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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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07USNATO545CROATIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM RECEIVES GOOD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Croatian delegation on September 18 to review their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Allies were general [...]
2007-10-05 10:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL CR
07USNATO547DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETSNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO548RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD OCTOBER 11 & 12 PLENARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on October 11 and 12, will consider: the eligibility for common funding and approval of outsourcing for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in theater sustainment air lift; endorsement of the [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO561SECOND FRENCH PAPER ON PROPOSALS FOR STRENTHENING
[...] (C) Summary: Norway's deputy PermRep provided USNATO with a draft of a French paper on improving EU-NATO cooperation that was circulated at the EU on 1 October. This paper follows an earlier French paper on NATO-EU relations presented at NATO and provides more detail on French ideas. USNATO [...]
2007-10-16 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EU FR XG XT
07USNATO562DUTCH BRIEF US, UK, AUSTRALIA ON URUZGAN FORCE GEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We found Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper unfocused and gloomy on October 16 in briefing key RC-S allies on Uruzgan backfill requests. Dutch engagement with its top three target nations has yielded some results, but not nearly enough. Slovakia is expected shortly to confi [...]
2007-10-17 09:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL AS UK NO FR LO
07USNATO563NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...]
2007-10-17 17:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO564NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...]
2007-10-18 06:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO566KOSOVO TROIKA UPDATES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AND
[...] SUMMARY: The representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. representative Frank Wisner, EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) briefed a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on Monday, October 15, providing a general update on w [...]
2007-10-19 07:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO569REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on October 12 and 13, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) addendum for Missile Defense Feasibility Study to address the impact of the third U.S. site; agreed to forward to Council the report on analysis of expenditures for the NATO Securit [...]
2007-10-22 05:10:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO573FORMER KFOR COMMANDER OPTIMISTS ON KOSOVO, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing KFOR Commander Lieutenant General Roland Kather (Germany),gave his final briefing to an informal meeting of the NAC in an expanded session with all KFOR troop contributing nations. General Kather emphasized that the situation in Kosovo, while currently quiet, neverthe [...]
2007-10-23 08:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MPOS KVIR
07USNATO574CHANGING TIDES ON MISSILE DEFENSE? BRUSSELS THINK
[...] Further evidence that we're making progress on missile defense with Europe, Russian speakers got an earful from a previously skeptical leading Brussels think tank at an 22 October European Security Forum entitled &Does Europe need a new Missile Defense?8 hosted by the Center for European Poli [...]
2007-10-23 16:26:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO
07USNATO576WELCOME TO NATO FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Mission welcomes Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, Douglas E. Lute, and traveling party to Brussels for meetings, October 26-27, 2007. Control Officers for the visit are USNATO Political Officer John Cockrell, office: 32-(0)2-724-3136 cell 32-(0)496-198-008, and [...]
2007-10-24 10:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALOTRA NATO PREL BE
07USNATO577NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...]
2007-10-24 15:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO578NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...]
2007-10-24 15:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO579ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...]
2007-10-24 16:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS
07USNATO584BOSNIA: NATO SYG TO ISSUE STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (S) Ambassador Nuland, at an informal meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives on Tuesday, October 30, informed colleagues that the U.S. would demarche Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Capitals leading up to the October 30-31 meeting seeking their support for High Representative La [...]
2007-10-30 16:13:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL NATO BK
07USNATO585RFG: NTM-I 2007 PERIODIC MISSION REVIEW
[...] SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 4. The Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I) has passed NATO's Military Committee (MC) and the Policy Coordination Group (PCG) will meet on November 9 to consider recommendations to the North Atlanti [...]
2007-10-31 18:21:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL
07USNATO586RFG: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TO COME TO THE
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, November 6. 2. (C) On Wednesday November 7, Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, will come to NATO to update and brief a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and [...]
2007-11-02 15:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO587NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...]
2007-11-02 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO589IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]
2007-11-02 17:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO591GENERAL LUTE, COUNSELOR COHEN AND DELEGATION SHARE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy NSA for Iraq and Afghanistan LTG Douglas Lute and Counselor Eliot Cohen used an October 26 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss their recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. State's Director for Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon and OSD DASD f [...]
2007-11-05 09:22:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF IZ TU
07USNATO596IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]
2007-11-05 16:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO599HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...]
2007-11-07 17:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO60NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 31, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) provided a readout of JCMB meeting in Berlin. The International Military Staff (IMS) Operations Director highlighted the need for more troops, the poor progress on staffing of ISAF X composite HQ, and the concern that misunderstandings abo [...]
2007-02-01 15:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO601NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 7, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Balkans: The NAC discussion with Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, reported separately in reftel. -- Afghanistan: The SYG reported on his November 6 phone conversation with President Kar [...]
2007-11-08 18:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO605SAAKASHVILI PROMISES NATO SYG TO LIFT STATE OF
[...] (C) In his November 11 telephone conversation with Georgian President Saakashvili, NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged him to lift Georgia,s state of emergency, restore Georgia,s media freedoms, and not "lose your friends." He said that Saakashvili had pledged to lift the state of emergency [...]
2007-11-14 16:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO GG
07USNATO607NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 14, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG expressed his disappointment with the Amnesty International report on detainees in Afghanistan. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reported on his visit to Afghanistan, noting among other things the operat [...]
2007-11-16 10:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO608ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS U.S. PREFERENCES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On November 14 Armenian Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchian called on Ambassador Nuland to discuss possible Armenian contributions to ISAF. Mkrtchian said Armenian PM Serzh Sargsyan had been strongly encouraged by SECDEF Gates and other [...]
2007-11-16 16:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV MARR PREL AM PINR AF
07USNATO609ACTION REQUEST: FUNDING TO CONTINUE NATO-RUSSIA
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia, Allies, contributing partners, and recipient countries enthusiastically support the continuation of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) 2006-07 pilot project to train counter-narcotics officials in Central Asia and Afghanistan in 200 [...]
2007-11-19 12:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO610NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING ALLIES ON ISAF FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Given the disappointing results during NATO's November 6-8 Global Force Generation Conference (GFGC),Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) joins me in asking Washington to turn up the political heat on those Allies whom we believe could do more to help fill the International [...]
2007-11-19 13:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO613NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...]
2007-11-21 17:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO615CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...]
2007-11-23 15:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO616NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...]
2007-11-23 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO62PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...]
2007-02-02 08:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
07USNATO621NAC-PSC MEETING ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Richard Wightman (US) and EUFOR Operation Althea Commander Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer (Germany) briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC) on the situation in Bosnia and [...]
2007-11-28 16:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL BK EU
07USNATO623NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that the first draft of the Autumn 2007 ISAF Periodic Mission Review has been sent to the Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault noted that SHAPE,s PRT initiatives are being [...]
2007-11-29 19:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO624NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met on September 14th 2007 and October 11th 2007 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Both meetings were co-chaired by senior representatives of the United States and of Poland. 2. (C) A paper entitled &Maritime Int [...]
2007-11-30 15:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO625NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...]
2007-11-30 15:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO630NRC: RUSSIA AND ALLIES WORLDS APART ON BOSNIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) discussion of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Russian MFA,s Third European Department, Vadim Gorelov, appeared as a surprise guest speaker and accused High Representative Lajcak of "misusing" the Bonn powers to fu [...]
2007-12-06 15:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO632UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS
[...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...]
2007-12-11 14:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO
07USNATO636NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up efforts to hold Musa Qala are implemented across the civil-military spectrum. Ambass [...]
2007-12-14 10:48:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO637NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007
[...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted due to an error in the reftel number. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up eff [...]
2007-12-14 11:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO640HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE
[...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...]
2007-12-17 19:41:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07USNATO647SPS MEETING
[...] (U) Summary: NATO held its annual SPS meeting October 19 in Brussels. A U.S. expert briefed on developments for explosives stand-off detection techniques. The Committee discussed finding alternative funding for the Virtual Silk Highway project. There was no objection to the U.S. Commercia [...]
2007-12-20 11:26:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT NATO PREL TSPL
07USNATO648RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING -
[...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...]
2007-12-20 15:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO649NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 19, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 18:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO71PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL
[...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...]
2007-02-06 12:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR PK
07USNATO72USNATO NOMINATIONS FOR MARCH 26-27 CONFERENCE IN
[...] Per reftel, USNATO nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Ambassador Martin [...]
2007-02-06 15:06:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS EAID PINS PROP PTER KISL AF
07USNATO76MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]
2007-02-07 10:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USNATO79NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...]
2007-02-08 06:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR IN
07USNATO82NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 7, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Departing COMISAF LTG Richards highlighted NATO accomplishments and remaining challenges, including: continued force shortfall, the need for reconstruction, development and governance to keep pace with Afghan expectations, and the importance of driving a wedge b [...]
2007-02-08 13:40:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AF
07USNATO87RFG: UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO AHTISAARI'S
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, February 15. 2. (C) On Friday, February 16 UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari will come to NATO to consult with and brief an expanded meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) including non-NATO KFOR contributing countries o [...]
2007-02-12 14:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL
07USNATO89USNATO WELCOMES JAMES STARKEY FOR VCC EXPERTS
[...] Mission welcomes Mr. James Stakey to Brussels for the February 12-13 VCC Meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel rese [...]
2007-02-12 16:03:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM UP
07USNATO92NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 January 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed policy guidance from t [...]
2007-02-14 11:35:00Mission USNATOSECRETMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO94WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND
[...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN),Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...]
2007-02-14 16:41:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP
07USNATO95SUBJECT: BACKGROUNDER FOR NATO PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit to Brussels, where your presence will remind Allies once again of the strong Congressional support for the Alliance. Today, NATO is conducting operations on three continents bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and the Balkans, while supporting peac [...]
2007-02-14 17:26:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO OREP PREL PTER
07USNATO98NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 14, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) stressed the immediate need to get ISAF X HQ fully staffed. SHAPE MG Stein detailed ISAF operational successes and plans. UK noted that the jury is still out on Musa Qala, though it believes that Taiban influence is wanin [...]
2007-02-15 15:54:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO99FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO BLACK
[...] Per Ref A, USNATO reports there are no outstanding expenses related to Black ICE. 2. Per Ref B, the airfare charged against the fiscal data for three NATO participants was 886.20 Euros for Mr. Axel Angeley; 856.49 Euros for Mr. Carsten Fausboll; and 856.45 Euros for Mr. Ayhan Batur. OLSON [...]
2007-02-15 16:12:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC PTER TBIO
07USOSCE258OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO
[...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...]
2007-06-12 13:43:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OSCE PREL RS
07USOSCE291 OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 4 - MINOR MOVEMENT; CIO TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 14-15 round, much of the initial discussion, as in Round 2, centered on whether the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly should be granted privileges and immunities (P's and I's) and if so, what kind. Many states voiced reservations against doing so, with Canada, Germany and [...]
2007-07-02 12:31:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE KTIA
07USOSCE331OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 5 - MOVEMENT FORWARD AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 5-6 round of negotiations on a Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI),the absence of key players limited the WG's ability to deal with unresolved issues. There was extended discussion on a Belgian proposal [...]
2007-08-01 10:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE KTIA
07USOSCE346DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES KOSOVO ISSUES WITH OSCE
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 meeting in Vienna, EUR/SCE DAS Rosemary diCarlo and OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut agreed that it would be difficult to deter Kosovo from making a unilateral declaration of independence if the Troika-led negotiations do not bear fruit. In the [...]
2007-09-05 14:44:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPREL KV YI PGOV SR OSCE UNMIK
07USOSCE353OSCE COMMITTED TO MAKING KOSOVO ELECTIONS HAPPEN
[...] (SBU) The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) says it is fully committed to doing its part to ensure that the November 17 local and central elections come off successfully and on schedule. Nonetheless, key OMiK officials are worried that they may not be able to overcome a number of logistical hurdl [...]
2007-09-13 14:13:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PGOV PREL KV
07USOSCE363 OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make Progress As Russ
[...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 Article 14 -- OSCE Officials ---------------------------- 2. On Wednesday, before the WG convened, Belgium called a small group 3. At the beginning of the WG on Thursday, the Chair, Dutch Ambassador -- Bracketed tex [...]
2007-09-28 11:46:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE KTIA
07USOSCE365 OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 Q Talks Make
[...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...]
2007-09-28 12:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE KTIA
07USOSCE366 OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make
[...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...]
2007-09-28 12:15:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE KTIA
07USOSCE382IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT
[...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK),and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...]
2007-10-15 08:19:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU
07USOSCE453OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT
[...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]
2007-12-06 12:21:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USOSCE9OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH
[...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...]
2007-01-13 18:57:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF
07USUNNEWYORK10U.S. TO BRING UNDP'S DPRK PROGRAM TO THE BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 17:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKN KUNR UNDP EAID PREL PINR
07USUNNEWYORK1001DPKO REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH THE AU ON
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno complained that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) still has not made a "strategic decision" to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, as demonstrated by the ongoing delays and continuous stream of "anti-UNAMID pro [...]
2007-11-09 23:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1002GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CONVENES AN "INFORMAL
[...] The Secretary General has circulated the following (para 2) letter convening a meeting to discuss implementation of the Counter-terrorism Strategy (Res 60/288). The discussion will take place in an "informal meeting" to permit participation by non-state actors. Action Request. Department gui [...]
2007-11-12 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1003UNGA/C-6 ADOPTS OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-12 17:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1004UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: QATAR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee on November 7, Qatar expressed a strong interest in imposing targeted sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation in Tripoli. [...]
2007-11-12 19:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1005MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR G/TIP AMBASSADOR
[...] Mission clearance is granted for G/TIP Ambassador Mark P. Lagon and Public Outreach Officer Solmaz Sharifi for consultations at the UN in New York on November 13-15, 2007. Ambassador Lagon will be meeting with UNICEF, and will be speaking at a luncheon hosted by the International Crisis Grou [...]
2007-11-12 19:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK1006INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. At an informal gathering of approximately 30 UN member states representatives, the Swiss Mission presented a plan to consider ways of implementing the UN Counter-terrorism Strategy. This NGO driven effort is being launched to create a "process" to review the Strategy and produc [...]
2007-11-12 21:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SZ
07USUNNEWYORK1007SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI ON VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 10 telephone call and subsequent meetings on November 12, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wolff that he pressed Burmese authorities for a date to start a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK); that ASSK prefers to meet with her party, devel [...]
2007-11-12 22:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1008ICJ PRESIDENT SAYS UNEQUAL JUDGE SALARIES VIOLATE
[...] SUMMARY: President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Rosalyn Higgins delivered the ICJ's annual report to the General Assembly on November 1. Higgins reviewed ICJ action on key cases and criticized UNGA resolution 61/262 (Conditions of Service and Compensation for Officials other t [...]
2007-11-13 12:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1009UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UN SUPPORT FOR NEW AND
[...] (U) On November 5, the General Assembly considered Agenda item 12, Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced draft resolution A/62/L.9, which outlines the outcomes of the Sixth International Conf [...]
2007-11-13 17:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KDEM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1010UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: On Nov. 5-6, UNGA's Third Committee addressed the Human Rights Council's Report and particularly its institution-building package. In introducing the Report, HRC president Costea (Romania) argued that the Council had made progress, faces major challenges, and should only be judged on [...]
2007-11-13 17:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1011UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
[...] (U) On October 24 Professor Paulo Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. 2. (U) Professor Pinheiro outlined the tragic events that have taken place since the publication of his report, [...]
2007-11-13 18:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA BM
07USUNNEWYORK1012PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),briefed the Security Council on November 2, 2007, a day after she presented the Court's annual report to the General Assembly (reftel). She highlighted decisions rendered by the ICJ in two recent c [...]
2007-11-14 17:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1013UN- FOLLOWING DPKO RESTRUCTURING BAN MOVES TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. Summary: Following the restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) earlier this year, Secretary-General Ban has now called for strengthening the SIPDIS Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Ban,s proposal c [...]
2007-11-14 19:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1014ACTION REQUEST: REVISED PROPOSED LETTER FROM KEY
[...] On November 5, 2007, an IO team met with their British counterparts to discuss a variety of issues to be dealt with during the 62nd UNGA, including the proposed letter (reftel) from key Geneva Group members to the Secretary-General. The participants agreed to send that letter at the Permanent [...]
2007-11-14 20:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1015HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSES UN
[...] (U) On October 24, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly heard reports by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour. She highlighted the pervasiveness of impunity for gross violations of human rights, noting a lack of will and resources to address the issue. Without elab [...]
2007-11-15 12:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NP UG
07USUNNEWYORK1016UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT
[...] (U) On November 1, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted 8 resolutions without a vote. 2. (U) The United States joined consensus on the following resolutions: --L.6, Cooperatives for Social Development (ref A). --L.15.Rev.1, Violence Against Women (ref B),with EOP. [...]
2007-11-15 12:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM SNAR KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK1017ACTION REQUEST: UPDATED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee draft resolution on Measures to eliminate international terrorism (agenda item 108) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. This action request supersedes the request for instru [...]
2007-11-15 13:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1018ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Rule of Law at the national and international levels (agenda item 86) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The Sixth Committee will take action on [...]
2007-11-15 13:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1019UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Speaking Oct. 31 in the annual debate on promotion and protection of human rights in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, Ambassador Khalilzad emphasized the value the United States places on human rights, described the important role these rights play in building societies, cited exa [...]
2007-11-15 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM BM CU KN SY CH
07USUNNEWYORK1020ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT DECISION AND
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft decision, conclusions paper on Administration of Justice, and accompanying cover letter (agenda item 137) contained in para 3 - 5, or substantially similar text. USUN also seeks ins [...]
2007-11-15 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1022U/SYG GUEHENNO: STILL NO AGREEMENT ON UNAMID TCC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council November 14 that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) has not yet made the strategic decision to cooperate fully with UNAMID deployment. Guehenno said the GOS had not finalized agreement on the UN/AU agreed TCC list, which they received [...]
2007-11-15 14:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPAL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1023UNICEF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 16:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK1024UN/1267 SANCTIONS: RUSSIANS UNYIELDING ON REMOVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaida) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke convened P-5 ambassadors plus Afghanistan on November 8 to discuss the outstanding Afghan requests to remove from the 1267 sanctions list twenty individuals who have renounced their ties t [...]
2007-11-15 19:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AF EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1025AMIS COMMANDER AGWAI: UNAMID NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai told USUN MSC and POL staff November 15 that UNAMID needs additional accommodations and equipment to deploy its forces effectively. Agwai reported that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to insis [...]
2007-11-15 21:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1026P-3 FINDS DPKO CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO END-GAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno and Europe Division Chief Harland shared with P-3 Deputy PermReps on November 9 their concerns about how Kosovo-related events will play out after the presumed failure of Troika talks. Guehenno and Harland have identified key issues -- whether a [...]
2007-11-15 21:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KV
07USUNNEWYORK1027UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --US DPKO Under Secretary General Guehenno met with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub on November 11th in Addis Ababa in an effort to find a way forward with UNAMID deployments. Guehenno briefed the Security Council on November 14 on the details of his meetings. -- [...]
2007-11-15 21:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1028 SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...]
2007-11-15 22:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC BM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1029UN - STRENGTHENING DPA - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) During the course of Fifth Committee deliberations this past week, Mission Experts have been approached by a number of their counterparts in other Missions, including our friends and allies e.g., UK, Germany, Japan and Austral [...]
2007-11-15 22:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1032UNSC REFORM: PLENARY DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary. During the annual UNGA plenary debate on UNSC reform, held November 12-14, only Germany expressed continued support for the original G-4 (Germany, Japan, Brazil, and India) proposal, while India unilaterally proposed several new elements for expansion and accused the UNSC of mul [...]
2007-11-16 16:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK1033UNDP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 20:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ABUD AFIN UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK1034NEW UN ROLE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met November 9 with UK national Andrew Gilmour, currently deputy director for political, peacekeeping and humanitarian affairs for SYG Ban's office. Gilmour is transferring shortly to UNAMI to work as senior political adviser to SRSG Steffan de Mistura. He sought the meetin [...]
2007-11-16 20:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1035NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASKS FOR EXPANDED
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepalese human rights activist and former Commissioner in the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, urged a group of European diplomats to press the Nepalese government on human rights and to support an expansion of the United Nations Mission in Ne [...]
2007-11-16 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM NP
07USUNNEWYORK1036LATEST ON UN PRESENCE IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bi-weekly discussion with the UN and UK on Iraq-related matters, the UN confirmed that newly appointed Special Representative Staffan de Mistura has arrived in Baghdad, and had an introductory call on Foreign Minister Zebari, in which Zebari focused on the UN,s role in [...]
2007-11-16 20:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1037UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE: NEW WEBSITE, PROGRESS ON 1673
[...] SUMMARY: On November 14, the Security Council's 1540 Committee discussed the Committee's new website, plans to inform regional groups about the Committee's recent letter requesting information from States and transmitting the Committee's implementation matrices to them, and the possibility o [...]
2007-11-16 21:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1038UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ANTI-RAPE RESOLUTION
[...] (U) On November 15, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution "Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations." Consensus was reached after weeks of negotiations, in a proc [...]
2007-11-16 21:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK1039BIASED UNGA COMMITTEE DEBATES ISRAELI PRACTICES IN
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary and Comment: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 12-14 to receive and debate the annual "Report of the (UN) Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territori [...]
2007-11-16 22:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK104UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 21:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EU SENV UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK1040CARICOM PERMREPS URGE U.S. FOCUS ON CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) During a meeting with CARICOM Ambassadors on November 15, Amb Khalilzad underscored U.S. interest in working closely with the group on issues of mutual concern at the UN. CARICOM representatives said their priorities included addressing climate change, ensuring a greater UN focus on dev [...]
2007-11-16 22:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF KUNR CARICOM
07USUNNEWYORK1041FURTHER ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 22:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1042CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540
[...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 14, 2007, in the eighth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Ve [...]
2007-11-19 15:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PTER
07USUNNEWYORK1043HOSTAGE TAKING CONVENTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPDC PREL PTER KTIA IR
07USUNNEWYORK1044COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED TO ATTEND UNGA
[...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance for Constance Arvis and Kenli Schaaf to attend the UNGA Oceans Omnibus Negotiation to be held at the United Nations headquarters on November 26 - 30. 2. USUN POC is James Donovan at 212-415-4300. Khalilzad [...]
2007-11-19 20:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA UNGA PHSA
07USUNNEWYORK1046LEBANON: SYG BRIEFS ON VISIT TO BEIRUT
[...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 19 (other issues covered septel),SYG Ban Ki-Moon said that he had emphasized during his November 15-16 visit to Beirut that Lebanon must hold presidential elections on time to elect a candidate "broadly acceptable" to all Lebanese. Ban said [...]
2007-11-19 21:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK1047BURMA: SYG SAYS CHINA NOW WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with Amb Khalilzad (other issues covered septel),SYG Ban Ki-Moon professed uncertainty about his Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari's participation in the East Asian and ASEAN Summits. Ban reported that although the Singaporean Foreign Minister had initially aske [...]
2007-11-20 13:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK1048HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK WARNS UNSC BOSNIA IS AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 15 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Miroslav Lajcak told members that reform progress in the country had been stalled and this was holding back a European and Euro-Atlantic future. Lajcak defended his use of Bonn Powers [...]
2007-11-20 18:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1049SIXTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS 14 ITEMS AND CONCLUDES
[...] On November 19, 2007, the Sixth Committee adopted without a vote 12 draft resolutions and two draft decisions, thereby concluding the consideration of its agenda for the 62nd UNGA session. Per reftels, USUN joined consensus in the adoption of these resolutions. The resolutions will be present [...]
2007-11-20 18:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK105UNDP'S ROLE IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] Begin Summary. As previously reported (Ref A),UNDP in New York has confirmed that, at the request of the Government of Uzbekistan, the UNDP Resident Coordinator (RC) provided $20,000 USD for the flight of five GOU officials to New York. There was no programmatic content to the trip. Also, [...]
2007-02-07 21:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PHUM PINR PREL UNGA UZ
07USUNNEWYORK1051TANZANIAN MISSION REFUSES WAIVER
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. Action request: By diplomatic note dated November 19, 2007, the Permanent Mission of Tanzania has declined to waive the criminal immunity of the two sons of Mission Minister Counselor Isaack Katanda as requested [...]
2007-11-20 20:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL TZ UN
07USUNNEWYORK1052DARFUR: SYG BAN SAYS BRAZIL AND SPAIN WILL
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with Amb Khalilzad (discussion of Lebanon and Burma covered in septels),SYG Ban Ki-Moon noted that UN Special Envoy Eliason would brief the Security Council next week on developments in Sudan. In the meantime, the SYG noted that he was somewhat encouraged by [...]
2007-11-20 21:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU
07USUNNEWYORK1053LEBANON: SYG BAN PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTION SOLUTION
[...] (C) During a luncheon with UNSC PermReps on November 20, SYG Ban Ki-Moon reported that he had telephoned Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at about 12:15 p.m. EST that day to urge him to work towards a solution in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election. Berri claimed he had not yet m [...]
2007-11-20 21:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1054BAN DISAPPOINTED ASEAN BLOCKS GAMBARI
[...] (C) At his monthly lunch with the PermReps of the Security Council, SYG Ban expressed his strong disappointment in the decision to cancel the presentation by his Special Adviser on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, to the East Asian and ASEAN Summits. Prompted by Amb Khalilzad, Ban also reported Speci [...]
2007-11-20 21:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1055UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: LONDON CONSIDERING
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Prompted by Qatar's stated interest in pursuing Security Council sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks in Sirte, Libya, as [...]
2007-11-21 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1056MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BURANS, WARD TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1057SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKING TO BE USEFUL ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG Menkerios described for Security Council members the bleak realities of Somalia that together dampen his enthusiasm for the recent peaceful change in government -- Mogadishu still lacks basic security; the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further; opposition grou [...]
2007-11-21 20:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK1058UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...]
2007-11-21 20:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1059LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN BRIEFS KEY DONORS ON PLANS
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's first meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on November 16, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel briefed Ambassador Wallace, as well as representatives of the missions of Lebanon, The Netherlands, France, and the [...]
2007-11-21 20:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1060MISSION CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE UN
[...] Mission clearance is granted for the following members of the U.S. delegation to the First Extraordinary Session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification to be held at UNHQ in New York on November 26, 2007. Mary Rowen Wildlife and Biodiversity Advisor [...]
2007-11-21 20:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDADM ECOS RSO
07USUNNEWYORK1061UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: Chinese officials informed UN Under Secretary General Guehenno that the first elements of 135 SIPDIS engineers would deploy on or about 24 November as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that w [...]
2007-11-21 21:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNC UNAUS KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1062UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: PALESTINIAN RESOURCES AND
[...] Summary. The UN General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 16. Per reftel instructions, the U.S. called for a vote and voted against resolutions on the permanent sovereignty of Palestinian natural resources and unilateral economic meas [...]
2007-11-21 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN ETTC KPAL UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1063UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MERCENARIES
[...] (U) On November 7, Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Chairmen of the UN's Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. Much [...]
2007-11-21 21:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1065P-5 DISCUSS SUDAN, BURMA
[...] SUMMARY: The P-5 PermReps met on November 21 to discuss Sudan and Burma. On Sudan, the P-3 PermReps advocated for additional pressure on the Sudanese to accept the UNAMID force composition. Ambassador Khalilzad said the challenge was determining how to press and/or incentivize the Sudanese a [...]
2007-11-23 16:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BU SU
07USUNNEWYORK1067NEXT STEPS ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftels, at the request of Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary General Ban transmitted to the Security Council SIPDIS letters from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requesting the Council's further engagement to help combat [...]
2007-11-26 20:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1069UN - P-5 DISCUSS DPA STRENGTHENING
[...] Summary: The five permanent members of the Security Council (P-5) met at the Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) level with Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on November 21 to discuss SYG Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). [...]
2007-11-27 18:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK107SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...]
2007-02-08 15:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1070GA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
[...] (U) The General Assembly, November 26, adopted a draft resolution "Report of the International Criminal Court" (A/62/L.13) without a vote. The resolution was introduced by the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands who announced that in addition to the 99 co-sponsors listed in the draft, [...]
2007-11-27 20:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ICC
07USUNNEWYORK10711540 COMMITTEE: OUTREACH, BRIEFING FOR REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the Security Council's 1540 Committee reviewed outreach activities, discussed briefing the UN's regional groups on the Committee's letter to states transmitting its implementation matrices and seeking information on states' implementation of resolution 1540, and conti [...]
2007-11-28 12:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1072SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON THE REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee held its debate on the report of the fifty-ninth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) from October 29 through November 6. ILC Chairman Ian Brownlie (UK) attended sessions from October 29 through November 2 to present the ILC report to the Sixth Comm [...]
2007-11-28 13:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1077UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO
[...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated November 20, 2007 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fo [...]
2007-11-28 14:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK1078UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 14:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK1079SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION CONCERNING
[...] The Security Council, on November 28, adopted resolution 1786 (text reftel). The resolution appoints Serge Brammertz as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with effect from January 1, 2008 for a four-year term, which is subject to an earlier termination by th [...]
2007-11-28 16:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK108UN ASKS USG TO RECONSIDER ITS REQUIREMENT THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives from the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA),the UN Travel and Transportation Service, and UNDP met with representatives of USUN's Host Country and Legal sections on January 30 to express the UN's serious concerns regarding the USG determinati [...]
2007-02-08 19:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCVIS OFDP UN AF
07USUNNEWYORK1080BRIEFING ON THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL AT THE UN
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UN Secretariat hosted a briefing on November 27, 2007 on recent developments concerning the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Larry Johnson, Assistant-Secretary-General for [...]
2007-11-28 16:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREF PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1081SYG BAN TALKS TOUGH ON SUDAN, PRAISES ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Amb. Khalilzad on Nov. 28, SYG Ban reacted positively to the Secretary's planned CPA ministerial (reftel) and said he would be more vocal in criticizing Sudanese President Bashir if Sudan did not improve its cooperation on implementation of the Darfur [...]
2007-11-28 17:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SU SR AA
07USUNNEWYORK1082COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
[...] SUMMARY: On November 20-21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted four country-specific resolutions addressing the human rights situations in North Korea, Burma, Iran and Belarus, despite attempts to derail the process through no-action motions on the last three resolutions. [...]
2007-11-28 19:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IR KN BM BO
07USUNNEWYORK1083UN REITERATES PLEA FOR U.S. HELP TO RELEASE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: (C) On November 21, UN lawyers pressed USUN legal officers to respond to the UN's 2005 request for the United States to secure the release of funds the Japanese government donated to the UN in 2005 for humanitarian projects in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (refs). The Bank of [...]
2007-11-28 20:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALOFDP UN WE JA
07USUNNEWYORK1084UN ON BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS (CORE GROUP)
[...] (C) Summary: USUN consulted November 27 with Gambari's special assistant Erwan Pouchous on the prospective formation of a Core Group on Burma. Pouchous said Gambari now believes the group should function as a "Group of Friends" and its goal should be to build international consensus on next [...]
2007-11-28 22:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1085GEORGIAN DFM MAJGALADZE AFFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the New York Friends of Georgia on November 28, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Majgaladze said Georgia could accept a full Geneva meeting of the Friends of Georgia that includes Russia and said the best timing would probably be in the new year. He explained [...]
2007-11-28 23:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1086UN: DARFUR POLITICAL AND SECURITY TRACKS STALLED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In back-to-back briefings to the Security Council at a November 27 open debate, Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno told Council members that both the political and security tracks of the Darfur peace process are stalled. Eliasson told the Council he nee [...]
2007-11-29 13:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPAL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1088CUBAN MISSION REGISTERS CONCERN OVER REMOVAL OF
[...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. Following a November 26 meeting between Diplomatic Security agents from the New York Field Office (DS/NYFO) and the security officer of the Cuban Mission to the UN to discuss further the NYPD's plan to remove the Mission's fixed post protection, DS/NYFO indic [...]
2007-11-29 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP CU UN
07USUNNEWYORK1089GERMAN MISSION RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDGM OFDP UN
07USUNNEWYORK1090UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TORTURE, IDPS,
[...] (U) Summary: On October 29, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly heard reports on torture, on the human rights of internally displaced persons, on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and on the situation of human rights in [...]
2007-11-29 19:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM PREF PTER SU
07USUNNEWYORK1092UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 29
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: China has deployed the 135 engineers first elements of its engineer company that is part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that with the exception of the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),this wi [...]
2007-11-29 22:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1093SOLANA TELLS BAN EU WILL MAKE STRONG POLITICAL
[...] (C) On November 28, Ambassador Khalilzad met with the EU's Javier Solana to discuss Kosovo. Solana reported that he had met earlier in the day with SYG Ban Ki-Moon to tell him that when the EU holds its summit on December 14, he will push for a strong political statement that "the EU is ready [...]
2007-11-29 23:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KV YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK1094KUWAITI COMPLAINS RE DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAM,
[...] On November 27, 2007, USUN received a diplomatic note from the Kuwait Mission to the UN (text in paragraph 2 below) objecting to the New York City Parking Program for Diplomatic Vehicles because its application does not correspond to Kuwait's treatment of American Embassy vehicles in Kuwait. T [...]
2007-11-30 13:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN KU
07USUNNEWYORK1095NOV 28 ICTY/ICTR UNSC WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] SUMMARY: Members of the UNSC Working Group on Residual Issues concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on Nevember 28 to discuss a non-paper prepared by the Chair (Indonesia) on the preparati [...]
2007-11-30 18:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK1097UNGA/C-5: D/SYG MIGIRO ADDRESSES FIFTH COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary. The Committee on Administration and Budget of the United Nations General Assembly (Fifth Committee) met for its organizational session on October 5. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro addressed the Committee. SIPDIS She conveyed Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's priorities [...]
2007-11-30 19:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1098UN - GA BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Fifth Committee, in formal sessions on November 19 and 20, began its consideration of the proposed budget of $1.478 billion for the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for the period July 07/June 08. The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions ( [...]
2007-11-30 19:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL SU UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1099UNGA/C-5: AUDIT REPORTS ON UNOPS AND UNHCR
[...] (U) The UN General Assembly Fifth Committee met in formal session on October 10 to hear introduction of several financial audit reports (A/62/5/Add.5, A/61/5/Add.10, A/62/120, A/61/214/Add.2, A/61/350/Add.1 and A/62/355). Introduction of the OIOS Annual Report will be reported septel. Director [...]
2007-11-30 19:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK11USUN RECEIVES "SMOKING GUN" E-MAIL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 18:28:00USUN New YorkSECRETEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK1100UNGA/C-5: CONSOLIDATED REPORT DRAWS STRONG
[...] (U) The 5th Committee met on October 18 to take up review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations. Nancy Hurtz-Soyka, Chief of the Office of Oversight and Internal Justice, introduced the United Nations Secretariat Consolidated Report 2006. Thi [...]
2007-11-30 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1101UNGA/C-5: DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT A LIGHTENING ROD FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Administrative and Budgetary Committee met in formal session on October 30 for introduction of several reports on the Development Account. The Secretariat presented three proposals for identifying additional resources for the Development Account. The ACABQ evaluated the Secr [...]
2007-11-30 19:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1102UNGA/G-5: SYG BAN INTRODUCES 2008-2009 UN BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon introduced the proposed program budget for the biennium 2008-2009 before the Committee on Administration and Budget on October 25. SYG Ban stated the proposed budget of $4.2 billion represents real growth of $23 million, or 0.5%, over the previous [...]
2007-11-30 19:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1103UNGA/C-5: OIOS REPORTS ON LACK OF UN-WIDE INTERNAL
[...] (U) The UN General Assembly Fifth Committee met in formal session on October 10 to hear introduction of several financial reports (REF). UN Undersecretary-General for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) Inga-Britt Ahlenius presented the OIOS Annual Report (A62/281/Part 1/Add. 1),covering OIOS [...]
2007-11-30 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1104UN EXPLAINS STAFFING DECISIONS AT INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Per ref A, Poloff spoke with UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Deputy Division Director for Europe and Latin America Martha Doggett on November 29 about staffing at the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Poloff emphasized U.S. interest in ensuring the e [...]
2007-11-30 20:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR GT
07USUNNEWYORK1105UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: CLIMATE CHANGE, UNEP,
[...] Summary. Four resolutions were adopted by consensus during the November 30 session of the UN General Assembly's Second Committee. Per Ref A on the climate change resolution, the U.S. requested a vote on a budgetary paragraph, which lost 160-2 (U.S. and Japan),and the U.S. joined consensus [...]
2007-11-30 21:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECIN UNGA UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK1106COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERIN CROWE AND JOHN
[...] (U) In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance for Erin Crowe and John Sandage to participate in the informal meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, to attend meetings of the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Committee, and to [...]
2007-11-30 21:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1108UNGA: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftel, each year USUN works to reduce support from member states for three UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions that extend the mandates of three bodies in the UN that are biased against Israel. On November 26, the UNGA's Fo [...]
2007-11-30 22:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1109SIXTH COMMITTEE DIVIDED OVER NEW SYSTEM OF
[...] SUMMARY: At the conclusion of its sixty-second session, the Sixth Committee had yet to reach consensus on a number of key issues concerning the legal aspects of the proposed reform of the UN system of administration of justice, a measure that the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Bu [...]
2007-12-03 13:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK111TABLING OF GUAM RESOLUTION DELAYED UNTIL FEBRUARY
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 5, the Georgian Mission contacted USUN informing us Ukraine would table in the General Assembly February 10, on behalf of GUAM members, a resolution on protracted conflicts agreed on in GUAM capitals (text para 2). The Geo [...]
2007-02-08 23:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG
07USUNNEWYORK1110CTED DIRECTOR MICHAEL SMITH MAKES INITIAL BRIEFING
[...] SUMMARY: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met November 29 to welcome Michael Smith (Australia),the new Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). Smith praised CTC's role in UN counter-terrorism efforts, and said the CTC should continue [...]
2007-12-03 13:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1111ACTION REQUEST: SCENESETTER AND "PANDERMANIA" -
[...] This is an action request - see para 3. 2. On Friday, November 30, Ambassador Wallace hosted the latest in a series of JUSCKANZ meetings dedicated to developing a coordinated strategy to reduce the Secretary-General's proposed programme budget (PPB) for the SIPDIS 2008-2009 biennium, wh [...]
2007-12-03 21:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1112UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE HUMAN
[...] (U) Summary: On Nov. 16 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted by a vote of 165-7(U.S.)-3 a resolution containing the so-called institution-building package of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),as amended by Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. (The amendment added to [...]
2007-12-04 20:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1114MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: G/TIP MULTILATERAL
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Carla Menares-Bury, Multilateral Affairs Coordinator in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to participate in the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse on December 5 - 7, 2007 [...]
2007-12-04 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM OTRA UNGA KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1116LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ DEPARTS UNIIIC WITHOUT THE
[...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with Amb Khalilzad on December 3, departing head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Serge Brammertz revealed that while he hoped to identify the "physical perpetrators" of the Hariri assassination "within a few months," [...]
2007-12-05 00:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1117GAMBARI BRIEFS KHALILZAD ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Khalilzad's meeting with UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari December 4, Gambari identified two "sticking points" that were slowing the dialogue: the regime's resistance to Aung Sun Suu Kyi's request to address the subject of the draft constitution and [...]
2007-12-05 00:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1118UN SECRETARIAT CIRCULATES QUESTIONNAIRE ON STATE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. The UN Secretariat has sent a diplomatic note to USUN, transmitting a questionnaire prepared by the International Law Commission (ILC),which seeks information on State practice regarding oil and gas (para 3). The ILC prepared the questio [...]
2007-12-05 13:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1119SE NATSIOS URGES ENHANCED PRC ENGAGEMENT ON CPA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 26 meeting with Chinese PermRep Guangya Wang, U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios urged the Chinese to be more proactive in encouraging Sudan's Government of National Unity to demonstrate flexibility on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreem [...]
2007-12-05 15:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK112KIMMITT RAISES IRAQ COMPACT AND SANCTIONS WITH UN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the Iraq Compact. Ban assured Kimmitt that he was "very committed" to the Iraq Compact, and that he would seriously consider Kimmitt's proposal that the UN host a late February [...]
2007-02-09 01:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1120UN SPECIAL ENVOY OUTLINES NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios told UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson November 26 that the UN-AU, rather than the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS),must take the lead in promoting a convergence of the Darfur rebel positions. Natsios warned that hard-line SPLM elem [...]
2007-12-05 15:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1121SYG BAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO END GOAL BUT WANTS TO
[...] (C) SYG Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad in a tete-a-tete breakfast on December 5 that he supports the end goal of coordinated independence for Kosovo, is willing to reconfigure UNMIK and will not vitiate a coordinated declaration of independence by Kosovo. However, Ban said he hopes he is not p [...]
2007-12-05 18:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1124BHUTAN PERM REP COMPLAINT RE TREATMENT DURING
[...] USUN received on December 3, 2007, a complaint (text in paragraph 3 below) from the Bhutan Mission to the UN protesting the treatment received by its Ambassador/Permanent Representative at Newark International Airport upon departure by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel and [...]
2007-12-05 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP BH UN
07USUNNEWYORK1125SIXTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF CHARTER COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee concluded its consideration of the Report of the Special Committee on the Charter and Revitalization of the Organization with the adoption of a draft resolution that differed little in substance from last year (Ref A). During the Sixth Committee's debate, many d [...]
2007-12-05 20:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1128SYG BAN ON AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, SUDAN, BURMA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with AMB Khalilzad on December 5, SYG Ban said he is ready to accommodate the U.S. on Paddy Ashdown's candidacy as SRSG for Afghanistan, but could not accept a dual UN-NATO appointment. Ban agreed to issue a statement urging the Lebanese to move forward wit [...]
2007-12-05 21:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1129CAUTIOUS BAN SEEMS TO SUPPORT OUR KOSOVO BOTTOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Coordinating and Drafting Group minus Russia plus Portugal met with SYG Ban to discuss the way ahead on Kosovo in the post-Troika period. The group laid out the likelihood of a blocked Security Council and the need to find a status solution outside of the Coun [...]
2007-12-06 00:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK113ISRAEL AND JUSCANZ DISCUSS UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1131GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIXTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 19:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1132UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6
[...] (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: China Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),remain the only HSP units arriving in calendar year 2007. --TCC Update: Still no firm pledge of helicopters or transport units. --Contracting Issues: UN plans to assume Operations and Maintenanc [...]
2007-12-06 22:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1133LEBANON: BELLEMARE WILL EMULATE BRAMMERTZ'S
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Amb Wolff on December 5, incoming UNIIIC head and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare recognized the sense of frustration among Council members about not receiving much information on the state of UNIIIC's investigation. [...]
2007-12-07 14:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1135CONCEPTS FOR BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS ON THE 2008/2009
[...] The draft resolution on the 2008/2009 biennium budget constituting a compendium of proposals from the G-77, EU, CANZ and others, is expected to be distributed at the end of this week. In anticipation of the intense negotiations that will begin next week, Ambassador Wallace and the USUN/MR tea [...]
2007-12-07 16:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1136GA MEETING ON UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY
[...] SUMMARY: The General Assembly (GA) convened an informal meeting to review the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on December 4. Member States expressed broad support for the Strategy and held a constructive debate that lacked the polemics of previous meet [...]
2007-12-07 18:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1137U/S ROOD BRIEFS UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN/NIE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Undersecretary John Rood briefed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. Rood stressed that the NIE does not diminish USG concerns regarding Iran,s nuclear weapons program and, if anything, heightens our concerns. T [...]
2007-12-07 19:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR MNUC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1138MAJOR DONORS TO LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL DECIDE ON
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's second meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on December 5 (reftel),UN Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel announced that the UN and the Dutch had initialed the text of a Headquarters Agree [...]
2007-12-07 20:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK114SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: WIDE DIFFERENCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly's Open Ended Working Group on Security Council expansion and reform, meeting for the first time this year, accepted GA President Khalifa's suggestion to proceed via five separate consultations on "key issues" related to Council reform. Facilitators will beg [...]
2007-02-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1141LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PREDICTABLY TIGHT-LIPPED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a December 5 open briefing to the UNSC and closed consultations with member states that followed, departing UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to his written report to the Council and declined to provide more [...]
2007-12-10 14:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1143SRSG MOLLER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION OVER NO PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on December 7, SRSG Michael Moller expressed strong disappointment with the failure of the two parties to implement the July 8 Agreement of 2006. Moller also addressed the need for ag [...]
2007-12-10 14:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07USUNNEWYORK1144UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 14:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK1145UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 14:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK1146UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $5,149,222 TO THE TRUST
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $5,149,222 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Depete the Ozone Layer (MP),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of November 22, 2007 payments [...]
2007-12-10 14:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK1149UNSC: U/SYG ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN
[...] (U) On December 6 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia (as well as Nairobi, Kenya to meet with donors and UN staff working [...]
2007-12-11 14:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC SO SU ET
07USUNNEWYORK115PAKISTANI NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Ambassador Wolff told Pakistani PermRep Akram that the United States considers any alleged violations of the UN al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime to be a serious matter. The two ambassadors spoke on February 8 after Ambassador Akram, the previous day, raised with Ambassador Wolff a U.S. re [...]
2007-02-09 21:18:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC EFIN UNSC PREL KTFN PK
07USUNNEWYORK1150LEBANON: DUTCH SEEK IMMEDIATE DECISION ON BUILDING
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At the third meeting UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel hosted for major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on December 10 (reftel),Dutch PermRep Majoor asked representatives of Lebanon, France, UK, Germany, and [...]
2007-12-11 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1151SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE
[...] The Security Council, on December 10, unanimously adopted resolution 1787 (text below). The following countries co-sponsored the resolution: Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Panama, Russia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The resolution extends the initial period of the Co [...]
2007-12-11 15:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1152SERBIAN FM STICKS TO CALLING FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolff that Belgrade is happy with the work of the Troika, but criticized what he said were unhelpful U.S. statements during the process about independence for Kosovo. Jeremic said Belgrade wants to continue negotiations with [...]
2007-12-11 21:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1154UN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GOS ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SYG Deputy Chief of Staff Kim Won Soo and DPKO Darfur Planning Director Mike Gaoutte told AMB Wolcott on December 10 that the UN and the Government of the Sudan (GOS) made progress on resolving outstanding UNAMID deployment issues during a December 8 meeting in Lisbon. According t [...]
2007-12-11 22:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1155CDG MINUS RUSSIA DISCUSSES RUSSIAN PRST ELEMENTS
[...] (SBU) On December 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convoked Permreps of the CDG minus Russia to discuss the Russian distributed elements for a PRST and format issues for the December 19 UNSC meeting on the Troika report. Ambassador Khalilzad framed the options for dealing with Russia's PRST elements [...]
2007-12-11 22:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1156UNSC 1373: NEW CTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a courtesy call on December 10, Ambassador Michael Smith (Australia),the newly appointed Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee's Executive Directorate (CTED),told Ambassador Khalilzad and Ambassador Wolcott that CTED can perform its current functions better [...]
2007-12-11 22:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PTER PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1158FM MILOSOSKI STRESSES MACEDONIAN POSITION ON NAME
[...] (SBU) On December 11, Macedonian FM Antonio Milososki stressed to Ambassador Khalilzad that he hoped Macedonia would be accepted into NATO at the April summit in Bucharest. He said Macedonia had doubled its troop level in Iraq and is making other important contributions to global security. O [...]
2007-12-12 23:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MK
07USUNNEWYORK1159MNF RESOLUTION: POSITIVE REACTION TO US/UK TEXT
[...] (C) On December 12, the Security Council met at experts level to discuss the draft UK/US resolution extending for 2008 the mandates of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Significantly, no del [...]
2007-12-13 00:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1160USE OF RECIPROCITY IN THE UN CONTEXT
[...] (C) The Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations has been seeking to sell its current office space in New York and use the proceeds of sale to purchase alternate, smaller office premises along with a new official residence. The Department denied Eritrea's requests of February 2003, [...]
2007-12-13 13:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALOFDP UN ER
07USUNNEWYORK1163UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1164UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE,
[...] Summary. The United Nations General Assembly's Second Committee adopted fourteen resolutions by consensus during its December 7 session. In accordance with Ref A and Ref B, the U.S. called for a vote and gave an Explanation of Vote (EOV) on the international trade and Lebanon oil slick draft [...]
2007-12-13 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECIN EAID AORC KWMN SOCI PREL UNGA LE
07USUNNEWYORK1165UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
[...] Summary. The United Nations General Assembly's Second Committee adopted eight resolutions by consensus during its December 5 session, including resolutions on sustainable development, international financial system, UN Habitat, Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs),and global partnerships [...]
2007-12-13 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV UNGA BO BN
07USUNNEWYORK1166UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 13
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit. Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN is conducting a PDV with Pakistan this week. Egypt has submitted a load list and [...]
2007-12-13 22:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1167IRAQI PERMREP PROPOSES CHANGES TO MNF UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Upon receipt of revised text from Washington (ref e-mail),Amb Khalilzad met with Iraqi PermRep Bayati December 13 to provide him with the UK/US revision to the resolution to extend through 2008 the authorities for MNF-I, DFI, and the IAMB (reftels). For his [...]
2007-12-14 00:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1168YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS REPORT TO
[...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met December 10 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did all Council members and repr [...]
2007-12-14 16:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1169UN AND WORLD BANK STRENGTHEN POST-CONFLICT
[...] SUMMARY: UN and World Bank officials have jointly briefed New York missions on measures to improve field coordination and standardize operating procedures, improving consistency and reaction time to post-conflict emergencies. Initiatives include standardizing fiduciary arrangements and fund t [...]
2007-12-14 18:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK117UNSC/SUDAN: SOUTH NEEDS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS WEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno told the UN Security Council (SC) at February 8 consultations that the international community had a crucial role to play in ensuring full implementation of the Comprehensive [...]
2007-02-09 22:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1170NATO SEEKS COOPERATION WITH 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann (Germany) delivered the first NATO briefing to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") on December 11. Erdmann said 1540 issues were a central part of NATO counter-proliferation efforts [...]
2007-12-14 18:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNSC PREL KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1171UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNDOF MANDATE FOR
[...] (U) The Security Council December 14 adopted by a 15-0 vote a resolution (UNSCR 1788) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for six months to June 30, 2008. The extension was recommended by the Secretary-General in his December 3 "Report of the SIPDIS Sec [...]
2007-12-14 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1172FIFTH COMMITTEE REACTS TO SOBERING MESSAGE ON THE
[...] Ambassador Mark Wallace addressed the Fifth Committee (Administration and Budget) during informal consultations on the proposed program budget (PPB) for the biennium 2008-2009 on December 10. Ambassador Wallace stated that the budget, in reality, is well beyond the Secretary General's initial [...]
2007-12-14 20:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1173UN SETS PREPARATORY PROCESS FOR MONTERREY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nation General Assembly's Second Committee passed by consensus a resolution on December 7 setting out the modalities for a review in 2008 of the 2002 Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development (FfD). The review process will conclude with a November 29 - Decembe [...]
2007-12-14 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN SENV UN
07USUNNEWYORK1174YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS PRESENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) presented their joint paper on residual functions at a December 11 meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Ad Hoc International Tribunals (WG). The main t [...]
2007-12-14 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1175KOSOVO'S RETURN TO UNSC FINDS RUSSIA STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on December 13, Russia raised its recently circulated elements for a PRST on Kosovo. Ambassadors Khalilzad and Sawers voiced disagreement with the premise of the elements that there is scope for a mutually acceptable solution. They said there can be no PRST [...]
2007-12-14 21:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1176UN: UNAMID WILL BE AMIS IN BLUE BERETS IN FIRST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Edmond Mulet told the Security Council on December 13 that UN-GOS meetings in Lisbon and Khartoum had resulted in the release of UNAMID communications equipment impounded at al-Fasher airport, an agreement from the GOS to accept helicopters from any country approved by th [...]
2007-12-14 23:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1177LEBANON: COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNSCR 1701 CONFIRMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on December 12, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that Lebanon's continuing political impasse had prevented further progress on the implementation of resolution 1701. He called for presidential elections to be held as so [...]
2007-12-17 16:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK1179IRAQI OBJECTIONS TO MNF-I UNSCR TEXT DELAY
[...] (S) During the course of December 17, Amb Khalilzad sought to confirm GOI support for the MNF-I text circulated to the Security Council Friday, December 14 (ref A). The draft resolution currently enjoys consensus support from the Security Council. Citing various justifications, both Iraqi PR [...]
2007-12-17 23:17:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1180UN BUDGET: RECOMMENDATION TO DEMARCHE KEY CAPITALS
[...] This is an action request - see para 5. 2. Discussions in the Fifth Committee on the proposed 2008-2009 UN regular budget are coming to a head without any significant action to counter the unacceptably large increase in the projected budget. The Secretary-General has proposed an "initial [...]
2007-12-18 14:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1183UNSC REFORM: LITTLE CHANGE IN SUBSTANCE BUT SOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC expansion on December 14, President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim announced that he had created a three-PermRep "task force" to help him advance the upcoming inter-governmental negotiations on Council r [...]
2007-12-18 22:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNSC IN JA BR
07USUNNEWYORK1184LEBANON TRIBUNAL: EXPERTS FROM KEY AND LIKELY
[...] SUMMARY: Following up on recent conversations held at ambassadorial level among major and likely donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) (see reftels),experts from USUN, France, Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands, as well as Lebanese PermRep Salam and representatives of the UN Off [...]
2007-12-19 17:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1185LEBANON: TRIBUNAL COSTS RISING WHILE FUNDS STILL
[...] (C) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel convened a meeting of major donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) on December 18. Although Michel pressed for the Management Committee to be set up immediately, donors could not adopt [...]
2007-12-19 20:22:00USUN New YorkSECRETPTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1186SOUTH AFRICA CRITICIZES 1540 TO UK EXPERT
[...] (C) Begin Summary: Nick Low, Head of the Nuclear Issues Section in the United Kingdom's Counter Proliferation Department, recently discussed issues relating to resolution 1540 (2004) with Abdul Minty, Deputy Director General for non-proliferation issues in South Africa's Department of Foreig [...]
2007-12-19 21:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1187SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MNF-I, DFI AND IAMB
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the mandate for 2008 of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I) and the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The U.S., UK and [...]
2007-12-19 21:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1188UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS TRIENNIAL
[...] Summary. On December 18, the UN General Assembly's Second Committee adopted by consensus the draft resolution on the Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review (TCPR) of operational activities for development of the UN system. The Committee also adopted the draft program of work for the 63rd UNG [...]
2007-12-20 16:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EAID UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1189UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY GRADUATES SAMOA FROM LDC
[...] In its December 17 session, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus draft resolution A/62/L.33 entitled, "Graduation of Samoa," submitted under Agenda item 43. The resolution takes note of a July 2007 decision by the Economic and Social Council that endorsed a recommendation by the Commi [...]
2007-12-20 16:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV WS
07USUNNEWYORK1190UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS
[...] (C) Per resolution 1731 (2006),the UN Security Council reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting on December 14. Qatari PermRep and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Nassir al-Nasser delivered a summary of Committee discussions and the views of the Liberia Panel of Experts [...]
2007-12-20 16:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK1191UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
[...] (C) On December 7 Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Sudan Sanctions Committee Marcello Spatafora reported to the Security Council on the Committee's discussion of the Sudan Panel of Experts, October report, which examined the implementation of the sanctions regime over the past year. The Cha [...]
2007-12-20 16:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1192UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
[...] On December 19 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1792 (2007) renewing the arms embargo and travel ban in Liberia until December 20, 2008 and the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts until June 20, 2008. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the resolution. 2. Text [...]
2007-12-20 16:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK1193UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA
[...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...]
2007-12-20 18:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK1195OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES
[...] SUMMARY: On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia briefed the Council on the activities of the following Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship: the 1518(2003) Committee on Iraq; the 1132 (1997) Committee on Sierra Leone; the 1521 (2003) C [...]
2007-12-20 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1197UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES ACTION ON THIRD
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions in a plenary meeting on November 18, including the adoption of the contentious resolutions on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, Iran, and Belarus. The General Assembly rejected a no-action motion on the [...]
2007-12-20 20:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1198GAMBARI BRIEFS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari briefed the UN General Assembly by invitation on December 18. In keeping with his measured public approach, Gambari opened by recalling recent, positive developments such as the release of many of those detained during the September [...]
2007-12-20 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK11991540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS ROLE ON BIOSAFETY AND
[...] SUMMARY: Members of the Security Council's 1540 Committee held a thematic discussion on biosafety and biosecurity on December 18, which the Committee's Chairman (Slovakia) scheduled to help determine how the Committee's April 2008 report to the Security Council would address these issues. S [...]
2007-12-20 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK12HOLOCAUST DENIAL RESOLUTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Now that the Security Council has adopted resolution 1737 regarding Iran's nuclear program, USUN has taken stock of the possibilities for introducing a resolution condemning Iran's denial of the holocaust (reftels). In discussions with Israel, Germany and the UK of options for General Ass [...]
2007-01-10 19:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA IR IS GM EUN
07USUNNEWYORK1200UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...]
2007-12-20 21:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1201UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS TRIENNIAL
[...] Summary. On December 18, the UN General Assembly's Second Committee adopted by consensus the draft resolution on the Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review (TCPR) of operational activities for development of the UN system. The Committee also adopted the draft program of work for the 63rd UNG [...]
2007-12-20 21:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EAID UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1202GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE
[...] Summary. On December 19, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) took final action on all remaining resolutions adopted by the Second Committee. The UNGA voted on six resolutions that were also voted on in the Committee and adopted all others by consensus. End summary. UNGA Votes ---------- [...]
2007-12-21 17:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECIN AORC UNGA ETRD SENV KPAL LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK1203SYG BAN CONVENES FIRST GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban convened the first meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma December 19. Participants included the P-5, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Portugal, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pasco [...]
2007-12-21 18:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1204KOSTUNICA: SERBIA WILL "DO MUCH MORE" THAN DECLINE
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Security Council's session on Kosovo (reported septel) Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica offered Ambassador Khalilzad a familiar mix of legalisms and ethnic nationalism in arguing against a non-negotiated solution to Kosovo's status. Kostunica said Serbia is prep [...]
2007-12-21 18:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1206UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTION APPROVING CREDENTIALS
[...] On December 21, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote a resolution entitled "Credentials of representatives to the sixty-second session of the General Assembly" (reftel). Afterward, Iran made an statement expressing its reservations about the Credential Committee's report to the Gener [...]
2007-12-21 23:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1207DECEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: PRAISE FOR PARIS,
[...] (U) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe delivered the monthly briefing on the Middle East to the Security Council on December 21. Pascoe praised the Paris donors' conference but said the goal now is to generate "real momentum on all aspects of the peace proc [...]
2007-12-21 23:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK1208SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON KOSOVO, BUT IS IT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 19 UN Security Council session, Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called for open-ended negotiations on Kosovo's future political status, insisting that any other means of resolving the issue would violate UNSCR 1244 and the UN Charter. Kosovo President Sejdiu declar [...]
2007-12-26 15:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KV UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK120962ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]
2007-12-26 16:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
07USUNNEWYORK1210UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP
[...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...]
2007-12-26 16:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX
07USUNNEWYORK1211DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO CONCERNED ABOUT UNAMID WEAKNESS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At a December 17 working lunch at UN Headquarters, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean Marie Guehenno reviewed problems with the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur (UNAMID). Guehenno said that he continued to be concerned about TCC s [...]
2007-12-26 18:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS KV AF
07USUNNEWYORK1214UNGA DEBATES THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE AND THE
[...] (U) Summary: The participants in the annual UNGA debates on the Question of Palestine and on the Situation in the Middle East that took place November 29-30 broke no new ground, restating well-known arguments in support of well-known positions. Several countries did, however, acknowledge the [...]
2007-12-26 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1215UNGA ADOPTS 27 FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) The U.N. General Assembly December 17 adopted 27 draft resolutions on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee). Resolutions and Plenary votes are in paragraph three. 2. (U) The only notable aspect of the voting was a spontaneous applaus [...]
2007-12-26 19:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1216PRINCE TURKI RAISES POTUS VISIT AND CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and current head of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, on December 26 in New York. Al-Faisal underscored that Secretary Rice should accompany President Bush on his SIPDIS up [...]
2007-12-26 20:03:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PTER UNSC IZ AF PK SA
07USUNNEWYORK1217EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...]
2007-12-26 20:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR
07USUNNEWYORK1218UNGA 62: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE
[...] (U) Robert Smolik served as the Senior Area Adviser for Western Europe during the main session of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to the region. 2. (C) Throughout this 62d UN General Assembly our EU partners have not always proven effec [...]
2007-12-27 12:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
07USUNNEWYORK122SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]
2007-02-12 17:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK1221UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...]
2007-12-28 13:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU
07USUNNEWYORK1222UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) The Security Council December 27 adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) condemning the December 27 terrorist attack by extremists that caused the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and others. The statement also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Bhutto, called on [...]
2007-12-28 17:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC PTER
07USUNNEWYORK1223UN REVAMPS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND KEEPS THE
[...] Begin Summary: The UN has adopted a resolution creating a new system of Administration of Justice (AoJ) that stresses informal dispute resolution over litigation in resolving staff grievances. It responds to most, but not all, of the Secretary General,s requests and will be implemented over [...]
2007-12-28 19:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1224UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS OCEANS AND FISHERIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted without a vote the draft resolution on Sustainable Fisheries (A/62/L.24) on December 18 and the draft resolution on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (A/62/L.27) with a vote (146-2-3) on December 22. The majority of delegations emphasized the significance [...]
2007-12-28 20:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHSA PREL PREF PREM
07USUNNEWYORK1225USUN VIEWS ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and comment. With inter-governmental negotiations on Security Council reform set to begin in 2008, a serious debate has begun on Council expansion. We are closer than we have been in several decades to the prospect that a formal proposal for expansion could be put to a vote. We d [...]
2007-12-29 02:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC JA BR IN GE
07USUNNEWYORK124UN: LATEST APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF SENIOR
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On Friday, February 9, 2007, Chef de Cabinet Vijay Nambiar announced that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had accepted the resignation of fifteen senior officials (9 at the Under-Secretary-General level, 6 at the Assistant Secretary-General level). Nambiar also announced t [...]
2007-02-12 19:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK125AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UNFPA EXECUTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-12 22:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP UNFPA
07USUNNEWYORK126UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: JAPAN WILL PAY LATER THAN
[...] The Japanese delegate has told USDel, confidentially, that the supplemental budget recently approved by the Diet does not include any funding for the 2007 assessment for the Capital Master Plan (CMP). The GOJ hopes to include funding in next year's supplemental budget (normally approved in M [...]
2007-02-13 14:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK1271540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH,
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting February 7, the 1540 Committee discussed outreach activities; a proposed roadmap for implementing its program of work; and proposals for coordination among the Committee's experts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and th [...]
2007-02-13 15:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK128PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT
[...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...]
2007-02-13 17:58:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK
07USUNNEWYORK129EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS
[...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...]
2007-02-13 19:18:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK130PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION COUNTRY GROUPS APPROVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following criticism of the slow pace of Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) work expressed in separate Security Council and General Assembly debates this month, the country-specific component of the PBC has approved ambitious schedules for finalizing peacebuilding "strategies" in Sie [...]
2007-02-13 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO SOCI UNGA UN EFIN
07USUNNEWYORK131DEMARCHE: TURNING OFF THE CEIRPP UN-SPONSORED
[...] On February 14 Polmincouns delivered reftel demarche on a conference of the Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) to be held in Rome on March 22-23 co-hosted by the Italian government. USUN explained to Assistant Secretary-General for Politica [...]
2007-02-14 19:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK132SECURITY COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSS
[...] SUMMARY: The Security Council and the General Assembly held separate sessions on January 30 and February 6, 2007 respectively to discuss post-conflict peacebuilding. In both venues, speakers urged the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to focus on work in its country-specific format where it is [...]
2007-02-15 14:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO SOCI UNGA EFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK133UNSC: MECCA AGREEMENT AND TEMPLE MOUNT
[...] Summary: In the monthly Security Council briefing on the Middle East held February 13, UNSCO Alvaro de Soto said that the Mecca agreement and recent international initiatives to re-energize the peace process, especially the commitment of the Quartet partners, showed "potential" for progress. C [...]
2007-02-15 18:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK134DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO BLAMES SLOW DARFUR PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant-Secretary Silverberg met with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno on February 8 to discuss Department concerns on Darfur progress, including candidates for Special Representative and Force Commander for the h [...]
2007-02-15 21:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK136(S) SYG BAN KI-MOON CONSIDERING IRAQ VISIT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, UN DPA Middle East Advisor Michael Williams said SYG Ban Ki-Moon is considering a stopover in Iraq in connection with his participation in the March 28 Arab League meeting in Riyadh. SYG Ban is also considering visits to Egy [...]
2007-02-15 22:29:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK138SYG BAN EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI TO
[...] (SBU) At a February 15 lunch with Security Council Permreps, SYG Ban said he fully supported Special Envoy Ahtisaari's status proposal and the "intended way forward." Ban described the situation as being at a crucial crossroads, for which there could be no undue delay or derailment. He said [...]
2007-02-20 16:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK139ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE UN SIXTH COMMITTEE AD HOC
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee met on February 5, 6, and 15. Delegations discussed completion of the comprehensive convention; the proposal to convene a high-level conference on counter-terrorism; and the status of intersessional informal negotiations; and [...]
2007-02-20 19:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK14UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2007 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated January 5, 2007 requesting payment SIPDIS of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2007. The note outlines two payment options, [...]
2007-01-11 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUN CMP AORC AFIN
07USUNNEWYORK141UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] Summary. At a February 17 briefing the Secretary General and members of his Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) reported to member states on progress in implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/RES/60/288) adopted last September. The CTITF also introduced the [...]
2007-02-20 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK142(SBU) ACTION REQUEST: UNDP ADMITS TO POSSESSION OF
[...] (SBU) This is an action request (see para 3). In the most recent communication between USUN and UNDP regarding the DPRK country programme (reftels),dated February 15, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert admits UNDP possession of counterfeit U.S. currency received directly from the [...]
2007-02-20 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNC PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK144AMBASSADOR WOLFF RAISES HIZBALLAH RE-ARMAMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie SIPDIS Guehenno on February 20, Ambassador Wolff and IO A/S Silverberg raised strong USG concerns of arms smuggling into Lebanon and claims by Hizballah SYG Nasrallah that his organization [...]
2007-02-21 19:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK147UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $4,211,476 TO THE TRUST
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and Invoice requesting payment of $4,211,476 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of January 25, 2007 payments [...]
2007-02-22 20:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK148UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $834,302 TO THE TRUST FUND
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and Invoice requesting payment of $834,302 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of February 01, 2007 payments owed are as [...]
2007-02-22 23:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK149A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FM KUBIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Slovak FM Jan Kubis, IO A/S Silverberg and Acting Permrep Wolff advised FM Jan Kubis that the U.S. would not look favorably on any Slovak action that undermined UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo in the Security Council. Kubi [...]
2007-02-22 23:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK15SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH JAN ELIASSON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson said his immediate priorities for addressing the Darfur crisis were reducing the ongoing violence and finding a way to restart the political process. Natsios listed actions by [...]
2007-01-11 22:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK150SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ
[...] (U) The Security Council adopted a press statement February 22 condemning recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, including the chlorine gas bombing of February 21 (text in para 5). This step concludes a series of recent Council press statements condemning terrorist attacks in Lebanon (February 1 [...]
2007-02-23 00:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK152 UN DEMOCRACY FUND: ALLEGATIONS OF WASTE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Office claims to have commenced disbursements of donors' funds to projects overseas, USUN has made repeated requests for transparent accounting and reports on project management. We have not yet received an adequate response. In the meantime, a [...]
2007-02-26 14:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK154UN COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2007 SESSION
[...] (U) Summary: The Commission on Social Development held its 45th session from February 7 to 16, 2007. Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran, Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi chaired the session, whose main theme was "Full Employment and Decent Work for All." Discussions and panels included macroeconomic [...]
2007-02-27 14:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB TBIO SOCI UN
07USUNNEWYORK155USUN DISCUSSES PROTRACTED CONFLICTS RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) On February 23, Acting Permrep Wolff met with representatives of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) at their request to discuss their initiative of a General Assembly (GA) resolution on protracted conflicts. Speaking for the GUAM, Moldovan Permrep Grigore explained the [...]
2007-02-27 19:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG MD AJ
07USUNNEWYORK156DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...]
2007-02-27 23:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK157UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE 2007 FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF
[...] Summary: The UNDP/UNFPA Joint Executive Board First Regular Session for 2007 took place on January 23-26. Opening the UNFPA segment, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid announced that UNFPA,s financial situation had achieved record highs in total core income, number of donor countries, and [...]
2007-02-28 15:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KUNR KWMN UNDP UNFPA
07USUNNEWYORK159UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: RWANDA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) USUN Sanctions Unit Chief was approached by Rwandan First Counselor Nicholas Shalita on February 23 to request that the United States support a new resolution to modify the arms embargo on Rwanda. The Rwandans are consulting wit [...]
2007-02-28 19:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC RW
07USUNNEWYORK161UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...]
2007-03-01 14:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK162UNSC CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN IRAN, LEBANON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UN Security Council approved a press statement condemning two bus bombings in Lebanon on February 13, another press statement condemning the bombing of a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [...]
2007-03-01 15:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC LE IR
07USUNNEWYORK164UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated January 31, 2007 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: ICTR $ 5,934,685 ICTY 6,707,532 MINURSO 1,852,500 UNOMIG 1,813,904 MONUC 71,158,313 UNMEE 11,389,8 [...]
2007-03-01 20:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK165UN REQUEST FOR USG ACTION ON REGISTER OF DAMAGES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The UN is quietly asking select member states to submit recommendations for one of three positions on the Board of the Register of Damages related to the construction of the Israeli separation barrier. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution December [...]
2007-03-02 18:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL UNSC IS
07USUNNEWYORK166UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: UK AND FRENCH REACTIONS TO US
[...] (C) Summary and action request: USUN delivered reftel demarche February 28, sharing with the UK and France the names of Sudanese we propose for sanctions per UNSCR 1591 (2005). The UK expressed concern that the senior rank of one target would provoke Russian and Chinese opposition at the outs [...]
2007-03-02 18:51:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK167ECOSOC 2007 ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION: THEMES FOR
[...] (U) Meeting in formal session March 2, ECOSOC adopted the themes for the High Level Segment (HLS) that have been under negotiation since December 2006. The themes adopted were unchanged from the ECOSOC President's March 1 proposals. As 2007 marks the first time ECOSOC will need to operate [...]
2007-03-02 21:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KUNR ECOSOC
07USUNNEWYORK168AU PEACE AND SECURITY COMMISSIONER DJINNIT CALLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an informal meeting on February 28 that he was in New York to finalize modalities with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on all three phases of Darf [...]
2007-03-02 22:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCD ET PGOV PREL SO SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK17NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR
[...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...]
2007-01-12 01:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK172UNDP SUSPENDS OPERATIONS IN NORTH KOREA
[...] USUN has received a note from UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis informing Executive Board Members that UNDP has suspended operations in North Korea due to North Korea's refusal to accept the Executive Board decision of January 25, 2007 on the continuation of its country program. Mission will p [...]
2007-03-02 23:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN UNDP KN
07USUNNEWYORK173MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...]
2007-03-02 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF
07USUNNEWYORK174UNSC/IRAN: ITALIAN PR ASKS FOR EARLY OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Italian Permanent Representative Marcello Spatafora called on Ambassador Wolff on the evening of Friday March 2, to stake an Italian role in negotiations on the follow-up Iran resolution. Spatafora said that he was acting on instructions from PM Prodi, and had made the same request to UK [...]
2007-03-02 23:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IT
07USUNNEWYORK175ISRAELI MILITARY BRIEFS UN ON HIZBALLAH REARMAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 1 ISRAELI BRIGADIER GENERAL YOSSI BAIDATZ BRIEFED THE UN AND SELECTED DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TO UNIFIL, ABOUT REARMAMENT OF HIZBALLAH. USING AERIAL IMAGERY AND CITING "HUNDREDS" OF TRUCK MOVEMENTS SINCE A [...]
2007-03-03 00:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS SY IR LE
07USUNNEWYORK176ACTION REQUEST:FUNDING OF THE 2005 AND 2007 REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 14:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KUNR PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK178UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Dennis Hankins and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated March 2, 2007 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows [...]
2007-03-06 15:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK179DDA, IAEA, OPCW, AND WCO BRIEF COUNCIL ON
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the World Customs Organization briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on February 23, concer [...]
2007-03-06 18:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC PARM KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK18DPKO SAYS NO PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD/CAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After unusually testy exchanges with some Security Council Members at January 10 consultations over accusations that the United Nations was dragging its feet on deployment of forces to eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),the UN Department of Peacekeeping [...]
2007-01-12 15:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK182PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...]
2007-03-06 23:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK183UN SYG BAN TO MIDDLE EAST AND UNSCR 1701 REPORT
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) SENIOR UN OFFICIAL MICHAEL WILLIAMS BRIEFED USUN MARCH 6 ON THE UN'S LATEST PLANNING FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN'S TRIP LATER THIS MONTH TO THE MIDDLE EAST. HE ALSO REVIEWED THE ELEMENTS OF THE UPCOMING REPORT ON UNSCR [...]
2007-03-07 23:28:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK190VISITING UNIFIL OFFICER DESCRIBES SITUATION IN
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting UNIFIL political advisor Cornelia Frank (please protect) told USUN March 8 that while UNIFIL takes Israeli reports of arms smuggling and Hizballah refortification south of the Litani river seriously, it has thus far found little evidence to fully substantiate these alleg [...]
2007-03-09 22:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK192AMBASSADOR SANDERS' MEETING WITH POLISARIO FRONT
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting he requested with USUN Ambassador Sanders, Polisario Front Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz said he had traveled to the U.S. to reaffirm the Polisario position on the Western Sahara problem in light of the Moroccan announcement of an autonomy proposal and it [...]
2007-03-10 20:59:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK193DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...]
2007-03-12 10:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK194UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO US NAMES
[...] (C) Summary: French support for targeted sanctions in Sudan will be predicated on an expected positive effect on the ground in Darfur. Paris feels that USG proposed sanctions targets are of too senior a rank to have a productive effect, and expressed concern that targeting individuals under [...]
2007-03-12 17:20:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK195RUSSIANS RENEW PRESSURE FOR U.S. APPEARANCE BY DE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- action requested para 5. 3. (SBU) On March 12 Russian PR Churkin, in reaction to negative signals from Washington, renewed his request of last week for U.S. approval of a visa for de fac [...]
2007-03-12 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG
07USUNNEWYORK196UN CSD-15: READOUT OF FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 2
[...] (SBU) The Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the 15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development achieved its principal aims the week of February 26 of producing a basis for the CSD-15 negotiating text in May, and providing a showcase for highlighting proven solutions in the [...]
2007-03-12 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EUN SENV UNCSD
07USUNNEWYORK197UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: INITIAL MARKERS ON POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: During the March 8 informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee delegations gave early indications of their positions on new sanctions in Sudan. The UK, supported by USUN, argued that the strategy of constructively engaging the Government of Sudan (GOS) had not been success [...]
2007-03-12 20:01:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK198UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: P5 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN
[...] (C) UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry convened a meeting of P5 Ambassadors on March 6 to discuss imposing new sanctions on Sudan. In attendance were Chinese PermRep Wang, Russian PermRep Churkin, French Political Counselor Nicolas de Riviere, and USUN Ambassador Sanders. Jones Parry argued that i [...]
2007-03-12 23:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK199UN: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND COMPENSATION FOR
[...] ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 16. This is an action request. USUN requests instructions for upcoming negotiations in the Fifth Committee. 2. SUMMARY: As requested by General Assembly resolution A/59/282, the Secretary-General (SG),in his report A/61/554: Conditions of service and compensa [...]
2007-03-13 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK2HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BALLOTING CONSIDERATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 21:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK20UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2007 REGULAR BUDGET
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis, IO/PSC-Charles Casper and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated December 28, 2006 from the Secretary General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN regular budget for 2007 in the amount of $496,481,769. The no [...]
2007-01-12 22:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ABUD UN AFIN
07USUNNEWYORK207PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION TRIPS TO SIERRA LEONE AND
[...] The Peacebuilding Commission's efforts to draft "integrated peacebuilding strategies" for Sierra Leone and Burundi are advancing, with visits planned to both countries during the next month. Perm Reps from five UN missions (Guinea, Ghana, Jamaica, Brazil, and The Netherlands as the working gr [...]
2007-03-14 20:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO SOCI UNGA EAID
07USUNNEWYORK209PARKING ISSUES, IRS SETTLEMENT INITIATIVE, ALLEGED
[...] Summary: The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country (Host Country Committee-HCC) discussed the results of the HCC's survey of the New York Diplomatic Parking Programme (the Program) at its 232nd meeting on March 5, 2007. Missions which oppose the Program as implemented or on principl [...]
2007-03-15 12:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN CVIS
07USUNNEWYORK21UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...]
2007-01-12 22:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK211IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS
[...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...]
2007-03-15 21:11:00USUN New YorkSECRETENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
07USUNNEWYORK212UN DPA ON SYG BAN KI-MOON'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A/S SILVERBERG AND DAS DANIN MET WITH UN DPA MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR MICHAEL WILLIAMS MARCH 13 TO DISCUSS THE SYG'S FORTHCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1701 REPORT. SYG BAN KI-MOON PLANS TO MEET WITH SARG PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD ON THE MARGINS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETI [...]
2007-03-15 23:31:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK213UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...]
2007-03-16 00:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR
07USUNNEWYORK215SLOVAKIA WILL NOT DISCUSS STATUS ISSUES DURING
[...] (C) On March 14, USUN Political Minister-Counselor William Brencick met with Slovak Political Coordinator Michal Mlynar to deliver reftel points regarding the scheduled March 21 UNSC meeting on UNMIK. Brencick emphasized that we hoped for a strong statement of support for Ahtisaari and his p [...]
2007-03-17 00:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK216RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS KOSOVO AND ABKHAZIA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 14, at the end of P5 meeting on Iran, Russian Permrep Churkin protested a UK proposed Arria-style meeting for Kosovo President Sejdiu that he said he had been informed of earlier in the day. Churkin produced [...]
2007-03-17 01:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK217IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...]
2007-03-19 14:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK218ISRAELI MFA IO HEAD RONNY YA'AR OUTLINES POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary. During a lunch meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, NEA DAS Danin, and Ambassador Wolff on March 13, senior Israeli MFA official Ronny Ya'ar expressed concerns about SYG Ban Ki-Moon's planned travel to Damascus in April, possible references to new UN conclusions about the sovereignty [...]
2007-03-19 17:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK219MONTHLY UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE FOCUSES ON MECCA
[...] (SBU) DELIVERING HIS FIRST BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0219 UNCLAS COUNCIL DURING ITS MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE ON MARCH 14, NEWLY-ARRIVED DPA U/SYG LYNN PASCOE (AMCIT) SAID DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH -- INCLUDING THE MECCA AGREEMENT -- HOLD OUT THE PROMISE TO TURN PAS [...]
2007-03-19 21:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK22UN SEEKS BANKING INSTRUCTIONS TO DEPOSIT BALANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) The United Nations contacted the Mission to seek electronic fund transfer instructions (EFT) in order to deposit the balance of funds remaining in the Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Cotonou Accord on Liberia. Per r [...]
2007-01-12 22:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK224ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Sixth Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 7-15, 2007. [...]
2007-03-20 22:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK225WESTERN SAHARA: INVITATIONS DELIVERED TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) USUN delivered reftel invitation to the Moroccan Mission to the UN March 19 and are awaiting a response. We were unable to deliver the same invitation to Polisario Front Representative Ahmed Boukhari until March 20 as he would not accept the invitation without permission from Secretary-Ge [...]
2007-03-20 22:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK226BRAMMERTZ AGREES TO MAKE PROCEDURAL CASE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Chief Serge Brammertz on March 19, Ambassador Wolff said the U.S. would support an early extension of the Commission's mandate for up to one year and urged Brammertz to make the case fo [...]
2007-03-20 23:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK227UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...]
2007-03-21 00:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK228UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 2007 SESSION
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held its 51st session from February 26 to March 9, 2007. Permanent Representative of El Salvador, Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez, chaired the session, whose main theme was "The Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination and Violenc [...]
2007-03-21 14:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KWMN UN CSW
07USUNNEWYORK229UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20
[...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...]
2007-03-21 15:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK23UNDP CONFIDENTIAL AUDITS EXPOSE SYSTEMATIC
[...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2.(C) Summary. Ambassador Wallace led a USUN MR team to visit UNDP on January 11, 2007. At the meeting, UNDP made available three internal audits from the years 1999, 2001 and 2004, for USUN's on site review. Per reftel, USUN was allowed access to the i [...]
2007-01-13 00:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK231FRENCH VIEWS ON UNIIIC EXTENSION, CHAPTER VII FOR
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with French PR de la Sabliere on March 19, Ambassador Wolff sought French views on timing/strategy for a possible Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal and underscored the need to convene a meeting of the Lebanon Contact Group before Se [...]
2007-03-22 14:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK233CLIMATE CHANGE RIFT BETWEEN UNFCCC AND
[...] (C) Comments to the media March 21 by Yvo de Boer, Executive Director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in Bonn, fly in the face of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's directives quashing the idea SIPDIS of a "climate change summit" and have sparked a frenz [...]
2007-03-22 16:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON SENV UNCSD UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK235POLISARIO RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO U.S. HOSTED
[...] (C) On instruction from the Polisario Leadership, Polisaro New York Representative Ahmed Boukhari delivered March 22 the Polisario response (text in para 2) to the March 20 invitation to a U.S.-hosted meeting with Morocco on the Western Sahara. Boukhari's only comment was that the Polisario w [...]
2007-03-23 14:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK236UN DEMOCRACY FUND BEGINS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up reftel, USUN has worked with a consultant to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and others to reassess management practices of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The UNDEF Executive Director has initiated a number of corrective steps, including a commitment t [...]
2007-03-23 18:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK237UNODC BRIEFING IN NY - UPCOMING EVENTS, BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: Executive Director Costa of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) briefed interested delegations in New York on March 20 regarding UNODC's Global Initiative against Trafficking in Persons, including a ministerial-level meeting in November 2007 in Vienna. He described the fou [...]
2007-03-23 19:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KCRM UN
07USUNNEWYORK239KOSOVO COMING ATTRACTIONS: ROUTINE UNMIK BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 19 Security Council quarterly session on UNMIK, SRSG Rucker reported that steady progress continues on Standards and stressed that Kosovo needs clarity about its future. Speaking for Serbia, Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija President Raskovic-Ivic focused [...]
2007-03-24 01:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK24CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...]
2007-01-13 00:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK240UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL
[...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]
2007-03-24 22:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK241UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL
[...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]
2007-03-24 22:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK246CLIMATE CHANGE TOP PRIORITY FOR INCOMING UNGA
[...] (U) At a luncheon hosted by German Ambassador Matussek on March 26, incoming GA President Srgian Kerim (former Foreign Minister of Macedonia) identified climate change as his top priority for the 62nd General Assembly session. Other areas of focus were UN reform, the results of the High Leve [...]
2007-03-27 16:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA ECON SENV
07USUNNEWYORK25SECURITY COUNCIL PUSHES AU TO TAKE LEAD IN SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Gambari told Security Council members on January 10 that conditions on the ground in Somalia provide a narrow window for consolidating the authority of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and establishing an inclusive political process. He said Et [...]
2007-01-13 01:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK251UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM
[...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...]
2007-03-28 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK253UNGA LEGAL COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF UN SYSTEM
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a resumed session March 12-23, 2007, the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee discussed proposals to reform the UN's system of administration of justice, as well as a request of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) for observer status in the General Assembly. [...]
2007-03-29 19:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA UNSC PREL PTER OFDP
07USUNNEWYORK254MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS
[...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Chief of Staff Andrew W. Steinfeld, for meetings with United Nations leadership as well as with USUN and foreign Mission leadership, on Monday, April 2, 2007. 2. (U) United Nations badges and [...]
2007-03-29 22:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SU UNSC ARSO
07USUNNEWYORK256MISSION CLEARANCE FOR DENNIS J. KING, INR/GGI/HIU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 15:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OTRA
07USUNNEWYORK259UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...]
2007-03-30 23:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK260PRESSING POLISARIO TO DROP ITS PRECONDITION FOR
[...] (C) Per instructions, Ambassador Sanders March 29 delivered (Ref A) points to Polisario New York representative Ahmed Boukhari encouraging the Polisario to drop its precondition that the Baker Plan be the basis for any discussions held with Morocco. Boukhari said he would forward the message [...]
2007-04-03 14:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK261PRESSING POLISARIO TO DROP ITS PRECONDITION FOR
[...] (C) Per instructions, Ambassador Sanders March 29 delivered (Ref A) points to Polisario New York representative Ahmed Boukhari encouraging the Polisario to drop its precondition that the Baker Plan be the basis for any discussions held with Morocco. Boukhari said he would forward the message [...]
2007-04-04 14:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK262SIXTH COMMITTEE INFORMALLY DISCUSSES RULE OF LAW
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Chairman of the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee convened informal consultations of the Committee on March 29 to exchange views on ways to focus the Committee's debate under the new rule of law agenda item. Delegations recommended that the Committee focus o [...]
2007-04-04 15:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK264UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...]
2007-04-04 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK266INCOMING GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SRGJAN KERIM
[...] (C) Summary: Incoming President of the General Assembly (PGA),Srgjan Kerim of Macedonia, previewed his agenda for 62nd General Assembly in a meeting April 2 with Ambassador Miller at USUN. Kerim intends to take up residence in New York immediately after the May GA elections, and hopes to [...]
2007-04-05 12:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSENV UNGA ECON EAID KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK268UNSC/DARFUR: SE NATSIOS MEETINGS ON APRIL 2
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew Natsios met on April 2 with United Nations leadership to discuss the state of play in New York on Darfur in the wake of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh. Despite a sense of frustration at Sudanese President Bashir's continued stall [...]
2007-04-05 16:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK269UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...]
2007-04-06 12:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK27AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UN A/SYG LUTE ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met January 9 with Assistant-Secretary General for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute on recent allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by peacekeepers in Sudan and on the general strategy to address SEA going forward. Lute a [...]
2007-01-16 20:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK270UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP
[...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...]
2007-04-06 13:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK271UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...]
2007-04-06 15:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK272UN/DARFUR: POTENTIAL SYG-DPKO DIVIDE ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There seems to be a crack of daylight between the thinking of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) leadership regarding next steps on dealing with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on Darfur. Despite [...]
2007-04-09 19:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK273RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]
2007-04-09 21:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK274GUIDANCE REQUEST: UN REQUEST FOR U.S. PAYMENT FOR
[...] GUIDANCE REQUEST: Per reftel, USUN is transmitting below a March 30 letter from UN Controller Warren Sach to Ambassador Mark Wallace requesting the Mission's assistance in obtaining a payment from the United States for the 2005 NPT Review Conference and the first session on the Preparatory Com [...]
2007-04-10 15:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK275LETTER FROM UN SECRETARY GENERAL ON APRIL 16
[...] Mission received the letter below from Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon, regarding the April 16 special ECOSOC high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, requesting ministerial level representation. Unless otherwise instructed, Ambassador Miller will attend for the U.S. 2. [...]
2007-04-10 18:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECOSOC
07USUNNEWYORK276UN SECRETARIAT THINKING ON HANDLING CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Mission has received a copy of internal secretariat documents proposing various strategies for climate change leadership by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and a high-level event on climate change at the General Assembly. Copies have been forwarded electronically to IO/EDA (Tuminaro) and [...]
2007-04-10 21:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSENV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK277MICHEL SHARES THOUGHTS ON ESTABLISHING HARIRI
[...] (U) Ambassador Wolff, accompanied by Ambassador Chris Ross (USUN/POL) and USUN LegalOff, met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and two members of his staff April 9 to explore the UN's understanding of the state of play on establishment of the tribunal envisaged in UN Security Council Resol [...]
2007-04-11 08:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK28SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ADVANCE MISSION TO
[...] (U) On January 16 the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) requesting the Secretary-General to deploy an advance mission to Chad and the Central African Republic to lay the political groundwork for an eventual multidimensional UN presence in those [...]
2007-01-16 23:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD SU
07USUNNEWYORK282UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...]
2007-04-11 21:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK283WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]
2007-04-11 22:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK284MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS
[...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Chief of Staff Andrew W. Steinfeld for meetings with United Nations Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson and Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno, on [...]
2007-04-12 12:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SU UNSC ARSO
07USUNNEWYORK286CTC DEBATES VISITS, COUNTERTERRORISM INSTRUMENTS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 182nd meeting on April 5, the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee (CTC) discussed the Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) coordination with international, regional and sub-regional organizations; a CTED analysis of the status of adoption of th [...]
2007-04-12 12:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK287SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN MEETS WITH NYC MAYOR
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Mark Wallace was asked by UN Under-Secretary for Management Alicia Barcena to attend an April 11 meeting between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the Secretary-General's office. Also in attendance were UN officials Bob Orr, Chef de Cabinet V [...]
2007-04-12 16:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK290READOUT OF APRIL 10 MEETING ON UK SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, USUN mission officers attended the UKUN's April 10 informal briefing in advance of the April 17 UN Security Council debate on climate change, hosted by UKUN Counselor for Sustainable Development Alistair Fernie. University of Toronto Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon gave a powerp [...]
2007-04-12 21:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV UNSC UK
07USUNNEWYORK293USUN PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (C) In the absence of a unifying focal point, climate change debates in the UN system are proliferating at a dizzying rate, with unpredictable and unwanted ramifications. This cable outlines strategies that USUN proposes to adopt in encouraging sensible and efficient UN handling of this conten [...]
2007-04-14 09:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON UNCSD
07USUNNEWYORK295UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...]
2007-04-16 16:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK296UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) held its Fourth Advisory Board meeting on April 10. The UNDEF Secretariat presented an overview of the recent progress of the Fund, claiming that all projects in the pipeline had been processed. and project implementation was underway. Of the 125 projects [...]
2007-04-16 22:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK297GUIDANCE REQUEST: UN RESPONDS TO AMBASSADOR
[...] GUIDANCE REQUEST:The UN responded on March 28 to Ambassador Mark Wallace's March 15 letter to them regarding the status of the UN vendors that government witness and former UN procurement officer Alexander Yakovlev asserted in sworn testimony he assisted with the preparation of their UN procur [...]
2007-04-17 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK3USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]
2007-01-05 00:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK30DARFUR: P-3 AND DPKO FOCUS ON AU SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 principals and DPKO chief Guehenno agreed on January 15 that the January 29-30 African Union Summit presents an important opportunity for achieving clarity on the way forward in Darfur. USUN and UKUN principals pushed Guehenno to use scheduled high-level UN-AU meetings on Jan [...]
2007-01-17 22:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF KPKO CD SU
07USUNNEWYORK302SECURITY COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE: RIGHT
[...] (U) UK Foreign Secretary Beckett chaired the UN Security Council's unprecedented April 17 open debate on energy, security and climate, although, because of controversy over introducing this topic into the Council, the event was formally titled "Open Debate on Letter from UK Permanent Represent [...]
2007-04-19 13:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC SENV ENRG UK
07USUNNEWYORK305UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON
[...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...]
2007-04-19 18:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK311ALGERIAN PERMREP CONFIRMS POLISARIO ACCEPTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, Algerian PermRep Yousfi confirmed that the Polisario has agreed to enter into direct negotiations with Morocco provided the invitation to negotiations is couched in the language of paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's April 13 Rep [...]
2007-04-20 19:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK312UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA
[...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...]
2007-04-23 15:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK314CLIMATE CHANGE: FURTHER DETAIL ON SEPTEMBER UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 23:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK317UNSC/SUDAN: NO CLEAR SUPPORT FOR 3-MONTH UNMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Taye Brook-Zerihoun briefed the SIPDIS United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at April 23 consultations on the status of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen [...]
2007-04-24 23:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK318UNSC/DARFUR: STILL NO HYBRID CLARITY AFTER AU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. High-level United Nations (UN),African Union (AU) and Member State officials participated in an April 16 informal meeting on Darfur intended to allow an exchange of views on next steps on the political, peacekeeping and humanitarian tracks. UN and AU leadership concurred that [...]
2007-04-24 23:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK319LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL REPORTS TRIP AND P-3
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 18. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Per reftel, USUN Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel on April 24 and followed up on April 25 to discuss the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In response to Ambassador Wolff,s questions, Michel reported th [...]
2007-04-25 00:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK32CHINESE THREATEN VETO OF MINUSTAH MANDATE ABSENT
[...] (C) Following up on earlier conversations (ref A),Chinese PolMinCouns Li Junhua approached USUN PolMinCouns on January 16 to provide an update on PRC concerns about renewing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) given Haiti's support for Taiwan at the UN. After notin [...]
2007-01-18 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK320UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...]
2007-04-25 00:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK322UNSC BEGINS DISCUSSION ON UN CONTINGENCY PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an April 24 briefing by UN officials, EU delegations led by France, Belgium and Italy voiced objections to allowing the UN to begin contingency planning for a peacekeeping operation in Somalia. The U.S., Slovakia, Congo, Ghana, South Africa and African Union (AU) Perman [...]
2007-04-25 16:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK325TALKING WITH UN ABOUT FIXING UNAMI
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 meeting with UN Under Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe, Ambassador Wolff raised U.S. SIPDIS concerns about UNAMI, including the human rights report on Iraq released April 25 and the mission's credibility problem with the government of Iraq. Pascoe admitted "we [...]
2007-04-26 23:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK326UNSC: APRIL MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe welcomed recent diplomatic developments and expressed concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Pascoe also announced the resignation of UNSCO Al [...]
2007-04-27 13:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK327UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FIVE
[...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Dennis Hankins) and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated April 27, 2007 concerning the financing of five peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...]
2007-04-27 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK33UK SLAPS U.S. ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FORECASTS STORMY
[...] UKUN Counselor for Sustainable Development Alistair Fernie addressed the UN NGO Committee on Sustainable Development (a normally neutral organization) at a January 18 panel discussion on "The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Report." Joined by German scientist Philipp Schmidt-Thome of t [...]
2007-01-20 00:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV UNCSD UNEP EU UK
07USUNNEWYORK330KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the Security Council on the eve of its trip to Kosovo, U/SYG Guehenno delivered a briefing on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Guehenno cited progress across the board and stated that by any objective evaluation Kosovo was now a much [...]
2007-04-27 22:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK332USUN PRESENTS U.S. 1540 ACTION PLAN TO 1540
[...] Per ref A, Mission delivered the overview of the U.S. national action plan on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to the 1540 Committee Chairman, Slovak PermRep Peter Burian, on April 20. The UN Secretariat distributed copies of the U.S. national action plan to 1540 [...]
2007-04-30 14:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK338MICHEL PREVIEWS COUNCIL BRIEFING ON LEBANON
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, AMBASSADOR WOLFF URGED UN LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL ON APRIL 30 TO USE HIS MAY 2 BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONVEY HIS CONCLUSION THAT THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS TO RATIFY THE TRIBUNAL AGREEMENT HAD REACHED AN IMPASSE AND TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR C [...]
2007-05-01 00:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC LE
07USUNNEWYORK339WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO
[...] The Security Council April 30 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to October 31, 2007. In addition, the resolution takes note of both Moroccan and Polisario proposals for ending the political [...]
2007-05-01 13:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK340UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31
[...] (SBU) Following last-minute negotiations with the Qatari Mission on the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the text on April 30 as UNSC resolution 1755 (2007); text in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In [...]
2007-05-01 15:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK344AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his formal presentation of credentials, AMB Khalilzad met with SYG Ban Ki-Moon and his top deputies to discuss U.S. policy objectives at the UN. SYG Ban emphasized the need for strong U.S. support to move forward on UN capacity building and listed Iraq, Kosovo, Darfur and Leb [...]
2007-05-02 18:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK346LEBANON: FRENCH INSIST BRAMMERTZ MUST SUCCEED
[...] (SBU) During a P-3 meeting on May 1 (septel),French PermRep de la Sabliere reported that UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz has informed France that he will leave his current position on June 15, 2007 and return to the International Criminal Co [...]
2007-05-03 01:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC FR SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK347LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL BRIEFS COUNCIL AND
[...] (C) Summary. In a forthright briefing to the Security Council on May 2, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said his April 17-21 trip to Beirut to help facilitate Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL agreement and statute establishing the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon had yielded no concrete res [...]
2007-05-03 02:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK348SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS
[...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4),which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...]
2007-05-03 13:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK349LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS MEET GOL ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with P-3 PermReps on May 3, GOL senior foreign policy advisor Mohammad Chattah reported that while UNSC delegates with whom he had met were generally positive about the need to establish the tribunal, several expressed concerns about the international legal implic [...]
2007-05-04 00:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK35GOJ SEEKS DISCONTINUATION OF UNDP DPRK PROGRAM AND
[...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) On January 19, 2007, Ambassador Wallace hosted a meeting requested by Japanese Ambassador Koji Tsuriola (Director General for Global Affairs) and Minister Kazuo Sunaga regarding the DPRK. Ambassador Tsuriola explained the GOJ position as a p [...]
2007-01-22 15:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK352KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...]
2007-05-07 13:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK359UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]
2007-05-09 16:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK36DPA REQUESTS USG HELP ENGAGING CHADIAN ARMED
[...] (SBU) At a January 19 meeting with USUN Ambassador Sanders, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh requested U.S. assistance in engaging with the Chadian armed opposition when the UN's advance mission deploys to N'Djamena. He said that the Dep [...]
2007-01-22 15:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CD SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK360LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SYG BAN FORGOES TRIP TO BEIRUT
[...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on May 8, SYG Ban said he would not/not travel to Beirut to make a last-ditch push for Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL tribunal agreement and statute. Ban said he is not/not asking for more time for diplomatic efforts to find a Lebanese solut [...]
2007-05-09 23:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SY LY
07USUNNEWYORK367UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated March 30, 2007 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNIFIL $24,228,000 UNMIL $25,819,733 MINUSTAH $15,950,000 ICTY $19,055,000 ICTR $16,860,000 2. Copy of receipts ha [...]
2007-05-11 22:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK368P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES
[...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...]
2007-05-12 00:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK369AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON GA
[...] (U) Summary. In his first meeting with GA President Khalifa, Ambassador Khalilzad stressed the need to make progress on key reforms at the UN so as to ensure lasting support from the publics of Member States. Khalifa noted that U.S. support was essential for progress on many issues. The Amba [...]
2007-05-14 15:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK371540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES EXPERTS' PANEL
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met informally January 19 to discuss the appointment of three experts to fill vacancies on the Committee's panel of experts, as well as the extension of contracts of the five remaining experts. Committee Chairman Burian asked delegations to seek instru [...]
2007-01-22 16:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PTER PREL KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK370SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET
[...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...]
2007-05-14 19:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK371CUBA FORMALLY COMPLAINS RE NGO REP'S VISA REFUSAL
[...] Action request - see paragraph 3. 2. Cuba's UN Mission Permrep, Amb. Rodrigo Malmierca, has sent a Note Verbale (text in paragraph 5 below) to USUN Host Country Affairs expressing concern for the USG's decision to deny a visa to Mrs. Fabiola Mora (DPOB 31Jan1953, Cuba),a representative of [...]
2007-05-14 19:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP CVIS UN CU
07USUNNEWYORK372ISLAMABAD OIC MEETING COULD ENDORSE BOSNIA FOR
[...] (C) Mission has learned from Pakistani Ambassador Akram (currently in Islamabad) that there is a strong possibility that the OIC meeting convening May 15 in Islamabad could endorse Bosnia,s candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Akram indicated that he would be willing to move for the endors [...]
2007-05-14 20:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK374IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]
2007-05-14 22:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK376LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...]
2007-05-14 23:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK378MOUSSA DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH AMB KHALILZAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa that focused exclusively on SIPDIS Iraq, Ambassador Khalilzad urged Arab League involvement that would reassure the Iraqi Shia and comfort the Iraqi Sunni and help create an Iraqi identity based not on sectarianis [...]
2007-05-15 00:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK381IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...]
2007-05-17 15:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK384LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AGREE ON DRAFT UNSCR AND
[...] (SBU) The U.S., France, and the UK (P-3) reached agreement on a draft Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal on May 17. P-3 Permanent Representatives will share the text with all UNSC delegations either bilaterally or in joint approaches by close of business on May 1 [...]
2007-05-17 21:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK385UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...]
2007-05-17 23:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK389LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR
[...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...]
2007-05-18 19:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK391UNSC MISSION TO AFRICA WILL INCLUDE SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on May 16 and 17 to discuss the draft itinerary and terms of reference (TOR) for its Mission to Africa in June. In the May 16 discussion Members agreed in principle that the UK and South Africa would co-chair the visits to Addis Ababa and A [...]
2007-05-19 00:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK392UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...]
2007-05-19 00:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY
07USUNNEWYORK393LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...]
2007-05-19 01:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK394UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE REVIVED IN THE GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. The debate on Security Council expansion has flashed hot again in New York, in the wake of the report of the most recent set of facilitators to tackle this long-running issue. Disappointed with the content of the report, the G-4 countries are seeking new facilitators [...]
2007-05-21 11:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK395FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...]
2007-05-21 15:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK397UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...]
2007-05-21 20:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK399RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) PolMinsCouns and Poloff delivered ref A and B points to United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary General Hedi Annabi, DPKO Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov, DPKO Military Planning Service Chief Ian Sinclair and DPKO Office of Mission Suppo [...]
2007-05-21 23:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK4MEETING AND DISCUSSION WITH UNDP ON DPRK:UNDP
[...] This message contains an action request. See para. 19. 2.(S) Summary. Per reftels A and B, as a follow-up to the demarche delivered to UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis by Ambassador Wallace on December 19, Ambassador Wallace and USUN/MR Officers met with Mr. Dervis and a team of UNDP official [...]
2007-01-05 16:28:00USUN New YorkSECRETEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK40HANDLING THE DPRK AT THE UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2.(C) Ambassadors Wolff, Wallace and Miller met with UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis and his senior management team Monday to discuss the way forward on DPRK. We have tentative agreement, subject to Department approval, on a package that in principle s [...]
2007-01-23 00:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK400UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...]
2007-05-21 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK401LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...]
2007-05-22 00:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK405P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...]
2007-05-23 00:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU
07USUNNEWYORK407SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...]
2007-05-24 00:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK408LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...]
2007-05-24 00:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK41QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...]
2007-01-23 00:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK410UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN
[...] (U) On May 21 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Somalia and Uganda. Holmes expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Somalia, wh [...]
2007-05-24 14:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREF SO UG
07USUNNEWYORK411LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE
[...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...]
2007-05-24 23:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK412PALESTINIANS SEEK SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON A
[...] (C) In a May 23 meeting he requested on an urgent basis, Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour said that a delegation representing the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) would shortly request a meeting with Ambassador Khalil [...]
2007-05-25 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK415U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON
[...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...]
2007-05-25 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN
07USUNNEWYORK416KOSOVO: MOSCOW HARD LINE SOFTENING IN NEW YORK?
[...] (C) Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin reiterated Moscow's official hard line on Kosovo to Ambassador Khalilzad, who replied that Moscow offers no basis for discussion. Churkin essentially agreed, suggesting that Ambassador Khalilzad and he leave aside red lines for the moment a [...]
2007-05-29 14:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK417ARAB LEAGUE, OIC, NAM DELEGATION SEEKS SECURITY
[...] (C) As anticipated reftel, a joint Arab League/OIC/NAM delegation met May 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad in his capacity as President of the Security Council to request Security Council action to bring an end to the violence in Gaza. The delegation, headed by Egyptian PR Maged Abdelaziz [...]
2007-05-29 18:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK42UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions dated November 30 and December 28, 2006 for the following: UN Regular Budget $235,000,000 UN Capital Master Plan 19,546,837 MONUC 27,000,000 UNOCI [...]
2007-01-23 15:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK423LEBANON TRIBUNAL: VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30
[...] (C) The UN Security Council discussed the draft resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the second time during closed consultations on May 29. After P-3 PermReps explained the revisions made to the draft resolution in response to concerns raised during UNSC consultations on May 25, [...]
2007-05-29 23:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK429INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the UN Legal Counsel, Amb Wolff again urged that the Secretary General delay filling the soon to be vacant ICTY Prosecutor's job in order to allow time to identify another suitable UN position for the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (U [...]
2007-05-31 23:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS UN XT ZL XF
07USUNNEWYORK43UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
[...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 19, 2007 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory of Rwan [...]
2007-01-23 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC UN
07USUNNEWYORK430DEMARCHE RESPONSE SOMALIA PKO CONTINGENCY PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanders told DPKO's Africa Division chief that proper planning and preparation for a UN peacekeeping operation are essential to support any progress in the Somali political process. Titov reported that DPKO has begun limited military planning and will present a "range [...]
2007-06-01 14:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL SO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK431DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...]
2007-06-01 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK433UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...]
2007-06-01 19:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK435NO SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1706 AS HYBRID BASIS FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad convened a June 1 meeting of the Security Council Permanent Three Members to deliver ref A points. Participating in the meeting were UK Permanent Representative (PR) Emyr Jones Parry, UN Counsellor Paul Johnston, French Charge Jean-Marie Lacroix, French Counsellor Nic [...]
2007-06-01 20:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCD CT PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK436CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE: UNSYG'S "GREAT INTEREST"
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In a May 31 encounter, UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon expressed to PermRep his "great interest" in the President's climate change initiative (reftels),and his desire to ensure coordination between the U.S. and UN efforts. [...]
2007-06-01 21:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KGHG
07USUNNEWYORK437MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/OFDA PUBLIC HEALTH
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. CAROLINE ABLA, MS. HEATHER PAPOWITZ, AND MR. IAN MOISE, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORS IN USAID'S OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA),TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 18-20 TO ATTEND UN-LED MEETINGS ON EMERGENCY NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND WATER/SANITATION. CLEARANCE IS ALSO GRANTED TO [...]
2007-06-01 21:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK438BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON BERLIN QUARTET
[...] Summary: In a private meeting with the Security Council held June 1, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon briefed on the May 30 meeting of the Quartet Principals in Berlin, tracking closely issues covered in the May 30 Quartet Statement. He also mentioned the situation in Lebanon, expressing concern [...]
2007-06-01 21:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK439UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...]
2007-06-01 21:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF
07USUNNEWYORK44UN SEEKS CONCURRENCE FROM U.S. TO TRANSFER PART OF
[...] This is an action request. See para. 4. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC) a note from Assistant Secretary General/Controller for Management Warren Sach, addressed to Ambassador Wolff, dated January 15, 2007 notifying us that the United Nations Trust Fund in support of the delimita [...]
2007-01-23 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK440SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON
[...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...]
2007-06-04 11:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK441HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...]
2007-06-04 20:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK442KOSOVO: CHURKIN CHAFES AGAINST SHORT MOSCOW LEASH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Ambassador to the UN Churkin shared Moscow's latest hard line guidance on Kosovo with Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4. Churkin said Moscow wants: no reference to SYG Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal in the Security Council resolution; at least a year of further Belgrade-P [...]
2007-06-04 21:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK443UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2007 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 21:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK445GUIDANCE REQUEST: US FAILURE TO DEPOSIT 2003 AND
[...] GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN is transmitting two May 23 note verbales from the Secretary-General notifying the United States that the United Nations has voided check payments to the United States from 2003 and 2004 that have not been deposited. These payments represent a full refund to the United S [...]
2007-06-05 19:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK446GUIDANCE REQUEST: US FAILURE TO DEPOSIT 2005 UN
[...] GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN is transmitting a May 23 note verbale from the Secretary-General notifying the United States that the United Nations has voided its check payment to the United States from 2005 that has not been deposited. This payment represent a full refund to the United States for its [...]
2007-06-05 19:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK447DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ALGERIA ON PRESSING
[...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 4 to Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754, underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through their differe [...]
2007-06-05 21:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK448DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MAURITANIA ON PRESSING
[...] (C) During a June 4 courtesy by Mauritanian PermRep Mohamed Ould Tolba, Ambassador Khalilzad delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of the Security Council's Western Sahara initiative and inviting Mauritania to encourage the Polisario to participate positively in the June 18-19 talk [...]
2007-06-05 22:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK449DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...]
2007-06-05 22:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK45UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK451UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE
[...] USUN has emailed to Department (EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 31, 2007 concerning the financing of three peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation [...]
2007-06-06 16:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK455UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]
2007-06-07 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK458LEBANON TRIBUNAL - UN PREPARES TO SET IT UP
[...] Summary. As June 10, the date of entry into force of the Lebanon Tribunal Agreement, approaches, the UN Secretariat is gearing up to put arrangements in place for its full implementation. In a June 6 meeting, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officials described preparations for the Tribunal [...]
2007-06-07 21:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK459DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO POLISARIO TO COME TO TALKS
[...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 6 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754 and underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through the [...]
2007-06-08 15:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK46UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $70,467,371 TO THE TRUST
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green an official note and invoice requesting payment of $70,467,371.34 to the Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of January 10, [...]
2007-01-23 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK460MISSION CLEARANCE FOR DEBORAH KINGSLAND JUNE 12
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. DEBORAH KINGSLAND, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF MULTILATERAL COORDINATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 12 TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA). [...]
2007-06-08 22:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF
07USUNNEWYORK467UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...]
2007-06-08 23:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO TL
07USUNNEWYORK468UN SEEKS INSTRUCTIONS TO DEPOSIT BALANCE OF FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 20:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUN AFIN AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK469ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...]
2007-06-11 22:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET
07USUNNEWYORK47SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK470UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]
2007-06-12 16:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDBY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK473COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR
[...] In response to reference (a),country clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson and Special Assistants Matthew Lavine and Brendan Doherty to meet with tribunal officials on June 18, 2007 and to observe the June 18 UNSC tribunal session. The June 1 [...]
2007-06-12 21:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDABUD BK KAWC OTRA UN
07USUNNEWYORK475UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE: JULY
[...] (SBU) General Assembly President (PGA) Sheikha Haya al-Khalifa informed missions in a June 9 letter that the GA informal thematic debate "Climate Change as a global challenge" has now been officially scheduled for July 31-August 1. The GA debate had been requested by the New York Committee of [...]
2007-06-13 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK48UNCDF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 22:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNCDF
07USUNNEWYORK480KOSOVO: TIME FOR A GUT-CHECK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A P-3 meeting on Kosovo today found the UK and French United Nations missions without clear guidance from London and Paris about next steps in the face of resolute Russian opposition to the Ahtisaari settlement proposal. Both thought the recent Quint political directors meeting [...]
2007-06-14 16:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK481JUNE 14 SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) On June 14, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council in consultations on his recent trip to Mogadishu and to London, Addis, Asmara and Cairo. While great difficulties remained, he believed that Somalia now had a "fighting chance" to regain stability. [...]
2007-06-14 21:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET SO UK UNSC PREL PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK483UN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE REFORM PLAN: AMBITIOUS
[...] This is an action request - please see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. The two co-chairs of a UN environmental governance reform process released an Options Paper June 14 offering their summary of states' views on micro- and macro-reform, and recommending further action. The co-chai [...]
2007-06-14 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSENV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK485UN MOVES TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Ref A described UN preparations for the Lebanese Tribunal. In a June 6 meeting, UN officials told USUN officers that they were working quietly to put arrangements in place for full implementation of resolution 1757 but were conscious of the fact that its provisions would not be effective [...]
2007-06-15 00:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK486SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...]
2007-06-15 14:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK489UN RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR WALLACE'S INQUIRY ON
[...] USUN is transmitting a June 5 letter from Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute SIPDIS answering Ambassador Mark Wallace's May 11 inquiry into recent allegations of misconduct at the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). 2. Text of June 5 letter f [...]
2007-06-15 20:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK49UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...]
2007-01-24 15:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK490UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...]
2007-06-15 20:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK492INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...]
2007-06-15 22:20:00USUN New YorkSECRETKTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID
07USUNNEWYORK495SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENTS ON LEBANON
[...] (U) During the past week, the Security Council has issued three statements on the situation on Lebanon. The Council issued a press statement June 18 condemning the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel; a Presidential Statement (PRST) June 13 condemning the assassination of Lebanese parliam [...]
2007-06-19 00:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK496UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...]
2007-06-19 20:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK497CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...]
2007-06-20 00:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK498SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE - UK DRAFT PRST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2 below. The UK distributed the draft UNSCR Presidential Statement (PRST) contained in paragraph 3 below to the Special Court for Sierra Leone Management Committee on June 15. The UK indicated that since the June 8 UNSC meeting on the S [...]
2007-06-20 14:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL
07USUNNEWYORK499(ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR
[...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...]
2007-06-20 15:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW
07USUNNEWYORK50UNDP ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR AD MELKERT PROVIDES
[...] In a letter dated January 21, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert responded to Ambassador Mark Wallace's letter of January 16, 2007. In this letter, the latest in a string of formal communication between USUN and UNDP, Associate Administrator Melkert attempts to explain away USG con [...]
2007-01-24 16:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK502ISRAELI GENERAL DISCUSSES UNIFIL IN NEW YORK
[...] (C) Israeli Brigadier General Udi Dekel visited New York June 13-20 to share with P-5 delegations and the UN secretariat an updated Israeli assessment of Hizballah SIPDIS activities in the UNIFIL area of operations (AO). While commending UNIFIL's valuable role in disrupting Hizballah's fr [...]
2007-06-20 22:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK503CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...]
2007-06-20 23:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK504MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ISN/MNSA OFFICER
[...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN/MNSA officer William F. Menold Jr. to attend the first one-week session, beginning June 25, of the open-ended working group (OEWG) on convening a fourth special session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament (SSOD IV). 2. UNGA Resolut [...]
2007-06-21 00:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PARM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK505SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT OVER SUPPORT FOR ABBAS
[...] (SBU) In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Michael Williams, the recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the Middle East was in a time of crisis. Williams focused his briefing on recent events in Gaza and [...]
2007-06-21 00:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK507INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)-
[...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...]
2007-06-22 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW
07USUNNEWYORK509UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
[...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...]
2007-06-22 22:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK510UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS
[...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...]
2007-06-22 22:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
07USUNNEWYORK511RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]
2007-06-22 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK512WAN WALSUM'S PRIVATE READOUT ON JUNE 18-19 WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 20 meeting, Peter Van Walsum, the mediator of the June 18-19 Western Sahara peace negotiations, told USUN and NEA that the talks between Morocco and the Polisario had gone as well as he could have hoped. He said the role of pro-Moroccan Sahrawis in the talks was unhelpfu [...]
2007-06-22 23:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK513ALGERIAN READOUT ON JUNE 18-19 WESTERN SAHARA TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 20 meeting with USUN and NEA, Algerian negotiators present at the June 18-19 Western Sahara peace talks praised the talks' atmospherics and results, complimented Van Walsum on his handling of the negotiations, and patted themselves on the back for the role that they had [...]
2007-06-22 23:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK514BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORT ON STATUS OF UN CAPITAL
[...] A well placed UN official shared with USUN M&R Ambassador Wallace a copy of a soon to be released report by the UN Board of Auditors (BOA) on the US $1.9 billion Capital Master Plan project. The report, expected to be released in two weeks, states that the project has been delayed by nearly a [...]
2007-06-25 15:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK515UN PLANS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL CRYSTALLIZE
[...] (U) Summary. In a June 22 discussion, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel described progress on implementing UN Security Council resolution 1757, which brought the provisions of the Tribunal Agreement between the UN and Lebanon into force on June 10. Michel and his task force have focused on the [...]
2007-06-25 17:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKCRM LE PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK516COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR OPEN ENDED INFORMAL
[...] In response to reference A, USUN grants country clearance for all members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Open Ended Informal Consultative Process for Oceans and Law of the Sea in New York from June 25-29, 2007. 2. Unescorted access within USUN is granted only to State Depart [...]
2007-06-25 18:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC UN
07USUNNEWYORK5191540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...]
2007-06-25 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC PARM
07USUNNEWYORK52UN BUDGET: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ADDITIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: On December 22, 2006, the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolutions related to the program budget for the biennium 2006-2007: "Enhancing the role of the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa" (A/RES/61/234) and "Questions relating to the program budget for the bien [...]
2007-01-24 16:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK522CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS
[...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...]
2007-06-25 23:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK523MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/DG MS. JULIE
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. JULIE WERBEL, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 29 TO ATTEND A UN-LED ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) BREIFING ON ITS RECENTLY PUBLISHED SECURITY SECTOR REFORM HANDBOOK. 2. TED MALY, USUN/ECOSOC, IS THE CONTROL OFFICER. MR. MALY'S DESK PHONE IS 212-415-43 [...]
2007-06-27 14:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK528DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA/TAIWAN NOMENCLATURE AT
[...] Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel demarche June 26 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe. Pascoe said that he was unaware of recent UN actions referred to in our demarche and of the possible shift in UN treatment of the China/Taiwan nomenclature. He said he would loo [...]
2007-06-27 21:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL
07USUNNEWYORK53UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES
[...] SUMMARY: After several years of debate over how to finance the project, during which time the cost has significantly increased, the General Assembly (GA) decided that Member States should be directly assessed for their share of the total costs for the UN Capital Master Plan (A/61/251). The G [...]
2007-01-24 17:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK532UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] As instructed in reftel, USUN joined consensus on the UK drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The PRST was adopted by the UN Security Council on June 28. KHALILZAD [...]
2007-06-29 14:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL
07USUNNEWYORK534AMB KHALILZAD MEETS SOMALI PM GEDI
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a June 27 meeting at USUN, AMB Khalilzad told Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Gedi that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) needs to play a more constructive role in building Somali confidence in the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) and take immediate action t [...]
2007-06-29 18:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNSC PREL SO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK539AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S LUNCH WITH SYG BAN KI-MOON
[...] (C) During a June 26 lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discussed: the UN Reform Group, SIPDIS UNDP and DPRK, the Capital Master Plan, personnel issues, Ban's Washington trip, and the Terms of Reference for the Blair appointment. 2. (C) On the Reform Group: [...]
2007-07-02 14:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK541UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN
[...] (U) On June 22, Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in an open session on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. His remarks included first-hand observations from recent field missions to Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, norther [...]
2007-07-02 17:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC XA
07USUNNEWYORK544PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...]
2007-07-03 12:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK545DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche points July 2 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari urging serious and substantive Polisario engagement in the upcoming August talks with Morocco, underscoring international expectations of real progress between the parties, and notin [...]
2007-07-03 13:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK546EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...]
2007-07-03 14:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK549SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE UNMOVIC
[...] (U) Summary: The Security Council voted June 29 in support of the U.S.-UK resolution to terminate the mandates of UNMOVIC and the IAEA's Iraq Nuclear Verification Office, with 14 members voting in favor and one abstention (Russia). Russian PermRep Churkin attributed Russia's abstention to th [...]
2007-07-03 20:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK55ACTION REQUEST:USUN PROPOSED COMMENTS TO UNDP ON
[...] Per reftels, UNDP has delivered correspondence to USUN and made public statements on the UNDP DPRK country program. USUN proposes to respond with the letter below from Ambassador Mark Wallace to UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert at opening of business on January 25, prior to the UNDP Ex [...]
2007-01-24 18:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNC PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK550UN AND U.S. AGREE TO SEEK TO EXPAND UNAMI MANDATE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, S/I Ambassador David Satterfield led a discussion with the UN on Iraq (including the UN's role in Iraq) as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue. Both the U.S. and the UN agreed that the UN's mandate in Iraq should be updated and expanded, wherever possible. The UN e [...]
2007-07-03 21:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK553MISSION CLEARANCE FOR 1540 ASSISTANCE PROVIDER
[...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN officers Pieter Ott, Yvette Wong, Thomas Wuchte and DoE officer Todd Perry to attend the July 11-12 meeting of the 1540 Assistance Provider Meeting. 2. Control officer will be USUN Mark Groombridge who will join delegates at the [...]
2007-07-06 15:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCFE OTRA PARM PREL SC UN WMD
07USUNNEWYORK554PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...]
2007-07-06 20:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK555AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET
[...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...]
2007-07-06 20:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK556IRAQI REQUEST TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM SANCTIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Secretariat provided USUN on May 3 with a preview of an Iraqi request to the Security Council's 1518 Committee to delist three individuals currently under sanctions for their affiliation with the former Saddam Hussein regi [...]
2007-07-09 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL IZ
07USUNNEWYORK557DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...]
2007-07-09 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG
07USUNNEWYORK563AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES
[...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...]
2007-07-11 00:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK564SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]
2007-07-11 11:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK568UNSC: BRIEFING ON WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS;
[...] Summary: In a July 11 closed briefing to the Security Council, the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum explained that he had included recommendations in his report that were eventually deleted in order to suggest a way for the parties to move beyond "atmosph [...]
2007-07-12 20:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK573U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEF UNSYG ON PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE
[...] (C) White House CEQ Chairman Connaughton and Under Secretary Dobriansky briefed UN Secretary-General Ban on the SIPDIS President's May 31 climate change initiative (reftel) during a June 18 meeting at the UN. Connaughton and Dobriansky clarified the USG goals and how the initiative would c [...]
2007-07-13 19:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON KGHG SENV PREL KPKO SU
07USUNNEWYORK574WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...]
2007-07-13 19:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM
07USUNNEWYORK575UPDATE ON UN EFFORTS TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) Summary. USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff met with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorneys Mark Quarterman and Jerome de Hemptinne on July 12 to seek an update on efforts to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN Legal Adviser met separately with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel [...]
2007-07-13 21:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK576COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. LISA ROTZ AND
[...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Lisa Rotz and Dr. Carol Linden, both of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to participate as an expert and an observer in an informal technical consultative group in preparation for the development of a single comprehensive database on biolog [...]
2007-07-13 21:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO UN PTER OTRA
07USUNNEWYORK578RUSSIA TRASHES MINIMALIST KOSOVO DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin told co-sponsors of a revised draft resolution on Kosovo that Moscow's initial reaction to their text was thoroughly dismissive. He read guidance from Moscow characterizing the draft as calling for negotiations that would be mere formalities leading to aut [...]
2007-07-13 22:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK579KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...]
2007-07-16 22:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK58SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
[...] 1. This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 13. 2. As reported reftel, the General Assembly (GA) agreed on December 22, 2006 to additional funding for 27 special political missions (SPMs),including the UN missions in Iraq and Afghanistan (A/RES/61/252 Section VII). Howeve [...]
2007-01-25 15:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR PREL
07USUNNEWYORK580UNSC/DARFUR: HYBRID JOINT SPECIAL REP SEEMS SHAKY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 16 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada offered no assurance that he would be able to reconcile competing strategic directives from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) over administration of the hybrid o [...]
2007-07-16 22:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK582MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] Summary. On July 9, 2007 the Committee on Relations with the Host Country convened its 233rd meeting to address, inter alia, Host Country travel regulations, acceleration of immigration and customs procedures, and entry visas issued by the Host Country. Briefly mentioned were New York,s con [...]
2007-07-17 11:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN CVIS SY
07USUNNEWYORK583UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1765
[...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1765 (2007) on July 16, renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 15, 2008. The resolution requests UNOCI to support the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and encourages the Facilit [...]
2007-07-17 16:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCI PREL UNSC KPKO PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK584UN NAMES CMP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[...] (U) On Monday, July 2, 2007, Ban Ki Moon announced Michael Adlerstein as Executive Director of the Capital Master Plan, the $1.9 billion renovation project of the United Nations New York headquarters complex. The project will extend over the next several years. Adlerstein, a Harvard trained arc [...]
2007-07-17 21:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK586MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ISN/MNSA OFFICER
[...] Mission clearance is granted for ISN/MNSA officer Alexander T. Liebowitz to attend the second one-week session, beginning July 30, of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on convening a fourth special session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament (SSOD IV). 2. USUN POC is Bridget Lines at 212 [...]
2007-07-18 14:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PARM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK588COUNTRY CLEARANCE: JOHN SANDAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 19:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK590UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL
[...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...]
2007-07-18 21:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK592UN BOARD OF AUDITORS SKIRTS SERIOUS REVIEW OF UNDP
[...] At the insistence of one member of the ACABQ (rumored to be the French member),the ACABQ met with the Board of Auditors (BOA) to discuss the Board's response to ACABQ's request to complete the audit of the UN's voluntarily funded programs in the DPRK. The US member and others made clear dur [...]
2007-07-20 17:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AID AORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNICEF UNOPS
07USUNNEWYORK595SECURITY COUNCIL PUTS KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON HOLD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following an hour of closed Security Council consultations during which Russia made clear an intent to veto the latest draft resolution on Kosovo if it were brought to a vote, sponsors of the resolution announced to the press that they would "put on hold discussions of a new reso [...]
2007-07-20 22:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK596STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...]
2007-07-20 23:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK597ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON
[...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...]
2007-07-20 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PBTS PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK598RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...]
2007-07-20 23:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK6SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...]
2007-01-09 22:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK601SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT
[...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...]
2007-07-24 20:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK602UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated May 31, 2007 acknowledging receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: UNDOF $ 5,198,550 UNIFIL 52,304,550 MINURSO 3,705,000 UNOMIG 2,539,466 UNFICYP 3,177,856 ICTY 2,680,06 [...]
2007-07-24 20:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN ABUD UN
07USUNNEWYORK603UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $205,200 TO THE REGIONAL
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice dated July 4, 2007 requesting payment of $205,200 for 2007 to the Regional Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP),of the United Nations Environment P [...]
2007-07-24 20:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK605DPRK ATTEMPTS TO INSCRIBE AN ANTI-JAPAN ITEM ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) DECIDED, ON JULY 24, NOT TO INSCRIBE A NEW ITEM ENTITLED, "CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF XENOPHOBIA" ON ITS CURRENT AGENDA. ADDITION OF THE ITEM HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) WHICH SUBMITTED A MEMO CLAIMING THAT A NE [...]
2007-07-24 22:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KN JA
07USUNNEWYORK607UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]
2007-07-25 16:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK608UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 18:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK609UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $59 MILLION TO THE TRUST
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $59,152,371.34 to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the United Nations Environment Progr [...]
2007-07-25 18:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK615UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 19:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNRWA
07USUNNEWYORK617FRANCE PROPOSES SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 00:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UNSC FR
07USUNNEWYORK618UNSC: JULY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING/CONSULTATIONS
[...] Summary: In his July Middle East Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Michael Williams highlighted both the positive and negative developments in the region over the past month. Positive developments include the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, renewed contact b [...]
2007-07-27 15:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK619UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...]
2007-07-27 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK62UNSC: JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK622US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]
2007-07-28 00:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK623DARFUR RESOLUTION: DPKO COOL TO PROPOSED TIMELINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN presented Department's proposed edits to the Darfur hybrid draft resolution to UN Peacekeeping Undersecretary Guehenno and asked that he consider carefully our proposed phasing-in of UN ownership of the hybrid as a reasonable reflection of the realities of the AMIS-UNAMID tra [...]
2007-07-28 01:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK626US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]
2007-07-30 20:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK629UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]
2007-07-31 21:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK63DPKO URGES PRESSURE ON BASHIR, KONARE TO ASSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN Ambassador Sanders delivered ref A points to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Hedi Annabi on January 25, stressing our interest in helping DPKO to identify and deploy as early as possible any and all elements of t [...]
2007-01-26 00:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK630UNSC: QATAR AND INDONESIA DROP GAZA PRST
[...] (SBU) Qatar and Indonesia formally abandoned July 30 an effort to push a UNSC Presidential Statement expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including a call to open the border crossings, after USUN advised the Council we would not be able to support the statement. USUN [...]
2007-08-01 00:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL ID QA
07USUNNEWYORK632UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION
[...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...]
2007-08-02 00:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK635UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19, the UNGA,s Open-Ended Working Group on UNSC Expansion discussed the two recent reports on the issue prepared by facilitators appointed by UNGA President Khalifa. Although the debate on Security Council reform and expansion gained some momentum in the wake of these [...]
2007-08-02 22:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK636DPKO SEEKS P5 HELP AGAINST SUDAN'S OBSTACLES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting of P5 Ambassadors, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno solicited P5 bilateral engagement with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on the issue of GNU restrictions on movement of goods and flight clearan [...]
2007-08-03 00:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK639RESOLUTION ON REVITALIZATION PASSES BY CONSENSUS
[...] Requests the Secretary-General to submit an update to his report on the implementation of resolutions on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, in particular resolutions 58/126, 58/316, 59/313, 60/286 and the present resolution, at its sixty-second session; 2. Decides to [...]
2007-08-03 18:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KUNR AORC
07USUNNEWYORK640ACABQ COMPLETES REVIEW OF SYG'S PROPOSED BUDGET
[...] Summary: The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) held its spring session May 15 - July 27 2007. The session primarily focused on the Secretary General's proposed budget for the biennium 2008-2009 (A/62/6). It held extensive hearings with Secretariat offici [...]
2007-08-03 22:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK644UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWELVE
[...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Douglas Wake and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 15 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government for 12 operat [...]
2007-08-06 21:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK646UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...]
2007-08-07 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK647USUN MEETS WITH NEW CMP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 19:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK648CLIMATE CHANGE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ATTESTS TO
[...] Nearly 100 member states delivered remarks during the July 31-August 2 informal thematic debate of the General Assembly on climate change. The theme of "common but differentiated responsibilities" ran through the speeches with developed countries pledging continued reductions of greenhouse gas [...]
2007-08-07 23:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV KGHG UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK650MISSION CLEARANCE FOR LIBERIA SSR TEAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 21:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRS UN YI PREL
07USUNNEWYORK651COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR
[...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...]
2007-08-08 23:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK655UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNMEE
[...] USUN has emailed to Department EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of a note dated August 9, 2007 from the UN Secretary-General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed SIPDIS contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) for the period from July 1, 2007 to January [...]
2007-08-09 20:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK656UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...]
2007-08-09 23:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK659SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on August 9, the Congolese Presidency raised Georgia's request for a Security Council meeting on the August 6 rocket attack on its territory. Russian PermRep Churkin announced that Russia preferred a "careful, joint investigation" with Georgia, and regret [...]
2007-08-10 00:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK66UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING
[...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...]
2007-01-26 21:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK660UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
[...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets freeze on [...]
2007-08-10 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDDRC PREL UNSC ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK662UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: On Friday, August 3, 2007, Ambassador Wallace delivered a strong statement at the meeting of the GA Ad Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related pers [...]
2007-08-10 22:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC UN
07USUNNEWYORK664ACTION REQUEST: ADDRESSING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a Presidential Statement (PRST) adopted on August 3 (reftel),the UN Security Council reiterated its support for the Secretary-General,s request that Israel provide the UN detailed data on its use of cluster bombs in south Lebanon to aid in UN de-mining efforts. T [...]
2007-08-10 23:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK666UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...]
2007-08-14 00:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK667FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...]
2007-08-14 15:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU
07USUNNEWYORK67ARNAULT RAISES POSSIBLE REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN
[...] Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting of the Security Council on October 6, United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed Council members SIPDIS [...]
2007-01-26 22:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK670VAN WALSUM'S READOUT OF SECOND ROUND OF WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 13 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, UN/SYG Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum said that the second round of Western Sahara negotiations had shown some engagement by the parties on peripheral substantive issues including natural resources and local administration, but t [...]
2007-08-15 14:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK671ALGERIAN READOUT ON AUGUST 10-11 WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Sanders, members of the Algerian delegation to the second round of the Manhasset talks between Morocco and the Polisario on Western Sahara expressed lower expectations of the progress of the talks than they had after the initial round. The Algerians s [...]
2007-08-15 14:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK672POST CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO USUN
[...] (U) Post clearance is granted per reftel request for travel to USUN on Thursday, August 16, for consultations on UNSCR 1769 and related issues. 2. (U) The tentative schedule for reftel delegation includes 0900-1200 DPKO meetings, a 1400-1530 UN Force Generation Service meeting, a 15:45-16:4 [...]
2007-08-15 16:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK673UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $834,302 TO THE TRUST FUND
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $834,302 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of July 26, 2007 payments owed are as fol [...]
2007-08-15 18:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK674UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $4.2 MILLION TO THE TRUST
[...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $4,211,476 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MP),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of July 25, 2007 payments owe [...]
2007-08-15 18:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK675UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 20:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNRWA
07USUNNEWYORK676READ-OUT OF MEETINGS WITH SYG BAN ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) In an August 14 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon discussed his upcoming SIPDIS September 2-4 visit to Sudan, which would also include stops in Chad and Libya. The SYG hoped by the time of his trip, United Nations (UN) Special Envoy Eliasson and A [...]
2007-08-15 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK677UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 23:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK678UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated June 29, 2007 confirming receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: Receipt No. Mission Amount($) ----------- ------- ---------- B072563 MINURSO 1,852,500 B072564 UN [...]
2007-08-15 23:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK679UPDATE ON UN REFERENCES TO TAIWAN
[...] (C) Upon his return to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a range of issues. On the issue of UN language on the status of Taiwan, Ban said he realized he had gone too far in his recent public statements, and confirmed that the UN would no longer use the phrase " [...]
2007-08-16 15:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK680UN SYG BAN ON NEW AFGHANISTAN ENVOY
[...] (C) Returning to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a number of issues, including the proposed new UN envoy for Afghanistan. Ban said there is as yet no consensus on whether to appoint an additional envoy. He noted that the Europeans are in disagreement about the [...]
2007-08-16 15:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF
07USUNNEWYORK685DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS
[...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...]
2007-08-16 23:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK686UN PROPOSAL TO CARVE INVESTIGATION OUT OF OIOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General has proposed to extract investigative responsibility from the UN Office of Internal Oversight (OIOS) and to create a new separate and independent entity to conduct investigations. A select group of Member States, including the U.S., with whom SYG Ban shared h [...]
2007-08-17 13:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC
07USUNNEWYORK688NETHERLANDS AGREES TO HOST SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] (U) The UN Secretariat announced on August 17 that UN Secretary-General Ban had received a letter dated August 15 SIPDIS from Prime Minister Jan Balkenende informing him that the Government of the Netherlands is "favorably disposed" to hosting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, created pursu [...]
2007-08-17 22:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE NE
07USUNNEWYORK689RUSSIA STIFLES UNSC STATEMENT ON GEORGIAN MISSILE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia blocked Security Council consensus on two U.S.-led efforts to have the Council issue a statement of concern over the August 6 crash without detonation of an air-launched missile in Georgia. When the U.S. recrafted the initial Presidential Statement (PRST) criticizing "the [...]
2007-08-17 23:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGG PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK69ECOSOC 2007 ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION: AGENDA
[...] Summary: See Action request para 6. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met January 17 and 22 for the first segment of its 2007 Organizational Session. After prolonged discussion in the second (exceptional) meeting of the session, the agenda we sought was adopted. Work on the core eleme [...]
2007-01-29 17:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KUNR ECOSOC
07USUNNEWYORK695CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...]
2007-08-21 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK696SOMALIA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS AMISOM, PREVIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 20, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the African Union to maintain its AMISOM mission in Somalia for an additional six months and setting the stage for a possible follow-on UN Peacekeeping Operation. Discussion in consultations prior [...]
2007-08-22 18:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGG PGOV PREL PHUM SO
07USUNNEWYORK697OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO
[...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...]
2007-08-22 23:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE
07USUNNEWYORK7THREE LETTERS SENT TO AMBASSADOR WALLACE FROM UNDP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 01:26:00USUN New YorkSECRETEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK701540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES DIFFERENT
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its informal meeting January 24, the 1540 Committee discussed, but did not reach decisions on several topics: (1) candidates to fill three current vacancies on the Committee's experts' panel; (2) disposition of the contracts of the Committee's five current experts (ref B),[...]
2007-01-29 17:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PTER PREL KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK7001540: UN SUBCOMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) At an August 21 meeting, Sub-Committee B of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") agreed to defer consideration of a matrix assessing Iran's implementation of resolution 1 [...]
2007-08-23 22:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK704UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE AMID
[...] (U) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1773 on 24 August 2007 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2008. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End Note.) [...]
2007-08-24 22:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK705DPKO PRESENTS SYG'S REPORT ON MINUSTAH
[...] (SBU) Summary. DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi briefed Friends of Haiti representatives on August 24 on the highlights of the SYG,s latest report on MINUSTAH. Although the SYG recommended no changes to MINUSTAH's mandate, he urged the UNSC to lower MINUSTAH,s troop strength by 140 and raise its polic [...]
2007-08-24 22:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK706USUN: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S ABSENCE FROM POST
[...] Ambassador Khalilzad temporarily departed post on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 1915 local time. Deputy Permanent Representative Alejandro Wolff has assumed charge. 2. Ambassador Khalilzad will return to New York on Tuesday, September 4, 2007. WOLFF [...]
2007-08-25 00:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT OVIP
07USUNNEWYORK708BRZAK/LUBBERS SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalilizad met on August 24 with the UN Secretary General to discuss the Brzak case, making points SIPDIS contained reftel. The Secretary General said he would meet with his UN Legal team to discuss the options for dealing with this case. Subsequently, the UN Office of Legal [...]
2007-08-27 22:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN
07USUNNEWYORK71WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Shirin Tahir-Kheli called upon UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie, who heads the recently created Peacebuilding Support Office of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). McAskie commended the Secretary's outre [...]
2007-01-29 21:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO UNGA PHUM PREL BY
07USUNNEWYORK711GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA
[...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...]
2007-08-28 14:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK713UN ANNOUNCEMENT OF IRAQ AND SUDAN SRSGS
[...] (C) UN SYG Ban phoned Amb Khalilzad August 28 to report that he had received agrement from GOS President Bashir to appoint Ashraf Qazi as SRSG for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). This decision frees Ban to announce the appointment of Staffan di Mistura as SRSG for the UN Assistance Mission [...]
2007-08-28 23:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNAUS IZ
07USUNNEWYORK715MEETING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
[...] 4 (b) and (d). Â [...]
2007-08-29 23:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALOFDP CG UN
07USUNNEWYORK717MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR
[...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...]
2007-08-30 22:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK718PROPOSED RAPE RESOLUTION AT UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 22:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI UNGA KFEM
07USUNNEWYORK719ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...]
2007-08-31 22:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UNSC ET ER
07USUNNEWYORK725GAMBARI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting of the Security Council to finalize the program of work for September, Amb Wolff successfully rebuffed a Chinese request to delete the program's "footnote" reference to Burma, and confirmed Council agreement to receive a briefing during the month fr [...]
2007-09-06 00:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK727INSTRAW VOLUNTARY FUNDING REQUEST
[...] (U) Summary: Mission received the following note dated August 23, 2007, from the Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations addressed to Amb. Khalizad, raising the need for voluntary funding for the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancemen [...]
2007-09-06 19:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EAID KWMN UN
07USUNNEWYORK7281540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...]
2007-09-06 20:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK7291540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...]
2007-09-06 20:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK73UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...]
2007-01-29 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK731LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL FOCUSES ON UNMIL DRAWDOWN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIL SRSG Doss briefed the UN Security Council on progress on political and security fronts in Liberia, focusing most of his presentation on explaining the recommendations of the Secretary-General's August 8 report (S/2007/479) for a drawdown in UNMIL operations and personnel. [...]
2007-09-07 01:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYLI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK733UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...]
2007-09-08 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC CG SU
07USUNNEWYORK736COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DEPT. OF
[...] Country clearance is granted for the following personnel to travel to New York for the meetings described in paragraph 2 of reftel. John B. Sandage Chief, Counterterrorism and Sanctions Policy Bureau of International Organization Affairs Department of State Arrives o/a September 10, depar [...]
2007-09-10 19:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK74SYG BAN PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF DPKO
[...] (U) Secretary-General Ban has proposed restructuring the Secretariat to downgrade the Department of Disarmament SIPDIS Affairs (DDA) and split the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) into two distinct departments. Ban has asked the GA to give its blessing to the proposals, which he [...]
2007-01-30 22:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KUNR KPKO UN UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK740UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR UN
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and attachment dated August 31, 2007 from the Secretary-General requesting payment of U.S. assessed contributions to the UN Regular Budget and the Capital Master Plan which remain outstanding in the [...]
2007-09-11 21:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK74162ND UNGA PRESIDENT PLANS FOR TAIWAN ISSUE
[...] Action Request Para 5. 2. Summary. UN General Assembly President-elect H.E. Mr. Srgjan Kerim convened informal consultations of the 62nd UNGA General Committee on September 6 to discuss procedures for considering the request for inscription of a new agenda item on Taiwan. The Chinese ur [...]
2007-09-11 23:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDTW UNGA XE ZO
07USUNNEWYORK744UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DR
[...] (U) Summary. On September 11, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in a closed session on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on his recent field visit to DRC, Holmes outlined continuing humanitarian [...]
2007-09-12 21:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC CG XA
07USUNNEWYORK745GEORGIA PROPOSES NEW IDEAS FOR NEW YORK ACTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Wolff and Georgian Permrep Alasania discussed next steps in reaction to the August 6 attack on Georgia. Alasania proposed holding some type of panel discussion in which the two Independent Expert Group (IEG) teams and Russian experts could participate inste [...]
2007-09-12 22:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK747SYG BAN BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON UN/AU POL PROCESS,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SYG Ban Ki-Moon briefed the UNSC September 12 on his recent travels to Sudan, Chad and Libya and provided an update on UNAMID deployment. SYG Ban asked for UNSC members to support the planned meeting between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Darfur rebel groups to be [...]
2007-09-13 14:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC SU
07USUNNEWYORK748HAITIAN PERMREP PLEDGES HAITI WILL NOT PROVOKE
[...] (C) During a meeting on September 10, Haitian PermRep Leo Merores told Poloff he did not expect China to object to a one-year extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) when it expires on October 15, 2007. (Note: China threatened to veto MINUSTAH's mandate in [...]
2007-09-13 14:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK749UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO MAINTAINS THAT SOUTH
[...] (C) During consultations in New York September 4-7 with the UN, troop contributing countries (TCC),members of the Security Council, and other interested delegations, UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano declared that Hizballah's arms pose the greatest threat to stability in Lebanon. But he mainta [...]
2007-09-13 18:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK75UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING
[...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...]
2007-01-31 14:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK750UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DPKO Military Planning Division Acting Director Major General (MG) Five briefed UNSC Military Advisors September 10 on UNAMID implementation. Topics included current status of deployments of the AMIS battalions, the Light Support Package (LSP),the Heavy Support Package (HSP) an [...]
2007-09-13 19:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK751SERBIAN PERMREP SEEMS TO BACK OFF FROM TOUGH
[...] (C) On September 11, Serbian Permrep Pavle Jevremovic met with Ambassador Wolff in the wake of Prime Minister Kostunica's statement to members of the Security Council (e-mailed to Department) that had called on them "to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from the US p [...]
2007-09-13 20:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNSC KV YI PREL
07USUNNEWYORK7521540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WEBSITE, OUTREACH
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting September 12 of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),Slovak PermRep and Chairman Peter Burian announced that interested delegations were discussing proposals for reaching agreement on the langu [...]
2007-09-14 13:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK757SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND
[...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...]
2007-09-14 21:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK759COUNTRY CLEARANCE: PAUL DERGARABEDIAN AND BRUCE
[...] (U) Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Paul Dergarabedian, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury and Bruce Miller, DHS, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to lead a training workshop on trade-based issues involving money launderin [...]
2007-09-17 15:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK760SYG BAN URGES UNSC TO EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE FOR
[...] (U) During UNSC consultations on September 13, SYG Ban reported on his August 1-2 visit to Haiti and appealed to delegates to seize an "historic opportunity" to make progress in that country by staying the course and avoiding early disengagement. Recounting how he had walked through Cite Sole [...]
2007-09-17 17:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC HA
07USUNNEWYORK763BAN ON DARFUR, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, QUARTET
[...] (C) During his monthly lunch with Security Council PermReps September 17, SYG Ban promised an increased UN role in Afghanistan and Iraq and reported the Italians may provide the aviation assets necessary to support UNAMID deployment. He also said the September 23 Quartet meeting should not be [...]
2007-09-18 00:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPAL SU AF IZ
07USUNNEWYORK768DARFUR: UN-P3 SHARE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. P3 representatives pushed UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under Secretary-General Guehenno for rapid deployment of UNAMID forces to Darfur and strategized about support for African troop contributing countries [...]
2007-09-19 22:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK77UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-01-31 16:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK771PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES FOR THE AFRICAN UNION
[...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. Ambassador Khalilzad has received a September 18 letter from AU Permanent Observer Ratsifandrihamanana requesting reinstatement of certain diplomatic privileges and immunities that the African Union (then the Organization of African Unity) lost in 1996. [...]
2007-09-20 14:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN
07USUNNEWYORK773UN DEBATE ON TAIWAN MEMBERSHIP
[...] (U) Summary: When determining the agenda for the 62nd UN General Assembly September 19, the General Committee considered whether to include the agenda item "Urging the Security Council to process Taiwan's membership application pursuant to provision rules of procedure 59 and 60." Following a [...]
2007-09-20 21:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK776MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief, Ambassador John J. Danilovich, Maureen Harrington, Vice President, Policy and International Relations, Jaroslav Dutkewych, Director, Country Relations; and Richard Biro, Chauffeur, for consultations at the UN with [...]
2007-09-21 13:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDADM AMGT EAID RSO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK779INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY,
[...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...]
2007-09-21 16:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT
07USUNNEWYORK78UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: MORATORIUM ON GIFTS DURING
[...] SUMMARY: USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 10 January 2007 from the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management noting that there will be a moratorium on gifts during the Capital Master Plan implementation period. Full text of note is below. 2. Begin Text: [...]
2007-01-31 20:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK780LEBANON TRIBUNAL - PROGRESS REPORT
[...] USUN Legal Adviser spoke with UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Larry Johnson, September 18, about progress on the appointment of a Prosecutor and Judges for the Lebanon Tribunal. He confirmed that UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has interviewed some prospects for the Prosecu [...]
2007-09-21 16:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK781SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON
[...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...]
2007-09-21 17:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK78262ND UNGA ADOPTS THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 17:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK783UN LEGAL COUNSEL BRIEFS SC ON LEBANON SPECIAL
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In a short briefing to the Security Council September 19, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel highlighted the UN's efforts to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational. The Netherlands has provided "full cooperation" since expressing its willingness to host the Tribunal, [...]
2007-09-21 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYREINEMEYER WILCOX EMAIL
07USUNNEWYORK786UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...]
2007-09-22 01:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK788UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNIFIL
[...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of a note dated September 11, 2007 from the UN Secretary-General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed SIPDIS contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for the period Sep [...]
2007-09-24 19:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK789U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Mission Legal Adviser delivered reftel names of individuals interested in working with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson on September 24. On the margins of the meeting, Mi [...]
2007-09-24 21:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK79UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 14
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...]
2007-01-31 23:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK79062ND UNGA: SIXTH COMMITTEE INFORMATION BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee Secretariat held an information briefing on September 19 - 20 for delegates to discuss items on the Committee's agenda this fall. Highlights included briefings on Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission and the International [...]
2007-09-24 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK794COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: CONSTANCE ARVIS TO
[...] Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Constance Arvis, Deputy Director for Law of the Sea, Office of Oceans Affairs to visit USUN, New York to attend the UNGA negotiations on the Oceans Omnibus Resolution to be held from September 30 to October 6, 2007. 2 POC is James Donovan at [...]
2007-09-25 13:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EFIS EWWT UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK797SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]
2007-09-27 01:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK799NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...]
2007-09-27 21:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK8UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...]
2007-01-10 02:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK80UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL
[...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...]
2007-01-31 23:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KTIA UN
07USUNNEWYORK802SYG BAN ON BURMA AND ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Secretary General Ban briefly on September 27. Topics included Burma, Zimbabwe and the prospects for a U.S. candidate for controller of the UN (septel). BURMA ----- 2. (C) Secretary General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 27 that Special A [...]
2007-09-28 16:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM ZI
07USUNNEWYORK803UN/CMP REVISITS SINGLE PHASED APPROACH TO UN
[...] This is an action cable see paragraph 8. 2. The CMP renovation project is reportedly over budget by $220 million. Over the past two weeks, senior level officers within the UN Secretariat, including the UN's Capital Master Plan Office, have told State Department officials and representative [...]
2007-09-28 17:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDABUD ACABQ AORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK805RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 20 INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a rambling screed before the Security Council on September 26, Russia's PermRep Churkin accused the Government of Georgia of everything from warmongering to attempted murder. Finally focusing on the September 20 violence in Georgia that was the item he was ostensibly addres [...]
2007-09-28 19:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK806BURMA: A/SYG WAHLSTROM ON HER PROPOSED VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following reftel request, on September 28 USUN ECOSOC Minister Counselor met with Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Margareta Wahlstrom to discuss her proposed trip to Burma. Wahlstrom's travel plans for mid-October include field trips to drought-affected a [...]
2007-09-28 21:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK807OSCE SIDESTEPS GEORGIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's annual briefing before the Security Council on September 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos gave a generalized presentation that barely touched on Georgia. Prompted by Slovakia, Belgium, the UK and the US, Moratinos claimed that the OSCE had [...]
2007-10-01 14:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OSCE
07USUNNEWYORK81INVITATION TO FRB CHAIRMAN BERNANKE TO ADDRESS THE
[...] Action request. USUN received January 29 the following letter from Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis (Lithuania),incoming President of The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),inviting Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to deliver a keynote address to the UN Economic and Social Council on the su [...]
2007-01-31 23:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECOSOC
07USUNNEWYORK810IRAQI STATEMENTS ON MNF EXTENSION
[...] (U) Recent press reports quote Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari as stating: "We will ask the (Security) Council to include an article that allows Iraq to enter into negotiations with the United States to reach long-term security arrangements to meet Iraq's security needs bilaterally." Deputy Fo [...]
2007-10-01 23:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK814UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...]
2007-10-03 21:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK815U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...]
2007-10-04 13:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC CY GG
07USUNNEWYORK816UNSC HEARS THAT GUINEA-BISSAU PROGRESS IS FRAGILE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Secretary-General's representative, Shola Omoregie, told the Security Council on October 3 that the evident calm in Guinea-Bissau is deceptive. Political, security, and social tensions are rising beneath the surface and will likely rise further in the run-up to elections. O [...]
2007-10-04 23:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GB
07USUNNEWYORK818USUN REQUESTS GUIDANCE FROM DEPARTMENT ON THE UN
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. The UN Secretary General's proposed budget for the 2008-2009 biennium is $4.4 billion. This represents a 5% increase over the previous budget of $4.2 billion for the 2006-2007 biennium. In addition to the proposals contained in the proposed prog [...]
2007-10-05 20:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK821UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...]
2007-10-05 21:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK82762ND UNGA: SIXTH COMMITTEE- UN SECRETARIAT NOTE
[...] (C) USUN Legal Adviser contacted ASyG for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson October 5 to advise him, per reftel, that the United State would prefer that the UN not issue its draft note on "Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Missions" as an official document. Johnson [...]
2007-10-08 13:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK829COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR US DELEGATION TO
[...] In response to reftel, USUN grants country clearance for the five (5) individuals listed in para 2 below to attend the 62nd informal consultations on the UNGA sustainable fisheries resolution to be held at the United Nations headquarters October 8-11 and November 11-22. 2. Begin list: [...]
2007-10-08 19:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHSA EFIS
07USUNNEWYORK830FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...]
2007-10-08 20:10:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK831GAMBARI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting October 8, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad that he needed staff to follow up on his recent mission to Burma and that he planned to form a core group comprised of the U.S., China, Japan, India, the Russian Federation, Singapore (as ASEAN ch [...]
2007-10-09 13:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK832GAMBARI RAISES ISSUES FOR A TRANSITION IN BURMA
[...] (S) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) On October 8, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari to discuss next steps following the latter's return from Burma. Several issues emerged in the discussion, which could benefit from an NSC-led interagency review, w [...]
2007-10-09 13:37:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK834UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DROPS TWO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] (U) Summary: At the Oct. 8 opening session of the UNGA Third Committee, Benin, on behalf of the African group, called unexpectedly for the deletion from the draft agenda of two reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) on the human rights situation in Nepal and Uganda. Portugal [...]
2007-10-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC UNGA UG NP
07USUNNEWYORK838MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO IO/PSC JOHN SANDAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 22:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK839AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...]
2007-10-09 23:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK840UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]
2007-10-09 23:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK844UNICEF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 18:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK845UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 18:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK847UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 18:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNEP
07USUNNEWYORK848SYG BAN BRIEFS USUN ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a meeting on October 5, SYG Ban briefed Ambassador Khalilzad on his revised strategy for the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP) -- the renovation of the UN's New York headquarters which is necessary in part to bring UN buildings [...]
2007-10-10 23:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALACABQ UNGA KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK85UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 14
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 31, 2007 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...]
2007-01-31 23:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK851UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND
[...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...]
2007-10-11 13:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU
07USUNNEWYORK852UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LEBANON
[...] Summary: The UN is moving to appoint the principal officers of the Lebanon Tribunal during October and November. UN Legal Counsel told Security Council members that a mechanism has been set up to identify the Tribunal Prosecutor and Judges before the end of the year. He explained that the [...]
2007-10-11 13:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK854SOMALI D/PERMREP'S ASSESSMENT OF TFG POLITICS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Somali D/PermRep Idd Beddel Mohamed predicted that the expected parliamentary confidence vote would produce a new government led by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Commerce, Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah, or Minister of Interior, Mohamed Mohamud Guled Gamadhere. END S [...]
2007-10-11 21:33:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK856HARIRI SATISFIED WITH PACE OF UN EFFORTS TO SET UP
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 8-9 visit to New York, Lebanese MP Sa'ad Hariri held meetings with UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon, other Secretariat officials, and UNSC members that focused largely on the need to speed up the set up of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Ambassador Khalilzad met Hariri on [...]
2007-10-11 22:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK857MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR UNGA SESSION GRANTED
[...] Mission clearance is granted for the following individuals for the UNGA session in New York at the US Mission. Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees Linda Lum - IO/RHS Thomas Johnson - IO/RHS Paul Birdsall - IO/RHS Douglas Rohn - IO/RHS Monika Meta - IO/RHS Elizabeth Wepler - IO/RHS Nicholas Ka [...]
2007-10-11 22:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDADM AMGT EAID RSO PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK859SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) An additional two hours of negotiations between China and the U.S., followed by China and the P-3, then joined by Indonesia, South Africa and the Russian Federation, produced a consensus presidential statement on the situation in Burma on October 11. While initially again rejecting refer [...]
2007-10-12 00:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK86UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL
[...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...]
2007-01-31 23:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KTIA UN
07USUNNEWYORK860UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2007
[...] (U) The 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 234th meeting on October 5, 2007. USUN Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. Over a dozen non-Committee Member States participated as observers. There were no requests for specific items [...]
2007-10-12 19:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UNAUS IT SU IV
07USUNNEWYORK861UNGA 62: USUAL SUSPECTS CRITICAL OF U.S. IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the United Nations General Debate, several member states praised the United States on a variety of issues, including peacebuilding, reconstruction, debt relief, and democracy. Several heads of state were outspoken in their harsh criticism of the United States, primar [...]
2007-10-12 22:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK862 SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]
2007-10-12 23:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK865UNGA: MOROCCO AND ALGERIA AGREE ON CONSENSUS
[...] Summary. The UNGA Fourth Committee adopted its resolution on the Western Sahara by consensus October 15 following Moroccan-Algerian agreement on its text, which showcases support for the negotiating process launched in April, features constructive ambiguity on self-determination, and eschews a [...]
2007-10-15 20:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNGA WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK866UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTREACH ASSISTANCE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On October 10 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)("1540 Committee") discussed a strategy for further outreach and a draft matrix states could use to submit assistance requests. Committee members also welcomed the Committee's October 9 [...]
2007-10-15 20:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK868RUCKER WANTS LEGAL SCRIPT
[...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff on October 11, UNMIK SRSG Rucker said he had been holding meetings with the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) to discuss concerns regarding Kosovo future status. He said that in these meetings he had emphasized [...]
2007-10-15 22:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKV PGOV PREL UNSC YI SR
07USUNNEWYORK870PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
[...] At a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on October 15, 2007, Judges Dennis Byron, President of the ICTR, and Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY, presented annual reports on the Tribunals. In his remarks to the General Assembly, Judge Byron indicated that the Tribunal's chambers c [...]
2007-10-16 16:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ICTR ICTY
07USUNNEWYORK871UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department regarding draft resolutions on observer status in the General Assembly under consideration by the Sixth Committee (paras 2 - 6). Background information on each organization is contained in the UN documents referenced below. The f [...]
2007-10-16 22:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK873UNOMIG CONSULTATIONS: SPARKS BUT NO FIRE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 UNOMIG SRSG Jean Arnault held a private meeting with the New York Friends (Friends plus Slovakia) to discuss the situation in Abkhazia. He reported that a recent study showed that deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Kodori Valley was feasible, but [...]
2007-10-16 22:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK878BOARD OF AUDITORS (BOA) DECIDES NOT TO COMPLETE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 22:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNGA UNICEF
07USUNNEWYORK879CRIME AND DRUGS DISCUSSED AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Summary: In an Oct.10-11 discussion in the "crime and drugs" segment of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (agenda items 106 and 107),speakers outlined current problems and their individual advances in combating crime, corruption and drug trafficking and abuse. Speaking for [...]
2007-10-17 22:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNGA XF XR XC
07USUNNEWYORK88INVITATION TO FRB CHAIRMAN BERNANKE TO ADDRESS THE
[...] Action request. USUN received January 29 the following letter from Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis (Lithuania),incoming President of The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),inviting Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to deliver a keynote address to the UN Economic and Social Council on the su [...]
2007-01-31 23:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECOSOC
07USUNNEWYORK880UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER
[...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...]
2007-10-17 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK881P5 DISCUSSES SUDAN AND BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. During a P-5 meeting on October 16, Ambassador Khalilzad, supported by his British and French counterparts, pressed Russian PR Churkin and Chinese DPR Liu for coordinated pressure on Sudan to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, and to work together to get UN Special Adviser Gambari [...]
2007-10-18 15:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK882UNGA PRESIDENT PROPOSES MECHANISM TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 17, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim proposed that he convene a "Group of Friends" to agree on the modalities and the substantive elements for the inter-governmental negotiations on UNSC reform set to begin in the [...]
2007-10-18 19:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK883DARFUR: LSP HANDOVER CONCLUDED, AMIS SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN carried out reftel instructions on October 17, executing a Light Support Package (LSP) handover document and delivering a note verbale detailing extended U.S. assistance to AMIS during the transition to UNAMID. UN officials were fully cooperative regarding the handover docume [...]
2007-10-18 22:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK884UNGA/C-6: ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS
[...] ACTION REQUEST: Reftel requested instructions from the Department regarding observer status requests under consideration by the Sixth Committee. The General Committee will consider the inclusion of an additional item for observer status for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the G [...]
2007-10-18 22:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK886SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN
[...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...]
2007-10-19 14:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK888UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...]
2007-10-19 16:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK890RUSSIANS SEEK ADOPTION OF WORKING PAPER ON
[...] (U) Action Request: para 8. 2. (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Russians have circulated a paper, entitled "Working paper on the basic conditions and standard criteria for the introduction and implementation of sanctions and other coercive measures," (A/AC.182/L.114/Rev.2) and proposed that the G [...]
2007-10-19 16:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK89362ND UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE - SECOND MEETING
[...] At a meeting on October 19, the General Committee recommended to the General Assembly the following action on inscription and allocation of agenda items: (a) Inclusion of an item "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte" (A/BUR/62/1) - consideration deferred to the 63rd General Assembly [...]
2007-10-19 20:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK895DARFUR: RWANDANS DRIVING HARD APC BARGAIN WITH UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With United States Air Force C-17's standing by on October 19 in Kigali to facilitate transport to Darfur, a Rwandan infantry battalion balked at boarding. The Rwandans wanted an assurance that any damage in Darfur to the 18 armored personnel carriers they were bringing with th [...]
2007-10-20 00:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK896U.S. RAPE RESOLUTION: STATE OF PLAY AS OF OCT. 19
[...] (U) Summary: The United States tabled its anti-rape resolution in the UNGA Third Committee on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted considerable opposition from certain African, Middle Eastern, and other delegations who correctly perceive it as targeting, inter alia, the Government of Suda [...]
2007-10-20 01:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC UN UNGA KWMN SOCI
07USUNNEWYORK899UNAMI, MNF-I BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: At the October 19 debate on Iraq in the Security Council, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Council members that the UN was focused on implementing its expanded role as authorized in Security Council Resolution 1770. Pascoe emphasized that the UN "must be give [...]
2007-10-22 21:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK90SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...]
2007-02-01 23:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK900UNGA/C-6:DEBATE ON CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 15 Sixth Committee debate on criminal accountability of UN officials and experts on mission, delegates discussed short and long-term measures available to address criminal accountability, what categories of UN personnel should be included in a system of crimina [...]
2007-10-22 23:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK901AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH PGA KERIM TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 13:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC KUNR UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK903UNSYG BAN'S PRE-BALI CLIMATE CHANGE BRIEFER FROM
[...] (SBU) In an October 18 briefing memo to the UN Secretary-General summarizing events and possible actions SIPDIS leading up to the December ministerial in Bali, Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official, says he expects an Indonesian-hosted pre-ministerial in Bogor October 23-25 to r [...]
2007-10-23 16:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KGHG SENV
07USUNNEWYORK904USUN: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S ABSENCE FROM POST
[...] Ambassador Khalilzad temporarily departed post on Monday, October 22, 2007 at 2049 local time. Deputy Permanent Representative Alejandro Wolff has assumed charge. WOLFF [...]
2007-10-23 17:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT OVIP
07USUNNEWYORK905UN: PROPOSED LETTER FROM KEY GENEVA GROUP MEMBERS
[...] Following the conclusion of the Geneva Group CLM on October 2, 2007, Stephen Pattison (Director, International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom) and Ambassador Mark Wallace consulted, in their capacity as co-chairs as to what deliverable could be produced from the day' [...]
2007-10-23 20:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK907UNGA/C-6 ADOPTS OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
[...] The Sixth Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolutions requesting observer status in the General Assembly for the organizations listed in para 2 on October 23, 2007 (refA). Per refB, USUN joined consensus in support of these organizations. Information on the organizations and the [...]
2007-10-23 22:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK909FALKLANDS: ARGENTINA SUGGESTS UNGA ACTION TO FORCE
[...] (C) On instructions from Buenos Aires, Argentine PermRep Jorge Arguello approached Amb Wolff on October 22 to indicate that Argentina is "thinking" of sponsoring action in the UNGA to encourage UK-Argentina negotiations on the issue of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) during the [...]
2007-10-24 13:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AR UK
07USUNNEWYORK91SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...]
2007-02-01 23:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK910MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA OFICIALS
[...] Mission clearance is granted for USAID/OFDA Sureka Khandagle, Anita Malley and David Lillie for consultations with USUN and the UN in New York to discuss USAID/OFDA's programs in East Chad and Darfur. 2. USUN Control Officer for the visit is Ted Maly, office 212-415-4398, cell 917-385-847 [...]
2007-10-24 15:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDADM AMGT EAID RSO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK912LIBYAN MISSION QUESTIONS SECONDARY SCREENING FOR
[...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. The Libyan Mission to the UN has sent USUN an October 18 diplomatic note protesting what it characterizes as an instruction from the Department of Homeland Security that nationals of certain countries - including Libya - be subjected to secondary inspection [...]
2007-10-24 17:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP LY UN
07USUNNEWYORK914UNGA/C-6:ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A CONVENTION ON
[...] During the October 19 debate on diplomatic protection the following delegations addressed the Sixth Committee: Canada (on behalf of CANZ),Norway (on behalf of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland),Portugal, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, China, Poland, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, Aus [...]
2007-10-24 22:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK915UNGA/C-6:PRAISE FOR THE WORK OF UNCITRAL'S 40TH
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) presented the report of its 40th session to the Sixth Committee on October 22. Twenty-seven delegations addressed the Sixth Committee and took note of UNCITRAL's achievements in harmonizing international trade law. Concerning t [...]
2007-10-24 22:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNCITRAL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK916USUN: AMB. KHALILZAD'S RETURN TO POST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN OVIP
07USUNNEWYORK918U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...]
2007-10-25 20:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR
07USUNNEWYORK923UN BRIEFS U.S., UK ON UNAMI/IRAQ ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a trilateral with the UK Mission and the UN on Iraq October 24, the UN announced that Staffan de Mistura, incoming SRSG and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),would formally assume his position on October 30. The UN also said deputy SRSG Michae [...]
2007-10-26 17:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ
07USUNNEWYORK924IAN MARTIN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 25 update for the Security Council, Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Nepal SIPDIS (UNMIN),told Council members that the recent postponement of Constitutional Assembly elections had thrust Nepal into "the [...]
2007-10-26 22:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC NP
07USUNNEWYORK926DEMARCHE DELIVERED:DEMARCHE TO HEADS OF UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 22:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNGA UNICEF
07USUNNEWYORK927SYG BAN: UN NEEDS HELP WITH BASHIR, UNAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban Ki-Moon told AMB Khalilzad in a October 25 meeting that the UN needs assistance in convincing Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with UNAMID deployment and to convince troop contributing countries to provide additional aviation and transport capabili [...]
2007-10-29 14:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK928OCHA RESPONDS TO USUN DEMARCHE ON IRIN SHAME OF
[...] (SBU) As reported in reftel C, on September 24th Amb. Wallace delivered the demarche as instructed in reftel B objecting to the anti-US distortions in the IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) report "The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict." During th [...]
2007-10-29 18:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KUNR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK929ACTION REQUEST:RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE USG TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 18:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK93DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:
[...] (U) Representatives of the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. Missions met February 1st to discuss the way forward on the looming consultations on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("DRIP"). Though the co-sponsors and the African group have begun meeting to discuss [...]
2007-02-02 15:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK930SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION
[...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...]
2007-10-29 21:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK931BAN WANTS U.S. HELP TO ENGAGE SAUDIS WITH BASHIR
[...] (C) Over lunch on October 29, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Ambassador Khalilzad discussed Sudan, Burma and UN reform (septel). ----- SUDAN ----- 2. (C) SYG Ban said he was losing patience with President Bashir. Ban has asked a wide range of member states including South Africa [...]
2007-10-29 22:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC BM SU
07USUNNEWYORK932SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH
[...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...]
2007-10-30 21:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC NL PGOV PREL SL
07USUNNEWYORK93562ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (U) On October 30, 2007, the General Assembly (GA) adopted the Cuban-sponsored resolution on the U.S. embargo by a vote of 184-4, with one abstention. The U.S. was joined by Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands in voting against it. Micronesia abstained. Albania, El Salvador, and Iraq we [...]
2007-10-31 17:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PHUM UN CU
07USUNNEWYORK936UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON
[...] (U) On October 26, the Third Committee of the General Assembly heard reports from the Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; Freedom of Religion or Belief; the Human Rights of Migrants; and the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK, Burundi and the DRC. The U.S. [...]
2007-10-31 17:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNGA KIRF
07USUNNEWYORK937MEETING WITH RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) PRESIDENT SIR
[...] On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Ambassador Wallace and USUN Legal Adviser met with Judge Dennis Byron who was in New York to address the General Assembly. Byron was accompanied by Spokesperson of the Tribunal, Roland Kouassi G. Amoussouga. Recognizing the serious violations of humanitarian law [...]
2007-10-31 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA KJUS KAWC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK939 FOREIGN AID DOMINATES UN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) Summary. Debate over the alleged failure of developed countries to meet their Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments took center stage at the third biennial UN High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development (FFD),held October 23-24. Speaking on behalf of the G-77 and China, P [...]
2007-10-31 20:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN SENV UN
07USUNNEWYORK941UNGA PRESIDENCY 2008: THWARTING GRULAC CONSENUS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2 & 7. 2. (C) Summary. Many GRULAC permreps remain uneasy about the prospects of Nicaragua emerging as the GRULAC candidate for (and likely occupant of) the 2008 UNGA Presidency (PGA),but are reluctant to take action to identify an alternative. Ba [...]
2007-10-31 22:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK942MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IO/EDA STAFF TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER
07USUNNEWYORK943UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE FIFTH COMMITTEE -
[...] This is a guidance request. See para 3. 2. Summary: The Fifth Committee will hold elections on Friday, November 2, 2007, for the following offices: Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),Committee on Contributions (CoC),Board of Auditors (BoA),United Nati [...]
2007-11-01 01:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK944UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] (U) Summary: On October 24, Professor John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, briefed the Third Committee of the General Assembly on his latest report, UN document A/62/275 of 17 August 2007. Israel called the report one-s [...]
2007-11-01 13:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK946WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO
[...] The Security Council October 31 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2008. The resolution takes note of the two rounds of negotiations held under the auspices of the Secretary-Ge [...]
2007-11-01 17:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK947KOREAN PENINSULA RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS
[...] (U) Summary. On October 31, 2007, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on "Peace, Security, and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula," co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Khalilzad delivered the U.S. [...]
2007-11-01 20:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KS UN
07USUNNEWYORK949SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...]
2007-11-01 21:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK950WAIVER OF IMMUNITY REQUESTED RE TANZANIA MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: NYC asks that USUN request the TanzaniaMUN (GOTanzania) to waive the immunity of Adolf Katanda, age 19, and Julius Ktanda, age 16, two sons of TanzaniaMUN Minister Counselor Isaack Katanda so that NYC can prosecute Adolf for a Class A misdemeanor (posssession [...]
2007-11-01 23:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP UN PREL TZ
07USUNNEWYORK951UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...]
2007-11-01 23:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK952ANTI-RAPE RESOLUTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Negotiations on the text of the U.S.-initiated anti-rape resolution are heading into the end-game. Over 50 countries, including the European Union and others from various regions, have signed on as co-sponsors of a compromise text that asks for action to eliminate rape generally, "includi [...]
2007-11-01 23:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM KFEM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK953UNGA/C-6: RULE OF LAW DEBATE
[...] SUMMARY: Fifty delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during its October 25 - 26 debate on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Many delegations underscored the importance of rule of law activities and their contribution to human rights and international peace and secu [...]
2007-11-02 18:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK955DAVID WALKER WINS INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY
[...] (U) Summary: Fifth Committee elections were held on Friday, November 2, 2007. As reported in ref B, the WEOG positions on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) were the only contested elections. All other [...]
2007-11-02 19:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK957LIBERIA SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE ON MEETINGS WITH PA
[...] (U) See action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Liberian Permanent Representative Milton Barnes met with AMB Khalilzad on November 11 to discuss President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's mid-November state visit to Israel. AMB Barnes said that the Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had instructed [...]
2007-11-05 21:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS LI
07USUNNEWYORK958SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE ACKNOWLEDGES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 19:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK959UNIFEM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 19:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UNIFEM
07USUNNEWYORK96UN COUNTER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE IN HIGH GEAR
[...] Action Requests paras 7 and 8. 2. Summary: In a January 31 meeting with UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr, head of the Secretary General's SIPDIS Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF),Orr described current activities and future projects of the group. Orr said that he expects t [...]
2007-02-02 20:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK960UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 19:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK961UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE
[...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2007 concerning the financing of three peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fo [...]
2007-11-06 19:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
07USUNNEWYORK963DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING UNSC ACTION AGAINST
[...] (C/NF) AMB Khalilzad delivered reftel points on November 6. SYG Ban agreed to distribute the July 5 letter from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Mitropoulos to the Security Council. Ban said he supported Security Council action to address the worsening piracy situ [...]
2007-11-06 21:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK964DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO TRAVELING TO ADDIS FOR MEETING
[...] (C) UN SYG Ban informed Amb Khalilzad Nov 6 that U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno is traveling shortly to Addis Ababa to meet with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub to discuss technical issues related to the implementation of UNAMID. Ban and Guehenno are cautiously optimistic that this meeting c [...]
2007-11-06 22:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK965AUSTRALIA WANTS UNSC MANDATE FOR MNF-I FOR SEVERAL
[...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 2, Australian PermRep Robert Hill said his government would want a Chapter VII UNSC mandate for its troops in Iraq for several years to come (other issues reported septel). Hill was reassured by Amb Khalilzad that the UNSC would extend the C [...]
2007-11-07 14:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AS PM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK966AUSTRALIAN PERMREP PUSHES UNSC REFORM AND
[...] (SBU) During a meeting on November 2 with Amb Khalilzad, Australian PermRep Robert Hill sought clarification about whether the U.S. had adopted a more forward-leaning approach on UNSC reform after President Bush's speech to the UNGA (other topics covered septel). Amb Khalilzad told him the U. [...]
2007-11-07 14:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNSC KDEM
07USUNNEWYORK967UN: ICJ PRESIDENT HIGGINS LOBBIES FOR EQUAL PAY
[...] SUMMARY: Justice Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),met on November 2 with Ambassador Wallace to request USG assistance in redressing the "invidious situation" created by the General Assembly's decision in Resolution 61/262 to establish a different pay sca [...]
2007-11-07 18:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC UNGA KJUS PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK968UNGA: SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES ILC ARTICLES ON
[...] SUMMARY: During the October 23 Sixth Committee debate, delegations delivered statements on the consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from harmful activities and allocation of loss in the case of such harm, and the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts. The key [...]
2007-11-07 19:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK969GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),presented the Court's annual report at a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on November 1, 2007. He briefly outlined recent developments at the Court and spoke about the importance of con [...]
2007-11-07 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK97KOSOVO: USUN RUNS INTERFERENCE AT UN FOR AHTISAARI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN has delivered strong messages at several UN levels making clear our conviction that Special Envoy Ahtisaari should have the last word on the composition of his own settlement proposal and report. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe Director Harland reassur [...]
2007-02-02 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK971LEBANON: UNSC AGREES THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a private meeting of the Security Council November 5, UNSC Resolution 1559 Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reported that the political crisis that had "paralyzed" Lebanon since November 2006 had made it very difficult to achieve further progress towards the implementatio [...]
2007-11-07 22:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPKO SY LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK972FINDING FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Absent U.S. intervention, the UN will soon begin the process of requesting Member State approval of approximately 190 million dollars under the UN's 2008-2009 regular budget for const [...]
2007-11-07 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK974UPDATE ON GAMBARI'S VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Wolff in a November 7 telephone conversation that Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari was departing Nay Pyi Taw November 8 for Rangoon, where he planned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),the NLD Executive Committee and the UN Country Team. Gambari will [...]
2007-11-08 11:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK975UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 31, 2007
[...] Summary: At its 235th meeting on October 31, 2007, the 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country adopted the annual draft Report of the Committee summarizing Committee meetings during the previous year and including recommendations and conclusions. USUN Minister-Counselor for H [...]
2007-11-08 21:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN
07USUNNEWYORK976RUSSIA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISAF RENEWAL
[...] (C) Russian DPR Dolgov, emphasizing that he was acting on instructions, informed Amb Wolff November 8 that Moscow remained troubled by the negotiating process for UNSCR 1776, the Security Council resolution adopted in September that extended ISAF's authorization for another year. Russia beli [...]
2007-11-08 22:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AF
07USUNNEWYORK978LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...]
2007-11-08 22:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK979UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...]
2007-11-08 22:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK980UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...]
2007-11-08 23:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK985AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met November 2 with the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter SIPDIS van Walsum, who, following the October 31 renewal of the MINURSO (Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate, was consulting the "parties" (Morocco and the Polisar [...]
2007-11-09 16:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK986BURMA, ZIMBABWE DISCUSSED AT SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN
[...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security on November 6, 2007. The adoption was preceded by an open debate, in which the Secretary-General, all Coun [...]
2007-11-09 18:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK987ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts (agenda item 78) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must [...]
2007-11-09 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK988ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Criminal accountability of UN officials and experts on mission (agenda item 80) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions m [...]
2007-11-09 19:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK989ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT OMNIBUS
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft omnibus resolution on the Report of the International Law Commission (agenda item 82) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must be t [...]
2007-11-09 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK99CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...]
2007-02-05 17:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK990ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (agenda item 85) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The tex [...]
2007-11-09 19:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK991ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the UN Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (agenda item 79) contained in para 3, or substantially [...]
2007-11-09 19:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK992ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities and the allocation of loss in the case of such harm (agenda item 84) contained in para 3 [...]
2007-11-09 19:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK993ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Diplomatic protection (agenda item 83) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The texts of all draft resolutions are due in the Sixth Committee by Novembe [...]
2007-11-09 19:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK994ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Measures to eliminate international terrorism (agenda item 108) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The texts of all draft resolutions must be tabled b [...]
2007-11-09 19:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK995UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DISCUSSES IRAQ,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),discussed the subject of Iraq's internally displaced persons and refugees with Ambassador Khalilzad. Later in the day, Guterres met with members of the UN,s Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG),w [...]
2007-11-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ PHUM KREF
07USUNNEWYORK996PALESTINIAN COMPLAINT - REMOVAL OF POLICE POST
[...] Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine, called Ambassador Wolff on November 9 to register his concern with the New York Police Department's decision to reduce and then eliminate police coverage in the security booth located in front of the PLO Mission to the UN. Mansour sa [...]
2007-11-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP ASEC PLO UN
07USUNNEWYORK997BUILDING THE UN'S LONG-TERM COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary: USUN and UK poloffs met November 8 with representatives from the UN,s Departments of Political Affairs, Safety and Security, and Management to discuss the development of the UN,s proposal to build an integrated compound in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the headqu [...]
2007-11-09 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK998ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fortieth session (agenda item 81) contained in para 3, or substantially simila [...]
2007-11-09 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK999DPKO: SUDAN QUIETLY SLOWING COMPONENTS OF UNAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Officials have reported to USUN that the Government of Sudan (GOS) is hindering UNAMID deployment in a variety of ways. Per DPKO, Sudanese officials have delayed agreement on force composition, failed to facilitate land and water rights in many areas [...]
2007-11-09 22:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07VALLETTA355MALTA ON HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] Charge conveyed reftel objectives to MFA Director-General for Political Affairs John Inguanez on August 31st. Inguanez thanked Charge for sharing the U.S. position, which he said would be useful for the "internal EU deliberations" that would precede any decisions. 2. Inguanez noted that the [...]
2007-09-04 13:51:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PREL UNGA MT
07VATICAN102VATICAN: FORMER FOREIGN MINSITER TO BE ISLAM CZAR
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed former FM Jean Louis Tauran as President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the lead Vatican department for relations with non-Christian faiths, including Islam. The move restores the autonomy of a Council that Benedict had placed und [...]
2007-06-28 14:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PTER LE VT
07VATICAN103VATICAN APPOINTS IRAQ, CHINA EXPERT TO KEY SLOT
[...] (C) Pope Benedict has named Archbishop Fernando Filoni the Holy See's "Sostituto" or "Substitute", the number three position at the Vatican. Filoni will have regular access to the pope and will communicate closely with many of the Roman Curia offices. Filoni has extensive diplomatic experienc [...]
2007-07-03 12:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IZ CH VT
07VATICAN104IRAQ: CHALDEAN PATRIARCH SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN AREAS
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us June 25 that the Patriarch supports the idea of a revitalization plan for tradition Christian areas in northern Iraq. The Chaldeans, who rem [...]
2007-07-03 13:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT
07VATICAN106HOLY SEE FEARS ISRAEL BACKING OFF COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) Holy See officials say that Israel is backing off commitments it made during a May plenary session on the Fundamental Agreement between the two sides. Vatican sources told us the Israelis had promised to set dates immediately for a strict schedule of ongoing negotiations, but have now re [...]
2007-07-09 15:07:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI IS VT
07VATICAN108FE/BR WINDOW REPLACEMENT
[...] The FE/BR windows installed in the ground floor of the Vatican Chancery are deteriorating and three of the thirteen panels have already suffered fogging damage which limits the visibility and light entering through the panels. The FE/BR panels, which were installed in 1993/1994, are reaching t [...]
2007-07-11 09:23:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
07VATICAN11POPE RAPS MAPUTO PROTOCOL, PLAN OF ACTION
[...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI criticized the Maputo Protocol and related Plan of Action (reftels and septel) in his high-profile January 8 address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See. Addressing "attacks on life", the pope said that such attacks "do not even spare regions with a traditional cultu [...]
2007-01-10 09:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN111VATICAN EXPECTS STRONG REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Pope's China Letter has undercut the standing of the Government of China in "administering" the Catholic Church in China and as a result, the Holy See expects a strong, but perhaps, moderated reaction sometime [...]
2007-07-12 16:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN1122007 ANNUAL CHIEF OF MISSION MANAGEMENT CONTROL STATEMENTS
[...] As requested in reftel, the following is the Charge D'Affaires' abbreviated management control statement: I certify that the management control responsibilities assigned to me have been carried out. Signed: C. Sandrolini, Charge D'Affaires. 2. Please note that for U.S. Embassy Vatican, th [...]
2007-07-13 15:05:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT VT
07VATICAN118HOLY SEE: INQUIRIES PENDING ON RADIO MARYJA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 11:32:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VT
07VATICAN119HOLY SEE STATEMENTS RAISE EYEBROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Vatican documents released last month caused consternation among ecumenists and inter-religious dialogue experts. While the Church sees these as internal matters that are fully explainable within the Catholic context, the world at large is increasingly attuned to such pron [...]
2007-08-01 14:10:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VT
07VATICAN12AFRICA ON FRONT BURNER AS POPE ADDRESSES DIP CORPS
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict placed particular emphasis on challenges facing Africa in his second annual address to the diplomatic corps. He called attention to Darfur and Somalia, and criticized an attempt "to trivialize abortion" in Africa. Benedict decried the uselessness of "armed solutions" to [...]
2007-01-10 15:43:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL KNNP VT
07VATICAN120HOLY SEE: CONFERENCE ON PASTORAL CARE OF SICK ELDERLY
[...] Embassy wishes to bring to the attention of relevant USG agencies that we have received information from the Holy See concerning the XXII International Conference on "The Pastoral Care of Sick Elderly People", which will take place in Vatican City's Synod Hall from November 15-17, 2007. The con [...]
2007-08-24 07:21:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI VT
07VATICAN127HOLY SEE: LEBANESE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Lebanese ambassador to the Holy See told Amb. Rooney September 11 that the Holy See values its contacts with the US but feels US should listen more closely to Vatican views. The recent visit of the Syrian deputy PM was mishandled by the Vatican, which failed to deliver a clear mess [...]
2007-09-14 09:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL LE VT
07VATICAN129VATICAN GOES GREEN OVER THE SUMMER
[...] Ecology and the environment predominated in material coming out of Rome during the usually languid summer months. At the forefront of " die gr|ne revolution" was Pope Benedict XVI, who before a variety of audiences recalled the Catholic Church's teachings on the right to water, conservation, p [...]
2007-09-19 17:28:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV VT
07VATICAN133HOLY SEE: CARDINAL TAURAN ON LEBANON AND POPE'S EVOLVING
[...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Tauran, the new head of Vatican interreligious dialogue and one of the Holy See's Lebanon experts, told Ambassador September 12 that Pope Benedict has changed his mind in some ways about Islam, and now sees a new basis for relations based on shared fundamental values. Ta [...]
2007-09-25 07:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
07VATICAN135HOLY SEE: BACKGROUND ON MEETING OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's point man on Sudan provided DCM September 26 with some background to the recent meeting of Sudanese President Bashir with Pope Benedict XVI; the meeting went well, according to the Vatican. End summary. 2. (SBU) DCM spoke briefly September 26 with Monsignor France [...]
2007-09-27 07:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN136HOLY SEE: CARDINAL MARTINO ON IRAN, IRAQ, OTHER SUBJECTS
[...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Martino, head of two Holy See agencies (Justice and Peace, and Migrants) spoke with Ambassador September 25 on a variety of subjects, including Iraq, Iran, Papal travel to the US, Secretary Rice, TIP, and his own travel. Martino pointed out that his candor on Iraq was ac [...]
2007-09-27 09:22:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN138A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...]
2007-09-28 16:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS
07VATICAN139HOLY SEE: DISCUSSING FATHER RYDZYK
[...] (C) Summary. Department's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues met key officials from the Holy See and the Redemptorist order to discuss the case of Radio Maryja and the impact of Father Rydzyk's anti-Semitic remarks on Polish restutition efforts. Church officials spoke cautiously but took caref [...]
2007-10-01 08:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PL VT
07VATICAN140HOLY SEE: FELICE GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN CAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 11:02:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC VT
07VATICAN141VATICAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANGELA CERVETTI
[...] (U) Embassy Vatican is delighted to welcome Angela Cervetti for consultations during her visit to Rome October 12-16, and grants country clearance. 2. (U) Control officer will be Management Officer Peter Ganser. Tel: 39.06.4674.3439 Fax: 39.06.575.8346 Mobile: 39.334.636.5069 [...]
2007-10-01 15:15:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA VT
07VATICAN144DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HOLY SEE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 08:44:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI VT
07VATICAN147HOLY SEE REVIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH APEC DIPLOMATS
[...] Summary. At an October 8 diplomatic gathering, Charge drew on recent high-level USG statements to provide Holy See and other representatives with a broad view of USG activities addressing climate change and the environment. Holy See deputy FM Parolin confirmed in detail the Holy See's increas [...]
2007-10-10 16:11:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV APEC VT
07VATICAN149HOLY SEE: INTEREST IN WIREC 2008
[...] Charge d'affaires provided Ref A information October 8 to Dr. Paolo Conversi, the responsible official for multilateral environmental issues in the Holy See's foreign ministry. Conversi was personally very interested but has not yet been able to confirm whether the Vatican wishes to participate [...]
2007-10-15 14:11:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA VT
07VATICAN150VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CUBA
[...] (U) Summary: Secretary of State Bertone is likely to visit Cuba in January of 2008. Bertone's visit would coincide with the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit, and is intended to assess social and religious developments since then. The Vatican continues to favor dialogue as a [...]
2007-10-17 07:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF CU VE VT
07VATICAN151"A COMMON WORD" -- NEW DEVELOPMENT IN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A large and diverse group of Muslim scholars has issued a document addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders, inviting them to a theological dialogue. The document, entitled "A Common Word Between Us and You", is the fruit of long labor guided by a Jordanian i [...]
2007-10-22 15:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN157VATICAN EXPECTS REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Holy See still anticipates a reaction to the Pope's June 2007 letter to the Chinese faithful and will watch upcoming bishop ordinations for a sign of the GOC's mind-set. The Holy See does not expect the undergr [...]
2007-11-06 10:46:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN161RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS GATHER TO ADVANCE WORLD
[...] (U) Religious and political leaders from around the world convened in Naples under the auspices of a Catholic non-governmental organization for three days of dialogue and debate on a broad range of issues under the overall theme of "A World without Violence". Among the participants were heads [...]
2007-11-07 10:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF EC IS VT
07VATICAN165CORRECTED COPY: VATICAN-AFFILIATED INSTITUTE HAILS LETTER
[...] (C) Summary: The president of the Vatican-affiliated Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies has hailed "A Common Word", the letter that 138 Muslim scholars have recently addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders inviting them to a theological dialogue, as an unprecedented an [...]
2007-11-09 08:49:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
07VATICAN17VATICAN: MARTINO SEES END NEAR FOR CASTRO; AMBASSADOR URGES
[...] (C) Holy See Justice and Peace Council President Cardinal Martino told the Ambassador January 16 that he had heard from contacts the same morning that Fidel Castro had peritonitis and was edging even closer to death. The Ambassador emphasized to Martino and to Holy See FM Mamberti the need for [...]
2007-01-16 17:23:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI CU VT
07VATICAN170HOLY SEE: PDAS SATTERFIELD'S MEETING WITH FM MAMBERTI ON
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting in Rome, NEA PDAS/Iraq Coordinator Satterfield and Holy See foreign minister Mamberti discussed Lebanon and other Middle Eastern issues. Satterfield and Mamberti agreed on the priority of supporting the democratic process in Lebanon to ensure the elect [...]
2007-11-21 09:40:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL XF VT
07VATICAN171BRIGITTINE SISTER DESCRIBES FIDEL'S HEALTH, RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary. A prominent Rome-based nun who is on good terms with Fidel Castro told Ambassador about her recent trip to Cuba, Fidel's health, improving conditions for religion in Cuba, and relations with Cardinal Ortega. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador and DCM called on Mother Tekla Famig [...]
2007-11-21 09:59:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL CU VT
07VATICAN172HOLY SEE UPSET ABOUT ISRAELI SINGLE-ENTRY VISA POLICY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Holy See is upset about new Israeli visa policies that effectively limit the ability of the Church to serve the needs of Catholics in the Holy Land. The new Israeli visa policy comes at a time when Vatican diplomats are already expressing frustration over the lack of progress [...]
2007-11-21 10:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN175NUNS UNITE TO CREATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK
[...] Summary. More than 30 nuns from 26 countries came together in Rome for a week-long Training Seminar organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See that culminated in the creation of the first-ever international religious network to combat trafficking in persons. The network - "International Ne [...]
2007-11-23 12:09:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV SMIG OPRC ELAB KOCI
07VATICAN177VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE SHARES USG CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 08:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN178CORRECTED COPY: VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 09:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN180HOLY SEE PLEASED ABOUT SAUDI KING MEETING WITH POPE,
[...] (C) Summary: a Vatican official with first-hand knowledge of the recent meeting between the Pope and King Abdallah characterized the Saudi monarch's visit as an important step in the development of Saudi-Holy See relations. The Holy See continues to press for greater religious freedom in Sau [...]
2007-11-30 09:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA VT
07VATICAN181HOLY SEE REPLIES TO LETTER FROM MUSLIM SCHOLARS
[...] (U) The Holy See has replied to the "A Common Word" letter from 138 Muslim scholars (reftel A) inviting Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders to interreligious dialogue. Released by the Vatican's Press Office November 29, the response is signed by the Holy See's Secretary of State, Car [...]
2007-11-30 16:22:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN183HOLY SEE FRUSTRATED OVER NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is frustrated over lack of progress in reaching agreements with Israel regarding property and other rights of the Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Holy See blames the Government of Israel for the negotiations' impasse, and is now allowing Vatican officials [...]
2007-12-03 17:33:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN193CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...]
2007-12-21 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN2POPE BENEDICT XVI'S STRONG WORLD PEACE DAY MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Pope Benedict XVI's first World Peace Day message, released in December, contains strong arguments of both religious and political nature. The 14-page document entitled "The Human Person, The Heart of Peace" follows some familiar philosophical themes, but also reflects Benedict's [...]
2007-01-03 18:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN20VATICAN: VIETNAM AND CHINA CHURCH ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See intends to hold meetings on January 19 and 20 with key Catholic officials to formulate a common policy toward China in response to the recent illicit ordinations by the GoC. In related news, unofficial Vatican sources have confirmed that Pope Benedict will receive V [...]
2007-01-18 16:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CM VM VT
07VATICAN24HOLY SEE: NEW NUNCIO TO SUDAN
[...] Pope Benedict XVI has appointed 53 year-old career diplomat, Monsignor Leo Boccardi, as papal nuncio in Sudan. Boccardi replaces Archbishop Dominique Mamberti who became Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., foreign minister) SIPDIS last September. To date, Boccardi has been serving [...]
2007-01-25 08:52:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR KISL SU VT
07VATICAN25HOLY SEE: VISIT OF VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary. Vietnamese PM Dung met Pope Benedict XVI and other senior Holy See officials January 25, the first meeting of its kind. The meeting appears to have gone well and there is hope for full diplomatic relations in the near future. The Holy See has sent a steady stream of important vi [...]
2007-01-26 14:53:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VT VM
07VATICAN26HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, CHINA,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of countries with visiting EUR/WE Director Allegrone on January 24. The Holy See was unsatisfied by its recent talks with Israel on a Final Agreement. Parolin sought information about the funding situation for the Palestinian Authority. He wa [...]
2007-01-29 07:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN28HOLY SEE READOUT ON VIETNAM PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Last week's meeting between the Pope and Vietnamese PM Dung went well, according to a Vatican diplomat. The initiative for the visit came from Dung, who considered the meeting very important. The GOV increasingly recognizes the value of the role the Church can play in the country [...]
2007-01-29 13:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT VM
07VATICAN29HOLY SEE: RELATIONS WITH EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) During a January 29 conversation with charge d'affaires, the Holy See's desk officer for Southeast Asia and Oceania (protect) discussed the October 2006 visit to Rome of East Timor Prime Minister Ramos-Horta, during which he met Pope Benedict XVI. The official shared his view of the gover [...]
2007-01-29 14:14:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT TT
07VATICAN3EMBASSY VATICAN HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post's December 20 HIV/AIDS conference focused on combating the spread of AIDS with a special focus on partnerships with faith-based organizations. High level and knowledgeable speakers from the Holy See, Caritas, UNAIDS, Sant'Egidio, and the private sector combined with a dedic [...]
2007-01-04 09:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYVT PREL PHUM TBIO SOCI KHIV
07VATICAN30PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS IN FLUX; VATICAN CONVENES CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The Vatican convened a two-day meeting on January 19 and 20 to address its China policy. The meeting, presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone, sought to formulate a unified policy toward China to address the continuing challenges presented by the GoC including a spa [...]
2007-01-29 16:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN33HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, in October of last year post delivered points on the Military Commissions Act to various officials in the Holy See. On January 9 a reply was received from Cardinal Renato Martino, an influential and outspoken figure who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Mar [...]
2007-02-01 12:34:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWK PHUM VT
07VATICAN37HOLY SEE: THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) DCM spoke February 6 with Monsignor Marcel Smejkal, the Holy See official responsible for Andean countries, about Venezuela. DCM emphasized reftel points on recent GOV actions to curtail the freedom of the press. DCM reminded Smejkal (who is relatively new to his position) of Embassy's fr [...]
2007-02-07 15:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
07VATICAN44WOMAN OF COURAGE" - SR. EUGENIA BONETTI - ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, 67, is a Consolata Missionary sister and director of the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) office of the Italian Union of Major Superiors (USMI),the umbrella organization for thousands of nuns throughout Italy. Her remarkable courage and commitment to fighting the injusti [...]
2007-02-14 20:22:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO VT
07VATICAN46HOLY SEE - VIETNAM: DELEGATION'S VISIT ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
[...] (S) Holy See Deputy FM Parolin told us February 26 that a Vatican delegation's trip to Vietnam next week would offer a good opportunity for progress in relations between the two sides following January's historic visit by PM Dzung to Pope Benedict. Officials told us the recent detention of d [...]
2007-02-28 15:07:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM VT
07VATICAN47HOLY SEE: NEA DAS DANIN DISCUSSES LEBANON AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Danin discussed Lebanon, Israel/Palestinians, and Holy See relations with Israel with Deputy FM Parolin on Febaruary 23. On Lebanon, Danin shared the USG analysis of the situation, and clarified USG perspective on Syria's role. Parolin emphasized the need for Christian u [...]
2007-03-01 10:28:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL LE VT
07VATICAN5DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...]
2007-01-05 12:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT
07VATICAN50KEEPING THE VATICAN ENGAGED ON BIOTECH
[...] Summary. Dr. Greg Traxler met Vatican officials on February 15 to follow up on his visit in October 2006 as part of Post's biotechnology speaker program (reftel). Traxler met with Monsignor James Reinert of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and with Archbishop Elio Sgreccia, the P [...]
2007-03-05 09:48:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON TBIO VT OIIP
07VATICAN51VATICAN: PUTIN'S VISIT MAINLY CEREMONIAL
[...] (C) Vatican officials told us March 1 that President Putin's March 13 visit to Pope Benedict XVI (ref a) would be a short "get-acquainted" session, as it would be the first meeting between the two men. No meeting had yet been scheduled for Putin with Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone. Off [...]
2007-03-05 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI RS VT
07VATICAN52VATICAN CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON LIFE AS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
[...] The Vatican's Academy for Life gathered an international group of ethicists and theologians February 23-24 to debate various right-to-life and bioethical issues. Numerous Vatican Curial officials, religious personnel and lay people from all over the world, and Vatican-based media filled t [...]
2007-03-07 08:02:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDVT
07VATICAN53VATICAN PLEASED WITH SFEIR COMMENTS ON UNITY
[...] (C) Monsignor Franco Coppola, Holy See Secretariat of State Middle East Director, told us March 8 that he was pleased with recent strong statements by the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir calling for unity among Christians in Lebanon. Coppola did caution, however, that these and other stat [...]
2007-03-09 16:28:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL LE VT
07VATICAN54CARITAS IN CHINA: QUIETLY GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: A March 6-7 Vatican-hosted Caritas Internationalis meeting on China revealed that Caritas is making small but significant strides in providing support to the Chinese poor with the tacit approval of some local Chinese officials. While there will be no immediate move to establish a [...]
2007-03-12 18:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN55CARITAS COMMITTED TO DPRK OPERATIONS
[...] (C) The Holy See's aid and development agency, Caritas International, is committed to its programs in North Korea. Caritas South Korea has assumed control of the program from Caritas Hong Kong and is slowly overcoming transition problems. Since 1995, some US$33 million has been spent on Caritas [...]
2007-03-15 14:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALSOCI KN KS XB PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN56HOLY SEE: OES DAS BALTON DISCUSSES OCEANS AND FISHERIES
[...] (U) Summary. OES DAS Balton, Dr. Rebecca Lent of NOAA and Deirdre Warner-Kramer of OES shared USG views on oceans, fisheries, and related topics with Paolo Conversi, the Holy See official covering those subjects, during a productive meeting in Rome March 9. Conversi appreciated that the USG sh [...]
2007-03-15 14:41:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV VT
07VATICAN58ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE TO SPEAK OUT?
[...] (U) This telegram contains a recommendation and action request below. --------------- Background -------------- 2. (C) Post noted in early February that the Holy See was considering speaking out on Zimbabwe (reftel). The issue is now on the front burner. A senior cardi [...]
2007-03-20 10:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI ZI ZU SF UK VT
07VATICAN59HOLY SEE APPRECIATES PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Holy See MFA Director for Afghanistan Murphy received with interest several fact sheets on reconstruction efforts in the country and encouraged us to keep up our efforts to publicize the positive strides that have been made. With few Catholics and no diplomatic representation in Afghanis [...]
2007-03-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALAF PHUM SOCI PTER VT
07VATICAN61CHINA: POPE'S EASTER LETTER ON HOLD?
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota-Graziosi, the Vatican will not release its much-anticipated Papal letter to Chinese Catholics at Easter time, as was expected. Rota-Graziosi could not say when it would be released. The letter will purportedly address the [...]
2007-03-21 18:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN63HOLY SEE ON VENEZUELAN ASYLUM CASE OF NIXON MORENO
[...] (C) Summary. Charge raised case of Nixon Moreno with the Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin, who confirmed March 23 that Moreno is in the Papal Nunciature in Caracas. Parolin said Moreno would probably eventually go to a third country such as Canada; the GOV is presently opposed but mi [...]
2007-03-23 15:06:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM VE VT
07VATICAN64ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE WAITING FOR OK FROM BISHOPS
[...] (C) In response to ref (b) points, Holy See deputy foreign minister equivalent Pietro Parolin told the Charge March 23 that the Holy See was considering speaking out further on Zimbabwe, but felt compelled to wait until it got the "green light" from the Zimbabwe bishops to do so. He noted t [...]
2007-03-23 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL ZI VT
07VATICAN65HOLY SEE: PUTIN'S MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN
[...] (C) Summary. President Putin's visit to the Holy See and his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI evoked positive statements from both sides and contributed to warming relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church. Little information has emerged about Putin's one-on-one with [...]
2007-03-23 17:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN68HOLY SEE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 07:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VT
07VATICAN69LEBANON: AMBASSADOR PRESSES HOLY SEE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador pressed Holy See deputy FM Parolin on bolstering Lebanon, and Patriarch Sfeir, during an April 3 meeting. Parolin indicated that the Holy See remained unconvinced that an envoy could be effective at this time. He drew ambassador's attention to recent strong statements [...]
2007-04-04 08:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN70HOLY SEE REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAPUTO PLAN
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e. deputy foreign minister) April 3 and raised ref a points, asking for Vatican help in resisting the Plan's language on diverting HIV/AIDS funding and on abortion. Parolin rec [...]
2007-04-04 10:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN71HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM discussed the Holy See-Israel Fundamental Agreement during a meeting with Holy See deputy FM Parolin, and also discussed the Holy See's participation in a recent UN event in Rome addressing Palestinian rights. Parolin said the recently postponed plenary sessio [...]
2007-04-04 10:38:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS VT
07VATICAN72ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE STILL WAITING FOR BISHOPS
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM again discussed Zimbabwe with Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) on April 3. Pointing to the strong statements made in recent days by Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe, Ambassador urged the Holy [...]
2007-04-04 10:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT ZI
07VATICAN76POPE BEMOANS SITUATION IN IRAQ; SPEAKS OUT ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Pope Benedict claimed "nothing positive" was coming from an Iraq "torn apart by continual slaughter" in his widely-publicized Easter address April 8. Following intensive lobbying by Post, the pontiff broke the Holy See's silence on Zimbabwe, decrying the "grievous crisis" in that country [...]
2007-04-10 16:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IZ ZI LE SU VT
07VATICAN8VATICAN: IRAQ AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ INTERNAL AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda met with Embassy Officers along with a visiting Embassy Baghdad Officer December 29 to discuss a range of internal Iraqi matters. Yelda commented on the Saddam Hussein trial and execution, USG engagement with Syria, former PM Allawi, [...]
2007-01-08 14:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY IZ VT
07VATICAN81HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR PRESSES VATICAN ON IRAQ
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised ref (a) points on Iraq with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (FM equivalent),Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, April 20. The Ambassador emphasized the many positive developments that have occurred in various parts of Iraq. He acknowledged that much work [...]
2007-04-26 13:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN84HOLY SEE: NEA A/S WELCH APRIL 24 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. NEA A/S Welch met Holy See FM Mamberti April 24. Welch urged Mamberti to consider sending a papal envoy to Lebanon and to press Patriarch Sfeir to be as active as possible. Welch expressed concern about the situation in Palestinian areas, the unhelpful role of Syria, and recent [...]
2007-05-04 08:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN85PAPAL VISIT TO BRAZIL: A PREVIEW
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI travels to Brazil May 9-13 to open a plenary session of the council of Latin American and Caribbean bishops conferences (CELAM). The three most recent continental meetings (Colombia 1968, Mexico 1979, and Dominican Republic 1992) provided direction for the Catholic Chur [...]
2007-05-06 13:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ECON SCUL SOCI BR VT XM
07VATICAN86SANT'EGIDIO PESSIMISTIC REGARDING PRC --HOLY SEE RELATIONS
[...] (C) Valeria Martano of the Vatican-linked Sant'Egidio Community believes China-Holy See relations are stuck in neutral in the short to mid-term because the Chinese do not see a clear benefit to formalizing relations with the Holy See. China's economic clout on the international trade front tak [...]
2007-05-09 00:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH VT
07VATICAN89DAS MADISON ENGAGES VATICAN ON CUBA
[...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison described the worsening human rights situation in Cuba to the new XXXXXXXXXXXX, and appealed to the Vatican on the issue of the Catholic magazine Vitral. XXXXXXXXXXXX repeated general Vatican support for Vitral and promised to look into the matter further. Monsig [...]
2007-05-14 10:42:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CU VT
07VATICAN90HOLY SEE GEARS UP FOR ISRAELIS
[...] (C) The Holy See will host a May 21 plenary session addressing issues related to the 1993 Fundamental Agreement with Israel. The Vatican still hopes for a breakthrough in the stalemated negotiations, but negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told us he feared that the Israelis would not bend on proper [...]
2007-05-18 14:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN93HOLY SEE ENCOURAGED BY TALKS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Vatican officials were encouraged by the May 21 plenary session with Israel on the Fundamental Agreement (FA) between the Holy See and Israel. While there were no major breakthroughs, officials told us that the Israelis engaged on the issues in a way they had not done before. One import [...]
2007-05-24 15:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALSOCI KIRF PHUM IS VT
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
07VATICAN97EMBASSY VATICAN LINKS NGO SANT'EGIDIO WITH AFRICAN BUREAU
[...] (SBU) Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) May 25, linking the Community of Sant'Egidio, a Vatican-related NGO, with the Africa Bureau. Embassy Paris's Africa watcher and staff from S/WCI also joined the DVC. Sant'Egidio responded to questions raised by AF on issues related to confl [...]
2007-06-20 08:00:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI UG IV VT
07VATICAN98VATICAN-AFFILIATED NGO ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (U) This cable is being resent due to an error found with EACT MailReader. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S.-based Acton Institute, an NGO with significant ties to the Vatican, explored issues related to religious freedom during a March conference in Rome (for informat [...]
2007-06-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN99IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...]
2007-06-21 19:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT
07VIENNA1005AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 18, 2007
[...] Many Austrian politicians are calling on the government to withdraw all state business from bank Bawag after it closed accounts owned by people from Cuba. The bank is in the process of being handed over to its new owner, US investor Cerberus. Director General Ewald Nowotny has said the bank wa [...]
2007-04-18 12:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1016AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR GUSENBAUER
[...] (C) In a cordial one-hour meeting with Ambassador McCaw on April 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said that the Balkans would remain Austria's top foreign policy priority. In particular, his government was committed to a robust participation in a prospective EU ESDP mission in Kosovo to implem [...]
2007-04-18 14:27:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU PTER IZ AF YI
07VIENNA1036DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: APRIL 23-24 GAERC AND EU
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) points on the GAERC agenda and ref (b) points on EU Cuba policy to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on April 20. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Central Asia: There will be no decisions on Central Asia [...]
2007-04-20 12:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU AU
07VIENNA1037AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 20, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) has said he will not publish the assessment on the Austrian Eurofighter purchase by legal expert Koziol at this point. The Minister has also refused to provide the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the deal with a copy of the file, emphas [...]
2007-04-20 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1042AUSTRIA TO VOTE "NO" ON BIOTECH SUGAR BEET AND
[...] Ambassador and AgCouns presented reftel demarche in the course of a general meeting with Austrian Agriculture Minister Josef Proell on April 19. (Full report septel.) 2. Proell indicated that Austria would vote "no" at the EU Standing Committee on the European Commission's proposal to ap [...]
2007-04-20 15:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EU AU
07VIENNA1054OMV CONFIRMS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) OMV Spokesman Thomas Huemer confirmed to us on April 23 that the Austrian energy company had signed a "Heads of Agreement" with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participate in the further development of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf. Huemer added that Iranian pr [...]
2007-04-23 14:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV ETTC AU IR
07VIENNA1068(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]
2007-04-25 12:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1072AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] EconPolOff met on 25 April with Alexander Marschik, Deputy of the Foreign Ministry's office for arms control and nuclear nonproliferation. Marschik said he has been in touch with Christopher Ford, the U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and knows the U.S. position on the [...]
2007-04-25 14:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM PREL NPT AU
07VIENNA1088NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: POST VIEWS ON AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Vienna assesses the prospects of Austrian participation in military missions in Iraq as nil. The Austrian government remains willing to participate in Iraqi police training (although not inside Iraq). The GOA also supports commercial engagement in the more secure areas [...]
2007-04-27 11:24:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AU
07VIENNA1097 Politicians Slam Austrian BAWAG Bank for Closing Cuban
[...] Summary: BAWAG P.S.K. bank, which the U.S. investment fund Cerberus Capital Management bought in early 2007, has come under harsh criticism for terminating the accounts of some 100 Cuban customers. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik announced in parliament on April 26 that she had int [...]
2007-04-27 14:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV AU
07VIENNA1104AUSTRIA'S STEYR-MANNLICHER WEAPONS COMPANY -- NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconPolCouns and EconPolOffs visited the new CEO and owner of Steyr-Mannlicher, Franz Holzschuh, on April 26. We conveyed Post's desire to continue cooperation and keep an open dialog with the firm. We also stressed our ongoing concerns about the firm's sale of assault weapon [...]
2007-04-30 13:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ECON ETTC AU
07VIENNA111AUSTRIA ON THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] (SBU) DCM and EconPolCouns discussed the President's Iraq policy address with Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide on January 16. The DCM stressed the importance of ensuring the independence, integrity and democratic development of Iraq. He said America would help Iraq [...]
2007-01-18 12:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ AU
07VIENNA1119AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 02, 2007
[...] About 100,000 people attended the traditional May Day event held by the ruling Social Democrats (SPOe) on Monday in central Vienna. It was the first May Day Alfred Gusenbauer attended since he became Chancellor earlier this year. During his speech, the Chancellor emphasized that the SPOe is com [...]
2007-05-02 12:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1134AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 03, 2007
[...] The coalition government agreed on a package of election reforms Wednesday, which will now be sent to Parliament for approval. The reforms propose holding general elections every five years instead of four, as well as lowering the voting age from 18 to 16. It will also make it easier for absent [...]
2007-05-03 12:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA114AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 18, 2007
[...] Speaking on ORF TV yesterday, the President of the Austrian Administrative Court Clemens Jabloner, like the new Justice Minister Maria Berger earlier this week, suggested the federal government could take Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider to court over the issue of bi-lingual road signs in Austr [...]
2007-01-19 08:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA1156AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 04, 2007
[...] The Austrian Parliament will hold a special session to remember the victims of the Nazi regime today. ORF television will broadcast live from Parliament on channel ORF II, starting at 10:00 am. Parliamentary President Barbara Prammer (SPOe) is among the speakers discussing "Resistance from 1938 [...]
2007-05-04 13:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1159EU STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES - AUSTRIA
[...] (U) On May 3, the Mission's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office conveyed ref A talking points to Ulrich Herzog, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department for Consumer Health (lead office),and to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Department for EU Coordination. Neithe [...]
2007-05-04 13:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EU AU
07VIENNA1162DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel information requests. 2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as follows: Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov 43-1 31339-2415 Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson nelsonpr@state [...]
2007-05-04 15:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR AU
07VIENNA117 U.S. Investment Fund Cerberus Buys Austria's Fourth
[...] The U.S. investment fund Cerberus Capital Management has purchased the BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG) bank, Austria's fourth largest banking group, for Euro 3.2 billion ($4.0 billion). Scandal-ridden BAWAG was up for sale after a government guarantee stabilized a run on the bank in May 2006. The probl [...]
2007-01-19 08:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV AU
07VIENNA1176AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2007
[...] Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen and Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) will be interviewed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase deal today. The committee will also demand that Darabos provide them with a copy of the expert opinion asse [...]
2007-05-07 13:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1182AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 08, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democrats says he is convinced that the Eurofighter interceptors for the Austrian armed forces will fail a major quality control test, which will be carried out by Defense Ministry officials next week. Although he did not go into detail, [...]
2007-05-08 12:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1197UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- AUSTRIA OPPOSES BELARUS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to Engelbert Theuermann, the head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau. 2. (C) Theuermann said that while EU lobbying efforts on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) did not name Belarus, the criteria that the EU Political and Securi [...]
2007-05-09 08:41:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC AU
07VIENNA1204AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 09, 2007
[...] There are new tensions in the SPOe-OeVP coalition government over the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter purchase. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer of the People's Party has criticized Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats over his handling of the [...]
2007-05-09 14:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1218AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007
[...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...]
2007-05-10 13:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA123AUSTRIA ON THE JANUARY 22-23 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on general GAERC topics and on the external energy policy on January 19 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. 2. (SBU) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans/Kosovo: Riecken said Austria agrees [...]
2007-01-19 13:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN AU
07VIENNA1230AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 11, 2007
[...] Even if Austria cancels the contract to purchase 18 Eurofighters from the EADS consortium, the jets will have still cost the country a considerable amount of money. So far, about 200 million Euros have gone into preparations for the interceptors and most of it cannot be refunded, experts explai [...]
2007-05-11 13:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1231SCENE SETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO VIENNA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 13:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA1237AUSTRIA: INITIAL BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE
[...] EconPolOff and Post's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met on May 8 with Manfred Siegl, of the Austrian Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Air Material Division. ODC and Siegl have a close working relationship and have carried out previous end-use checks for the Department of Defense "Golde [...]
2007-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AU
07VIENNA1239AUSTRIA: RESPONSE ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE AT
[...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on May 9 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation and urged the GoA to make a presentation at the upcoming Australia Group (AG) Plenary meeting. Benedict mentioned that [...]
2007-05-11 13:57:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW AU
07VIENNA1241AUSTRIA ON THE MAY 14-15 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on May 10 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (SBU) Riecken noted that the May GAERC will include meetings of Defense and Development Cooperation Ministers. Defense Mi [...]
2007-05-11 14:17:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL EUN AU
07VIENNA1242AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OECD ENLARGEMENT
[...] On March 11, EconUnit Chief discussed reftel points with Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Austrian Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs office. On Russia, Magloth expressed appreciation for the USG position from the April OECD Executive Council in Special Session. For Austria, [...]
2007-05-11 14:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OECD EUN AU
07VIENNA125TALKING POINTS ON DECEMBER 2006 PSI MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 15:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AU
07VIENNA1260AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 14, 2007
[...] Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) will appear before the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase today. Topping the agenda are once again the interceptor deal's tax files, large parts of which were redacted by the Finance M [...]
2007-05-14 12:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA127AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 19, 2007
[...] Representatives of Austria's Student Union are considering what further action to take in their opposition to university tuition fees. They are reported to be considering boycotting the fees, organizing a popular petition and holding regular demonstrations. Meeting in Linz yesterday, the leader [...]
2007-01-19 15:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA1270DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]
2007-05-15 09:11:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VIENNA1275PUTIN TO VISIT VIENNA MAY 23
[...] (C) The Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Hannes Porias, told us the Austrians intended to "send messages" on a range of important issues during Russian President Vladimir Putin's May 23-24 bilateral visit to Vienna. 2. (C) Porias said the s [...]
2007-05-15 09:35:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR RU AU
07VIENNA1276DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Director for Central and Eastern Europe. 2. (C) Porias said Austria supports the Ahtisaari package completely, and would like to see as clear a resolution as possible emer [...]
2007-05-15 09:48:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI AU
07VIENNA1279AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...]
2007-05-15 11:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU
07VIENNA1282AUSTRIA ON EU CUBA POLICY -- DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) During a May 14 meeting, EconPolCouns discussed the state of EU discussions of its policy toward Cuba with Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. With ref (b) in mind, we reviewed ref (a) points, stressing that this is not the time to soften t [...]
2007-05-15 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN CU AU
07VIENNA1284AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 15, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democrats said negotiations with EADS, the manufacturer of the Eurofighter interceptors, will continue. Speaking in Brussels at a joint meeting of foreign and defense ministers, Darabos said talks would resume in a few days. A scenario t [...]
2007-05-15 13:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1306AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OECD ENLARGEMENT
[...] On March 11, EconUnit Chief discussed reftel points with Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Austrian Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs office. On Russia, Magloth expressed appreciation for the USG position from the April OECD Executive Council in Special Session. For Austria, [...]
2007-05-18 12:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OECD EUN AU
07VIENNA1307AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 18, 2007
[...] The People's Party's defense and military spokesperson Walter Murauer has accused Social Democratic Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of "working against the military." In his efforts to cancel the Eurofighter deal, the Minister has "neglected his responsibilities," and is "only working towards [...]
2007-05-18 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1312JUNE 5 U.S.-AUSTRIA MARSHALL PLAN CEREMONY --
[...] This message contains an urgent action request in para 4. 2. Per refs, the Austrian government has proposed a memorandum of understanding to serve as the vehicle for recording consensus on the use of European Recovery Program (ERP) funds under a 1961 bilateral U.S.-Austrian agreement. It i [...]
2007-05-18 14:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL AU
07VIENNA1327GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT: UN RAPPORTEUR
[...] (S) On May 10, DCM met with Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Director of the Vienna-based Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights, to discuss various human rights issues, including the possible resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. Noting that Nowak had publicly called fo [...]
2007-05-21 15:01:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PHUM EUN AU
07VIENNA1328AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) To date, the only Austrian foreign investment in Cuba is a Havana brewery (Salm Brau),established in 2003. Since the signing of the Austrian-Cuban Agreement on Investment Protection in 2001, Cuba has actively lobbied to attract Austrian investment in the tourism and hospitality sectors [...]
2007-05-21 15:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALERD ETTC PREL CU AU
07VIENNA1342DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: IRANIAN LIGHT WATER
[...] (C) EconPolCouns and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points on May 16 to Kurt Pribil and Heinrich Traumueller, Co-Executive Directors of Austria's Financial Market Authority. Traumueller characterized the Iranian Mission's use of its diplomatic account as a repository for bidders on [...]
2007-05-22 10:15:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU
07VIENNA1350AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 22, 2007
[...] The Austrian Press Agency reported yesterday that US Ambassador to Austria Susan McCaw opened the American Corner (ACI) at Innsbruck University's Institute for American Studies on Monday. Austrian Press Agency APA reported on the opening of the American Corner Innsbruck, which aims at "emphasiz [...]
2007-05-22 13:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1362AUSTRIA SUPPORTS UN-PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] EconPolOff met on May 22 with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. EconPolOff explained reftel points on why the U.S. opposes the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and laid [...]
2007-05-23 12:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UNDC PARM AU
07VIENNA1363AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 23, 2007
[...] The quality control test for the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will take longer than the usual testing period of two days, a spokesperson for Eurofighter told the Austrian Press Agency yesterday. This is "not unusual," however, given that it is the first interceptor earma [...]
2007-05-23 13:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1374NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: AUSTRIA INTERESTED IN
[...] (U) On May 23, EconPolOff delivered points in reftels A and B to Alexander Marschik, the Acting Director of the MFA's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Marschik attended the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary in April 2007, and is familiar with the U.S. propo [...]
2007-05-24 14:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR AU
07VIENNA14AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 13:34:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AU
07VIENNA1406UNSCR 1747: AUSTRIA USES BROAD DEFINITION FOR
[...] (SBU) On May 22, EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. Bruck-Friedrich confirmed with the MFA's Legal Department that the GoA had alre [...]
2007-05-29 10:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC AU IR
07VIENNA1407SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TO ACQUIRE CW
[...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that there is only one firm in Austria, located in Krems, which produces Australia Group-controlled precursor chemicals. Krehli [...]
2007-05-29 10:29:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AU
07VIENNA1408AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 24, 2007
[...] The former head of the Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, appearing for a second time before the parliamentary inquiry into bank supervision in Austria, has claimed he cannot answer a number of questions because of memory loss following a recent heart bypass operation. Elsner faces charges of fraud and [...]
2007-05-29 11:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1413DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SPANISH AND
[...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik noted that Steyr Motors was a very reputable firm. He promised to contact Steyr Motors to alert the firm to be on guard against any [...]
2007-05-29 12:22:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP
07VIENNA1414AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 29, 2007
[...] The head of the parliamentary committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces, Peter Pilz, has accused the People's Party of "blocking" the inquiry. Pilz harshly criticized as an "ultimatum to Parliament" the OeVP's demand that the committee's hearings and int [...]
2007-05-29 13:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1419SCENESETTER FOR U/S HUGHES' VISIT TO VIENNA, JUNE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 14:11:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALOTRA KPAO PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA1437AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 30, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the SPOe is continuing his efforts to demonstrate his commitment to his office beyond the controversial Eurofighter purchase deal, Austrian media say. He discussed the status of the Austrian army's reform process, and dismissed criticism of his performance [...]
2007-05-30 12:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA144Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 10:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1466AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE
[...] (C) On June 1, EconUnit Chief met with Margit Waestfelt, Austria's Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE, to present USG points in reftel regarding the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter." Waestfelt said Austria agreed with the USG position that the experts group had a limited mandate [...]
2007-06-01 14:22:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AU
07VIENNA147Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet
[...] (SBU) President Heinz Fischer swore in the new Austrian Cabinet on January 11. The Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) each 7 ministers and three state secretaries, reflecting the closeness of the October 2006 election results (SPO with 35.3% and OVP with 34.3%). On the SPO side, [...]
2007-01-23 10:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1480AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 04, 2007
[...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer is urging that by summer, the entire complex matter surrounding the Eurofighter purchase for Austria's military, including the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the circumstances of the deal, be concluded. In an interview with an Austrian daily, [...]
2007-06-04 13:52:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1507EU JUNE 8 STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES -
[...] On June 1, post conveyed reftel talking points to Ulrich Herzog, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department for Consumer Health (lead office),to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Department for EU Coordination, and to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economics' D [...]
2007-06-06 12:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EU AU
07VIENNA1510AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 06, 2007
[...] On Tuesday, the Austrian parliament approved a major reform of the election laws, lowering the legal voting age to 16 and extending the legislative period to five years. Semi-official daily "Wiener Zeitung" reports on the new legislation, which applies to national elections, but also requires p [...]
2007-06-06 14:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA157AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 23, 2007
[...] Minister for the Environment Josef Proell yesterday presented "Perspectives Group 2010", which outlines proposals for the OEVP's future course that are to be developed in detail by 14 working groups. The OeVP will be "open to outside criticism," Proell emphasized. Presenting the OeVP's program [...]
2007-01-23 13:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA1604IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]
2007-06-15 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1605AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC
[...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...]
2007-06-15 14:48:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU
07VIENNA1640AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 19, 2007
[...] Austria's Minister for Education, Claudia Schmied from the Social Democrats, will unveil her plans for a comprehensive school system for 10- to 14-year-old students later today. During a test stage beginning in fall 2008, the comprehensive system will be introduced in five Austrian regions. How [...]
2007-06-19 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1647AUSTRIAN REACTION: POSSIBLE E.O. DESIGNATION OF
[...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 12 with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Import and Export Division to present ref B points. According to Krehlik, the public prosecutor will soon charge Daniel Frosch under Article 37 of Austria's Foreign Trade Act (FTA) with f [...]
2007-06-20 15:35:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU
07VIENNA1648DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: MISSING/DETAINED
[...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 13 with Ralph Scheide, the Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-level) to convey USG concerns (reftel) about the recent pattern of harassment of AmCits in Iran. Scheide expressed support for the USG position, adding that he had recen [...]
2007-06-20 15:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IR AU
07VIENNA1649DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL U.S.
[...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 14 with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division (DAS-level),to discuss recent USG sanctions and press for Austrian support for targeted bilateral and/or EU sanctions on Sudan. Gudenus expressed skepticism as to the efficacy of [...]
2007-06-20 16:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC UN SU AU
07VIENNA1650AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA FLASH
[...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 14 with Werner Stenzel, the Deputy Head of the MFA's Humanitarian Assistance Department, to deliver reftel points. Stenzel said that, unfortunately, Austria would not be able to contribute to either the flash appeal for Lebanon or the emergency appea [...]
2007-06-20 16:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KWBG LE AU
07VIENNA1651UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Department to deliver reftel points. Maca acknowledged that the Kontrollbank, Austria's export credit agency, remained open for issuing new commitments to the Gove [...]
2007-06-20 17:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1652UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS DISCUSSION WITHIN
[...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Division to inquire about an Austrian response to the U.S. survey on Iran and export credits (reftel). Maca said that the GoA, to her knowledge, had not received th [...]
2007-06-20 17:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1666AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 21, 2007
[...] EU heads of government are preparing to meet in Brussels today to discuss a treaty to help the union work more effectively. A draft tabled by Germany recommends deep reforms, but not a constitution - an idea rejected by French and Dutch voters two years ago. Whether progress can be made at the [...]
2007-06-21 12:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA167KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]
2007-01-24 16:07:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA1693AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 22, 2007
[...] As withdrawing from the purchase agreement apparently no longer seems realistic, a further reduction of the number of Eurofighter jets to be acquired is becoming increasingly likely, Austrian media say. According to a new strategy paper by the Austrian armed forces, twelve of the interceptors w [...]
2007-06-25 09:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1708CONCILIATORY CLIMATE AT WALDHEIM FUNERAL
[...] (U) On June 25, former President Kurt Waldheim was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery following a State Funeral and requiem at St.Stephen's Cathedral. There were also ceremonies at the Vienna International Center (UN City) and in front of the Federal Chancellery honoring Waldheim. Waldhei [...]
2007-06-26 09:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA1715 GOA'S 2007 AND 2008 BUDGETS - ANALYSIS AND OUTLOOK
[...] The coalition government's 2007 and 2008 budgets foresee federal deficits of 1.3% and 1.2% of GDP, respectively. The budgets represent small steps towards a balanced budget, a goal that the GoA still maintains. However, the GoA now expects to achieve a balanced budget only by 2010. Finance [...]
2007-06-26 15:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA1728AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 27, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats has reached an agreement with Eurofighter producer EADS: The corporation will deliver only 15 instead of the planned 18 interceptor jets to Austria - a deal that will save the country up to 400 million Euros, Darabos says. It is not clear [...]
2007-06-27 13:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1753ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O.
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designations of four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel i [...]
2007-06-29 14:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA1754AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 29, 2007
[...] All Austrian media report on the continuing serious tensions in the SPOe-OeVP coalition government. Now, the 400 million Euros the Defense Minister is expecting to retain from his deal with Eurofighter manufacturer EADS has emerged as the latest bone of contention between the two major parties. [...]
2007-06-29 14:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1765AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 02, 2007
[...] Speaking on Austrian television on Sunday, President Heinz Fischer described the reduction achieved by Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from 18 to 15 Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces as a "positive result." The President also argued that a complete cancellation of the contract with E [...]
2007-07-02 13:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1771PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points on July 2 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs Office (GoA lead on OECD issues). Magloth said she had shared the USG position with Austria's OECD representative and with the Min [...]
2007-07-03 07:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OECD EUN AU
07VIENNA1790AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 05, 2007
[...] Three legal experts appointed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets have concluded that Austria did have adequate legal grounds to cancel the original two-billion-Euro contract. The three, Josef Aicher, Andreas Kletecka and Heinz Mayer, said [...]
2007-07-05 13:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1798AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 06, 2007
[...] The Austrian Parliament will meet for its last session before the summer recess today. After it concluded the investigation into the purchase of Eurofighter interceptors for Austria's armed forces yesterday, Parliament will now also wrap up the inquiry into Austrian banking practices in connect [...]
2007-07-06 12:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA180AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL
[...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...]
2007-01-25 13:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU
07VIENNA1804DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SEEKING REGIONAL
[...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel background and talking points on July 6 to Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-equivalent). EconPol Counselor urged Austria to approach regional Arab governments to put diplomatic pressure on the SARG to do more t [...]
2007-07-09 10:16:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PTER AU SY IZ
07VIENNA181HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MFA VIEWS
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting began his response by expressing appreciation for the United States' willingness to find a compromise that had ensured the adoption of UNSCR 1737. There [...]
2007-01-25 13:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1814DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNHRC FIFTH SESSION
[...] (SBU) On July 5, EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the HRC fifth session to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann said that the GoA was disappointed with the number of unsatisfactory outcomes. He cited the expiration of the country-specif [...]
2007-07-09 11:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EUN UNHRC AU
07VIENNA1817AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 09, 2007
[...] The Interior Ministry's Human Rights Advisory Board has come to the conclusion that the Austrian immigration and alien laws need to be amended, as they are not in compliance with the EU's Human Rights Convention. Because the Convention is part of the Austrian Constitution, the Advisory Board ha [...]
2007-07-09 12:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1826AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 10, 2007
[...] A new quarrel among Austria's political parties has emerged, as random checks revealed that up to forty percent of mothers in Salzburg province were above the legally permitted additional annual income limits while receiving child benefit payments. While Family Minister Andrea Kdolsky and the P [...]
2007-07-10 11:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1828AUSTRIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRANSFERRING SURPLUS
[...] (C) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met on July 6 with Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division (A/S-equivalent) to request that Austria consider providing reftel ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor pointed out that the latest inventory availa [...]
2007-07-10 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AU LE
07VIENNA1856AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 11, 2007
[...] Austria's coalition partners, the Social Democrats and the People's Party, are gathering in the Burgenland provincial capital of Eisenstadt for the second day of closed-door meetings on key policy issues. Following a first round of talks yesterday, the leaders of the SPOe and the OeVP pledged t [...]
2007-07-11 14:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1858PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered ref B points on July 11 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs Office (GoA lead on OECD issues). Magloth said she agreed with some of the USG arguments, particularly easier monitoring capabilities, for [...]
2007-07-11 15:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OECD EAID AU
07VIENNA186AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 25, 2007
[...] All major Austrian media continue to analyze and comment on US President George Bush's 2007 State of the Union Address. One Austrian daily headlines "The new Bush: the president as petitioner," and writes that Bush came across as modest and low-key, and presenting a "green agenda." The daily's [...]
2007-01-25 15:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA187THE GUSENBAUER GOVERNMENT'S COALITION PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) On January 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer presented the government program of the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic (SPO) and the People,s Party (OVP) to parliament. Stressing his vision of a &more social Austria,8 Gusenbauer outlined a program that primarily represents a [...]
2007-01-25 16:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA1874AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 13, 2007
[...] The first of Austria's fifteen Eurofighter jets, delivered from Germany, landed at the Zeltweg air base at 10:45 am Thursday morning and was greeted with a traditional brass band and an arch of water from a water cannon. Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein of the People's Party was the only g [...]
2007-07-13 13:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1878AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND
[...] (S) Acting Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel nonpaper on July 3 to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's JHA Department, and on July 13 to Elisabeth Ottawa, the Ministry of Finance's Counterterrorism Coordinator. Froehlich and Ottawa promised to provide any unclassified identifier and backgr [...]
2007-07-16 06:50:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR AU
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