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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06TOKYO5361JAPAN ANNOUNCES NEW NORTH KOREAN SANCTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. On September 19, the Government of Japan announced a series of new "measures," i.e. sanctions, against the DPRK (full text in para 6). Japan's new sanctions will block the property of designated entities within Japan, and prohibit Japanese firms from conducting transactions with [...]
2006-09-19 09:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA
06TOKYO5362THE ELECTION MECHANICS BEHIND ABE'S LIKELY WIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Japan's next Prime Minister will be chosen by an election for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidency. On the eve of the September 20 poll, Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe has an insurmountable lead over his two opponents. This message outlines the mechanics of the LDP pre [...]
2006-09-19 10:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO5372MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Imposition of Financial Sanctions on DPRK: No Option But to Tighten Pressure on North Korea" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/20): "The DPRK has been steadfastly refusing to return to the six- party talks on its nuclear development and has not shown any intention to agr [...]
2006-09-20 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5399 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5408IT'S OFFICIAL; ABE WINS
[...] (U) Summary. As expected, Shinzo Abe won a decisive victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election on September 20, defeating Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Sadokazu Tanigaki in a contest that was never really close. He became the 21st LDP president immediatel [...]
2006-09-20 09:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
06TOKYO5410THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]
2006-09-20 10:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5413COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PRINCIPLE DEPUTY UNDER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-29, 2006 visit to Japan by PDUSD(P) Christopher Henry and delegation. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...]
2006-09-21 00:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO5423THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE
[...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]
2006-09-21 02:15:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5427MEDIA REACTION Q THAI MILITARY COUP - TOKYO
[...] "Coup Exposes Fragility of Thai Democracy" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (9/21): "...The impact of the Thai military coup has been felt both at home and abroad. The nation's credibility has been seriously damaged. The top military commanders who seized power c [...]
2006-09-21 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5448UPDATED BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE LANGUAGE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 07:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH JA
06TOKYO5450TAKENAKA RESIGNATION UNSURPRISING
[...] (C) Summary. On September 15 Heizo Takenaka, well known economist, reluctant politician, and symbol of Prime Minister Koizumi's reform agenda, announced that he would give up his Diet seat on September 26. Faced with the imminent retirement of Koizumi, his biggest supporter, Takenaka was not [...]
2006-09-21 07:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO5452JAPAN NOT YET READY TO SUPPORT BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BMGT JA
06TOKYO5456 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5471MEDIA REACTION Q NEW PM DESIGNATE ABE - TOKYO
[...] "Can Abe Use Overwhelming Victory in LDP Presidential Election to Manage the Government?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/21): "Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe was elected president of the ruling Liberal SIPDIS Democratic Party (LDP) Wednesday by an overwhelming majority. [...]
2006-09-22 05:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5479COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GTIP SENIOR COORDINATOR MARK
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 07-11, 2006 visit to Japan by GTIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224 [...]
2006-09-22 07:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO5483 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5485COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR A/S FORT AND INR/NEA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-26, 2006 visit to Japan by INR A/S Randall Fort and INR/NEA Division Chief John Merrill. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5343 Home phone: [...]
2006-09-22 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL AS KS SNAR UK JA
06TOKYO5488JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...]
2006-09-22 10:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA
06TOKYO5490JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...]
2006-09-24 22:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA
06TOKYO5493MEDIA REACTION Q TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON
[...] "US Taking New Strategy Toward China Under Paulson's Leadership" The Liberal Asahi carried an analytical report stating (9/23): "Secretary of the Treasury Paulson agreed with Chinese President Hu and Premier Wen on Friday that the US and China would cooperate on a wide range of economic issues [...]
2006-09-25 06:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5512 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5514IRAQI AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Ambassador to Tokyo is concerned that Japan's commitment to playing a leading role in the International Compact With Iraq could falter unless pressed by his government and the United States. He laments the fact that the government of Iraq apparently lacks the depth to pu [...]
2006-09-25 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5515JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...]
2006-09-25 09:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS JA
06TOKYO5516ABE NAMES NEW LDP EXECS
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe named Hidenao Nakagawa, Shoichi Nakagawa (no relation),and Yuya Niwa to the LDP's three top executive posts on September 25. The three positions, which are the key LDP policy and party management slo [...]
2006-09-25 09:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
06TOKYO5526The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-
[...] (U) Summary. The Japan Economic Scope (JES) is a weekly e-newsletter produced by Embassy Tokyo's ECON section in collaboration with other sections and constituent Posts. It provides a brief overview of recent economic developments, insights gleaned from contacts, summaries of the latest cab [...]
2006-09-25 23:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5529JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5558JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] This is an action message. See para 5. 2. SUMMARY: Russian Embassy Political Officer Sergey I. Kuznetsov and U.S. Embassy Science and Technical Affairs Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 25 September. Using the three briefing documents (reftel) officers exp [...]
2006-09-26 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MCAP PINR PINS PTER
06TOKYO5562 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5564JAPAN UNCERTAIN ON ATTENDANCE AT CENTCOM IRAQ
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel, DCM called on Japan's Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 to present Ambassador Satterfield's invitation for Japan to send a civilian representative to the October 3-5 CENTCOM Conference on Iraq in Warsaw. [...]
2006-09-26 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5565A/S FORT DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MOFA INTELLIGENCE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan could potentially bring high value to our analysis of events in Iran due to Japan's diplomatic presence in and extensive commercial relations with Tehran, INR A/S Fort told MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS) Director General Takeuchi on September 25. In a meeting [...]
2006-09-26 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPINR IR AF JA
06TOKYO5566JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AFFIRMS
[...] (C) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador for Iraqi Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 reaffirmed to DCM Japan's support for the International Compact With Iraq. Ogawa believes that following meetings in New York and Abu Dhabi that there is a new momentum to promote the Compact. Ogawa also [...]
2006-09-26 08:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PINR IZ JA
06TOKYO5567JAPAN OPPOSES CUBAN POSITION AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 10:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU JA
06TOKYO5568U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...]
2006-09-26 10:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL
06TOKYO5569ANRE'S ARIMA LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR IEA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, newly appointed director of the International Affairs Division at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Jun Arima reiterated the GOJ's request that USG support the appointment of Nobuo Tanaka as the new head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) [...]
2006-09-26 11:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO5570HRC: JAPAN RELUCTANT TO PUSH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, para 5. 2. (C) Political Section Deputy presented reftel demarche September 26 to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Principal Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki. Ms. Suzuki responded that like the United States, Japan also wants an effective [...]
2006-09-26 22:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNDC JA
06TOKYO5574GOJ STRUGGLES TO UPGRADE INDIAN ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Despite India's position as a top Japanese aid recipient from 2003-05, growth in Japan-India trade over the past five years has lagged behind growth in India's trade with China, the United States, and others. What growth that has occurred has been one-sided, and Japan now ranks below the [...]
2006-09-27 00:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL EFIN EAID JA IN
06TOKYO5586MEDIA REACTION Q ABE ADMINISTRATION - TOKYO
[...] "Can the Abe Administration Resolve the Challenges of the Times?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/27): "Newly elected Prime Minister Abe, the first Japanese prime minister born after World War II, inaugurated his cabinet.... The new cabinet has to deal with a wide range [...]
2006-09-27 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO560 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5600ABE'S CONSERVATIVE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. On September 26 newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his Cabinet. In general, he made conservative choices and included many politicians with whom he has close relations as well as those who actively supported his campaign. Despite Abe's claim that he would avoid a [...]
2006-09-27 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO5605 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5608YACHI-DAI SUB-CABINET TALKS: NO PROGRESS TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Sub-cabinet talks with China aimed at improving relations had been slow-going and the outlook for a bilateral summit on the sidelines of the November APEC meeting looked bleak, MOFA China Division Director Akiba told us September 26 prior to the talks' conclusion. I [...]
2006-09-27 09:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
06TOKYO561MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION
[...] "'Democratization' at the core of US diplomacy" The top-circulation, centrist Yomiuri's Washington-based reporter observed: "President Bush stressed the importance of promoting liberty and democracy by setting an end to tyranny as the goal of US diplomacy. Given that democratic elections have [...]
2006-02-01 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5624INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (S) SUMMARY: INR A/S Fort and CIRO Director Mitani met September 25 to exchanged views on intelligence cooperation, with A/S Fort suggesting that Japan examine how the Australian intelligence services have handled the protection of classified information. A/S Fort observed that Japan could h [...]
2006-09-28 05:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR IR CH JA
06TOKYO5625INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 LUNCH WITH IAS
[...] (S) Summary. Over lunch on September 25, INR Assistant Secretary Fort and MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service SIPDIS (IAS) Director General Takeuchi agreed that China and South Korea are critical players to resolving the North Korea issue. IAS Deputy Director General Shigeo Matsutomi [...]
2006-09-28 05:41:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH TH JA
06TOKYO5626INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (C) Summary: Government belt-tightening will return Japan's overseas development assistance (ODA) to its 1984 levels in the next five years, MOFA Director General for Global Issues Tsuruoka told INR A/S Fort on September 25. These cuts will eventually hinder diplomatic efforts. The cuts shou [...]
2006-09-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC EAID CH KN JA
06TOKYO5629INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETINGS WITH DG KAWAI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA leadership is convinced that the Japanese government's stove-piped system of intelligence sharing must be reformed, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kawai told visiting INR Assistant Secretary Fort September 25. Top-level political leadership would be needed [...]
2006-09-28 06:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR AS CH JA
06TOKYO5646 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO567JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5686POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: GOJ RESPONSE TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) A round of meetings with GOJ officials involved with postal privatization indicates gradual progress toward the goals of greater transparency and a level playing field. Contacts assured us that the Japan Post Corporation (JPC) could not obtain approval for new products through its July [...]
2006-09-29 06:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JA
06TOKYO5695GM RICE CREATES STIR WITH GOJ - COULD HAVE MAJOR
[...] (C) Over a month since USDA announced a genetically modified variety had been found in U.S. long grain rice crops, Japanese authorities continue to sound alarm bells, potentially putting at risk over $800 million of U.S. food exports to Japan. Several million dollars worth of frozen potatoe [...]
2006-09-29 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON JA TBIO
06TOKYO5707PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...]
2006-10-01 22:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA
06TOKYO5709PDUSD HENRY AND JDA'S MORIYA DISCUSS CHINA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned about China's lack of transparency in its military modernization, its campaign to end the EU arms embargo on Beijing, and its recent efforts to downgrade exchanges with the Japan Defense Agency (JDA),Administrative Vice-Minister Takemasa Moriya told visiting Pr [...]
2006-10-02 00:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR MCAP PREL CH JA
06TOKYO5721MEDIA REACTION Q ABE ADMINISTRATION - TOKYO
[...] "A Proposal for the Abe Administration" The business daily Nihon Keizai editorialized (10/2): "...In his inaugural speech at the Diet, Prime Minister Abe devoted more time to the nation's diplomatic and national security policies than any previous prime minister. His speech was akin to Preside [...]
2006-10-02 02:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5728The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - Abe's Conservative Cabinet 4 - GM Rice Creates Stir with GOJ 5 - Possible Resumption of Civair Negotiations in November 6 - New ANRE Head Bullish on New METI Minister 7 - U.S. Beef a Hot Item 9 - North Korean Supernotes Seized in Western Japan 11 - Governor Kimu [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5731JAPAN HOPING MISSILES PANEL WILL BE ABOLISHED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 06:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNGA PARM PREL CDG JA
06TOKYO5736COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOR INR/EAP ANALYST GREGORY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 18-21, 2006 visit to Japan by INR/EAP analyst Gregory D. Knight. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-53 [...]
2006-10-02 07:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAP JA
06TOKYO5737COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/TNC ANALYST DANIEL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 14-17 2006 visit to Japan by INR/TNC Analyst Daniel Epstein. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Control for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...]
2006-10-02 07:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SNAR PINR JA
06TOKYO5740 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5744JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5753TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: When you arrive in Tokyo on October 16, Japan's new government will have been in office less than one month. The new PM, Shinzo Abe, held the powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary position in former PM Koizumi's government. Both Koizumi and Abe are LDP members with a conservative ben [...]
2006-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN JA PARM PREL PTER
06TOKYO5754TOKYO EMBASSY POC FOR APEC FOOD DEFENSE RISK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 06:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER EAGR
06TOKYO5758 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5761ABE TRIP TO BEIJING AND SEOUL
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Sunday and with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in Seoul on Monday. MOFA Asia-Pacific Director General Kenichiro Sasae confirmed this during a telephone conversation with Charge on the e [...]
2006-10-03 10:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO577MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
[...] All six dailies carried editorials concerning President Bush's State of the Union address. 2. "Continued US Commitment to the World Reconfirmed" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/2): "The 'prescription' President Bush wrote for the difficult issues facing th [...]
2006-02-02 04:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5772MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "North Korean Nuclear Threat Enters New Stage" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/4): "North Korea's announcement that it will conduct a nuclear test in the future suggests that Pyongyang is further escalating its desperate brinkmanship as the international community's ne [...]
2006-10-04 03:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5773SUBJECT: EB DAS MOORE VISITS TOKYO AS GOJ
[...] (C) As Japan's leadership changes after five years under Prime Minister Koizumi, economic policy makers are considering how to strengthen relations with the U.S. Few if any, however, have any bold ideas in this area, and several appear at least equally or more concerned with regional bilate [...]
2006-10-04 03:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO5791JAPAN AND RUSSIA TO RE-START FISHNG TALKS
[...] (C) MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura confirmed October 4 Japanese media reports that Russia and Japan will soon restart discussions on a fishing safety agreement for ships operating in waters near the disputed Northern Territories. According to Nakamura, the ta [...]
2006-10-04 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA RU
06TOKYO5792JAPAN AND RUSSIA TO RE-START FISHNG TALKS
[...] (C) MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura confirmed October 4 Japanese media reports that Russia and Japan will soon restart discussions on a fishing safety agreement for ships operating in waters near the disputed Northern Territories. According to Nakamura, the ta [...]
2006-10-04 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA RU
06TOKYO5796DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (C) On the evening of October 4, the Charge verbally delivered the unclassified portions of reftel to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki. Noting that these are the same points that we are sharing with other countries, the Charge stressed that a nuclear test by North Korea would be a " [...]
2006-10-04 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO5801COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 15-17, 2006 visit to Japan by Paul Grove, Thomas Hawkins, and Cindy Chang. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Marc Forino. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...]
2006-10-05 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF CH GM SN JA
06TOKYO5802MEDIA REACTION Q PM ABE'S VISIT TO CHINA AND
[...] "Abe's Visit to Beijing and Seoul: First Step in His Diplomatic Strategy?" Top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/5): "PM Abe's planned visits to China and South Korea suggest that Japan and its Asian neighbors agree that dialogues between the Japanese leader and his counterpart [...]
2006-10-05 05:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5805JAPANESE IPR OFFICIALS POSITIVE ON ""GOLD STANDARD"" AGREEMENT; STILL NOT SUPPORTING WTO CASE AGAINST CHINA REF: A) TOKYO 3873 B) TOKYO 4025 TOKYO 00005805 001.2 OF 004 Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH DONOVAN FOR REASONS: 1.4 b, d
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese government and industry voiced strong support for an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in meetings in Tokyo with State/EB DAS Chris Moore on September 21-22, but were not optimistic about changing Japanese laws to meet all elements of the &Gold Standard8 for IPR enf [...]
2006-10-05 05:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD WTRO CH JP
06TOKYO5810JAPAN FM ASO'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE
[...] (C) On October 5, Charg delivered ref (A) demarche regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test to Foreign Minister Taro Aso. Aso replied that it was important for the UN Security Council to send a message to North Korea "as quickly as possible" in the form of a UNSC Presidential Statement. [...]
2006-10-05 07:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO5812 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5819JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-06 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5820EB DAS MOORE COVERS ECONOMIC AGENDA AT FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: EB DAS Chris Moore covered a range of issues with Ministry of Finance Senior Deputy Director General Rintaro Tamaki, including Central Asia, the recent G-7 and IMF meetings, the economic priorities of the new Abe administration, and possibilities for ongoing U.S.- Japan dialogue o [...]
2006-10-06 04:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAGR ECON EFIN JA PK KZ LI
06TOKYO5822PRIME MINISTER ABE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO BEIJING AND
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo did not make a second, secret trip to Japan to arrange Prime Minister Abe's trip to Beijing, as reported in the press, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told Political Minister Counselor Meserve on October 5. Instead, a last-minute breakthroug [...]
2006-10-06 06:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP CH KN KS JA
06TOKYO5824MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...]
2006-10-06 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA
06TOKYO5830MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "DPRK Trying to Maximize 'Nuclear Card'" The conservative Sankei's front-page commentary by senior writer Takahiro Namura said (10/6): "Pyongyang's statement that it will conduct a nuclear test has many similarities to the words of 'intimidation' used in previous North Korean announcements con [...]
2006-10-08 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5831 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5832JAPAN CONSIDERING U.S. PROPOSAL ON NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP UNSC NK JA
06TOKYO5833JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5858JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5865MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "North Korea's Nuclear Test Deals Blow to Nonproliferation Regime" The liberal Asahi wrote (10/10): "It is inevitable that North Korea's announcement Monday that it conducted a nuclear test will deal a serious blow to the nonproliferation regime centered on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty [...]
2006-10-10 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5867NIH DR.ZERHOUNI'S VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] Summary. On September 13, NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni visited Tokyo to attend the JST-NIKKEI Science Symposium after his participation in the STS Forum in Kyoto. In his meetings, Dr. Zerhouni exchanged opinions with officials at the International Medical Cooperation Center of Japan (IMCJ [...]
2006-10-10 07:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO JA
06TOKYO5873 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5876JAPAN'S INITITAL MEDIA RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCED DPRK
[...] Summary. The public and media reaction to the DPRK's October 9 announcement of a nuclear test was universally condemnatory. Press coverage throughout the day highlighted the cool, unflappable responses of Prime Minister Abe and his aides, the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance, and the co [...]
2006-10-10 11:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO5884JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5887The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - EB DAS Moore Discusses IPR, Economic Relationship in Tokyo 4 - Investment Initiative Looks Toward Future under Abe Government 7 - Michalak Meetings Signal Progress on Some Investment Issues 11 - AIG flags interest in Japan Post, retirement serv [...]
2006-10-11 02:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5892MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "We Condemn North Korea's Nuclear Test" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/11): "The dictatorship neighboring Japan has announced that it conducted a nuclear test. Although details of the test are as yet unknown, it is clear that tensions are rising in East Asia and around the world. North Ko [...]
2006-10-11 03:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5900CABINET APPROVES BILL TO EXTEND PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (U) The Japanese Cabinet has approved a bill to extend for one year the special anti-terrorism law that enables Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces (MSDF) to continue to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The bill will be presented to the Diet where it must be passed by both [...]
2006-10-11 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER AF JA
06TOKYO5901HOUSE OF COUNCILORS PRESIDENT PUSHES PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Japanese House of Councilors President Chikage Ogi, accompanied by House of Councilors International Affairs Department Director General Yoshiyuki Sadaoka and Secretarial Division Director Satoshi Fujukawa, called on Ambassador October 11 to press for the revitalization of U.S.-Japanese p [...]
2006-10-11 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JA
06TOKYO5902 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5903ABE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS
[...] (SBU) Although Prime Minister Abe's campaign platform for addressing social disparity issues lacked detail, he has already laid significant groundwork for related government programs, according to Cabinet Office and ministry contacts. Six members of his so-called "second chance" parliamentary [...]
2006-10-11 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EINV JA
06TOKYO5904ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM JAPAN REGARDING THE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 4-6. 2. SUMMARY: Russian Embassy Political Officer Sergey I. Kuznetsov and American Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 2 October, and hand-delivered answers provided by Washington (reftel) [...]
2006-10-11 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA FR
06TOKYO5913TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT
[...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...]
2006-10-12 00:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
06TOKYO5914JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5915COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOREST YANG
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 14-19, 2006 visit to Japan by SEAP/J Political Officer Forest Yang. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Eva Robinson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3) [...]
2006-10-12 05:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO5916DPRK NUCLEAR TEST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 05:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC UNSC KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO5925MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "US and China Should Join Hands to Deal With North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions" An editorial in the liberal Asahi commented (10/12): "It is likely that the UN Security Council (UNSC) will adopt a resolution by the end of this week calling for punitive measures against North Korea, which has anno [...]
2006-10-12 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 07:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO593 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5939JAPAN LIKELY TO COSPONSOR DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 10:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO594AVIAN INFLUENZA: TOKYO WEEKLY FEBRUARY 2
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- MHLW Briefing on AI to Diplomatic Community -- 2. On January 26, ESToff attended a Diplomatic Briefing Session hosted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) during which the Minist [...]
2006-02-02 08:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO5940ABE'S VISIT TO CHINA SIGNALS IMPROVING RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8 visit to Beijing was a success, according to MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both raised the Yasukuni Shrine issue, but it did not impede discussions. Meeting one da [...]
2006-10-12 10:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG CH JA
06TOKYO5941JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING
[...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...]
2006-10-12 10:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN
06TOKYO5942JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING
[...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...]
2006-10-12 22:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN
06TOKYO5943MOFA PUSHES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC STATISTICAL NETWORK
[...] (U) Please see last paragraph for possible action. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On October 6, MOFA called in selected embassies to promote GOJ's concept of an Asia-Pacific Economic Research Mechanism (APERM) and to encourage high level attendance at a kick off conference in Kyoto, [...]
2006-10-12 22:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SENV EFIN APEC JA
06TOKYO5956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5958TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT
[...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...]
2006-10-13 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
06TOKYO596ITER: MORE ON FINALIZATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) On February 2, EST M/C and ESToff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Science Cooperation Office Director Kozo Honsei and others and delivered reftel demarche. Honsei thanked EST M/C for the cl [...]
2006-02-02 09:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG ITER TRGY KSCA JA
06TOKYO5962JAPAN'S INCOME DISPARITY: WIDENING TREND PREDATES
[...] (U) Summary: The perception of an expanding income gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in Japan has become a significant political issue over the past year, with some charging that former Prime Minister Koizumi,s reforms have undermined Japan's egalitarian society. Prime Minister Abe [...]
2006-10-13 03:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JA PGOV
06TOKYO5965MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA
[...] "Sanctions on North Korea: Legal Framework Needed to Address Crisis" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/13): "Japan is facing a most serious threat from the North Korean nuclear test. Imposing sanctions is a matter of course, and the GOJ has moved to do so unilaterally wit [...]
2006-10-13 03:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5970AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT OCOBER 13
[...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period August 31 to October 13. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- The GOJ Conducted a Tabletop Drill on Pandemic Influenza -- Â [...]
2006-10-13 05:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
06TOKYO5978COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTOINETTE HURTADE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 22-25, 2006 visit to Japan by Antoinette Hurtado, US Embassy Caberra Political Officer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Off [...]
2006-10-13 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO5988 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5989BILATERAL INVESTMENT INITIATIVE LOOKS TOWARD FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions with U.S. APEC Ambassador Michalak on the future of the U.S.- Japan bilateral investment initiative, GOJ counterparts expressed willingness to expand the initiative's agenda to include a study of investment chapters in FTA and possible exchange between U.S. and Ja [...]
2006-10-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON JA
06TOKYO599JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5992JAPAN WILL NOT BUDGE ON DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 09:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN JA
06TOKYO5998JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6006COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 16-19, 2006 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill and Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home ph [...]
2006-10-16 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6007MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Sanctions on North Korea: Effective, Specific Measures Needed" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (10/16): "The international community has decided to impose a wide range of sanctions on North Korea, which claims to have conducted a nuclear test. Although the [...]
2006-10-16 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6012The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3 Q Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions 4 Q Ambassador Addresses Business Leaders 5 Q MOFA DG Discusses APERM, Economic Relationship 9 Q EMIN Pays Call on Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka MACHIMURA [...]
2006-10-16 06:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6024JAPAN: UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED, FURTHER
[...] (C) Embassy Political Section Deputy delivered reftel demarche October 16 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki, explaining that this was the text we were sharing with other world capitals on UNSCR 1718. Takizaki said he was grateful for the information but had no s [...]
2006-10-16 09:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM KN JA
06TOKYO6032MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Maritime Inspections: Japan's Role Questioned" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/17): "The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on sanctions against North Korea includes maritime inspections of ships entering or leaving that country.... Although the implementation of inspections is left [...]
2006-10-17 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6041JAPANESE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING GLOBAL
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. SUMMARY: Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs spoke to Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 17 October regarding details on the GI Morocco meeting (reftel). Embassy plans to meet with MOFA on 18 October at 10:00am to continue discu [...]
2006-10-17 07:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MCAP PINR PTER JA
06TOKYO6042 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06
[...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]
2006-10-17 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6048MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "South Korea's Sunshine Policy Fails to Prevent North Korean Nuclear Test" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/18): "The US has announced that it has confirmed North Korea's nuclear test. This reinforces the gravity of the problem for the international community, particular [...]
2006-10-18 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6056A/S HILL REAFFIRMS FIRM U.S.-JAPAN TIES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 17 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill, MOFA North America Director General Kawai praised U.S.-Japan cooperation on North Korea but explained that Japan,s public is unsettled by the DPRK,s missile and nuclear tests. Kawai suggested that additional U. [...]
2006-10-18 03:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UNDC JA
06TOKYO6057JAPAN ENCOURAGES TOUGH STANCE ON DPRK WITH A/S HILL
[...] (C) Summary. On October 16, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill that the issue of maritime interdiction SIPDIS operations was generating what Sasae implied was excessive Japanese media attention. The Director General said the st [...]
2006-10-18 03:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN KS
06TOKYO6060JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 2006 CCW
[...] (C) On October 17, Embassy political officer delivered reftel demarche on the November 2006 Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference to MOFA Conventional Arms (CA) Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa expressed thanks for the U.S. nonpaper and said that MOFA wanted to keep i [...]
2006-10-18 05:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL JA
06TOKYO6067CURRICULUM VITAE OF JAPANESE HEAD DELEGATE AND
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. SUMMARY: Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with MOFA on 18 October to review details on the GI Morocco meeting (reftels). Japan raised additional questions, provided the CV of Japan,s head of delegation, and commented on [...]
2006-10-18 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MCAP PINR PTER JA
06TOKYO6081MEDIA REACTION Q RICE VISIT TO TOKYO - TOKYO
[...] "Now Is the Time to Demonstrate the Deterrence of US- Japan Alliance" An editorial in the business-oriented Nihon Keizai commented (10/19): "Amid reports that the DPRK will conduct a second nuclear test, Secretary of State Rice visited Japan Wednesday afternoon for talks with Foreign Minister [...]
2006-10-19 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6086JAPAN WILL CONSIDER CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR FOR SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 05:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM SU JA
06TOKYO6087PARIS NONPROLIFERATION CONFERENCE: JAPAN TO SEND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 05:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM FR JA
06TOKYO6093CCS SHIOZAKI PLEASED WITH ABE VISITS TO CHINA, ROK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed satisfaction that successful visits to China and the ROK had got Prime Minister Abe's administration off to a good start. Japan will play a role in implementing UN sanctions against [...]
2006-10-19 07:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6098AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT OCTOBER 19
[...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period October 13 to October 19. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Japanese Developers Confirm the Effectiveness of a New AI Vaccine for Humans -- Â [...]
2006-10-19 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
06TOKYO610MEDIA REACTION NEW FED CHAIRMAN - TOKYO
[...] "Appointment of New Fed Chairman Bernanke: Dialogue with the Bank of Japan Also Desirable" The conservative Sankei editorialized (2/3): "There is a new chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board (FRB) for the first time in 18-and-a-half years. Because former Chairman Greenspan had such a lofty r [...]
2006-02-03 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6101COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS/VCI RONGSONG JIH
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 23 - 28, 2006 visit to Japan by DOS/VCI Rongsong Jih. 2. (U) The Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6872 Fax: [...]
2006-10-19 23:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6106MEDIA REACTION Q TRILATERAL MEETING IN SEOUL
[...] "What Punitive Measures Will South Korea Take Toward North Korea?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/20): "Aside from China, South Korea should play an important role in ensuring that Resolution 1718, adopted by the UN Security Council (UNSC),is effective in stopping Nor [...]
2006-10-20 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6112A/S HILL DISCUSSES ASIA SUMMITS AND DPRK AT DINNER
[...] (C) Summary. During a dinner meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in Tokyo October 16, MOFA DG for SIPDIS Asian Affairs Kenichiro Sasae asked the U.S. to consult closely with Japan on sanctions imposed following the recent DPRK nuclear test and requested that the U.S. take [...]
2006-10-20 04:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6117COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 23-25, 2006 visit to Japan by S/CT Ambassador Crumpton and the USG Delegation for Trilateral CT consultations. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224- [...]
2006-10-20 05:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL PTER JA
06TOKYO6120JAPAN SUPPORTS FRANCO-U.S. DE-LISTING PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Political Section Deputy joined French Embassy Political Counselor Pauline Carmona on October 19 to deliver reftel demarche to MOFA International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division officer Miyako Ishimura. Ishimura explained that Japan believes it is important to have due process for [...]
2006-10-20 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC FR JA
06TOKYO6122JAPAN TO DECIDE UNSC STRATEGY REGARDING KIRIBATI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 07:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GT VE JA
06TOKYO6125 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6132JAPAN SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON DOCUMENTS TO BE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 4-6. 2. SUMMARY On 19 October, Japan received a Notional Agenda for the subject meeting from its Embassy in Morocco, which had been passed to it by the Russian Embassy. Japan is concerned because the agenda indicates that IPNs are expected to reach ag [...]
2006-10-22 22:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MCAP PINR PTER JA
06TOKYO6140The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3. Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions Paragraph 11. Abe: Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy to be "Engine for Reform" Paragraph 18. Japan and Vietnam Agree To Launch FTA Negotiations Paragraph 22. GE Facing Sanctions Paragraph 27. U.S. Telecoms Policy Deleg [...]
2006-10-23 04:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6142MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Will North Korea Abandon Its Nuclear Program?" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (10/22): "North Korea is engaged in a diplomatic tug-of- war with its neighbors after conducting a nuclear test. Can Kim Jong Il change course and abandon his country's nuclear program? China h [...]
2006-10-23 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6159JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-23 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JA
06TOKYO6160MOFA PAINTS AZADEGAN CONTRACT CHANGE IN POSITIVE
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Hideki Ito told EMIN on October 20 that Inpex's reduction in ownership of the Iranian Azadegan oil field from 75 percent to 10 percent has effectively delayed the start to the project by at least a year. [...]
2006-10-23 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6163SAKHALIN 2 PARTNER CONFIDENT PROJECT WILL NOT BE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Takehiro Togo, currently senior counselor at Mitsui and Co., which is part of the Sakhalin 2 consortium, told Econoff on October 17 that the Russian government had no desire to pull the plug on the Sakhalin 2 project despite environmental co [...]
2006-10-23 09:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PREL JA RU
06TOKYO6164AMBASSADOR AND JDA MINISTER KYUMA DISCUSS DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Minister Fumio Kyuma emphasized Japan's commitment to working with the U.S. on North Korea and Alliance Transformation during an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador. Kyuma said that Japan is eager to discuss accelerated Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) [...]
2006-10-23 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO617JAPANESE IPR ASSOCIATION FOCUSSED ON CHINA AND
[...] SUMMARY: The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is concentrating its international efforts on: 1) combating Chinese counterfeits of Japanese products and 2) promoting an international mutual recognition system for patent searches, according to Secretary-General Hideo Doi in a rec [...]
2006-02-03 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD JP
06TOKYO6174JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO618 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6184MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Secretary Rice's Visit: Stronger International 'Net' Around DPRK Needed" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (10/24): "From the standpoint of strengthening the international 'net' around North Korea following its nuclear test, we cannot be satisfied with the results of Secreta [...]
2006-10-24 03:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6188ABE BUOYED BY WINS IN OCTOBER 22 BY-ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the big winner in October 22 by-elections in Osaka and Kanagawa, after LDP candidates swept both races by comfortable margins. The press is attributing the LDP win to Abe's personal popularity in the aftermath of his strong response to the DPRK nucle [...]
2006-10-24 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
06TOKYO6195 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6203METHYL BROMIDE DEMARCHE: JAPAN SKEPTICAL
[...] ESTOff and ESTFSN delivered reftel talking points on October 24 to Hideo Fukushima, Director of the Global Environment Division at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and head of the Japanese delegation to next week's Montreal Protocol Meeting of the Parties in India. Fukushima acknowledged [...]
2006-10-25 05:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD JA PREL SENV
06TOKYO622JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6221METHYL BROU+Q.24 to Hideo Fukushima, Director of the Global
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD JA PREL SENV
06TOKYO6222 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6225JAPAN HOPES UNPRODUCTIVE UN BODIES WILL BE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS JA
06TOKYO6227DEMARCHE ON FREEDOM BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN TO
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Deputy October 25 met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Shigeo Yamada to deliver reftel message regarding broadcasting into North Korea from Japan. Yamada responded that the determination of whether Japan can permit, participate in, and/or finance such br [...]
2006-10-26 00:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN JA
06TOKYO6229JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6230COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRAQ TALKS
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 04 - 08, 2006 visit to Japan by the interagency team led by Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson for bilateral conslutations with the Republic of Korea and Japan. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. [...]
2006-10-26 02:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ KS JA
06TOKYO6231MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Limits to China's Influence" The liberal Asahi's columnist Yoichi Funabashi commented (10/26): "China sent three senior officials, including State Councilor Tang, to Pyongyang after North Korea's nuclear test. Following his return to Beijing, Tang told visiting Se [...]
2006-10-26 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6241 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6248JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ENDORSING DOCUMENTS AT THE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 3-5. 2. On October 25, U.S. and Russian embassy officers delivered global initiative documents to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Japan expressed appreciation for the new draft. On October 26 [...]
2006-10-26 09:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL JA
06TOKYO6249VIETNAM'S PM VISITS JAPAN; ISSUES JOINT STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) Vietnam's Prime Minister concluded a positive four-day visit to Japan on October 22, drawing favorable reviews in the press for the growing relationship between the two countries. DPRK sanctions and UN reform were also on the agenda. Prime Minister Dzung stressed his strong opposition [...]
2006-10-26 10:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EAID JA VN
06TOKYO625MEDIA REACTION QDR/IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "QDR Reflects US Alarm over Looming Chinese Military Buildup" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/5): "The quadrennial defense review (QDR),issued by the Department of Defense, reflects rising US alarm over China, which has been building up its military arsenal. [...]
2006-02-06 05:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6250SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS AND THE LABOR MOBILITY
[...] (C) Current efforts to foster Japanese labor mobility are centered around two pieces of legislation: a new Labor Contracts Law and a revised Labor Standards Law. A key Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) advisory committee is preparing both laws for submission to the regular 2007 D [...]
2006-10-26 22:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO6256MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "DPRK Must End Counterfeiting" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (10/27): "The DPRK has conducted a nuclear test and refuses to return to the six- party talks, citing US financial sanctions. This is an excuse. To bring an end to those sanctions, North Korea must first stop p [...]
2006-10-27 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6257JAPAN'S KEY CONTACTS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel message October 25 to MOFA Human Rights Division Women's Issues Officer Naoko Maeda. Maeda explained that her office is the contact point for international cooperation on women's development projects. 2. There are currently two women minist [...]
2006-10-27 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA JA
06TOKYO6274MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "North Korean Nuclear Test: NPT Heading Toward Collapse" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (10/29): "The DPRK's nuclear test could lead to a collapse of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) framework, which aims to prevent the emergence of further nuclear we [...]
2006-10-30 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6292 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 22:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6294The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanran Signals Renewed Opposition to Foreign Triangular Merger 4. Japan Ag: More Talk About Reform? 5. Unblocking Beef in Japan's Pipeline 6. Japan's Annual Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Halved 7. Azadegan: EMIN Calls on METI, MOFA to Discuss Contract Chan [...]
2006-10-30 22:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6295AMB CRUMPTON MEETINGS WITH CRISIS MGMT CHIEF NODA
[...] (C) Summary. Japan is making progress on the 16 items of its 2004 Counterterrorism Action Plan, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Noda told Ambassador Henry SIPDIS Crumpton and his Australian counterpart October 24. Noda believed gaps in Japan's laws were partly a result [...]
2006-10-31 00:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL JA AU
06TOKYO6298JAPAN NEGOTIATING FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH GULF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has entered into Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and is hopeful an agreement can be inked as soon as possible, according to MOFA and METI sources. A major motivating factor for the Japanese is the fact that C [...]
2006-10-31 07:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ZP JA
06TOKYO6299JAPAN: MARITIME SERVICES FOR DPRK SHIPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA ETTC MNUC PARM
06TOKYO6300JAPAN: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 07:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNPP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KN JA
06TOKYO6301 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6302JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06
[...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units  [...]
2006-10-31 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6316JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6318MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA/IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "Sanctions Pushed North Korea to Return to the Six- Party Talks" An editorial in the business-oriented Nihon Keizai commented (11/1): "We believe Resolution 1718, adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council (UNSC),was instrumental in getting the DPRK to decide to return to the six-party ta [...]
2006-11-01 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6323IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...]
2006-11-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA
06TOKYO6325COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S JOSEPH AND HIS DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 03-05, 2006 visit to Japan by U/S Joseph and his party. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Carol T. Reynolds. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-533 [...]
2006-11-01 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6326IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
[...] Pursuant to reftel, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer called on Akihito Teruuchi of the MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau's recently created Special Task Force for Stabilization and Reconstruction (J-STAR). Teruuchi, who attended the October 10 meeting in Moscow, was familiar with the Transportation a [...]
2006-11-01 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR KPKO JA
06TOKYO6328JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN UNDC VICE-CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 10:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL UNGA IR CDG JA
06TOKYO6329ILC ELECTION: JAPAN POSITION UNCHANGED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 11:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDODIP ILC UNGA JA
06TOKYO6330MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA/IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Sanctions Pushed North Korea to Return to the Six- Party Talks" An editorial in the business-oriented Nihon Keizai commented (11/1): "We believe Resolution 1718, adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council (UNSC),was instrumental in getting the DPRK to decide to return to the six-party ta [...]
2006-11-02 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6346CIVIL PROTECTION DRILL IN IBARAKI PREFECTURE
[...] SUMMARY: On September 29, 2006, in an exercise simulating a large-scale terrorist attack, the Ibaraki Prefectural Government conducted training with the central government, the Self-Defense Force, police, firefighters, and other organizations to practice rescuing citizens under the Civil Prote [...]
2006-11-02 02:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG JA PARM
06TOKYO6352MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks: First, Stop the Situation from Worsening" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/2): "North Korea will return to talks with the international community.... At least for the time being, dialogue is back on track, and this is a welcome development.... Nevertheless, this does not m [...]
2006-11-02 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6358 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6367JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO APEC DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. APEC priorities separately to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry APEC Director Kunihiko Shinoda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs APEC Director Mitsuko Shino. Both expressed broad support for U.S. goals and pledged continued close coope [...]
2006-11-02 09:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID APECO JA
06TOKYO6369COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S NICHOLAS BURNS AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 5-6, 2006 visit to Japan by U/S Nicholas Burns, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC Director Victor Cha and Steven Fagin. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw [...]
2006-11-06 00:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6375MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Hussein's Death Sentence: Seeking Reconciliation in Iraq" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (11/6): "Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death. While this could be termed the fate of a dictator, his sentence must not be allowed to lead to civil war or a breakup of the country. The Mal [...]
2006-11-06 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6384The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren to Call for FTA with U.S. 4. Embassy Meets with GOJ Officials on Triangular Merger Issues 5. Louisiana Governor Leads Trade Mission to Japan 6. DPJ Member and Agriculture Expert Matsushita Voices Support for Cooperation on Food Safety 7. MAFF Needs [...]
2006-11-06 22:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6389MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Hussein's Death Sentence: Will It Inflame Sectarian Conflict?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/7): "Saddam Hussein will be hanged, but it is questionable whether this will have a positive impact on the reconstruction of Iraq.... We are concerned that the death sentence [...]
2006-11-07 04:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6396COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RUST M. DEMING
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 13-19, 2006 visit to Japan by Rust Deming, EAP/J WAE. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6423 Mobile phone: [...]
2006-11-07 06:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6403VFM YACHI AGAIN URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR JAPAN'S
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yachi called the Ambassador on November 7 to urge U.S. support for Shigeru Omi, Japan's candidate for World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General. Omi, Yachi explained, is now one of the five remaining candidates. Japan had heard a rumor that the United States [...]
2006-11-07 08:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IEA WHO JA
06TOKYO6404U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL
[...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]
2006-11-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO642 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6426MEDIA REACTION - EAST ASIA SECURITY - TOKYO
[...] "East Asia Security: Strengthen Japan-China Strategic Dialogue" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (11/8): "Japan was unable to be involved in the process of getting the six-party talks restarted, as the decision was the result of behind-the-scenes diplomatic maneuvering by t [...]
2006-11-08 06:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6431TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING
[...] (Q Post continues to include monitoring and compliance of trade agreements as a priority in our planning and market access objectives. It is an important element in securing access for U.S. companies in one of America's largest export markets. The Department of Commerce Market Access and Com [...]
2006-11-08 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO6432 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6434JAPAN WILL RECONSIDER ITS STANCE ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 09:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA CU JA
06TOKYO6436UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 10:14:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL KN JA
06TOKYO6445MEDIA REACTION - US MIDTERM ELECTIONS/RUMSFELD
[...] "Midterm Elections: Bush Administration Must Keep Diplomacy Moving" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/9): "...The outcome of the US midterm elections is a severe setback for President Bush and his Republican administration.... Will the changed US political situation lead [...]
2006-11-09 04:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6465 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6468INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The primary purpose of Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan's visit to Tokyo October 22-25, was to lay the ground work for Prime Minister Singh's upcoming official visit, currently scheduled to take place in mid-December. During his visit, Narayanan was received by a [...]
2006-11-09 09:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IN JA
06TOKYO6469JAPAN SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC KTIA UNDC JA PREL
06TOKYO6470SENIOR-LEVEL DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS:
[...] (C) Political Section Deputy conveyed reftel demarche November 9 to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principle Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki. Ms. Suzuki responded later that day, noting that Japan did not yet have much information on Iran's resolution against Canada, but ga [...]
2006-11-09 09:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC JA
06TOKYO6471ABE ON THE EVE OF APEC: STRONG, DECISIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has moved quickly and decisively to demonstrate strong leadership since assuming office on September 26. Perceived as pragmatic and effective, he is receiving approval ratings in the 65-75 percent range. Abe's emphasis on close ties with the United States an [...]
2006-11-09 10:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6472DCM, ACS ANDO DISCUSS UNSCR 1718 LISTS OF BANNED
[...] (C) During a November 6 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Assistant Cabinet Secretary (ACS) Hiroyasu Ando discussed issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1718, including the development of lists of luxury goods whose export to North [...]
2006-11-09 11:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EWWT PARM KNNP KN AS JA
06TOKYO6475THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY
[...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...]
2006-11-12 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6483MEDIA REACTION Q CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA -
[...] "Merits and Demerits of China's Africa Diplomacy" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/12): "China has stepped up its Africa diplomacy, hosting the China- Africa Cooperation Forum that brought the leaders of 48 African nations to Beijing. The Chinese government announced that it woul [...]
2006-11-13 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6484TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S TOKYO MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with senior representatives of Japan,s three mega-banks, had lunch with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Watanabe, and met with Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Toshihiko Fukui. [...]
2006-11-13 05:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PINS JA CH KS IZ
06TOKYO6485TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi in his capacity as Presidential Emissary for the International Compact with Iraq. (Meetings with Japanese bankers, Vice Minister for Finance Watanabe and [...]
2006-11-13 05:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PINS PARM CH JA IZ
06TOKYO6487JAPAN TO ATTEND SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC CE JA
06TOKYO6488The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...]
2006-11-13 05:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6490COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 18-21, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP/J Deputy Director Richhart. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Carl Watson. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6872 Ce [...]
2006-11-13 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6493JAPAN TELECOM MINISTER ORDERS NHK INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. On November 10, Minister Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Suga issued a controversial order requiring the international arm of NHK, Japan's public broadcasting company, to transmit reports on North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals. NHK officials insisted that the [...]
2006-11-13 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PHUM JA KN KS
06TOKYO6496JAPAN STILL MULLING U.S. REQUEST RE BROADCASTING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN JA
06TOKYO6497U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 09:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO6498U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO, ACS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 09:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PARM KNNP AS CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO6499U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 10:13:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6512MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN - TOKYO
[...] " Afghanistan Five Years On: Reconstruction Looking Shaky" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/14): "The deteriorating situation in Iraq has brought about the takeover of the US Congress by the Democratic Party and the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. What has become of Afghanistan, [...]
2006-11-14 05:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6529A REVIEW OF JAPAN'S ANTI-TIP POLICY: PROGRESS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SOCI SMIG JA
06TOKYO6534MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "Japan Shows Resolve on DPRK Sanctions" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/15): "Not easing pressure on North Korea is the best way to make the six-party talks on its nuclear program a success. Further diplomatic efforts are needed to maintain and strengthen the internati [...]
2006-11-15 04:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6538A REVIEW OF JAPAN'S ANTI-TIP POLICY: PROGRESS AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: Increased vigilance by police and immigration officers as well as new legislation has brought positive change to the trafficking-in-persons (TIP) situation in Japan. These measures have forc [...]
2006-11-15 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SOCI SMIG JA
06TOKYO6542 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6545JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT ISRAEL RESOLUTION, WAITING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 09:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JA
06TOKYO6546JAPAN OPPOSED TO BELARUS-TABLED RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 09:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BO JA
06TOKYO6559Top U.S. and Japanese Education Officials See
[...] Summary: In a November 13 meeting, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, ECA State Assistant Secretary Dina Powell, and JapanQs new Education SIPDIS Minister, Mr. Bunmei Ibuki agreed that educational exchange is essential in a globalized economy. The Minister also expressed great adm [...]
2006-11-16 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL JA
06TOKYO6566TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (U) Summary: Following is requested information on post's Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer. End Summary. Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer Contact Information --------------------------------------------- --------------- 2. (C) Contact information for TFCO: Maureen Grewe, [...]
2006-11-16 05:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER
06TOKYO6568COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOL EMPLOYEE JOHN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 26 - December 1, 2006 visit to Japan by US Department of Labor Chemist, John Linkletter. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home p [...]
2006-11-16 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO65692006 JAPAN INCSR PART I
[...] (U) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards. A party to the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotics, Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the bigg [...]
2006-11-16 05:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI JA
06TOKYO657JAPAN PROPOSES A "PATENT FTA"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building on earlier proposals for a "Patent Superhighway" Japan is now considering what it calls a "Patent Free Trade Agreement" (FTA) between the US and Japan. The plan calls for the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and US Patent Office (USPTO) to share the results of patent examin [...]
2006-02-07 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON JP
06TOKYO65752006 JAPAN INCSR PART II
[...] (U) Japan is the world's second largest economy and a large and important world financial center. Although the Japanese government continues to strengthen legal institutions to permit more effective enforcement of financial transaction laws, Japan still faces substantial risk of money launder [...]
2006-11-16 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN
06TOKYO6576 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6578MITSUI & CO. CONFIDENT RUSSIA WILL ALLOW SAKHALIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 27 Econoff met with Mitsui & Co. General Manager of Planning Ken Yamaguchi and General Manager of Sakhalin Development Toru Matsui to discuss Mitsui and Co.,s investments in the Russian Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project. (Note: Sakhalin 2 is owned by Sakhalin Energy, a [...]
2006-11-17 03:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO658JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6584INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP REVIEWS PAST ISSUES, SETS FUTURE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),a joint undertaking of the bilateral Investment Initiative, held its semi-annual meeting on October 31 via digital video-conference. After a review of ongoing investment-related concerns on both sides, most prominently, the final impl [...]
2006-11-17 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA
06TOKYO6587NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEBATE PERSISTS DESPITE OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Political debate over Japan's possession of nuclear weapons continues despite efforts by Prime Minister Abe to reaffirm the government's strict non-nuclear policy platform. Discussion has largely taken place in the Diet and media, with few indications that the public allergy to n [...]
2006-11-17 05:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KN JA
06TOKYO6589TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 06:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL JA
06TOKYO6590MEDIA REACTION - ABE-BUSH TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "ABE AND BUSH: CREATING A RELATIONSHIP THAT ALLOWS FOR FRANK TALKS" THE MODERATE TOKYO SHIMBUN EDITORIALIZED (11/17): "PRIME MINISTER ABE WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IN HANOI SATURDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BECOMING PRIME MINISTER. THEY WILL NEED TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP THAT ALLOWS THE [...]
2006-11-17 06:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6591U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TROLATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Japan-hosted lunch on November 6 following the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral meeting in Tokyo, participants discussed cooperation on Resolution 1718. The GOJ circulated a draft of Q & As to use in the event a ship would not consent to boarding for inspection. U/S Joseph s [...]
2006-11-17 06:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6592U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 06 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO,
[...] (C) Summary. On 6 November U/S Joseph and ACS Ando agreed to coordinate as much as practical the formulation and announcement of their respective lists of luxury items to be banned under UNSCR 1718. Asked about the U.S.-proposed UNSCR 1718-related working group, U/S Joseph explained that it w [...]
2006-11-17 06:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PARM KNNP ASCH CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO6595RULING COALITION PUSHES EDUCATION BILL THROUGH
[...] (U) The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and Komeito Party ruling coalition on Thursday pushed a controversial bill to revise the 1947 Basic Education Law through the lower house despite opposition party efforts to delay deliberations until after the November 19 Okinawa gubernatorial e [...]
2006-11-17 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA PREL
06TOKYO6596JAPANESE OPPOSITION TO UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A "no" vote or abstention by the Japanese to the November 17 UNGA Emergency Special Session (ESS) Resolution on Israel cannot be assured, according to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. Although Japan agrees completely that the resolution is unbalanced [...]
2006-11-17 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA XF IS JA
06TOKYO6597U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (S) Summary. During the November 6 U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral on implementation of UNSCR 1718, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and his counterparts Japanese DFM Tsuneo Nashida and Australian DFM David Richie, agreed upon the need for full and effe [...]
2006-11-17 07:25:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO660MEDIA REACTION US-JAPAN ALLIANCE - TOKYO
[...] "QDR: Heighten the Effectiveness of the US-Japan Alliance" The conservative Sankei editorialized (2/7): "The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) put together by the Department of Defense not only reveals the future approach to the war on terrorism but also reexamines the fundamental nature of Jap [...]
2006-02-07 03:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6607MEDIA REACTION Q APEC SUMMIT - TOKYO
[...] "Japan's Called on To Lead Asia Economic Cooperation" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/20): "The APEC summit in Hanoi has come to a close. The declaration issued at the forum specified plans to study a US proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Asia- Pacific (FTAAP) and re [...]
2006-11-20 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6614The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. METI Minister Calls for Deepening of U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. Keidanren Joins Call for a U.S.-Japan FTA 5. ACCJ Business White Paper Says Economic Integration Agreement Is Needed 6. Kansai Business Leaders Meet Finance Minister in Osaka; FTAs, EPAs St [...]
2006-11-20 07:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6617UNSCR 1718 REPORT SHARED WITH JAPAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL XX KN JA
06TOKYO6618JAPAN TO SUPPORT UNSCR TO EXTEND MNF-I
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC IZ JA
06TOKYO6632U/S BURNS AND U/S JOSEPH MEETING WITH DEFMIN KYUMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main goal is a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula, Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma told Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, SIPDIS Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, and Ambassador Schieffer dur [...]
2006-11-20 10:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UNSC JA
06TOKYO6633U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan welcomes the resumption of the Six-Party Talks, National Security Advisor Koike told U/S Burns November 6. The implementation of UNSC Resolution 1718, Japanese economic sanctions, and pressure from China led North Korea to return to the talks, Koike suggested. Burns and Ko [...]
2006-11-20 10:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UNSC JA
06TOKYO6634U/S BURNS NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH LDP DIET MEMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of ruling party Diet members expressed skepticism over North Korea's willingness to abandon its nuclear weapons program during a November 6 lunch with U/S Burns in Tokyo. Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested that the recent agreement to restart Six-Party Talks [...]
2006-11-20 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6635U/S BURNS MEETING WITH DFM NISHIDA ON IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan shares U.S. concerns about Russia's obstructionist role in Iran discussions and would like to play a part in pressuring Iran to abandon nuclear enrichment, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told U/S Burns on November 6. U/S Burns underscored U.S. concern about Iran's involveme [...]
2006-11-20 10:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA
06TOKYO6638JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6639JAPAN NGO'S "SHIOKAZE" PROGRAM BROADCASTS NEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN),an NGO established to investigate suspected cases of abduction by the DPRK, began transmitting its "Shiokaze" ("Sea Breeze") short-wave radio broadcasts to North Korea in October 2005. The [...]
2006-11-21 02:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PREL JA KN
06TOKYO6645JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] It is unlikely Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso will be able to attend the Forum for the Future meeting in Amman November 30-December 1, due to scheduling conflicts and to the fact that the Diet will be in session during that period, according to Jiro Kanzawa, Deputy Director of MOFA's First [...]
2006-11-21 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI JA
06TOKYO6649MEDIA REACTION - BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - TOKYO
[...] "Bush Takes Flexible Line After Midterm Elections" Takashi Sadahiro, correspondent of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri, in a report from Bogor, Indonesia, wrote (11/21): "President Bush returned home after visiting Indonesia Monday for talks with President Yudhoyono and completing a tour [...]
2006-11-21 22:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6650 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6661JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6673MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA-IRAQ-IRAN RELATIONS -
[...] "Syria, Iran Improving Ties with Iraq" The liberal Mainichi's Cairo correspondent Takahashi commented (11/22): "Syria restored diplomatic relations with Iraq Tuesday, a move that is believed to be a big step toward improving ties with the US and Europe. Iranian President Ahmadinejad also propo [...]
2006-11-22 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6689AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT November 22
[...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period October 19 to November 22. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Importation of US Chickens to Stop -- 2. On November 16, in response to the recen [...]
2006-11-22 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
06TOKYO6690 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6694MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Review US Middle East Policy Thoroughly" The liberal Mainichi's editorial writer Fuse commented (11/24): "The bipartisan 'Iraq Study Group,' led by former Secretary of State James Baker, is reviewing the US Iraq policy. Although it is not known what proposal the group will come up with, the B [...]
2006-11-24 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6695JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6704COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY OBA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 30-December 5, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP/J Political-Military officer Gary Oba. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81- [...]
2006-11-24 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6710 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-26 22:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6714The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Releases Report Calling for Joint Study on U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement 4. LDP Diet Member Katayama Supports U.S.-Japan FTA 5. METI Senior Parliamentary Vice Minister Puts Priority on Doha Round, Asia Regional FTAs 6. Will Council for th [...]
2006-11-27 02:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6716MEDIA REACTION - GAZA STRIP CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "US Applying Pressure for Resumption of Israel- Palestinian Dialogue" Riyadh correspondent Kanazawa of the business-oriented Nihon Keizai commented (11/27): "The Gaza Strip ceasefire accord that Israel and the Palestinian Authority reached will likely be the first step toward resuming Israeli- [...]
2006-11-27 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6727COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND THOMAS B.
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 29-30, 2006 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill and Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5343 Home phone [...]
2006-11-27 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6730VISIT TO JAPAN,S KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 15, EmbOffs visited the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station on the western coast of Japan, operated by TEPCO. Embassy staff were provided a tour of unit 6, one of two Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWR) onsite. In addition to a general description of the fac [...]
2006-11-27 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG JA PARM PGOV PREL
06TOKYO6731 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6732JAPAN: INVITATION TO UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 08:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MNUC PARM KNNP JA KN
06TOKYO6735DEFMIN KYUMA NEGATIVE ON INTERCEPTING U.S.-BOUND
[...] (SB... [...]
2006-11-27 22:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR JA
06TOKYO6736JAPAN DEBATES COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposal to review constitutional interpretations that restrict the exercise of Collective Self-Defense has sparked a sharp debate within the government and ruling coalition. The focus of Abe's initiative has been on whether Japan has the authority to [...]
2006-11-27 23:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6738JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6740DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai met with DCM November 27 to discuss a range of bilateral issues: -- Kawai reported that Prime Minister Abe had been very pleased by his meeting with President Bush at the APEC summit in Hanoi and is hoping to travel [...]
2006-11-28 05:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ABLD ETRD EAGR EFIS JA
06TOKYO6749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO675CAN THE KOIZUMI GOVERNMENT MANAGE HIS ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. The economic debate in this Diet session is shaping up to be more contentious than we anticipated, due to the convergence of five issues the opposition party has exploited to criticize government handling of the economy. Some observers believe the Prime Minister has emerged with [...]
2006-02-07 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6754MEDIA REACTION - BUSH MEETING WITH IRAQI PRIME
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6762JAPAN: YES TO UNSCR 1718 INVITATION AND NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 06:09:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MNUC PARM KNNP JA KN
06TOKYO6764SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMIC SUBCABINET MEETINGS, DEC.
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe has gotten off to a fast start in the beginning of his administration with a strong political and foreign policy agenda. However, he has yet to demonstrate the same leadership on domestic economic policy, regulatory reform, and international economic policy. In prepar [...]
2006-11-29 07:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL EAGR ENRG ECIN APECO JA
06TOKYO6770 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6785RUSSIA OIL SEMINAR REVEALS DIFFERING VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Russian guest panelists at a November 9 seminar on Russian energy strategy in Tokyo displayed starkly different views on Moscow's energy policy. An executive of the energy company Rosneft strenuously defended the Russian government and its environmental policies, particul [...]
2006-11-30 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
06TOKYO6788AGENDA FOR UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to reftel instructions, the agenda for the December 8 UNSCR 1718 Implementation Working Group meeting in Washington was delivered November 30 to Mr. Teppei Kanda, Deputy Director of the Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division of MOFA's Foreign Policy Bureau. Kanda [...]
2006-11-30 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO679ECONOMIC GOALS OF JAPAN'S 164TH DIET SESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi has labeled this 150 day session the &administrative reform8 Diet to emphasize his continuing commitment toward the structural reform of Japan's economy. Important economic bills this session include an administrative reform bill -- to be submitted by the [...]
2006-02-07 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6800MEDIA REACTION - BUSH-MALIKI MEETING - TOKYO
[...] "Bush-Maliki Meeting: US Looking for Way to Withdraw Troops from Iraq" Amman correspondent Sadahiro of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (12/1): "President Bush's meeting Thursday with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki indicates that the Bush administration, which has previously insis [...]
2006-12-01 04:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6814 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6817THE ABE ADMINISTRATION,S PRO-GROWTH AGENDA: WHAT
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has defined a pro-growth economic policy, calling for attaining more than 3% nominal economic growth in the medium run. The agenda for achieving this goal has not been fully fleshed out, though elements are being developed in a number of areas, including tax pol [...]
2006-12-03 22:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN
06TOKYO6823MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND POISONING OF FORMER
[...] "No Exit from Iraq in Sight" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (12/4): "In their summit on November 30 in Amman, President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki agreed on the accelerated transfer of security responsibility to the Iraqi side. However, there appears to be no clear scenar [...]
2006-12-04 04:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6824TAKUMI NEMOTO AND ABE'S EVOLVING ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's initiatives to strengthen the Kantei (Prime Minister's Office) in the policy-making process have created a number of new economic players, one of the most important being Special Assistant to the Prime Minster Takumi Nemoto. There do not appear to be plans for Nemoto [...]
2006-12-04 05:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6826COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM,
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7-9, 2006 visit to Japan by DAS Evan A. Feigenbaum. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6940 Mobile phone: 81- [...]
2006-12-04 05:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6827COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCA SENIOR ADVISOR ROBERT
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7-9, 2006 visit to Japan by Robert Deutsch, SCA Senior Advisor. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6940 Mobile [...]
2006-12-04 06:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6839LDP INTEREST IN AID TO INDIA SURPRISINGLY HIGH,
[...] (SBU) After a recent lecture on trends in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers peppered Takushoku University President Toshio Watanabe with questions about how to use aid to turn India into a counterweight to China, Watanabe told Econoff in a Novembe [...]
2006-12-04 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON JA PGOV IN
06TOKYO6842JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6846The Japan Economic Scope -- Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. GOJ Backsliding on Triangular Mergers 4. Japan Starts Indonesia EPA Process with Focus on Energy 5. ANRE's Arima Outlines Sub-Cabinet Energy Goals 6. Agriculture Minister Seeks to Increase Biofuel Production 7. Hokkaido Agriculture Co-op Proposes Japan's Lar [...]
2006-12-05 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6847MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEV'S
[...] "Anti-American Domino Effect May Gain Momentum" Caracas correspondent Shinichi Ikeo of the moderate Tokyo Shimbun wrote (12/5): "Venezuela's anti-American President Chavez was elected to a third term Sunday. Chavez is expected to accelerate the move to the left and the anti-American domino eff [...]
2006-12-05 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6858CCS SHIOZAKI-DUSD LAWLESS ON DPRI IMPLEMENTATION,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 23:14:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6866MEDIA REACTION - BOLTON RESIGNATION - TOKYO
[...] "Bolton Resignation: Time for US to Change Its UN Diplomacy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/6): "US Ambassador to the UN Bolton has decided to resign. As a neocon, Bolton was known for pursuing a form of diplomacy at the UN that prioritized US national interests over international coopera [...]
2006-12-06 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6870REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROL REYNOLDS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo requests country clearance for Carol Reynolds, Political Section Deputy, to attend a regional conference in Athens, Greece from December 10-12, 2006. 2. (SBU) Itinerary is as follows: Saturday, Dec. 9: 1315 Depart Tokyo via Lufthansa LH 715 1745 Arrive Munich 1 [...]
2006-12-06 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA GR JA
06TOKYO6877JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 00:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6878Polls Indicate Support for U.S.-Japan Alliance
[...] (U) The results of the annual Yomiuri Shimbun-Gallup Poll released on December 2, 2006 indicated that support for the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty is at an all-time high among Japanese, with 66 percent of respondents indicating that the security treaty is useful to Japan, up 4 percent from a yea [...]
2006-12-07 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OPRC KPAO KPLS JA
06TOKYO6883MEDIA REACTION - ISG RECOMMENDATIONS - TOKYO
[...] There were no immediate editorials or commentaries on the ISG recommendations. 2. "Early Withdrawal of US Troops from Iraq Difficult" Washington correspondent Yasuyuki Oguri of the moderate Tokyo Shimbun wrote (12/7): "In its recommendations submitted Wednesday to President Bush, the bipart [...]
2006-12-07 02:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6889CUBA: JAPAN RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 07:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JA CU
06TOKYO6896AGREEMENT REACHED ON GSOMIA TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and Japanese negotiators reached substantial agreement November 29 on the text of a General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA),which will set uniform rules across the Japanese government for handling U.S.-origin classified military information. The GSOMIA [...]
2006-12-07 22:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6897JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6900COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KRISTEN SILVERBERG, IO
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 20-24, 2006 visit to Japan by IO A/S Kristen Silverberg and Raymond Hotz. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6858 M [...]
2006-12-08 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA OVIP PREL JA
06TOKYO6903MEDIA REACTION - ISG REPORT - TOKYO
[...] "President Bush Should Immediately Act on ISG Report" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/8): "While pointing out numerous US policy mistakes committed since the start of the war, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG) proposed that President Bush should change his policy in that country.... We [...]
2006-12-08 06:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6907AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT December 07
[...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period November 22 to December 07. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Importation of Korean Chickens to Stop - 2. On November 24, in response to the r [...]
2006-12-08 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
06TOKYO6909FORMER LDP OFFICIALS ADMITS LIE ABOUT KOIZUMI DPRK
[...] (U) The December 8 edition of Tokyo Shimbun reported that former LDP vice president Taku Yamasaki has admitted that he lied when he told reporters that former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi had expressed a willingness to make a third trip to North Korea. On December 7, Japanese-language news [...]
2006-12-08 08:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO691 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6910JAPAN'S PERMREP TO ATTEND UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE; NO
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche December 7 to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. He was aware of the issue concerning level of attendance at the debate and explained MOFA was discussing the matter internally. On December 8, Takizaki responded th [...]
2006-12-08 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS JA
06TOKYO6912DAS JOHN,S MEETING WITH DDG KITERA ON BURMA AND
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Eric John on December 4 underscored the importance of passing a non-punitive UN Security Council resolution on Burma as a starting point for increased diplomatic pressure on the regime. Deputy Director General Kitera responded that Japan would prefer a Presidential Statemen [...]
2006-12-08 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM BM TT JA
06TOKYO6918MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "US Lowers Hurdle to Prioritize Resumption by Year's End" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent wrote (12/10): "The six-party talks are likely to be reconvened for the first time in 13 months, as the Chinese government has sounded out participants on a resumption on [...]
2006-12-11 02:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6921COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILBERT D. SHIN, SENIOR
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 21-22, 2006 visit to Japan by Milbert D. Shin, Senior Advisor, S/WCI. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3) [...]
2006-12-11 06:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6924TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attach conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on December [...]
2006-12-11 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER XR
06TOKYO6926INDIAN PM VISIT: LIKELY JOINT STATEMENT, ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Preparations for Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 visit to Japan are proceeding well, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official told Econoff, and it appears the prime ministers will issue a joint statement announcing negotiations toward an "economic partnership agreement" [...]
2006-12-11 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL MARR JA IN
06TOKYO6927JAPAN-TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (C//NF) Japan uses at least five lists to track terrorists and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nation Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs). These two lists are shared across the Japanese government, are available to the public, and are updated on an as-need basis. Th [...]
2006-12-11 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTFN KHLS PGOV PROG JA
06TOKYO6928SHORT NOTICE FOR JAPAN'S HELP IN UNSC ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche December 11 to MOFA UN Policy Planning Division Principal Deputy Directors Toshihiro Kitamura and Akihito Teruuchi. Kitamura noted that his division would have to coordinate with the Human Rights Division and the European Policy Di [...]
2006-12-11 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNSC PHUM BO JA
06TOKYO693 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6931The Japan Economic Scope ?- Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Sub Cabinet in Tokyo 4. Transcript of Press Roundtable after Sub Cabinet 5. Triangular Mergers: Still Pushing as the End Game Approaches 6. Amb. Michalak's Meetings on Triangular Mergers 7. DUSTR Bhatia and Dep. FM Yabunaka Exchange Reg Reform Recommendation [...]
2006-12-11 22:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6934MEDIA REACTION - RESUMPTION OF SIX-PARTY TALKS -
[...] "Six-Party Talks: Priority Should Be Given to Halting Operations at DPRK Nuclear Facilities" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/12): "After a 13-month interval, the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue will resume in Beijing on December 18. The talks have been stalemated so long [...]
2006-12-12 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6940TOKYO DENIES REQUEST FOR FREEDOM BROADCASTING FROM
[...] (U) In response to reftel, on December 8, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara notified Embassy Political Officer that Tokyo officials would not authorize foreign (i.e. U.S.) radio broadcasts to North Korea from Japanese territory. [...]
2006-12-12 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDBBG PHUM PGOV JA KN KS
06TOKYO6941 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6943JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6954AMBASSADOR AND CCS SHIOZAKI ON NORTH KOREA, CHINA,
[...] (S) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki outlined Japanese expectations for the upcoming Six-Party Talks during a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on December 11. Shiozaki welcomed the resumption of talks in Beijing, but said Japan is not particularly optimistic about it [...]
2006-12-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KN CH JA
06TOKYO696MEDIA REACTION IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "Iran Must Halt Uranium Enrichment" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/8): "... Members of the board of directors at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have adopted a resolution referring the matter of Iran's suspected nuclear development to the UN Security Council, meaning that the [...]
2006-02-08 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6966JAPANESE REACTION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CA CH RF GM IT JA
06TOKYO6969MEDIA REACTION - ISG REPORT - TOKYO
[...] "Pro-US Arab Nations React Strongly to ISG Report" Cairo correspondent Yanagisawa of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (12/14): "A move by the US to change its policy in Iraq is facing a strong reaction from both within and outside that Middle Eastern country. The proposal by the Ira [...]
2006-12-14 23:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO698FM ASO CHINA COMMENTS: ADVERTISEMENTS FOR HIMSELF?
[...] (C) Summary: Our contacts among Japan's China watchers believe FM Aso's recent provocative comments on Japan-China relations are a calculated effort by the Foreign Minister to boost his standing in the race for the LDP presidency. Without making such controversial statements, Aso would have [...]
2006-02-08 05:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
06TOKYO6984COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND SPECIAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 16-17, 2006 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill and Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]
2006-12-15 05:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
06TOKYO6993TRIANGULAR MERGERS DEBATE REACHES THE END GAME
[...] (C) Summary: The triangular mergers debate is reaching the end game. A formal announcement from the ruling party's tax policy committee on the issue of tax deferral for stock swaps will likely come December 14. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki on December 11 called on the panel to ensure th [...]
2006-12-15 07:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON JA
06TOKYO6994AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]
2006-12-15 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO7000 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7002JAPAN: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR--PURSUIT OF TERRORIST
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan uses at least five immigration and watchlist databases to track terrorist and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions and one is based on Japan's Foreign Exchange Law. These three lists are available to the public and are [...]
2006-12-15 08:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTFN KHLS PROG PGOV KS TH TW JA
06TOKYO7003JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSCR ON IRAN
[...] (C) Japan supports passage of the UNSCR on Iran proposed by France and the U.K. and is hopeful it will be passed unanimously, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Ambassador December 14 (see reftel B). 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer followed up by delivering an additional copy [...]
2006-12-15 08:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR JA
06TOKYO7004JAPAN NOT YET ON BOARD WITH UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised the UNSC resolution on Burma (ref A) with Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi during a December 14 lunch meeting. Yachi said that Japan was pushing Burma to set a definite timetable for transfer of power to a civilian leadership, and had called in the Burmese Ambassa [...]
2006-12-15 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
06TOKYO7010LAWLESS/ISHIHARA ON YOKOTA, FCLP, AND US
[...] (C) Summary: During a Friday, December 1 meeting with Under Secretary of Defense For Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Richard Lawless, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara: referenced the recent Abe-Bush discussion on civil-military dual-use of Yokota Air Base; explained his rationale for reques [...]
2006-12-17 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
06TOKYO7019MEDIA REACTION - US-CHINA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE -
[...] "US, China Reach Basic Agreement at Strategic Dialogue" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (12/18): "Economic ministers from the US and China held their first strategic economic dialogue last week in Beijing. Although the two nations agreed during the talks to promote cooperation in co [...]
2006-12-18 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7023The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan and Australia Agree to Begin Talks on Free Trade Agreement 4. Hokkaido Farmers Protest Japan-Australian EPA Negotiations 5. PMs Singh, Abe Likely to Announce EPA Negotiations 6. Sec. Bodman, METI Minister Amari Agree to Cooperate on Energy Security 7. [...]
2006-12-18 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7027 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7028 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7042JDA UPGRADE, FORM OVER SUBSTANCE?
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Diet passed a set of bills to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) to full ministry status. The package of legislation also includes a revision to the Self Defense Forces Law that lists international peacekeeping, rear area support for U.S. forces, Non-comba [...]
2006-12-18 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO7047NO HIGH LEVEL SYRIAN VISITS TO JAPAN PLANNED
[...] (C) Japan has no plans to host any high-level Syrian visits in the foreseeable future, according to Hitoshi Ishizuka of MOFA's First Middle East Division. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer told Ishizuka we would be interested in knowing in advance if any such visits do come onto the calendar. [...]
2006-12-19 02:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY JA
06TOKYO7048MEDIA REACTION - RESUMPTION OF SIX-PARTY TALKS -
[...] "US and China Cannot Allow DPRK to Play for Time" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (12/19): "The six-party talks resumed Monday in Beijing to discuss North Korea's nuclear programs and other issues.... The precursory talks held prior to the resumption appear to show that the No [...]
2006-12-19 04:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7051 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7059JAPANESE NGO'S AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Japan's first legislatively mandated "DPRK Human Rights Week" highlighted the plight of DPRK refugees and of those abducted by North Korea. The series of events, which garnered modest media attention, featured NGO-sponsored conferences and symposia, along with government-hosted [...]
2006-12-20 04:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL JA KN
06TOKYO7061JAPAN: JOINT DEMARCHE OF EAST TIMOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 06:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL RTT AS PO JA
06TOKYO7064TOP ADVISOR PUSHES "LABOR BIG BANG" FOR GROWTH
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe supports a "labor big bang" as a pillar of the administration's new growth strategy, Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) private sector member Naohiro Yashiro told Embassy officials. Yashiro judges Japan's labor market structures to be out of step with the wo [...]
2006-12-20 06:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV EINV JA
06TOKYO7067JAPANESE PLEASED WITH VISIT OF INDIAN PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials are pleased with Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 Tokyo visit, according to MOFA contacts. During the visit, the "Global Partnership" inaugurated in 2000 was elevated to a "Strategic and Global Partnership" calling for closer political and diplomati [...]
2006-12-20 08:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAIR EINV ETRD SCUL KNNP IN JA
06TOKYO7071JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7072JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7075JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 02:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7081FTA WITH AUSTRALIA: GOJ WILL DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN
[...] (C) There is a long, hard slog ahead after Prime Minister Abe and Australian PM John Howard agreed on December 12 to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement. MOFA officials, including DG for Economic Affairs, Kaoru Ishikawa, described for us the difficulty these talks will pose, parti [...]
2006-12-21 04:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO7084ABE'S SHORT HONEYMOON
[...] Summary (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japanese voters has come to a quick end. Abe's popularity in polls surged above 70 percent when he visited Beijing and Seoul to better relations with Japan's neighbors and the DPRK exploded a nuclear device. However, his popularity began [...]
2006-12-21 04:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO709JAPAN-DPRK TALKS CONCLUDE WITH ZERO SERIOUSNESS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: North Korea showed "zero seriousness" about resolving its bilateral issues with Japan during February 4-8 Japan-DPRK bilateral talks in Beijing, MOFA Asia DG Sasae told visiting CSIS Senior Advisor Robert Einhorn and Political Minister Counselor Michael Meserve on February 8. PM [...]
2006-02-08 08:46:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL MNUC JA KS KN CH
06TOKYO7091Tokyo-based Economists give DUSTR Bhatia mixed
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading economists told Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia and E/B Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan on December 5 that they were somewhat pessimistic about prospects for continued economic reform under PM Abe. Richard Jerram, Chief Economist at Macquarie Securities, criticized the J [...]
2006-12-21 06:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON JP
06TOKYO7093MEDIA REACTION - US-DPRK FINANCIAL TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Unprecedented US-DPRK Financial Dialogue" Beijing correspondent Ukai of the liberal Asahi wrote (12/21): "The US, which had been negative about discussing financial sanctions with North Korea, showed unprecedented flexibility on bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the ongoing six-party [...]
2006-12-21 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7096DIET SESSION A SUCCESS FOR ABE
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has succeeded in gaining passage of most of his key legislative proposals in the extraordinary Diet session that ended on December 19, gaining sound marks for achievement. He has been aided by high popularity ratings throughout most of the legislative term, a [...]
2006-12-21 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV MARR JA
06TOKYO7097U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART ONE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials met December 8 with Japanese officials for a day of consultations on Central Asia. The U.S. team aimed to integrate an intensive strategic and policy consultatio [...]
2006-12-21 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON ZK JA
06TOKYO7098 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7099SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM DISCUSSES CHINESE AND RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary. On December 7, on the margins of a U.S.-Japan Dialogue on Central Asia, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum assessed the challenges presented by Russian and Chinese policies in the region with MOFA European Affairs Bureau Russia Division Director Kuninori Matsuda. Feigenbaum stressed that a [...]
2006-12-21 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO71SAKHALIN I PROJECT PROCEEDING BUT LACKS BUYERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO7106AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT December 21
[...] There were no significant avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan during the period December 07 to 21. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the above period. --Japan to Strengthen Monitoring of Migratory Birds- Â [...]
2006-12-22 03:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
06TOKYO7108TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 04:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER ZU
06TOKYO711JAPAN'S UNSC REFORM EFFORT LOOSING STEAM?
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's Option C plan "did not fly" with its G3 partners, MOFA's UN Policy Division Director Aikawa told PolOffs February 7. Aikawa did not know how much longer Japan could "paper over" its differences with the G3. Implying that UN Security Council reform may be loosing steam do [...]
2006-02-08 09:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC XA JA
06TOKYO7111MITSUI VIEWS POSITIVELY THE TRANSFER OF SAKHALIN 2
[...] (SBU) Mitsui & Co., one of two Japanese shareholders in Russia's problem-plagued Sakhalin 2 project, continues to insist that the now concluded deal to transfer a majority share in the project to Russia's Gazprom is a positive move (reftels). Mitsui & Co. Energy Business Unit's Planning Dep [...]
2006-12-22 04:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG ECON JA RU
06TOKYO7113MITSUI VIEWS POSITIVELY THE
[...] (SBU) Mitsui & Co., one of two Japanese shareholders in Russia's problem-plagued Sakhalin 2 project, continues to insist that the now concluded deal to transfer a majority share in the project to Russia's Gazprom is a positive move (reftels). Mitsui & Co. Energy Business Unit's Planning Dep [...]
2006-12-22 04:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG ECON JA RU
06TOKYO7115 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7125MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS/IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "Sanctions on DPRK Should Be Strengthened" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/23): "The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions went into recess without any substantial progress or even a date for the next round.... There is no meaningful way in which the six-p [...]
2006-12-26 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO713JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7130 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7132JAPAN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN HALTING UNDP
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 26 meeting with Charge, MOFA Director-General for Global Affairs Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka asked the United States to support its effort to suspend UNDP activities in the DPRK. Tsuruoka cited two reasons for this step: the DPRK's failure to accept UNSCR 1718, and the [...]
2006-12-26 09:05:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEAID KFPC KWBG KNNP KUNR PGOV JA UNDP
06TOKYO7133JAPAN SEEKS UN OCHA POST
[...] (SBU) MOFA Deputy Vice Minister Kojiro Shiojiri contacted Charge December 26 to request U.S. support for MOFA Director-General for Global Issues Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka's bid to become UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA). Japan believe [...]
2006-12-26 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN JA
06TOKYO7134ANITTERRORISM EXERCISE IN TOTTORI PREFECTURE
[...] SUMMARY: On November 26, 2006 in Tottori Prefecture, the central government conducted its fourth large-scale antiterrorism exercise in accordance with a Japanese law to protect citizens and assets in the event of a national emergency (reftel). Participating in the drill, were over 1,500 offici [...]
2006-12-26 23:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ENERG JA
06TOKYO7136JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/06
[...] The Yushukan museum will replace seven panels headlined "Russo-Japanese War to Manchurian Incident," "Manchurian History," TOKYO 00007136 005 OF 009 "China Incident," "Hitler," Stalin," Roosevelt," and "Japan-US negotiations." One of the seven panels is about the outbreak of Japan- [...]
2006-12-27 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7138MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Chaos in Iraq No Longer Connected with Hussein" Cairo correspondent Tachino of the liberal Asahi wrote (12/27): "On Tuesday, the Iraqi High Appeals Court upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence.... The al-Maliki government appears eager to send Saddam to the gallows as soon as possible in the [...]
2006-12-27 02:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7139The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Member Tatsuya Ito Reviews Regional Architecture Policy 4. Japan - Australia FTA: GOJ Will Drive Hard Bargain 5. Kagoshima Farmers: EPA with Australia, No Worries Mate? 6. Beijing Energy Ministerial Outcome: METI, MOFA Pleased 7. Transparency: GOJ Transla [...]
2006-12-27 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7143UPDATE ON MOFA'S ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC DATA
[...] (SBU) Summary: MOFA continues to plug away at its regional economic data collection and analysis proposal (aka EiSMAP, the Economic Information Sharing Mechanism of the Asia-Pacific),having secured a USD six figure budget line item for the project in the draft GOJ FY-2007 budget. MOFA hopes [...]
2006-12-27 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPEC OECD JA
06TOKYO7156UNSCR 1737: JAPAN ANNOUNCES SANCTIONS ON IRAN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel nonpaper to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki December 27. Takizaki, in turn, confirmed press reports that the Government of Japan had already informed Iran that it would impose sanctions from January 2007, pursuant to UNSC [...]
2006-12-27 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP UNSC JA
06TOKYO7163JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7164U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART TWO,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials continued their full-day U.S.-Japan consultations on Central Asia with interagency meetings on foreign assistance and project finance. MOFA International Coop [...]
2006-12-28 01:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO7165MEDIA REACTION Q SOMALIA-ETHIOPIA TENSIONS AND
[...] "Situation in Somalia Smacks of Proxy War" The liberal Asahi's New York correspondent wrote (12/28): "On the worsening situation in Somalia, there appear to be differing views within the UN Security Council over the council's role in dealing with a 'failed state,' with Arab and Islamic countri [...]
2006-12-28 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7166U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART THREE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry's (METI) Trade Policy Bureau Central Asia division head and a Japanese trading company researcher met separately with SCA/DAS Evan Feigenbaum on December 8 to discuss the difficult business and political climate in Central Asia. Politi [...]
2006-12-28 02:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO7174 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7176MEDIA REACTION Q EULOGIES FOR FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] QAbe Expresses Condolences Over Former U.S. President FordQs DeathQ Kyodo Wire Service reported (12/27): QJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed his condolences over the death of former U.S. President Gerald Ford, praising him for being the first incumbent U.S. president to [...]
2006-12-28 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7177JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON INVITATION TO ARF WORKSHOP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 09:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PARM PGOV PTER ARF JA
06TOKYO7178DEFMIN KYUMA EXPLORES REVISIONS TO FRF PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) officials are publicly denying media reports that JDA is considering altering construction plans for the Futenma MCAS Replacement Facility (FRF). Privately, Japanese officials acknowledge that Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma has engaged with Okinawan Gover [...]
2006-12-28 10:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV JA
06TOKYO7179ABE FACES YET ANOTHER CABINET SCANDAL AND
[...] (C) For the second time in two weeks, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept the resignation of a cabinet official forced to step down because of a scandal. Administrative Reform Minister Genichiro Sata resigned on December 26 in response to allegations that his political organization s [...]
2006-12-28 19:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO7185MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Prudence Needed in Final Approval of Saddam's Execution" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (12/29): "The death sentence for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been finalized. Despite this, if Saddam's execution is carried out hurriedly, it will intensify sectarian strife, which [...]
2006-12-29 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO7188JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7192 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7193ROK FM SONG'S TOKYO VISIT: A REAL "ICEBREAKER"
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA and ROK Embassy contacts describe ROK FM Song,s December 26-27 Tokyo visit as &successful8 and &a real icebreaker.8 Song moved to establish a personal relationship with PM Abe and conducted a &heart-to-heart dialogue8 with FM Aso. On bilateral issues, Song asked Japan to: [...]
2006-12-29 06:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KS KN
06TOKYO722MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] "After Japan-DPRK Talks: Watching North Korea's Next Step" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/9): "The Japan- DPRK talks that started Saturday in Beijing came to a close Wednesday without producing any noticeable results. Both sides only agreed to continue the bilateral dialogue. Chief Japanes [...]
2006-02-09 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO727 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO729AVIAN INFLUENZA: TOKYO WEEKLY FEBRUARY 9
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- H5N2 Infection not from Wild Birds... -- 2. (U) Ibaraki Prefectural Authorities announced on February 6 that all of the tests it conducted on 354 wild birds since October of last year came back [...]
2006-02-09 09:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO73CORRECTED COPY - SAKHALIN I PROJECT PROCEEDING BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO730DFAA SCANDAL TO SNARE DIET MEMBERS, SAY INSIDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several Diet Members are implicated and they or their key aides will soon be arrested as part of the ongoing bid-rigging scandal involving Japan's Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA) construction contracts, according to DFAA and Diet insiders. Former Defense Minister [...]
2006-02-09 09:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO755JAPAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA'S BID FOR UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNDC UNSC GT VE JA
06TOKYO756JAPAN-DPRK TALKS: FURTHER DETAILS FROM N.E. ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Northeast Asia Director Ito reported "no progress" resulting from the February 4-8 Japan-DPRK talks despite the 20 hours they spent discussing the abduction issue, security concerns, and normalization of relations. Ito identified the likely DPRK motivations for engaging in [...]
2006-02-10 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PHUM JA KN
06TOKYO757JAPAN CONSIDERING POST-SAMAWAH OPTIONS IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 10:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO761 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 02:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO77GOJ REACTIONS ON DOHA ROUND AFTER HONG KONG
[...] (U) WTO member states obtained about as much as they could under the circumstances at the Hong Kong Ministerial, according to Japanese officials from several ministries at a symposium hosted by Aoyama Gakuin University's WTO Research Center. The Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's [...]
2006-01-06 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO772JAPAN: DVFM KONO ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Masaharu Kono told DCM Donovan on February 10 that UNSC reform, specifically trilateral support of Japan's "Option C," was one area on which Japan, India and the United Sates could work together. While India currently is "skeptical" about Japan,s Option C, it i [...]
2006-02-13 08:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC JA
06TOKYO773JAPAN: DVFM KONO ON IRAN
[...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Masaharu Kono, DCM Donovan underscored U.S. appreciation for Japan's stance on Iran at the IAEA, and asked how Japan would deal with the Iran nuclear issue during the upcoming visit to Tokyo by Iran Foreign Minister Mottaki (ref a) [...]
2006-02-13 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA IR JA
06TOKYO775JAPANESE READOUT: DAI BINGGUO UNCOMPROMISING ON
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting Tokyo, Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo relayed an uncompromising stand on Yasukuni Shrine and tried to elicit positive messages from Japanese interlocutors, according to MOFA sources, who speculated Dai was attempting to deflect domestic criticism of MFA's handling of [...]
2006-02-13 09:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
06TOKYO777 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO785MEDIA REACTION IRAN/IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Iranian Nuclear Dispute: Tehran Hardening Its Stance Toward the US and Europe" The liberal Asahi's Tehran correspondent Anto commented (2/14): "Iran is deepening its confrontational stance toward the US and Europe by beginning preparations for uranium enrichment at its Natanz plant in central [...]
2006-02-14 05:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO795 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO796 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO797JAPAN WILL SUPPORT "ASIAN CANDIDATE" TO BE NEXT UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN JA
06TOKYO800PREVENTING USE OF THE DPRK AS A FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) While in Tokyo to participate in the Asian Senior Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP III),ISN PDAS Frank Record raised the points contained in reftel A nonpaper with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito. Ito responde [...]
2006-02-14 10:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA
06TOKYO805JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/06
[...] Historical perception of WWII 2. Evaluation of the Tokyo Trials 3. Asia diplomacy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe  [...]
2006-02-15 04:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO808MEDIA REACTION US NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY/AVIAN
[...] "US Nuclear Energy Policy: Global Policy Needed on Recycling Nuclear Fuel" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/15): "The US Department of Energy (DOE) has recently announced its Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP),reversing a decades-long policy against reprocessing nu [...]
2006-02-15 05:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO820 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO822CHINA WATCHERS PIN HOPES FOR IMPROVED JAPAN-CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: No improvement in Japan's relations with China should be expected during Koizumi's remaining seven months in office, according to Diet members and academic China specialists contacted by Embassy Tokyo. Citing domestic political difficulties in both countries, our interlocutors [...]
2006-02-15 09:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH JA
06TOKYO823ABE AND ASO SAY CLASS-A WAR CRIMINALS NOT
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders grilled Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe and Foreign Minister Aso in the Diet on February 14, regarding World War II and the War Crimes Tribunal. Although both Abe and Aso acknowledged the official line that the war was an act of ag [...]
2006-02-15 09:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO827JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO831Japan-China Economic Ties Remain Strong
[...] (SBU) Summary: The economic relationship between Japan and China has continued to expand in spite of political frictions, according to Japanese Government trade and investment statistics. Japan's total trade with China (with the inclusion of trade with Hong Kong) again exceeded that betwee [...]
2006-02-16 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN PREL CH
06TOKYO850AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 16
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. Consulate-General Sapporo contributed to this week's AI report. -- Chugai Planning Domestic Production of Tamiflu -- 2. The Chugai Pharmaceutical Company has finalized plans to produce the antivi [...]
2006-02-16 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO851 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO860JAPANESE QUESTIONS ON HMONG CHILDREN
[...] (U) Action request: see paragraph three. 2. (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points February 16 to MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Atsushi Kuwabara. Kuwabara responded that the Japanese embassy in Vientiane was aware of the problem and [...]
2006-02-16 08:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL LA TH JA
06TOKYO864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/06
[...] Perception of the war 2. Tokyo Trials/war criminals 3. War responsibility TOKYO 00000864 008 OF 013 Abe  [...]
2006-02-17 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO865MEDIA REACTION VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY
[...] "Accidental Shooting May Reduce Vice President Cheney's Influence" The business daily Nihon Keizai's Washington correspondent Kato commented (2/17): "Vice President Cheney has been in a bind following the delay in announcing that he accidentally shot his friend while hunting quail at a Texas r [...]
2006-02-17 02:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO904JAPANESE BUSINESS SEEKS INDEPENDENT CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: Confidence in the Japanese Government's capacity to analyze and to interpret events in China is waning among Japan's business community, according to some Japanese and expatriate Chinese researchers and academics. The anti-Japanese demonstrations of spring 2005 also alerted Jap [...]
2006-02-21 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN PGOV PREL JA CH
06TOKYO907 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/06
[...] Azadegan oil field: 260,000 barrels a day 2. Sakhalin 1 (Russia): 250,000 barrels a day 3. Sakhalin 2 (Russia): 160,000 barrels a day 4. Rang Dong oil field (Vietnam): 50,000 barrels a day 5. Mubarras oil field (United Arab Emirates): 20,000 barrels a day (5) Political comment [...]
2006-02-21 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO908CONSULTATIONS ON BURMA WITH JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: In February 15 meetings on Burma with a visiting DOS delegation, Japanese officials said Japan: -- shares U.S. values and objectives in Burma and is sending the regime a similar message; -- has significantly reduced its level of economic assistance to the point that little [...]
2006-02-22 00:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON UNSC BM CH JA
06TOKYO911JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO923 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/06
[...] Promote a strategy for growth in the Japanese economy, including the conclusion of a Japan-China economic partnership agreement 2. Urge China to become a democratic nation slowly by 2030 by expanding its middle class. Japan will share its experience with China. 3. Establish a trouble- [...]
2006-02-22 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO924JAPAN'S ENERGY SECURITY PLAN GETS OFF TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The committee to design Japan's new national energy strategy and revise Japan's 2003 Energy Basic Plan held its first meeting February 8. The government plans to complete the new national energy strategy in late May, and revise its Energy Basic Plan in mid-October with public [...]
2006-02-22 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO925JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS: STRONG EMOTIONS WON'T SHAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging bad relations at the top caused in large part by PM Koizumi's controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, political, academic and diplomatic experts on ROK-Japan relations contacted in the run-up to Shimane Prefecture's February 22 "commemoration" of Takeshima [...]
2006-02-22 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA KS
06TOKYO929JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO957 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO958AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 23
[...] (U) No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Dead Bird Calls, Tabletops and More Money: Local Preparations Continue Throughout Japan -- 2. (U) On February 15, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) established a call-in des [...]
2006-02-23 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO960JAPAN-CHINA: CHINA TRYING TO "WALL OFF" YASUKUNI?
[...] (C) Summary. A flurry of political exchanges between China and Japan and initiatives arising out of the Dai Bingguo-Yachi "comprehensive policy dialogue" suggest that China's President Hu Jintao has decided to leave the Yasukuni issue aside for the time being and to move ahead on multiple fro [...]
2006-02-23 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON ENRG USUN PINR CH JA
06TOKYO968JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO969MEDIA REACTION IRAQ SECTARIAN BLOODSHED
[...] "Dark Clouds Hanging over the Formation of an Iraqi Government" Cairo correspondent Okamoto of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/24): "The bombing of the Shiite Askariya Golden Mosque in Samarra, central Iraq, has led to the intensification of protests by Shiite radicals call [...]
2006-02-24 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO996DEPOSIT OF LIBRARY PROCEEDS ESPECIAL ACCOUNT
[...] FUNDS COLLECTED AT TOKYO BRANCH POST DURING THE MONTHS OF A) OCTOBER 2005; B) NOVEMBER 2005; C) DECEMBER 2005; AND D) JANUARY 2006 FOR IRC/LIBRARY RECYCLING PROGRAM HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED AS FOLLOWS: A) OCTOBER 2005: 1 TOTAL AMOUNT DEPOSITED IN LOCAL CURRENCY: YEN 62,740 2 [...]
2006-02-24 06:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN KIRC KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL
06TORONTO1144SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ONTARIO'S STAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: While major Canadian softwood industry officials are pushing the Harper government to return to the negotiating table, Ontario forestry association representatives are concerned that a negotiated settlement will prove elusive. At the same time, the Ontario government struggles [...]
2006-04-07 10:55:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV CA
06TORONTO2912ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS FRUSTRATED WITH WHTI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) expressed concern to conoff and poloff on December 1 about how implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) at the land border would affect the ability of Canadian First Nations members [...]
2006-12-11 14:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIA PBTS CA
06TRIPOLI197QADHAFI SONS SQUABBLE OVER COCA COLA
[...] (C) Summary: A lengthy standoff between the franchise-holder for Coca Cola-Libya, Ka'Mur Bottling Company-U.K., and two of Mu'ammar Qadhafi's sons, Mu'tassim and Mohammed, appears to have stabilized in the wake of a compromise agreement. The problem became public on December 28, 2005 as se [...]
2006-05-10 08:36:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI198QADHAFI INCORPORATED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Qadhafi often speaks out publicly against government corruption, but the politically-connected elite has direct access to lucrative business deals. This commercial access can easily be cut off when individuals fall out of favor. The Qadhafi family and other Jamahiriya political favorit [...]
2006-05-10 09:26:00Embassy TripoliSECRETECON ECIN ETRD PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI358LIBYAN PROSPECTS FOR BANKING PRIVITIZATION - TOUGH ROAD
[...] (C) Embassy has spent several months developing a working relationship with a Libyan banker who returned to Tripoli six months ago to manage the office of a correspondent bank. As a representative office, he chases large business deals and then books the loans in London. He was educated and [...]
2006-07-23 08:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI360VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM TO INCREASE LIBYAN TRAINING
[...] SUMMARY: PAs tripoli requests a two-week voluntary visitor study tour with escort interpreter(s) in the U.S. for a small group of decision makers in Libya's water sector to introduce them to a range of U.S. government, ACADEMIC and professional water institutions and organizations. [...]
2006-07-24 18:49:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL LY
06TRIPOLI361LIBYAN ECONOMY AND TRADE OFFICIALS REVIEW BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, 2006, Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, accompanied by DCM met with Taher Sarkez, the Under Secretary of the General People's Committee for Economy and Trade (Economics Ministry). Looking forward, Sarkez hoped that more U.S. companies would register in Li [...]
2006-07-25 12:23:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC EINT LY
06TRIPOLI363LIBYAN REACTION TO ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Libyans with whom we are in contact have no sympathy for Hizballah, but are angry about the ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. After initially discouraging public demonstrations, the government has allowed a few carefully orchestrated and tightly controlled [...]
2006-07-26 10:38:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI374EUCOM J5 MG GRATION BEGINS MIL-MIL DIALOGUE WITH LIBYA
[...] (C) EUCOM J-5 MG Scott Gration became the first American general officer to visit Libya in over a quarter of a century during a low key July 8-12 visit. His visit was hosted by MG Ahmed Mahmoud Az-Zway, the nominal head of the Staff College and Bureau of Technical Coordination, and de facto Li [...]
2006-07-30 11:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS LY
06TRIPOLI377TFLE01: LIBYANS SUMMON P-5 COM'S TO DEMAND ACTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Libyan MFA U/S Obeidi called in the P-5 Ambassadors and COM's July 31 to condemn the Israeli bombing in Qana and to call for an immediate ceasefire UNSCR. CDA responded by citing the Secretary's statement about an emerging consensus on the necessary elements of a ceasefire and l [...]
2006-07-31 12:42:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE IS LY
06TRIPOLI378LIBYA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY-JUNE/JULY, 2006
[...] (SBU) Repsol said it will increase its production in Libya by 66%, reaching 415,000 barrels per day by 2010. Following the discovery of 21 wells in the last three years, Repsol's reserves in Libya will increase an estimated 10% over the next five years. Repsol, currently the biggest foreign co [...]
2006-07-31 14:16:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON LY PGOV
06TRIPOLI383GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The Government of Libya announced on Monday a three-step initiative to express its solidarity with the people of Lebanon and denounce Israeli attacks in the country. 1) The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation was instructed to [...]
2006-08-01 15:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LY IS LE
06TRIPOLI394TFLE01: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF 8/7 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by DCM, delivered reftel points verbally August 6 to General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) European Affairs Secretary/Qadhafi Advisor Abdelati Al-Obeidi. Obeidi has emerged as the GPCFLIC's lead official on the [...]
2006-08-06 13:29:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS LY
06TRIPOLI410THE VISA BLUES: TRIPOLI CONSULS SING IN UNISON
[...] (SBU) Consular officers from fifteen foreign embassies with representation in Libya gathered last week at the home of the Pakistani consul to discuss common challenges faced in obtaining visitor, business, and diplomatic visas to Libya. In addition to TDY Conoff/Econoff from Embassy Tripoli, co [...]
2006-08-10 12:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ODIP CMGT LY
06TRIPOLI438AL MANAR: REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 17:21:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF LY
06TRIPOLI444URGENT LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON DARFUR
[...] (C) MFA Under Secretary for European Affairs Abdelati Obeidi called in the UK and U.S. Charges separately on August 29 to deliver an urgent demarche about discussions in New York about a draft UNSC resolution on Darfur. Obeidi noted that African members of the Security Council, the Arab Leagu [...]
2006-08-29 14:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL UN LY SU
06TRIPOLI453CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]
2006-08-31 15:02:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI454SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...]
2006-08-31 15:03:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI459LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...]
2006-09-01 14:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALCMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY
06TRIPOLI466LIBYAN VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 -- "WE AGREE AND DON'T
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 12:48:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL WMD KNNP MNUC KPAO PTER KN KS LY
06TRIPOLI472LIBYAN SCIENTISTS DETAIL PRIORITIES FOR COOPERATIVE EFFORTS
[...] (C) Scientists working at the National Bureau for Research and Development, linked to the General People's Committee for Manpower, Training and Employment (GPCMET) headed by Matouq Matouq have used a number of recent meetings to detail the types of projects that they hoped would result fro [...]
2006-09-06 17:53:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG ETTC PARM KNNP LY
06TRIPOLI475LARGEST LIBYAN INVESTMENT COMPANY DEVOTES CAPITAL RESOURCES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chairman & General Manager of Libya's largest investment company, the Libyan Foreign Investment Company (LFICO),recently met with Econoff to discuss the company's history and future prospects for investment. LFICO, government owned and established in 1981, is moving away [...]
2006-09-07 14:27:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL LY
06TRIPOLI476LIBYA SUBMITS GRANT APPLICATION FOR HHS ASSISTANCE IN
[...] SUMMARY: On August 29-31, 2006 Dr. Mustafa Mansour of Navy Medical Research Unit -3 of Cairo, and ESTH officer met with Dr. Abduhafid Abudher of the Libyan National (African) Center for Infectious Disease Control to finalize a grant application for U.S. assistance to the Libyan Government in [...]
2006-09-07 15:33:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI LY
06TRIPOLI478CHARGE REVIEWS IRAN-NAM, LEBANON-SCR 1701, AND DETAINEE
[...] (C) During a September 10 meeting with General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA) Under Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Al-Fitouri, Charge discussed Ref A points urging Libyan support for the full implementation of UNSCR 1701, and Ref B points urging tha [...]
2006-09-11 11:27:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC LE IR LY
06TRIPOLI487PROPOSED COOPERATION WITH LIBYAN BOARD OF MEDICAL
[...] SUMMARY: On August 30, 2006, ESTH officer and Dr. Mustafa Mansour of the Navy Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU 3) in Cairo, visited the Libyan Board of Medical Specialties to follow up on the July visit of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Alex Azar. DepSec Azar and [...]
2006-09-12 13:27:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OEXC LY
06TRIPOLI494EMBASSY TRIPOLI'S EAC IN RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) Charge' convened an EAC to discuss Embassy Tripoli's current security stance in light of the September 12 attack on Embassy Damascus, and last week's attack near Embassy Kabul. Present at the EAC were CDA(A),MGT, MED, DAO, RMAS, POL/ECON, Consular and the Acting RSO. 2. (S/NF) RMAS [...]
2006-09-14 12:58:00Embassy TripoliSECRETASEC PTER LY
06TRIPOLI497POSSIBLE INCIDENT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN LIBYA
[...] (C) Summary: On September 1, 2006, an unknown group of individuals threw stones at buses holding transporting the diplomatic corps to Libyan National Day celebrations in Beida, (eastern) Libya. 2. (C) September 1 is celebrated as National Day or Revolution Day. It commemorates Colonel [...]
2006-09-14 13:00:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI498U.S./UK/LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST 8-10,
[...] (U) Summary. The TSCC Biological Subcommittee met in Tripoli August 8-10, 2006. The two and one half day meeting included: a general discussion of progress made to date in implementing the "Roadmap for the Way Forward in Cooperative Engagement in the Life Sciences;" an update of the Roadmap [...]
2006-09-14 13:01:00Embassy TripoliSECRETCW PARM PREL AF LY
06TRIPOLI506LIBYA WORKS TO FIND BALANCE ON LABOR AND MIGRATION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOL is beginning to work with international partners such as UNHCR and IOM on facing their migration challenges, but there is still ample room for strengthening cooperation. A staggering 750,000 to one million migrant workers currently live within Libya's borders in addition to [...]
2006-09-15 12:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF LY
06TRIPOLI511LIBYAN ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY: HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
[...] Summary: On September 13, 2006 ESTH Officer met with Dr. Abul-Hakim Al-Waer, Secretary of the Libyan Environment Authority (LEA),or as he joked with, "The EPA without the protection." The meeting took place on the margins of the ongoing NDF Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance Program. [...]
2006-09-17 19:45:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO UNEP EPA HHS LY
06TRIPOLI527LIBYA: UN RESREP ASSESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Julio Grieco told poloff September 17 that there were opportunities for the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to expand on activities already underway in Libya that focus on education, financial sector refo [...]
2006-09-20 11:05:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI539LIBYA TELLS EXIM - TRUST US, OUR CREDIT'S GOOD
[...] (C) EXIM Bank conducted its first visit in over thirty years to Tripoli September 5-9. After an introductory session with Mohamed Siala, Secretary of International Cooperation, the rest of the week was marked by mixed success pursuing additional meetings with key GOL entities. EXIM's Vice P [...]
2006-09-24 14:21:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ECON ECIN ETRD CMGT LY
06TRIPOLI557PROJECT LIBYA: EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
[...] The 4-7 December Project Libya exhibition is underway following a well-attended press launch on September 17. Organizers Montgomery Libya and Sahara Expo Libya presided over a packed house of reporters, businessmen and local embassy staff at the Corinthia Hotel. Jeremy Sale, Montgomery Libya' [...]
2006-10-01 13:43:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT ECON EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD LY
06TRIPOLI561LIBYAN BANKING SECTOR REFORM: SLOW AND UNSTEADY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prospects for Libyan banking sector reform remain unsteady and face derailment by systemic economic flaws, according to a U.S. team working with the Libyan Central Bank on a reform strategy. Confident in the utility and relevance of their ongoing work, the professional expert [...]
2006-10-02 17:18:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV LY
06TRIPOLI563LIBYA: COMMERCIAL ROUND UP, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2006
[...] Sources indicate that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) plans to introduce measures to require foreign companies operating in Libya to offer Libyans salaries equal to those paid to non-Libyans. (Source: NOC, 8/21) 2. Libya and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation bet [...]
2006-10-03 12:46:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV ENRG EPET
06TRIPOLI565BIS TEAM "CHECKS OUT" LIBYA
[...] (U) Summary: The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) completed a largely successful series of export license compliance checks September 9-19. BIS agents Scot Gonzales and Perry Davis completed dozens of checks during the BIS's first-ever visit to Libya. Levels of co [...]
2006-10-03 14:00:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EINV ENRG ECON ETRD ETTC LY
06TRIPOLI568LIBYAN VIEWS ON REGIONAL AFRICA DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Ali Treki, Under Secretary of African Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (de facto MFA),called in Charge on October 1 for a discussion of regional African issues. Treki said that Foreign Minister Shalgam instructed him to reach out [...]
2006-10-03 15:05:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL PGOV KDEM SU SO LY
06TRIPOLI569SOUTH KOREAN PM VISITS TRIPOLI TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TRADE
[...] (U) South Korean Prime Minister Her Excellency Han Myeong-sook visited Tripoli the week of September 17-21 in association with the "Korean Libyan Business Partnership Conference 2006." The conference was organized by the Korean International Trade Union and the Libyan General Union of Cham [...]
2006-10-03 15:36:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO EINT ETRD TINT TRSY OVIP XI XE KS LY
06TRIPOLI573BENGHAZI'S ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) Six months after a deadly riot at the Italian consulate that left more than a dozen killed, Econoff made a quick swing through Libya's downtrodden second city on September 13-14, accompanying a two-person team from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). 2. [...]
2006-10-05 08:24:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND LY
06TRIPOLI586RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA TEST ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (C) Charge met with Ahmed Fitouri, Secretary of American Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) on October 12 and conveyed reftel talking points, stressing the need for swift and stern measures in response to the North Kor [...]
2006-10-13 12:02:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN LY
06TRIPOLI592THE LIBYAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR STANDARDIZATION AND METROLOGY
[...] SUMMARY: The Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) was established with the goal of bringing Libya into conformance with international trade standards, focusing on eventual accession of Libya to the World Trade Organization (WTO.) The current focus within the LNCSM [...]
2006-10-17 14:40:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDBBSR BEXP ECIN EIND WTRO XI LY
06TRIPOLI599LIBYANS DEMUR ON INVITATION TO EXERCISE LEADING EDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 14:42:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL TS LY
06TRIPOLI600LIBYAN NOC CHAIRMAN GHANEM'S VIEWS ON PETROLEUM ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman (and former Prime Minister) Shukri Ghanem on October 15 to discuss US-Libyan energy sector cooperation. Ghanem expressed confidence in Libyan efforts to boost oil production and defended the establishment of the Cabinet-leve [...]
2006-10-19 14:43:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY
06TRIPOLI614PROJECTED COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES IN LIBYA FOR DAY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 15:49:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT LY
06TRIPOLI623NOVEMBER ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 13:24:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IO IS SY LY
06TRIPOLI626(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge discussed Reftel points (concerning U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance to Libya) with senior Qadhafi advisor and General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (GPCFLIC) Secretary Abdulati al-Obeidi October 31. Their discussion [...]
2006-11-02 10:09:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPARM PREL OPCW CWC LY
06TRIPOLI644SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY VISIT AND
[...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs McMurray. The following background information is provided in anticipation of your visit to Tripoli on November 11-13, 2006. Our scientific engagem [...]
2006-11-09 17:16:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAIR ECIN EFIS EINV ETTC OSCI SENV
06TRIPOLI645LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON CHINA SUMMIT WITH AFRICAN NATIONS
[...] (C) Ibrahim Dridi, Director of the Americas Office at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) requested a meeting on November 7 to convey a demarche regarding Libyan views on the China Summit with African nations. "I was instructed t [...]
2006-11-10 14:19:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECIN ETRD PREL AU KECF LY
06TRIPOLI647WAGE AND PENSION REFORM UNFOLDING IN LIBYA'S OWN STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOL sent mixed signals in recent months on wage and pension reform, raising expectations for a thaw in a long-standing freeze on government salaries and a substantial augmentation to state-provided pensions. These are hot-button issues in Libya, where the minimum monthly gove [...]
2006-11-10 16:06:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI648LIBYAN CENTRAL BANK ESTABLISHING NEW TRAINING INSTITUTE
[...] (U) See action request, Para. 7. 2. (U) The Libyan Central Bank is launching a new training center to improve employee skills throughout the banking sector, and its director is open to U.S. offers of assistance. Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with the Libyan Central Bank on the afternoon [...]
2006-11-10 16:07:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN EFIN LY
06TRIPOLI671LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...]
2006-11-17 13:30:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GTIP LY
06TRIPOLI686QADHAFI ISSUES ANTI-CORRUPTION WARNING TO LIBYA'S WEALTHY
[...] (U) Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi recently issued a particularly stark warning against official corruption, calling on the wealthy to declare their holdings and income sources and "repent" for any ill-gotten gains. In a November 13 speech before the General Council for Planning broadcast l [...]
2006-11-23 11:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EPET LY
06TUNIS10TRIP TO SOUTHERN TUNISIA: RESIDENTS TOUGH ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff and MEPI FSN visited the southern industrial town of Gabes December 19-21 and met with ruling and opposition party leaders, NGOs, and many local residents. All interlocutors were curious, and many skeptical, about the visit of an Embassy official to this oft-overlooked so [...]
2006-01-03 13:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1021HUNGER STRIKE BY TWO TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS NOT A
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 06:21:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1081REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANCING WOMEN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In March, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. (NOTE: It is not yet clear if this proposal will apply to all women in the work force or only nursing mothers. END NOTE. [...]
2006-05-08 11:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALSOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1099BEN ALI STALWART RUMORED TO HAVE US SUPPORT AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his appointment as Minister of National Defense in August 2005, Kamel Morjane's role in the domestic political scene has been a topic of increasing interest to Tunisian political observers. As Morjane spent much of his career outside of Tunisia working with the UN, few knew [...]
2006-05-09 13:59:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1155UNION REPORTS INCREASING GOT HARASSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 10 meeting, (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Trabelsi told Laboff the UGTT SIPDIS continues to face GOT interference in its activities. Trabelsi said a senior GOT official (NFI) recently warned UGTT leadership, "if you interfere in our issues, we will in [...]
2006-05-15 11:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS1157SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...]
2006-05-15 13:52:00Embassy TunisSECRETOVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS12TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Following criticism of Tunisia's freedom of information and internet access during its November 2005 hosting of the World Summit on the Information Society, the Chamber of Deputies is debating plans to privatize Tunisia's master internet service provider (ISP) and sole international inte [...]
2006-01-03 15:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EPET EINT ELAB TS
06TUNIS1204BAR ASSOCIATION LEADS LAWYERS IN SIT-IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tunisian Bar Association has led a sit-in, now on its eighth day, in protest of a new law creating a training institute for lawyers which the Bar Association alleges will effectively give control of who enters the Bar to the GOT. There has been a heavy police presence surro [...]
2006-05-19 14:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1220TUNISIA OBSERVES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 11:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1230Special Media Reaction: DepSec Visit to Tunis
[...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian print and broadcast media positively and prominently covered the May 18 - 19 DepSec Zoellick visit to Tunisia. While both the government and privately-owned press highlighted the DepSec's positive statements on Tunisian modernity and moderation, the private press also [...]
2006-05-23 12:02:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS1238EMBASSY TUNIS ENGAGES TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 14:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1239REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANTAGE OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 2006, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. According to press reports, the draft law will apply to women working in the public sector with children under si [...]
2006-05-23 14:12:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALSOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1252THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 18, 2006; 6:00 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D [...]
2006-05-25 09:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KDEM TS
06TUNIS1253THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...]
2006-05-25 09:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1254THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH TUNISIAN
[...] (U) May 19, 2006; 10:00 A.M.; CARTHAGE, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson TUNISIA ------- President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President of the Republic Ossama Romdh [...]
2006-05-25 09:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS1255DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ROUND TABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL
[...] (U) MAY 18, 2006; 2:15 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D Senior Advisor Brennan Gilmore, Hu [...]
2006-05-25 09:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1274DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT AORC UNGA TS
06TUNIS1275WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY FOR U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:42:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS1276DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) On May 26, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial to MFA Director General for the Americas and Asia Ghazi Jomaa. Jomaa said that Deputy Foreign Minister Hatem Ben Salem would be representing Tunisia at the Ministerial and that he would pass the [...]
2006-05-26 11:42:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TS
06TUNIS1277TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ TS
06TUNIS1303DEMARCHES DELIVERED: PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 13:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP PARM PREL TS
06TUNIS1305JEWISH PILGRIMAGE TO DJERBA: A TUNISIAN SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: Approximately 3,500 Jewish pilgrims, including reportedly 500 Israeli citizens, descended on the Tunisian island of Djerba for the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue on May 15-16, coinciding with the Jewish holiday Lag B'Omer. The pilgrimage took place with no reported prob [...]
2006-05-30 14:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS1308TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE CONGRESS VIOLENTLY
[...] (C) Summary: Tunisian security forces violently blocked a national congress of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) on May 27. On the eve of the Congress, post and other western diplomatic missions received telephone calls from the MFA and Note Verbales recommending that for safety concern [...]
2006-05-30 15:11:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1341TUNISIAN VIEWS ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C/NF) On June 1, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on the U.S. statement on Iran as well as the English and Arabic texts of the Secretary's statement to Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah. Ambassador stressed our desire for Tunisia to issue a public statement supporting our move, GOT en [...]
2006-06-02 09:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1343ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]
2006-06-02 12:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1344DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW UP ON NAM STATEMENT ON
[...] (C/NF) On June 1, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial statement on Iran to MFA Secretary of State Hatem Ben Salem. Ben Salem, who represented Tunisia at the Ministerial, agreed that the final statement was unhelpful. He stressed that Tunisia, alo [...]
2006-06-02 12:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TS
06TUNIS1355TUNISIAN STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 12:01:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1364DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2006 TIP REPORT - TUNISIA
[...] (C) On June 5, DCM, accompanied by Laboff, delivered Ref B demarche on the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to MFA Director for the Americas Fadhel Ayari. Ayari stressed that, to his knowledge and as various Ministries noted during Laboff's TIP-related meetings, there was no traffickin [...]
2006-06-05 14:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KCRM TS
06TUNIS1402SENIOR MOI OFFICIAL REMOVED: SIGN TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, President Ben Ali unexpectedly announced the dismissal of a senior Ministry of Interior (MOI) official who some believe to be responsible for an uptick in the GOT's harsh repression of Tunisian civil society. As Secretary of State for National Security, Mohamed Ali Gan [...]
2006-06-08 11:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
06TUNIS1424TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY URGES SOLIDARITY TO ADVANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent national congress of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women provided a unique opportunity for independent Tunisian civil society activists to gather and express their mutual aspirations to further democracy and freedom in Tunisia. More than ten legal and illegal c [...]
2006-06-12 07:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS1425TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE QUAGMIRE CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with individuals involved in the current Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) crisis (Ref C) indicate GOT repression of the group's activities is likely to continue indefinitely. Despite recent EU efforts to engage the GOT (Ref B),there is no sign the LTDH's di [...]
2006-06-12 07:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1428GOT ISLAMIC CREDENTIALS UNDER ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of allegations and rumors that the GOT is violating basic Islamic principles have spread throughout Tunisia this spring, forcing the government to take aggressive action to prove its Islamic bona fides. In June, a human rights group alleged that prison officials had dese [...]
2006-06-12 12:11:00Embassy TunisSECRETSOCI KDEM PGOV PTER TS
06TUNIS1429AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: ANNUAL STAFFING,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 12:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON TS
06TUNIS1433OFFICIAL INFORMAL: ABMC NORTH AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 09:47:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO MARR OEXC TS
06TUNIS1493DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 09:32:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR TS
06TUNIS1494DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 09:32:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GT VE TS
06TUNIS1565EU PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON LACK OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C//NF) Summary: A June 15 resolution by the European Parliament noted continuing concern about the human rights situation in Tunisia in light of the Euro-Mediterannean Agreement and numerous discussions tying a strong EU-Tunisia relationship to the promotion of human rights and democracy. Eur [...]
2006-06-22 13:45:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1598AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINITER OF DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewel call on Minister of Development and Internationl Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on Jun 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter frm USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meetin between the minister and AUSTR Donnelly (SEPTEL. The di [...]
2006-06-27 13:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN TS
06TUNIS1599USTR TIFA LETTER DELIVERED TO MDIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewell call on Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on June 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter from USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meeting between the minister and Assistant United States [...]
2006-06-27 13:24:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTIA TS
06TUNIS1603COM USAFE AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE DISCUSS SOFA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his June 25-26 visit, the Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe General William Hobbins met with Tunisian Minister of National Defense Kamal Morjane to discuss bilateral military relations. Morjane said the Ministry of Defense had provided the MFA with a draft response on [...]
2006-06-27 13:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KMIG TS
06TUNIS1621DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA
[...] (C/NF) On June 28, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, accompanied by Ambassador, raised reftel demarche on supporting Guatemala's UNSC candidacy during a meeting with Tunisian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui. Chtioui said that it will not be difficult for Tunisia to follow th [...]
2006-06-29 10:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC UNGA GT VE TS
06TUNIS1622CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART I: AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS?
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 10:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1630CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 13:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1641MGGZ01: TUNISIA CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) On June 29, Tunisia released an official statement related to the latest Israeli-Palestinian developments, reiterating its call for "resumption of dialogue and implementation of the Roadmap." Also on June 29, in a speech to newly arrived ambassadors, President Ben Ali stressed the need [...]
2006-06-30 13:27:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS1642AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador's farewell call on Minister of Defense Morjane was marked by mutual appreciation for the strong bilateral military relationship and guarantees of its continuation. Morjane shared his views on the broader bilateral relationship, specifically political reform. Morjane [...]
2006-06-30 13:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1650FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...]
2006-07-03 09:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1658SAMIA ABBOU: GOT PRESSURE LESS SINCE GANZOUI'S
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, Samia Abbou, wife of jailed lawyer/writer Mohamed Abbou, told Poloff that GOT harassment of her and her family had diminished following the removal of Mohamed Ali Ganzoui as Interior Ministry Secretary of State of National Security on June 5. However, she c [...]
2006-07-03 13:02:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1661DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 13:21:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR TS
06TUNIS1672CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 12:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON TS
06TUNIS1673CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 12:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1674ARAB SECURITY OFFICIALS DISCUSS PRISON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports, during a recent preparatory meeting for an upcoming Arab Interior Ministers meeting, Arab prison, judicial and security officials discussed plans to increase prison privatization. The discussions covered the full or partial participation of the private [...]
2006-07-05 12:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1675DAS GRAY ENGAGES MFA ON SUDAN, UN REFORM
[...] (C) During his June 28 meeting with Tunisian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray, accompanied by Ambassador, raised reftel demarche on the transition of AMIS to a United Nations peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Darfur. Chti [...]
2006-07-05 12:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KPKO PINS SOCI SU TS
06TUNIS1676DAS GRAY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to discuss collaboration on human rights and democracy reform in Tunisia. EC reps noted difficulty in formal collaboration due to the heavy bureauc [...]
2006-07-05 13:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1694DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 13:13:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP TS
06TUNIS1702DAS GRAY MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia, Saida Chtioui, to discuss the USG position on Libya, Tunisian relations with Iran, USG support for Guatemala for the Latin American Security Counc [...]
2006-07-06 13:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAO PGOV PHUM SMIG MARR TS
06TUNIS1741TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in the following areas: A. IPR Enforcement Strengthened B. Pending bounced check legislation C. Rising oil prices affecting balance of trade D. Oil transport contract with Algeria via pipeline E. UAE investments in Tunisia [...]
2006-07-12 08:08:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD ELAB KIPR TS
06TUNIS1761GOT REQUESTS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] This is an action request. Post received a dipnote from MFA June 12 seeking an exchange of support for Tunisian candidate to the UN Human Rights Committee Abdelfattah Amor and US candidate Prof. Ruth Wedgwood. Post seeks Department guidance in responding to this request. 2. Relevant text [...]
2006-07-12 14:34:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC TS
06TUNIS1776RESHUFFLE OF GOVERNORS
[...] (U) In a routine reshuffle announced in all daily newspapers on July 10, six governors moved from one governorate to another, two were appointed for the first time, and one, Ali Ksiki, was "called to other (unspecified) duties." Governorship changes were as follows: Name Former [...]
2006-07-14 06:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1785TUNISIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO SAUDI STATEMENT;
[...] (C) In his July 14 farewell call on Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hatem Ben Salem, Ambassador provided a copy of the Saudi statement on the situation in Palestine and Lebanon (ref A). Upon reading the informal English translation, Ben Salem expressed surprise at the "new" Saudi posit [...]
2006-07-14 09:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS TS UN
06TUNIS1816EUROMED ECONFIN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE JUNE 25-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 25-26, 2006, economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) of the 35 countries of the Euromed zone met in Gammarth, Tunisia to discuss the future of the European Investment Bank's (EIB) Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) and the poss [...]
2006-07-18 09:49:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EU TS
06TUNIS1817TUNIS-BASED PLO FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: PLO Foreign Affairs Minister Farouk Qaddoumi on July 12 convened representatives of the Americas for a rambling briefing, delivered in English, entitled, "The Latest Developments in Palestine, especially with the Current Israeli Occupation Forces Military Attacks on t [...]
2006-07-18 10:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL TU
06TUNIS1818IPR PROTECTION IN TUNISIA
[...] SUMMARY: Tunisia has taken significant steps to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement throughout 2005 and 2006. There has been a noted change in attitude towards IPR among Tunisian officials, legal experts, and businesses. They now consider IPR not only as a legal t [...]
2006-07-19 05:28:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON TS
06TUNIS1835AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (S) On 17 July 2006, Ambassador met with the Tunisian Minister of Interior Bel Haj Kacem in his office for a 30 minute farewell call. The meeting was also attended by the MOI's Deputy to the Special Assistant on International Relations and COS and was cordial in nature. 2. (S) Ambassador r [...]
2006-07-19 12:58:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1847TFLE01: TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES
[...] (C) In a July 18 farewell call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abdallah expressed concern about the "grave" humanitarian situation in Lebanon, noting his impression that the violence was not going to end soon. As a jurist, he said, he was "shocked" that an armed group could be allowed to [...]
2006-07-19 14:30:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LE IS TU
06TUNIS1851PARTING THOUGHT FROM THE AMBASSADOR ON MEPI
[...] (C/NF) I would like to share what I hope will be some impressions on the MEPI program in the hope that they might be useful to others as this program evolves. Since my arrival at post, our number one MPP priority has been support for greater democracy and human rights in Tunisia, and our post [...]
2006-07-20 12:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS1922ANATOMY OF THE MOST POPULAR TUNISIAN NEWSPAPER:
[...] (S) Summary: With a circulation of 80,000, Ash Shourouq is Tunisia,s most widely read, most anti-American, and most irresponsible Arabic language daily newspaper. Nominally private, Ash Shourouq receives direct editorial input from GOT officials in both the presidential palace and the MFA. [...]
2006-07-28 13:16:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1924TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON AND
[...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of the current Lebanon/Israel/Gaza crisis, the GOT has stood firmly in support of its "Palestinian and Lebanese brothers", releasing statements of support, sponsoring press articles critical of Israel, and in demonstration-free Tunisia, sanctioning and partici [...]
2006-07-28 14:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1939TFLE01: GOT DECLARES THREE DAYS OF MOURNING OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 11:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDTS KPAO PREL PGOV
06TUNIS1943TFLE01: LEBANESE PARLIAMENT LEADER HARIRI VISITS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 13:42:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS1946TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia in the following areas: A. Prime Minister Discusses Recent Economic Reforms B. Adoption of New Economic Laws C. National Strategy for a Digital Economy D. Tunisia Ratifies International Sugar Agreement E. Whe [...]
2006-08-01 15:01:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TS
06TUNIS1967TUNISIA: GOT REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO
[...] This is an action request. On August 2, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting support for Tunisian candidate Professor Hatem Kotrane for reelection as a member of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child during elections in New York i [...]
2006-08-03 08:02:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC TS
06TUNIS1988TFLE01: SITREP ON TUNISIAN SOLIDARITY WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Media reports and anecdotal information from the past week suggest that Tunisians increasingly are viewing Hizballah as the underdog freedom fighter successfully standing up against the Israeli bully. The Qana attack stoked a round of news-driven anger against Israel. U.S. supp [...]
2006-08-04 14:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS2026ABBAS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BEN ALI
[...] On August 9, all Tunisian newspapers carried an official GOT press agency report of a meeting between visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisian President Ben Ali. Abbas visited Tunisia August 7 - 8. According to the report, the two discussed the situation in the Palestinian t [...]
2006-08-09 13:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS2036TUNISIAN CENTRAL BANK RELEASES 2006 PRELIMINARY
[...] SUMMARY: On July 24, the Tunisian Central Bank released preliminary figures of the country's macroeconomic performance for the first half of 2006 after a meeting of the Bank's Executive Board. The Bank discussed Tunisia's industrial and services output, monetary policy and inflation concerns, [...]
2006-08-10 08:01:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS208TIFA UPDATE: MINISTER JOUINI EXPRESSES HOPE TO U/S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams' January 30 meeting with Development Minister Jouini discussed ways to move forward our Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process in 2006. Ambassador noted the Ministry's feedback on USTR discussion papers, which spotlighted [...]
2006-02-02 10:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EFTA ETRD TS
06TUNIS2084TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO LEBANON/ISRAEL/GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: The general Tunisian public perception of current events in Lebanon and Gaza, fueled by local and pan-Arab media, is that the U.S. is offering unlimited support to Israeli "aggression." A broad range of Tunisian contacts, who share this perception, tell us that this is consequent [...]
2006-08-11 14:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO ASEC TS
06TUNIS2085DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 11:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06TUNIS2111LEBANON: TUNISIA WELCOMES UNSCR 1701; CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT has officially welcomed UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon, releasing a statement expressing its "great satisfaction" with the resolution, which it characterized as a "first step" to the return to peaceful efforts in the search for a negotiated solution. President Ben Ali on August 1 [...]
2006-08-16 13:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TS
06TUNIS2140SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TUNISIA
[...] ON AUGUST 7, ECONOFF DELIVERED REVISED DEMARCHE POINTS TO AMOR TOUMI, THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S (MOH) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR THE CONTROL OF MEDICATIONS. DEMARCHE POINTS WERE ALSO DELIVERED ON AUGUST 11, TO THE MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH, MR. NOUREDDIN [...]
2006-08-18 11:50:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR TS
06TUNIS2141A GROWING TUNISIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TREADS
[...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: In recent interviews with Poloff, Tunisian and expatriate Christian leaders and Tunisian Christian converts described a steadily growing Tunisian Christian movement, in spite of prevalent social stigmas associated with Christianity. Through Christian TV and radio, mission [...]
2006-08-18 11:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2144TUNISIANS PROUD OF "ISRAELI DEFEAT", BUT MANY
[...] (C) Summary: With the passage of UNSCR 1701 and the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, the tense mood amongst many Tunisians, palpable during the active fighting, has largely abated. Tunisian newspapers proclaimed victory for Hizballah, and editorials spoke of the hope "the Hizb [...]
2006-08-18 14:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PHUM TS
06TUNIS2148RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; IGL
[...] Reftel requests verification of computer parts and accessories shipped to ultimate consignee: IGL Industries, route de Gabes, km8 Sfax, Tunisia. Liscense code for these products is C33 NLR. In order to arrange the on-site verification visit, commercial specialist faxed parts information and [...]
2006-08-18 15:02:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC TS
06TUNIS2155MODERATE ISLAMISTS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting hosted in Tunis by Washington-based Center for Islam and Democracy President Radwan Masmoudi, several self-described "moderate Islamists", including a founding member of the banned Tunisian Islamist party An-Nahdha, sought out Embassy officials to "reopen a dialogue" [...]
2006-08-21 08:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2170 Beywatch: Are You Really American?
[...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted by Post's entry level officers, which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a look into everyday life in Tunisia that may not be central to more formal repor [...]
2006-08-21 09:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI SCUL ECON TS
06TUNIS2173TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY - AUGUST 14
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Minimum Wage Increase B. Tunisian and Mauritanian Central Banks to Cooperate C. Arab Fund for Development Finances Tunisian Power Plant D. GOT to Liberalize the Cereal Sector E. GO [...]
2006-08-21 11:13:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS2175Beywatch: Where Men can be Men: Cafes in Tunisia
[...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted by Post's entry level officers, which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia that may not be central to more formal repor [...]
2006-08-21 12:31:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TS
06TUNIS2178TUNISIA CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS FINANCIAL CLAIMS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 14:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAIR IZ TS
06TUNIS2227TUNISIANS CONTINUE TO BE SEIZED BY EVENTS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon continue to dominate Tunisian newspaper headlines and cafe conversations, although less so than in previous weeks. The GOT announced delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Newspapers accused Israel of jeopardizing the cease-fire. Civil society contacts contin [...]
2006-08-25 14:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS223ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS JANUARY 30-31 MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 23rd session of the Arab League Interior Ministers took place in Tunisia on January 30 and 31. According to press reports, ministers examined the security situations in Arab countries and discussed ways of combating terrorism, extremism, violence and organized crimes. Par [...]
2006-02-03 13:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER TS
06TUNIS2237IS PRESIDENT BEN ALI CLINICALLY DEPRESSED?
[...] (S/NF) The state of President Ben Ali,s health has long been a topic of conversation in Tunisia, both among diplomats and in society at large. Reftels reported on President Ben Ali's reported prostate cancer, for which he has sought treatment in Germany and Italy, along with the potential pol [...]
2006-08-29 07:09:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR TN
06TUNIS224MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER COMPLAINS OF GOT ABUSE,
[...] (C) Summary: The Committee of 18 October, an alliance of disparate opposition political groups and activists which grew out of the Movement of 18 October hunger strike (ref a),reported that plainclothes police "violently" blocked a committee meeting in Tunis on January 24. The following day, [...]
2006-02-03 14:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS2259ANTI-U.S. INCITEMENT: ONE TUNISIAN IMAM
[...] (C/NF) The imam of the main mosque in the town of Oued Ellil allegedly included severe anti-U.S. rhetoric in the course of August 18 Friday prayers. The imam is reported to have condemned the U.S. for its role in the recent fighting in Lebanon and called on Allah to "eliminate" President Bush [...]
2006-08-31 11:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAO TN
06TUNIS227SIGNS OF INCREASED PRESS FREEDOM, BUT TUNISIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 14:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2287TUNISIA NOT INTERESTED IN MCA
[...] (SBU) In reponse to Embassy reminders for financial data for Millennium Challenge Account selection, the Government of Tunisia has declined to submit the required information, thereby withdrawing Tunisia from consideration for MCA funding. In a meeting with EconOff, MFA Deputy Director for th [...]
2006-09-05 11:25:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID KMCA TS
06TUNIS2292TUNISIA AND THE U.S.-MENA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post has provided contact information on bank associations in Tunisia (ref A). In addition, EconOff met with Mr. Amor Saafi, Managing Director of the Association Professionnelle Tunisienne des Banques et des Establissements Financiers (APTBEF) - the other bank association provi [...]
2006-09-06 07:34:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN TS
06TUNIS2298AN-NAHDHA LEADER JEBALI: MODERATE ISLAMISM IS THE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In an August 30 meeting, Hamadi Jebali, a former leader of the unauthorized Tunisian Islamist political party An-Nahdha, described the party's political views, continued GOT oppression, his recent release from prison, and defended "moderate Islamism" as the political future of [...]
2006-09-06 12:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER TS
06TUNIS2299LAW ADOPTED ON REDUCED HOURS FOR WOMEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies adopted a law that will allow some female employees to work part-time while still receiving two-thirds of their original salary. While the GOT states the law was motivated by a desire to allow Tunisians to balance family and professiona [...]
2006-09-06 14:28:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2303TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 15 - August 31
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Figures Show Climbing Inflation B. Tunisian Olive Oil Exports Fall Below GOT's Expectations C. Tunisia and Libya Continue Dialogue on Trade, Tourism D. Tunisia to Increa [...]
2006-09-07 07:25:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR TS
06TUNIS2321SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...]
2006-09-08 11:45:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2329BEN GUERDANE'S "LIBYAN SOUK": CHEAP GOODS, BIG
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the "Libyan souk" of Ben Guerdane, a town 30 kilometers from the Tunisian-Libyan border, Tunisians can pay bargain prices for questionably imported, often counterfeited goods from Libya. Although the GOT asserts that it is committed to intellectual property right protection [...]
2006-09-11 09:26:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR LY TS
06TUNIS2408TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE;
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...]
2006-09-20 13:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2414ZARZIS FREE TRADE ZONE DISAPPOINTED BY LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after its opening, the Zarzis free trade zone, located in Southeastern Tunisia, has failed to create the foreign investment and job promotion intended, despite generous incentives offered by the GOT. In a meeting with EconOff, newly-designated Director General for the [...]
2006-09-21 10:42:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD BEXP LY TS
06TUNIS2418TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 15
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Unemployment Holds Steady at 14.2 Percent B. Tunisia and Morocco Continue Dialogue on Cooperation C. Emirates Lands in Tunisia D. Italy's Benetton Invests in Tunisian Textiles E. T [...]
2006-09-21 12:13:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS
06TUNIS2424MICROSOFT INKS AGREEMENT WITH GOT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum in South Africa July 11-12, the GOT and the Microsoft Corporation signed a partnership agreement that provides for Microsoft investment in training, research, and development, but also commits the GOT to using licensed Microsoft soft [...]
2006-09-22 10:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON TINT KIPR ECPS TS
06TUNIS2464TUNISIAN TEXTILE SECTOR ADAPTS TO POST-QUOTA
[...] (U) Summary: This is the first of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. Part one addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on production and exports, as well as the sector's strategy for future competitiveness. After the end of the quota regime that existed unde [...]
2006-09-29 14:57:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS
06TUNIS2465TUNISIAN TEXTILE WORKERS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. This cable addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on workers. While textile organizations and manufacturers viewed 2005 results as better than expected, the reality has been bleaker for [...]
2006-09-29 14:58:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS
06TUNIS2480EU MOVES -- SLOWLY -- AFTER BLOCKED LABOR
[...] (C) Summary. In early September, the GOT blocked a prominent international NGO conference on labor and employment issues, ostensibly because the organizers had not given the GOT advance notification. Privately, GOT officials made clear to the organizers, who included European NGOs, a Spanis [...]
2006-10-03 07:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EU TS
06TUNIS2482U.S.-EU COORDINATION ON TUNISIA: SHARED
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a September 27 meeting with Charge and Pol/EconCouns, European counterparts provided an update on the current EU thinking regarding Tunisia. There is a lack of EU consensus on approaching the GOT about blocked internet sites; that said, the EU may be interested in joint pri [...]
2006-10-03 10:21:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL TS EU
06TUNIS2492HIV/AIDS AND THE GLOBAL FUND: EMBASSY TUNIS
[...] (U) Per reftel, an interagency committee, comprised of participants from the Health Unit, Public Affairs, the Political and Economic Section, and DOD's Office of Defense Cooperation reviewed the GOT submission to the Global Fund. The following comments are keyed to reftel para 8 questions: [...]
2006-10-04 09:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KHIV SOCI TBIO TS
06TUNIS2501EMBASSY OFFICERS BLOCKED FROM MEETING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Embassy officers traveled to the northern city of Bizerte on October 5 to meet with the local chapter of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH). Approximately seventeen plain-clothes police physically barred Emboffs from entering the LTDH compound, which is als [...]
2006-10-05 17:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS252BEN ALI'S NEW YEAR'S SPEECH TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador, along with the entire resident and non-resident Diplomatic Corps, was invited to present New Year's greetings to President Ben Ali. In addition to personally greeting all ambassadors, Ben Ali delivered a speech outlining GOT political priorities. The [...]
2006-02-06 15:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PINR TS
06TUNIS2527TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE ISSUES
[...] The Bizerte Chapter of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) on October 6 issued a communique protesting the forcible blocking by plain-clothes police of a meeting the previous day between U.S. Embassy officials and members of the Bizerte LTDH branch (reftel). An informal English translatio [...]
2006-10-11 09:22:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS2534HACKERS BREAK THE CODE TO AL-JAZEERA SPORTS CHANNEL
[...] According to an As-Sabah Al-Ousboui newspaper article published September 25, 2006, Tunisian hackers have been able to break the encryption code for Al-Jazeera Sports Channel and are now selling bootleg access cards at cut-rate prices. The article tells its readers where they can go to procure [...]
2006-10-11 13:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR AG FR MO TC UK TS
06TUNIS2538TUNISIA OUTRANKS U.S. IN COMPETITIVENESS, SAYS
[...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia is gloating over its ranking in the 2006 Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on September 26th. Classified as the 30th most competitive country in the world and first among African and Middle East countries, Tunisia advanced [...]
2006-10-11 15:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB ETRD TC UK MO TS
06TUNIS2539TUNISIAN EXPATS MAKE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE HOME
[...] (U) Summary: Each summer thousands of Tunisian expatriates return on ferry boats from Europe to visit family, attend weddings, and spend their vacations. The ferry returnees are largely working class Tunisians, who moved to Europe in search of employment and a chance to improve their social s [...]
2006-10-12 09:45:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB SMIG LY TS
06TUNIS2565TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON HIJAB
[...] (C) Summary: By all accounts, the number of women wearing the hijab or adopting some Islamic-inspired headdress in Tunisia has skyrocketed in recent years. In response, the GOT's periodic campaign of words and actions against Tunisian women wearing the hijab has increased in intensity. A 198 [...]
2006-10-13 15:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS257AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation at the MFA on February 6, Ambassador and Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed the Palestinian elections and future of the peace process, Iran,s nuclear ambitions, the status of SOFA negotiations, prospects for Maghreb unity, freedom of the press [...]
2006-02-06 15:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TS
06TUNIS2570SUHA ARAFAT ACQUIRES TUNISIAN NATIONALITY
[...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia's Official Journal of September 26 published a notice that Suha Arafat, wife of the late Palestinian Authority president, and her 11-year old daughter Zahwa had acquired Tunisian nationality. Mrs. Arafat and her daughter have been living in Tunisia since the 2004 dea [...]
2006-10-17 06:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS2585TUNISIA INSTRUCTS UN MISSION TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA
[...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef de Cabinet Hatem Atallah on October 17 convoked Charge for a one-on-one meeting to give his assurances that the GOT had instructed its UN Mission in New York to vote for Guatemala for the UNSC seat. "Don't believe anything you hear otherwise," Atallah m [...]
2006-10-17 15:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC GT VE AL TS
06TUNIS2586TUNISIAN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. EMBASSY ACTIVITIES:
[...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Foreign Minister Abdallah's Chef de Cabinet, recent charges of GOT interference in Embassy activities were either baseless fabrications or the result of a misinterpretation of events by Post. Alternating between feigning shock, surprise, anger, and hurt, Atallah [...]
2006-10-17 15:10:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2598TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPT. 16 - OCT. 15
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Balance Continues to Deteriorate B. Emirates Bukhatir to Build 5 Billion USD "Sports City" C. Emirati DIG Increases Stake in Karthago Airlines D. Legal Retirement Age to Be Rai [...]
2006-10-20 08:20:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KPRV TS
06TUNIS2639TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]
2006-10-27 14:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2661MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER: WEAK, DIVIDED, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Movement of 18 October, a disparate group of opposition political leaders and activists promoting freedom of expression, association, and amnesty for political prisoners, recently marked its one year anniversary. While movement leaders claim the group has sent a strong message [...]
2006-10-31 11:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2663PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:30:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS TS
06TUNIS2665SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with GOT's e [...]
2006-10-31 14:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2679WOMENS' "NGO": LESS HIJAB, MORE BEN ALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent meeting of a major pro-GOT Tunisian women's NGO to discuss Tunisian values turned into a rally in support of Ben Ali and his policies. While ostensibly a meeting in support of secular and moderate values, the October 27 event organized by the National Union of the Tunisi [...]
2006-11-01 09:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2684TUNISIANS FEEL PINCH OF HIGH PRICES THIS RAMADAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ramadan spending combined with rising inflation hit many Tunisians in the pocket book this year. While the GOT attempted to put its best foot forward by keeping prices low and stepping up enforcement of price controls, these measures did little to address rising inflation and co [...]
2006-11-01 15:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN TS
06TUNIS2688EMBASSY OFFICERS BLOCKED, AGAIN, FROM MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 27, EMBASSY OFFICERS TRIED FOR A SECOND TIME TO MEET WITH THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE (LTDH). THREE WEEKS EARLIER, POLICE HAD BLOCKED SUCH A MEETING, AND IN FOLLOW-ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOT, NO VALID REASON HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR THE PROHIBITIO [...]
2006-11-01 16:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2689SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE
[...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with G [...]
2006-11-01 16:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2690DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSFER OF TUNISIAN DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 09:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINR KWAC TS
06TUNIS2693PRODI VISIT REINFORCES ITALY-TUNISIA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Tunis on October 30 for meetings with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. According to Italian embassy contacts, Prodi's visit is part of a regional tour that includes Rabat and Algiers. While focusing on bilateral cooperation, [...]
2006-11-02 12:36:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2702EMBASSY TUNIS PREPARES NIV APPLICANTS FOR NEW EVAF
[...] SUMMARY: For the last two months, post consular and public affairs sections have been engaged in a campaign to increase public awareness about the new EVAF requirements. Through press releases and a roundtable discussion, liaison with the host government, and by using posters and public speakin [...]
2006-11-03 08:49:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT SOCI LY TS
06TUNIS2742TUNISIA - INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (U) Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign currency. There is no discernible money laundering activity reported to be occurrin [...]
2006-11-09 16:06:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN TS
06TUNIS2743FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH LAYS IT ON THICK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH ON NOVEMBER 6 CONVOKED CHARGE, "FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON." IN REALITY, THE GOAL OF THE MEETING WAS QUITE CLEAR: ABDALLAH SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE U.S.-TUNISIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS "TR [...]
2006-11-09 16:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2744BEN ALI CELEBRATES 19 YEARS IN POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 7, Tunisian President Ben Ali celebrated the nineteenth anniversary of his assumption of power with a speech that highlighted his accomplishments and offered a few minor policy proposals. Typically, the speech focused on economic achievements and proposals. Although [...]
2006-11-13 06:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS2749TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Oct. 16 - Oct. 31
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT to Issue a Travel Allowance Card B. GOT Projects 5.3 percent GDP Growth for 2006 C. Central Bank Concerned About Household Debt D. Tunisia Signs Science Cooperation Deal with Chi [...]
2006-11-14 08:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB EFIN SENV KTEX TS
06TUNIS2752BEN ALI 2009: THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately on the heels of the nineteenth anniversary of Ben Ali's rule on November 7th, his campaign for the 2009 elections appears to have began. RCD regional entities and senior GOT officials supported the RCD-controlled Chamber of Advisors' November 9th call for Ben Ali to r [...]
2006-11-14 15:34:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS2753United Arab Emirates Investments Target Tunisia
[...] SUMMARY: In a period of less than 12 months, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the biggest single foreign investor in Tunisia, surpassing France, which, excluding energy, has been the largest investor in Tunisia over the last five years. Comment: While UAE investors have been active in [...]
2006-11-15 07:03:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2763GLOBAL IMPORT REGULATIONS FOR USED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
[...] Post submits the information below in response to reftel. The Tunisian Ministry of Commerce has supplied updated information concerning the import of used medical equipment into Tunisia. 2. Current regulations and practices are as follows: A. There is no statutory prohibition on the i [...]
2006-11-15 16:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EIND ETRD TS
06TUNIS2771Carrefour Closes its Counterfeit Optical Disc Sales
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is taking positive steps to target the retail sector for enforcement of IPR. The Tunisian franchisee of retail giant Carrefour has stopped its practice of openly selling pirated optical discs. In addition, Carrefour's circulars now contain an explicit warning against r [...]
2006-11-17 09:56:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2772 Erroneous Media Reports of a U.S./Tunisia Free Trade
[...] (U) Local news media recently published an article indicating that despite a relative slowdown of talks between the two parties, the U.S. and Tunisia were exploring opportunities aimed at concluding a Free Trade Agreement and mentioning that work groups have been set up to look into the servic [...]
2006-11-17 10:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2773GOT RELEASES 55 AN-NAHDHA PRISONERS
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4, President Ben Ali pardoned an unspecified number of prisoners on the occasion of the November 7 holiday marking his accession to power in 1987. Among those released were 55 prisoners that had been imprisoned on charges related to their membership in the banned Tunis [...]
2006-11-17 11:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS2776RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION;
[...] (SBU) EconOff was unable to conduct requested Post-Shipment Verification (reftel) despite numerous attempts to do so. The ultimate Consignee for this shipment of L72 laser sights was the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (SBU) The MOI has been reluctant to schedule an on-site visi [...]
2006-11-17 16:08:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ETTC IT TS
06TUNIS2782GERMAN FM CALLS FOR POLITICAL REFORM IN TUNISIA;
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. GERMANFOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER'S NOVEMBER 16 VISIT TO TUNISIA MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES FOR THE STONG MESSAGE HE CARRIED -- BALANCING PRAISE FOR TNISIA'S PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IGHTS WITH A CALL FOR GREATER POLITICAL REFORM. STEINMEIER'S MEETING WITH [...]
2006-11-20 16:20:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR EU GM TS
06TUNIS2783UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 07:34:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2786BEN ALI IN PUBLIC: OLD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY OVER
[...] (S/NF) Despite ongoing rumors that he is seriously ill (reftel),President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali presided over the opening of a major local event on November 21 and delivered a lengthy speech. Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Associ [...]
2006-11-21 14:38:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM PINR TS
06TUNIS2787TUNISIA: NO AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND LEBANON'S
[...] (C) On November 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche encouraging Tunisia not to attend the Lebanese National Day Reception hosted by President Lahoud on November 22 to Saida Chtioui, MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia. Chtioui said that Tunisia has not had an ambassador in Le [...]
2006-11-21 16:21:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS2797DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 07:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI PGOV TS
06TUNIS2798BEN ALI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICIES TO FACILITATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 21, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Association for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) and delivered a speech announcing some new economic and commercial policies. Designed to [...]
2006-11-24 07:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV ETRD TS
06TUNIS2801AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Godec presented a copy of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah on November 18. In an hour long meeting, Ambassador and FM discussed a range of issues, but clearly most important to Abdallah was the point he made the week before to Charg [...]
2006-11-24 09:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2802VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN
[...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...]
2006-11-24 13:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2803SECRETARY'S STRATEGY SESSION ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
[...] Post shared reftel's fact sheet on the Secretary's Women's Empowerment Working Session with the GOT and relevant local NGOs. Any response will be reported septel. 2. S/WE may wish to include the Tunisian Minister for Women's Affairs in future activities: Salwa Ayachi Labben Minister of W [...]
2006-11-27 07:03:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL UNGA TS
06TUNIS2814GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB.
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]
2006-11-28 08:05:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06TUNIS2823BEN ALI STATEMENT ON SOLIDARITY WITH THE
[...] (SBU) On November 28, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali issued a statement calling on the international community to protect the Palestinian people. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (November 29),Ben Ali reinforced Tunisia's traditional suppo [...]
2006-11-30 07:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS2826GOT PREVENTS LEGAL OPPOSITION PARTY FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) attempted to register a new newspaper on November 16, but were denied the necessary receipt from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) that would allow the would-be publishers to begin the process of au [...]
2006-11-30 14:45:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2843TUNISIAN CHALLENGES FOR THE AL-JAZEERA MAGHREB
[...] (C) On December 1, Lotfi Hajji, the Tunisian correspondent for al-Jazeera Satellite Channel (JSC),outlined for PolOffs the difficulties he is having in organizing Tunisian participants for the new Rabat-based nightly JSC program on the Maghreb (Ref A). Hajji, who has written articles for alj [...]
2006-12-05 11:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO OIIP KMPI TS
06TUNIS2844TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION ONE STEP CLOSER TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tunisian Journalists' Union (SJT, not authorized by the GOT) has begun coordinating with the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) to establish a journalists' union under the rubric of the UGTT. The SJT, led by al-Jazeera correspondent and opposition activist Lotfi Hajji, [...]
2006-12-05 11:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS2856AFTER INITIAL REFUSAL, GOT AUTHORIZES NEW
[...] (C) Only weeks after refusing legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) leadership the necessary paperwork to begin the process of authorization to publish a newspaper (Ref A),the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has reversed its position and approved publication, party [...]
2006-12-06 14:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM TS
06TUNIS2861TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant by 2020 B. Tunisie Telecom Privatization Receipts To Reduce External Debt C. Central Bank Intervenes in Bank Lending D. GOT Subsidies R [...]
2006-12-07 09:08:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EAID EPET TS
06TUNIS2878TIP GLOBAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 12:32:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SMIG KCRM PHUM AE TS
06TUNIS2880ROLL-OUT OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE PHASE I
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 13:14:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KHLS EWWT ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2887WITHER LABOR INDEPENDENCE? THE UGTT ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Tunisia's single labor confederation enters the final days before its December 14-16 congress to elect new leadership, labor activists continue to express their concerns that the results will indicate continued GOT influence over key officials. The General Union of Tunisian W [...]
2006-12-13 07:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2899MAGHREB LEADERS EXTOL VIRTUES OF FREE TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent two-day conference on Maghreb business and trade, regional leaders and businessmen extolled the virtues of increased regional economic integration and lamented the currently low levels of trade and investment between the Maghreb countries. Participants hailed from al [...]
2006-12-13 16:12:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS2910Beywatch: American Passports and African Development?
[...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia. For more information about Tunisia or the Embassy Tuni [...]
2006-12-14 15:34:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI CVIS SY TS
06TUNIS2911TUNISIAN INTERACTION WITH SYRIA
[...] (C) During his December 14 courtesy call with M'hamed Chelaifa, Director General for Asia and the Americas, Ambassador raised reftel demarche regarding Tunisian interaction with Syrian officials. Chelaifa said he was not aware of any high-level visits scheduled between Syria and Tunisia. He [...]
2006-12-14 15:59:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER SY TS
06TUNIS2916ADB PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BANK'S FUTURE, WARY
[...] (U) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 11 courtesy call on African Development Bank (ADB) President Donald Kaberuka, Kaberuka touched on the differing problems and varying situations of African nations and the importance of adapting the services provided by the ADB to meet these challen [...]
2006-12-15 14:53:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECIN KDEM TS
06TUNIS2926TUNISIA NOT TO ATTEND RSSS WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 07:47:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY EG TS
06TUNIS2949TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MOUNTING, IN SPITE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE GOT CELEBRATED HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 10TH WITH THE USUAL SPEECHES ABOUT TUNISIA'S RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WITH NEW INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. MEANWHILE, HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, OPPOSITION PARTY ACTIVISTS [...]
2006-12-20 16:02:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS2950TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 1 - Dec. 15
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia to Increase Transit Capacity of Algerian Gas to Italy B. FDI Up Nearly Ten Percent in 2006 C. Inflation Down in November ------------------------------------ Tunisia to Inc [...]
2006-12-21 07:31:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EPET EAIR TS
06TUNIS2957THE BUSINESS OF HAJJ IN TUNISIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE THEIR GOVERNMENT'S SECULAR LEANINGS, THE NUMBER OF TUNISIANS WISHING TO PERFORM THE ANNUAL HAJJ PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA IS INCREASING IN PARALLEL WITH TUNISIANS GENERALLY BECOMING MORE RELIGIOUS. WHILE TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES, LIKE MOST MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS, UNDERTAKE SIGNIFICANT [...]
2006-12-22 10:32:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PREL TS
06TUNIS2963COMMERCE MINISTRY TALKS TOUGH ON IPR
[...] (SBU) Leila Fethi, in charge of implementing programs in the Economic Control Division (ECD) in the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce and Handicrafts, discussed with EconOff the recent removal of pirated optical disks from retail giant Carrefour and upcoming GOT actions on the intellectual propert [...]
2006-12-26 14:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TS
06TUNIS2970EXXONMOBIL STIFLED BY EXCESSIVE GOT REGULATION,
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with EconOff, ExxonMobil Tunisia Director General Arnaud Blouin lamented the difficulty of doing business in Tunisia and questioned whether ExxonMobil has a future in Tunisia. Blouin presented a laundry list of complaints ranging from Central Bank currenc [...]
2006-12-27 15:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV EPET ETRD BEXP TS
06TUNIS2973SHOOT OUT LEADS TO SECURITY CLAMP DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In what may be a first in Tunisia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced on December 24 that a gun battle had occurred on the night of December 23 between the Tunisian police and armed individuals in a southern suburb of Tunis. With further details vague, the subsequent increa [...]
2006-12-28 13:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV TS
06TUNIS299TUNISIAN UNION COMPLAINS OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting with Laboff on other topics, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General for International Affairs Mohamed Trabelsi criticized the GOT for restricting press coverage of the UGTT's 60th anniversary celebrations in January. Trabels [...]
2006-02-13 10:30:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS344ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...]
2006-02-16 08:22:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV TS
06TUNIS358Special Media Reaction: SecDef Visit to Tunis
[...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian broadcast and print media prominently covered the February 10 - 11 visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Tunis. The local SIPDIS reporting on the visit emphasized the positive strategic alliance between the U.S. and Tunisia as well as the Secretary's laudatory r [...]
2006-02-17 13:40:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS373HAMAS VICTORY: DEMOCRATIC REFORM IMPLICATIONS
[...] Summary: Pro-democracy contacts from across the region were shocked by the magnitude of the recent Hamas electoral victory, but at the same time were impressed by the genuinely democratic process. Looking at the impact that these events could have on democratic reform in the region, the democr [...]
2006-02-21 16:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM PREL XT TS
06TUNIS387ANOTHER 18 OCTOBER MEETING BLOCKED
[...] (C) Summary: GOT security forces prevented a majority of members of the 18 October Committee (18OC) from attending a press conference held by the group on February 21. Although there were reports that excessive violence was used, Poloff witnessed the opposite: deliberate restraint by police [...]
2006-02-22 15:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS388TUNISIAN ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ON GOT
[...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Poloffs met with senior officials of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have at times been outspoken critic [...]
2006-02-22 15:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS392ARAB MAGHREB UNION LABOR OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC
[...] SUMMARY. (C) During a February 17 meeting, officials of the Labor Union of Arab Maghreb Workers (USTMA),the labor entity of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),expressed pessimism about the AMU's ability to revitalize itself. Officials said the recent appointment of a former Tunisian foreign minist [...]
2006-02-23 10:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS423NIH DIRECTOR ZERHOUNI ASSESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR
[...] SUMMARY. National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni accompanied by a multi-disciplinary team, visited Tunis January 19-21 to understand research priorities and related GOT commitment. The team was impressed with the state of care and research in Tunisia; found the involve [...]
2006-02-27 15:43:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM TBIO KPAO SOCI NIH OVIP MEPI
06TUNIS425GOT RELEASES MORE THAN 1600 PRISONERS, INCLUDING
[...] (C) Summary: On February 26, all daily newspapers carried an official GOT press release stating that President Ben Ali freed 1,298 prisoners and granted "conditional freedom" to 359 others. Notable among those released were approximately 70 members of banned Tunisian Islamist party an-Nahdha, [...]
2006-02-27 15:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS435TUNISIA CONSIDERS NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of Tunisia's ongoing energy challenges, the Tunisian press reported in mid-February that the GOT is studying the possible development of nuclear, and other alternative, power to meet its domestic energy needs to combat the challenge of rising oil prices. MFA contacts str [...]
2006-02-28 15:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS452TUNISIAN RESPONSE: COLLABORATING WITH
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tunis welcomes the OES-led initiative to develop targeted activities in support of basic science and mathematics education, which are top priorities in Tunisia. Opportunities I-V, presented in reftel A, are all viable options for collaboration with Tunisian groups. In addi [...]
2006-03-02 11:02:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL SENV KPAO TS
06TUNIS480GOT REACTION TO PRISONER RELEASE STATEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, MFA Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs Saida Chtioui summoned Charg to present a formal GOT reaction to the Department statement on the February 25 release of over 1600 Tunisian prisoners. Chtioui expressed the GOT's "surprise" that the Spokesman had ref [...]
2006-03-03 16:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TS
06TUNIS501LTDH TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS STRICT GOT CONTROLS OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 25 court appearance of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which resulted in an administrative postponement, provided rare insight into the extent to which GOT security forces can prevent civil society from operating. While foreign diplomats were allowed entry a [...]
2006-03-06 15:34:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS540 MODERATE TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO CARTOON CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary: Most Tunisian intellectuals and media responded with moderate and thoughtful commentary to the Danish cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohamed. While some editors used the polemic as an occasion to again criticize American foreign policy in the Arab world, most of the editorial re [...]
2006-03-09 12:58:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO ECIP SOCI TS
06TUNIS55SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...]
2006-01-09 15:14:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS569MEPI OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED TO 120 JUNIOR CHAMBER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In February, Embassy Tunis' MEPI Coordinator spoke to the newly-elected presidents of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) chapters in Tunisia about MEPI programs, specifically highlighting the Small Grants Program. There are approximately 2,700 JCI members in Tunisia, aged 1 [...]
2006-03-13 13:06:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KMPI PREL TS
06TUNIS584NEW POLITICAL PARTY AUTHORIZED IN TUNISIA; CRITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, Tunisian authorities authorized the establishment of the "Green Party for Progress" (French acronym is PVP),the first new political party created since 2002. Although President Ben Ali recently said new parties would be registered (reftel),the rapid approval of a [...]
2006-03-14 15:52:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS622SENIOR GOT OFFICIALS' COMMENTS TARGET USG AND EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent speeches by senior GOT officials have directly addressed domestic reform initiatives of (while not mentioning by name) USG, as well as other foreign entities and domestic activists. Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of Social Affairs Ali Chao [...]
2006-03-16 15:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS629LARGER THAN EXPECTED BIDS FOR TUNISIA'S LARGEST
[...] (SBU) The larger-than-expected bids (ranging from USD 1.76 to 1.92 billion) for the partial-privatization of Tunisia's telecommunications giant - Tunisie Telecom - continues to be welcome economic news. Local media announced March 15 that the initial slate of six bidders on Tunisie Telecom had [...]
2006-03-17 15:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV ECON TS
06TUNIS635WORKING-CLASS OPINIONS AND COMMENTS IN TUNISIA
[...] SUMMARY: Throughout 2005 and early 2006, Tunisians have complained about rising price levels. Everything from olive oil, to gasoline, to automobile insurance has seen price increases in recent months, and there is a rise in official and actual inflation. Middle-class to lower-income Tunisia [...]
2006-03-17 15:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EPET TS
06TUNIS637Special Media Reaction: A/S Welch visit to Tunis
[...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian media provided wide and positive coverage of the March 14 -16 visit of Assistant Secretary Welch. Headlines in all papers focused on the SIPDIS strength and "excellence" of U.S.-Tunisian relations and referred to "discussions of international issues of mutual concer [...]
2006-03-17 15:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS645TUNISIA: MINISTER TELLS A/S WELCH TUNISIA SERIOUS
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini told A/S Welch March 15 that job creation and boosting foreign investment were key challenges to Tunisia in the next ten years. Part of the strategy included diversifying trade exchanges, now primarily with the EU, to [...]
2006-03-21 09:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFTA PREL TS
06TUNIS646A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH: ISLAMISM, TUNISIA REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with A/S Welch, FM Abdelwahab Abdallah discussed the "dangers of political Islam", claiming there is no such thing as moderate Islamists and accusing the West of having "insufficient knowledge of Islam," and being misled by the "double-speak of Islamists" who [...]
2006-03-21 09:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI PHUM TS
06TUNIS647A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...]
2006-03-21 09:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS666BEN ALI'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali delivered a major speech that outlined Tunisia's achievements and set clear and lofty goals for economic achievement in the next ten years. In addition to several new tax proposals, Ben Ali [...]
2006-03-22 11:01:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ELAB KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS667INDEPENDENCE DAY PASSES LARGELY UNNOTICED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Tunisia's fiftieth anniversary of independence from French rule was marked by official events and speeches (reftel),few Tunisians seemed to take particular pride in the event. The country was festively decorated, but the public was largely uninvolved in celebrations. A [...]
2006-03-22 11:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS669REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to press reports and eyewitnesses, On March 10, approximately 100 students shouted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration at Manouba University in Tunis at a ceremony marking the donation of books from the library of the late Jewish Tunisian histor [...]
2006-03-22 12:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS670ISLAMISTS IN TUNISIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent roundtable with Tunisian intellectuals and civil society activists, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for Islamists in Tunisia. (NOTE: In this discussion, Islamists were defined as Islamic political activists. END NOTE.) While noting that di [...]
2006-03-22 13:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS73BEYWATCH - NEWS FROM TUNISIA AT THE END OF 2005
[...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted predominantly by Post's entry level officers, which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the different perspectives offered in each of the following vignettes will give the reader a look into everyday life in Tunisia that may no [...]
2006-01-17 07:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI UN TS
06TUNIS730ABBOU UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: After a year in prison, Mohamed Abbou, jailed after posting two Internet articles critical of the GOT, President Ben Ali and his family, continues to receive attention and support from local and international human rights groups. The Tunisian Human Rights League head calls Abbou [...]
2006-03-28 12:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS750FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This quarter was marked by significant USG engagement of the GOT, including visits by SecDef Rumsfeld and NEA A/S Welch. The GOT took some positive steps towards increased political reform, including pardoning approximately eighty prisoners described as political prisoners by hum [...]
2006-03-30 08:45:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS753 American Diplomat Builds Bridges of Understanding
[...] Summary. During a March cultural program funded by the ECA Performing Arts Initiative and organized by Tunis PA, Embassy Political Officer Brennan Gilmore helped score a significant public diplomacy hit through his musical collaboration with Tunisian musician Riadh Fehri in a group called "K [...]
2006-03-30 12:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL SOCI TS
06TUNIS755 Embassy Tunis Opens First American Corner in
[...] Summary. In January 2006, in the presence of close to 200 Tunisians, the Ambassador inaugurated the first American Corner in the country at the Tunis AMIDEAST headquarters. In his speech to a wide range of government officials, journalists, students, academics, and civil society partners, the [...]
2006-03-30 14:21:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC SCUL SOCI OEXC TS
06TUNIS771TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
[...] (SBU) On March 27, Poloff met with Ahlem Belhadj and Hafidha Checkir of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD) to discuss their 2002 report on child sexual exploitation, titled "A Situational Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tunisia." (NOTE: This report i [...]
2006-03-31 14:05:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TS
06TUNIS784GOT COMBATS CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THROUGH LAWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Poloff met with the Ministry of Women, Family, Children and Elderly Affairs (MWFCEA),to discuss GOT efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation. (NOTE: The issue was raised in a 2002 private study and Ref A. END NOTE.) Aida Ghorbal, the Ministry's Director General [...]
2006-04-04 11:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TS
06TUNIS80SECULARIST-ISLAMIST DIVIDE IN NEW DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Network of Democrats in the Arab World was officially launched in Casablanca on December 17, 2005. Funded by DRL, the network brings together democracy activists of both "secular" and "Islamist" leanings. While differences between those two camps emerged quick [...]
2006-01-17 15:32:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL
06TUNIS807NASA SCIENTISTS ENGAGE YOUTH ON SOLAR RESEARCH IN
[...] SUMMARY. On March 23-24, 2006, four NASA scientists addressed Tunisian youth interested in science and solar research at the main Tunisian public science center. Following up on a successful visit in fall 2005, the scientists participated in workshops with the Tunisian Young Scientists Associa [...]
2006-04-06 12:26:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KPAO TS
06TUNIS808U.S./EU LUNCH ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 12:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS816HOW THE GOT INTIMIDATES CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) INTRO: Tunisian officials adhere closely to President Ben Ali's claim that Tunisia is making great advances towards becoming a modern, democratic state (Ref C),but it is no secret that authorities continue to monitor, intimidate, and SIPDIS seek to discredit civil society activists of a [...]
2006-04-06 14:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS845RUSSO-TUNISIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL CREATED
[...] (SBU) Russian (and local) media reported March 27 on the establishment of a Russo-Tunisian Business Council during a Tunisian delegation's visit March 23-26 that included Tunisian Minister of Tourism Tijani Haddad. The council's creation was described as part of a broader Russian push to rein [...]
2006-04-10 11:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PREL ENRG RU TS
06TUNIS872TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 13:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF TS
06TUNIS873TUNISIA'S SECOND CHAMBER: UPDATE AND OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Advisors, Tunisia's second parliamentary body, was created during a 2002 constitutional change and began work in August 2005. The Chamber's 112 members from across the country are responsible for reviewing all draft legislation, in cooperation with Tunisia's existin [...]
2006-04-13 13:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS881THE "PEOPLE'S CAR" PROGRAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the fundamental components of President Ben Ali's national agenda is the so-called "People's Car" program, established in 1996. Designed to support the ability of Tunisians to buy cars, the program supplies a set number of small family cars at reduced prices. Given high T [...]
2006-04-14 14:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV SOCI TS
06TUNIS973TUNISIA ADVERTISES GOOD TIES WITH IRAN, SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary. Through its mostly-government controlled press, Tunisian officials are playing up positive economic and cultural exchanges between Tunisia and officials in Iran and Syria. Two visits to Tunis within a week--Iranian Vice President for Tourism and Heritage on April 15, and Syrian P [...]
2006-04-24 15:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM ETRD SY IR TS
06ULAANBAATAR134UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DISPUTES AFFECTING US
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. Summary. Potential American investment into the wireless telephony business in Mongolia, based on a recent case, turned soursouth, when the Mongolian government agency responsible for regulating telecommunications unilaterally cancelled an operating license in apparent violat [...]
2006-02-24 07:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR137Prime Minister Reviews Bilateral Relationship
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed his government's commitment to close relations with the United States during an hour-long initial call by the Ambassador on February 23. Enkhbold confirmed that the Cabinet had decided the previous day to approve a sixth rotation [...]
2006-02-26 23:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PHUM ETRD PGOV KMCA PTER PINR
06ULAANBAATAR139GIA DETAINS U.S. AND JAPANESE CURRENCY CARRIED BY
[...] (S/NF) The head of the General Intelligence Agency's Counter Intelligence department requested a meeting the morning of February 23rd with SIMO to discuss their detention of one million U.S. dollars and 200 million Japanese Yen in cash from two DPRK males at Ulaanbaatar's Chinggis Khan (former [...]
2006-02-26 23:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNSNAR EFIN PREL PTER ASEC MG
06ULAANBAATAR148Democratic Party, MPRP Consider Top Party Job
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, both the Democratic Party (DP) and MPRP made decisions on key party jobs. The MPRP chose Party Secretary Yo. Otgonbayar as the new MPRP party chief for the capital. With one third of the total party membership, the Ulaanbaatar post has high visibility, and may [...]
2006-03-01 05:05:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR155NO COUNTERFEIT DETECTED AMONGST U.S. AND JAPANESE
[...] (S/NF) On the evening of March 2nd, a representative of the Japanese Embassy in Ulaanbaatar reported that examiners from the Japanese Finance Ministry had completed two thirds of their examination of the two thousand 10,000 Yen notes and determined all to be genuine. He stated that the team wou [...]
2006-03-03 09:02:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNSNAR EFIN PREL PTER ASEC MG
06ULAANBAATAR173TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Growing awareness of trafficking as a domestic and international issue -- as well as Mongolia's first appearance in the TIP report -- spurred Mongolia to take significant new steps against trafficking in the last year. In November 2005, the government adopted a National Action Plan aga [...]
2006-03-13 06:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG MC IS KS TU
06ULAANBAATAR181MFA Gives PSI Ship Boarding Agreement Update
[...] (SBU) During a March 15 meeting on other subjects, poloff asked MFA Legal Department Direct B. Altangerel about where the interministerial review of the PSI ship boarding agreement stood. Altangerel replied that MFA had now received replies from all ministries. However, the Ministry of Just [...]
2006-03-15 07:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR215Press Pans Former Secretary Baker's Visit
[...] Summary: Much of Mongolia's press reacted negatively to a visit to Ulaanbaatar by former Secretary of State James Baker. Secretary Baker is remembered warmly by many Mongolians as the man behind the strengthening of bilateral ties after Mongolia's 1990 democratic revolution. His visit here [...]
2006-03-29 01:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO EINV MG US EMIN ETRD
06ULAANBAATAR232 State Secrets Law: An Invitation to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]
2006-03-31 07:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR261PROTESTS AGAINST MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT GROW
[...] ( U ) SUMMARY: Protests organized by a loose coalition of five local Mongolian groups have escalated slightly in the past few days but remain peaceful; business is conducted as usual in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. The protest groups are continuing to demand respectively the resignation [...]
2006-04-12 08:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR275MPRP DENIES PRESS CLAIM THAT IT BLAMES THE
[...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: The April 14 front page lead article for Odrin Sonin, a major Mongolian daily under Democratic party ownership, quoted Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) officials as stating that the MPRP believed the most truthful rumors circulating held the U.S. Embassy respons [...]
2006-04-17 03:43:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR300Mongolia to Stay Shanghai Coop Org Observer
[...] (SBU) Poloff met on April 21 with MFA Acting Director for Policy Planning T. Janabazar. Poloff asked about a press report (ref a) that stated that Mongolia, along with Iran, India, and Pakistan, would soon become Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Janabazar categorically state [...]
2006-04-21 07:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PTER CH MG IN PK IR
06ULAANBAATAR307Mongolian Ponders Guatemala UNSC Vote
[...] (SBU) During an April 25 introductory courtesy call on new MFA State Secretary K. Bekhat, Charge urged Mongolia to immediately make clear that it will vote for Guatemala for an elected UNSC seat. He commented that prospective votes are being closely followed in Washington. Bekhat cautiously [...]
2006-04-25 07:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT
06ULAANBAATAR313Mongolian Will Not Run for UN Human Rights
[...] (SBU) On April 25, Charge and Poloff discussed the UN Human Rights Council election with MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ms. Enkhtsetseg. Enkhtsetseg said that Mongolia is now carefully considering the candidates for the new body, but voiced Mongolia's agreement that it is important to [...]
2006-04-25 07:20:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UN MG
06ULAANBAATAR320Briefer for EAP Senior Advisor Keith
[...] We look forward to your visit, which will provide a good opportunity to both review the relationship and push selected issues. Background on Post ------------------ 2. (U) Briefings during the Friday country team will provide you with background supplementing this scenesetter. The on [...]
2006-04-26 08:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR326MONGOLIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER RECEIVES UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Econ/Coml Chief (also covering EST issues),called April 27 on Minister of Nature and Environment Erdenebaatar. Charge' congratulated Erdenbaatar on his recent appointment as Minister and also for attending post's Earth Day river clean-up on April 22 (reftel). Ec [...]
2006-04-30 22:27:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL CVIS UNEP KFRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR38New PM Nomination Delayed
[...] (U) It now appears that the State Great Hural (SGH) will consider the nomination of the new Prime Minister later this week. The SGH normally holds plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. The Fall session of the SGH is now slated to recess after the Friday, January 27 session, and next sit [...]
2006-01-23 09:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR380FOREIGN INVESTORS CONCERNED AS WINDFALL MINING
[...] (SBU) On May 12, Mongolia's State Great Hural (SGH),or Parliament, passed a controversial windfall profits tax on copper and gold. This law moved through the typically glacial SGH process at light speed, being passed less than two weeks after it was initially proposed without any opportunit [...]
2006-05-16 07:44:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV MG HK CA
06ULAANBAATAR382Minister Claims U.S. Paid MP Bribes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the last week, Minister of Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan appears to have made claims to different audiences (including the Cabinet and foreign mining company representatives) that USAID had paid several hundred thousand dollars to an MP for anti-corruption e [...]
2006-05-17 07:34:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PINR MG US
06ULAANBAATAR385Gandan Monastery Invites Dalai Lama for Visit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 07:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR396TIP Seminar Raises Awareness, Coordination
[...] A hands-on seminar aimed at countering trafficking in persons (TIP) in Mongolia was held in Ulaanbaatar on April 26-27. The training - held by The Asia Foundation (TAF) and the U.S. Embassy - brought together law enforcement and government officials, human rights lawyers, and representatives [...]
2006-05-24 07:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG
06ULAANBAATAR401Speaker's views on Anti-corruption, Money
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 24 call on Speaker Nyamdorj, he expressed his firm support for the windfall profits tax passed by the State Great Hural (parliament),and opined that the body may override a veto if the President chose to take that step. Companies that expected to [...]
2006-05-25 06:26:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV EMIN ETRD KCRM SNAR PINR MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR407Mongolia Ponders Public Iraq Government
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 06:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MG IQ
06ULAANBAATAR426TEST FOR IMO ONLY
[...] (U) This is a test; this is only a test. SLUTZ [...]
2006-06-05 04:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDACOA
06ULAANBAATAR427TEST FOR IMO ONLY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 04:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDACOA
06ULAANBAATAR43Enkhbold Confirmed as Prime Minister
[...] On the morning of January 25, Mongolia's Parliament voted 57-10 to confirm M. Enkhbold as Mongolia's new Prime Minister. Ambassador subsequently sent a letter to Enkhbold congratulating him on his confirmation, and stating the U.S. hope to work with the new government. According to Democrati [...]
2006-01-25 08:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR433MONGOLIA ENERGY UPDATE: OIL IMPORTS RISE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia is entirely dependent on imported oil, importing 574,300 tons in 2005, principally from Russia (80%),Kazakhstan, and China. Mongolia exported its domestic production in 2005 of 25,000 tons to China, according to the Vice Chairman of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Au [...]
2006-06-07 02:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL ELTRN MG RU CH
06ULAANBAATAR434EAP DAS KEITH'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO MONGOLIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During EAP DAS Keith,s meetings with Government of Mongolia (GOM) officials on April 28, Keith expressed appreciation for the GOM,s continuing support in the war against terrorism and its participation in coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keith reiterated the importance of add [...]
2006-06-07 06:30:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EFIN PTER KCRM MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR450Foreign Policy Advisor on Shanghai Cooperation
[...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar, on his own initiative, met with DCM and SIPDIS Ppoloff to brief on Mongolia's position at the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shanghai. Tsogtbaatar said President Enkhbayar would depart on June 14 for the [...]
2006-06-13 06:16:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MG UZ CH RU IR
06ULAANBAATAR452DPRK Contract Laborers Decline Sharply
[...] (SBU) On June 9, MFA Consular Department Director Ochirjav told visiting Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Danny Glaser that in recent months there had SIPDIS been a decline in the number of North Korean contract workers, from 200 persons to 50 persons. (Note: In delivering the TIP rep [...]
2006-06-14 03:26:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR454Genghis Khan Makes A Comeback
[...] Earlier this week, Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) replaced the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The MPRP, the social democratic descendant of the Communist Party which ruled Mongolia for nearly seven decades, is the dominant party in the coalition government formed in January. [...]
2006-06-14 06:09:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR461Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...]
2006-06-15 09:02:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR462Tense StandoffOne Dead in Protest at Anti-Foreign Mine Protest
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 22:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EINV MG EMIN ETRD
06ULAANBAATAR463Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 22:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR469Financial Regulator's Murder Distracts Focus
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boroo Gold re-started operations on the afternoon of June 16 after police moved protesters away from the mine site. The government's attention to the Boroo situation -- including the key role of the Health Minister and Member of Parliament Gundalai in the protests -- was div [...]
2006-06-16 06:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV CASC MG
06ULAANBAATAR475TREASURY DAS GLASER PRESSES ILLICIT FINANCE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser's June 9 meetings with Government of Mongolia officials and banking representatives, he discussed U.S. concerns with respect to North Korean illicit activities. He discussed U.S. action [...]
2006-06-19 04:07:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KCRM PREL ETTC MG KS
06ULAANBAATAR499MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...]
2006-06-29 01:45:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL EAID PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR525Scenesetter for Presidential Delegation
[...] We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. The presence of a presidential delegation at the 800th anniversary celebrations continues a stellar 2005-6 year for high-level USG visits to Mongolia -- starting off with Peace Corps Director Vasquez last July, Speaker Has [...]
2006-07-10 06:34:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR537Mongolia's Parliament Passes Tax, Anti-Money-
[...] SUMMARY: Prior to the July 11-14 Naadam national day holiday, the State Great Hural (SGH - Parliament) passed three major pieces of legislation: an anti- corruption law; an anti-money laundering law; and amendments to the minerals law. The bills culminated a busy spring session for the legi [...]
2006-07-17 07:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EMIN EINV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR539Secretary Johanns' Visit Advances Relationship
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Secretary for Agriculture Mike Johanns headed a Presidential Delegation which visited Mongolia July 12-13. During very cordial meetings with President Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Enkhbold, Johanns conveyed President Bush's congratulations on Mongolia's 800th annivers [...]
2006-07-18 01:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP EAID MASS MG US
06ULAANBAATAR550Mongolia to Send 7th Rotation to Iraq
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note to the Embassy on July 19: Begin text (informal embassy translation) (Complimentary opening) and takes the opportunity to state that, in relation to the completion of the period of duty for the sixth rotation of Mongol [...]
2006-07-19 09:17:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL MG IQ
06ULAANBAATAR552EBRD OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN MONGOLIA
[...] (U) Summary: On July 15, 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) received notification from the Russian Federation that it had ratified Mongolia's accession to the EBRD, the last of the sixty-one EBRD members to do so. EBRD Business Group Director Olivier Deschamps a [...]
2006-07-20 07:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR553GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to
[...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...]
2006-07-20 23:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR554GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to
[...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]
2006-07-20 23:21:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR558Mongolia Still Pondering Guatemala UNSC Vote
[...] (SBU) On July 20, E/P Chief called MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Enkhtsetseg to ask whether the July 3 announcement of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Guatemala had resulted in any movement in Mongolia's decision on this year's UNSC vote. ( [...]
2006-07-21 06:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT
06ULAANBAATAR572Exim's First Visit to Mongolia: Transactions in Aircraft
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Export Finance Group Senior Vice President (SVP) John McAdams visited Mongolia July 6 to 11 to explain Ex-Im Bank's programs. Prime Minister Enkhbold gave McAdams an overview of the Mongolian situation and desired projects, w [...]
2006-07-27 23:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PGOV PREL KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR578Mining Conflict Leads to One Death and Forcible Removal of
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 27, police forcibly removed approximately 8000 artisal, or "ninja," miners from a gold mining area 100 miles northwest of Ulaanbaatar. The removal followed two weeks of sporadic clashes with looting ninjas, including one on July 12 in which one person attacking the com [...]
2006-07-29 06:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR580Comments on OHCRC Field Presence
[...] The human rights project run by the UNDP has provided important and effective support for the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),which was established in 2001. The NHRC produces an annual report on the Mongolian human rights situation. The report was debated in the parliament for the f [...]
2006-07-29 07:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR588Crowd of Thousands in Central Square Demands "Change"
[...] Over the past few months, Ulaanbaatar's central Sukhbaatar Square has been home to dozens of demonstrations for a variety of causes. The target of the protesters, Government House, is conveniently located just north of the Square. Demonstrators have demanded the resignation of the government [...]
2006-08-03 07:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM MG
06ULAANBAATAR591IMF PUTS NEW PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS WITH MONGOLIA ON
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Local IMF Resident Representative Jang (strictly protect) told Emboffs August 3 that the IMF had decided to postpone further discussion with the Government of Mongolia (GOM) over a new IMF program to replace its long-lapsed program. Jang was now informing key donors and would a [...]
2006-08-03 08:52:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EAID PREL PGOV SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR593KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]
2006-08-04 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR608FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR ADVICE ON POSSIBLE DALAI
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) After an August 9 meeting on another matter, Foreign Minister Enkhbold asked to meet the Ambassador one-on-one. Enkhbold said that Gandan monastery had told the government it wishes to invite the Dalai Lama to Mongolia for a visit [...]
2006-08-10 08:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI PHUM KIRF MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR609FM TELLS AMBASSADOR NSC WILL DECIDE 7TH IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador, accompanied by Polish ambassador, met on August 9 with Foreign Minister Enkhbold to urge Mongolia to reconsider its decision to reduce the 7th rotation to Iraq to a few staff officers. Ambassador noted that Washington welcomes Mongolia's decision to send [...]
2006-08-10 08:17:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR61New Mongolian Cabinet Confirmed
[...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27-28, Mongolia's Parliament, the State Great Hural (SGH),approved 16 of the 17 nominees for Cabinet positions. At 4 AM on January 28, the SGH then recessed for the Mongolian New Year holiday (Tsagaan Sar). It is not known when a candidate will be resubmitte [...]
2006-02-01 08:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR610Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Kolbe
[...] We look forward to hosting you in early September, and to showing you how U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used here to benefit the Mongolian and American people. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Spea [...]
2006-08-13 22:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR615Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...]
2006-08-14 07:16:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON MG JA KN
06ULAANBAATAR616Country Clearance for Staffdel Bixby
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-26 visit by HIRC staff members Melanie Bixby, Paul Oostburg Sanz, and Lynne Weil to examine the proposed Millennium Challenge Account programs in Mongolia. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit will be DCM Brian Gol [...]
2006-08-14 07:20:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT PREL PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR621Mongolia's Shadow Economy: Half as Large as the Official
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a USAID-funded analysis, the informal economy in Mongolia is about 45% to 50% the size of the formal economy. This contrasts with the current official estimate of just 11% from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Using a new estimate based on a large sample surv [...]
2006-08-16 02:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID MARR SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR622Efforts Against Domestic Violence Increasing
[...] Mongolia is increasing efforts to combat an epidemic of domestic violence which affects perhaps a third of all women. As well as a 2004 law, a draft national action plan will be submitted in September, and the Supreme Court may clarify some remaining legal issues in coming months. While publ [...]
2006-08-16 02:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI EAID PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR625DALAI LAMA TO VISIT MONGOLIA AUGUST 21-28
[...] (C) The Japanese DCM told EP chief on August 16 that the Dalai Lama will transit Japan next week en route to Mongolia. The DCM said that Tokyo had informed the Japanese embassy here that the Dalai Lama would transit Japan en route to Mongolia on August 21, and would transit Japan again on Au [...]
2006-08-16 06:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI MG CH JA
06ULAANBAATAR628Mongolia's Looming Mercury Pollution Crisis
[...] Summary. The widespread use of mercury in the informal gold mining sector in Mongolia has produced a looming environmental crisis. As many as 100,000 "ninja" miners -- 15-20% of them children -- now work in the sector, a number that has sharply increased in the last five years. Illegal u [...]
2006-08-17 05:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV EMIN SOCI ELAB PHUM MG
06ULAANBAATAR634FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister on August 17 to deliver the paper conveyed in ref a, which responded to the Foreign Minister's request for U.S. perspectives on the likely Chinese reaction to a Dalai Lama visit (ref b). FM Enkhbold expressed appreciation for the report. He did not q [...]
2006-08-18 06:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH MG
06ULAANBAATAR638DALAI LAMA TO VISIT MONGOLIA AUGUST 21-28
[...] (C) The Dalai Lama will visit Mongolia August 21-28, at the invitation of the head lama of Gandan Monastery, the leading Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the country. He will transit Japan in both directions, as he did during his last visit in 2002. President Enkhbayar, in his capacity as the [...]
2006-08-21 07:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI MG CH JA
06ULAANBAATAR639Mongolia Braces for Dalai Lama Arrival, China's Reaction
[...] (SBU) The President's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed to the Embassy on August 21 that the Dalai Lama would arrive later in the day. (Note: The direct flight to Ulaanbaatar from Tokyo arrives at 10:00 PM.) The Dalai Lama will visit at the invitation of the head lama of Gandan Monastery, the [...]
2006-08-21 08:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR646Visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon Makes Progress On
[...] (SBU) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon paid his first visit to Mongolia, August 19-21, at the invitation of Mongolian Chief of the General Staff LTG Togoo. The Admiral's observation of Mongolia's first-ever multinational peacekeeping training exercise, Khaan Quest 06, and joint press [...]
2006-08-25 00:20:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PTER KPKO MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR648ULAANBAATAR CONTACT FOR BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Ulaanbaatar appoints the following two individuals as the current mission U.S. Department of State employees responsible for Blue Lantern Program related issues in Mongolia. 2. Primary Contact (note: Mr. Herman will arrive on September 2 to begin his assignment in Ulaanbaatar): -- [...]
2006-08-25 05:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KSEP US MG
06ULAANBAATAR649Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 07:45:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG
06ULAANBAATAR651Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 08:03:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG
06ULAANBAATAR652Mongolians Rebuff Russian Commercial Bear Hug
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia apparently completely rebuffed Russian Premier Fradkov's demands in early July for priority access for Russian firms to Mongolia's natural assets, based on details that have emerged over the last month. In return for preferential treatment, the Russians had promised t [...]
2006-08-29 03:52:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG RU
06ULAANBAATAR657WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS?
[...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]
2006-08-31 09:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMG PREL
06ULAANBAATAR658New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...]
2006-09-04 05:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR660Fiscal Snapshot: High Mining Revenues a Boon and a Danger
[...] SUMMARY: Buoyed by sharp GDP growth in the last few years, Mongolia's government finds itself in a time of relative plenty. However, these large revenue increases have been driven by high international commodity prices for gold and copper. When the good times end for copper and gold, Mongoli [...]
2006-09-05 02:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR666AMBASSADOR'S RAISES 7TH ROTATION TO IRAQ WITH
[...] (SBU) On September 5, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Enkhbold, and on September 6 she met with President Enkhbayar and Speaker Nyamdorj. In all the calls, the Ambassador lauded close military-military relations, and noted U.S. support for Mongolia's efforts to have its mil [...]
2006-09-07 07:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR667WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS?
[...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]
2006-09-07 09:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06ULAANBAATAR671Codel Kolbe Advances U.S. Interests
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 1-3 visit, Codel Kolbe examined U.S. assistance programs in Mongolia, with a particular focus on the proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Codel stressed that qualifying for MCA is not enough, and that Mongolia will need to take the time and e [...]
2006-09-08 07:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID KMCA KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR673World Bank Offers Prescriptions for Investment Climate
[...] SUMMARY: A recent World Bank report provides a concise, well-documented account of the problems -- particularly corruption -- affecting Mongolia's investment climate. It also offers recommendations on how to tackle these problems. While the Spring session of Parliament passed tax reform and [...]
2006-09-08 08:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN EAIR PGOV PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR681Mongolia Accepts POTUS Invitation to UNGA Democracy Event
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 07:21:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP PHUM UNGA MG
06ULAANBAATAR682CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES DPRK REFUGEE ISSUES, MORE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Mongolian General Intelligence Agency (GIA) officials told visiting CODEL Kolbe that since 1998 Mongolia had facilitated the resettlement in South Korea of 1,976 North Koreans and that 136 were presently in Mongolia being processed. To date, all North Koreans crossing into Mong [...]
2006-09-12 07:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PREF EAID MG KN KS
06ULAANBAATAR683SAUDI ARABIA MAY SOON ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 01:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID MG SA ZR
06ULAANBAATAR724AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON PRESIDENT, SPEAKER,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial meetings with President Enkhbayar, following presenting his credentials on September 20, State Great Hural Speaker Nyambdorj on September 25, and Prime Minister Enkhbold, the Mongolian leaders stressed good bilateral relations, and pressed for early c [...]
2006-09-27 09:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR728Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Hagel
[...] We look forward to hosting you October 7 to 9. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Speaker Hastert and delegation, then Rep. Leach (both in August 2005); Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (October); the Pres [...]
2006-09-28 07:03:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP EAID MARR MG
06ULAANBAATAR734CABINET AGREES TO SEND 100-MAN 7TH ROTATION TO
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's September 29 initial call on Foreign Minister Enkhbold, Enkhbold confirmed that the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had decided on September 26 to recommend that the Cabinet reconsider its decision to send only a limited number of [...]
2006-09-29 07:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR7507th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq
[...] One hundred Mongolian troops departed today for Iraq, where they will provide force protection at Camp Echo for Polish troops in the Multinational Force. The six month deployment is Mongolia's 7th rotation of troops to Iraq since 2003. The dawn departure ceremony was attended by the Charge, [...]
2006-10-04 00:27:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE
06ULAANBAATAR769Mongolia to Vote for Guatemala in UNSC Battle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 03:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC MG GT VE
06ULAANBAATAR773Mongolia's New Golden Hoard: Five Months After New Tax,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six short days in May saw the abrupt passage by Mongolia's State Great Hural (parliament) of a windfall profits tax on gold and copper in a process utterly lacking in consultation with stakeholders foreign or domestic and the public. Just as Mongolia looks to large foreign inve [...]
2006-10-12 07:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG
06ULAANBAATAR774High Commodity Prices Create Rosey Optimistic Figures
[...] Summary and comment: Mongolian government economic figures confirm that high commodity prices continue to fill government coffers. The budget surplus in the first eight months of 2006 was US $190 million, or 10% of official GDP. Rising commodity prices on the country's principle exports have [...]
2006-10-12 08:44:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR783AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-17 08:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL EAID KCOR KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR790Mongolian Government, Donors Discuss Progress, Coordinate
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Government of Mongolia (GOM)officials and external partners (donors) convened the second bi-annual technical meeting October 9-10 to discuss progress in key areas since their first meeting in February 2006 (reftel),as well as to discuss plans for key sectors such [...]
2006-10-18 09:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR795Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-23 08:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KMCC ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR803Government Wins Parliamentary Confidence Vote, But Cracks
[...] (SBU) Summary: By a 46-22 vote, on October 26 the government easily turned defeated a no confidence motion pushed by the opposition Democratic Party. However, the opposition succeeded in its real aim: winning two days of great publicity for its criticisms of the government. A bonus for the [...]
2006-10-27 08:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR809Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia has submitted a rough draft of a program memo which -- with substantial hard work by both Mongolian and U.S. counterparts over coming months -- may enable a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact to be signed in early Spring 2007. A Compact will likely involve a sig [...]
2006-10-31 08:42:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KMCC ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR827New Mongolian Central Bank Governor Appointed
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After what appears to have been a bruising internal struggle within the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),A. Batsukh has been appointed the Bank of Mongolia's new governor for a six-year term, replacing the controversial O. Chuluunbat. Batsukh was [...]
2006-11-09 07:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR829Country Clearance for MCA's Roche International
[...] We welcome and grant country clearance to Roche International consultants Christian Berube, David Burns, Asil Gezen, Dennis Lindberg, Lawrence Phipps, and Deana Silverston for their travels to Mongolia during the month of November. The purpose of the visit is to work with MCC's Burak Inanc and [...]
2006-11-11 07:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAID KMCA ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR832U.S.-Based Peabody Moves Toward Coal Investments With USG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Department of Commerce advocacy letter, and post-arranged meetings with senior Mongolian officials, have boosted the efforts of U.S.-coal mining giant Peabody Energy to be involved in development of a 6.5 billion ton coal deposit. Last week, Peabody's China-based o [...]
2006-11-15 09:43:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06ULAANBAATAR833Mongolia Accedes to Cape Town Convention
[...] The Mongolian government has formally completed the process of accession to the Cape Town Convention and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. The convention facilitates asset-based financing and leasing of larg [...]
2006-11-15 09:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC PGOV ECON EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR838MONGOLIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 -- SHIPS
[...] (SBU) MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Enkhtsetseg told E/P chief on November 20 that she expects Mongolia will have its report to the UN Security Council on implementation of UNSCR 1718 ready sometime during the week of November 27. She said that MFA has asked various ministries and ag [...]
2006-11-20 07:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP EWWT MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR841Public Diplomacy Captivates Mongolian Media by Highlighting
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 08:31:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC PREL EAID SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC MG
06ULAANBAATAR844Opportunity to Strengthen US-Mongolia Ties: 2007 Marks 20th
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 02:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ECON OIIP OPRC KMDR MG
06ULAANBAATAR845AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON NEW BANK OF
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call November 27 on recently appointed Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh. After congratulating Batsukh on his appointment last month, the Ambassador noted the USG had worked with the GOM and the BOM on several issues, includin [...]
2006-11-29 07:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR847Mongolia's Savings and Loan Crisis Contained?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last spring, 27 of Mongolia's largest Savings and Loans (S&L) cooperatives (among 900) collapsed in rapid succession under the weight of bad loans, abysmal management practices and swirling rumors of corruption. Quadrupling in size over the past two years Mongolia's dodgy S&L i [...]
2006-11-30 02:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR856Alaska National Guard State Partnership Bolsters Military
[...] (U) Summary and comment: During a mid-November visit by Alaska National Guard head Major General Craig Campbell, Mongolian military counterparts expressed appreciation for the State Partnership Program (SPP) relationship with the Alaska National Guard, but urged even more assistance. MG Camp [...]
2006-12-05 08:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ETRD KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR858Mongolian Human Rights Commission Claims Widespread Abuse
[...] SUMMARY: The Mongolia's National Human Rights Commission annual report devotes 29 pages to chronicling the widespread abuse of pre-trial detainees and the poor conditions under which they are imprisoned. It's grim reading, with case after case of deaths caused due to beatings, reportedly ofte [...]
2006-12-07 04:20:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR861Mongolia INCSR: Part 1
[...] The following is post's submission for Part 1 of the INCSR. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Drug trafficking and abuse are not widespread in Mongolia, but continue to rise and draw the attention of the government. Mongolia's young, burgeoning urban population is especially vulnerable to t [...]
2006-12-08 07:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR870Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns
[...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...]
2006-12-14 08:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR872INCSR Part 2: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering
[...] (U) Mongolia is not an important regional financial center nor considered an offshore financial center, although there are no laws prohibiting the establishment of offshore entities in Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Mongolia's economy and banking system are relatively small, depriving the cover needed f [...]
2006-12-15 07:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER MG
06ULAANBAATAR875Mass firing of Mongolian mineworkers sends message to
[...] (SBU) One of Mongolia's largest employers, Ivanhoe Mines, will fire 900 of its domestic and foreign workforce, or some 7.5% of the 12,000 workers directly employed in the Mongolian mining sector. Ivanhoe cannot afford to pay workers idled by the Government of Mongolia's refusal to reach an agre [...]
2006-12-18 23:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06ULAANBAATAR878Provincial Perspectives: Khentii and Dornod Aimags See
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a brief November 19-21 easterly swing through Dornod and Khenti provinces, leaders there expressed concern about growing unemployment pressures but were hopeful that investments in mining, for the former, and agribusiness and tourism, for the latter, would provide needed j [...]
2006-12-20 02:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EMIN PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR881Shadowy Buyers Near Purchase of Largest Mongolian Bank
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: There are major concerns about the impending sale of Trade and Development Bank (TDB),Mongolia's largest bank overall and the key bank for foreign exchange and foreign transactions, to a shadowy 100% Mongolian-owned consortium with unknown financing. The IFC and th [...]
2006-12-22 08:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06UNVIEVIENNA466IAEA ELBARADEI ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, AMBASSADOR SPOKE TO IAEA DG ELBARADEI (CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN CALIFORNIA) AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT (1) WELCOMES THE U.S. ACTION; (2) ENCOURAGES IRAN TO SUSPEND FULLY AND VERIFIABLY ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES; AND (3) REINFORCES IRAN'S RESPONSIBI [...]
2006-06-01 16:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA PGOV PREL
06UNVIEVIENNA500IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) At the June BOG, mission, per reftel, accomplished its objectives of underscoring the absence of confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, stressing Iran's need to halt enrichment-related activities, and re-dividing the NAM. Iran was dealt with under agenda item 8 (g) [...]
2006-06-16 09:29:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) Further to Reftel, this message provides detailed information on the June 15 IAEA Board of Governors debate on Iran. During that discussion, 33 countries delivered statements, with a preponderance calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues identified in [...]
2006-06-23 13:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA522PROFILE OF MALAYSIAN AMBASSADOR RAJMAH HUSSAIN
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Malaysian Ambassador Rajmah Hussain, designated next Malaysian Ambassador to Washington, arrived Vienna 16 months ago from her previous position as Ambassador to the CD in Geneva. While in Vienna, Hussain served as chair of the Vienna Chapter of the Non-Aligned [...]
2006-06-28 06:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ETRD IAEA IR KNNP PINR
06UNVIEVIENNA572 IAEA/IRAN: BUSHEHR START-UP UNLIKELY UNTIL AT
[...] (S) The IAEA's Russ Clark, during a July 18 meeting with Msnoff, said that the Iranians would be "lucky" to commission the first power reactor at Bushehr (BNPP-1) by 2009 because the Russians are "dragging their feet." Key equipment required to finish the plant, such as valves and cables, has [...]
2006-07-26 15:40:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA626 SUBJECT: POSSIBLE IRAN SCENARIOS LEADING UP TO
[...] (C) There are three possible Iranian responses to both the EU3 "package" and UNSCR 1696: accept the package and comply with the resolution (highly unlikely),reject the package and the resolution outright (unlikely),or express a willingness to negotiate the package "without preconditions", i.e [...]
2006-08-21 15:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA650IAEA/IRAN: DG'S REPORT: NO SUSPENSION, NO FURTHER
[...] (SBU) The DG, as mandated by UNSCR 1696, reported that as of August 31 Iran has not suspended uranium enrichment activities, halted construction of the heavy water research reactor at Arak, cooperated with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues, voluntarily implemented the Additional Proto [...]
2006-08-31 17:50:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA659IAEA/IRAN: "LIKE-MINDED" DISCUSS DG REPORT,
[...] (U) This is a guidance request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Ambassador Schulte met with the group of "like-minded" countries (EU3, CAN, AUS, NZ, NOR, ROK, JAP, ARG) on September 6, with all parties agreeing that the DG's August 31 report clearly shows Iranian defiance of UNSCR 1696 (even tho [...]
2006-09-06 17:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA815IAEA/DPRK/IRAN: JAPAN NIXES BOG DPRK RESOLUTION;
[...] (S) Like-minded countries, meeting at the US mission November 2, agreed with Japan's view that, in light of the October 31 announcement on Six-Party talks, the Board should pursue a Chairman's Summary, but not a resolution unless the DPRK reneges on this agreement. Country statements at the B [...]
2006-11-03 15:11:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA851IAEA/IRAN: SECRETARIAT TELLS MEMBER STATES THAT
[...] (SBU) During a technical briefing on November 15, the IAEA Secretariat advised that TC project IRA/9/019 (Strengthening Safety Capabilities for the Construction of a research Reactor) was not directly linked to enrichment and reprocessing activities, and the "Secretariat is certain this proj [...]
2006-11-17 08:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USEUBRUSSELS4207EU PRESIDENT BARROSO'S JANUARY VISIT: THE VIEW
[...] (C/NF) European Union Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso's January 8 trip to Washington is an opportunity to marshal Commission support for action over the next six months in accelerating political and technical cooperation on energy and climate change, completing the Doha Round, and ma [...]
2006-12-22 11:21:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCVIS EAID ECON ELAB ENRG EUN PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO418NAC STATEMENT ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES
[...] The North Atlantic Council on July 5 discussed North Korea's multiple launches of ballistic missiles and agreed to issue the statement below on behalf of the 26 nations. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plans also to meet with the press. 2. Begin NAC Statement: NATO North Atlanti [...]
2006-07-05 11:01:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL MCAP NK
06USNATO425READOUT OF THE JULY 05 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: From the 05 July North Atlantic Council (NAC): --DPRK: In response to the July 4 missile launches, Amb Nuland urges NAC to issue condemnatory statement. --Darfur: NATO personnel to travel to Darfur, D/CMC notifies of possibility of additional airlift request if AMIS expands. - [...]
2006-07-06 16:43:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MOPS MARR PREL IZ AF SU
06USNATO592RFG: UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO AHTISAARI'S 18
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Friday, October 13. 2. (C) On Wednesday, October 18 UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari will brief an expanded North Atlantic Council (NAC) including non-NATO KFOR contributing countries on a comprehensive settlement proposal for Kosovo. [...]
2006-10-10 13:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL
06USNATO602AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SERBIAN
[...] (U) Summary: On October 18, Ambassador Nuland hosted Serbian Ambassador to the EU Branko Milinkovic to discuss Serbian Partnership for Peace (PfP) aspirations and Serbia's compliance with the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Ambassador Nuland expressed dismay [...]
2006-10-13 07:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL
06USNATO603NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]
2006-10-13 13:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO609NATO ALLIES GIVE GEORGIA CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies expressed support for Georgia's territorial integrity during an October 13 briefing by Deputy Foreign Minister Kutelia on the arrest and expulsion of alleged Russian spies, but most also expressed disappointment in Georgia's handling of the case. Allies advised Geo [...]
2006-10-16 16:09:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL PGOV PINR GG
06USNATO610ALBANIA RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS FROM NATO ALLIES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Albania received qualified praise from NATO Allies for its implementation of political and defense reforms and admonitions to quicken its reform pace during an October 10 meeting with NATO's Senior Political Committee/Reinforced. During the meeting, in which Albania presented [...]
2006-10-16 16:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AL
06USNATO615NATO ALLIES ENCOURAGE CROATIA IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Croatia presented its Annual National Plan (ANP) outlining its reform goals for the coming year. The Croatian delegation expressed its hope that Croatia would receive an encouraging message on its membership prospects out of the November NATO Summit and a member [...]
2006-10-18 07:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR HR
06USNATO62217 OCTOBER COFFEE
[...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]
2006-10-19 15:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06USNATO624ICTY ACTION PLAN SCORECARD, OCTOBER 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 16:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALSR KCRM PREL PGOV PHUM
06USNATO626AHTISAARI UPDATES THE NAC ON KOSOVO STATUS TALKS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC on the Kosovo status process under an expanded session with non-NATO KFOR contributing countries. Ahtisaari stated that the talks are reaching a point where he will have to make a comprehensive [...]
2006-10-20 12:40:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
06USNATO635VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Ambassador Nuland delivered reftel A talking points to key Ally Ambassadors (strictly protect) on October 24, informing them of U.S. support for Romania as host for the 2008 NATO summit. German Perm Rep Duckwitz said Berlin was still reviewing the options, though they previously had sup [...]
2006-10-25 17:17:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR RO PO
06USNATO639FRENCH MANEUVERS TO PUT BRAKES ON ALLIED-PARTNER
[...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, France tried to launch a campaign to deny NATO partners formal 26 plus one consultations with Allies, substituting "informal" meetings. The French move began with Georgia (ref. A) and initially looked like a "one-off" move designed to assuage the Russians a [...]
2006-10-26 15:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR FR
06USNATO640DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT ADDRESSES THE NORTH
[...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt reviewed key points of the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) with the North Atlantic Council on 18 October 2006. Kimmitt noted that the ICI is a contract between the international community and Iraq with the goal of achieving economic [...]
2006-10-26 18:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL IZ AF
06USNATO641NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT OCTOBER 25, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Belgian FM De Gucht, addressing the NAC in his capacity as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),highlighted the OSCE,s intermediary role between Russia and Georgia, saying that there was "almost open conflict" between the two countries over South Ossetia, and argued for "addres [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO643NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY &
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]
2006-10-27 13:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO659NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SACEUR blasts France, Turkey and Italy for not fulfilling their security responsibility in areas around Kabul; NAC with EU, UN, World Bank Representatives seeks better coordination on reconstruction and development; NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) asks [...]
2006-11-03 16:42:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO666NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Azerbaijan: Azeri President Aliev provides an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan,s reforms, predicts an end to Russia,s energy monopoly, and warns that frozen conflicts are the biggest threat he sees to regional stability, (see separate front channel message). -- Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-13 13:55:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO668EAPC CONSULTATIONS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATO,S
[...] (U) Partner Ambassadors responded positively to the Secretary-General,s briefing on plans to transform NATO,s SIPDIS partnerships at Riga in their last consultations with Allied PermReps before the November 28-29 Summit. They voiced support for expanding access to proven PfP tools to other [...]
2006-11-13 16:33:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USNATO670AMBASSADOR NULAND,S MEETING WITH SERBIAN ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Serbian Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Branislav Dordevic, along with Serbian Ambassador Branko Milinkovic, met with Ambassador Nuland on November 7 to lobby for Serbia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at Riga. Dordevic stressed the delicate political situation in Ser [...]
2006-11-14 11:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO674AFGHANISTAN: GETTING THE SLOVAKS TO MOVE SOUTH
[...] (C) Per request in reftel, Ambassador Nuland pushed Slovak PermRep Slobodnik on November 14 to keep working on repositioning Slovakia's engineering unit from Kabul to Kandahar in time to announce the decision at the Riga Summit November 28. The Ambassador told Slobodnik to let her know if a [...]
2006-11-15 17:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF LO
06USNATO676NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 15, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Western Balkans: During an informal PermRep meeting, U.S. PermRep states that without more progress on ICTY, the Riga Summit is too soon to grant Partnership for Peace (PfP) status to Serbia; she proposes keeping pressure on Serbia through the elections, then taking up PfP i [...]
2006-11-17 17:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO677NATO DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OLSON MEETS
[...] (SBU) On November 16, Bosnian Ambassador to Belgium Sven Alkalaj met with DCM Rick Olson to lobby for Bosnia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit. Alkalaj highlighted the recent elections in Bosnia and gave a brief update on the ongoing formation of the next gover [...]
2006-11-21 07:47:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO684NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 22, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 18:52:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO687NOVEMBER 7 HLTF AND NRC-ACE MEETINGS AT NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The HLTF met November 7 to review next steps regarding the U.S.-proposed "positive agenda" for engaging Russia on CFE issues during the next months; to consider language on CFE for inclusion in a Riga communiqu; and to address remaining questions regarding several I.S. discuss [...]
2006-11-28 11:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV KCFE NATO PREL RS
06USNATO699A/S FRIED BRIEFS ADRIATIC THREE MINISTERS ON RIGA
[...] (C) EUR A/S Fried briefed Albanian, Croatian, and Macedonian FMs December 3 on Riga summit outcomes and the upcoming decision on Kosovo,s final status. He urged their assistance in moderating both Serbian and Kosovar responses to this last unresolved Balkans security issue. The Adriatic Thre [...]
2006-12-07 07:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR XB
06USNATO701NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 06, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG conveyed the strong political convictions expressed by NATO Allies at the Summit in support of NATO's Afghanistan operations. He also cited the recent reduction in the overall level of violence in Afghanistan and the Hungarian donation of 20,000 rifles to t [...]
2006-12-07 15:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO706BOUCHER AND NATO TALK AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 14:17:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO OVIP PREL
06USNATO707EAPC AMBASSADORS ENDORSE RIGA SUMMIT DECISION TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Partner Ambassadors responded positively to NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's briefing on the Riga Summit on December 6, and endorsed the Alliance's November 29 invitation to Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro to join the Partnership for Peace. End Summary. 2. (U) Euro-Atla [...]
2006-12-11 14:46:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USNATO711USNATO REINFORCES NEED FOR ICTY REFERENCE IN
[...] (C) USNATO Charge Olson advised Serbian Special Envoy to NATO, Ambassador Branco Milinkovic, on December 12 that it is essential that Serbia,s Partnership for Peace Presentation Document include ICTY compliance language. This, he suggested, could follow the lines of President Tadic,s letter [...]
2006-12-13 15:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EAPC SR
06USNATO712U/S BURNS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting December 5 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) De Hoop Scheffer, U/S Burns discussed strategy for NATO's 2008 and 2009 Summits, which should focus on NATO's global missions and partnerships, enlargement, and Afghanistan. U/S Burns advised careful consideration of the [...]
2006-12-13 15:50:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNMARR NATO OVIP PREL
06USNATO716ACCESSION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO,
[...] (C) In a historic and emotional morning at NATO HQ on December 14, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia joined the Partnership for Peace by signing the PfP Framework Document in back-to-back meetings with the North Atlantic Council (NAC). BiH trilateral Presidency Chairman Nebosjsha [...]
2006-12-14 17:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR XB
06USNATO720NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 14, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG details a busy calendar of NATO events for early 2007. He observed that much more needs to be done on ANA train and equip. Ambassador Nuland seconds SYG,s call to accelerate military advice on ANA training before Seville, and also asked for more detailed br [...]
2006-12-15 16:51:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
06USNATO729INDIA TO SEEK NATO POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer reported to the NATO PermReps today that India would like to seek, on a strictly confidential basis, the opening of political consultations with NATO. The Indian Ambassador told the Secretary-General in a private meeting that India will send [...]
2006-12-19 15:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL IN PK AF
06USNATO731RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]
2006-12-19 16:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06USNATO734SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios met December 15 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer to discuss the situation in Darfur, relations between NATO and the African Union (AU),and the spread of instability into Chad and the Central African Republic. Natsios said d [...]
2006-12-20 13:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS NATO AU SU UN
06USOSCE113SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC LOOKS TO OSCE TO HELP
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 10 meeting in Vienna with USOSCE Ambassador Finley, Serbian President Boris Tadic expressed hope that the OSCE and ODIHR will play a prominent role in monitoring the May 21 independence referendum in Montenegro. Tadic said that a majority of Serbs favor cooperating wi [...]
2006-03-13 15:23:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR YI
06USOSCE142A RUSSIAN TAKE ON OSCE ELECTIONS/OTHER ISSUES
[...] (C) Russian OSCE Mission DCM Vladimir Voronkov (protect) told USOSCE PolCouns March 31 to expect a "very difficult" second half of 2006 in OSCE with respect to elections observation issues. Voronkov said that while he doubts there is any written instruction, he is convinced that the MFA has [...]
2006-04-03 08:45:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PINR PREL RS
06USOSCE203USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN:
[...] (SBU) This is a joint USOSCE-Embassy Ashgabat message. 2. (C) Summary: During her May 4-5 visit to Ashgabat, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met with GOTX officials to urge progress on human rights and democratic reforms in Turkmenistan. With the exception of FM Rashit Meredov, GOTX interlocut [...]
2006-05-16 09:07:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TX
06USOSCE246WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 16:17:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1003UNSC/SOMALIA: SHARIA COURT MILITIAS THREATENING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General (A/SYG) Kalomoh urged Security Council Members at May 15 consultations to intensify their contacts, especially within the Contact Group and the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs),on the diffe [...]
2006-05-17 12:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO UNSC XW
06USUNNEWYORK1006UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 17,2006 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Oper [...]
2006-05-18 09:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1007UN/IRAQ: MAY 12 TRILATERAL ON UNAMI STAFF AND
[...] (C) Summary. In the May 12 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN interlocutors gave an update on UN staff numbers and details of constitutional and electoral assistance and the Peace Building Initiative. UN HQ has asked SRSG Qazi to flesh out plans for this initiativ [...]
2006-05-18 09:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1008UN/IRAQ: S/I AMBASSADOR JEFFREY ON AN IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) Begin Summary. S/I Ambassador Jim Jeffrey briefed UN U/SYG Gambari and SRSG for Iraq Qazi May 9 on the proposal to develop an "Iraq Compact," whereby UNAMI would work closely with the newly elected Iraqi government to help al-Maliki's cabinet expand Iraq's partnership with the internation [...]
2006-05-18 09:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1010UNMIK/KOSOVO: AHTISAARI BRIEFS CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari briefed the Coordinating and Drafting Group (Contact Group plus Greece, Slovakia and Denmark) May 12 on his upcoming consultations in June and his plans for the parties to meet in Ju [...]
2006-05-18 14:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1013UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FOLLOW-ON
[...] The Security Council May 17 adopted a follow-up resolution to urge progress on the implementation of UNSCR 1559 (2004). Drafted by the UK, U.S. and France and co-sponsored by Slovakia and Denmark, UNSCR 1680 (2006) was adopted by a 13-0-2 vote, with Russia and China abstaining. 2. Reflectin [...]
2006-05-18 17:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1014UN/IRAQ: IRAQI CHARGE ON MNF REVIEW, UNAMI AND
[...] (C) MNF Review: In a May 16 meeting, Ambassador Bolton and Iraqi Charge Estrabadi discussed the upcoming June UNSC review of the mandate for the Multi National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). Estrabadi said he had heard rumors of Russian proposals that would derail the mandate review and wanted to make [...]
2006-05-18 17:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1015UN: OIOS REPORT ON FRAUD AND CORRUPTION
[...] Summary. The report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on the investigation conducted by the Investigations Task Force (ITF) into fraud and corruption allegations at Pristina Airport (A/60/720) will be considered by the Fifth Committee during its 2nd resumed session that beg [...]
2006-05-18 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1016INDIA REJECTS UNSC BRIEFING ON NEPAL AS WELL AS UN
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting on Nepal hosted by UK PermRep to the UN Sir Emyr Jones Parry and attended by Special Adviser to SYG Annan Vijay Nambiar and USUN Deputy PermRep Wolff -- but not Indian PermRep Nirupam Sen, who decided at the last minute not to attend -- the UK pushed for a [...]
2006-05-18 20:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV UNSC NP
06USUNNEWYORK1017DARFUR RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH SOME
[...] (C) After three rounds of working-level negotiations and an eleventh-hour Ambassadorial exchange over timing of adoption, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously May 16 to adopt Resolution 1679 (2006),Chapter VII reference and all (text in Paragraph 7). Congo, Denmark, France, [...]
2006-05-18 20:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1018WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 joint call with SRSG for Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli, Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, noted the Security Council's April rollover of the MINURSO mandate and its failure to take action on the Secretary General's recommendation of direct talks bet [...]
2006-05-18 21:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06USUNNEWYORK1033INDIAN DPR PLEDGES TO COOPERATE WITH USG ON NEPAL, UN BUDGET, AND SYG SELECTION
[...] (C/NF) During a May 19 lunch with USUN Deputy PermRep Wolff, Indian Deputy PermRep Ajai Malhotra (protect) reported that he had been sent to New York with instructions from Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran to cooperate with the USG on the broad range of issues facing both countries at the UN. [...]
2006-05-19 21:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UNSC KUNR AORC NP IN
06USUNNEWYORK1035AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETING WITH UNMIK SRSG SOREN
[...] (C) During a May 19 meeting at the Brook Club in New York, Ambassador Wisner and UNMIK SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen discussed recent developments in the Kosovo status process and progress towards standards implementation. (Note: As the Brook Club does not allow note taking on its premises, thi [...]
2006-05-19 22:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1039COUNCIL APPEARS READY TO DOWNSIZE UNMEE, BUT SOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acknowledging the failure of the May 17 meeting of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) to produce a breakthrough in the border standoff between Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members finally expressed their readiness to downsize the UN M [...]
2006-05-23 13:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1040COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WHERE ARE THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the Secretary General's counter-terrorism strategy (ref A) continued May 15-18 in General Assembly informal consultations. Delegations were divided among those who urged the Assembly to craft a strategy from the elements on which all could agree and those who s [...]
2006-05-23 13:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1041DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES
[...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]
2006-05-23 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1042DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES
[...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]
2006-05-23 20:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1043BALKAN PERMREPS MEET AMBASSADOR WISNER TO TALK
[...] (C) Romanian Ambassador Mihnea Motoc hosted a dinner on May 16 for U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner to discuss the future status of Kosovo. Other invitees included the permanent representatives from Greece, Slovakia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and S [...]
2006-05-23 20:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI EU SR
06USUNNEWYORK1062SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL TO HOLD "INFORMAL
[...] (C) P5 Permanent Representatives (PRs) met May 18 to discuss next steps in the Security Council's efforts to select the next UN Secretary-General (SYG). Based on P5 agreement, the French will host "informal informals" of the Security Council on Thursday, May 25. The P5 have agreed that Franc [...]
2006-05-23 23:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1065SYG SELECTION: INDIA PUSHES UNHELPFUL GA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. The Indians are reportedly leading an aggressive General Assembly (GA) effort by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to advocate for a GA resolution that would demand the Security Council recommend more than one candidate to be the next Secretary-General. The proposal, which seeks to capi [...]
2006-05-24 13:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN IN
06USUNNEWYORK1066EGELAND TELLS UNSC NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jan Egeland told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on May 19 that while 2005 was a 'lost' year in terms of peace and reconciliation in the Darfur crisis, 2006 was looking up, [...]
2006-05-24 13:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1067UN REFORM: G-77 URGES POSTPONEMENT OF ECOSOC
[...] (U) The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened an opening round of informal consultations on a review of its mandates on May 23 pursuant to the Secretary-General's report (A/60/733) and General Assembly guidelines for UN mandate review. Haiti's Permrep Leo Merores, who is ECOSOC Vic [...]
2006-05-24 15:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK1070UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'S 14TH
[...] (U) Summary: Building on reforms advanced since the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the May 1-12 fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) successfully focused on practical approaches to increase access to modern energy services. An interagency U.S. [...]
2006-05-25 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENRG EAID TRGY ECON UN
06USUNNEWYORK1071UN FINANCES: 2006 PAYMENTS ARE SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: On May 24th, UN Controller Warren Sach updated the Fifth Committee on the current financial situation of the United Nations. He noted that the overall financial situation in 2005 was better than 2004, but that 2006 payments thus far on the regular budget were below payments made this [...]
2006-05-25 17:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1072MAY 24 INFORMALS ON ENVIRONMENT HIGHLIGHT
[...] (U) Co-chairs of the informal consultation process on the framework of the UN's environment activities, Ambassador Maurer of Switzerland and Ambassador Berruga of Mexico, convened a one hour meeting May 24 to brief New York delegations on the outcome of their recent trips to Nairobi and Geneva [...]
2006-05-25 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR SENV
06USUNNEWYORK1073EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...]
2006-05-25 21:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG
06USUNNEWYORK1075UN SECRETARIAT SAYS NEPALIS SUPPORT EXPANDED UN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 23 meeting with visiting IO/UNP Deskoff and USUN Poloff, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Tamrat Samuel briefed on his recently-completed visit to Nepal and India and outlined his views of a possible expanded role for the UN in Nepal. Samuel said ne [...]
2006-05-26 13:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO NP IN
06USUNNEWYORK1077UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...]
2006-05-26 16:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP UN
06USUNNEWYORK10781267 COMMITTEE: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. PAPER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Mission stressed its desire to work closely with the USUN to reach agreement on how to revise listing and de-listing procedures in the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee. French Mission officials met with USUN on May 22 to respond to our April 27 d [...]
2006-05-26 18:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1079DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PAUSE AS G77 DEPARTS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 19:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1081COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY: USUN CONSULTATIONS
[...] Summary. Ambassador Wolff met May 26 with the Co-Chairmen of the General Assembly Counter-terrorism Strategy consultations to discuss the next phase of work on the strategy. They plan to produce a discussion paper for consideration by the Group and sought U.S. views on some of the most sens [...]
2006-05-26 20:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1083CHANGE IN POE RESTRICTIONS FOR CUBANS AT THE UN
[...] This is a request for guidance -- see paragraph 3. 2. Reftel lists designated ports of entry for Cuban nationals with G-1 visas as "Entry at: New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C. (Dulles only),Miami and Houston." Beginning in January 2006, however, SAO clearance reports (applicable to indivi [...]
2006-05-26 21:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OFDP CU UN
06USUNNEWYORK1086SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS, MAY 25,
[...] (C) Summary. Security Council PRs met May 25 in "informal informals" to discuss next steps in the process of selecting the Secretary-General. Basic agreement was reached that the Council would seek to announce in June its intention to "begin the process" in July, though the form of that anno [...]
2006-05-30 15:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1088UNSC: MAY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] Summary: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council held May 24, U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari addressed the following subjects: developments on the Quartet's support for an EU funding mechanism for Palestinian assistance; the impact of Israeli closures, barrier construction and settlement activ [...]
2006-05-31 13:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1093UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Members of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee communicated May 25 via videoconference with Court Registrar Lovemore Munlo and other Court officials to discuss the proposed $26.8 million budget projected for July 2006-June 2007, progress in the three trials now underw [...]
2006-05-31 18:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
06USUNNEWYORK1119SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS MAY 31,
[...] (C) Security Council Ambassadors met May 31 in "informal informals" to continue last week's discussion on the process of selecting the next Secretary-General (reftel) and to agree on the text of a letter from the incoming Security Council President (Denmark) to the President of the General Asse [...]
2006-06-01 18:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN DA
06USUNNEWYORK1120HUNGARY: CEDAW CANDIDACY
[...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Prof. Dr. Andrea Peto for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The elec [...]
2006-06-01 18:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM HU
06USUNNEWYORK1123HAITI: UN SECRETARIAT SOLICITS VIEWS ON CHANGES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Director of the UN DPKO Europe and Latin America Division, convened Friends of Haiti experts on May 26 to outline preliminary UN views and solicit feedback on possible changes to the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after UNSCR [...]
2006-06-02 15:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA
06USUNNEWYORK1124UN REFORM: JUSCKANZ AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STRATEGY
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Bolton convened a meeting of JUSCKANZ ambassadors (Note: South Korea recently joined JUSCKANZ discussions) the afternoon of May 23 to coordinate a strategy aimed at achieving meaningful results on mandate review and UN management reform before the $950 million spending aut [...]
2006-06-02 18:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1137UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]
2006-06-05 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1142LESSONS LEARNED FROM UNMEE'S 'RIGHTSIZING'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, after almost seven hours of continuous, mostly ambassadorial-level negotiations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted as a Presidential text resolution 1681, which reduced the military component of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) [...]
2006-06-05 21:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1148ICTY PRESIDENT POCAR PREVIEWS JUNE 7 ADDRESS FOR
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY. Appealing for continuing U.S. support, Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),previewed his June 7 address to the Security Council for Ambassador Wolff on June 5. Pocar said he would focus on the ICTY's work [...]
2006-06-06 20:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC NL BK
06USUNNEWYORK1149CHINESE LOOK FOR INCREASED COOPERATION AS SC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Annabi gave the Security Council June 2 an overview of the current situation throughout Sudan in advance of the UNSC's Mission to Sudan, Addis Ababa and Chad. The most notable part of [...]
2006-06-06 20:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1154PAKISTAN AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: This cable, which focuses on Pakistan's opposition to U.S. positions and interests at the UN, is the second in a series. Like Egypt -- the first UN member state reviewed by USUN (reftel) -- Pakistan is one of a handful of countries (including India, Brazil, and South Afri [...]
2006-06-06 21:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR UNGA UNSC PK
06USUNNEWYORK1156HAITI SRSG MULET CALLS FOR MAINTAINING MINUSTAH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi convened Friends of Haiti (U.S., France, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile) on June 1 to meet newly-appointed Special Repres [...]
2006-06-06 22:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA
06USUNNEWYORK1157SYG ANNAN DISCUSSES IRAN, DARFUR, SOMALIA AND UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting convened at his request, Secretary-General (SYG) Annan gave Ambassador Bolton a SIPDIS read-out of his recent conversation with head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Larijani on the incentives package just presented by European Union High Representative [...]
2006-06-06 23:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAMGT AORC CM IR NI PGOV PREL PTER SO SU
06USUNNEWYORK1158A/SYG ANNABI BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on June 2, A/SYG Annabi briefed Council members on the latest report on UNFICYP and reiterated the Secretariat's position that the situation on Cyprus is not yet ripe for another political mission aimed at final resolution of the conflict. A/S [...]
2006-06-07 14:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC CY UNFICYP
06USUNNEWYORK1161UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL 2006 ASSESSMENT
[...] USUN has faxed to Department IO/S-David Leis and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated June 6, 2006, requesting payment of SIPDIS additional U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2006 in the amount of $5,170,000. The note also [...]
2006-06-07 15:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1163UN FINANCES: G77 RAISES LIFTING OF SPENDING CAP IN
[...] SUMMARY: The normally routine discussion on the UN financial situation turned heated on June 1st when the G77 raised the issue of lifting the spending cap and linked it to late payments by some Member States. Delegations stated that the cap had been imposed on the Organization by a few Member [...]
2006-06-07 15:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1174UNSC/SOMALIA: UN URGES AGAINST SUPPORTING FACTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 8 briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Department of Political Affairs Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Kalomoh warned Members 'this is not the time to abandon Somalia,' given what he called the 'tense military stand-off' between militias of the U [...]
2006-06-08 22:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER SO UNSC IGAD
06USUNNEWYORK1180ICTY/ICTR PRESIDENTS, PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Presidents of and Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed the Security Council June 7 on their progress toward implementation of the Completion Strategy of the re [...]
2006-06-09 19:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICTY KJUS UNSC ICTR
06USUNNEWYORK1181UN REFORM: U.S. HOSTS LUNCH TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD
[...] Summary. In the latest in a series of lunches on reform in New York, Ambassadors and representatives from fourteen key countries on June 6 acknowledged that time was getting short and that it was critical to seek agreement on measures to strengthen the UN. At the lunch, hosted for the first [...]
2006-06-09 22:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1191UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A
[...] SUMMARY: As requested in resolution 60/256, the Secretary-General has prepared a report providing a business SIPDIS analysis on the possibility of constructing a new permanent building on the North Lawn. The report states that there is a cost advantage in the long-term to constructing a bu [...]
2006-06-12 21:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1196UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1683 ON LIBERIA
[...] On June 13, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1683, which amends the arms embargo in Liberia. The new resolution allows the Government of Liberia to procure a limited number of weapons for vetted and trained security personnel. 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Security Council, [...]
2006-06-13 22:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
06USUNNEWYORK1197SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1687
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 22:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICTR KJUS UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1198UN SECRETARIAT OUTLINES STEPS TO ESTABLISH HARIRI
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Department laywers and USUN Political and Legal officers on June 9, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) lawyer Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu said they believed they had reached agreement with Lebanese judges Chouc [...]
2006-06-13 23:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM PINR KISL UNSC LE SY UN
06USUNNEWYORK1199UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated May 31, 2006 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNMEE $ 2,795,946 UNMIL $47,535,464 UNMIS $60,080,750 2. Copy of receipts have been faxed to IO/EX/OB-Alice Green and IO/PSC- [...]
2006-06-14 14:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1208 PERMREP EMPHASIZES CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO SC
[...] (C) During the Security Council's meeting this morning, Chinese Ambassador Wang asked Ambassador Bolton to step out of the briefing on the Council's recent trip to Sudan and Chad. Wang, on instructions from Beijing, said that China opposed any consideration of Burma in the Council, seeing no [...]
2006-06-15 18:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM
06USUNNEWYORK1222UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 18:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1223UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 18:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN OCHA UN
06USUNNEWYORK1224DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION NEGOTIATIONS SHIFT INTO NEW
[...] (u) The current phase of negotiations on the development resolution in follow-up to the World Summit Outcome ended at midnight Thursday (6/16-17) without an agreed text. Facilitator Paul Lolo of Nigeria will no longer be available and responsibility for further progress will revert back to th [...]
2006-06-16 19:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1225UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE FOR THE
[...] (U) Summary: The UNSC held public and private sessions on June 15 to review the mandate of the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) as well as to review Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) arrangements. Council members voiced unanimous support fo [...]
2006-06-16 21:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1226UNSC EXTENDS UNIIIC MANDATE AND ALLOWS BRAMMERTZ
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council voted unanimously on June 16 to adopt UNSCR 1686 (text contained in ref A),which extends the mandate of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) until 15 June 2007 and "supports the Commission's intention" to extend further its [...]
2006-06-16 21:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK1227PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION:
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]
2006-06-16 21:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK1228DRC SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE CHAIR CALLS FOR MORE
[...] (C) DRC Sanctions Committee Chairman, Peruvian PermRep de Rivero, recently called on members of the Committee to submit new names of individuals and entities for sanctions under resolution 1596. Both France and the UK would like to respond to the Chairman,s call and submit new names for listi [...]
2006-06-16 21:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL CG EFIN ETTC PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1229PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION:
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]
2006-06-16 21:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK12351267 COMMITTEE: BELGIAN DE-LISTING REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Mission recently provided more information to USUN about the background of two individuals for whom Belgium has requested de-listing from the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee's sanctions list. The information w [...]
2006-06-19 20:17:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE
06USUNNEWYORK1241GA MANDATE REVIEW DISCUSSIONS
[...] Summary: General Assembly mandate review discussions continued in light of the Co-Chairs proposal to focus remaining discussion, at least initially, on those mandates that are older than five years and have not been renewed. Co-Chair Rock opened the meeting by addressing the Co-Chairs letter, [...]
2006-06-20 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1244UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1689 ON LIBERIA
[...] On June 20, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1689, which lifts timber sanctions in Liberia. If the Liberian Congress fails to pass necessary forestry legislation within 90 days, resolution 1689 expresses the Council's determination to reinstate the timber ban. The new res [...]
2006-06-20 21:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
06USUNNEWYORK1245NOTE TO SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE FROM
[...] Mission received the following note dated June 15, 2006, from Kjell Magne Bondevik, UN SYG's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, requesting a meeting on June 26, 2006, to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USUN is in discussion with IO/RHS on how to faci [...]
2006-06-21 13:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM XW
06USUNNEWYORK1248UNSC/SOMALIA: MOST MEMBERS ANXIOUS FOR ACTION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At June 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations on Somalia, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Fall discussed humanitarian, political and security aspects of the current crisis, outlining five possible scenarios that could result from the powe [...]
2006-06-21 16:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER SO UNSC IGAD
06USUNNEWYORK1249UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 20:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1250UN REFORM: SECURITY COUNCIL MANDATE REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. The Security Council has begun the process of reviewing its mandates as called for by heads of state at last year's World Summit. The review process will proceed in two phases, the first of which will identify areas of consensus among Council members for early action. As part of [...]
2006-06-21 20:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KUNR UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1251RUSSIA CHALLENGES POSITIVE JESSEN-PETERSEN REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Soren Jessen-Petersen praised new Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Agim Ceku for action on reforms and accelerated progress on standards implementation, [...]
2006-06-21 20:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1252UN BUDGETS: ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION NEEDED FOR
[...] SUMMARY: In Security Council resolution 1662 (2006),the Council extended the mandate of UNAMA for one year until March 22, 2007, and the General Assembly approved $13,616,900 in funding for the Mission for the period of January 1 - March 31, 2006, in its resolution 60/255. The Secretary-Gene [...]
2006-06-21 20:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1254INDIA AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. India's positions on key issues of importance to the U.S. in New York do not appear to have kept pace with the increasingly strong bilateral ties developing in New Delhi and Washington. India is perceived as one of a handful of countries (which includes Egypt, Pakistan, B [...]
2006-06-21 22:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON AORC KUNR UNSC IN
06USUNNEWYORK1255SPECIAL ADVISER ON AFRICA LEGWAILA: 'UN CAN'T
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 14 courtesy call, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (formerly Special Representative of the SYG for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) shared his 'professional peacekeeper' views with Ambassador Bolton on the proliferat [...]
2006-06-21 22:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XW ZF KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1263 UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS EVALUATION CONCLUDES DPA NEEDS
[...] This is an action request. Mission seeks guidance on the subject evaluation report in time for the next session of CPC, beginning August 14. 2. Summary: In its report on the UN's Department of Political Affairs (DPA),issued as E/AC.51/2006/4, the Office of Internal Oversight Services (O [...]
2006-06-23 20:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1264UN OVERSIGHT: EVALUATIONS NEED IMPROVEMENT
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on the OIOS report summarized in this cable in time for the 46th session of the Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC),which begins August 14, 2006. 2. SUMMARY: In its biennial report covering the period 2004-2005 on strengthening the r [...]
2006-06-23 20:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1265UN REFORM: OIOS CHIEF WARNS NEW STUDY COULD LEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Inga-Britt Ahlenius met privately June 9 with Ambassador Wallace to present her vision of a strengthened, more independent OIOS, but warned the soon-to-be released independent external evaluation of UN oversight prepared by Price-Wate [...]
2006-06-23 20:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC UUNR UNGA ASIG
06USUNNEWYORK1266UN OVERSIGHT: JIU LACUNAE REPORT (A/60/860)
[...] This is an action request. USUN seeks Department guidance on the JIU Report on "Oversight Lacunae in the United Nations System" summarized below in time for imminent discussions in the Fifth Committee on UN oversight and accountability. 2. SUMMARY: The UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) has re [...]
2006-06-23 21:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR ASIG UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1268UNSC: JUNE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] Summary: During the monthly briefing on Middle East issues to the Security Council June 21, UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari reviewed recent events, including intra-Palestinian political developments and the welcome prospect of an imminent Olmert-Abbas meeting; an increase in violence resulting in dea [...]
2006-06-23 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1269 SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON ADMISSION OF
[...] The SC Committee on Admission of New Members met June 20 to consider the application of Montenegro for membership in the United Nations. The Committee recommended that the Council adopt a resolution recommending that Montenegro be admitted to UN membership. On June 21, the Council adopted the [...]
2006-06-26 14:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDMW PNAT PREL SR UNGA UNSC XG XH ZL
06USUNNEWYORK1270LOOTED IRAQI STATUE?
[...] USUN has received a June 21 diplomatic note (text in para 2 below) from the Iraqi Mission to the UN requesting USG assistance in returning a statue reportedly looted from the Iraqi Museum. As the note refers to information provided by AmEmbassy Baghdad, perhaps action is already underway. US [...]
2006-06-26 15:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP IZ UN
06USUNNEWYORK1283SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES INTERNATIONAL LAW
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Security Council members joined by 16 other representatives of UN Missions debated the topic of the Security Council and international law on June 22, 2006. Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, and President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),Ro [...]
2006-06-29 13:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KJUS UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1287NEPAL: INDIA SUPPORTS UN ROLE IN MAOIST DDR BUT IS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indian Mission to the UN diplomat Harsh Shringla told Poloff June 20 that while his government supports the early establishment of a UN mission in Nepal to monitor Maoist disarmament, New Delhi would greatly prefer to avoid adding Nepal to the UNSC agenda for discussion -- lest [...]
2006-06-29 14:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO NP IN
06USUNNEWYORK1297UNGA: JUNE 28-30 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE UN
[...] Summary: General Assembly members gathered for informal consultations on the draft UN Global Counter-Terrorism strategy from June 28-30. Many had detailed line-in, line-out comments while reserving the right to provide additional comments separately to the co-chairs of the discussion. The [...]
2006-07-03 18:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1298UN REFORM: SYG'S REPORT EXPLAINS ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] SUMMARY: In Addendum 6 to the report of the Secretary-General, &Investing in the United Nations for a SIPDIS stronger Organization worldwide,8(A/60/846) the definition of accountability, clear accountability mechanisms, and parameters for the enforcement of accountability are addressed, as [...]
2006-07-03 19:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1299SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO DRC: SOME FINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11-12 the Democratic Republic of Congo hosted a Security Council mission led by France and with eight other members participating. The U.S. was the only other P5 member represented. DPKO and mission delegations drafted a detailed account of the Council mission and th [...]
2006-07-03 20:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC CG
06USUNNEWYORK1315CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: USUN Management Reform (M/R) officer represented the U.S. Delegation at a June 21st organizational meeting of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) to discuss preparations for the 46th CPC session, scheduled for August 14 - September 8, 2006. Jamaica was elected by acclima [...]
2006-07-05 21:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1318GA REVITALIZATION DEBATE TO CONTINUE; NO AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The working group on GA revitalization continues to debate the co-Chairs' proposed report and recommendations, including language related to the selection process of the Secretary-General. The most recent group meeting, on June 29, revealed divergent positions on a number of issu [...]
2006-07-05 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1321UN ADMINISTRATION: U.S. MEMBER REPASCH TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 17:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK1323WRAP-UP OF UN CHARTER COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL
[...] SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee") held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from April 3 to 13, 2006. The Charter Committee adopted a Japanese working paper regarding the Commit [...]
2006-07-06 21:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1334 UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE HOLDS 167TH MEETING
[...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met on July 6 to discuss: 1) feedback from subcommittees on their use of the Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs) and the draft Chairman's paper on how the CTC should use the PIAs to update its working methods, 2) prel [...]
2006-07-10 10:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1335PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: FIRST MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. UN officials, international financial representatives and 31 member states inaugurated the Peacebuilding Commission on June 23. The Angolan permrep took the chair, and announced the selection by consensus of Norway and El Salvador as vice chairs. Each will lead country-specific [...]
2006-07-10 17:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF EAID PREL UNSC KPKO KCRS
06USUNNEWYORK1336PLANNING FOR THE UNIFIL RENEWAL: ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Mission to the UN Political Counselor Gilad Cohen told Poloffs the week of June 26 that the GOI believes the upcoming UNSC resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) should urge the Lebanese Government to deploy forces to thre [...]
2006-07-10 21:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1337UN BUDGET: APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
[...] Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the estimates in respect of Special Political Missions (SPMs) authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council, as well as the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),on [...]
2006-07-10 21:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1340UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ALL
[...] Summary. The Fifth Committee considered over 60 reports related to the budgetary, administrative and policy issues for UN peacekeeping at its second resumed 60th session from May 22 to June 30, 2006. By the end of the session, the Committee had agreed to financing resolutions for all 13 acti [...]
2006-07-11 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1342UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated July 7, 2006 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...]
2006-07-11 20:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1343UN REFORM: UN STAFF UNION REPORT CALLS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Staff Union's Report of the Commission of Experts (CE) on Reforming Internal Justice at the United Nations concludes that the UN is in breach of the international human rights standards, because: it does not provide a level playing field for staff involved in administrative or [...]
2006-07-11 20:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1344UN OVERSIGHT: CONFLICT OF INTEREST INVESTIGATION
[...] SUMMARY: This report, which was requested by USUN under the provision that allows Member States to obtain copies of OIOS reports, details the findings of an OIOS investigation launched in response to the allegations of two UN Joint Staff Pension Fund staff members that procurement irregulariti [...]
2006-07-11 20:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASIG KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1345UN OVERSIGHT: AUDIT REVEALS UNAUTHORIZED POSTAL
[...] SUMMARY: An OIOS audit of the United Nations Postal Administration (OIOS Audit No. AH2005/213/02) for the bienniums 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 found concerning evidence of poor management, inaccurate financial information, procedural violations, and substantial vulnerability to contingent liabil [...]
2006-07-11 20:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1346UN/MANAGEMENT REFORM: U.S. JOINS CONSENSUS IN JULY
[...] (U) USUN, as instructed (ref e-mails),joined other General Assembly members July 7 in adopting by consensus a resolution (A/C.5/60/L.67) supporting a number of management reform measures recommended by the Secretary-General in his report on "Investing in the United Nations for a Stronger Orga [...]
2006-07-11 20:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1347SYG SELECTION: STRAW POLL IN JULY
[...] (C) Summary. The Security Council has agreed on the next stage of the Secretary-General selection process, including the modalities of the straw polls to begin in July and the means by which the Council will notify candidates of the results. Incoming President of the Council, French PR de La [...]
2006-07-12 11:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1349UNSC/SUDAN: PROPOSED WAY FORWARD IN SECURING
[...] (C) In the wake of Sudanese President Al-Bashir's public expressions of categorical opposition to a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in Darfur, we face considerable challenges in securing a resolution to mandate such a presence. While the majority of UN Security Council (SC) Members fa [...]
2006-07-12 17:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1350TERRORISM - CO-CHAIRMEN DISCUSS UN
[...] Action request para 6. 2. Summary. The Co-Chairmen of the informal consultations on the UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy plan to produce a third draft of the strategy before the end of July and convene the next round of discussions during the week of August 21. Prior to completing the next [...]
2006-07-12 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1351UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES
[...] SUMMARY: After several months of discussion, the General Assembly approved Strategy IV (phased approach) for the Capital Master Plan, and also converted into an appropriation the existing commitment authority of $77 million. The resolution (currently found in A/C.5/60/L.66) provides the CMP o [...]
2006-07-12 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1365CHINESE SHOW FLEXIBILITY ON FATF IN CTC
[...] The Chinese expert on the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) advised USUN LegalOff on July 13 that China would not object to having the CTC include the 40 Recommendations on Money Laundering and the 9 Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing of the Financial Action Tas [...]
2006-07-14 19:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1366LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL REPORTS OLA/LEBANESE NEAR
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel told the P-3 on July 12 that UN lawyers and Lebanese judges Ralph Riachy and Choucri Sadr achieved progress last week in negotiating a draft agreement and statute to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of fo [...]
2006-07-14 21:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK1367US VETOES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
[...] The U.S. July 13 cast a no vote -- its first in nearly two years -- to veto an unbalanced Qatari-sponsored resolution on the current Palestinian-Israeli situation in the Middle East. The final vote was 10-1(US)-4(UK, Denmark, Slovakia and Peru). Ambassador Bolton's Statement ---------------- [...]
2006-07-17 15:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1372UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE
[...] Mission was requested to forward the following letter to Secretary Rice. The letter was also faxed to IO/S. SIPDIS Begin text: 20 June 2006 Dear Secretary Rice, Last week I met with Senator Coburn about the Capital Master Plan (CMP) of the United Nations, our $1.6 billion plan to [...]
2006-07-17 20:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1373UN: SG SEEKS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST FUND FOR
[...] USUN received a letter dated 30 June 2006 from the UN's Department of Safety and Security (DSS),soliciting contributions to the Trust Fund for Security of Staff Members of the United Nations System. Begin text of letter: The Secretariat of the United Nations presents its compliments to the [...]
2006-07-17 20:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC
06USUNNEWYORK1374UN BUDGET: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 20:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1375TAGLIAVINI'S LAST UNSC APPEARANCE ON ABKHAZIA:
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking before the Security Council in a private meeting about the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on July 11, Georgian Parliament President Nino Burjanadze delivered a powerful political rebuke of the policies of the Russian Federation on practically every level. Burja [...]
2006-07-17 20:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG RS
06USUNNEWYORK1378SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Security Council met for a briefing by Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari on his progress on overseeing the Kosovo Future Status Talks. The unusual format for the day involved three separate events: a private meeting of the Security Council, closed consultations in wh [...]
2006-07-18 02:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK1379UNSC UNANIMOUSLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,
[...] The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday, July 15 to condemn the recent North Korean missile launches. Resolution 1695 (2006) demands that North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile programme" and calls on member states to prevent "missile and missile-re [...]
2006-07-18 13:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KNNP PARM UNSC KN
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