mandated referendum in 2006. Amid the hubbub at ACP headquarters, one [...]	2006-02-01 21:51:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
06PANAMA1932	PANAMA REPORTS NO COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) Contrary to a recently published U.S. Department of Labor report, there were no official cases or claims of children trafficked for sexual exploitation in Darien Province, Head of the Panamanian Judicial and Technical Police's sex crimes unit Ana Cecilia Cajar said. Cajar wrote in a Se [...]	2006-09-29 18:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB PM
06PANAMA1999	GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...]	2006-10-11 15:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2005	PANAMA'S THREE WAY RACE FOR A CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Panama appears to be the site for up to three proposals for the construction of a regional petroleum refinery. During his June 2006 visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to build a 130,000 barrels per day refinery in Panama (Refs A & B). The MesoAmerican Energy Initiative [...]	2006-10-11 20:47:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2018	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY FORE [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to share our transformational diplomacy agenda and to help advance U.S. interests. Your dialogue with our Mission and key govern [...]	2006-10-13 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT OVIP PGOV PREL ECON PM
06PANAMA2026	OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT: PANAMA AGREES TO DELETE CRS [...] On October 2, 2006, Post received a letter from the GoP's Ministry of Foreign Relations (MFA) acknowledging the GoP's agreement to delete the computer reservation systems (CRS) provisions contained in Annex 3 of the Air Transport Agreement between the GoP and the USG. 2. Below is an unoffic [...]	2006-10-16 21:40:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA PM
06PANAMA206	PANAMA: PORTOBELO - LANDMARK TOWN ONCE PLAGUED BY [...] Portobelo is a small village of 7,000 people on Panama's Atlantic coast, located on a difficult road 40 kilometers east of Colon. Community leaders invited EmbOffs to visit and discussed their town's needs and their concerns about drug traffickers who transit the coastal waters. Portobelo c [...]	2006-02-03 21:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM SNAR
06PANAMA2087	PANAMA RESPECTS U.S. POSITION BUT CAN'T COMMENT ON [...] (SBU) Panama cannot comment on Mexico's proposed OAS declaration on U.S. border security because it has not yet seen the text, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff October 24. However, Franco stated that Panama understood and respected the sovereign right of cou [...]	2006-10-24 20:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS PM
06PANAMA2088	PANAMA SEEKS BALANCE ON NAM LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Panama will seek a balanced approach on Israel/Lebanon issues but cannot guarantee it will vote against the NAM resolution on Lebanese children's human rights, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff October 24. Franco said Panama could not decide its vote wi [...]	2006-10-24 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA2102	STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH MOGJ GOLCHER [...] (SBU) "The United States is Panama's strategic partner of choice on security issues, but Panama needs additional resources to strengthen its security infrastructure," Minister of Government and Justice Olga Golcher told STAFFDEL Meacham and Toon on October 18. Golcher lauded the bilateral re [...]	2006-10-26 15:07:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2103	STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH FM LEWIS [...] (SBU) Passage of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was key to deepening the bilateral relationship and facilitating cooperation in security issues, First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis told Meacham and Toon October 18. Lewis discussed strategies to shore up Congres [...]	2006-10-26 15:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD PM
06PANAMA2105	LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is post's response to Reftel A. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- ENERGY SECTOR - HYDROCARBONS ---------------------------- 2. (U) Panama's energy sector consists of the hydrocarbons industry and the electricity sector. Panama's hydrocarbons industry was 100 [...]	2006-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV PM
06PANAMA2106	TROUBLED ADOLESCENCE FOR PANAMA'S RESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU). Panama's residential tourism industry is struggling to maintain its momentum in the face of rising prices, increased construction costs and potential excess supply. According to Paul McBride, CEO of Panamanian real estate marketing company Prima Panama, the selling price of the averag [...]	2006-10-26 15:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC MRS
06PANAMA2111	AMCIT V. AMCIT IN PANAMA'S BOCAS DEL TORO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago is a complex region of islands, mainland bays, rivers and forested mountain slopes on the Caribbean side of the Panamanian isthmus 20 miles from the Costa Rican border. The area has a high diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and is hom [...]	2006-10-27 14:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC KMRS PM
06PANAMA2112	PANAMA CERTIFIES CANAL REFERENDUM RESULTS- 78 [...] (U) The official results of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum were 705,144 "yes" votes in favor of expansion (77.80 percent) and 201,247 "no" votes (22.20 percent). There were 9,967 blank ballots cast and 7,673 null votes, where voters marked both options. Panama's Junta Nacional de [...]	2006-10-27 14:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PM
06PANAMA2129	USG ADVOCACY FOR AMERICAN BENEFICIARIES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests Department's guidance on the extent of advocacy services to be provided for Amcit beneficiaries and Amcit executor alleging corruption and delayed due process in the Panamanian courts, during the settlement of the estate of Wilson Charles Lucom. [...]	2006-10-30 21:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN CASC PM
06PANAMA2189	PANAMA WILL CONSIDER CUBA RESOLUTION AND AMENDMENT [...] (SBU) Panama is not familiar with the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo resolution but will consider the U.S. viewpoint, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff November 8. He agreed to transmit the U.S. message and talking points (reftels A and B) to the Pa [...]	2006-11-08 15:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA PM
06PANAMA2207	FM LEWIS ON UNSC, CORRUPTION, FTA, REGIONAL [...] (C) Panama will be a voice for all of Latin America on the UN Security Council and is willing to help the USG spread its message, Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador November 8. He also addressed corruption, saying the court system is the crux of Panama's co [...]	2006-11-09 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD KCOR PM
06PANAMA2228	PANAMA NAMES NEW ELECTORAL MAGISTRATE [...] (SBU) In a move seen as an affront to President Torrijos, the Supreme Court named electoral prosecutor and dual American citizen Gerardo Solis as its pick for the three-magistrate Electoral Tribunal. Solis, who began his six-year term November 13, was rumored to be the choice of former Presi [...]	2006-11-15 20:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PM
06PANAMA2248	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 05-1009444 [...] (U) EconOff spoke with Rogelio Medina, owner and director of Helicopteras Agricolas SA (HA),on November 13, 2006, and Robert Harmon, HA maintenance officer, on November 8, 2006. 2. (U) Both HA officials confirmed the order to purchase one SA319B Alouette helicopter from William Seltenrich. [...]	2006-11-17 21:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PM
06PANAMA2259	RESPONSE TO GOP ON DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) The Public Ministry, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has requested a copy of the Department of Labor child labor report that generated front-page controversy when it was released in September 2006 (reftel). Panamanian press reports misquoted the report, saying that according to t [...]	2006-11-21 21:21:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB PM
06PANAMA2268	FM BACKTRACKS ON TORRIJOS PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) After several attempts to wiggle out of a bad position, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro admitted to the Ambassador November 21 the GOP had "screwed up" when attempting to draw a distinction between President Torrijos's role as President of Panama and as Secretary General of the PRD (the ruling party) [...]	2006-11-22 20:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2269	ORTEGA WANTS TO SEND POSITIVE MESSAGE TO U.S., [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told Panamanian President Torrijos November 21 that he wants good relations with the United States. His visit to Panama sends a signal that Nicaragua can be a positive player in the region, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador the same day. Panam [...]	2006-11-22 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2272	HEALTH MINISTER UNDER FIRE, BUT NOT (YET) OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The deaths of some 44 Panamanians from poisoned medications produced and distributed by the GOP's Social Security Fund (CSS) have prompted growing calls for the ouster of Minister of Health Camilo Alleyne and CSS Director Rene Luciani. Although several CSS employees and execut [...]	2006-11-24 15:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV KSCA CDC PM
06PANAMA2282	PANAMA: TEXTILE & APPAREL STATISTICS [...] The following comes from the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic of Panama unless otherwise noted: - Total industrial production: full year 2005: $1,118,452,300; first 6 months 2006: $596,476,000 - Total textile & apparel production: full year 2005:5,034,837; first 6 months 2006: [...]	2006-11-29 16:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX
06PANAMA2287	PANAMA HINTS AT FUTURE PRIVATIZATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GoP has hinted through a letter to the World Bank that it may seek to privatize certain government assets in order to reduce public debt levels. However, the GoP has no current plans or agreements to further privatize any public assets. Private sector credit analysts believe [...]	2006-11-30 13:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06PANAMA2303	PANAMA: 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.84 billion in 2005, an increase of $334 million from $1.5 billion in 2004. This represented the U.S.'s seventh largest trade surplus world-wide. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $2.17 billion, up 18.2 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. [...]	2006-12-01 14:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD
06PANAMA2319	PANAMA - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE 05-1011679 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 21:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PM
06PANAMA2320	MERIT MANAGEMENT RECEIVES CASINO LICENSE [...] (SBU) U.S. investor, Merit Management, received its license to operate the Mallorca Casino in the Sol Melia Hotel in Colon on October 11, 2006. After a lengthy battle of more than 12 months involving allegations of corruption and obfuscation on behalf of GOP officials (reftels),Panama's Mini [...]	2006-12-04 21:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA233	FTA: GOP WRESTLES WITH POLITICAL STAKES AND [...] (C) Summary: President Martin Torrijos told visiting U.S. Representative Sander Levin on Jan. 26 that he is committed to resolving USG concerns on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues and to concluding a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. Public support for the FTA has slipped dramatical [...]	2006-02-08 02:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2355	TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Posts inter-agency Illicit Finance Task Force reports that the GOP does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities. Panama's Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) and Superintendency of Banks rely on the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist List and the OFAC website in exec [...]	2006-12-07 19:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA2357	PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained by the GoP's Comptroller General's offices, the GoP Ministry of Foreign Relations, the administrative offices of the Colon Free Zone, various industry and third country publications and conversations with various Panamanian [...]	2006-12-07 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PM CU
06PANAMA2372	PANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post delivered reftel letter to MFA Director for Foreign Policy Javier Bonagas November 1. Below is an unofficial translation of the text of the MFA's reply, diplomatic note DGPE-DG-348-2006 dated November 21, 2006. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. (Complimentary opening.) As a member of the Uni [...]	2006-12-13 16:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS PM
06PANAMA2374	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION NEXT STEPS PART I: CONTRACT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On December 5 and 12, 2006, the US Department of Commerce Foreign Commercial Service in Panama (FCS) hosted a Webinar (internet conference) with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) officials to discuss the contract bidding process for the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project (Pr [...]	2006-12-13 20:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT FCSC PM
06PANAMA2375	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION NEXT STEPS PART II: [...] (U) SUMMARY. At a December 6, 2006 meeting with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Chief Financial Officer Jose Barrios Ing told EmbOffs that he believes the ACP will need to raise $2.5 billion in debt financing, not $2.3 billion as the ACP originally estimated. Barrios also prefers to have the deb [...]	2006-12-13 20:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT FCSC PM
06PANAMA2379	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TRANSLATION- PANAMA [...] (U) Embassy Panama plans to translate post's 2006 human rights report locally. Post does not anticipate using Language Services. Arreaga [...]	2006-12-14 16:41:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO
06PANAMA2392	UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Please find below updated information on child labor in Panama, divided by section. Post will report additional statistics septel as they become available. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor ----------------------------------- - The Comptroller General's Office reports that over 47, [...]	2006-12-15 21:59:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PM
06PANAMA2412	REFINERY, FUEL HUB AND BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November, representatives from state-run Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) met with Panama's Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) to discuss the proposed refinery and tour the Puerto Armuelles site (Ref A). Favorably impressed with Panama's economic and p [...]	2006-12-19 18:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PGOV PM
06PANAMA2442	FM LEWIS ON TORRIJOS TRAVEL, PARTY FUTURE, COURT [...] (C) President Torrijos plans to visit the United States in February and may seek an appointment with President Bush, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador December 27. The most likely day for the meeting request with President Bush is February 26, the same day Torrijos is schedu [...]	2006-12-28 19:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2451	PANAMA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama continues to be a strong partner with the United States in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the United States, and other [...]	2006-12-29 18:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS PM
06PANAMA267	PANAMA: RULING PARTY LEGISLATORS DISGRUNTLED AT [...] (SBU) PRD legislators are angry at President Martin Torrijos for failing to consult and for ordering them around. Several ruling-party legislators told Emboff recently that they are disappointed and feel "used" by a Torrijos leadership style they see as arrogant, high-handed, presumptuous, an [...]	2006-02-10 22:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
06PANAMA303	EMBASSY ACTS TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH PANAMANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador recently held two dinners linked to Islamic religious celebrations to launch an Embassy effort to help create an atmosphere of mutual respect and candid interchange and to reverse increasing local perceptions of anti-Muslim policy bias by the United States. The Ambassador's effort [...]	2006-02-15 20:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA317	RETIREES & INVESTORS FLOCK TO SUNNY, SAFE & [...] SUMMARY. With an estimated 30 million Americans scheduled to retire in 2006 (and every year for the next 18),the race is on for affordable attractive property in mild climates. Panama is set to become the third most popular destination for American expatriates in the hemisphere following M [...]	2006-02-17 15:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PANAMA319	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL TOURISM COULD [...] SUMMARY. The economic impact of the residential tourism industry on Panama is set to rival that of the Canal Expansion. Expatriates are having a profound impact on the local economies and communities in which they are settling. These part and full time residents have increased consumer deman [...]	2006-02-17 17:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PANAMA320	PANAMA: G/TIP AND WHA/PPC VISIT TO PANAMA FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy greatly appreciated the visit of GTIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and WHA/PPC Senior Advisor Mike Puccetti. Meetings with Government of Panama (GOP),EmbOffs, and visits to NGO were productive and helpful. Embassy looks forward to working with GTIP to complete the annual Traf [...]	2006-02-17 21:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PM
06PANAMA335	FTA - GOP TO GRANT SPS EQUIVALENCY TO U.S. [...] Summary. Panamanian officials announced February 19 that it will soon grant "equivalency" to the U.S. system for food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) protection. The GOP is finalizing a "decree law" that President Torrijos expects to issue by February 28 to create an autonomous, [...]	2006-02-21 20:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR USTR PGOV PM
06PANAMA337	PANAMA -- CHINA RECOGNITION HANDWRITING IS ON THE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. (See para 3.) SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Panamanian presidential advisor Jorge Ritter on February 20 detailed Panama's thinking about diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for DCM, which he called a "medium-term" pros [...]	2006-02-21 21:50:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM SP CH TW HO
06PANAMA340	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR FY 2006 [...] (U) Panama is pleased to submit an FY 2006 anti-TIP project proposal additional to that contained in reftel B. The proposal comes from the Panamanian Attorney General's Office (PGR) and asks for $125,000 to purchase computer systems, faxes, and digital cameras for the 11 Prosecuting Attorneys [...]	2006-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG
06PANAMA36	EXIT INTERVIEW WITH FORMER PANAMANIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Former Secretary for Planning and Goals Ebrahim Asvat commented on President Torrijos's leadership style, the possibility of an early 2006 cabinet shakeup, and the timing of a future Canal referendum in a December meeting with POL Counselor. Always outspoken and provocative, the bespeckled, g [...]	2006-01-06 19:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR EFIN PM
06PANAMA360	PANAMA - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. 2. Traditionally, Panama has maintained a rather liberal regime for foreign investment [...]	2006-02-24 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM
06PANAMA363	BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON DDTC LICENSE 977347, [...] Per reftel, EmbOffs confirmed the bona fides of Fairmont Company with Panama's corporate registry. Fairmont has been registered with Panama's Public Registry since September 1975. EmbOffs visited Fairmont Corporation and believe its purchase of the Cineflex aerial camera suite is a legitima [...]	2006-02-25 11:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PNAT US

06PANAMA364	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel EmbOffs confirmed the bonafides of Inmunex, SA. Inmunex (International Munitions and Explosives) is a new company registered with Panama's Public Registry in December 2004. The Ministry of Government and Justice Public Security Director told EmbOffs that in its short history Inmun [...]	2006-02-25 11:05:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PN
06PANAMA376	PANAMA: IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN LATIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 17:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PM
06PANAMA380	PANAMA 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During 2005 Panama continued its anti-TIP efforts and enforcement of Law 16, the anti-TIP legislation enacted in 2004. Embassy believes trafficking in Panama is overwhelmingly internal to the country and limited in scale. Panama worked closely with the International Labor Organization [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06PANAMA383	PANAMA: AMBASSADOR EATON DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 18:34:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GT PM UNAUS UNSC VE
06PANAMA40	PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER DANI KUZNIECKY ALERT TO [...] (C) Comptroller General Dani Kuzniecky recently met with Emboff to discuss questionable public bidding cases that had attracted his negative attention. They included the Tocumen airport duty free zone (which involved an American company),the unrelated Pacific "mega-port" project involving a [...]	2006-01-06 22:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BEXP PM
06PANAMA473	OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 18:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE
06PANAMA486	PANAMA HOSTS CENTRAL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Seven presidents, one prime minister and one vice president met in Panama March 8-9 to sign a lengthy and wordy declaration calling for the negotiation of a Central America-Panama free trade agreement (FTA) and possibly FTAs with the European Union and CARICOM. Panamanians mostly do not [...]	2006-03-16 22:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA502	PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) This is part one in a three-part series. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) With over three years to go before the May 2009 presidential elections, the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is already full of ferment and rumors as potential candidates joust for position. The U.S.-educated [...]	2006-03-21 14:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA525	PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) "The Unwanted One" is Part II in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party inner dynamics. Part I (reftel): The Front Runners. Part III (septel): The Veeps. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Ernesto Perez Balladares (PB) is widely seen as angling for another shot at Panama's presidency, [...]	2006-03-23 22:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA533	GOP STRUGGLES TO RESOLVE FTA STUMBLING BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: Panama's trade minister remains convinced the GOP is within reach of an FTA with the U.S. However, First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) fears the deal may be "dead" and hinted that the GOP might turn its near-term focus to the proposed expansion of the Pan [...]	2006-03-24 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EWWT PGOV PM
06PANAMA534	VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND [...] (C) Panamanian First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) told Ambassador on March 23 that he met for the first time with Fidel Castro in Cuba over the March 18-19 weekend. He said Castro appeared to be in good health, as he turned what SLN expected to be a 15-minute "p [...]	2006-03-24 18:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ENRG ETRD PM CU
06PANAMA540	PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) "The Veeps" is Part III in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) inner dynamics. Part I: The Front Runners (reftel A). Part II: The Unwanted One (reftel B). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The PRD's vice presidential candidate in 2009 is likely to be Balbina Herrera o [...]	2006-03-24 19:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA543	PANAMA BANANA WORKERS END STRIKE AT COSTA RICAN [...] (SBU) In response to mediation and a grant from Minister of Labor Reynaldo Rivera, banana workers ended a peaceful strike March 18 that closed the Panama-Costa Rica border for three days. The laborers from Cooperativa de Servicios Multiples de Puerto Armuelles (Coosemupar) blocked trucks and [...]	2006-03-24 20:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA544	PANAMA BRACES FOR NORIEGA'S RETURN [...] (SBU) On Thursday, March 16 Panamanian newspapers reported in banner headlines that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to release former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega on September 9, 2007, after 17 years in a Tampa, Florida prison, and that Noriega would return to Panama. [...]	2006-03-24 20:36:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA610	PANAMA: JUDICIAL PROCESS FINALLY BEGINS FOR [...] (C) Embassy is closely following the money laundering case of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman. The probable cause hearing began on March 30, 2006 following a four-month postponement (for a defense attorney's emergency dental work). Judge Adolfo Mejia, assigned as a replacement justic [...]	2006-04-03 21:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA629	FORMIN WEIGHS USG DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA UNSC BID, [...] (C) On April 5, Ambassador pressed First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) and Minister of the Presidency Ubaldino Real on the importance of Panama's support for Guatemala's UN Security Council candidacy. Lewis Navarro revealed that Mexico's FM Derbez had called him to re [...]	2006-04-06 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PREL PM
06PANAMA723	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS APRIL 26-28 VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. We see your visit as a key element of our strategy to partner with Panama on its Secure Trade and Transportation [...]	2006-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA751	NEW PANAMA OMBUSDMAN TAKES OFFICE AMID A STORM OF [...] (SBU) Maritime lawyer Liborio "Garcia" Correa took office as Panama's third human rights Ombudsman during a short ceremony at the National Assembly on April 3, 2006, amid raucous demonstrations opposing his appointment. A group of enraged women forced their way into the National Assembly cha [...]	2006-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PM
06PANAMA824	PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS SHAKES UP CABINET [...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos announced three major changes in his cabinet during a nationwide radio and TV address this afternoon. The much anticipated changes come twenty months into the Torrijos presidency and were the subject of widespread rumors for several weeks. In the Ministry of [...]	2006-04-28 22:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PM PREL
06PANAMA875	PANAMA TO VOTE AGAINST IRAN MEMBERSHIP IN UN HUMAN [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered talking points (reftel A) to acting Panamanian MFA Director Ricardo Duran this morning. Duran told PolCounselor this morning that Panama will vote against Iran's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. MFA passed the instructions to their UN representative last [...]	2006-05-08 22:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL
06PANAMA884	GOP HAS NO RECORD OF DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIPS [...] (S) Fernando Solorzano, Director of the Panamanian Maritime Authority's (AMP) Merchant Marine Office, advised Econ Chief on May 8 that, based on reftel information, the AMP has no record of any North Korean flagged ships associated with Panama. He said that, as Panama does not maintain a mer [...]	2006-05-09 20:11:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA PM KN
06PANAMA897	PANAMA SNAPSHOT FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is intended as a scenesetter for A/S Shannon and former President Bush's May 11 meeting with President Torrijos. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Embassy's relations with the Torrijos government (GOP) are warm and bilateral cooperation on security and anti-narcotics matters r [...]	2006-05-10 23:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD PM CU VE CH
06PANAMA913	HEALTH MINISTER ON REGIONAL FORUM, AVIAN FLU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Camilo Alleyne anticipates HHS Secretary Leavitt's participation at a regional forum of health ministers the GOP plans to host in early June, with a focus on pandemic flu issues. He is willing to attend the June 6-7 IPAPI meeting in Vienna. Alleyne believes that [...]	2006-05-11 22:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA919	PANAMA: REHABILITATING THE DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) A joke making the rounds in Panama is that the only ex-Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) officer who hasn't found a job in the Torrijos government is Manuel Noriega. The late-April elevation of former Dignity Battalions chief Benjamin Colamarco to the cabinet as Minister of Public Works is [...]	2006-05-12 21:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM VE CU
06PANAMA951	PANAMANIAN JUDGE ORDERS DETENTION OF FORMER [...] (SBU) As first reported by Panamanian television early May 18, Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia has ruled that the money laundering case against former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and cronies (reftels) will go forward. Ruling on the evidence presented during a March 30 hearing, Mejia o [...]	2006-05-18 21:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR PM NU
06PARAMARIBO100	SURINAME RATIFIES COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN [...] (U) Suriname ratified the United Nations Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on February 7. The country signed the Treaty, which bans all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes, on January 14, 1997. Suriname is the 129th country to ratify the CTBT. [...]	2006-02-16 19:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MNUC PARM NS
06PARAMARIBO105	VENEZUELA DEFENDS IAEA VOTE ON IRAN IN THE [...] (U) Under the heading "Venezuela Justifies Its Vote Against IAEA," De West, a Surinamese daily paper published a press release on February 20 from sources at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The paper, which has the smallest circulation in Suriname, ran the article on its second pag [...]	2006-02-22 10:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EU AORC ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO118	COURT REJECTS BOUTERSE'S PRE-TRIAL OBJECTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 24 the military court in the high stakes 1982 December murder case formally rejected all pre- trial objections submitted by convicted drugs trafficker and former military dictator Desi Bouterse and several other suspects in the case. Defense lawyers have already indicated th [...]	2006-02-27 19:30:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM NS
06PARAMARIBO135	BOUTERSE'S NDP PARLIAMENTARY FRACTION LEADER STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 20 Jenny Geerlings-Simons stepped down as the leader of the opposition National Democrat Party (NDP) fraction in the National Assembly (DNA),causing a political stir within her party. While her reasons were vague, political observers cite an increasing rift between [...]	2006-03-03 17:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO141	SURINAME'S STATE-OWNED ELECTRICITY COMPANY NEARING [...] News that Suriname's state-owned electric utility company, EBS, will need to file for bankruptcy unless the Government of Suriname (GOS) quickly intervenes to prevent a shutdown has jostled Surinamers. The Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, has asked the government's accounting o [...]	2006-03-07 19:16:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY KTDB NS
06PARAMARIBO150	INSCR RECEIVES MEDIA ATTENTION IN SURINAME UPON [...] (U) The 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2006 (INCSR) received prominent coverage from Suriname's leading newspaper De Ware Tijd upon its public release last week. The newspaper's headlines focused on the USG recommendation that Suriname devote more attention to dismantlin [...]	2006-03-10 18:34:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO151	INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary. The debate over President Ronald Venetiaan's stated intention for Suriname to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and sign an Article 98 agreement has again made headlines, when the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) launched a campaign to encourage Sur [...]	2006-03-10 18:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO155	CONTINUED CONCERN OVER BOUTERSE'S NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Former military dictator and convicted narcotics trafficker Desi Bouterse's recent statements claiming current conditions in Suriname are similar to those just prior to his 1980 coup have heightened public unease over Suriname's future stability. Adding to the atmosphere was a r [...]	2006-03-14 12:22:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO164	SURINAME CONSIDERS EXPANDING ITS MARITIME BORDER [...] Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lygia Kraag Keteldijk, announced on March 10, that Suriname would exercise its option to increase the country's maritime border (northern Atlantic seacoast) an additional 150 nautical miles under the auspices of the United Nation's Convention on the Law [...]	2006-03-17 13:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA ECON EPET ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO170	SURINAME PLANNING TO HOST REGIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) The Government of Suriname (GOS) is planning to host a regional anti-narcotics conference in September. Minister of Justice and Police and Chandrikerpad Santokhi is the driving force behind the initiative, which is intended to bring together the governments of source, transit and destinati [...]	2006-03-21 19:03:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO174	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM FOR SURINAMESE [...] The March 13-15 visit of two U.S. judges to Suriname was very well received by their Surinamese counterparts, with whom they held intensive discussions about effective approaches to the handling of cases involving trafficking in persons (TIP). The judges also met with academics, members of g [...]	2006-03-22 19:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG NS
06PARAMARIBO175	UPDATE ON SURINAME'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Emphatic recent public remarks of Natural Resource Minister Gregory Rusland that everything is in place for Suriname to implement its PetroCaribe agreement notwithstanding (see ref A),there remains significant opposition among important Government of Suriname (GOS) players. According t [...]	2006-03-23 18:43:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS SP
06PARAMARIBO191	ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES DEA ASSISTANCE, CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary. In recent public statements, Attorney General Subhas Punwasi reiterated his commitment to combating narcotics, praised cooperation between the Government of Suriname (GOS) and DEA, and expressed a desire to increase law enforcement ties with Guyana to stem the increasing quantity [...]	2006-03-31 17:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO201	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON SURINAME CALL FOR [...] This cable is an action request --- see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in Aug [...]	2006-04-07 17:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARAMARIBO214	STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY: DVC SPARKS DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) Embassy Paramaribo held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) titled "Preparing for Elections, It's Never too Early to Start" on April 7 to stimulate discussion between U.S. and Surinamese election experts on improving electoral systems in Suriname. Over the last decade, democracy has taken ho [...]	2006-04-13 20:19:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO217	DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 19:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
06PARAMARIBO219	GROWING DIVIDE WITHIN PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Eight months into his second consecutive term, President Ronald Venetiaan is presiding over an increasingly fractured eight-party coalition. The all- Maroon (descendants of escaped slaves) A-Combination (AC) is in a coalition standoff with the President's New Front grouping over [...]	2006-04-20 12:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO223	DOZENS ARRESTED IN MILITARY DEPOT WEAPONS THEFT [...] (SBU) Summary. Surinamese law enforcement officials have made 29 arrests thus far in connection with a February military depot weapons theft and recovered the majority of weapons stolen. The theft was an inside job that turned out to be one in a string of robberies. Twenty-two civilians, six s [...]	2006-04-20 20:37:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR MARR PARM PREL PGOV
06PARAMARIBO23	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (SBU) Further to the readiness assessment of Government of Suriname (GOS) capabilities conveyed ref (b),post notes that the GOS avian flu working group, consisting of government entities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),had not as of January 9 yet completed its promised avian [...]	2006-01-12 17:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AMER NS
06PARAMARIBO253	IN SEARCH OF VIABILITY: RESTRUCTURING, EU MARKET [...] The European Union's (EU) development assistance package for Suriname's banana sector targeted improving productivity in the hopes of making Suriname's state owned banana company SBBS - attractive enough to potential buyers for the next round of privatization in June 2006. As an African, Cari [...]	2006-05-02 22:49:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EAID ETRD EAGR KPRV HO NS
06PARAMARIBO266	HEAVY FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR DISPLACES [...] (U) Heavy flooding associated with significant rainfall over the last six days is affecting an estimated 175 villages located along Suriname's interior riverways. The government has yet to declare the floods a national disaster, but is calling the situation a "serious crisis." The government [...]	2006-05-08 20:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO270	SITUATION UPDATE 1: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S [...] (U) President Ronald Venetiaan officially declared the regions of Suriname affected by recent heavy flooding (See reftel) as disaster areas in a short evening address to the nation on May 9. The declared disaster zones include areas along the upper Suriname and upper Marowijne rivers. Accordin [...]	2006-05-09 20:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO272	PARTICULARS CONCERNING SEPTEMBER REGIONAL [...] (U) As noted in reftel, the Government of Suriname will host an international anti-narcotics conference from 7-8 September 2006 in Paramaribo. The Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi has now formally invited representatives of the U.S. Government to attend the conference vi [...]	2006-05-10 14:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO277	SITUATION UPDATE 2: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR [...] The Government of Suriname (GOS) continues to investigate the extent of the flooding disaster in southern Suriname, and is struggling to mount its response against formidable logistic obstacles. As noted in ref (b),we received a formal request for assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]	2006-05-12 13:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO28	PROMINENT CASINO OWNER CONVICTED OF MONEY [...] (U) Summary. On 23 December a judge in the Netherlands sentenced Bidjay Parmessar to ten years in prison for drug trafficking, money laundering and fraud. Parmessar, who is a Dutch national, is a well-known and influential businessman in Suriname. He was arrested in March 2005 as part of 'Op [...]	2006-01-13 19:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO280	SITUATION UPDATE 3: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S [...] (U) Heavy flooding is continuing to have severe effects on Suriname's interior. (See reftels). Good news is that water levels are falling in the upper Suriname River region (which saw the greatest initial damage),however, levels are starting to rise in eastern and southern Suriname, especial [...]	2006-05-12 19:46:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO284	SITUATION UPDATE 4: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR [...] (U) USAID/OFDA's three-person disaster assessment team arrived in Suriname on May 15. Team members are currently coordinating with United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC),European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),and the National Coordinating Commission for [...]	2006-05-15 18:48:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO285	BOUTERSE ADMITS TRAVELING TO GUYANA DESPITE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Desi Bouterse, former military dictator and current opposition party chairman, disclosed to journalists on May 13 that he recently made a trip to neighboring Guyana. The trip was made despite an outstanding Interpol warrant for his arrest issued after he was convicted in 1999 by a Dutch [...]	2006-05-16 15:25:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO286	GROWING DIVIDE WITHIN PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S [...] (U) Summary. President Ronald Venetiaan's eight-party governing coalition is becoming increasingly fractured as squabbles have escalated into testy standoffs in recent weeks. The Javanese-based Pertjaja Luhur's (PL) temporary refusal to attend National Assembly sessions (DNA) over a personnel [...]	2006-05-16 19:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO290	SITUATION UPDATE 5: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S [...] (U) Flooding in most affected areas of Suriname's interior has subsided and the disaster response in now focused on stabilization of the situation. Water levels are still rising, however, along the Marowijne and Tapahoni rivers in the east, although less rapidly. Overall, the number of severe [...]	2006-05-17 19:19:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO291	STRIKE AT CANADIAN GOLD MINE IN SURINAME [...] On Sunday, May 14, some 300-500 employees of the Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. ("Rosebel"),a subsidiary of Cambior (Montreal-headquartered international gold-mining company),engaged in a work stoppage called by non-accredited union representatives. This forced Rosebel to suspend all activities [...]	2006-05-17 20:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ELAB ECON EINV SENV NS CA
06PARAMARIBO300	JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi told journalists on May 17 that transnational criminal organizations involved in the weapons-for-drugs trade are working closely together in Suriname and that the FARC is one of these organizations. He made the statement up [...]	2006-05-22 19:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	SECRET	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS CO
06PARAMARIBO305	UPDATE: PATAMACCA PALM OIL PROJECT [...] (SBU) A late breaking solution to difficulties securing financial guarantees has breathed new life into the Chinese Patamacca palm oil project, but this event has renewed controversy over the sound business sense behind the deal. Those opposed describe it as nothing more than a thinly veiled t [...]	2006-05-24 11:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR EINV SMIG TBIO CH NS
06PARAMARIBO311	SURINAMESE FLOODS TWO WEEKS ON: PAST CRISIS PHASE [...] Summary: While the ongoing rainy season may yet bring new challenges, for now the flooding disaster in Suriname's interior is under control. A quick and generous international official and private sector response has been sufficient to meet identified immediate needs. The picture remains l [...]	2006-05-26 15:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO33	INL ASSISTANCE CONTRIBUTING TO CASH SMUGGLING [...] (U) Summary. On December 29 Surinamese police in the western district of Nickerie seized USD 391,000 from a Guyanese man attempting to board a boat to neighboring Guyana after leaping from a helicopter that dropped him on the bank of the Corantijn River. Post's INL assistance is playing a rol [...]	2006-01-18 19:05:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO336	VICE PRESIDENT FACING STIFF OPPOSITION FROM OWN [...] (U) Summary. Nine months after its formation, the governing New Front Plus coalition is plagued by infighting. The newcomer to the coalition, the all-Maroon A-Combination, often finds itself at odds with its coalition partners (see Ref A) while the ambitious Javanese-based Pertjaja Luhur party [...]	2006-06-06 20:05:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO340	THIRTY YEARS OF SURINAMESE CHINESE DIPLOMATIC [...] (C/NF) The Chinese government continues it high profile activities in Suriname and the Surinamese government, if not the general public, is responding warmly. Chinese Ambassador to Suriname Chen Jinghua hosted a reception may 26 to mark thirty years of diplomatic relations between the PRC and [...]	2006-06-09 14:31:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CH NS
06PARAMARIBO343	INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...]	2006-06-09 18:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE
06PARAMARIBO353	INDONESIA SEEKS SURINAME'S SUPPORT FOR SECURITY [...] (U) On June 7, a special envoy from the Government of Indonesia, Ambassador Ambassador Soemadi D.M. Brotodininggrat, met with President Venetiaan, according to the evening newspaper "De West." Ambassador Brotodininggrat reportedly discussed Indonesia's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on th [...]	2006-06-12 19:01:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARAMARIBO38	TRADE MINISTER GILDS RESIGNS AFTER ATTORNEY [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Trade and Industry Siegfried Gilds resigned on January 19 less than an hour after the Office of the Attorney General issued a press release saying that it is investigating him for money laundering and participation in a criminal organization. The investigation surro [...]	2006-01-19 20:18:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO391	SURINAME MAKING EFFORTS TO SECURE BORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Cross-border crime between Suriname and Guyana has been on the rise over the past year. Drugs, cash, goods, gold, arms, and people are smuggled across the poorly controlled border regularly through what is called the "back-track." This term generally refers to the multiple ro [...]	2006-06-21 14:52:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO392	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The arrest of Roger Khan and the USG's request for his extradition has dominated the news since Friday. Post provides a summary of Surinamese press coverage in chronological order to explain the action-reaction of Surinamese officials as they attempt to gain consensus on the disposition of Rog [...]	2006-06-22 12:46:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO399	DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED ROGER KHAN ACTIVITIES [...] (S/NF) WHAT IS THE STATUS OF DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN'S CURRENT RELATIONSHIP? Khan and Bouterse are partners in the drug trade, according to sensitive sourcing. The police suspect that Surinamese citizen Steven Douglas, the owner of local fishing and hunting store "Tacklebo [...]	2006-06-23 18:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV GY NS
06PARAMARIBO406	WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS: DEMARCHE POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 13:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	WTRO ETRD ECON
06PARAMARIBO415	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname and speculation of possible U.S. involvement dominated the news on Thursday and Friday (June 29-30). (See Reftel). All electronic media and print covered the story extensively. Radio and TV broadcasts focused on a chaotic parliamentary meeting Thursd [...]	2006-06-30 19:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO416	ASSET FORFEITURE AND FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. attorney Leslie Westphal and FBI special agent Joseph Boyer conducted an intensive three-day workshop on utilizing asset forfeiture and preparing financial prosecutions with Surinamese prosecutors, investigators, and a legislative expert from May 22-24. The works [...]	2006-06-30 19:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ECON PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO417	REQUEST TO CLARIFY EXTRADITION PROCESS UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para four. 2. (SBU) Suriname remains an important transit country for drugs, with estimates of up to 2-4 metric tons per month moving through the country. Stepped up policing efforts suggest that persons of interest to the United States are likely to be [...]	2006-07-03 18:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS CJAN NS
06PARAMARIBO418	PARAMARIBO RESPONSE OAS MLAT and OPTIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel, on June 19 post delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to no immediate reaction. In a follow-up attempt on June 29, neither the head of the MFA America's Desk nor the International Organizations' Division were yet conversant with the status of the OAS MLAT an [...]	2006-07-03 18:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM SNAR NS
06PARAMARIBO423	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname continues to recei polled believe that Khan is a criminal; with 53.8 percent responding 2. This division of opinion was roughly echoed on July 6 in an unsci 3. On Monday, Sky Radio broadcast a live 3-hour call-in talk show wit 4. DWT al [...]	2006-07-06 18:01:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO424	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname continues to receive both front-page and electronic media coverage this week. (See reftel A and B for earlier coverage). The Times of Suriname published the results of an opinion poll conducted on July 5 by a respected Surinamese polling organiza [...]	2006-07-06 19:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO425	Venezuelan Independence Celebrations: a Blooper in [...] (U) The Venezuelan Embassy in Paramaribo marked the 195th anniversary of independence with a string of events. Celebrations kicked off with an art exhibit on June 30, followed by an evening of Venezuelan food and culture and the crowning of the Queen of the Venezuelan Cultural Institute, a wre [...]	2006-07-07 18:15:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI VE NS
06PARAMARIBO431	MORE ON THE CHINESE IN SURINAME [...] (C) Summary: Recent interactions with the departing Chinese ambassador reflect his country's deepening presence in Suriname as well as a tolerance for unsavory politicians on the local scene. The new Chinese ambassador to Suriname comes from the PRC Embassy in Washington, D.C. End summary [...]	2006-07-11 19:34:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR CH
06PARAMARIBO435	SURINAME SIGNS VISA WAIVER AGREEMENTS WITH GRENADA [...] (U) On July 5 Suriname signed a visa waiver agreement with the Bahamas and Grenada. Suriname had called for the signing of the agreements since January 2005, requesting visa waivers from the two Caricom states for officials traveling on diplomatic and service passports and for nationals for st [...]	2006-07-12 14:30:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CVIS NS
06PARAMARIBO438	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT VENETIAAN REVEALS SUPPORT [...] (C) President Venetiaan told the Ambassador in a meeting on July 12 that while the recent CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St. Kitts had not finalized a formal common position on the UNSC vote, it was his view that CARICOM hoped to reach consensus to support Venezuela in its UNSC seat [...]	2006-07-13 16:49:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC CARICOM VE NS
06PARAMARIBO442	SURINAME FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS CARICOM'S BACKING OF [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk said in a radio interview aired July 14 that CARICOM had chosen to back Venezuela in its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Kraag-Keteldijk said CARICOM members carefully considered the pros and [...]	2006-07-14 19:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARAMARIBO449	MEDIA VIEW - SURINAME FACES ITS TROUBLED PAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 19:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL OAS NS
06PARAMARIBO450	MEDIA VIEW - SURINAME FACES ITS TROUBLED PAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 19:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL OAS NS
06PARAMARIBO46	ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLICLY PRESSES FOR MORE [...] (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in August 1999. Punwasi's comments were unexpected as the "Shipr [...]	2006-01-25 18:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARAMARIBO463	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Embassy staff visited the Shooting Club of Suriname located at Molenpad 73, Paramaribo, Suriname to conduct the requested site visit (reftel). Per conversation with Mr. Roland Tjin Wong Joe manager/consignee on July 12, Embassy submits responses to questions posed by the Blue Lantern Coordina [...]	2006-07-25 19:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NS
06PARAMARIBO55	TWO SUSPECTS CONNECTED TO LARGE COCAINE BUST FOUND [...] (U) On January 26, Surinamese Judge Albert Ramnewash found two men arrested in connection with the April 2005 police seizure of 334 kilograms of cocaine from a residence in Paramaribo guilty of transporting narcotics. (See reftel). Angelo Carrot was sentenced to six years imprisonment and fine [...]	2006-01-30 19:02:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO66	SURINAME'S FIU FOCUSED ON CAR DEALERS FOR NON- [...] A significant increase in car imports in recent years, especially those in the luxury class range valued at US$25,000 and above, and suspected links between this activity and money laundering have prompted a crackdown on car dealerships by Suriname's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Last w [...]	2006-02-03 15:16:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELTN NS
06PARAMARIBO690	USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO VISIT DEMONSTRATES USG COMMITMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Overcoming logistical challenges which significantly shortened his visit, Ambassador John Maisto was an eloquent spokesperson for USG policy in the hemisphere, focusing on democracy, development and multilateralism. In meetings with President Venetiaan, the Ministers of Home Aff [...]	2006-10-30 16:33:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ETRD NS
06PARAMARIBO698	CHINA POPULAR WITH MINISTRIES: LOANS IN ONE DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Ricardo van Ravenswaay, Chinese development assistance is increasingly popular with certain Ministries because loans to companies for development projects are available "in one day." Van Ravenswaay contrasted this wi [...]	2006-10-31 20:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG NS CH CONS EAID SMIG
06PARAMARIBO70	DUTCH HIGH COURT REJECTS BOUTERSE REQUEST TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31 the Dutch High Court rejected a request by former Surinamese military dictator and opposition party leader Desi Bouterse to reopen the case surrounding his 1999 conviction for narcotics trafficking. The decision appears to end Bouterse's long quest to have his conv [...]	2006-02-03 18:54:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KCRM PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO705	PARAMARIBO NONCOMMITTAL ON UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY Per reftel, post delivered message and non-papers regarding the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Suriname showed interest and concern and said it would share a position paper, which we have not yet received. Po [...]	2006-11-03 15:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN NS
06PARAMARIBO707	(S) BOUTERSE DISAPPEARS FROM SCENE, MAY HAVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 16:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	SECRET	PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO709	PARAMARIBO RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche and handed non-paper and bio to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MFA Head of International Organizations Division Nalinie Sewpersadsingh said a recommendation has already been made and that she is waiting for approval. She would not say whom Suriname is s [...]	2006-11-06 14:12:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP ILC UNGA NS
06PARAMARIBO714	ITU DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINISTER AMAFO TO ATTEND [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche and diplomatic notes regarding the International Telecommunications Union plenipotentiary conference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information and had no immediate response. GOS informed post that [...]	2006-11-07 11:49:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ITU NS
06PARAMARIBO715	GOS NONCOMMITAL ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON LEBANESE [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and left non-paper. Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information but had no initial response. 2. (U) Post will inform the Department of any response from GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]	2006-11-07 11:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER NS
06PARAMARIBO72	SURINAME'S POLICE ACADEMY TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR EAID PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO721	ISRAEL AT UNGA: GOS HAS NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche and diplomatic notes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the request to vote against three, one-sided resolutions on the Middle East. Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information. GOS informed Post that the Ministry is reviewing [...]	2006-11-09 18:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS NS
06PARAMARIBO722	EMOTIONS OF SURINAMESE POLITICIANS TRUMP [...] (C) SUMMARY On Tuesday, November 9, the President and Vice President of Suriname cancelled their meetings with visiting Dutch Minister of Planning and Development Agnes van Ardenne. News sources reported that the sudden change in schedules was seen as a protest against the recent security ch [...]	2006-11-09 18:05:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO723	SURINAME: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Post presents its 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States, and has been a transit country [...]	2006-11-09 18:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO729	(C) DESPITE PRESSURE, SURINAME NONCOMMITTAL BUT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Pol/Econ officers have approached the GOS Foreign Ministry on four separate occasions regarding ref A, most recently on 11/15, when the Ambassador and Pol/Econ section chief personally delivered points in reftels A and B. As with all previous approaches, and despite the [...]	2006-11-15 19:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN XG BO NS
06PARAMARIBO736	NO RESPONSE YET IN SURINAME TO CARICOM ON UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 19:01:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA XL NS

06PARAMARIBO748	U.S. SPONSORED JAZZ NIGHT FURTHERS CULTURAL SUPPORT, [...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Paramaribo sponsored a Jazz Night at Caf Tori Oso on Thursday which marked the opening of the annual Jazz Festival in Suriname, and gave Embassy officials the opportunity to develop and strengthen relations with contacts, show U.S. support for cultural events in Suriname [...]	2006-11-24 17:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP OPRC NS
06PARAMARIBO750	NEW SOCIALIST PARTY ECHOES CHAVEZ, BOUTERSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new socialist party, the Forum for Socialism and Democracy (ASD),announced its formation in Suriname. The party expresses a populist leftist ideology and made ideological references to Venezuela among other countries. Two of the party's founders have strong ties to former mi [...]	2006-11-24 18:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO755	ADVANCE OF INT'L MARITIME ORGANIZATION'S MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 13:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06PARAMARIBO758	CONFUSION REIGNS ON SURINAME'S NATIONAL DAY PARADE [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. participation in Suriname's National Day parade was cancelled at the last minute, reportedly on orders from President Venetiaan. Post sees no snub intended, but rather a lack of coordination and clearance within the GOS as the primary reason. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Despit [...]	2006-11-30 14:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MARR NS
06PARAMARIBO769	SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information and promised to share any information it may receive in the future. 2. (U) Post will inform the Department of any response from GOS. GENTON [...]	2006-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS USTR NS
06PARAMARIBO770	SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO USG'S SUPPORRT FOR BAMAKO [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Government of Suriname (GOS). Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head Terence Craig acknowledged receipt of information and said that he seriously doubted that the GOS would send a representative to the conference. 2. (U) Post will inform [...]	2006-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA NS
06PARAMARIBO771	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (C) Per Reftel Embassy Paramaribo, Suriname designating as TFCO and deputy TFCO: a. TFCO: Genton, Thomas R., Title - Deputy Chief of Mission, Phone Number - (597) 472900 Ext 2202, Email - GentonTR@state.gov) b. Deputy TFCO: Sanders, Jesse L., Title - Chief of Political-Economi [...]	2006-12-04 15:10:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NS
06PARAMARIBO772	SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO THE MCC BOARD SELECTION OF [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information. A position paper on MCC, which the MFA official indicated he would be writing on several previous occasions was never produced. MFA official, Terence [...]	2006-12-04 15:10:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KMCA PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO774	U.S. SPONSORED MEDIA TRAINING GENERATES EXTENSIVE COVERAGE, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy sponsored Broadcast Journalism Workshops in Suriname from October 12 - 21, 2006. The trainings, held in Suriname's two largest cities, generated extensive positive media coverage on TV and radio and in the newspapers. In addition, the media training laid the groundwork for [...]	2006-12-06 14:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC NS
06PARAMARIBO788	BOUTERSE, SEEMINGLY FIT, MAKES APPEARANCE AT PARTY [...] (SBU) The National Democratic Party (NDP) re-elected former military dictator Desi Bouterse by acclamation as undisputed chairman and leader of the party at its December 9 party congress. In his keynote address, Bouterse blasted the government and ministers for corruption and mismanagement an [...]	2006-12-12 18:43:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO789	BOUTERSE CONDEMNS TRIAL, SEEKS ROLE FOR HIS PARTY IN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 17:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO794	TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delivered information regarding nine individuals and two entities (reftel) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Terence Craig, acknowledged receipt of information and promised to pass information to Government of Suriname's Central Bank for distribution to all major banks [...]	2006-12-21 12:57:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR NS
06PARAMARIBO795	TERRORISM FINANCE: TALKING POINTS AND Q & AS FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delivered information regarding five individuals (reftel) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Terence Craig, acknowledged receipt of information and promised to pass information to Government of Suriname's Central Bank for distribution to all major banks in Suriname. NO [...]	2006-12-21 12:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO796	SURINAME: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 15:20:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO NS PTER
06PARAMARIBO797	INL FINANACIAL MANAGEMENT STATUS 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 15:21:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT KFSC SNAR NS
06PARAMARIBO798	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION IN [...] (U) In response to ref. A Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, previously submitted in Ref. B. A. (U) Since Post reported on the labor situation in Suriname in 2005, the country has ratified ILO Convention 182 [...]	2006-12-21 17:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
06PARAMARIBO80	SURINAME SEEKS OPEN SKIES (SORT OF) [...] Suriname's Minister of Transportation Amafo has indicated that an Open Skies Agreement with the United States is possible, but her comments suggest Suriname is anxious to preserve CARICOM's dominance on intra-Caribbean routes. This pronouncement comes at a time when the national carrier, Suri [...]	2006-02-08 19:21:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PBTS PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO808	IV REPORTING CABLE: RANU ABHELAKH [...] (U) SUMMA... [...]	2006-12-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP OEXC KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO81	SURINAME'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY REACTS PEACEFULLY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 19:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL NS
06PARAMARIBO811	REPORTING CABLE: MEDIA TRAINING BY DEBORAH POTTER [...] Project/Tracker No.: 26879 2. Project Name: IIP Speaker &Media Ethics8 3. MPP Goal Addressed: Democracy ----------------------------- 4. Brief Project Description ----------------------------- Deborah Potter, Executive Director of Newslab, an online resource center for journal [...]	2006-12-29 12:20:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC OIIP KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO90	BOUTERSE'S NDP PARTY TURNS UP THE PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Surinamese politics has become increasingly rancorous. The opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) is systematically working to exploit unpopular decisions taken by the government, with the goal of undermining a fragile coalition to provoke new elections. A recent chaotic N [...]	2006-02-14 19:14:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO93	PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S GOVERNMENT FACING LOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than 100 days into his second consecutive term, approval ratings for President Venetiaan and his New Front plus coalition are down, with 64% of respondents disapproving of the government's performance, according to a recent public opinion poll. Former military dictator and c [...]	2006-02-15 20:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO94	NEW BIDDING ROUND OPENED FOR OIL EXPLORATION OFF [...] Suriname's Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, announced to the press last week that Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie has opened a new round of bidding to international oil companies interested in off shore oil exploration. This follows an earlier successful signing [...]	2006-02-15 21:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS NS
06PARAMARIBO96	COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW SURINAME'S [...] (U) On February 9, Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi established the 'International Criminal Court Commission.' The commission's main tasks are to advise the Government of Suriname (GOS) on the country's accession to the Statute of Rome; to advise the government on signin [...]	2006-02-16 14:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARIS1006	UNESCO: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION [...] SUMMARY: On February 9, 2006 UNESCO hosted an information session for member states on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Director General (DG),Matsuura and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Culture, Bouchenaki outlined the next steps for the impleme [...]	2006-02-16 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1007	FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNIS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006 the UNESCO Director General (DG),Koichiro Matsuura, and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information, Khan, held an information session for UNESCO's permanent delegations to outline the implications for UNESCO of the World Information [...]	2006-02-16 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS1010	MFA OFFERS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON IRANIAN [...] (C) During a February 15 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan offered additional details on Iranian government manipulation of the Mohammed cartoon controversy, which he said led to a violent protest last week which targeted the French em [...]	2006-02-16 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KISL FR
06PARIS1011	FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]	2006-02-16 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS1020	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. NIGERIA 5. DROC Â [...]	2006-02-17 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1031	SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1036	DEBY BETTER OFF AFTER TRIPOLI. UN DROPPING THE [...] (C) Summary: The French Presidency is relieved at the outcome of the Tripoli summit, which has significantly defused tensions between Sudan and Chad. Elysee Africa Cell Deputy Labriolle reported that Libya was pleased to have demonstrated its diplomatic credibility and had laid the groundwo [...]	2006-02-17 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IV SU CD FR
06PARIS104	MFA, PRESIDENCY ADDRESS UPCOMING MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 discussion of ref A demarche, an MFA official indicated that President Chirac would urge Bolivian president-elect Morales January 7 to govern responsibly and inclusively. Chirac will counsel prudence in moving forward with stated plans to nationalize the natural g [...]	2006-01-06 18:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO CO
06PARIS105	MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]	2006-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1068	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS107	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. SIERRA LEONE 5. ZIMBABWE 6. UGANDA 7. RWANDA Â [...]	2006-01-09 08:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1103	FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN [...] Summary: French authorities confirmed on February 18 the first case of avian flu in a wild duck on French territory. The government has extended the confinement of poultry to all departments of continental France. Vaccination of fowl is imminent in areas where confinement is difficult to en [...]	2006-02-22 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1106	IPDC BUREAU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...]	2006-02-23 06:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1113	UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...]	2006-02-23 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1118	TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...]	2006-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR
06PARIS1129	French Investment Flows Double in 2005 [...] SUMMARY. Based on preliminary data, direct investment flows both to/from France doubled in 2005. French companies continued to invest twice as much abroad than foreign companies invested in France. France plans to intensify economic relations with countries with high investment potential, n [...]	2006-02-23 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS1130	GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]	2006-02-23 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1137	FRANCE: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW YEAR 2006 [...] (SBU) In 2005, the French government stepped up its efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy. In particular, 2005 was marked by an increase in joint activities with French companies and cooperation between the government and the private sector. The GOF has also worked closely with the pr [...]	2006-02-24 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON FR
06PARIS1138	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- EDF's appetite for takeovers grows as profits double (para 2) -- Italians again eyeing Ele [...]	2006-02-24 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1141	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1144	FIRST APPARENT CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN FRENCH [...] (U) Summary: Early on February 24, France's Agriculture Minister confirmed that a flock of domestic turkeys contained highly pathogenic H5 virus. Laboratory results, expected shortly, have yet to confirm definitively the H5N1 strain. However, the flock of turkeys - since culled - was locat [...]	2006-02-24 12:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1169	MTAG: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER FOR MTCR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On 15 February 2006, ESTH/NP Officer met with French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, and provided him reftel nonpaper. Although not named in the nonpaper, Bertol [...]	2006-02-24 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL FR MTCR
06PARIS1184	CHIKUNGUNYA EPIDEMIC ON REUNION ISLAND - [...] (U) Summary: A chikungunya (`chik') mosquito-borne viral epidemic in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become a serious political problem in Paris. Health Minister Bertrand in particular has been roundly criticized for "under-estimating" the epidemic. In an attempt to rein in th [...]	2006-02-24 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC FR
06PARIS1186	FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...]	2006-02-24 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN
06PARIS1187	GOF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) The GoF issued two statements, February 22 and 23, condemning the Al-Askariya Shrine bombing, and stressing the need for national reconciliation in Iraq (texts in paras 2 and 3). MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan told us the GoF statements were intended [...]	2006-02-24 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS1199	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq GWOT - Guantanamo - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 12:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1220	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION [...] On February 22, Senior OES Public Affairs Advisor Susan Povenmire met with Maria Zampaglione, Director of Communications of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),to discuss how the USG and the OIE might collaborate on avian flu public outreach efforts. US Mission for UNESCO Science [...]	2006-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS1222	FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR
06PARIS1224	MFA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points on considerations for an international tribunal for UNIIIC suspects with MFA UN action officer for Middle East issues Selina Grenet February 23. Throughout the discussion, Grenet stressed GoF support for an international tribunal, while emphasizing the need [...]	2006-02-27 19:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE KJUS FR
06PARIS1235	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1236	2/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]	2006-02-28 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1251	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...]	2006-02-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1264	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS128	PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]	2006-01-09 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1282	SUDAN -- URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Pol/MC discussed AMIS re-hatting (ref) with MFA Africa Bureau PDAS Elisabeth Barbier March 1. Barbier fully concurred with our analysis of the current situation, and undertook to review what the French might be able to do in support of the demarches we are making in Tripoli, Cairo and e [...]	2006-03-01 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1289	FRENCH DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to various MFA and MOD officials responsible for Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. On Iraq, the regional bureau described itself as "not opposed" to providing assistance but adduced a number of preconditions to be fulfilled that make assistance unlikely. [...]	2006-03-01 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06PARIS1293	SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]	2006-03-01 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1295	UNESCO: CARTOON ISSUE THREATENS TO HIJACK UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a guidance request, see para 7. On February 15 the UNESCO Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released a statement in response to the Danish cartoons. Among other things, the statement calls for the creation of a normativ [...]	2006-03-01 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL AORC KISL UNESCO
06PARIS1296	(C) MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU-3 ON [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary reaction to the U.S. white paper on Syria/Lebanon (ref A),MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Thibault sought to emphasize the positive, while offering a variety of legalistic arguments on why EU sanctions on Syria were inadvisable or unachievable at this juncture. Thiba [...]	2006-03-01 18:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
06PARIS130	FRENCH IMPRESSIONS OF MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Presidential diplomatic advisor for the Americas Dominique Boche characterized the 45 minute meeting January 7 between President Jacques Chirac and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales as positive. Morales reassured Chirac that foreign investors would be provided a secure legal environme [...]	2006-01-09 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO
06PARIS1301	UNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, UNESCO CHAMPIONS [...] SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: UNESCO has an array of programs related to celebrity advocates, such as goodwill ambassadors, who help focus the world's attention on UNESCO as an organization. The US Mission to UNESCO requests guidance on approaching Mr. Tiger Woods about becoming a UNESC [...]	2006-03-02 09:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS1304	PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...]	2006-03-02 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS1306	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS131	MFA OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff (discussion of Bolivia and Colombia ref B),DAS-equivalent for Latin America Michel Pinard downplayed U.S. concerns about rumored discussions regarding the sale of Scorpene submarines to Venezuela. While acknowledging that [...]	2006-01-09 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM FR VE
06PARIS1312	VILLEPIN ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON FRENCH RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister de Villepin's cabinet economic advisor privately describes French-EU relations as being at "an all-time low" on economic issues and worries that the GOF has been unable to find much "traction" with the new German government of Angela Merkel. The advisor defended the openne [...]	2006-03-02 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS1322	FRANCE: AMBASSADOR AND MOT PERBEN DISCUSS US/EU [...] (U) Ambassador Stapleton had breakfast with Minister of Transport, Equipment, Infrastructure and Tourism Dominique Perben February 28. The Minister was accompanied by his Diplomatic Advisor Jacques Beltran and his Counsellor for Aviation Olivier Berthelot. Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofman [...]	2006-03-02 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL
06PARIS1330	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-02 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1331	IRAN/IAEA: FRENCH SHARE U.S. ASSESSMENT OF LATEST [...] (C) On March 2, we delivered ref A points, minus the "if asked" section, on U.S. views of the latest IAEA report to Etienne de Gonneville, an MFA action officer handling non-proliferation issues in the Strategic Affairs directorate. De Gonneville skimmed the U.S. text and remarked that our as [...]	2006-03-02 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR FR IAEA
06PARIS1335	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I [...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...]	2006-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1338	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1339	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1344	UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1347	2/27 STRAW - DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETING: MAINLY MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: UK embassy contacts described the February 27 Straw-Douste-Blazy working dinner as focused primarily on the two ministers' planned joint trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with no agreement on timing. Douste-Blazy wants the trip to take place before Israeli electio [...]	2006-03-03 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL IS IR PARM ECON PINR UK AF FR
06PARIS1352	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. DROC 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. BURUNDI 6. MAURITANIA 7. UGANDA 8. KENYA 9. ZIMBABWE 10. NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-03-03 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1368	FRANCE ON UNDEF PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points March 3 with MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian and social affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen. Le Fraper said France's position tracked well with that of the U.S., although there were a few minor differences of emphasis. He [...]	2006-03-03 19:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL FR UNGA
06PARIS137	UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON INVITATION TO [...] This is guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The UNESCO Secretariat has asked permission via letter to Ambassador, to invite U.S. official Eugene Stakhiv (Army Corps of Engineers) to deliver a public lecture at the 8th Kovacs Colloquium. The Kovacs colloquium, entitled "Frontiers in F [...]	2006-01-10 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV TSPL EAID UNESCO KSI
06PARIS1370	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...]	2006-03-03 19:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR
06PARIS1387	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1388	FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]	2006-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1410	FRANCE NOT KEEN ON NORWEGIAN PROPOSAL FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Per reftel, on March 6 we informed the MFA of Norway's interest in initiating a broad security dialog with Iran and U.S. reaction against the initiative at this time. Nicolas Roche, who works on Iran-EU3 negotiations in the MFA's Strategic Affairs bureau, said the Norwegians had also share [...]	2006-03-06 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU NO FR
06PARIS1411	FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN [...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]	2006-03-06 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS1428	PARIS-BASED HARIRI ADVISOR ON LEBANON INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion, Basile Yared, a leading Paris-based advisor to Sa'ad Hariri, praised the Secretary for delivering the right message in Beirut on the SIPDIS need for a peaceful, constitutional presidential transition in Lebanon. Yared speculated that it would take t [...]	2006-03-07 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1430	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1431	SUDAN/AMIS: FRENCH SHARE U.S. VIEW [...] (C) MFA Sudan deskoff Jerome Robert on March 7 confirmed that France shared the U.S. position on transforming the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a UN operation. "We agree with you 100 percent on the need to turn AMIS into a UN mission," Robert stated in response to reftel demarc [...]	2006-03-07 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1455	FRENCH VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin received Polish President Lech Kaczynski on February 24 for his first visit to France since taking office. Chirac and Kaczynski discussed the future of the Weimar Triangle and the European constitutional treaty, and Chirac told Kaczy [...]	2006-03-07 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR PO EUN
06PARIS1465	New Visa Regulation [...] This message contains an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. During the course of their meeting January 31 in Paris, France's Trade Minister-delegate, Christine Lagarde asked Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick about a pending visa regulation. In sum, the minister understands that the US [...]	2006-03-07 17:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CVIS FR
06PARIS1468	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran UN Reform [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 11:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS147	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1486	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1487	SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE AND GERMANY: [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
06PARIS1488	SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reftel points were delivered to French officials at the MFA and CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) who recommended to USG attention French President Chirac's immediate public statement in support of the U.S.-India agreement as well as his own visit to India a week prior to [...]	2006-03-08 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC IN FR
06PARIS1497	FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ ARE A MAJOR FRENCH CONCERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since 2004, French counterterrorism authorities have focused on the threat posed by foreign fighters going to Iraq. For those departing France for Iraq, the GOF fears that they will become hardened and experienced terrorists, and will eventually return to France to plan attack [...]	2006-03-09 09:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV CG XA XF XG XI FR
06PARIS1507	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1510	SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES [...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...]	2006-03-09 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR FR EUN NATO
06PARIS1523	French Response to Discovery of AI in a [...] Summary : Following the discovery of the H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) virus in late February on a commercial poultry farm in the Ain district, 47 countries have placed partial or complete bans on French poultry imports, domestic poultry consumption has dropped more than 30 percent, poultry price [...]	2006-03-10 06:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR

06PARIS1526	FRANCE AND THE THIRD MEETING OF THE [...] In response to reftel, Paris AGR, ECON and ESTH officials transmitted the talking points to the French Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Ecology, the Fraud Control Office of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Jean-Louis Maurer, F [...]	2006-03-10 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FR EUN
06PARIS1529	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Human Rights Report [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1530	GOF REAFFIRMS NO CONTACT POLICY WITH HAMAS, WHILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 12:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
06PARIS1550	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA EMIGRATION 3. AFRICA CORRUPTION 4. ALI FARKA TOURE 5. COTE D'IVOIRE 6. SENEGAL 7. BENIN 8. NIGER 9. SUDAN 10. UGANDA 11. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]	2006-03-10 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1556	GOF Reacts to EU Energy Green Paper [...] (SBU) Summary: In meeting with EB Energy Office Director Gallogly and EconOff, the GOF expressed "satisfaction" with the EU Energy Green paper even though they judged it to be "too cautious on some issues." The January 2006 episode involving gas transits through Ukraine woke up many EU membe [...]	2006-03-10 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS1568	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]	2006-03-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1573	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Milosevic Death - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1588	MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]	2006-03-13 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1605	FRANCE ON GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for IO affairs Sylvie Bermann indicated March 10 that the GOF had not yet formulated a position on the contest between Venezuela and Guatemala for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While the MFA favors Guatemala, Bermann made clear that the fin [...]	2006-03-13 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1611	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Justice - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1620	AVIAN FLU: U/S DOBRIANSKY REVIEWS EFFORTS TO [...] Summary and Introduction: International Efforts to Counter Avian Flu were the focus of U/S for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianksy's February 28 meeting with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Director General Bernard Vallat. Stressing White House leadership on this issue, U/S Dobriansk [...]	2006-03-14 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KFLU UNESCO
06PARIS1637	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1642	FRANCE CREATES INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY [...] France's Council of Ministers approved on February 22 the creation of a new, "independent," body, the High Authority for Nuclear Safety (HANS),"responsible for the control of nuclear safety, radioprotection, and information." This new administrative body will substitute for the existing Aut [...]	2006-03-15 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
06PARIS1656	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting devoted to Liberia (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire (February clash between French and Ivoirian forces in western Cote d'Ivoire was deliberately instigated by the Ivoirian side),Togo (Faure [...]	2006-03-16 08:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV TO CT FR
06PARIS166	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...]	2006-01-10 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN FR
06PARIS1670	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Israel - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1680	CHAD: FRENCH OFFER FEW COMMENTS ON UNSUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: French response to the thwarted coup attempt in Chad, both from the GOF and in the press, has been muted. Isabelle Guisnel (deputy to the DAS-equivalent for West Africa at the MFA) said that France remained vigilant but that the attempted coup had produced little visible disru [...]	2006-03-16 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CD FR
06PARIS1681	SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END [...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...]	2006-03-16 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN
06PARIS169	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] This is the fifth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor (See Para 2); -- Peugeot Citroen to [...]	2006-01-11 10:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1697	Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...]	2006-03-16 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1699	FRENCH ON PM DE VILLEPIN'S MARCH 13 WORKING VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French MFA, counter-terrorism and energy policy were the two central topics of Prime Minister de Villepin's March 13 talks in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Zapateros. Prior to the ministerial, the French sent a strong message to the Spanish MFA on their dissatisfa [...]	2006-03-16 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP FR SY LE
06PARIS1700	FRENCH MFA AGREES ON NEED FOR GREATER EU [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials share U.S. concerns on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria, and have recommended that the GoF seek an EU presidency statement and joint EU demarche in Damascus to address the issue. MFA officials did not see much prospect for addressing Syria human rig [...]	2006-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE SY FR
06PARIS1706	LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 13 described Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's March 7-10 official visit to France as a success. France's primary interest in supporting Johnson-Sirleaf and stability in Liberia is to promote stability in neighb [...]	2006-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI FR
06PARIS1711	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. National Security [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1713	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BENIN 4. CHAD 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7. DROC 8. MAURITANIA 9. UGANDA 10. KENYA 11. LIBERIA 12. SUDAN Â [...]	2006-03-17 13:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1715	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France to ease restrictions on new EU workers --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on March 13 that France would "gradually" open up its labor [...]	2006-03-17 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL FR EUN
06PARIS1719	(C) FRENCH MFA ON POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of a March 15 discussion on human rights in Syria (reftel),MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot commented briefly on March 8-9 political consultations in Cairo between France and Egypt, for which the French delegation was led by MFA Political Director Stanis [...]	2006-03-17 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY EG KISL UNSC FR
06PARIS1720	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU [...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1721	SUDAN: FRANCE TO CONSIDER WAYS OF ENCOURAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier said on March 17 that France would consider whether and how best to encourage other countries to support a rapid conversion of AMIS into a UN operation for Sudan. She agreed with us that the AU decision to transition AMIS to a UN mission was not c [...]	2006-03-17 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI SU FR
06PARIS1732	FRANCE ON EXPANDING UN PARTICIPATION OF DEPENDENT [...] Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points on rights of dependent territories March 16 and again March 17 with MFA IO Political Affairs DAS-equivalent Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, whose office is also responsible for decolonization issues but does not deal directly with the UN Economic Commission f [...]	2006-03-17 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR PGOV ECON XL UNO ECLAC
06PARIS1733	UNESCO AND THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services and Chair of the Memory of the World Programme International Advisory Committee met with the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector and the Director General (DG) on March 8, 2006 to discuss th [...]	2006-03-17 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1734	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - [...] As of 3/17, French authorities report no new cases of the H5N1 in domestic poultry since the sole case confirmed on 2/25 in a farm at Versailleux in Ain `departement'. 11,000 turkeys were culled (refs A and B). Since initial detection in a wild duck on 2/18, H5N1 has been found [...]	2006-03-17 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1735	FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...]	2006-03-17 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN
06PARIS1750	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Third Anniversary of [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1751	(S) SHIELD S59-05 FRENCH REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA [...] (S) On March 16 Embassy received the GOF's reponse to ref demarche delivered to MFA in January. The non-paper - in French and classified at the DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL level - confirms that the MFA followed-up the Iranian procurement of possible dual-use items from the French firm CILAS by the I [...]	2006-03-20 11:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR FR CBW
06PARIS1776	FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]	2006-03-20 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR
06PARIS179	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Bush Iraqi Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1799	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1817	Ambassador Harty learns France will produce e passport [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary Maura Harty, accompanied by Paris Deputy Chief of Mission Karl Hofmann and Consul General Donald E. Wells met on March 10 with Claude Gueant, the Cabinet Director at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to discuss the French government's progress in developing an electro [...]	2006-03-21 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS FR
06PARIS1818	U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG PREL FR
06PARIS1823	FRANCE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JOB PROTECTIONISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Press reports claim that France has identified at least 20 firms, including ten blue chips, that merit GOF protection from foreign takeovers. Foreign takeovers have developed a strong political and social dimension, given the government goal of reducing unemployment before 200 [...]	2006-03-22 07:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS1832	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush's [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1843	MFA DAS DISCUSSES OFFENSIVE IN CHAD AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 21 discussed developments in Chad, notably the GOC's offensive against rebel forces that began early on March 21. Foucher said that, if successful, the offensive could solidify Deby's regime and reduce Sudan's ability to [...]	2006-03-22 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CD FR
06PARIS1847	FRANCE'S COPYRIGHT BILL PENALIZES ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A final text for France's new digital copyright law was voted by France's National Assembly on March 21, following months of fierce debate over how best to balance consumer rights against copyright in the Internet age. The complex draft bill, designed to bring France into lin [...]	2006-03-22 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS1851	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON SUDAN/AMIS/UN MISSION [...] (C) Per ref A, we provided on March 22 ref A talking points on Sudan and the AMIS/UN issue to MFA DAS-equivalent for Central and East Africa Helene Le Gal. In a follow-up discussion the same day, Le Gal said she considered the approach the U.S. intended to take with Arab states at the Arab [...]	2006-03-22 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU FR
06PARIS1855	FRENCH GOVERNMENT INTENDS DISTRIBUTION OF SECURE E- [...] SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty and Paris Consul General Donald E. Wells met with the Director of French consular services, Francois Barry Martin Delongchamps at France's MFA on March 10. Ambassador Harty learned the GOF intends to begin distribution of its e-p [...]	2006-03-22 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT ETRD CVIS FR
06PARIS1863	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1891	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ETA Cease-Fire [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1893	UPDATE ON "SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE" [...] (S/NF) Per reftels, following is an update to actions taken by post regarding the presence of the PKK on French soil. 2. (S/NF) DCM met with Turkish DCM Suleyman Ozyildiz to review our approaches. Ozyildiz traced the history of French openness to Turkish exiles and tendency to view more l [...]	2006-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU FR
06PARIS1899	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON VENEZUELA AND THE [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met March 23 with President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) March 23 to press for French support for Guatemala's candidacy for the Latin American UNSC seat opening in January 2007 (refs),emphasizing in particular the harm Venezuelan mem [...]	2006-03-24 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1919	MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: "I'M READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gilchrist Olympio, Paris-based UFC chief and opposition leader, told us March 23 that he was prepared to engage in national dialogue with the Faure regime but asserted that the regime was blocking the dialogue by not agreeing on the naming of a mediator/facilitator of the talks [...]	2006-03-24 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PREF PINR TO FR
06PARIS1920	DONOR RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN [...] On March 21, ESTH Counselor and Science Affairs Specialist delivered reftel demarche to the French MFA Burma/Thailand desk officer Franck Vermeulen and Ambassador for Avian Influenza Preparedness Jean Garbe. Vermeulen stated that France has no bilateral assistance programs with Burma and it [...]	2006-03-24 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR EAID FR MBM
06PARIS1922	FRANCE WILL SUPPORT BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on expanding a visa ban against Belarusian officials to Antoine Gosset, the MFA's Belarus desk officer. Gosset said the MFA was examining the legal implications of extending the visa ban to include Aleksandr Lukashenka, given the lack of prece [...]	2006-03-24 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO FR EUN
06PARIS1924	CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN [...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]	2006-03-24 18:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS1925	MIXED, BUT MOSTLY DISCOURAGING FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: In a preliminary response to U.S. designation of Al-Manar, senior Elysee officials reaffirmed GoF resolve in banning Al-Manar broadcasts in France due to hate speech concerns, while reiterating the GoFÂ´s desire for continued contact with, and opposition to EU designat [...]	2006-03-24 18:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL LE SY PTER ASEC ETTC FR
06PARIS1938	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Los Angeles Demonstrations - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1948	FOREIGN COMPANIES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE [...] SUMMARY. The paradox behind the rise of "economic patriotism" in France is the significant role of foreign companies in the French economy. The National Statistical Agency released a report documenting that foreign companies were responsible for 17% of value added, 30% of exports, and one em [...]	2006-03-27 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS1966	FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...]	2006-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR
06PARIS1967	FRANCE BRACES FOR ANOTHER DAY OF PROTESTS, AS [...] (SBU) The weeks of protest (ref A) against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) could well peak tomorrow, March 28. Leftist student associations, backed by the full organizational weight of France's major trade union federations and the center left Socialist Party (PS),h [...]	2006-03-27 18:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1976	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Demonstrations Against French [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS198	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE) [...] Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) is pleased to accept the invitation, conveyed reftel, to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Dr. Vallat and other OIE deleg [...]	2006-01-11 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS200	FRANCE TO WORK WITH GERMANS ON WTO INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. France intends to work with Germany to develop a trade proposal for the EU that would be focused on services and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) according to Trade minister-delegate Christine Lagarde's staff. Trade Minister Lagarde's advisor Eric Peters (protect) told E [...]	2006-01-11 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR FR WTRO
06PARIS2005	UNESCO: MEETING THE FIRST LADY OF SENEGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver met with the First Lady of Senegal, Viviane Wade, on March 23 at the request of the Senegalese Delegation. Mrs. Wade requested the meeting in order to explore USG and First Lady Laura Bush's interest in partnering with her to combat disease and promote vaccin [...]	2006-03-28 17:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2006	MARCH 28 PROTESTS SIZABLE -- ORGANIZERS VOW [...] (U) As of 1900 hours Paris time on March 28, preliminary police reports cite a turn-out for today's (ref A) nationwide demonstrations of over a million, double that recorded during previous protests against the Villepin government,s First Employment Contract (CPE). Earlier in the day, Prime [...]	2006-03-28 19:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS201	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06PARIS2027	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2046	FRANCE GDP FORECAST TO PICK UP in 2006 [...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast that French GDP would rebound in the first half of 2006, increasing 2.4% (annualized) in Q1 and 2.0% in Q2, mainly led by household consumption. GDP growth could run at a pace close to 2.0% (annualized) in the first half, and in full year 200 [...]	2006-03-29 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS2048	AFTERMATH OF MARCH 28 PROTESTS: PRESSURE TO DEFUSE [...] (SBU) Following March 28's sizable demonstrations against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (refs A and B),there is a growing sense among both the French public and political class that leadership on both sides of the issue should find a way to defuse the burgeoning [...]	2006-03-29 19:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2059	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS2060	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice To Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2067	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]	2006-03-30 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2069	UPDATE/FAREWELL FROM TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE [...] (S) Summary: Jean-Francois Ricard, terrorism investigating judge for 12 years and deputy to renowned investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, is being promoted and transferred to the Ministry of Defense to work as chief magistrate for military penal affairs. Speculation abounds that Ricard is [...]	2006-03-30 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV FR IZ MO AG TS LY KISL
06PARIS2081	USUNESCO: GENERAL INFORMATION MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL MATSUURA ANTICIPATES THAT THE ANTI-DOPING CONVENTION WILL BE IN FORCE BY MAY 2006. UNESCO IS PREPARING A NEW COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM AIMED AT WORLD YOUTH TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF DRUG DOPING IN SPORT. MATSUURA BELIEVES THE CONVENTION WILL FOCU [...]	2006-03-30 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
06PARIS2083	FRENCH MFA OBJECTS TO CURTAILING NIGERIAN UNOCI [...] (C) Africa Watcher shared current U.S. thinking on how to reinforce the UN presence in both Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire during a March 29 meeting with AF Acting DAS-Equivalent Isabel Guisnel. Guisnel objected strongly to recalling the Nigerian mechanized company on loan from UNMIL to UNOCI. SC [...]	2006-03-30 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO LI IV FR
06PARIS2086	SUBURBAN UNREST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: HOW [...] (C) Summary: Unlike the anarchic violence of November, the current demonstrations by students and organized labor against the First Employment Contract (CPE) have largely proceeded peacefully despite violent acts by bands of underclass suburban youths directed against police and demonstrator [...]	2006-03-30 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON FR PINR CASC SOCI
06PARIS2095	CPE LAW DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL -- CHIRAC TO [...] (U) At 2000 local time March 30 France's Constitutional Council announced that it had decided that the Equal Opportunity Law -- including its controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) article -- did not/not violate the constitution (refs A and B). According to initial press reports, the [...]	2006-03-30 19:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2100	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 12:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS212	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Guantanamo Israel [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-12 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2127	IMPROMPTU "SMS GRAPEVINE" DEMONSTRATIONS BY [...] (U) During the day of March 31, most university and high school students who have mobilized against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (ref A) took in the news of President's Chirac's likely promolugation of the controversial law (ref B). Some however, engaged in a rang [...]	2006-03-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2130	UNESCO: PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 2006 VILNIUS [...] Summary: In preparation for the July 8-16 2006 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, invited experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites; (Their recommendations para 5). The meeting was held at the request of the July 2005 [...]	2006-03-31 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV RS XG UNESCO
06PARIS2136	DOHA : FRANCE MAINTAINS HARD-LINE [...] (SBU) Summary : Both PM De Villepin and AgMin Bussereau stated publicly their belief that other countries now need to respond to EU "Concessions" on agriculture in the Doha Development Round negotiations. FAS Paris contacts echoed these remarks and said that offered U.S. reforms were not "suf [...]	2006-03-31 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS2137	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]	2006-03-31 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2138	UNESCO: CUBAN REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS U.S. IN [...] Summary: Cuba's permanent representative to UNESCO took the opportunity to attack the U.S. today in a UNESCO committee charged with monitoring human rights cases. Ambassador Oliver responded with a short formal statement denouncing the Cuban intervention. End summary. 2. UNESCO's Commit [...]	2006-03-31 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNESCO
06PARIS2152	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS216	FRENCH CONCERNED WITH DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche January 12 to DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier, who said that the French Embassy in Washington had also appraised him of the issue. He stated that the GoF understood and shared our "political" concern [...]	2006-01-12 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR HA
06PARIS2166	FRENCH OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GDP GROWTH AND [...] SUMMARY. Higher-than-expected GDP growth and a lower- than-expected 2005 budget deficit prompted optimistic messages on economic growth and employment for 2006. Finance Minister Breton forecast 2006 GDP would grow 2.0- 2.5%, and the unemployment rate would fall to 9% by the end of 2006, dropp [...]	2006-04-03 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS217	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL [...] Summary: In Advance of the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, The Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased with the level of cooperation among the various international organizations leading this effort (World bank [...]	2006-01-12 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SOCI SENV TSPL KSCA EAGR OIE
06PARIS2177	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE VISITS [...] (C) On April 3, poloff spoke with financial investigating judge Philippe Courroye, who heads the independent judicial inquiry into potential French involvement in Oil-for-Food Program corruption. Courroye said the Le Figaro article in para 3 of reftel was "behind the times," since he had alrea [...]	2006-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2187	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 11:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2195	THE FRENCH ARE STILL DELIBERATING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Using reftel points, pol/mil officer sought on April 3 MFA support for NATO to begin Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions with Georgia. MFA DAS-equivalent director for NATO/ESDP issues, Nicolas Niemtchinow, received our points, but declined any substantive comment, indicating that [...]	2006-04-04 13:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR GG FR NATO
06PARIS2200	COE CYBERCRIME [...] Summary. The first meeting of the Council of Europe's Cybercrime Convention Committee took place March 20-21, 2006. The United States (Betty Shave, U.S. Department of Justice) was selected as vice-chair of the meeting. The key achievement of the meeting was adoption of an interpretation o [...]	2006-04-04 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD FR COE
06PARIS2201	CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES AT THE U.S. NEVADA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL FR KTBT
06PARIS2207	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD CONSIDERS DG'S PLANS [...] THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: AT THE MARCH 29-31 MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL AND ADMMINSTRATIVRE EXPERTS' GROUP, A MEMBER OF UNESCO'S LEGAL OFFICE SAID THAT HIS OFFICE HAD ADVISED THE SECRETARIAT THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH UNESCO IS SUB-CON [...]	2006-04-04 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC BR UNESCO
06PARIS2217	FRANCE: CURTAILING USE OF NORTH KOREAN FLAG OF [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel points April 4 to MFA Office Director for Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure Nicole Taillefer, and MFA Office Director for East Asian Affairs Jean-Noel Poirier. Poirier asked how recent a development North Korean marketing of its flag was, and how many ships [...]	2006-04-05 09:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC EWWT KN FR
06PARIS2221	GOF STEPS UP ANTI-COUNTERFEITING PLAN [...] (U) The French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry launched an anti-counterfeiting campaign on April 3 designed to persuade consumers not to buy counterfeit goods through public service announcements on television and on the Internet, as well as on a special website (www.non- merci.com [...]	2006-04-05 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON FR
06PARIS2226	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Saddam Trial Moussaoui Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 11:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2242	VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...]	2006-04-05 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER
06PARIS2252	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]	2006-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2253	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 10:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS2259	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...]	2006-04-06 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IV FR
06PARIS2260	FRANCE/WEST AFRICA: AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: AF/W Director Carter clarified U.S. views on addressing security needs in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire in an April 3 meeting with MFA Acting A/S-Equivalent for Africa Affairs Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Foucher. Carter explained the significance in Monrovia of the Nigerian UNMIL com [...]	2006-04-06 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KFLU GV NI IV LI FR
06PARIS2267	MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...]	2006-04-06 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR VE BO CU HA
06PARIS2272	HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN COE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton received April 4 a letter from Congressman Wexler to COE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President van der Linden seeking to dissuade the parliamentary assembly from meeting with a Palestinian delegation of which one member belongs to Hamas. Embassy and CG St [...]	2006-04-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR PHUM PTER KPAL IS EUN COE
06PARIS2273	FRANCE RESIGNED ON PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel points March 28 with MFA European Affairs desk officer (filling in for an absent Romania desk officer) Virginie Bioteau March 28, who requested and received a copy of talking points for the purpose of coordinating an informed MFA response. She understood [...]	2006-04-06 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN CASC RO
06PARIS228	VISIT TO PARIS - DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL; U/S [...] (U) This message is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; protect accordingly. Message sent NIACT Precedence to the Departments of State and Energy Ops Centers to assure OOB 01/13/06 delivery to offices of Deputy Secretary Sell and U/S Joseph (ATTN Timbie). 2. (SBU) The Embassy has confirmed/con [...]	2006-01-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG KNNP UK FR RS JA OVIP AORC IAEA
06PARIS2300	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. FAMINE IN AFRICA 3. SENEGAL 4. TAYLOR 5. DROC 6. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...]	2006-04-07 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2304	FRANCE ON WMD PROLIFERATOR FINANCING [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS2305	FRANCE WRONGFOOTED ON LEVITZKY INCB CANDIDACY [...] (C) An abashed IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper confided to poloff on 4/7 that France had already pledged to back Belgian and German candidates for the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) prior to her learning from the Embassy on 3/27 of the USG request to support ambassador Levi [...]	2006-04-07 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AORC PREL FR UN
06PARIS2306	POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...]	2006-04-07 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG
06PARIS2313	FRENCH ON HAMAS/COE: GIVE US UNTIL THE 4/10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, post further discussed possible Hamas participation in upcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meetings with MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow (responsible for CoE political affairs) and shared ref A points with DAS-eq [...]	2006-04-07 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR KHUM KTER COE EUN
06PARIS2314	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2315	FRENCH FULLY AGREE ON NEED TO PROTEST IRANIAN [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan confirmed the GoF's "full agreement" with reftel points on Iranian government mistreatment of religious minorities during an April 6 discussion with poloff. Sivan added that the GoF had recently sought insertion of langua [...]	2006-04-07 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR FR
06PARIS2317	USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety [...] On April 7, 2006, USDA Under-Secretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond met with recently-appointed Executive Director of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) Catherine Geslain-Laneelle in Paris. Ms. Geslain-Laneelle is currently Regional Director of Agriculture and Forestry for the French I [...]	2006-04-07 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS232	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Transatlantic [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2324	LUNAR AND MARTIAN SPECTRUM COORDINATION -- FIRST [...] Summary: The first technical preparatory meeting for intergovernmental coordination on a Spectrum Use Plan for Lunar and Martian Space Exploration was held March 20-23 in Paris. The meeting was hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and jointly chaired by ESA and NASA. All six of the spac [...]	2006-04-10 09:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS TSPA FR
06PARIS2343	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2348	TOGO: APRIL 5 MEETING WITH EX-MINISTER BOKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said during an April 5 meeting that the regime in Togo feared active U.S. intervention in Togo's affairs and that the U.S. could readily influence events in Togo if it chose to do so, and even compel the leadership to step down, as in Ha [...]	2006-04-10 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM TO FR
06PARIS2358	FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN [...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...]	2006-04-11 07:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS2362	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...]	2006-04-11 10:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS2391	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS C.A.R. AND CHAD WITH DRL/CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officers Charlotte Montel (C.A.R.) and Lt. Col. Marc Conruyt (Chad) briefed DRL/CAR desk officer Stuart Crampton on April 6. Regarding C.A.R., Montel noted limited but growing contact between French and C.A.R. parliamentarians and recent calls for increased government [...]	2006-04-12 07:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CT CD FR
06PARIS2405	FRANCE: AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 10:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS FR
06PARIS2406	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Oil For Food Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2422	FRENCH RESPOND WARMLY TO MCC CEO DANILOVICH'S [...] Summary. Senior French officials enthusiastically welcomed updates on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) activities presented by MCC CEO Danilovich. They applauded MCC's focus on accountability, support for democratic institutions, and reducing poverty. The French officials urged Danilo [...]	2006-04-12 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV FR
06PARIS2424	POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER EAGR FR PARM CI PREL BCW CBW
06PARIS2425	CABINDA/ANGOLA: FLEC CONFUSED ABOUT USG INTENTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 11 meeting, FLEC (Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda) representative Antonio Nzita Bembe (Nzita) revealed divisions in the ranks of the Cabinda "resistance" movement caused by the apparent defection of former FLEC/Renovada head Antonio Bembe (Bent [...]	2006-04-12 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PHUM AO FR
06PARIS2426	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY -- GENERAL [...] (SBU) After two and a half years of advocacy by Embassy Paris, and considerable efforts on the part of Embassy Rome, General Electric (GE) has finally signed a contract to supply propulsion systems to the Franco-Italian Multi- Mission Frigate (FREMM) program. Letters from President Bush, Sec [...]	2006-04-12 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EIND EINV FR IT ETRA
06PARIS2437	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Afghanistan Italy [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2439	FRENCH SENATE VOTES BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, 22 and 23, the French Senate debated and approved a Biotech Bill presented by the Minister of Research, Francois Goulard. Significant outcomes from the debate included: further definition of the new French Biotech Council charged with evaluating and authorizing [...]	2006-04-13 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD FR EUN
06PARIS2450	FRENCH IN AGREEMENT ON BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: DAS Kramer met April 11 with interlocutors from the MFA and Treasury to discuss next steps on Belarus. The French agreed on the utility and necessity of targeted financial sanctions against key members of the Belarusian regime and believed that the EU would come to consensus on th [...]	2006-04-13 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR BO RU
06PARIS2476	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Chad [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2491	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE 4/14/06 [...] The twice-postponed French AI national exercise has been rescheduled for April 24- 25. This exercise is designed to test the GOF Avian Influenza National Plan. Along with the French Health, Foreign Affairs, and Interior Ministries, the WHO, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health, and [...]	2006-04-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2499	CHAD: FORMER PM ALINGUE PREDICTS "WAR" IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister of Chad Jean-Bawoyeu Alingue called on us April 12 to discuss events in Chad and report on his activities in Paris. Alingue said he had met last week with Presidential AF Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse and MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert in Paris, but cl [...]	2006-04-14 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS2522	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran China Israel Suicide [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2553	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: AMBASSADOR WEISBERG'S APRIL 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador Robert Weisberg, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that Republic of Congo (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso told the French prior to the African Union's April 13 communique on Chad that the AU would not condemn Sudan. A small group of RO [...]	2006-04-19 10:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VZ SU CF FR
06PARIS2578	CACOPHONY IN FRANCE'S FOREIGN TELEVISION POLICY [...] (SBU) France's foreign television policy, which plays a major role in the dissemination of French language and culture throughout the world, is going through a rocky patch. After the shaky start of France's proposed international all-news television station CII (REFTEL),to broadcast mostly [...]	2006-04-19 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR SCUL FR
06PARIS2587	SUDAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE ELICITS MFA REMARKS ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points April 19 to IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel. In response, Simon-Michel reiterated French support for levying sanctions on the individuals in question, noting French co-sponsorship for the original UK list of names proposed for designation. 2. [...]	2006-04-19 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PREL SU FR UNSC
06PARIS2592	FRANCE ON NATO 'GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS' [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, Nicolas Niemtchinow, on April 10. On April 17, Niemtchinow responded that France appreciated receiving the points, especially the detailed explanation of what global partnerships are and what they are not. H [...]	2006-04-19 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO
06PARIS2593	FRENCH CONDEMN TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK, WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a disappointing response to reftel points seeking GoF condemnation of the Hamas justification of the April 17 Tel Aviv suicide attack, stressing that the GoF had chosen to "regret" Hamas' reaction rather than condemn Hamas, whom they did not hold responsible [...]	2006-04-19 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2606	SUDAN: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU FR
06PARIS2607	MEDIA REACTION REPORT ran China Rising Oil Prices [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2610	COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: A somewhat subdued Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),meeting in Strasbourg April 10-14, continued to wrestle with its overlap with other EU institutions. The PACE dodged a potential minefield when Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) representati [...]	2006-04-20 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL COE
06PARIS2614	FRENCH UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS UN FINANCIAL [...] On April 12 reftel points were delivered to French MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon said that he was not optimistic that France would make a contribution to offset Afghanistan election cost shortfalls, noting that it would be more difficult now to generate enthusiasm for [...]	2006-04-20 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL AF FR
06PARIS2615	PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA action officer for PSI, Sebastien Jaunet, on April 12. Jaunet said that the French were preparing to make their own PSI demarche and noted that that the U.S. demarche did not include a number of countries that the French were considering approach [...]	2006-04-20 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS2633	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...]	2006-04-21 12:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2654	FRENCH DEMARCHE ON CHINA POUCH ISSUE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAS 6 & 7. 2. (SBU) French A/S-equivalent for Asia Herve Ladsous called in U.S. and UK Embassy representatives April 19 to share French thinking on next steps in dealing with the Beijing pouch problems. Political and Tri-Mission Management M-Cs attend [...]	2006-04-21 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT KREC CVIS ADPM CH FR GM JA UK EUN
06PARIS2660	FRANCE ON PRODI/HAMAS CALL: "SHOCKED," BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA officials responsible for EU CFSP and the Middle East told us April 21 that they were "shocked" by Prodi's agreement to receive a phone call from a political-level Hamas member. However, citing the fact that Prodi was not yet a government official at the time of the [...]	2006-04-21 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IT KPAL
06PARIS2662	TERRORIST/WMD FINANCING: A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES U.S. [...] (C) French officials are interested in continuing and deepening collaboration with the USG on terrorist financing and WMD financing issues and will consider further cooperative efforts. They are open to exploring use of financial tools against WMD procurement networks. They would appreciate [...]	2006-04-24 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2663	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...]	2006-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS2665	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Jaafari Guantanamo [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS267	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHINA AND AFRICA 3. AFRICAN MIGRANTS 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. CHAD 6. DROC 7. UGANDA 8. SUDAN 9 NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-01-13 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2683	FRANCE UNDERSTANDS NEED TO EXTEND CWC DESTRUCTION [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to French MFA Director for chemical and biological weapons disarmament issues, Arnaud Roux, and desk officer, Etienne Sur. In follow up discussions April 24, Sur said that the French were well aware of the issue. He said that the GoF appreciated U.S. efforts [...]	2006-04-24 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR
06PARIS2684	FRANCE SUPPORTS WITH RESERVATIONS NATO'S MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, French MFA officials stated that France supported the establishment of NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) in principle, although they have serious concerns that it not draw resources away from existing NATO operations/programs, and believe that the p [...]	2006-04-24 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS2699	FRANCE: INPUT FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and comment: France maintains a variety of investments in Cuba and is Cuba's 12th ranked supplier, down from fifth in 2001. France does not have a modern bilateral trade agreement with Cuba, and exchanges between the two countries are limited. France adheres to EU positions on C [...]	2006-04-25 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL FR CU
06PARIS2713	USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reason: 1.4 d. 2. (C) Summary and guidance request. The Director General (DG) sent the Deputy Director General, Marcio Barbosa, to see Ambassador Oliver on April 24 to pass the message that he has chosen Francoise Riviere, the DG's "Che [...]	2006-04-25 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS2717	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES FRENCH APPROACH TO "ECONOMIC [...] (C) A/S Wayne heard from a noted economic advisor to the French Government and the head of the local AmCham that one of the main reasons PM de Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda has resonated with the French people was because most people were shocked to learn that so much of the French [...]	2006-04-25 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2721	FRANCE HAS A NARROWER PERSPECTIVE FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) On April 24, in advance of the Informal Ministerial in Sofia, polmiloff followed up on reftel discussion on Global Partnerships with Nicolas Niemtchinow, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for NATO issues. Niemtchinow said France thought it timely to re-examine NATO's Partnerships, in discussion [...]	2006-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS2723	MFA DEMARCHE ON BADGES FOR FRENCH EMBASSY STAFF IN [...] This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) On April 25, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan called poloff to deliver an oral demarche on issue of DoD-issued badges for staff of the French embassy in Baghdad (reftels). Sivan exp [...]	2006-04-25 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR
06PARIS2733	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- De Ladoucette named head of French Energy Regulatory Authority (para 2) -- GOF Supports [...]	2006-04-26 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS2747	FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY: MORE MONEY FOR EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) On April 25, French President Jacques Chirac unveiled the first six industrial projects to receive public funding following their recent selection by the Agency for Industrial Innovation (AII) -- his weapon of choice for advancing his new industrial policy. Unsurprisingly, Chirac's pet [...]	2006-04-26 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ECPS TNGD TINT FR
06PARIS2750	MFA PERPLEXED AT CONTINUED SNAGS ON UNOCI [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials reacted with consternation at the formal U.S. request to revisit the French draft resolution to authorize additional UNOCI reinforcements (reftel). IO DAS-Equivalent Simon-Michel and AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher both told poloff on April 25 that they hoped AF [...]	2006-04-26 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR
06PARIS2772	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MINISTER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Junior Minister for Promotion of Equal Opportunities Azouz Begag provided the Ambassador April 19 with a candid assessment of the current situation of minorities in France. Begag blamed discrimination for unemployment levels as high as 40 and 50 percent in many of the ghetto-like [...]	2006-04-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL KISL PINR KPAO FR
06PARIS2774	UNESCO: 174th EXECUTIVE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FOR [...] Summary: The 174th Executive Board highlighted two major challenges that UNESCO faces in the Natural Sciences Sector. Firstly, the Secretariat needs to define a strategy for UNESCO's category two centers. Secondly, the Secretariat must respond to the demand from member states for cross-secto [...]	2006-04-27 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI
06PARIS2786	USUNESCO-- IPDC Donors Group Meeting [...] Summary: A fund raising kick-off meeting of donor states for the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) program was held at UNESCO on April 24 to announce pledges already made by member states and to encourage new pledges for the IPDC "Special Account" fund. The go [...]	2006-04-27 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS2790	UNESCO - SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTORS' SEARCH FOR NEW [...] DCM and health attach had a frank exchange of views March 31 with Wataru Iwamoto, Division Director of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences (SHS) sector. The meeting was organized at the request of Mr. Iwamoto who was tasked by the Director General (DG) to elicit Mission concerns about two SHS [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2791	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON EFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO adopted a decision on a Report by the Director-General on the Global Action Plan to achieve the Education For All (EFA) Goals at the 174th Executive Board. In late March, the U.K. together with Program and External Relations Commission chair Norway convened a working gro [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2796	USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]	2006-04-27 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS282	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO LIBYA FOCUSES ON PLIGHT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's January 5 visit to Libya focused on French assistance offers to HIV-infected children in Benghazi, in an effort to help facilitate the release of Bulgarian/Palestinian medics wrongly con [...]	2006-01-17 06:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY BG FR
06PARIS2824	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: EMBASSY EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to our expressions of concern, the French government says it expects the Senate to improve some flawed elements of France's digital copyright legislation, but that it will probably not stiffen the decriminalized penalties for downloading and piracy. The bill, which [...]	2006-04-28 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS2834	FRENCH NATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA EXERCISE - "THANK GOD IT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of French authorities, on April 24-25 Embassy participated in their National Avian Influenza Exercise, together with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for security coordination (SGDN),numerous ministries, international organizations (OIE, WHO, EU, FAO, and [...]	2006-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AMGT AEMR AMED ASEC CASC FR
06PARIS2835	HRC: FRANCE WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR UNHRC FR
06PARIS2836	MDA: FRANCE LOOKING TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper told poloff on April 26 that the French MFA concurred with U.S. demarche points on the need for the June 19-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to amend its statutes to reflect the Third Additiona [...]	2006-04-28 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR
06PARIS2837	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 4/28/06 [...] On April 24, Minister of Health Bertrand announced France's new public awareness campaign to minimize the impact of a potential avian influenza pandemic. The campaign called, "Adoptons les gestes qui nous protegent," translated as, "Taking the steps that will protect us," will debut in May. [...]	2006-04-28 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2843	4/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]	2006-04-28 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2848	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO Expansion [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2868	CHINA AND TAIWAN AT THE OECD: HARDBALL OVER SOFT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SENV EU CH TW FR OECD
06PARIS2883	COTE D'IVOIRE: PROGRESS VITAL IF OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cote d'Ivoire must show progress soon on identification and disarmament if elections in October are to remain feasible, MFA Deskoff Olivier Richard stressed on April 28. The MFA was satisfied with the results of discussions A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert had in Washington concer [...]	2006-05-03 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IV FR
06PARIS2889	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East Bolivia - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2923	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2928	FRENCH MFA ANTICIPATES DONATION TO OAS ELECTION [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to MFA Guyana Desk Officer Eric Amblard, who indicated that the GoF was troubled by the growing violence, instability, and likely electoral delays in Guyana. According to Amblard, the precarious situation was a driving force in Guyanese immigration [...]	2006-05-04 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS KDEM PGOV FR GY
06PARIS296	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - New Chilean President - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-17 11:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2979	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2998	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/CHINA 3. DARFUR 4. CHAD 5. CAMEROON 6. UGANDA Â [...]	2006-05-05 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS3035	C.A.R.: FRENCH WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. Deskoff Charlotte Montel on May 5 expressed concern about a possible Sudanese presence in northeastern C.A.R., following the mysterious landing of a plane in the Tiringoulou area on April 25 (reftel). Locals reported that the 50-some soldiers who deplaned appeared to [...]	2006-05-09 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR CT FR
06PARIS3040	SLM DEPUTY COMING TO PARIS [...] (C) Discussing the prospects for bringing further Darfur rebel factions aboard the Abuja peace agreement, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Le Gal recommended in a May 9 conversation focusing on Abdulwahid Nur, the Sudan Liberation Moverment (SLM) leader who continued to reject the deal, given Abdulwahid [...]	2006-05-09 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID SU CD FR
06PARIS3049	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS31	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3101	REPLY TO BEYOND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD QUESTIONS [...] The following items respond to Department's questions in reftels. 2. Next steps on Education for All Global Action Plan: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, was in New York City on April 27 for consultations on the EFA Global Action Plan. He and his UNESCO coll [...]	2006-05-10 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS3110	FRANCE: RESPONSES TO USG POINTS ON NO-FLY AND DATA PRIVACY [...] (SBU) Summary: We have raised the issue of the proposed submission of airlines No-Fly screening to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) (refS A and B) in meetings with officials from the General Secretariat for State Security (SGDN) April 11, April 27 and May 9, the Civil Aviation Authorit [...]	2006-05-11 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL FR
06PARIS3114	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia Versus the U.S. - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 12:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3123	UNESCO - AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Ambassador Oliver met with Director General Matsuura on May 10. The DG informed the Ambassador that he has already chosen and informed Francoise Riviere that she will be the next Assistant Director General for Culture. He also said that the Chef de Cabinet position will be chosen internal [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
06PARIS3124	USUNESCO - ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (U) Summary: Wanting to touch base following last month's Executive Board at UNESCO, Israel's ambassador to UNESCO called on Ambassador Oliver to thank the U.S. for its work on the resolution regarding Jerusalem and on the "cartoon" issue. Strategy was discussed about best ways to work togethe [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	IS UNESCO
06PARIS3129	MFA MEETS WITH JEM REJECTIONIST KHALIL IBRAHIM [...] (C) African Affairs DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal advised Africa Watcher on May 10 that JEM rejectionist Khalil Ibrahim had arrived in France and requested meetings. The MFA decided that Le Gal should receive him May 11, but he would not meet with A/S-Equivalent Bruno Joubert or the French Pr [...]	2006-05-11 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CD SU FR
06PARIS3135	STATE-OWNED AIRPORTS AUTHORITY TO PARTIALLY PRIVATIZE [...] SUMMARY. The Paris Airports operator ("Aeroports de Paris" or ADP),the second largest European operator, is to launch an initial public offering of shares to raise 1.0-1.5 million euros, including 500-600 million euros by an increase in capital and a similar amount by a sale of government sha [...]	2006-05-12 08:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAIR PGOV FR
06PARIS3152	LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3153	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: SENATE VOTES TO SOFTEN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 13 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The French Senate approved in the early hours of May 11 the GOF draft law on digital copyright, in a format which leaves unchanged the National Assembly's decriminalized penalty regime, the principle (if not the requirement) of [...]	2006-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS3167	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SHINER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris and the U.S. Mission to the OECD welcome Undersecretary Shiner's visit to Paris. The largest component of her visit will be with the head of Agence Francaise de Developpement, AFD, Jean-Michel Severino to discuss UN reform in the areas of development policy and humanitari [...]	2006-05-12 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL FR
06PARIS3178	CHIRAC/VILLEPIN/SARKOZY AND THE CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. As ref A Paris Points document, the "Clearstream" scandal has become a classic French "affaire d'etat," a scandal which threatens the life of the government and the careers of many leading political, judicial, and even military figures. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin continu [...]	2006-05-12 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR EUN PINR
06PARIS3179	MFA NEA-PDAS EQUIVALENT LIKELY TO REPRESENT FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI FR

06PARIS318	FRANCE: R/V ROGER REVELLE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) This message confirms earlier e-mail correspondence. Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 48/AME dated 12 January 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research camp [...]	2006-01-18 08:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS3181	FRENCH ON MAY 15-16 GAERC - FOCUS ON AID TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal LeDeunff on May 10 and discussed them with him on May 12. LeDeunff said that the biggest issue for the GAERC would be the question of EU assistance to the Palestinians. He noted that the GoF was refusing to agree to inclusion o [...]	2006-05-12 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KPAL UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU
06PARIS3182	MAY 11 MFA MEETINGS WITH JEM KHALIL IBRAHIM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim seemed determined to oppose the Abuja accords on Darfur despite GOF advice that he sign them, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on May 12, following her meeting with him the previous day. Khalil Ibrahim did not seemed fazed by the possible [...]	2006-05-12 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU FR
06PARIS3183	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. CAMEROON 5. SOMALIA Â [...]	2006-05-15 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS319	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE) [...] As reported ref B, Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) has accepted the invitation to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Ref A also requested comments on the [...]	2006-01-18 10:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS3208	OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [...] Chairman Mats Olsson opened the meeting, the agenda was approved, and noted that the Strategic Vision was approved and declassified on 1/30/2006. In his opening remarks Deputy Secretary-General Kiyo Akasaka noted that 2006 was the year for environment at OECD that included the successful launc [...]	2006-05-15 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
06PARIS321	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3226	MFA OPEN TO FURTHER INTERVENTIONS ON SYRIA HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant affairs Herve Besancenot May 15, urging a more forceful GoF public stance. While agreeing that SARG repression had increased, Besancenot conceded that the French em [...]	2006-05-16 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SY FR
06PARIS3234	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3247	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...]	2006-05-16 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS3255	UNESCO AND RICKY MARTIN PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ricky Martin Foundation (RMF),whose President, Puerto Rican singer and humanitarian Ricky Martin, was named a hero against trafficking in persons (TIP) by the U.S. Department of State in 2005 for his work to promote awareness and protect children from trafficking, has joined [...]	2006-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3258	CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION MOVES DOWN THE TRACKS [...] (U) Summary. The UNESCO secretariat says it intends to promote the Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (aka the cultural diversity convention) as part of a package of conventions dealing with cultural diversity broadly defined. End summary. [...]	2006-05-17 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS3269	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Immigration Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS328	GOF AMENDS ITS DIGITAL COPYRIGHT DRAFT BILL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a legislative misstep last month, the GOF has now decided to revise its copyright bill, which would transpose a 2001 European Union Directive on copyright into French law. The new texts, ordered by Prime Minister Villepin should address concerns expressed by consumer an [...]	2006-01-18 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS3282	S23B-04 IRANIAN RESEARCHER SEEKING DUAL USE [...] (S/NF) ESTH officer received non-paper from MFA in response to request contained in REFTEL. Regarding concerns about an Iranian scientist seeking dual-use research assistance from AG countries on AG-controlled toxins, the GOF paper provides five points (roughly translated): --First, the s [...]	2006-05-17 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC FR CBW
06PARIS3283	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO FR WHO
06PARIS329	UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] AS INSTRUCTED REF A, POST INFORMED BOTH UNESCO SECRETARIAT AND ICSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT UNESCO FUNDS SIPDIS PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU) CAN NOT/NOT BE EXONERATED FROM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF USG FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA, IRAN, CUBA, BUR [...]	2006-01-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD UNESCO KSI
06PARIS3315	FRENCH FIRMLY SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF supports completely the U.S. position set forth in ref A, MFA Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert said on May 17. France will encourage non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement to sign it, and believes that Abdulwahid Al-Nur can be persuaded to sign the agreement, If no [...]	2006-05-18 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI EAID SU FR
06PARIS332	FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2006-01-18 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3322	WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...]	2006-05-18 11:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3344	MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO REGARDING [...] Guidance requested - see paragraph 6. 2. Poland's Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver this morning, May 18th at the US Mission, to request USG support in Poland's efforts to formally change the name of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp on the W [...]	2006-05-18 14:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PL UNESCO
06PARIS335	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: BRIEFING THE [...] (S) As requested by the Government of France (GOF) at the 16 January inter-agency meeting with U.S. delegation, on 18 January ESTH/NP officer briefed French MFA Actidyn PSI matter point-of-contact, Sebastien Jaunet, on the U.S. delegation visit to Actidyn Systemes on 17 January. ESTH/NP off [...]	2006-01-18 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
06PARIS336	FRENCH MFA WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON UN REFORM, [...] (SBU) Political Minister-Counselor discussed demarche points on January 18 with French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann (Ref A). Joining Bermann were desk officers Donatienne Hissard and Nicolas Kassianides, who respectively handle human rights issues and Security Council reform. Bermann and [...]	2006-01-18 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM PARM KNNP IR FR UNSC UNGA EUN
06PARIS3360	DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN ON CLEARSTREAM, HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a remarkably wide-ranging tour de force equally remarkable for its candor, former finance minister and leading Socialist party presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn shared with Ambassador Stapleton May 16 his views that: the Clearstream scandal is far from over; the Soc [...]	2006-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3362	UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION [...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]	2006-05-19 08:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS3366	GOF INCLINED TO SUPPORT UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Responding to a May 13 demarche by Australian, U.S., and New Zealand emboffs on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),MFA PDAS-equivalent for IO/UN Affairs Jean-Pierre La Croix described the GoF as inclined towards supporting the draft text, despite reservati [...]	2006-05-19 08:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UN FR
06PARIS3368	GOF INCLINED TO SUPPORT UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Responding to a May 18 demarche by Australian, U.S., and New Zealand emboffs on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),MFA PDAS-equivalent for IO/UN Affairs Jean-Pierre La Croix described the GoF as inclined towards supporting the draft text, despite reservati [...]	2006-05-19 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UN FR
06PARIS337	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is delighted to welcome Secretary Chertoff to France. We enjoy a warm and productive relationship with the French Government on many issues of high priority to the USG, including counter-terrorism and law enforcement, transportation security, and immigration and customs en [...]	2006-01-19 06:32:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER CVIS EAIR OVIP
06PARIS3382	FRENCH COMMENT ON U.S. PROPOSAL REGARDING THE 1267 [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 19 with officials from the MFA to discuss proposals on UN sanctions issues, especially the U.S. proposal on procedural protections and fairness in the 1267 Committee. French officials had two primary concerns about the U.S. proposal: 1) a call for national governmen [...]	2006-05-19 13:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PGOV PREL FR UNSC
06PARIS341	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]	2006-01-19 09:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3426	CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL: GETTING EVER CLOSER TO [...] (C) Summary: Still no smoking gun in the "Clearstream" affair aimed at smearing Interior Minister Sarkozy, but the circle of suspicion continues to tighten around Prime Minister de Villepin. A key player and Villepin confidant has now admitted to having furnished the documents that implicat [...]	2006-05-22 11:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON FR PREL PINR
06PARIS3429	USUNESCO HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAY CHIDIAC [...] Ambassador Oliver hosted a reception in honor of the well-known Lebanese television journalist May Chidiac yesterday evening, May 18th, at the Ambassador's residence. Chidiac was awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Day Prize in April in recognition of her courage in defending [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL LE UNESCO
06PARIS3447	EURONEXT: WHAT'S BEHIND THE CONSOLIDATION OF EUROPEAN [...] SUMMARY. EURONEXT, the Paris-based pan-European stock market that is poised to accept a merger offer from the NYSE, has been jockeying for a major merger operation for some time. EURONEXT's shareholders, the Paris financial community, and the French government all have an interest in maintain [...]	2006-05-22 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS3448	GOF WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The following is an informal embassy translation of the French MFA statement issued May 22, welcoming formation of the new Iraqi government: Begin text: France welcomes the formation of a government in Iraq, the result of the December 15 elections and which should aim to ensure a balanc [...]	2006-05-22 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ FR
06PARIS3450	UNESCO REFORM: NEW STRATEGY UNVEILED ON VOLUNTARY [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 4. 2. Summary and Comment: UNESCO Extrabudgetary Funding Director Moller briefed Geneva Group members on the Director general's plans for a more strategic approach to extra-budgetary resources; these now account for more than half of UNESCO's funding. T [...]	2006-05-22 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3453	FRENCH SHARE USG CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian activities in South Ossetia to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, and Marie Dumoulin, Georgia desk officer. Dumoulin said on May 23 that France shares our "preoccupation" with Russian int [...]	2006-05-23 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV FR
06PARIS3455	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Montenegro Olmert to Washington [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS346	OECD: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOUTH [...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) hosted in Paris a Global Forum on 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, followed by two sessions of the Committee on Agriculture (CoAg). The Global Forum addressed the topic of Policy Coherence for Development in Agriculture. It was la [...]	2006-01-19 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS3464	FRENCH GDP GROWTH ON A 2 PERCENT TREND [...] SUMMARY. Annualized French GDP growth of 2.0% in Q-1 shows stable but hardly dynamic improvement. The government is sticking to its GDP forecast range of 2.0-2.5% in 2006, accompanied by a decrease in the unemployment rate to 9% by the end of 2006. However, preliminary employment data showed [...]	2006-05-23 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS347	OECD: UNITED STATES CRITICIZED, BUT HOLDS FIRM [...] SUMMARY: The 55th session of the Working Party on Agriculture and Trade (JWP) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concluded on November 7 after one full day of discussion at OECD headquarters in Paris. There actually was little contention among delegations fo [...]	2006-01-19 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS3471	U.S.-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON UN ISSUES: UN REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS Jim Warlick's May 19 meeting with MFA IO A/S-equivalent Sylvie Bermann focused primarily on UN reform issues -- namely the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Human Rights Council (HRC),and management reform -- with SYG elections, Darfur, Cote d'Ivoire, and UNSC elections dis [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC AORC SU IV FR
06PARIS3479	NSG PLENARY DISCUSSION OF IRAN - FRENCH COMMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP FR
06PARIS348	OECD: AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND MARKETS GROUP [...] SUMMARY: The 39th Session of the Working Group on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met at OECD Headquarters in Paris 3-4 November 2005. The meeting proceeded smoothly even though it had a large work agenda. The Sec [...]	2006-01-19 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV OECD
06PARIS3482	(C) UK EMBASSY UPDATE ON KHADDAM TRAVEL TO UK, [...] (C/NF) UK Embassy First Secretary Tom Fletcher (protect throughout) updated poloff May 19 on the planned travel of former Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam to the UK, which has now been postponed to the last week of May/first week of June. Fletcher reported that Khaddam had delayed his [...]	2006-05-23 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UK SY FR
06PARIS3485	USUNESCO - PDAS WARLICK MEETING WITH DG MATSUURA [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting IO PDAS Jim Warlick called on UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura on May 19. During the discussion Warlick emphasized the need to show successes after the cultural diversity setback, and, in particular, to make effective use of the First Lady's interest in UNESCO an [...]	2006-05-23 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS3487	FRANCE SYMPATHETIC TO DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 22, we delivered reftel demarche to Xavier Chatel, MFA official working on NATO, noting that U.S. negotiations with the Kyrgyzs were ongoing. Chatel observed that our request that France make a demarche to Kyrgyzstan likely would be considered favorably by the GoF and promised to g [...]	2006-05-23 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO KG FR
06PARIS3497	UPDATE ON UNESCO ETHICS DIVISION [...] Summary and comment-U.S. Mission Health Attache met May 19 with Henk Ten Have, director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, which is located in UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences sector. Along with Ten Have were two of his staff, Sabina Colombo (bioethics) and Simone Scholze [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO
06PARIS3501	FRANCE PLANS LIMITED REACTION TO AHMADI-NEJAD'S [...] (C) On May 23, poloffs delivered to MFA officials reftel demarche on the implications of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's attendance at the June SCO summit in Shanghai. Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, told poloff that France did not plan on de [...]	2006-05-24 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR
06PARIS3502	MONACO DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO ESTABLISH WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Monegasque Embassy Secretary Frederic Labarrere delivered to Acting PolCouns May 23 a diplomatic note (informal translation para 2) and curriculum vitae with the following main points: - Monaco intends to establish an Embassy in Washington, D.C. to strengthen its relations with the Un [...]	2006-05-24 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KREC PREL FR MN
06PARIS351	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 11:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3540	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO - Parliamentary Assembly - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3555	EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROADENS FOOTPRINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Administrator Johnson engaged in public outreach and bilateral talks in Paris, May 16-17, in addition to OECD meetings (septel). In these events, the Administrator presented the range of U.S. environmental efforts, including innovative practices and new meas [...]	2006-05-26 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TRGY PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS357	" ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE [...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...]	2006-01-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR
06PARIS3571	MIXED FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on U.S. views on Palestinian assistance and a proposed temporary international funding mechanism with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot May 30. Besancenot offered a mixed response to U.S. views. He agreed that the PA government bore prima [...]	2006-05-30 13:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL FR
06PARIS3584	FRANCE: HOLD IN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE TO REFUSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KVPR PREL CVIS EFIN ETTC PTER
06PARIS3594	FRENCH ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON IPR AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF,s economic advisor assured U/S Shiner on May 18 that the GOF would take US views into consideration as it shepherds its digital copyright bill through Parliament. He defended the GOF,s &economic patriotism8 policy shielding French firms from foreign investment, but invit [...]	2006-05-30 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KIPR ETRD ECPS PGOV FR
06PARIS3611	FRENCH URGE FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON BURMA DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy reviewed the draft resolution and talking points with French MFA, which confirmed its backing for the USG initiative to raise Burma within the Security Council (Ref A). IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel observed May 26 that it was imperative to capitalize on the [...]	2006-05-31 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS3613	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom is Europe's largest single broadband provider (para 2); -- FT seeking revision of E.U. regulations (para 3); - [...]	2006-05-31 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS3619	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3631	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3667	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT [...] Late on May 31, in response to the Secretary's statement, which we had previously delivered, the MFA issued a supportive statement by French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy praising the U.S. decision to join the EU3's negotiations with Iran (see informal translation para 2). On June 1, the MFA [...]	2006-06-01 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM IZ FR
06PARIS3668	NO INCREASE IN FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR NATO
06PARIS3677	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3689	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL DISCUSSES OLMERT VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones briefed French MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Jean-Francois Thibault May 26 on the PM Olmert visit to Washington; he also stressed the need to maintain consensus on Palestinian assistance, while reiterating U.S. opposition to payment of [...]	2006-06-02 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR
06PARIS3716	(C) MFA EXPRESSES PRIVATE CONCERN ON EMBASSY [...] (C) MFA Advisor for Religious Affairs Laurent Stefanini summoned Acting Pol M/C and poloff to his office June 1 to express concern about embassy Muslim outreach efforts, in generally polite but largely elliptical terms. Stefanini, who was accompanied by Deputy MFA Religious Affairs Advisor De [...]	2006-06-05 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS3721	USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...]	2006-06-05 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR NATO EUN
06PARIS3722	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Palestine - Hamas - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3776	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Iraq Elections in Peru [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3782	AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 06/06/06 [...] French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Pasteur recently announced the preliminary, but encouraging, results of its Phase 1 trials for a pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine. The clinical study, involving 300 people, tested two formulations of the vaccine, one with and one without an adjuvant. The tests reve [...]	2006-06-06 12:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS3783	(C) MUSLIM LEADERS IN LYON STRESS UNITY AT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the regional Muslim Council (CRCM) in Rhone-Alpes stressed a message of unity and moderation during a joint meeting with poloff in Lyon May 31. The CRCM leaders, who represent three rival factions within the national French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),stresse [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR SOCI MO AG TU FR
06PARIS379	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iranian President in Syria - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3791	FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM FR
06PARIS384	UNESCO: GENEVA GROUP SETS WORKPLAN FOR COMING [...] This is a guidance request, please see Para 2. 2. AT THE JANUARY 12 GENEVA GROUP MEETING, CHAIRED BY THE UK, PARTICIPANTS GAVE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT TO THE DRAFT WORK PLAN (SEE PARA 5) FOR THE COMING MONTHS. THIS IS TO BE A ROLLING DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND U [...]	2006-01-20 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3843	FRENCH MFA CFSP CHIEFS ON EU DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting, the MFA's CFSP chiefs lamented a certain absence of political will in the EU, but argued that the EU had largely succeeded, through an increase in ESDP operations, in recapturing some momentum following rejection of the EU constitutional treaty. They indicat [...]	2006-06-07 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN COE KPAL CY TU
06PARIS3844	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Guantanamo - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 13:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3870	FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN OSCE, [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told visiting EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins that France saw a "largely negative" context for the OSCE, primarily due to Russian intransigence. Generally speaking, the West had a radically different vision of the OSCE than Russia, and it was important, they said, that [...]	2006-06-08 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL FR CFE
06PARIS3872	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3875	ADDRESSING IRAN AT THE JUNE IAEA BOG - FRANCE IS [...] (C) On June 8, we discussed upcoming IAEA BOG meeting with Nicolas Roche, MFA counselor working on Iran nonproliferation, and shared non-paper with U.S. suggestions for inclusion in National Statements at the BOG. 2. (C) Roche expressed appreciation for our reftel suggestions and noted that [...]	2006-06-08 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAEA IR FR
06PARIS3876	PRO-SEPARATIST CORSICAN LAWYER SAYS MOVEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Corsican lawyer Pascal Garbarini, who represents the majority of Corsicans imprisoned on terrorism-related charges, told poloff that the long-running separatist movement is ideologically impoverished, splintered into competing factions, evolving towards common criminality [...]	2006-06-08 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PTER
06PARIS388	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OUTGOING [...] The Ambassador met on January 16 with outgoing Culture Assistant Director General Mounir Bouchenaki. Bouchenaki and the Ambassador discussed the fact that the two key organizations for the World Heritage Program ICCROM (International Organization for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage) and [...]	2006-01-20 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS3891	France Nomination for FY-06 Benjamin Franklin [...] SUMMARY: Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to nominate a student for the FY06 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute. We believe this type of project complements and enhances post's efforts to reach out to younger audiences, particularly those from more diverse backgro [...]	2006-06-09 07:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS390	USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BRENNAN, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for William Brennan, Thomas Laughlin, and Jennifer Winston from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and attend the Third Global Conference on oceans, coasts, and islands - January 21-29, 2006. 2. Control officer for the visit [...]	2006-01-20 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV FR
06PARIS3901	SARKOZY ALLY ON CHIRAC'S ISOLATION AND SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Over lunch on June 1 with Ambassador Stapleton, center-right candidate for mayor of Paris and Sarkozy ally Francoise de Panafieu gave a somber portrait of President Chirac's growing isolation. She conveyed Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) legislators' growing apprehension that the publ [...]	2006-06-09 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS3902	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Death of Zarqawi Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 12:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3916	FRANCE AND THE FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 7 poloff delivered reftel demarche points to French MFA Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) action officer Etienne le Harivel de Gonneville. In a follow-up conversation on June 9, Gonneville explained that the GoF, like many other countries, is in favor of the FMCT. He added t [...]	2006-06-09 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL FR
06PARIS3919	FRANCE: CHARLES DE GAULLE AND WASHINGTON-DULLES AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to highlight an innovative proposed "sister-airport" link between Paris' Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport and Washington-Dulles airport. The idea -- for a limited information and "best practices" exchange -- was originally formulated in November 2005 by Dulles security offici [...]	2006-06-09 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER FR
06PARIS3921	SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN A DOCUMENTARY FOR FRENCH [...] Summary: Embassy Paris was approached by one of our best press contacts to seek Secretary Rice's participation in an hour-long biographical documentary series. The Embassy strongly endorses this request, and requests favorable consideration. We are ready to provide additional information should [...]	2006-06-09 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL FR
06PARIS3922	FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...]	2006-06-09 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR
06PARIS3927	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. MALI 5. COTE 6. MAURITANIA 7. SOMALIA 8. SUDAN 9. NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-06-12 08:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS393	UNESCO: SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTOR [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 11, Dr. Marc Renaud, former president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, outlined for selected delegations his recommendations regarding the future role of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector: to act as an "observatory"; [...]	2006-01-20 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3939	WEDGEWOOD DEMARCHE PROMPTS MFA REQUEST TO BACK [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered diplomatic note June 5 to MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman seeking support for Professor Wedgewood's reelection to the Human Rights Committee and followed up June 6 with IO Human Rights DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper, who in turn sought U.S. backing for the reele [...]	2006-06-12 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA US FR
06PARIS3940	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Suicides Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS396	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...]	2006-01-20 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3978	CONSTRUCTIVE FRENCH MFA LINE ON MID-YEAR [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the June 15 UNSC review of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-1) mandate and current DFI/IAMB arrangements with MFA Iraq desk officer Jean-Marie Safa and MFA UN Action Officer for Iraq Nicolas Kassianides June 12. Both Safa and Kassianides expected that th [...]	2006-06-13 13:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ FR
06PARIS3979	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Iraq - Camp David Talks [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS40	MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]	2006-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS4010	FRANCE WANTS TO JOIN SOMALIA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal demarched Africa Watcher on June 13 to convey displeasure at France's exclusion from the newly formed Somalia Contact Group. France is among the few nations in the European Union, including the UK, Sweden and Italy, which are actively engaged on Somalia [...]	2006-06-13 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SO FR
06PARIS4011	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: FRENCH OFFER VOTE PACT [...] (U) THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) The French MFA has formally proposed, by diplomatic note, a pact to exchange votes on behalf of U.S. and French candidates to the Human Rights Committee. Ref A related that MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Le Fraper sought U.S. backing for the c [...]	2006-06-13 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA US FR
06PARIS4017	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France's energy review recommends greater use of biofuels (para 2); -- .... and greater [...]	2006-06-14 08:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS402	FRANCE SUPPORTS DEMARCHE ON YEMENI 1267 VIOLATION, [...] (C) Following January 11 delivery of reftel demarche, Poloff received an update on the GOF response on January 20 from Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counterterrorism. Deruffe said France wholeheartedly supported the USG's demarche, and called the Yemeni government's violat [...]	2006-01-20 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC EFIN ETTC FR YM

06PARIS4033	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Olmert to Europe [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS404	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC),a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...]	2006-01-20 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS4046	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER FRENCH [...] (C) Using ref A talking points, we spoke June 8 and 14, with MFA expert on the NRF, Florian Escudie, to suggest France consider increasing its contributions or that it lobby its Eurocorps partners to make up existing gaps in the NRF-7 rotation. USNATO Ambassador Nuland and EUR/RPM Director Gar [...]	2006-06-14 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4053	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 11:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS406	CHIRAC UPDATES FRENCH NUCLEAR DEFENSE DOCTRINE TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a January 19 speech before an audience of MPs and military personnel at the L'ile Longue submarine base in Brittany, French President Chirac expanded on France's nuclear defense doctrine, last enunciated in 2001, suggesting the possibility of a nuclear response to t [...]	2006-01-20 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM PTER FR
06PARIS4080	NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD, [...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...]	2006-06-15 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR
06PARIS4094	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4095	UNESCO-DISCUSSION OF ROTATION CAUSING CONSTERNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sharing worries about a threat to the status quo and the potential of a "rogue" proposition rising to open discussion and a possible vote, key donor nations from several electoral groups met for the first time to discuss their views on rotational representation on UNESCO bodies. [...]	2006-06-15 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU UNESCO
06PARIS4096	UNESCO CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS CONVENTION: FRANCE TAKES [...] (U) On June 8, in a unanimous vote across all party lines, the French National Assembly approved the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (also known as the cultural diversity convention, which was adopted by vote at UNESCO in October, 2005 [...]	2006-06-15 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO FR ECON ETRD EU
06PARIS4117	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Afghan Violence [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 10:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4128	FRANCE WANTS HRC ACTION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES [...] (C) Summary: MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen concurred with the U.S. view that the first session of the Human Rights Council should avoid country-specific resolutions. However, she said the MFA was puzzled by the U.S. call for the HRC to avoid "action on [...]	2006-06-16 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS413	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Bin Laden Video [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4151	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] The Executive Board will begin work on the C/4 and C/5 budget planning documents at its upcoming session (September 25-October 11). Mission has been informed that we will soon receive a letter from the Chairman of the EB requesting each electoral group to name three representatives to a draft [...]	2006-06-16 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS4159	UK DELEGATION SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO'S ROLE IN [...] At a June 16 informal meeting of UNESCO delegates, the UK deputy informed Mission Officer that the UK is, in advance of Group I consultations in Athens on the medium-term strategy, seeking to achieve EU consensus on a non-paper on UNESCO's role. The aim of the UK paper is to encourage UNESCO t [...]	2006-06-16 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UK UNESCO
06PARIS416	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. AFRICAN UNION 4. MALI/SOCIAL FORUM 5. DROC 6. LIBERIA 7. SOUTH AFRICA 8. SUDAN Â [...]	2006-01-23 13:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4173	(C) CHIRAC AND OLMERT DISCUSS RESUMPTION OF [...] (S) Summary: Elysee contacts described the June 14 Chirac-Olmert meeting as friendly and said the French president was favorably impressed by his first encounter with the Israeli PM. Presidential Middle East advisor Dominique Boche stressed that Chirac urged Olmert to resume negotiations with [...]	2006-06-16 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL IS KPAL IR LE FR
06PARIS4174	FRANCE AND WORKING GROUPS SUPPORTING THE SRI [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor and poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with French MFA A/S equivalent for Asia, Herve Ladsous. Ladsous said that the GoF had no objections in principle to forming the two working groups, though, he added, France would probably not insert itself into a leade [...]	2006-06-16 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS FR
06PARIS4175	(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]	2006-06-16 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS4176	FRENCH TV TF-1 REQUEST TO INTERVIEW POTUS [...] SUMMARY. France's leading private television station has contacted the Ambassador to request an interview with President Bush in advance of the G-8 meetings. We strongly endorse this request and ask (para 6) Department concurrence and support in securing White House approval. END SUMMARY. [...]	2006-06-19 07:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL FR
06PARIS4183	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Diplomacy - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4206	UNESCO: OVERVIEW OF UNESCO'S WORK ON DESERTIFICATION AND [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. At a June 13 information session, UNESCO secretariat experts discussed the continuing progress the organization has made with regard to desertification and arid zones. After outlining UNESCO's history of action in this area, panelists presented some of UNESCO's curre [...]	2006-06-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4213	UNESCO SEMINAR TACKLES ISSUE OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE WITH [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At a UNESCO International Seminar entitled "New Stakes for Intercultural Dialogue" academics, diplomats, and artists predominantly from Europe and the Arab world discussed cross-cultural communication, the role of the city in intercultural dialogue, and the unique experie [...]	2006-06-19 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KISL MU AORC UNESCO
06PARIS4214	FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]	2006-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4215	FRANCE PRAISES U.S. TRANSPERENCY IN DRAFT DECISION [...] (U) Poloff delivered talking points June 16 to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) action officer, Etienne Sur. In a follow-up conversation June 19, Sur said that the GoF was pleased with the language in the U.S. Request for establishment of a revised date for the final deadline for destructio [...]	2006-06-19 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW FR
06PARIS4218	AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE) [...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]	2006-06-20 08:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4219	AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE [...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]	2006-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4221	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit Saddam Trial North [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 09:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4225	(C) PESSIMISTIC ELYSEE LINE ON LEBANON/SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Chirac's Middle East advisor Dominique Boche recently shared a pessimistic assessment of Lebanon/Syria developments, criticizing UNSYG Annan's passivity on the issue, and citing the potential for the Lebanese government to collapse, amid internal divisions and active undermining [...]	2006-06-20 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PTER FR
06PARIS4243	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-06-20 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06PARIS4247	SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...]	2006-06-21 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4248	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 09:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4253	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, [...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...]	2006-06-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4256	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4258	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and HHS Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social Scie [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG UNESCO UN IOM
06PARIS4277	STORMY DAYS AT EADS AND AIRBUS [...] (SBU) The furor surrounding EADS, recent plunge in the stock market, following revelations last week of further delays in Airbus A380 deliveries (see Paris Points of June 14, 15, 16),has plunged Airbus and its mother company EADS into one of the deepest crises in their history. Revelations [...]	2006-06-21 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS4278	FRANCE/VENEZUELA: NO DECISIONS YET ON ARMS SALE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 20, we raised ref A (possible French company arms deal with Spain for Venezuela) and ref B (Venezuelan anti-NGO bill) demarches with the MFA's PDAS and DAS-equivalents for Latin America. Regarding reports that the Spanish company Navantia has asked Thales France for pa [...]	2006-06-21 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV VE PARM
06PARIS4279	FY-2006 Voluntary Visitor Program: Pia IMBS (BOYLE). [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS4295	DEMARCHE TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON 2006 TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The director of France's Anti-Trafficking Office, Jean-Michel Colombani, discussed with us on June 13 the 2006 TIP report and vigorously defended France's commitment to combat trafficking in persons. It was evident that Colombani found the report's narrative on France quite cri [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG FR
06PARIS4296	(U) UNESCO PRIZES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4298	DEAUVILLE WOMEN'S FORUM - AN OPPORTUNITY WE SHOULDN'T [...] Deauville France will host the second annual Women's Forum for the Economy and Society, October 5-7, 2006. The United States was underrepresented at this event last year, and I ask your help to take full advantage of this opportunity this year. 2. The Forum (www.womens-forum.com) is a ma [...]	2006-06-22 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KDEM PHUM KPAO FR
06PARIS4303	FRANCE WEIGHING FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with French officials on June 8 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the MFA held jointly with the French Economic Ministry, U/S Levey laid [...]	2006-06-22 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL
06PARIS4305	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS431	UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...]	2006-01-24 06:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS4342	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relationship - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4360	(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]	2006-06-23 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4363	TRYING TO POSTPONE THE AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Israel is attempting to delay the Auschwitz name change issue from reaching UNESCO's World Heritage Conference for discussion or decision during the upcoming meeting in Vilnius next month. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO and current Charge d'Affairs for I [...]	2006-06-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PL GM IS UNESCO
06PARIS4381	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA - Terrorist Finance Tracking [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4386	DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS [...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]	2006-06-26 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4390	UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND [...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]	2006-06-26 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4406	FRANCE WILL LIKELY SEND A/S-EQUIVALENT TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PGOV PHUM SOCI FR
06PARIS4407	EXECUTIVE BOARD EARLY PREVIEW [...] Summary: Executive Board Secretary Parsuramen met with Ambassador Oliver to review preparations for the 175th Executive Board. Deadline for new agenda items for the 175th Executive Board is 22 July. End summary. 2. Ambassador Oliver met on Thursday, 22 June, with the Secretary of the [...]	2006-06-26 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4411	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: CHIRAC SHOULD REIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confided to Ambassador Stapleton during a June 15 lunch that he was worried by President Chirac's waning authority. Raffarin said he had advised the president on the importance of restoring the respective roles of the presidency, prime minister an [...]	2006-06-26 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4415	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4417	FRENCH GDP GROWTH AROUND 2 PERCENT IN 2006 [...] SUMMARY. In its June overview of the French economy, the National Statistics Agency estimated 2006 GDP will increase 2 percent in 2006, the low end of the original government forecast range of 2.0-2.5 percent on which the 2006 budget was based. Any improvement in GDP growth above 2.0 percent [...]	2006-06-27 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4441	U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]	2006-06-27 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS4443	FRENCH CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy) SUMMARY: At a cordial, exploratory conference hosted by France on June 20, French, German, Italian, UK, and US participants committed to work together to implement the G8 Gleaneagles Statement to identify, track and freeze WMD proliferation-related assets and [...]	2006-06-27 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PREL KNNP ETTC PARM FR
06PARIS4448	FRANCE/CHAD: LOOKING FOR AFRICAN OPTIONS ON CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert told visiting DASD Theresa Whelan on January 26 that France is exploring the use of 200-250 African gendarmes for refugee protection at 12 camps in eastern Chad. He said French troops would not be able to provide protection but would coordina [...]	2006-06-28 07:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO CD SU FR
06PARIS4449	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4458	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT COMPROMISE GUARANTEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the June 22 conciliation meeting of French Parliamentarians, a compromise draft of the copyright law has emerged to be approved by vote on June 30. The compromise text legitimizes the use of DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies to protect authors' rights, but [...]	2006-06-28 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS4477	FRANCE/UN: DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION USEFUL; TIME TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche points at opening of business on June 27 to MFA IO PDAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix, DAS-equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, and IO desk officer Nicholas Kassianides. Lacroix offered feedback on June 28 in which he emphasized French concurrence on [...]	2006-06-28 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA FR
06PARIS4482	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Surge of Violence in [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4511	UNESCO: STRIVING FOR RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT AT THE WORLD [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On May 30, 2006, consultant Bruno Lefevre gave a presentation about his work to institute Results Based Management (RBM) at the World Heritage (WH) Center. He was one of two consultants hired to examine the RBM framework and World Heritage System model, and propose [...]	2006-06-30 08:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV UNESCO
06PARIS452	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Rice Transformational [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4521	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4525	FRANCE TO ATTEND THE AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS4538	AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE ISSUE UNRESOVLED [...] (SBU) The Polish Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver yesterday afternoon, June 29th, to update her on the issue of the proposed name change of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, which was expected to be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Comm [...]	2006-06-30 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PO IS UNESCO
06PARIS4539	UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED MAINLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY. Job creation in the private and public sectors was boosted by an increase in government-subsidized contracts, and special government incentives. At least 700,000 jobs were created with the government's support in Q-1, which can explain the decrease in the unemployment rate to 9.1 per [...]	2006-06-30 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4546	FRENCH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE NEVERENDING STORY [...] Summary: The drop in the French unemployment rate to 9.1 percent could be due to GOF policies, as the GOF claims. It also might be due to an aging workforce beating an early retreat to retirement. And it might be due to statistical corrections. But the fact remains that the youth unemployment [...]	2006-06-30 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4549	THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT, Part I [...] SUMMARY. A government-commissioned report has warned that the current financial situation could spiral out of control unless a freeze is put on government spending over the next five years. The report recommendations are likely to become an issue leading up to the 2007 presidential elections. [...]	2006-06-30 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4557	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Afghanistan PARIS - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS456	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...]	2006-01-24 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4580	FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...]	2006-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN
06PARIS4586	FRENCH ADOPT NUCLEAR WASTE LAW -- DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS [...] Summary: In June, on time and non-confrontationally, the French Parliament adopted a key law to regulate nuclear materials and waste well into the future. The legislation confirms reversible, deep geological disposal as the reference solution for high-level, long-lived waste (HLLLW),with 201 [...]	2006-07-05 07:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
06PARIS4596	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo - Trial in Paris [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 10:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4610	IRAQI VP ABDEL-MEHDI MEETS WITH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY [...] (C) Summary and comment: While in France for personal reasons, Iraqi Vice-President Abdel Abdel-Mehdi met on June 26 with FM Douste-Blazy and President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. Abdel-Medhi also gave numerous press interviews during which he described the situat [...]	2006-07-05 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IZ
06PARIS4628	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4638	UNESCO: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF SIX CONVENTIONS [...] To date, only Canada, Mauritius and, most recently, Mexico, have deposited at UNESCO their Instruments of Ratification regarding the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. 2. In a series of written communications we have recently received, [...]	2006-07-06 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TREATY RATIFICATION
06PARIS4643	UNESCO: U.S. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTE [...] THE OPENING DAYS OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAM (IHP IGC, JULY 3-7) HAVE ALREADY YIELDED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF U.S. RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH UNESCO'S ACTIVITIES IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 2. ON JULY 4, THE COUNCIL - IN WHICH TH [...]	2006-07-06 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4650	CAUTIOUS FRENCH INTEREST IN PARNERSHIP FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning (S/P) Director Dr. Stephen Krasner met with French officials and MFA consultants June 23-24 to discuss the nascent initiative for a "Partnership for Better Governance Group" (PBGG). Krasner explained the PBGG would be a multilateral effort with interested deve [...]	2006-07-07 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID UNGA FR
06PARIS4651	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4652	THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT: PART II [...] SUMMARY. The government's intention to decrease the public deficit in 2006 and 2007 appears to be the first step towards the ultimate goal of reducing the national debt to 60% of GDP by 2010, as outlined in the Pebereau report, but thus far the proposed changes to the national budget remain sh [...]	2006-07-07 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4659	UNESCO: N. SCOTT MOMADAY DISCUSSES CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] SUMMARY. UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Division of Foresight, Philosophy and Human Sciences hastily organized a June 22 symposium on human dignity and art with N. Scott Momaday, UNESCO Artist for Peace and Native American poet, novelist, painter, and story-teller, which focused on the im [...]	2006-07-07 12:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNESCO OEXC SCUL
06PARIS466	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR ON FRANCO-ALGERIAN TREATY, [...] (C) During a January 19 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Algerian Ambassador to France Missoum Sbih confirmed that the long-sought Franco-Algerian friendship treaty remains stalled over differences over historical issues, namely how to address French colonization of Algeria. Original [...]	2006-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO FR
06PARIS4663	GOF CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDF HOSTAGE CRISIS; WORRIED [...] (C) Summary and comment: An MFA contact told poloff July 6 that the GOF is closely following the Israeli/Palestinian crisis that began with the late June kidnapping of IDF soldier (and French/Israeli dual national) Gilad Shalit. Although the GOF has been rumored to be involved in negotiations [...]	2006-07-07 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR SY
06PARIS4666	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...]	2006-07-07 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA
06PARIS4673	UNESCO REFORM: GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE UN "COHERENCE" [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 3. 2. At its July 12 meeting, the UNESCO Geneva Group of donor member states will focus on the ongoing exercise to enhance UN system-wide coherence in the areas of humanitarian assistance, the environment and development. The meeting will start with a [...]	2006-07-07 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS4674	UNESCO: BRIEFING ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, briefed representatives from the Executive Board's Group I countries on his plans for reform of UNESCO's Education Sector, July 6 at UNESCO headquarters. Smith announced that he has put the plan into action as of [...]	2006-07-07 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4693	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Operation Summer Rain [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4714	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French Guiana firm Amazonie Loisirs as well as French authorities to verify the bona fides of the end-user. 2. Although we were not able to conduct the requested site visit, company owner Pierre Mendez responded to our list of questions [...]	2006-07-10 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS4724	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Death of Chechen Rebellion [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4745	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: FRANCE LOOKING TO AVOID PRC [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke on July 11 with MFA Director for IO and UN Sylvie Bermann, briefing her on U.S. views per ref A. Bermann underlined that France shares the U.S. viewpoint on the gravity of the North Korean missile launches. Bermann, however, underscored the GoF concern about the importance [...]	2006-07-11 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP KN FR UNSC
06PARIS4760	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Terrorist Attacks in Bombay - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 11:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4765	WTO DOHA ROUND : AFTER GENEVA, FRENCH AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with Agricultural Minister-Counselor, French Ministry of Agriculture officials stressed that they still expect a positive outcome of the Doha round of trade negotiations, despite the recent meeting in Geneva. In fact, they acknowledged that they are now more optimistic [...]	2006-07-12 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS4786	HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S JUNE 29-30 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Haitian President Rene Preval visited France June 29-30 and met with President Chirac, PM Villepin, and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie. According to an MFA contact, Preval underscored a consistent message in all his meetings: Haiti would focus on agriculture an [...]	2006-07-12 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR HA
06PARIS4793	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] In addition to checking with the French Prefect for French Guiana and with French Customs (ref B) regarding the bona fides of end-user Amazonie Loisirs for license application 05-999048, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer also contacted the French Foreign Ministry, which in turn requested an int [...]	2006-07-13 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
06PARIS4795	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - P5 + 1 Meeting in Paris [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4812	FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT MTCR SMALL GROUP [...] (C) On July 10, we delivered to the MFA ref A invitation (and conference information) to attend the MTCR Small Group Consultations on the UAV/Cruise Missile proposal. On July 13, the MFA officer covering MTCR issues, David Bertolotti, provided the following list of French participants -- Da [...]	2006-07-13 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC ETTC FR
06PARIS4816	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG
06PARIS4817	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]	2006-07-17 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4825	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - G8 Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS4843	Transformation Diplomacy Project: Elected Afghan Women in [...] SUMMARY: EUR/PPD funding helped Embassy Paris partner with French NGOs and French local and national government sponsors to bring 30 Afghan women parliamentarians to Paris June 12-16, 2006, most of them outside their country for the first time. The parliamentarians addressed high-level and publ [...]	2006-07-17 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM FR
06PARIS4850	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]	2006-07-17 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4854	PAKISTANI FM KASURI'S JULY 5 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri discussed a range of issues with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in meetings in Paris on July 5. According to the MFA's Pakistan desk officer, Kasuri appeared stunned when Douste-Blazy requested a list of the sensitive techn [...]	2006-07-17 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IO PK PREL
06PARIS4855	FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 15:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ FR
06PARIS4864	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iran -G8 Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4889	TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]	2006-07-18 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4913	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli-Lebanese Conflict - French [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4914	COURTESY CALL BY SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO, AMADOU [...] (U) Summary: Senegal new Ambassador to UNESCO, Amadou Deme, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Oliver today, June 30th. The two Ambassadors discussed the need to work closely together to advance UNESCO capabilities to provide effective programs for Africa through all of UNESCO sectors. En [...]	2006-07-19 11:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL SG
06PARIS4939	TFLE01 CHIRAC ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY AID TO LEBANON; [...] SUMMARY: After meeting with the Cabinet on July 19, President Chirac announced France would be sending emergency aid to Lebanon and calls for "humanitarian corridors" to be opened. Chirac said that the GoF was cooperating closely with Lebanese officials on their needs. He also took the opport [...]	2006-07-19 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4944	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4951	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON JULY 20 BAGHDAD COMPACT [...] (SBU) Embassy provided reftel points to the offices of Foreign Ministry Political Director Stansilas de Laboulaye and Ministry of Finance Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy Xavier Musca to update them after their recent meetings with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Ki [...]	2006-07-20 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ ECIN OTRA
06PARIS4955	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]	2006-07-20 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS4960	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Finance Minister pushes privatization of Gaz de France (para 2) -- France is feeling th [...]	2006-07-21 07:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS4963	UNESCO: FIRST INTANGIBLE HERITAGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the first General Assembly (GA) of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Convention from June 27-29. The GA's most important accomplishment was the election, on the final day, of the meeting of 18 Convention S [...]	2006-07-21 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4966	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4967	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICAN CONTINENT 6. WEST AFRICA 7. ANGOLA 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2006-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4970	EMBASSY PARIS PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] Amembassy Paris designates the following officers to participate in the USNATO/USEU POl-MIL Conference to be held October 3-6, 2006 in Brussels. -- Gus Recinos -- Pol/Mil Officer -- 10/29/52: -- TSI -- Tel: (33) 1 4312 2198; fax: (33) 1 4312 2663, email: recinosg@state.gov -- Arr [...]	2006-07-21 12:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL
06PARIS4979	FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]	2006-07-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS4980	IRAQ COMPACT: FRENCH FINANCE MINISTRY OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Philip Zelikow met July 17 with Xavier Musca, Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy in the French Ministry of Finance to discuss the Iraq Compact. Musca expressed support for the goals of the Compact, but expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ
06PARIS4982	TFLE01: DOUSTE-BLAZY TESTS "MODERATE ARAB" STATES' [...] (S) SUMMARY: Poloff met on July 21 with Douste-Blazy's acting Cabinet Advisor for the Middle East, Francois Thoizy, in order to get additional details on the FM's travel to Lebanon and other countries in the region. He said the FM would be visiting Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, [...]	2006-07-24 07:29:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4986	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4988	FRIDAY SERMONS AT PARIS GRAND MOSQUE: IN MIDST OF [...] (C) Days after the Grand Mosque of Paris issued a statement of sympathy to the Lebanese people in the wake of Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, Poloff attended the weekly Friday sermon on July 21 at the mosque. Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, annou [...]	2006-07-24 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER SCUL FR
06PARIS5000	MEMBER OF PROMINENT FRANCO-ALGERIAN FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mehdi Zerhouni, a member of a prominent Franco-Algerian family and a relative of Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni, told us July 22 that discrimination in France against young men of Arab extraction remains "a big problem" for the country. While acknowledging that Interio [...]	2006-07-24 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS5012	E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV
06PARIS5014	TFLE01: FRENCH FM RETURNS FROM MIDDLE EAST: LOOKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Political Minister Counselor met on July 24 with FM Douste-Blazy's Middle East Cabinet Advisor, Christophe Guilhou. Guilhou had returned earlier in the morning with the FM after visiting Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Discussions with leaders in the region, Guilhou said, had focus [...]	2006-07-24 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 11:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5024	PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT [...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...]	2006-07-25 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS5028	UNESCO ETHICS PROGRAMS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT [...] Summary and comment. The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an "extraordinary" session in Paris on June 27-28, 2006. This meeting was held to brief members on current activities and to obtain recommendations on next steps in three areas of "et [...]	2006-07-25 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO
06PARIS5051	BEATING THE HEAT: GOF ON ALERT [...] Soaring temperatures in France since mid-July are considered responsible for the death of at least 30 people. Anxious to avoid a repeat of the 2003 heat wave catastrophe (15,000 deaths, reftel),the GOF recently implemented an updated heat wave plan (Plan National contre la Canicule, or PNC). [...]	2006-07-25 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
06PARIS5053	FINANCE MINISTER DOWN ON DOHA, IRAN; BULLISH ON [...] (C) French Finance Minister Breton told the Ambassador on July 24 that turmoil in the Mideast resulting from Iran,s nuclear program and the war in Lebanon are of great concern to the world economy. Breton said negotiations in the Doha trade round are not working because the EU can go no fart [...]	2006-07-25 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS5057	(S) NIAG 6104: PAKISTANI NUCLEAR-RELATED PROCUREMENT IN FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 16:19:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC FR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL
06PARIS5067	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5073	CONSUMPTION KEEPS FEEDING THE FRENCH ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY. The unexpected rise in French consumption of manufactured products in June confirms solid economic growth in the second quarter. The French Finance Minister said the data supports his 2006 GDP growth forecast of 2.0 to 2.5 percent. However, recovery of consumer spending in Germany a [...]	2006-07-26 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5078	FRENCH RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 26 to Natalie Morro in the MFA Archives Office and Claude Chavance in MFA Legal Affairs. Both interlocutors confirmed that the GoF did not anticipate any major obstacles to the ratification of the amendments. They noted the ratification of the text by [...]	2006-07-26 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KNAR FR
06PARIS5080	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5084	EDUCATION REFORM ATMOSPHERICS AND GATHERING STORM CLOUDS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's ADG for Education Peter Smith's information briefing on reform in the Education Sector provided an insight into the first signs of a deteriorating climate of consensus and goodwill at UNESCO. The repercussions of the current political situation in the Middle East are [...]	2006-07-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5103	PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF UNESCO'S [...] (U) Ambassador Oliver met today, July 27, with Mr. Kishore Rao, Deputy Director of the World Heritage Center (WHC) to discuss preparations for the management audit. 2. (U) The Ambassador said that several key elements are needed to ensure the audit would provide the results we need to impr [...]	2006-07-27 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5106	CHAD: FORMER FM SALEH KEBZABO CRITICIZES DEBY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Chad FM Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997) called on Africa Watcher July 6 to discuss current developments in Chad and the region. Kebzabo,s distaste for Deby and his government was easily discernible. Kebzabo saw little hope that Deby would engage with opposition figures. Kebza [...]	2006-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS5108	FRANCE CONCERNED AT FATE OF KEY SC PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel demarche points on July 27 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon Michel, who expressed dissatisfaction that USG objections to the draft resolution would block a key deliverable for the French Security Council Presidency in July. He stressed that the initiative e [...]	2006-07-27 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CG FR
06PARIS5110	THE OECD BUDGET: GETTING TO ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious budget proposals by the new OECD Secretary General for the 2007-2008 biennium exceed the guidelines SIPDIS of the United States and other major contributors, resulting in a proposed increase in member contributions of 4.35 percent for 2007 that is simply unreali [...]	2006-07-28 06:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT EFIN AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5114	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. ETHIOPIA 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. BENIN 6. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Â [...]	2006-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5139	WTO DOHA ROUND : GOF BLAMES U.S. FOR COLLAPSE; FARMERS WANT [...] (SBU) French Minister for Trade Christine Lagarde expressed regrets over the collapse of the Doha trade round in Geneva, stating that she does not expect further results. She explicitly blamed the United States' "hard line" stance on domestic agricultural support for the failure of the recent [...]	2006-07-28 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS5146	THE OECD BUDGET: PUSHING RUSSIA TO REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The role played by the OECD at the G8 summit is only one of many OECD activities aimed at strengthening the market economy and democratic governance in Russia. A comprehensive economic survey, scheduled for completion in September, will focus on innovation and reform of public [...]	2006-07-28 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5147	FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]	2006-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5148	FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]	2006-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5154	JUDICIAL DECISIONS FAVORABLE TO BIOTECH CULTIVATION [...] Summary: Two recent judicial decisions have been supportive of biotech cultivation in France. The first overturned a lower court ruling exonerating test plot destroyers. The second required Greenpeace to remove from its website names and locations of biotech corn growers. Both decisions wil [...]	2006-07-31 07:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EUN FR
06PARIS5157	61ST UNGA: FRANCE UNDECIDED ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 09:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
06PARIS5163	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Israeli Attack on Cana - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5166	MICHEL ROCARD: DON'T RULE OUT A SURPRISE IN 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amb. Stapleton met with Michel Rocard on July 19 (see reftel for report on previous meeting). Rocard, who supports Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the Socialist Party (PS) presidential nomination, appeared resigned to a Royal victory in the party primary. He regretted that neither she [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5170	INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO) [...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]	2006-07-31 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS5176	FRENCH ON LEBANON FOR AUGUST 1 GAERC [...] (C) In response to reftel points, MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff told us July 31 that the Finnish Presidency had not/not submitted language for a draft conclusion. Given French need for language calling for an immmediate cease-fire, and British opposition to the same, LeDeunff said, the Frenc [...]	2006-07-31 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR
06PARIS5182	TOGO: MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: UPBEAT BUT [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Togolese opposition leader and UFC chief Gilchrist Olympio told us on July 27 that he agreed to the naming of Burkina Faso President Campaore as facilitator for political dialogue between the GOT and opposition political grou [...]	2006-08-01 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO FR
06PARIS5183	UNESCO: SESAME CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON CONTINUED MID EAST [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Council of the Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) convened for its eighth meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on July 10-11, 2006. The centerpiece of the program is a synchrotron light source, to be installed in Jor [...]	2006-08-01 09:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TPHY TSPA KISL SOCI XF JO
06PARIS5184	FRENCH APPROACH TO FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Economy Diplomatic Counselor Gilles Mentre told Econoff July 28 that France has taken steps to respond to criticism that its aid programs unjustly inflate aid figures with debt cancellation numbers. France has devised a scheme that ties debt cancellation more directly to po [...]	2006-08-01 09:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS5185	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel-Hezbollah Conflict - Iran's [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS520	UPDATED FRENCH AVIAN FLU PLAN [...] Summary. In its updated strategic plan to combat avian flu, the French government recognizes the six alert phases defined by WHO and details the roles and responsibilities of government agencies that would be involved in the event of a pandemic. The plan also underscores the importance of [...]	2006-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC AMGT FR KFLU
06PARIS5205	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR KSCA PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA
06PARIS5206	COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA
06PARIS5207	U.S. COMMENTS ON NORWEGIAN SEVEN-COUNTRY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM MNUC
06PARIS5216	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanese Crisis - Iran and [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 10:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5238	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE AND [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting on Chad and Sudan (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. 2. (C) On Cote d'Ivoire, Foucher expressed strong dismay at the lack of progress in the identification, disarmament, demobilization, [...]	2006-08-02 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CI TO FR
06PARIS5239	FRANCE: ENDING CHAD'S SUPPORT TO DARFUR MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent Foucher said on August 2 that France shared the USG's concerns about Chadian support for militias in Darfur but believed that President Deby was not responsible for this support, which was being provided by other Chadians over w [...]	2006-08-02 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
06PARIS5242	COURT UPHOLDS FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) The French Constitutional Court in a July 27 decision upheld the new copyright law, throwing out four provisions as unconstitutional. Specifically, the court ruled that collaborative file-sharing, contravention of protected works online, and bypassing of technical protective measures sho [...]	2006-08-02 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS5248	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli- Lebanese Crisis - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS526	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5262	FRENCH AGRICULTURE MINISTRY FIRMLY CONDEMNS BIOTECH CROP [...] On July 30, anti-biotech activists struck again in southwestern France destroying a Pioneer biotech test plot and, for the first time, commercial fields of biotech corn. Although activists are continuing to express their anti-biotech stance in this manner (reftel),we have noted that a growin [...]	2006-08-03 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EUN FR
06PARIS5276	U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]	2006-08-03 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5289	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5305	TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]	2006-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS5309	PKK IN EUROPE: GOF ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (S) Poloff followed up informally August 4 with MFA Turkey Desk Officer Pascal Schuster to discuss potential French interest in a trilateral working group concept as brainstormed in REF A. 2. (S) Schuster explained that, to his knowledge, the French embassy in Ankara had not yet reported [...]	2006-08-07 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER KFTN TU GM FR UK
06PARIS5311	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli - Lebanese Conflict: [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5320	FRANCE: STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Since we last reported on HSPD-6 in October 2005 (ref B),the GOF has continued to express reservations about it based on its experience with No-Fly watchlisting, pending issues regarding data privacy and doubts about the potential benefits of data exchange. It has been careful however [...]	2006-08-07 12:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5341	USG Delegation Report on 17th Meeting of the UNESCO [...] A US delegation participated in the 17th meeting of the UNESCO International Hydrology Program (IHP) Intergovernmental Council (IGC) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, July 3-7, 2006. The delegation consisted of: Mathew C. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey (head of delegation),Verne R. Sch [...]	2006-08-07 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KS AORC TSPL EAID KSCI SENV SOCI
06PARIS535	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK [...] (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that "we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern." He added that in order to work with the Palestinian government, certain conditions had to be met, including renunciation o [...]	2006-01-26 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR FR KPAL
06PARIS536	UNESCO: ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (U) This is a request for guidance, see para 7. 3. (C) I am very concerned that all indications are that Francoise Riviere, a French national who currently heads the Director General's cabinet, has the inside [...]	2006-01-26 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS5360	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 11:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS537	UNESCO: ROLLS OUT EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM TO [...] Summary. UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, Peter Smith, held an information meeting regarding Education Sector reform on January 13, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to get buy-in for proposed Education Sector reforms from Member State Delegations. Unfortunately, the meet [...]	2006-01-26 18:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS5383	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and Health Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social S [...]	2006-08-08 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SMIG UN IOM
06PARIS5386	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5400	FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO FIGHT HRC SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns presented reftel points August 9 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, stressing the U.S. political concern that Human Rights Council (HRC) discussions of Lebanon could have a negative impact on discussions in New York on a Lebano [...]	2006-08-09 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL PTER FR IS LE
06PARIS5409	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 10:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS541	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Election Results [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 10:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5411	GOF RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON UNSCR [...] (C) DCM contacted MFA Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, to update him on USG demarches in UNSC capitals to gather support for the earliest possible adoption of a UNSCR on Lebanon. Vimont said that the GOF shared our urgency for a resolution that could bring a much needed end to hostilities. Vi [...]	2006-08-10 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IS LE PREL PTER UN
06PARIS5414	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON [...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]	2006-08-10 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5423	EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...]	2006-08-10 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM
06PARIS5424	NATIXIS: A NEW FRENCH FINANCE NATIONAL CHAMPION [...] SUMMARY. The GOF has given the green light to a new joint subsidiary between the French Caisses d'Epargne and the Banque Populaire banking groups, creating NatIxis. With 500 billion euros (USD 640 billion) in assets managed, NatIxis has the potential to become a significant player in the fina [...]	2006-08-10 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5429	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON HCR SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns shared ref A points August 10 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen. Ref B reports the results of his initial, August 9 discussions with Le Fraper in accordance with ref C. Deputy PolCouns asked Le Fraper to bring to the attentio [...]	2006-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNHCR LE FR
06PARIS5440	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Foiled London Attack [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5454	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 5. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 6. MALI Â [...]	2006-08-11 13:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5461	UNESCO STAFF SEE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY AS EXPANSION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor for the Library of Congress (LOC) World Digital Library Initiative (WDL),held an informational meeting with working level UNESCO staff and two separate meetings on June 20 and 21 with staff from the UNESCO Director-General's (DG) office. Eliz [...]	2006-08-11 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5463	UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO UNSC AL
06PARIS5480	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Resolution 1701 - Cease-Fire - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5495	FRENCH GDP GROWTH SURGED IN Q-2 [...] SUMMARY. GDP increased 4.5-4.9 percent in Q-2, mostly due to strong growth in domestic consumption and exports. The GOF indicated that GDP growth was running at a 3 percent pace at the end of the first semester, but officials are unlikely to revise upwards their 2006 GDP growth forecast beyo [...]	2006-08-16 05:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5512	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS552	FRENCH "OIL FOR FOOD" INVESTIGATING JUDGE SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Investigating judge Philippe Courroye met with Poloffs January 24 to request USG assistance regarding his planned trip to Baghdad to question four Iraqi nationals (including Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein) in his investigation into the UN's "oil for food" corruption scandal. Courr [...]	2006-01-27 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS FR IZ
06PARIS553	LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS554	FRANCE AGREES WITH FOCUSING INTERNATIONAL MEDIA [...] (C) On January 27, Poloff met with Antoine Gosset, the MFA's desk officer for Belarus, to discuss reftel demarche encouraging international media attention on the March 19 Belarus presidential election. Gosset said the MFA agreed with the demarche points and furthermore, the MFA would be ramp [...]	2006-01-27 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL BO FR
06PARIS5544	TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on August 16 that he hoped the political dialogue in Ouagadougou between the Togolese government and opposition would be productive, but he believed the process would result only in cosmetic changes designed to improve the internat [...]	2006-08-17 09:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TO FR
06PARIS5546	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PATRICIA MOLLER [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for Ambassador Patricia N. Moller to travel to Paris, France, from August 22-25, 2006, to attend meetings with Embassy personnel and GOF officials. 2. Embassy point of contact for the visit is Political Assistant Robert Kaneda, [...]	2006-08-17 13:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KE BY FR

06PARIS5555	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - U.S. Stance - GWOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 08:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5563	UNESCO: ADG KHAN ON WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) met with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan and staffer for Digital Libraries, Abdelaziz Abid to discuss UNESCO's cooperation on the World Digital Library (WDL). Khan, like o [...]	2006-08-18 08:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5574	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - International Force - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 11:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5594	UNESCO: REPORT ON NEGOTIATION OF DRAFT PRINCIPLES RELATING [...] Begin Summary. The UNESCO Intergovernmental Meeting on the Preparation of a Declaration of Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War took place in Paris on July 19-21, 2006. The United States delegation consisted of the Permanent Representative, [...]	2006-08-21 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM SCUL UN
06PARIS5595	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Cease-Fire Violation - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS560	FRENCH ON JANUARY 30 GAERC: HAMAS, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref (A) points on January 24th to MFA's deputy of CFSP unit, Pascal LeDeunff, and discussed the points with him on January 27th. 2. (C) Hamas Victory: LeDeunff referenced the January 27th Quartet statement and, echoing Prime Minister de Villepin's statement of January 2 [...]	2006-01-27 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL IS HIZ FR
06PARIS5608	UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]	2006-08-21 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS5609	FRANCE: 61ST UNGA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 08:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
06PARIS5611	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France in UNIFIL - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5622	FUZZY MATH COMPLICATES FIRST SEMESTER FRENCH BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: The central government budget deficit declined nearly 25 percent at the end of the first semester compared with the same period last year. However, the decrease was largely artificial, owing more to recent cosmetic reforms to the French finance law than to cuts in spending. Strong t [...]	2006-08-22 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5625	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - EU-25 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 10:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS563	TAORMINA INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL -- MOD [...] (C) On January 26, during the course of a previously scheduled meeting to discuss NATO issues, pol/miloff raised the recent unsuccessful debate at NATO on securing a NAC-PSC meeting on CT. In response, Camille Grand, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, said that the minister was also [...]	2006-01-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS5639	UNSC RESOLUTION 1695: FRANCE IS SUPPORTIVE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY and Action Request: In response to Embassy demarche (reftel),the MFA reiterated France's commitment to the implementation of the UNSC Resolution on North Korea, adding that the adoption of UNSC 1695 has accelerated internal French discussions between the Ministry of Finance and th [...]	2006-08-23 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER FR
06PARIS5653	UNESCO: LEBANON UPDATE [...] Charge spoke August 23 with Lebanese Charge Salim Baddoura for an update on UNESCO?s involvement with Lebanon. Baddoura said that a UNESCO team arrived in Lebanon on August 22 and has already met with the Minister of Culture and will be meeting shortly with the Ministry of Education. The cu [...]	2006-08-23 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL LE IS
06PARIS5655	POSSIBLE CHINA IPR CASE: DEMARCHE TO FRANCE [...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor met August 22 with Philippe Pegorier, technical advisor in the cabinet of Trade Minister Lagarde, and Bertrand Walckenaer, Finance Ministry desk officer for China, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (SBU) The GOF is very focused on intellectual property (IP) en [...]	2006-08-24 06:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO CH FR
06PARIS5657	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]	2006-08-24 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS566	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MALI SUMMIT 5. CHAD 6. CONGO 7. DROC 8. KENYA 8. ZIMBABWE Â [...]	2006-01-30 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5666	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5667	FRENCH UPDATE ON CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE [...] (C) On August 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Arnaud Mentre, MFA nonproliferation officer responsible for the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) issue. Mentre responded that France was involved in three demarches, either underway or planned, on CANWFZ: -- Today, on August 24 [...]	2006-08-24 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MARR PREL UN FR
06PARIS5668	LEBANON/UNFIL: CHIRAC TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (U) President Chirac will go on national television at 8:00 p.m. tonight, August 24, to announce the decision taken earlier today, in his meeting with concerned cabinet ministers (PM, MFA, MOD),regarding France's participation in UNIFIL-plus. 2. (C) In an August 24 meeting of CDA with in [...]	2006-08-24 12:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS568	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Elections Aftermath [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5697	FRENCH SHARE CONCERNS ON HRC; NOTE NOMINATION FOR [...] (C) Acting Polcouns shared ref A points August 21 with newly arrived MFA DAS-equivalent for UN Human Rights Affairs Jacques Pellet and discussed ref A demarche with him August 24, highlighting growing U.S. concerns with the Council's lack of balance and objectivity, particularly as demonstrate [...]	2006-08-24 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC FR
06PARIS5698	LEBANON/UNIFIL: CHIRAC ANNOUNCES 1600 ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Speaking on national television late August 24 reftel President Chirac pledged to contribute two more battalions at 800 soldiers each to UNIFIL, bringing the total French participation to 2,000 total. France will retain command on the ground and review the situation in six month [...]	2006-08-24 18:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5713	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France's Commitment [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5732	TERRORISM FINANCE: NOMINATION PROCEDURES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) TFCO held a meeting among relevant agencies at post on August 22 to reach agreement on internal procedures for nominating additional candidates for the second phase of the radical ideologue initiative (reftel). No names were sugge [...]	2006-08-25 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC FR
06PARIS5733	CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]	2006-08-25 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS5734	GOF ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE 2009 CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA DAS Equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, who was eager to discuss the U.S. position on Kazakhstan's candidacy for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship. Drawing on reftel points, A/Polcouns highlighte [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE FR
06PARIS5737	FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...]	2006-08-28 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS574	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission has obtained new information on possible Dutch and Greek candidacies for the International Program for the Development of Communication Bureau (IPDC). Mission has learned that although the Dutch have given 2 million USD to the program over the pa [...]	2006-01-30 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS5744	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel's [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5761	FRANCE: DONOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA Office Director for Humanitarian Intervention and Evaluation Christian Bernard. Points were also provided to MFA Development Office of Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction head Emmanuel Delloye. Christian confirmed that French assistan [...]	2006-08-28 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL FR LE
06PARIS5763	LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]	2006-08-28 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5764	UNESCO: DISCUSSION OF WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY WITH UNESCO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Wednesday June 21, Ambassador Oliver hosted a luncheon with selected UNESCO Ambassadors for John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) to introduce the concept of the World Digital Library (WDL). With Van Oudenaren, the Ambassadors discussed the possibilities of the [...]	2006-08-29 05:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5768	(U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]	2006-08-29 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5769	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon, Islam and the West [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5772	PRINCIPLES OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG IAEA FR
06PARIS5811	FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]	2006-08-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5815	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5819	LETTER FROM LEBANESE JOURNALIST MAY CHIDIAC TO SECRETARY [...] Following is text of a letter to the Secretary from May Chidiac, Lebanese journalist and recent winner of the UNESCO World Press Freedom prize. Ms. Chidiac was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by Ambassador Oliver in May. Letter was received by email from Ms. Chidiac and we are forw [...]	2006-08-30 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LE
06PARIS5824	CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...]	2006-08-30 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF
06PARIS5827	FRANCE: ACCEDING TO THE REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] Econoff discussed reftel with MFA Legal Affairs Law of the Sea officer Frederic Lepez August 29, following earlier inquiry with MOT Maritime Affairs International Affairs Office Director Daniel Silvestre. Neither was aware of any GOF position on accession to ReCAAP, but said they would make f [...]	2006-08-30 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIA EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS5829	SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: FRANCE LOOKING TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PTER FR
06PARIS5837	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS584	IAEA DONOR CONFERENCE ON DECOMISSIONING OF IRAQ'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC FR IZ IAEA
06PARIS5848	FRANCE/BURUNDI: AMBASSADOR MOLLER'S AUGUST 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA and MOD officials expressed views on Burundi and the Great Lakes region similar to those of the U.S. during August 22 discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Patricia Moller. MFA officials expressed concern about the recent arrests in Burundi in connect [...]	2006-08-31 10:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM BY FR
06PARIS5851	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5853	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE III [...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's first evaluation mission has returned from Lebanon. While the mission leader's first report uses dramatic language to describe the situation on the ground, the Director-General (DG) issued a press release on August 30 that is decidedly more neutral and lists the particu [...]	2006-08-31 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL LE
06PARIS5861	FRANCE WILL CO-SPONSOR DARFUR RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel confirmed that France will co-sponsor the draft resolution to extend UNMIS deployment to Darfur. France will also approach Congo-Brazzaville to request their co-sponsorship. 2. (C) Simon-Michel described the French decision as painful. [...]	2006-08-31 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO SU FR
06PARIS5862	REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) On 28 August, Embassy ESTH/NP Counselor and ESTH/NP officer jointly presented arguments and papers to French MFA Deputy Director for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Hugues De Longevialle concerning French support for the India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative at the October 2006 N [...]	2006-08-31 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY FR
06PARIS5865	FRENCH DISAFFECTION WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: France's President, Foreign Minister and Minister-Delegate for European Affairs used their late-August remarks to France's conclave of ambassadors, each in his/her own way, to express their continuing concerns about the EU's perceived weaknesses. Chirac complained a [...]	2006-08-31 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU MARR PGOV
06PARIS5872	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON AVIATION SECURITY, THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftels' points August 10 to Luc Lapene, head of the International Coordination Office at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Lapene indicated that France would attend the Montreal ICAO AVSEC panel meeting, and would be represented by one of DGAC's technical e [...]	2006-08-31 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO FR
06PARIS5873	EU GYMNICH/IRAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU FR IR KNNP PARM PGOV UN
06PARIS5877	GUINEA-BISSAU: FRENCH MFA PROVIDES OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA deskoff Damien Syed on August 29 described Guinea-Bissau's political problems, primarily the opposition's refusal to accept the 2005 election results, and their negative effect on national unity and donor confidence. France is nonetheless crafting a Partnership Framework a [...]	2006-09-01 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU FR
06PARIS5885	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq, Elections and 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5895	AIR FRANCE DISCUSSION WITH ISRAEL ON RESUMPTION OF [...] (C/NF) A senior Air France executive (please protect) told Economic Minister-Counselor August 31 that Air France will receive two Israeli security officials this weekend to discuss the possibility of a resumption of Air France service to Beirut via Amman, Jordan. To date, Air France has flown [...]	2006-09-01 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON FR LE IS JO
06PARIS59	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5926	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Turkey in UNIFIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5944	FRANCE OFFERS UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR PUTTING [...] (C) We delivered reftel point on September 5 to Jeremie Petit, the Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, he reiterated France's staunch support for putting Burma on the U.N. Security Council's agenda. Petit said France is very concerned about Burma's ongoing conte [...]	2006-09-05 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS5958	AIR FRANCE ON PNR, NO-FLY AND CNIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Air France is confident that it will be able to transmit PNR data to the USG on October 1 with or without a new US-EU PNR agreement. The airline at present has no plans to file with the France Data Privacy Commission (CNIL) for approval of its current No Fly procedures, cont [...]	2006-09-06 08:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS596	CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06PARIS5964	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mexico - Aftermath of Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5974	FRENCH ELECTION 2007: NICOLAS SARKOZY -- THE [...] (C) Eight months before France's 2007 Presidential election, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy remains the best positioned of the many contenders for France's presidency. He is a markedly different presidential heavyweight, pro-American and committed to free-market principles. Notwithstanding [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS5975	INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY ON EVE OF HIS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told Ambassador September 5 he was "proud and honored" to be meeting with President Bush on September 12. President Chirac had pressured him "not to go to the U.S.," Sarkozy said, but this would not stop him from "affirming my loyal friendship" for the [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS599	FORMER FM VEDRINE ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, EUROPE, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 26 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former FM Hubert Vedrine provided a tour d'horizon on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (it all depends on Israel and, specifically, the eclipse of the Likud),Iran (the difficulties of preventing it from acquiring a nuclear [...]	2006-01-30 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN KNNP KPAL
06PARIS5990	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6007	MPAA CEO GLICKMAN "OK" ON FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Movie Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan Glickman informed Ambassador Stapleton September 7 that the U.S. film industry is in a better position on the French Copyright law, following the toughening up of penalties for copyright infringements by the French Constitution [...]	2006-09-07 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS601	ECOLOGY MINISTER RAISES SUITE OF ENVIRONMENT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 25, Ambassador and Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development Nelly Olin engaged on climate change-related issues, the Global Environmental Facility replenishment talks, the `World Environmental Organi [...]	2006-01-30 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL EAID PREL FR
06PARIS602	UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...]	2006-01-30 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO
06PARIS6020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on CIA Secret [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6040	GM RICE FOUND IN FRANCE BY GOF AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French Government is testing for the presence of GM rice in U.S. long grain products already on the French market, an action which goes beyond the EU Commission's decision to have Member States test rice imports for the presence of GM material. Tests revealed several lots th [...]	2006-09-08 14:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6041	TWO PKK MEMBERS INDICTED IN FRANCE [...] (S/NF) According to French Ministry of Interior officials, police arrested two men on July 24, 2006 with connections to the Kongra-Gel: Esref Yolcu (born May 1, 1971 in Varto) and Cemal Aslan (born January 2, 1965 in Varto). The two men were detained and questioned as they were attempting to [...]	2006-09-08 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR
06PARIS6042	FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. ON SERBIA'S NEED TO [...] (C) French MFA officers responsible for the Balkans confirmed on September 7 that the GOF was "completely in line" with U.S. thinking on Serbia's need to demonstrate effective cooperation with the ICTY. France, he said, had been skeptical about the EU "Action Plan" from the start and was now [...]	2006-09-08 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI FR
06PARIS6044	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6046	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ PREL
06PARIS6047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6048	BIRMA/UNSC AGENDA: FRANCE CONFIRMS SUPPORT [...] In response to reftel demarche, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Hughues Simon-Michel indicated to Deputy PolCouns September 8 that France continues to support inscribing Burma formally onto the UNSC agenda. He was gratified to learn that the U.S. now believes it has ten vote [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS6056	FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL [...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and c [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6061	FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL [...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and ca [...]	2006-09-11 08:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6063	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6068	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global War on Terror - Fifth [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6073	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING FRANCE OF OUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AG FR MO PGOV WI
06PARIS6075	TSA & FRENCH CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON AVIATION [...] (SBU). In a detailed September 5 discussion, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Kip Hawley and France DGAC Director General Michel Wachenheim discussed aircraft security in the wake of the recent foiled plot in the UK. [...]	2006-09-11 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS6082	EMPLOYERS UNION BOSS SAYS FRANCE AT AN INFLEXION POINT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 6 off-the-record breakfast MEDEF (French employers union) President Laurence Parisot told a group of business leaders and opinion makers that France was at a turning point. In a session that ranged from the Doha trade round, to relations with labor unions, to France [...]	2006-09-11 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS6095	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6118	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]	2006-09-12 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6125	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6145	DEMARCHE ON SYRIA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PREL SY
06PARIS6153	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA [...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]	2006-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6159	COMMERCIAL GM DESTRUCTIONS CONDEMNED; FARMERS STAND THEIR [...] Summary: In the past several months, anti-Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) groups have destroyed several commercial biotech corn plantings. The latest incidents occurred on July 30 (see reftel),and September 2. The French Ministry of Agriculture reacted strongly and quickly to condemn [...]	2006-09-14 05:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6165	USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY [...] See action request at paragraph 10. 2. In reftel report of the April 2006 (174th ) UNESCO Executive Board (EB) session, Mission reported (in para 30) on the possible need to review and revise the EB rules of procedure in the light of a novel European Union (EU) practice involving ambassadori [...]	2006-09-14 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO EUN PREL
06PARIS6166	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video - [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 10:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS617	UNESCO: WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHERS GROUP [...] Summary and comment: on January 16, the French chair convened a meeting of Electoral Group I(Western Europe and others) to explore the issue of the rotation of Executive Board membership in the context of an October 2005 resolution calling on the GC president to hold consultations on this is [...]	2006-01-31 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FR UNESCO
06PARIS6172	FRENCH COMMEMORATIONS OF 9/11 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of September 11th, Post engaged a number of French institutions and government representatives to help commemorate this significant date. Below is a listing of the events in Paris and the provinces. Ceremonies included: a religious service at the Ameri [...]	2006-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS6176	EU/GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH TAKE ON BOARD, NO [...] (U) Post shared refs A and B points September 13 with new MFA Deputy Chief for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, Lebanon points with desk officer for Lebanon Remy Bouallegue, Israel-Palestinian points with DAS-equivalent Herve Besancenot, Iraq points with desk officer for Iraq Bernard Chappedelaine, and [...]	2006-09-14 13:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR PGOV UNBRO EU YI SR BO JK SU CG IS
06PARIS6177	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]	2006-09-14 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6178	MFA COMMENTS ON COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO AND CHAD [...] Summary: MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Bruno Foucher on September 12 said President Chirac would call attention to the financial cost of French support for Operation Licorne in Cote d'Ivoire in upcoming UN meetings and indicate the possibility of an adjustment to French force deployment if the peac [...]	2006-09-14 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CD TO IV FR
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS618	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Afghanistan - London [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 12:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6189	FRANCE WANTS MORE CONCRETE MEASURES TO GIVE TEETH [...] (C) Summary: MFA nonproliferation office, while reiterating France's steadfast support for international efforts to constrain North Korea's weapons program and enforce UNSCR 1695, expressed some concern about a perceived lack of concrete mechanisms -- whether in the Proliferation Security Init [...]	2006-09-14 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN KS FR
06PARIS6194	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 09:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS6195	UNGA: FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS [...] In response to reftel invitation, MFA Americas Bureau PDAS-equivalent Jean-Marc Laforet told us September 14 that France would be keenly interested in attending such a meeting. 2. On September 15, Laforet's office indicated that France would be represented by IO Assistant Secretary equival [...]	2006-09-15 10:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNGA HA FR

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