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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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09ACCRA7022009 AGOA FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED IN ACCRA
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel invitation to Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industry, Hannah Tetteh on Tuesday July 21. Minister Tetteh said she would lead Ghana's delegation of about eight persons and will provide a list of the delegation as soon as it is finalized. Minister Tetteh has agre [...]
2009-07-23 17:01:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON GH
09ACCRA712GADDAFI CANCELS VISIT TO GHANA
[...] SUMMARY: (U) An international conference of West African traditional rulers scheduled to be held in Ghana was abruptly canceled three days before Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was scheduled to be crowned "king of kings" at the event. Reasons for the cancellation are not clear, but press specul [...]
2009-07-28 09:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAU PGOV XA XY XF LY GH
09ACCRA747SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RUSH
[...] (U) Our entire mission joins me in extending to CODEL Rush a very warm welcome to Ghana. We hope your visit here helps inform you, and we look forward to supporting your objectives. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Ghana,s December, 2008 election saw the country,s second peaceful transfer of power betwee [...]
2009-08-05 14:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON GH
09ACCRA770GHANA TURNS TO COURTS TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent corruption cases have received media attention, and suggest an increasing propensity for government and non-governmental actors to use the legal system to combat public corruption. Government prosecutors charged a government official for his role in fraudulently orga [...]
2009-08-11 16:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KDEM CVIS GH
09ACCRA813MILLS ADMINISTRATION FOCUS ON DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Recent statements by senior Ghanaian officials suggest a renewed focus on decentralization as the Mills Administration moves to implement its agenda. President Mills has designated the Minister for Local Government as point person for decentralization, which officials claim will enhance [...]
2009-08-19 14:43:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM GH
09ACCRA814MILLS ADMINISTRATION RENEWS FOCUS ON DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Recent statements by senior Ghanaian officials suggest a renewed focus on decentralization as the Mills Administration moves to implement its agenda. President Mills has designated the Minister for Local Government as point person for decentralization, which officials claim will enhance [...]
2009-08-20 07:51:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM GH
09ACCRA820GHANA RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASES
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana has recorded six confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza through August 20, 2009. Two individuals were treated in hospital with Tamiflu and have fully recovered, and four persons are currently being treated at home with Tamiflu and have not yet recovered. To date, Ghana has not recor [...]
2009-08-20 15:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAID GH
09ACCRA821ACCRA RESPONSE RE UPDATE OF E.O. 13126 LIST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ref A seeks Embassy concurrence for the Department of Labor's listing of Ghanaian cocoa and tilapia as products produced with forced or indentured child labor, which would trigger certification requirements per E.O. 13126. Post [...]
2009-08-20 16:59:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB GH
09ACCRA832GHANA PROMOTES REGIONAL INVESTMENT HUB TO CODEL BUTTERFIELD
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17-19 visit to Ghana, CODEL Butterfield discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on trade and investment with Government of Ghana (GOG) leaders. President Mills underlined Ghana's commitment to removing investment obstacles, and said Ghana aspires to r [...]
2009-08-25 08:48:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD GH
09ACCRA860GHANA'S OPPOSITION ENERGIZES GRASSROOTS SUPPORTERS THROUGH
[...] (SBU) At its August 22 National Conference, Ghana's main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) made important amendments to the party's constitution that broadly expand the voting base for choosing parliamentary and presidential candidates. Upon the recommendation of the incumbent National Exec [...]
2009-08-27 14:36:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM GH
09ACCRA888ACCRA'S POC FOR THE SECRETARY'S GREENING DIPLOMACY
[...] Embassy Accra designatesLisa Franchett as the point of contact for the Secretary's Greening Diplomacy initiative. Lisa Franchett is the Deputy Mission Director for USAID West Africa. Contact details for Lisa Franchett are email: lfranchett@usaid.gov and tel: 233-021-741-096. 2. The alte [...]
2009-09-03 16:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT SENV GH
09ACCRA903GHANA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA OBJECTIVES
[...] (SBU) POL Chief met September 2 with MFA Director of International Organizations Affairs Beatrice Brobbey to seek support for U.S. priorities at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),including non-proliferation and disarmament; climate change and other environmental issues; huma [...]
2009-09-08 17:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA ECON GH
09ACCRA916Ethnic and Political Dispute leads to violence in Accra
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an incident of violence with political and ethnic undertones, three individuals were hacked to death August 25 following a dispute over a piece of land at the notorious Kontonba Yam market in Accra. The conflict took place between members of rival migrant communities from nor [...]
2009-09-10 13:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KCRM GH
09ACCRA935RESPONSE FOR UNGA POTUS INVITATIONS - ACCRA
[...] SUMMARY. President Mills will attend President Obama,s Peacekeeping meeting, but is unlikely to arrive in New York in time for the Africa working lunch. If the separate meeting he has requested with President Obama takes place, he does not expect to raise new issues, but to update issues rai [...]
2009-09-11 15:03:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA GH
09ACCRA964DEMARCHE ON CHILD LABOR GOODS
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Women and Children's Affairs and the Minister of Employment [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09ACCRA965UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana will cooperate with USG to promote universal human rights. Dufu referred to the visit last week of a [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNAUS UNHRC
09ACCRA966DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who will attend UNGA, for his consideratio [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KV
09ACCRA967DEMARCHE ON UN FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the invitation from Secretary Clinton to the Minister of Foreign Affairs immediately to make [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09ACCRA968DEMARCHE ON IRAN CHORUS
[...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana supports the peaceful use of nuclear technology and will work with the IAEA to ensure that nuclear te [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09ADANA11TURKEY: KURDISH PROTESTS ERUPT TO MARK DATE OF OCALAN'S
[...] (SBU) PKK supporters came out in the thousands to mark the 10th anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture. Defying a ban on pro-Ocalan demonstrations, protesters gathered at the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in several southeastern cities. In the ens [...]
2009-02-17 12:45:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC IZ TU
09ADANA12TURKEY: ADANA'S MAYORAL RACE - PERSONALITY VS. PARTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With five weeks before the voting, three candidates are in the running for Adana's mayoralty, but four-term incumbent Aytac Durak is still the man to beat. Durak is running from MHP (his fourth party affiliation) after being publicly dropped from his former perch in AKP. His [...]
2009-02-20 09:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
09ADANA15TURKEY: ADANA ELECTIONS: THE GLOVES COME OFF AS AKP VIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Adana mayoral race is heating up as AKP seeks new attack angles to unseat incumbent Aytac Durak, who only months ago jumped ship (while being pushed off) from AKP to join MHP. Sidestepping its own candidate, AKP's party apparatus is using bigger guns - parliamentarian Den [...]
2009-03-24 15:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
09ADANA16TURKEY: AKP FACING LOSSES, POSSIBLE EMBARRASSMENT IN SE
[...] (SBU) Of the 22 provincial capitals in southeastern Turkey, AKP holds the mayoralty in 15 cities, the pro-Kurdish DTP runs five municipalities and the CHP and DP have one mayor each. While AKP candidates will do very well again this year, the party is likely to lose two-to-four seats and its v [...]
2009-03-26 07:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
09ADANA18TURKEY: DTP SCORES KEY ELECTION VICTORIES IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With over 99% of the votes tallied, official election results confirm a better-than-expected showing in the southeast for pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),which picked up eight mayoral victories as well as 50 district mayor slots. As predicted, the Justice and Dev [...]
2009-03-30 14:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU IZ
09ADANA19TURKEY: SLIM VICTORY FOR INCUMBENT ADANA MAYOR STILL HOTLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial election results from Adana's mayoral race showed incumbent Mayor Aytac Durak, who switched to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) declined to renominate him, had edged out his primary AKP rival by fewer than 1,500 [...]
2009-04-07 05:24:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
09ADANA2ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 09:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA20TURKEY: VIOLENT AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE IN SANLIURFA AFTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions continue in Kurdish-populated areas of Sanliurfa province after two protesters were fatally injured during clashes with police on April 4, the birthday of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Community leaders dispute official declarations that police did not use firea [...]
2009-04-08 15:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER TU
09ADANA21CONSULATE ADANA'S GROWTH SPURT REQUIRES BRICKS AND MORTAR
[...] (U) Consulate Adana has been a critical platform for USG operations in southeastern Turkey since 1960. The Consulate provides services for Americans affiliated with Incirlik Air Base (IAB) and for regional contingencies such as the 2006 evacuation of Americans from Lebanon. The Consulate al [...]
2009-04-15 09:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC ABLD TU
09ADANA29ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 10:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA31ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 06:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA4CORRECTION -REASSIGNMENT AT POSTIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127,
[...] this is a correction to the previous cable to provide corrected fund cite for the position. All others remain unchanged. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 3. AGENCY: STATE 4. POST: adana 5. reassignment at post FROM position no. 50006001 manAgement officer to P [...]
2009-01-13 14:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA40ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 05:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA41TMFIVE, DEPARTURE FROM ADANA, (GREEN,ERIC F, ***-**-4928,
[...] STATE, F0-01, HLT, TA NO. 2025944151, FROM ADANA TO MOSCOW, LPO: CHARLESTON, ATD 07/15/2009, ETA 07/15/2009, AIR 2. HLMAIL: 16001 Junaluska Way, Pacific Palisades, Ca 90272, USA 3. FOR FSC CHARLESTON: Please terminate post differential and post allowance payments effective 07/15/2009. [...]
2009-07-15 06:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN
09ADANA46ASSUME CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 06:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ORA TU
09ADANA47TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (DARNELL, DARIA LEIGH, XXX-XX-3781,
[...] STATE, FS-01, HLT, TA NO. 2025942119, FM WASHDC TO ADANA 2. ATA: 07/30/09 3. FSC CHARLESTON; PLEASE NOTE INITIATE POST DIFFERENTIAL AND POST ALLOWANCE EFFECTIVE 07/30/09 4. FOR BF/FS: TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR PAY AND LEAVE RECORD TO FCS CHARLESTON IS REQUESTED. - POST/SUB-POST NO. OF [...]
2009-07-31 09:13:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA5CORRECTION - REASSIGNMENT AT POST (CREVIER, JUSTIN C.,
[...] THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS CABLE TO PROVIDE CORRECTED FUND CITE FOR THE POSITION. ALL OTHERS REMAIN UNCHANGED. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/28/08 3. AGENCY: STATE 4. POST: ADANA 5. REASSIGNMENT AT POST FROM POSITION NO. 50006001 MANAGEME [...]
2009-01-14 15:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA51TURKEY: SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN NUMBER OF SOUTHEAST VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When compared with previous years, the 2009 anniversary of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) saw significantly lower levels of violence in Turkey's southeast, with only two notable incidents. The night of August 15, one police officer died in clashes between PKK sympathizers [...]
2009-08-18 11:35:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER TU
09ADANA52SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 04 - SEPTEMBER 10,
[...] THE FOLLOWING SECURITY INCIDENTS FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2009, WERE COMPILED BY THE SECURITY ASSISTANT AT CONSULATE ADANA FROM RSO SOURCES, TO INCLUDE TURKISH SECURITY CONTACTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MEDIA REPORTS. SIMILAR REPORTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHARED INFORMALLY BY E-MAIL. PO [...]
2009-09-15 11:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA53CORRECTION TO REQUEST FOR SF-52, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:29:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER
09ADANA54TURKEY: SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 11 -
[...] The following security incidents for the period September 11-18, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by e-mail. P [...]
2009-09-18 14:05:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA55TURKEY: ARREST OF DTP PARTY MEMBERS SPARKS PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish police apprehended 19 members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) during September 11 anti-terror operations. The arrests sparked a week of protests in Kurdish-populated areas throughout the southeast. Kurdish contacts have divergent assessments of what [...]
2009-09-18 14:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER TU
09ADANA56SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 22,
[...] The following security incidents for the period September 18-22, 2009, were compiled by the Security Assistant at the Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by e [...]
2009-09-23 11:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA57TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (LO,DEBRA NMN, ***-**-8720, FO-04,
[...] STATE, FS-04, TA NO. 2025945936, FM Baghdad TO ADANA. 2. ATA: 10/02/09. 3. TDY/CONSULT: N/A. 4. EFMS AT POST: NONE. 5.EMERGENCY CONTACT: Julia Chung (Friend) 312-2921-8820 17078 Pacific Coast Highway, #304 Hermosa Beach, Cal 90254 6. FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE INITIATE POST DIFFE [...]
2009-10-06 11:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA58CORRECTION TM EIGHT ARRIVAL NOTICE (LO,DEBRA NMN,
[...] STATE, FS-04, TA NO. 2025945936, FM Baghdad TO ADANA. 2. ATA: 10/01/09. 3. TDY/CONSULT: N/A. 4. EFMS AT POST: NONE. 5.EMERGENCY CONTACT: Julia Chung (Friend) 312-2921-8820 17078 Pacific Coast Highway, #304 Hermosa Beach, Cal 90254 6. FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE INITIATE POST DIFFE [...]
2009-10-09 11:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN TU
09ADANA59SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 4,
[...] The following security incidents for the period of September 22 - October 4, 2009 were compiled from RSO sources by the Security Assistant at Consulate Adana, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by [...]
2009-10-09 12:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA6TURKEY: ADANA REGION SEES SPIKE IN VIOLENCE IN LEAD-UP TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Increasing incidents of violence in Kurdish-populated areas of Adana's consular district may be related to the upcoming February 15 anniversary of the capture of PKK terrorist leader Abdullah Ocalan. Local and regional anti-terrorism units are preparing for possible demonstra [...]
2009-01-29 11:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PTER TU
09ADANA61LANGUAGE INCENTIVE PAYME, DEBRA NMN, XXX-XX-8720, FO-04,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
09ADANA62SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 05 - OCTOBER 12, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 05 - October 12, 2009 were compiled from RSO sources by the Security Assistant at Consulate Adana, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media reports. Similar reports have previously been shared informally by [...]
2009-10-16 07:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA63SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 12 -18, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 12-18, 2009 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. Post is n [...]
2009-10-21 11:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA64TURKEY: BIMONTHLY SOUTHEAST ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 13:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG TU SY
09ADANA65SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 12 - 18, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 19-25, 2009, were compiled by the Security Assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. Post is no [...]
2009-11-02 07:54:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA66SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 01,
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 26 - November 01, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. [...]
2009-11-03 11:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA67PAYROLL CORRECTION FOR CREVIER, JUSTIN C., XXX-XX-7127
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 08:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN APER
09ADANA69CORRECTION CABLE: POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS (ONES, LEYLA L.
[...] FOR FSC CHARLESTON: PLEASE STOP POST DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENTS AS OF 10/30/2008 FOR ONES, LEYLA L., SSN# XXX-XX-5155. DARNELL [...]
2009-11-09 07:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN
09ADANA7Habur Gate Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local contacts in the Southeast say sustained pressure from the business community and high-level interest in Ankara has led to increased capacity and efficiency of operations at the Turkey-Iraq border crossing at Habur Gate. From October 2008 to January 2009, Habur Gate's dai [...]
2009-02-06 09:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ADANA70SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 2-8, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 2-8, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends of v [...]
2009-11-09 13:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA71ADANA EXTRA MILE AWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 09:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KFSC AFSN
09ADANA73SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 9-15, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 9-15, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends [...]
2009-11-16 14:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA74SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 16-22, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 16-22 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends of vio [...]
2009-11-24 11:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA75SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 23-30, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 23-30, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trend [...]
2009-12-02 07:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA76ONE STUDENT DEAD IN DIYARBAKIR STREET PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Diyarbakir chapter of the Human Rights Association (HRA) said police fatally shot a 23-year-old student during December 6 demonstrations against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). According to local media, clashes erupted when demonstrators, who had gathered [...]
2009-12-07 15:32:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV TU PINR
09ADANA77ADANA ANNUAL LES AND GUARD AWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 07:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KFSC AFSN
09ADANA78ADANA EAC MEETS TO REVIEW NEO CONTINGENCY PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 12:43:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC TU
09ADANA79TURKEY: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES IN GAZIANTEP, ADANA AND MERSIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Douglas Silliman, accompanied by Adana PO and DPO, held three business roundtables in Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin to discuss President Obama's Cairo speech and the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship. During the roundtables, business leaders from Gaziantep, with their can [...]
2009-12-23 13:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SOCI TU
09ADANA8TURKEY: LOCAL CONTACTS IN SOUTHEAST REPORT BUSINESS IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local contacts in the Southeast say sustained pressure from the business community and high-level interest in Ankara has led to increased capacity and efficiency of operations at the Turkey-Iraq border crossing at Habur Gate. From October 2008 to January 2009, Habur Gate's dai [...]
2009-02-06 09:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ADANA80TURKEY: SOUTHEAST PERSPECTIVE: POLICE SWEEP NETS DOZENS OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Media report police have detained more than 30 incumbent and former mayors and active party members from the recently banned Democrat Society Party (DTP) in raids in 11 provinces that began the night of December 23. Consulate contacts confirm the Diyarbakir chief public prosec [...]
2009-12-24 11:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PINR PGOV TU
09ADANA81SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: DECEMBER 21-27, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of December 21-27, 2009, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends [...]
2009-12-29 14:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA82TURKEY: UNREST CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kurdish community in SE Turkey continues to manifest its outrage following December 24 arrests of more than 60 Kurdish leaders including seven incumbent mayors. Significant street protests continue in Hakkari, Sirnak, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, and other heavily Kurdish-populat [...]
2009-12-31 11:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PINR PGOV TU
09ADDISABABA1015FOREX CRUNCH IMPERILS REPATRIATION OF PROFITS?
[...] (SBU) As Ethiopia continues to suffer from a severe forex shortage, a growing number of foreign companies have begun to echo concerns about not being able to repatriate profits outside of Ethiopia. No American firms have yet reported being prohibited from repatriating profits abroad, but most [...]
2009-04-30 14:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA1060Ethiopian Government Builds Case Against VOA
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu asked the Ambassador May 4 if the United States has now taken an anti-Ethiopia position and Ethiopia is no longer considered an ally of the United States in the region or in counterterrorism programs. Tekeda based his question [...]
2009-05-07 06:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA1063SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. RICE TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) At the African Union, we expect your principal interlocutors will be Commission Chairperson Jean Ping, Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha, and Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra. They have welcomed cooperation from international partners on peace and security issues, especia [...]
2009-05-07 12:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU SO
09ADDISABABA107ETHIOPIA: MINISTER BEREKET OFFERS EPRDF VIEWS ON
[...] (C) The Ethiopian government (GOE) will not release the re-jailed Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) leader Birtukan Mideksa (Ref A) because the state must uphold rule of law and Birtukan violated the terms of her pardon, long-time Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Advisor and newly ap [...]
2009-01-16 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA108USAU: AU PARTNERS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR AMISOM,
[...] (U) As reported in reftel, the AU invited the US, EU, UK, and others to a meeting on January 17 in Addis Ababa to discuss their respective abilities to commit financial and logistical support to AMISOM and to a joint security force composed of Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance [...]
2009-01-16 14:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SO AU
09ADDISABABA1085SUDANESE AMBASSADOR ON BILATERAL TALKS, REGIONAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On April 30, the Ambassador met with Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohieldin Salim and Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Akuei Bona Malwal as a follow-up on their April 7 meeting (REFTEL) where Salim initiated a discussion to explore opening a quiet, private channel of com [...]
2009-05-08 05:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO SU ET
09ADDISABABA110USAU: UN ASSESSMENT TEAM BRIEFS AU PARTNERS ON
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The United Nations Technical Assessment Team (TAM) met with the USAU, EUAU, and the Italian Ambassadors in Addis Ababa the morning of January 16. The team,s focus is on providing a short-term logistics package to su [...]
2009-01-16 15:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SO AU
09ADDISABABA1136ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT IS "FULL
[...] (C) From May 3 to 7, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) aired a three-part television series entitled "U.S. State Department Human Rights Report (HRR): Patronizing and Full of Lies" (loose translation). The Foreign Ministry-initiated investigation was conducted by the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA - [...]
2009-05-14 13:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1138SOMALIA: TFG AND ASWJ EXPLORING ALLIANCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Al Sunnah wal Jama'a (ASWJ) leadership committee member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur (Darood) told PolOff on May 12 that the ASWJ leadership committee would be arriving in Addis Ababa during the week of May 17 to hold discussions with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy P [...]
2009-05-14 13:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1139AFRICAN UNION DOWNPLAYS SOMALIA DESPITE IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) During the May 13 Consultative Meeting of the African Union (AU),Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs),and International Partners, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, supported by the Ugandan and Burundian Ministers of Defense, asserted that there was no serious crisis [...]
2009-05-14 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1149PRIME MINISTER MELES AND THE UNSC DISCUSS SOMALIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on May 16 provided visiting Ambassador Susan Rice and delegates from the United Nations Security Council his analysis of ongoing issues of mutual interest regarding Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea. On Somalia, Meles assessed that the Transitional F [...]
2009-05-18 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA1186ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AMISOM, AND THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy Addis Ababa avails itself of the opportunity to provide our analysis of the current situation in Somalia, particularly as it relates to Ethiopia and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),and suggest options for the United States on a way forward. As conditi [...]
2009-05-19 10:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1200ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMIC SCRAMBLE FURTHER STIFLES PRIVATE
[...] (SBU) In hurried efforts to stabilize the economy, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has implemented policies that are destabilizing the private sector and investment climate. Ethiopia has been trying to rein in the money supply, increase government revenue, and boost ailing foreign exchange re [...]
2009-05-21 14:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1201PRIME MINISTER MELES ON REGIONAL CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told visiting USUN Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 that over the long term normalization of relations with Eritrea will guarantee a peaceful demarcation of the border. Meles also acknowledged to former U.S. mediator Rice that Ethiopia made mistakes in handling the [...]
2009-05-21 14:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV ET ER SU SO
09ADDISABABA1202PRIME MINISTER MELES ON THE FUTURE OF AFRICA
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi relayed to USUN Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 that he would like to step down as Prime Minister, hinting that it could be after the 2010 elections. According to Meles, Africa faces unprecedented challenges from the world economic downturn to climate change. Afric [...]
2009-05-21 14:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR ET
09ADDISABABA1235PRIME MINISTER MELES ON PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 12:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID ET SO
09ADDISABABA1237ETHIOPIA TO THE P-5: TIME FOR ERITREA SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on May 22 called in the UNSC P-5 Ambassadors to urge them to follow-up on the InterGovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) May 20 call for Security Council sanctions against Eritrea and the imposition of a naval blockade and no-f [...]
2009-05-26 14:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET ER
09ADDISABABA1238SOMALIA: NEGOTIATIONS STALLED BETWEEN THE TFG AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary. As of May 26, negotiations in Addis Ababa between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) were stalled because ASWJ was demanding the prime ministership and senior cabinet positions in a potential coalition government, demands that the TFG [...]
2009-05-26 14:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1241PRIME MINISTER MELES ON PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL
[...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in a follow-up to a meeting with Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 (septel),underscored to the Ambassador during a private meeting on May 22, the importance of security cooperation, economic development, and governance as pillars in our relationship requi [...]
2009-05-27 06:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ET SO
09ADDISABABA1242USAU: COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR AU -- UPDATE
[...] The Command, Control, and Communications Information System Project (C3IS) is progressing steadily. Since the last update (ref B),the project has been presented to the African Union Ministers of Defense and Chiefs of Defense on May 11-15 in Addis Ababa. The project was approved by the Minis [...]
2009-05-27 07:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MCAP SO AU
09ADDISABABA1275SOMALIA: WHERE TO GO WITH ASWJ
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In the view of Embassy Addis Ababa, U.S. pressure is needed if an alliance is to be formed between the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ). We believe that an alliance would be a natural progression of the TFG's ongoing reconcilia [...]
2009-06-01 08:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1276ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of recent economic highlights in Ethiopia, including: 1) decreasing inflation rates; 2) expected depreciation of the Birr; 3) declining export performance; and 4) factory stoppages due to increasing power supply rationing. Annual Consumer Price Inde [...]
2009-06-01 08:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1278ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO DISCUSSES BOEING AND AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake discussed his relationship with Boeing and plans for airport expansion during a May 22 meeting with the Ambassador. Wake confirmed that EAL placed a deposit on five Boeing 777 aircraft the previous day based on his comfortable, ongoing relationship [...]
2009-06-01 10:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP ECON ETRD EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1280MAKING A POINT ON DEMOCRACY IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (S/NF) During a series of meetings with Ethiopia's senior leadership, the Ambassador stressed the importance of inter-party talks between the opposition and ruling parties, and the critical necessity for the ruling party and government entities to investigate transparently and expeditiously an [...]
2009-06-01 11:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1317SOMALI REGION UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN
[...] USAID officials attended the Regional Humanitarian Coordination meeting on May 25 in Jijiga town (Jijiga Zone, Somali Region). Points of discussion were the poor performance of the main April to June rains, the soon-to-be released nutrition survey for five districts of the Somali Region, re [...]
2009-06-08 11:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1318UNDERSTANDING THE ETHIOPIAN HARDLINERS
[...] (S) In a rare meeting with the elusive head of the Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and main hardliner within the powerful executive committee of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party, Ambassador and NISS chief Getachew Assefa discusse [...]
2009-06-08 12:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA1319PRIME MINISTER MELES ON GOVERNANCE AND FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi met with the joint Ambassadors and Donors group on June 5, the first such meeting with this group and the first in several years with any broad group of Ambassadors. Organized by the American Embassy chair, Meles explained that international observers will be i [...]
2009-06-08 13:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL ET SO SU ER
09ADDISABABA1331SOMALIA: TFG-ASWJ RELATIONS DETERIORATING
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Five members of the Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) leadership committee told PolOff on June 6 that they believed the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was turning against them as evidenced by recent events. They blamed their June 5 defeat at Wahbo in part on TFG [...]
2009-06-08 14:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1334AU PANEL OF THE WISE REPORTS ON ELECTION-RELATED
[...] The African Union's Panel of the Wise has completed a report examining election-related disputes and violent conflict that often characterize electoral processes in Africa. One of the report's major recommendations is to strengthen Africa's capacities at the national, regional and continental [...]
2009-06-09 07:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM EAID AU
09ADDISABABA1339ETHIOPIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States Government is aware of seven (7) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). There is one new reported claim. 2. Included in these claims are three (3) disputes involving the confiscation of property by current U.S. citizens wh [...]
2009-06-10 05:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1347RECALIBRATING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ETHIOPIA
[...] (S/NF) The Ethiopian Government's (GoE) growing authoritarianism (Ref. A),intolerance of dissent, and ideological dominance over the economy since 2005 pose a serious threat to domestic stability and U.S. interests. The GoE has come to believe its own anxieties about a fundamental shift in U [...]
2009-06-10 11:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC ECON ET
09ADDISABABA1348ETHIOPIA'S EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS - A PERMANENT STATE
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia is in a state of chronic food insecurity. Climatic changes with the lack of rain have reduced annual harvests from one instead of three harvests in many areas of Ethiopia. Along with poor agricultural practices, Ethiopia faces another severe year of hunger with the government un [...]
2009-06-10 12:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID EAGR PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1389ETHIOPIA'S TEXTILE AND GARMENT SECTOR HAS YET TO REACH ITS
[...] (SBU) From humble beginnings, Ethiopia's textile and apparel sector has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Sector exports under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),which more than doubled from 2007 to 2008 to reach USD 9.4 million, accounted for most of this growth. The p [...]
2009-06-15 07:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA140TWO YEARS ON: STRUCTURING USAU TO MEET THE
[...] SUMMARY: The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) has the opportunity to play a much more influential role in the deliberations and actions of the African Union (AU) in 2009 and beyond than it has had since its establishment as an observer mission in 2006. Both the AU Commission [...]
2009-01-20 09:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AU EAID PGOV PREL
09ADDISABABA1409ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SOMALIA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told the Ambassador on June 15 that Ethiopia had no intention of invading Somalia, but admitted that there were a small number of Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) troops 15 kilometers inside Hiraan, Somalia to protect the flank of [...]
2009-06-16 10:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA142USAU: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ETHIOPIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 10:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA143USAU: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHAIRMAN PING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 the Ambassador paid a farewell call on African Union Chairman, Jean Ping. In a wide-ranging conversation the Chairman confided he anticipates the January AU Summit will be difficult. While cautiously optimistic about the progress being made on peacekeeping in So [...]
2009-01-20 11:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA144FOOD SHORTAGES IN TIGRAY REGION DUE TO POOR 2008 RAINS
[...] Local and regional officials, relief organizations, and affected communities report deterioration of food security in southern and eastern areas of Tigray Region. Failed belg rains and uneven meher rains in 2008 resulted in poor crop production, insufficient feed and pasture for livestock, an [...]
2009-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1442SOMALIA: ASWJ SAYS REACHED BREAKTHROUGH WITH TFG
[...] (C) Summary. Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) leadership council member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on June 18 that ASWJ and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke had reached an agreement "in principle" to form a military alliance against al-Shabaab and Hisb Islam [...]
2009-06-19 05:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1450ETHIOPIA PRESSING FOR UNSC SANCTIONS ON ERITREA
[...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu called in the P-5 Ambassadors on June 18 to review the recent InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) trip to the UN to press for the African Union (AU)/IGAD agreed sanctions on Eritrean activities in Somalia, [...]
2009-06-22 13:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1451Ethiopian Stowaway Detained in U.S.
[...] (SBU) Action Request and Summary: Embassy requests guidance, update and information to allow us to respond to an official diplomatic note from the Ethiopian Government (GOE) demanding the immediate return of an Ethiopian stowaway, Asfaw Mekonnen, an official of the Ethiopian National Intelligen [...]
2009-06-22 14:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC AEIR ET
09ADDISABABA1469SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW TO
[...] (S/NF) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) growing authoritarianism (Ref. A),intolerance of dissent, and ideological dominance over the economy since 2005 poses a serious threat to domestic stability and U.S. interests. The GoE has come to believe its [...]
2009-06-23 08:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU SO
09ADDISABABA1473 ETHIOPIA: IMF DETAILS ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) On Saturday June 20, 2009, representatives of the donor community were invited to a briefing by the head of the IMF review delegation which had been consulting with the Ethiopian government over the previous week. The IMF team was both reviewing progress on the agreed macro-economic acti [...]
2009-06-24 07:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EAGR PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA148FORMER OLF HEAD ABABIYA SEEKS GOE-OLF
[...] (C) Former leader of the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Ababiya Abajobir told the Ambassador on January 16 that he has returned to Ethiopia (with the permission of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE)) after 17 years' exile to "move forward with peace." Ababiya, who said he formally quit the [...]
2009-01-20 12:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA149ETHIOPIA: TPLF STALWART SEBHAT NEGA ON AMCHAM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 12:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM KDEM KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA1490SOMALIA: TIME FOR PLAN B
[...] (S/NF) As Washington reviews U.S. policy towards Somalia, particularly in light of the current crisis, we offer our thoughts on how to sustain the TFG while ensuring that core U.S. interests are protected. The TFG is in the most severe crisis of its short life, and we have no guarantees th [...]
2009-06-26 06:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1498 ETHIOPIA ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY SITUATION
[...] On June 17, 2009 the U.S. Ambassador convened a meeting with key members of the humanitarian community to discuss an action plan to address the worrisome food security situation exacerbated by consecutive seasons of failed rains and an impending food relief pipeline break in mid - July. 2. [...]
2009-06-26 08:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1526DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND PRIME MINISTER MELES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Meles told visiting Deputy Secretary Lew on June 29 that he was grateful for U.S. assistance to Ethiopia, and they both agreed that shifting from emergency food aid to sustainable agriculture development should be a priority for Ethiopia. Meles was comfortable [...]
2009-06-30 10:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA154USAU: SUPPORT FOR AMISOM FORTHCOMING
[...] (U) Summary: At a meeting on January 17 at the African Union (AU),the U.S., EU, and other international partners voiced their support for AMISOM as well as for the joint Transitional Federal Government/Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (TFG/ARS) forces. The AU and its partners also e [...]
2009-01-20 15:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN SO AU
09ADDISABABA1553DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 ON
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Minelik Alemu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for International Law and Consular Affairs, on July 1. Minelik was aware of the provisions of UNSCR 1874, and stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) was prepared to comply with t [...]
2009-07-02 12:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL KN ET
09ADDISABABA1556ETHIOPIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING
[...] The humanitarian situation in large parts of Ethiopia is deteriorating due to successive seasons of failed rains evidenced by increased food insecurity and subsequent upward spikes in admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to therapeutic feeding centers. The key indicator [...]
2009-07-02 14:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1570G-8 - PRIME MINISTER MELES' LETTER TO POTUS
[...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa received the following letter from Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to President Obama on July 6. We will send hard copy via diplomatic pouch. As Prime Minister Meles will attend the July 8-10 G-8 Summit in Italy, we request that the letter and its contents be bro [...]
2009-07-06 13:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC ECON PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1587 ETHIOPIA'S PROPOSED ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
[...] (SBU) On its final day in session, the Ethiopian parliament passed the government's Antiterrorism Law (ATL, reftel) on July 7. In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Head of the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Affairs Minister Berhanu Adello -- one of the key drafters of the ATL and other [...]
2009-07-07 13:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1589ETHIOPIA URGES UNSC APPROVAL OF AFRICAN UNION CALL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin and State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu on July 7 called in the Ambassadors to the P-5 countries to urge them to convey to their respective capitals the need to support the July African Union (AU) resolution calling on the UNSC t [...]
2009-07-07 14:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SO ER ET
09ADDISABABA1599PRIME MINISTER MELES ON BALANCING AND
[...] (C) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi underscored to visiting Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson on July 6 that Ethiopia welcomes a broad and balanced relationship that focuses not just on security but also encompasses economic development and political stability. As he commented to othe [...]
2009-07-08 05:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA1607USAU: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S CALL ON AU
[...] (U) Summary: After meeting African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on the margins of the AU Summit in Sirte several days earlier (SEPTEL),A/S Carson called on Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha in Addis Ababa on July 6. Their discussion covered a range of issues, including structural [...]
2009-07-08 07:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA1608PRIME MINISTER MELES ON TFG SURVIVAL AND ERITREAN
[...] (C) In a three hour July 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles praised U.S. support of cash and arms to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) as essential for the survival of the TFG. Meles urged the U.S. to strengthen Somaliland and Punt [...]
2009-07-08 08:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO ER ET DJ
09ADDISABABA1611OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL A/S CARSON OF ETHIOPIA'S
[...] (C) During his July 6-7 visit to Ethiopia, Assistant Secretary for Africa Johnnie Carson met with opposition leaders and Members of Parliament (MPs) to discuss the current state of democracy in Ethiopia, the role of opposition MPs, and the direction the democratization trajectory has taken in [...]
2009-07-08 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1612WILL VOTE FOR FOOD- REPORTED POLITICIZATION OF
[...] (C) A four day trip to the Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) and Oromiya regions shed light on the possible politicization of donor cash and food resources delivered through the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP),coercive recruitment tactics by the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolut [...]
2009-07-08 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1613PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FLEE ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) The leaders of the two most prominent human rights organizations in Ethiopia have fled the country within weeks of each other due to fear of persecution. Chairman of the independent Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and former Supreme Court Justice Abebe Worke and Director of Ethiopia [...]
2009-07-08 14:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1617DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND
[...] (U) Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew's visit to Ethiopia on June 29-30 signaled the importance the new Administration is placing on how U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance is working in Ethiopia. Deputy Lew held discussions with the Country Team, met with the Prime Minister (reftel),[...]
2009-07-09 05:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1629ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) During a July 7 meeting, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin discussed latest developments in Somalia and shared concerns about Sudan. In addition to re-iterating that Ethiopia had no intentions to re-intervene in Somalia, Minister Seyoum urged [...]
2009-07-13 05:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL
09ADDISABABA1662AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WRAP-UP: QADHAFI PULLS IT
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, resulted in a strong call by member states for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea for its support of al-Shabaab forces who are threatening the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Sheikh S [...]
2009-07-15 06:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AU
09ADDISABABA1672GROWING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA - AMHARA
[...] (C) PAO visited Dessie, in Wello province of the Amhara Region, June 3-5, to visit the Jama Negus Mosque, which is a site for a potential Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant proposal for FY-10. A major Sufi shrine, the mosque is the focal point of the &Moulid al-Nebi8 (&B [...]
2009-07-15 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET
09ADDISABABA1673A/S CARSON DISCUSSES FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with humanitarian community representatives, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson described the Obama administration's plans to promote food security by emphasizing agricultural development. Participants described Ethiopia's chronic food insecurity and Government of Ethiopia [...]
2009-07-15 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PHUM PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1674WAHABISM IN ETHIOPIA AS "CULTURAL IMPERIALISM"
[...] (C) Arab Wahabi missionaries, mainly from Saudi Arabia, continue to make inroads into the Ethiopian Muslim community, but are meeting increasing resistance in doing so. Islam has existed in Ethiopia since the time of the Prophet Muhammad and the mainly Sufi Muslim community has enjoyed traditi [...]
2009-07-15 13:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET
09ADDISABABA1675COUNTERING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH
[...] (C) Every culture that has adopted Islam has its own unique traditions and practices for expressing their Faith. This is manifested through shrines, literature, faith rituals, and objects that include manuscripts, art, and even clothing and other accoutrements. In countries with mixed faith t [...]
2009-07-15 13:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET
09ADDISABABA1682ETHIOPIAN AUTHORITIES FORCEFULLY ARREST AND DEPORT
[...] (C) On July 9, 14 American college students, a British program director, and an American researcher were forcefully removed from their host families' homes and detained by federal police in East Hararge zone, Ethiopia. The students came to Ethiopia in mid-June as part of a Learning Enterprise [...]
2009-07-17 05:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1745MADAGASCAR POLITICAL RIVALS AGREE TO MEET IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second International Contact Group meeting on Madagascar hosted by the African Union (AU) July 22 condemned the violence occurring in Madagascar, called on all parties to refrain from extremism, expressed concern about arbitrary arrests, welcomed the appointment of former M [...]
2009-07-23 06:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MA AU
09ADDISABABA1746USAU: AFRICAN UNION RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE WITH
[...] (C) The African Union will continue to try to persuade Nigerien President Tandja to drop the August 4 referendum, but a senior official with the continental organization concedes that Tandja's stubborn refusal to step down at the end of his mandate in December may lead to a grave situation in [...]
2009-07-23 08:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NG AU
09ADDISABABA1747AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH AFRICAN UNION
[...] (C) During Ambassador Yamamoto's farewell call with African Union Chairperson Jean Ping on July 22, they discussed the desirability of commencing a U.S./AU political dialogue patterned after the consultations the AU has with the European Union. Starting with his attendance at the UNGA this fa [...]
2009-07-23 08:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AU
09ADDISABABA1753ETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORTS ON
[...] (C) The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released its first-ever thematic report on prison conditions in Ethiopia in December 2008. The report sheds light on inadequate prison conditions - including overcrowding, unhygienic conditions, insufficient medical care, food, water, and educa [...]
2009-07-23 13:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1770MELES: ETHIOPIA FOLLOWING DIFFERENT "DEMOCRATIC"
[...] (S) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador Yamamoto on July 23 that Ethiopia is pursuing a "democratic" paradigm fundamentally different from that accepted by the United States. Meles stated that he rejects President Obama's assertion -- as posed in the President's July 11 speech in Ghan [...]
2009-07-27 06:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA1797INCREASED ONLF ACTIVITY, POLICE PRESENCE REPORTED
[...] (C) Reliable sources in Ethiopia's Somali Region report ONLF attacks on Ethiopian Government (GoE) road construction workers, increased scrutiny of passenger vehicles, and looting of commercial goods in the Somali region. Increasingly violent ONLF attacks on police and military elements lead N [...]
2009-07-28 08:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC EAID SO ET
09ADDISABABA1824STAFFDEL PERKINS
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes Mr. Alexander Perkins, Majority Trade Counsel, and Ms. Angela Ellard, Minority Trade Counsel to Ethiopia August 6-9, 2009. For the latest travel advisories consult the Department of State website at http://travel.state.gov. The purpose of travel is to hold AGOA-r [...]
2009-07-30 11:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF OTRA ET
09ADDISABABA1842SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMB. KIRK'S VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. The economy is punctuated by a chronic -- and largely endogenous -- macroeconomic imbalance and the government and ruling party's dominance over most economic sectors. The global economic downturn has only e [...]
2009-08-03 10:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1861 USAID/ETHIOPIA'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR):
[...] USAID/Ethiopia inaugurates a series of background pieces profiling livestock, food security, Comprehensive Agriculture Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) status, private sector and other topics related to GFSR. We hope these information sharing cables will be useful in keeping the G [...]
2009-08-04 06:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1864AFRICAN UNION REQUESTS BODYGUARD TRAINING FOR
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) The African Union Commission (AUC) has formally requested USG assistance in providing bodyguard training for a select number of Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security forces and AMISOM troops. The AUC furth [...]
2009-08-04 08:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SO AU
09ADDISABABA1866AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT ON RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS IN
[...] (U) The African Union (AU) will hold a Special Session of the Assembly of the Union (heads of state) in Tripoli, Libya, on August 31. According to AU Commission officials, the Special Session will be devoted to the consideration and resolution of conflicts in Africa, and specifically those in [...]
2009-08-04 09:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AU
09ADDISABABA1907PARLIAMENT PASSES 2009/10 FEDERAL BUDGET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of 64.5 billion birr (USD 5.2 billion) for the 2009/10 fiscal year, representing an 18.9 percent increase in nominal terms from last year. The recurrent budget increased by 14.9 percent, while federal subsidies to regional states i [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1908SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL THOMAS VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. Average inflation stands at 36 percent -- the second highest in Africa, after Zimbabwe. Despite two rounds of devaluation of the Birr by 10 percent each this year, the real exchange rate remains overvalued. [...]
2009-08-06 10:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1911AFRICAN UNION WANTS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFIC
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The African Union Commission wants to be a partner with the United States and others who are fighting the drug traffic that originates in South America, transits West Africa, and ends up on the streets of Europe. The AU [...]
2009-08-06 13:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR XR AU
09ADDISABABA1914ADDIS ABABA ON SOMALIA SITUATION IN LIGHT OF
[...] (C) On August 5, Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Political-Economic Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver Reftel points. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased with USG support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),including in-kind support and pledged [...]
2009-08-07 07:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO
09ADDISABABA1955ETHIOPIA UNDECIDED ON UNESCO ELECTION
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mesfin Midekssa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Specialized International Agencies, on August 11. Mesfin stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had not yet decided which candidate to support in the UNESCO Director-General race, but that [...]
2009-08-12 06:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO ET
09ADDISABABA1971SOMALILAND - ETHIOPIA CONCERNED THAT POLITICAL
[...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Acting Deputy Chief of Mission on August 13, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi noted Ethiopia's concerns that the emerging political crisis in Somaliland risks undermining the region's stability, democratic record, and prospects for improved engagement with the inter [...]
2009-08-13 14:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
09ADDISABABA1972SUDAN - ETHIOPIA'S ANALYSIS, FEARS, AND
[...] (C) The failure of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is Ethiopia's "nightmare scenario" Prime Minister Meles told Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon, Dr. Steve Morrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),and Acting DCM on August 13. Meles assessed that the Nation [...]
2009-08-13 15:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SU ET
09ADDISABABA1977USTR KIRK VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (SBU) U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk and his delegation visited Ethiopia from August 6-9 to highlight trade opportunities with the United States. During his meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ambassador Kirk praised Ethiopia's success under the U.S. African Growth [...]
2009-08-17 10:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV PREL OVIP ET
09ADDISABABA2017CHARGE CALLS ON AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CHAIR PING
[...] (SBU) In his first visit to the African Union as CDA for the bilateral mission and USAU, Ambassador Meece met with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and reaffirmed USG interest in deepening ties with the continental organization. U.S. interest in Africa is growing, the CDA told Ping, citing [...]
2009-08-19 13:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA202SOMALIA: ASWJ SEEKING US HELP TO DEFEAT AL-SHABAAB
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Somali Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a (ASWJ) coordinator, and Dubai based businessman from the Darood clan, Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on January 24 that ASWJ would fight until al-Shabaab was "defeated and dead," and he said ASWJ was mobilizing to expand its operations. Mahdi [...]
2009-01-26 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA2034MELES' RETIREMENT PLANS - ONE MORE TERM
[...] (C) In response to a direct question by Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon on August 13 on his future, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi responded that although he would like to retire at the end of his current term in office, "it looks like the (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front - [...]
2009-08-20 15:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ET
09ADDISABABA2057ETHIOPIA TO INVITE SELECT FOREIGN ELECTION
[...] (SBU) In an August 19 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin stated that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to invite select foreign election observers to monitor the country's 2010 national elections. Seyoum noted specifically that the Foreign Ministry ha [...]
2009-08-25 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2058ETHIOPIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Attendance information follows. Post will provided updated information once it is available. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- At present, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not plan to attend. The Ministry of [...]
2009-08-25 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2059ETHIOPIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Attendance information follows. Post will provided updated information once it is available. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- At present, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not plan to attend. The Ministry of [...]
2009-08-25 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2060ETHIOPIA TO INVITE SELECT FOREIGN ELECTION
[...] (SBU) In an August 19 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin stated that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to invite select foreign election observers to monitor the country's 2010 national elections. Seyoum noted specifically that the Foreign Ministry ha [...]
2009-08-25 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2061USAFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During their August 20 meeting at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, USAFRICOM Commander General William E. (Kip) Ward and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping discussed U.S./Africa cooperation in combating narco-trafficking through Africa, as well as ongoing USG [...]
2009-08-25 05:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS SNAR KCRM PINR AU
09ADDISABABA2065GOE PASSES RESTRICTIVE BIOSAFETY LAW, BUT IS
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia recently enacted highly restrictive biosafety legislation that could significantly impact the importation of bioengineered seeds, food commodities, and processed foods. Ethiopia's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is admittedly unprepared to implement the new legislation [...]
2009-08-25 08:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR ETRD EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2071USAU: NEW AMISOM FORCE COMMANDER REQUESTS USG
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 12. 2. (C) Summary: The new AMISOM Force Commander, Major General Nathan Mugisha, took advantage of the presence of AFRICOM senior leadership in Addis Ababa on August 20 to request patrol craft, radar, US training in maritime interdictio [...]
2009-08-26 06:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2072ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE URBAN
[...] (SBU) The rising cost of fuel and imported goods, as well as the power shortages that have plagued Addis Ababa for several months, are having a sharply negative impact on families and livelihoods of the urban poor. Over a two-week period, EconOff visited several of Addis Ababa's poorest neigh [...]
2009-08-26 07:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PHUM ELAB PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2076ETHIOPIA - ENGAGING IGAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) The head of the IGAD Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),Ambassador Hiruy suggested there is significant additional room for cooperation between Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) states. Amb. Hiruy noted that while member states do share intelligence on cou [...]
2009-08-26 11:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV
09ADDISABABA2084ETHIOPIA - PM MELES PARTICIPATION IN PITTSBURGH
[...] (U) Charge had a follow-up discussion with FM Seyoum August 27 regarding the Pittsburgh G20 Summit. Seyoum confirmed that PM Meles intends to attend the Summit, following a New York stop where he will be engaged in activities associated with UNGA, the Clinton Foundation, and the UN Climate C [...]
2009-08-27 14:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2086ETHIOPIA - INTERPARTY DIALOGUE IMMINENT ON CODE OF
[...] (C) In early August Prime Minister Meles formally considered sample codes of conduct suggested by the Ethiopian Partner's Group (EPG) of Ambassadors. Through the mediation of the EPG, via the British Embassy, the EPRDF has invited major opposition parties to engage in negotiations about a cod [...]
2009-08-28 08:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL
09ADDISABABA2092SOMALILAND: ETHIOPIA BROKERS ELECTION IMPASSE
[...] (C) In an August 26 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu discussed his August 19-24 trip to Hargeisa, Somaliland in which he attempted to broker a resolution to the elections impasse between the ruling and opposition political parties. Tekeda [...]
2009-08-28 09:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2094CDA COURTESY CALL ON PM MELES; WATCHING THE
[...] (C) In an introductory August 21 courtesy call by the CDA, PM Meles reviewed a range of bilateral interests. While not covering much new ground, Meles did reiterate that he and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) generally very much value the strong relationship with the U.S., underscoring points [...]
2009-08-31 13:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
09ADDISABABA2095IGAD CONSULTATIONS TO PRESENT DRAFT UNSC SANCTIONS
[...] (C) During an August 27 meeting to discuss the Pittsburgh G20 summit, Ethiopian FM Seyoum also briefly mentioned to the Charge that he had been informed of IGAD consultations in New York regarding proposed Somalia related sanctions. Seyoum reported that IGAD members had reached a consensus agr [...]
2009-08-31 13:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SO ET
09ADDISABABA2096CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN ETHIOPIA REACHES ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) Since the emergence of initial reports of cholera cases within Addis Ababa around August 10 the number of cases has risen sharply. As of August 26, 2,592 cases and four deaths were reported in Addis Ababa to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The number of cases continues to increase, althou [...]
2009-08-31 13:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO CASC SOCI KHIV ET
09ADDISABABA210POST ASSESSMENT OF OHCHR EAST AFRICA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel,s request for Post,s assessment of the efficacy of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) East Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa. The East Africa Regional Office covers countries in the East and Horn of Africa, focusi [...]
2009-01-28 10:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2106U.S. EFFORTS IN SUDAN "LAST HOPE" TO AVOID
[...] (C) During an August 22 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles said the United States, efforts in Sudan were "the last hope" for a country on a near-certain path to implosion. He underscored his support for the Obama Administration's approach to creati [...]
2009-09-01 08:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC
09ADDISABABA2107SOMALILAND: UK EMBASSY VIEWS ON ETHIOPIAN
[...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission met with UK Charge d'Affaires John Marshall on August 31 to cross-check the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) report on political mediation efforts in Somaliland (reftel) and discuss Marshall's August 28-29 visit to Hargeisa in support of that effort. Marshall as [...]
2009-09-01 08:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2117 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 11:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2118 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 11:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2120 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 12:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2121 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 13:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2122 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE - AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
[...] (U) The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on August 27. We will send hard copies via diplomatic pouch. We request that the letter and its contents be brought to the President' [...]
2009-09-01 13:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2125ETHIOPIA ALLAYS SOUTH SUDANESE ANGST ABOUT
[...] (C) Just one week after U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Gration witnessed the signing of a new protocol between North and South Sudan to accelerate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),a South Sudanese minister (NFI) expressed angst to Ethiopian Minister and State Minister f [...]
2009-09-01 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU ET
09ADDISABABA2126RELIGIOUS CONFLICT FUELED BY GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) A recent visit by PolOff to Dessie sheds light on a violent clash that erupted between Orthodox Christians and local police in Dessie town in late June. The local government granted the Orthodox Church a plot of land to build a church in 2006, but later prevented Christians from building [...]
2009-09-02 04:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA214IMPACT OF REDUCED COFFEE AND SWEET POTATO
[...] Late, uneven, and generally poor 2008 seasonal rains resulted in poor coffee production and expected decreases in sweet potato cultivation, negatively affecting food security in eastern Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) Region. Humanitarian agencies expect food insecurity [...]
2009-01-29 05:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2155POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF THE AFAR REGION
[...] (C) A visit by PolOff to eastern Amhara and southwest Afar regions in late August sheds light on the political and economic dynamics of this geographically important region bordering Djibouti. Opposition political parties reported multiple cases of harassment and intimidation, and are cynical [...]
2009-09-03 14:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA2163USAU: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND CAPACITY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. A long-awaited European Commission (EC) financial audit of the African Union Commission's (AUC) bookkeeping department turned up alarming findings and threatens existing EU-AU partnership efforts. While the auditors found no evidence of fraud, financial irregularities of at l [...]
2009-09-04 08:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AU
09ADDISABABA2164CHOLERA SPREADS THROUGHOUT ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) To date, seven of 10 regions of Ethiopia have been affected by cholera or acute watery diarrhea (AWD). The percentage of cholera cases is not known but it is expected to be significant. While cholera is an endemic disease in Ethiopia, it is rarely seen in Addis Ababa. However, a recent [...]
2009-09-04 09:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2165USAU: TFG CHIEF OF STAFF ON SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Chief of Staff of the Somali National Armed Forces Major General Yusuf H. Osman (aka Dommal),accompanied by the Somali Ambassador to Ethiopia and interpreter/intelligence officer Hussein Sheikh Ali, spoke broadly about the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) fledgling m [...]
2009-09-08 04:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNMASS MCAP MOPS SO ET DJ
09ADDISABABA2168SOMALILAND AMBASSDOR TO ETHIOPIA LOOKS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY . Somaliland Ambassador to Ethiopia Hassan told Charge on September 4 that he believes the UK/Ethiopian mediation on the Somaliland elections dispute has potential, when more fully developed, to produce a government-opposition agreement that would allow the staging of elections. [...]
2009-09-08 16:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2208DO NOT INTERVENT IN OUR AFFAIRS: GOE LAYS DOWN A MARKER
[...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Gonzales and Public Affairs Officer Alyson Grunder met with the Director of the Office of Government Communications Affairs, Minister Bereket Simon, on September 4 to discuss two opinion pieces published in the state-owned Amharic language Addis Zemen n [...]
2009-09-14 08:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2223UPDATED ETHIOPIAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Updated attendance information for Ethiopia follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister -- Will arrive in New York on September 20 (3:30 AM) to attend UNGA and related meeting [...]
2009-09-15 05:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2241TELECOM CEO TOES THE ETHIO-CHINA PARTY LINE
[...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) CEO Amare Amsalu told Embassy officials on September 8 ETC would stay state owned for the time being. He deflected questions about poor telecom services in Ethiopia and instead focused on foreign investment. He praised the Chinese f [...]
2009-09-15 14:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2245ETHIOPIAN G20 AGENDA CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Charge and DCM met with the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, and G20 sherpa, Minister Newaye Christos Gebre-Ab September 15, at the latter,s request. Gebre-Ab had just returned from the G20 sherpa meeting in the U.S. 2. (SBU) Noting that PM Meles would be representing views from al [...]
2009-09-16 10:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2261STRENGTHENING THE AU'S COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE
[...] Summary: USAU held its second C3IS workshop on September 9-11 to continue the U.S. commitment to the African Union (AU) to assist in establishing a communications architecture for the African Standby Force (ASF). The meeting brought together civilian and military communication experts from t [...]
2009-09-18 04:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MCAP AU SO
09ADDISABABA2269ETHIOPIA: LEAHY VETTING ASSISTANCE/APPROVAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian citizens and units who have been identified for receipt of USG-funded equipment, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these units or individuals. 2. (SB [...]
2009-09-21 04:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPMIL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2273POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Political opposition leaders and Chairman of the National Teacher's Association allege that the government has held several political indoctrination "trainings" in recent months. They told PolOffs that students, teachers, farmers, and civil servants are being targeted for "political re-ed [...]
2009-09-21 12:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2285FRENCH FIRM PROJECT TO REHAB BERBERA
[...] (SBU) At a September 16 dinner organized by the French Ambassador, representatives of the French firm Bollore Group briefed the British, EU, and U.S. heads of mission on a proposal to rehabilitate and operate the port of Berbera in Somaliland. The Bollore Group representatives reported that t [...]
2009-09-22 12:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2294 AU DONOR SUPPORT GROUP PLANS NOVEMBER 2009 MEETING
[...] (U) This Message contains an action request in para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of the AUC, UNECA and donor countries met on September 17 to discuss an up-coming Donor Support Group meeting scheduled for the week of November 30. The meeting will give high-level policymakers from donor countr [...]
2009-09-23 06:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID AU
09ADDISABABA2299EXPERIENCE ENGAGING THE ETHIOPIAN DIASPORA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Addis Ababa compiled experiences engaging the Ethiopian diaspora community from relevant agencies at post. Post's point of contact for future submissions is Political/Economic Officer Skye Justice (justicess@state.gov). Responses to specific reftel questions follow: [...]
2009-09-24 14:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP SCUL SMIG PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PHUM PREL
09ADDISABABA2313SOMALILAND ELECTIONS: HERDING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: With a good deal of activity yesterday stretching into the evening, and despite an apparently resistant President Riyale, it appears that an agreement has been reached in Hargeisa the morning of September 25 to avert the immediate crisis brewing over the issue of a president ter [...]
2009-09-25 10:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
09ADDISABABA2314MONITORING REPORT ON ETHIOPIA G/TIP PROGRAM
[...] (U) This cable provides monitoring information, requested ref A, to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) to evaluate the effectiveness of G/TIP's USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI). PCI's used the funds to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE [...]
2009-09-28 05:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP SMIG PHUM ASEC ELAB KWMN PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2318ETHIOPIA SEEKS ENERGY SECTOR INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Charge d'Affairs (CDA) Meece met with Ethiopia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr. Alemayehu Tegenu, for a courtesy call on September 23, 2009. Accompanied by DCM Mushingi and the Regional Environment Officer, CDA requested a briefing on the GoE's energy sector development priorities. Ale [...]
2009-09-28 10:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2319PRE-EMPTING POLITICAL VIOLENCE; ETHIOPIA ORDERS
[...] (C) A close media contact on September 24 showed Information Officer a recently released tender from the Ethiopian Federal Police inviting bids to provide riot control equipment. Among the list of specific equipment required was: 8,500 riot control batons, 8,500 riot force helmets, protec [...]
2009-09-28 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2323USAU: AFRICAN UNION UNDETERRED BY ATTACK ON AMISOM
[...] (U) The African Union Commission's Acting Head of the Peace and Security Department, El-Ghassim Wane, told international partners on September 25 that the African Union is keen to get the remaining three AMISOM battalions into Somalia by the end of the year, although he acknowledged that could [...]
2009-09-29 05:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS SO AU
09ADDISABABA2339ETHIOPIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia's Minister of Trade and Industry (MoTI) Girma Birru discussed World Trade Organization (WTO) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) issues with CDA, Pol/Econ Chief, and EconOff during a September 22 courtesy call meeting. Birru stated that MoTI is working closely with US [...]
2009-09-30 08:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2342ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP, BUT
[...] (C) On September 22, CDA hosted a lunch for 9 opposition political leaders at the CMR to discuss the domestic political environment, current talks regarding an electoral Code of Conduct, and 2010 elections. The two-hour event provided an opportunity the CDA and new country team members to me [...]
2009-09-30 12:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2346 Ethiopia Becomes Fourth African Country
[...] (U) As part of the USG's food security initiative implementation plan development, USAID Ethiopia continues to produce information sharing cables to highlight progress and plans in key areas. This Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) cable is a continuation of this seri [...]
2009-10-01 06:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL AF ET
09ADDISABABA239UPDATE ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON
[...] (SBU) Program Head (Ambassador) Hiruy Amanuel briefed PolOff on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),which is wholly funded by foreign assistance (Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Italy participate). [...]
2009-01-29 13:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV PINR ET
09ADDISABABA2398RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ETHIOPIA C-C19-01825
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 05:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPINR BBSR ECON EINV ET
09ADDISABABA2402 ETHIOPIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION
[...] In July 2009, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) increased the projected number of people requiring emergency food assistance between June and December 2009 to 6.2 million people, from previous January to June 2009 estimates of 4.2 million people. In additi [...]
2009-10-05 13:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09ADDISABABA2423USAU: AFRICAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS LEADERS
[...] (U) On October 1, U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle, A/DCM, and PolOff attended the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Labor and Social Affairs Commission held at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The conference theme was "Impact of the Global Crisis [...]
2009-10-09 07:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ELAB ECON AU
09ADDISABABA2425ETHIOPIA: PRESIDENT GIRMA PROMISES CONTINUED
[...] (U) On October 5, Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis presented the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) parliamentary agenda at the opening of the joint session of the House of Federation (HoF) and the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoR). In traditional fashion, it was a short laundry list o [...]
2009-10-09 07:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA2427USAU: DARFUR PANEL HANDS OVER REPORT TO AU CHAIR
[...] (U) Summary: The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Darfur handed over its report to AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on October 8. Ping promptly announced that he would deliver the report to the AU Peace and Security Council (head of state level) at a late October meeting in Abuja to [...]
2009-10-09 09:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UNSC SU AU
09ADDISABABA2434ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009
[...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]
2009-10-13 11:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2436ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009
[...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]
2009-10-13 12:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2442DIPLOMATS IN ETHIOPIA OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: AF/E Senior Somalia Desk Officer visited Addis Ababa on October 1-2 for meetings with the U.S. Embassy, USAU mission and other diplomatic and AMISOM officials to get the Ethiopian perspective on Somalia and Somaliland. The British Deputy Head of Mission and Somaliland Ambassado [...]
2009-10-14 09:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC SO ET
09ADDISABABA2493ETHIOPIA - VISUALIZING IRREGULAR MIGRATION PATTERNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) officials publicized i-Map, a tool that visually maps irregular migration patterns, and recent efforts to bring the GoE on board as an information-sharing partner. Under the auspices of the Mediterranea [...]
2009-10-20 04:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG KTIP KHLS ASEC AORC INS IOM ML NG SG ET
09ADDISABABA2494USAU AMBASSADOR AND AU'S PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In their first meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra reviewed political crises on the African continent and each pledged to reinforce cooperation in the peace and security arena, including in the emerging counternarcotics effort. [...]
2009-10-20 08:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2495USAU: AU DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON AND USAU AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha affirmed the need to broaden and deepen the U.S./AU partnership that began when the AU emerged seven years ago. Specifically, the AU leadership is seeking a strategic di [...]
2009-10-20 09:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2497ETHIOPIA: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] (SBU) P/ECouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for Europe and the Americas Tesfaye Yilma on October 8 and Minister of Finance and Economic Development State Minister Mekonnen Manyazewal on October 13, emphasizing USG concern with the [...]
2009-10-20 14:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2498DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ETHIOPIA ON P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 05:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM ET
09ADDISABABA2499DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopia has become increasingly popular as a transit point along narco-trafficking routes as a result of convenient air service, limited law enforcement, and minimal criminal penalties. Heroin is the most commonly trafficked substance, followed by cannabis and cocaine. Most i [...]
2009-10-21 05:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC ET
09ADDISABABA2511OPPOSITION COALITION GETTING ORGANIZED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up on its inaugural General Assembly (GA),the opposition "Forum for Democratic Dialogue" (Forum) plans in coming days to formally apply to the National Elections Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) for legal status as a coalition of political parties and to produce a series of i [...]
2009-10-21 15:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2535INCREASED INTIMIDATION OF THE PRIVATE PRESS
[...] (C) In recent months, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has significantly ramped up intimidation of the foreign and private press. In early October, the State Prosecutor requested the file of Washington Post reporter Kassahun Addis from the Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO),promp [...]
2009-10-26 14:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA2536ETHIOPIA INVITES EUROPEAN UNION TO OBSERVE 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 04:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2539 LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS ON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FROM
[...] The United Mission to the African Union (USAU) has received the following letter addressed from the AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to President Obama on October 26. Original follows by pouch. BEGIN TEXT: Mr. President, I was very pleased to learn that you had been awarded the Nobel [...]
2009-10-27 07:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2545AU ECONOMIC COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AFRICAN
[...] (U) On October 20, USAU Ambassador Michael Battle met with Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Economic Affairs. Mkwezalamba began by explaining that the Economic Affairs Commission is organized into three divisions: (1) Economic and Policy Research; (2) Economic [...]
2009-10-27 13:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2554OPPOSITION GROUP LOOKING MORE LIKE A PARTY, STILL
[...] (C) Summary: The Forum for Democratic Dialogue (Forum) continues to try to transform itself from a collection of eight separate parties into a coherent whole. In a series of recent meetings with USG officials and the broader international diplomatic community, however, Forum representatives [...]
2009-10-28 15:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2556ETHIOPIA'S HOLD OVER THE IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both the local International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (Bank) representatives discussed the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) strong position when negotiating for additional donor assistance during a October 22 lunch with Embassy officials and visiting AF/E Director. Acco [...]
2009-10-29 05:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ET
09ADDISABABA257ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS PM MELES
[...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter highlighted to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles over a two-hour January 30 meeting that while principal themes of our foreign policy are unlikely to change across U.S. Administrations, the U.S. will certainly emphasize the diplomacy [...]
2009-02-02 14:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ET
09ADDISABABA258ACTING A/S CARTER RAISES THE ISSUE OF POLITICAL
[...] (S) In a January 30 lunch with ruling party officials, Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter dramatically expanded U.S.-Ethiopian bilateral dialogue in highlighting clearly the United States' view that Ethiopia's political space has been shrinking since 2005 and pressing f [...]
2009-02-02 14:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ECON ET
09ADDISABABA259MELES ON SUDAN: ICC AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (S/NF) In a January 30 meeting, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phil Carter and AF/SPG Director Tim Shortley that with the expected ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir either 1) someone within Khartoum would take advantage of the move to attempt to rem [...]
2009-02-02 14:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC SU ET
09ADDISABABA260ETHIOPIA MAKES CASE FOR SOMALILAND
[...] (C) On the margins of a discussion with Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phil Carter On January 30, Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles made the case for "semi-recognition" of Somaliland as a critical step necessary to enhance the international community's ability to support Somaliland on regional secu [...]
2009-02-02 14:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO ET
09ADDISABABA261MELES OFFERS PLANS "A" AND "B" ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) In the first U.S.-Ethiopia bilateral meeting on Somalia since Ethiopia's January 26 withdrawal from Somalia, Prime Minister Meles laid out Ethiopia's views on a best case scenario "Plan A" and containment strategy "Plan B" regarding Somalia in a January 30 meeting with Acting Assistant Sec [...]
2009-02-02 14:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC MARR SO ET
09ADDISABABA2615OGADENI TRIBAL CHIEF HELD TWO YEARS WITHOUT
[...] (C) PolOff recently met with Hassan Ahmed Makhtal (strictly protect),a former Ogadeni (Somali region) tribal chief, who claimed that he was imprisoned without trial for two years and denied medical treatment despite severe health problems. Hassan was released in June after having spent two y [...]
2009-11-04 11:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2616HIGH RISK OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR RURAL
[...] (SBU) Rural Ethiopian girls are more at risk of having their rights violated compared to the general Ethiopian population due to harmful traditional practices and cultural attitudes towards females. While there are laws in place to protect girls from some rights violations, the laws are not e [...]
2009-11-04 11:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2618ETHIOPIA: SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY AND STANDARDS-RELATED
[...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standard-Related foreign trade barriers. Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) -------------------------------- 2. (U) On September 9, 2009, the Ethiopian Government enacted Proclamation No. 655 [...]
2009-11-04 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2624ETHIOPIA: FOUR PARTIES SIGN ELECTORAL CODE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After nearly three months of often tedious negotiation, four Ethiopian political parties -- including the ruling EPRDF -- have signed a preamble to a code of conduct (CoC) intended to govern the political campaign leading to the May 2010 parliamentary elections. Speaking at the [...]
2009-11-04 14:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA2625CONFLICTING RUMORS OF RECRUITMENT OF SOMALI ASYLUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR and the Administration of Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) deny that recruitment of refugees or Somali asylum seekers to fight for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) against Al-Shabaab in Somalia is occurring either in the Dolo Odo transit center or Boquolmayo refu [...]
2009-11-05 05:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL ET SO
09ADDISABABA2638GOLDSTONE REPORT: ETHIOPIA NONCOMMITTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 16:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09ADDISABABA2639UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 16:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ADDISABABA2641USAU: AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON DISCUSSES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 06:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2642USAU: SYNOPSIS OF AMISOM CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November Consultative Meeting of AMISOM stakeholders reveals a precarious security situation and danger in continuing status quo support to both AMISOM and the TFG. While all stakeholders agree that AMISOM must not fail, few donors are willing to provide sufficiently flexible [...]
2009-11-06 07:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDIO PGOV PREL SO AU
09ADDISABABA2643ETHIOPIA STUDYING" APPROPRIATE RESPONSE ON NIGER
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor discussed Niger with Diector of the Americas Directorate Tesfaye Wilma on November 2 and with Ethiopian Ambassador to the African Union Konjit Sinegiorgis on November 6. Tesfaye said Ethiopia is very concerned about the situation in Niger and welcomes ECOWAS activism on [...]
2009-11-06 11:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2644USAU: UNECA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY DISCUSSES DONOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAU Ambassador Battle and Under Secretary General Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),affirmed the partnership between the USG and the UN system in support of African development priorities. Janneh shared information about two [...]
2009-11-06 12:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV IO PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2645ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENTARIAN RECOUNTS HARASSMENT AT
[...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament and Central Committee member of the opposition Oromo People's Congress Mekonen Geleta reported harassment by woreda (municipal equivalent) officials of the Oromia Region during a recent trip to visit constituents and deliver official Parliamentary documents. [...]
2009-11-09 10:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2648G/TIP VISIT REVEALS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) continues to take steps to curb the international trafficking of Ethiopian citizens, but is challenged by economic realities, limited law enforcement capacity, and ever-changing trafficking patterns. To combat international trafficking, the GoE passed a [...]
2009-11-09 13:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID DJ SU ET
09ADDISABABA265AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra January 31, on the margins of the AU [...]
2009-02-02 16:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ZI CG
09ADDISABABA266AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: At a January 31 meeting on the margins of the African Union Summit, African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and Acting A/S for African Affairs Phillip Carter exchanged views about the major political crises in Africa. They agreed that the international community must remai [...]
2009-02-02 17:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU XA SU CD
09ADDISABABA2660RISK BASED ASSESSMENT ON AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP
[...] (SBU) Embassy Addis Ababa received an allocation of USD 90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) for the fiscal year 2009. Eight projects were selected for funding according to the SSH selection criteria and Mission objectives. We estimate that a total of 14,163 people wil [...]
2009-11-10 14:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN ET
09ADDISABABA2663ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] (U) Per reftel request, this cable provides information on security dialogues between the USG and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE). 2. (SBU) Security dialogue between Embassy Addis Ababa and the GoE primarily occurs between the U.S. Defense Attache Office (DAO) and the Ethiopian military. [...]
2009-11-12 05:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC MARR ET
09ADDISABABA267AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met February 1 with Sudanese Presidential Advisers Nafie Ali Nafie and Mustafa Ismael and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor [...]
2009-02-02 17:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU XA SU CD
09ADDISABABA268AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by U.S. Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates, met February 2 with newly elected Somali President Sheikh Sharif on the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter said the USG would like to see Sharif appoint a broa [...]
2009-02-02 17:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SO
09ADDISABABA2688ETHIOPIA: MFA DISCOURAGED OVER ANOTHER POOR MCC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 14:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2689ETHIOPIA: EU ELECTION EXPLORATORY MISSION TO
[...] (C) The European Commission plans to send an exploratory mission to evaluate the prospects for fielding a team to observe the 2010 Ethiopian parliamentary elections, but will not do so until February 15, 2010. In a November 12 meeting, First Counsellor and Head of the Political and Informatio [...]
2009-11-12 14:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA269AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Timothy Shortley met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Deng described a L [...]
2009-02-02 17:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SU
09ADDISABABA2690 Ethiopia: Quiet on Food Security Demarche But Engaged on
[...] (U) Post delivered Reftel demarche by diplomatic note to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, and followed up with Tesfaye Yilma, Director General for Europe and the Americas, but did not receive a substantive reply. 2. (SBU) Comment: The US Mission in Addis Ababa has [...]
2009-11-13 04:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA2693ELECTORAL PROCESS:ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL
[...] (C) At the request of the four political parties who drafted an electoral Code of Conduct (CoC),the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) hosted a series of discussions in order to solicit input from other Ethiopian political parties before submitting the companion legislative package t [...]
2009-11-16 04:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA270AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Eastern Congo Alan Doss January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter brought Le [...]
2009-02-02 18:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU XA SU SO CG RW
09ADDISABABA2720ETHIOPIA ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS:
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Grum Abay, chief of MFA's Directorate of International Organizations, told pol/econ counselor and deputy on November 17 that the ministry has not instructed the Ethiopian Mission to the United Nations how to vote on any of the three country-specific UNGA resolutions or their r [...]
2009-11-17 15:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2732ETHIOPIAN PM APPLAUDS U.S. SUDAN POLICY, TELLS S/E
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles told visiting U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration he was impressed with the revised U.S. policy on Sudan. Meles said previous U.S. policy cut off a soft landing whereas the new policy, if complemented with patience, could provide an opening for peace. Meles th [...]
2009-11-18 16:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU ET
09ADDISABABA274AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN/AU Joint Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole on the margins of the AU Summit. Carter thanked Bassole for his efforts thus far. Bassole predicted that if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese Pr [...]
2009-02-03 09:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU AU CD
09ADDISABABA2741ETHIOPIA: SEACOM DEAL STILL AWAITING GOE APPROVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. company Seacom arrived in Ethiopia in early October in hopes of finalizing a contract with the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and returned again in mid-November, but has yet to conclude a deal. The contract would allow for Ethiopia to connect to Seacom's e [...]
2009-11-20 07:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEINV EINT ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2743ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO KEEPS SUPPORTING BOEING
[...] (SBU) In a shift from his privately-made disparaging remarks about the lobbying efforts of Airbus in June (reftel),Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake told CDA on November 2 that Ethiopian Airlines needs a "mix of planes given the size of the airline." (Note: Wake subsequently confirmed [...]
2009-11-20 11:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ECON ET
09ADDISABABA276AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: On January 30, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with African Union Deputy Commissioner Erastus Mwencha. Mwencha expressed enthusiasm for the incoming Obama Administration and sketched ambitious plans for the AU Commission, while Carter encouraged his interlocutor [...]
2009-02-03 11:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU CD
09ADDISABABA2763ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent economic highlights in Ethiopia include: 1) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) claims 10 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for fiscal year 2008/09; 2) Falling inflation rates; 3) Birr still overvalued at 12.59 per USD alongside continuing foreign exchange crunch; 4) W [...]
2009-11-23 13:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA277AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 30, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister for Africa Zhai Jun on the margins of the AU Summit. Zhai was chiefly interested in trying to talk the United States out of its stated opposition to a UN Security Council Articl [...]
2009-02-03 11:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SU CH
09ADDISABABA2770INCREASE IN TCN IMMIGRANT VISAS CAUSES CONCERN IN ADDIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consular section in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has noted a substantial increase in the number of third country national immigrant visa cases. From FY08 to FY09, post recorded a 13 percent increase in the total number of immigrant visa cases scheduled. Over the same period, post [...]
2009-11-24 07:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID
09ADDISABABA2773USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO NAME NEW SPECIAL
[...] (U) This message is from USAU Ambassador Battle. 2. (C) The African Union (AU) will soon announce the appointment of Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra as the Special Representative of the Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, replacing Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira. Diarra, a long-time [...]
2009-11-24 12:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SO AU
09ADDISABABA2808 USAU: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - THEME AND SCHEDULE OF
[...] The African Union (AU) has announced that the theme of the 2010 AU Summit will be "Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development." 2. The schedule of meetings is as follows: a) Permanent Representative Committee of Ambassadors (PRC): 25- [...]
2009-11-25 14:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2809PARTY PATRONAGE AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Recent allegations of the politicization of foreign assistance in Ethiopia, including humanitarian food aid, are consistent with reports by non-governmental organizations, opposition political parties, the media, and members of the international donor community. The manipulation of humani [...]
2009-11-25 14:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2816SOMALILAND NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION TRAINING
[...] (SBU) CDA was invited to a November 22 dinner hosted by the British Ambassador for the members of the Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC). The members of the commission are in Addis Ababa for training in electoral systems and procedures, apparently organized by the British, under t [...]
2009-11-30 14:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
09ADDISABABA2817ETHIOPIAN PM CONSIDERING PRO-ACTIVE OPTIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told visiting AF/DAS Wycoff and CDA on November 19 that he wanted to give the USG a "heads up" that Ethiopia was considering actively supporting armed Eritrean opposition groups if the international community fails to take action to isolate Asmara. [...]
2009-11-30 15:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2833ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT PROTESTS FRENCH CRITICISM OF
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs State Minister Tekada expressed strong concerns December 1 to CDA and DCM regarding reported French objections to a proposed UNSC resolution which includes sanctions directed at Eritrea. Tekada said that he and FM Seyoum had met earlier in the day with the French [...]
2009-12-02 14:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ER ET
09ADDISABABA2843OCT-NOV REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary: This Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter combines reporting from October and November 2009, with an emphasis on energy developments, the latest USG and Africa climate change positions in the run up to Copenhagen, updates on the Nile Basin Initiative, and an [...]
2009-12-03 12:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2852OIOS: ETHIOPIAN DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OWN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 11:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNAUS PREL AMGT ET
09ADDISABABA2853ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN
[...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ethiopia was $147.2 million in 2008, an increase of 89 percent over the surplus of $77.7 million in 2 [...]
2009-12-04 11:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2855OIOS: ETHIOPIAN DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OWN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 04:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNAUS PREL AMGT ET
09ADDISABABA2856SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT'S VISA DELAY PERCEIVED
[...] (C) An ongoing delay in the issuance of a visa to Somali Regional State President Dawed Mohammed has been interpreted in the region as U.S. condemnation of his alleged participation in human rights abuses. Ethiopia's ethnic Somali population has largely welcomed this action, viewing it as a c [...]
2009-12-07 05:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CVIS ET
09ADDISABABA2871ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 13:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2872 NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) wishes to nominate Sergeant Angela Nyakeyo for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Sergeant Nyakeyo is serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),a critical mission that is trying to restore peace a [...]
2009-12-07 14:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KWMN PHUM AU
09ADDISABABA2873ETHIOPIA'S NOMINATION: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD
[...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa would like to nominate Ms. Birtukan Midekssa Deme, Chairperson, Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, as our nominee for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. The remainder of this cable is tracked to nomination detail criteria outlined in reft [...]
2009-12-08 05:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA2877ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WEIGHS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
[...] (C) Visiting DAS Wycoff discussed in separate November 19 meetings with prominent Ethiopian opposition leaders their strategies for engagement in the 2010 national elections. Bulcha Demeksa of the "Forum" opposition coalition expressed deep resentment towards the ruling EPRDF for what he called [...]
2009-12-09 04:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2878DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting DAS Karl Wycoff and CDA Meece hosted a luncheon on November 19 to discuss trade and investment issues with Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials from the trade and finance ministries. All parties expressed an interest in moving forward with scheduling the second work [...]
2009-12-09 05:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2880ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with visiting AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff, Ethiopian Minister for Government Communication Bereket Simon promised equal air time for opposition parties in the run-up to Ethiopia's parliamentary elections in 2010. The government will offer l [...]
2009-12-09 07:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2895USAU MEETING WITH SOUTH SUDAN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN
[...] (SBU) On December 8 USAU Ambassador Battle and the U.S. Charge to Ethiopia Mushingi attended a lunch hosted by the French Ambassador to the African Union and Ethiopia, Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard, and attended by Ambassadors from the AU Partner Nations and the Sudan Head of Mission fo [...]
2009-12-09 09:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU SO ER AU
09ADDISABABA2900ETHIOPIA SEEKS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. All land in Ethiopia is owned by the government. Farmland is leased long-term to individuals (95 percent) and companies (5 percent). Having determined that (1) vastly more acreage must be brought into agricultural production, (2) existing farmland must be made much more product [...]
2009-12-10 07:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2902USAU: AFRICAN UNION, UNECA HOLD PARTNERS DIALOGUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 1-2, the AU and UNECA hosted a Partners Dialogue in Addis Ababa, bringing together 15 donor nations and other entities to discuss how to create a more strategic and equitable partnership between the AU/ECA and donors. Key themes that emerged included: the need for a [...]
2009-12-10 10:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU
09ADDISABABA2903NATIONAL ELECTORAL BOARD WELL-TRAINED, SOLID ON
[...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) Chairman told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Karl Wycoff the NEBE was prepared to hold free, peaceful and fair parliamentary elections in 2010. Over the past year, the NEBE has carried out strategic planning, structural reform [...]
2009-12-10 10:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2905ETHIOPIAN FM ON TFG AND ERITREA DURING WYCOFF VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin highlighted to visiting AF/DAS Wycoff the severe financial crisis facing the TFG, reiterating comments made by PM Meles. He also noted that Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheik Sharif had said during a [...]
2009-12-10 11:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2908ETHIOPIA ON RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION
[...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel points on religious defamation. Ethiopia voted in favor of the resolution last year. Grum sa [...]
2009-12-10 13:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF ET
09ADDISABABA2909ETHIOPIA ON CANDIDATE FOR OIOS
[...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel A points on the potential Ethiopian candidate for the Office of Internal Oversight Services ( [...]
2009-12-10 13:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALAORC UN PREL AMGT ET
09ADDISABABA2911USAU: AFRICAN UNION OPPOSES DADIS' RETURN TO GUINEA
[...] (C) On December 10, USAU Ambassador Battle discussed with the African Union Commission Chairperson's Chief of Staff, Ambassador John Shinkayie, the future status of Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara as well as the planned International Contact Group meeting on Guinea. Ambassador Shinkayie state [...]
2009-12-10 13:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2912USAU: AFRICAN UNION PUSHING FOR SOLUTION IN
[...] (SBU) In a December 10 meeting at AU headquarters, Ambassador John Shinkayie, the Chief of Staff of the AU Commission Chairperson, told USAU Ambassador Battle that the African Union is establishing an office in Antananarivo to help coordinate the transition period per the Maputo Agreement. Th [...]
2009-12-10 14:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2916ETHIOPIA: GINBOT 7 TRIALS, CONVICTION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ginbot 7 case -- which began on April 24 when security forces rounded up 35 individuals allegedly involved in a coup plot against the Meles Zenawi government -- is currently in the sentencing phase following convictions handed down on November 19. Police investigation and p [...]
2009-12-11 08:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA292ETHIOPIA A DICTATORSHIP, DON'T LET AID ENABLE IT:
[...] (C) Ethiopian opposition party leaders told Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter and Assistant USAID Administrator for Africa Earl Gast on January 30 that Ethiopia is increasingly becoming a military dictatorship where dissenting opinions are suppressed and access to cons [...]
2009-02-04 13:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2926REPORT OF 20TH GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING NOV 9-11, 2009
[...] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB),and Malaria (Global Fund) held its 20th Board meeting on November 9-11, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The U.S. government (USG) holds a permanent seat on the Global Fund Board and works through the Board to make funding decisions and provid [...]
2009-12-14 13:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA2935PM MELES URGES ACTION ON SUDAN, NON-COMMITTAL ON
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston that there is a "complete coincidence of vital security interests" between the U.S. and Ethiopia. He agreed to discuss the issue of Leahy vetting with military commanders, but did not agree to any specific action. Meles descri [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER YE SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA2936DASD HUDDLESTON DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY WITH
[...] (SBU) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Minister of Finance and Economic Development Sufian Ahmed reviewed local economic conditions with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Vicki Huddleston during a December 10 meeting. DASD Huddleston congratulated the GoE on stron [...]
2009-12-15 09:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EAGR EAIR ET
09ADDISABABA2937ETHIOPIAN FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH DASD
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston the GoE is confident that U.S.-Ethiopia relations are as strong as ever, and agreed to work with the Ministry of Defense to resolve issues surrounding Leahy Vetting requirements for the Ethiopian military. He urged th [...]
2009-12-15 09:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS YE SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA294AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH ECOWAS
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed el [...]
2009-02-04 15:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL GN AU
09ADDISABABA2941FORUM CALLS FOR FAIR VOTE COUNTING AND FAIRLY
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Forum) told members of the Ethiopian Partners Group (EPG) the 2010 election could not be free and fair because the selection of 200,000 public observers was inherently skewed to the benefit of the ruling party, including r [...]
2009-12-15 14:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2943GLOBAL HEALTH INITATIVE: PROMOTING GREATER AWARENESS AND
[...] The U.S. Mission to Ethiopia wishes to provide the following comments in response to State cable 00125761 regarding the goals and principles of the President's Global Health Initiative (GHI). The broad goals around improving overall health outcomes and increasing country capacity to improve p [...]
2009-12-16 04:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID ET KOCI KWMN
09ADDISABABA2944USAU: AFRICAN UNION CONTEMPLATING SUMMIT OF ALL
[...] The African Union is contemplating a summit in early 2010 that would assemble all of Sudan's political leadership ahead of the 2010 elections. AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra raised this possibility during a meeting of the African Union Partners Group on Peace and Secur [...]
2009-12-16 08:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SU AU
09ADDISABABA2945USAU: AFRICAN UNION LEADERSHIP AT STAKE DURING
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request in para 8. 2. (C) Summary: With the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa less than six weeks away, speculation about which African head of state will be elected Chairperson of the AU Assembly for 2010 is in full gear. For the AU Commission le [...]
2009-12-16 10:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR AU
09ADDISABABA2946USAU: AMISOM MEETING UNDERSCORES FRUSTRATION,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 14 meeting at the AU, AMISOM stakeholders and partners expressed their frustration with the ongoing danger in Somalia and discussed how to improve the situation. Many underscored the need to enhance the TFG and its security forces, as well as the need for partners [...]
2009-12-16 14:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2952USAU: AU COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA DISCUSSES GUINEA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs Karl Wycoff met with the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, on November 20 in Addis Ababa to address a range of issues. On the topic of Guinea, Lamamra said that while the AU had discussed [...]
2009-12-17 08:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2959USAU: AMISOM EXPERTS MEET FOLLOWING AUC MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 15 meeting of experts focusing on Somalia, the Force Commander advocated for an increase in AMISOM's troop strength in order to help the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Mogadishu, as well as an internatQally supported program to encourage defection [...]
2009-12-18 08:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAU MASS PREL SO
09ADDISABABA2960ETHIOPIA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Over the last three years, the East Africa extremist networks led by al-Shabaab have increased their capability, numbers and strength. The threat posed by these networks, particularly the increase of foreign fighters and jihadist recruits, is a growing concern. The Ethiopian government is co [...]
2009-12-18 08:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2963USAU: AFRICA ECONOMIC CONFERENCE REITERATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the Africa Economic Conference (AEC) in November at UNECA headquarters in Addis Ababa. Conference participants, including African leadership, expressed unanimous support for pan-African i [...]
2009-12-18 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2977SUSPICIONS REMAIN HIGH AS CONFLICT, ABUSES
[...] (C) Contacts in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State report that although humanitarian access has improved, the humanitarian situation has declined since 2007, as a result of continued conflict, restricted humanitarian access, trade blockage, and repeated seasons of poor rain. Government of Ethio [...]
2009-12-22 09:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM ASEC MOPS PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2981USAU: TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS KEY ISSUES FOR
[...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with USAU Ambassador Michael Battle, incoming African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) Chair, Tunisian Ambassador Hatem Atallah, discussed the key issues that he anticipated would dominate his chairmanship and the upcoming Heads of State Summit in January. B [...]
2009-12-22 14:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALAU PGOV PREL
09ADDISABABA2982ETHIOPIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR FIVE GINBOT 7 DEFENDANTS
[...] (U) In a packed courtroom on December 22, Ethiopia's Federal High Court sentenced 40 Ginbot 7 defendants (reftel). The Court sentenced five defendants to death, 33 defendants to life terms, and two defendants to 10 years. The charges in which the defendants were convicted included: conspirac [...]
2009-12-22 14:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA3008ETHIOPIA BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel guidance, Embassy Addis Ababa submits the following request for biotechnology outreach funds to support a biotechnology workshop to be held by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in Addis Ababa February 2-4, 2010. USAID/Ethiopia is also supporting this effort. [...]
2009-12-24 08:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA3010ETHIOPIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ELECTORAL CODE OF
[...] (U) On December 22, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new electoral code of conduct into law, following more than three months of negotiations between the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and opposition political parties, and a further two months of review in Pa [...]
2009-12-24 08:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA3026MELES IN COPENHAGEN: ETHIOPIA GIVES CAVEATED APPROVAL
[...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the December 2009 United Nations Framework Convention's Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) meeting in Copenhagen, Ethiopia has mixed reactions to the Accord. As Chair of the African Union (AU) Conference of African Heads of State and Governments on Climate Ch [...]
2009-12-29 11:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA SENV ETRD PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA3027ETHIOPIA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS REGARDING SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia is a conservative society, as the vast majority of the population identifies itself as Ethiopian Orthodox Christian or Muslim. Leaders of both religious groups have denounced homosexuality. Homosexual conduct between adults is criminalized under Ethiopian law and punishable by [...]
2009-12-30 05:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA3067THREATS AGAINST WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. World Food Program (WFP) officials in Ethiopia have reported to U.S. Mission officials that three threats have been communicated to WFP staff during December by individuals claiming to be members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Each of the communications was a th [...]
2009-12-31 12:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA3068ERITREAN OPPOSITION IN ETHIOPIA ASKS FOR INCREASED
[...] (C) Summary: The new Head of Foreign Relations for the Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF),Dr. Yusuf Berhanu Ahmeddin, told Poloffs the party seeks to replace Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and is broadening contacts with the diplomatic community to keep diplomats informed of the o [...]
2009-12-31 13:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA31ETHIOPIA PASSES RESTRICTIVE CSO LAW
[...] (SBU) On January 6, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law)(Refs A-C) to regulate the conduct of civil society organizations. As expected, the law prohibits civil society organizations that receive more than ten percent of their funding from foreign [...]
2009-01-06 13:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA314ETHIOPIAN COUNTRYSIDE: SUPPRESSING DISSENT,
[...] (C) A four-day visit to Western Oromiya by PolOff revealed a political environment that suppressed dissent, created fear, and clearly focused on eliminating any opportunity for political dialogue with the opposition. Landlords refused to rent out office space to opposition parties, and oppositi [...]
2009-02-05 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA317AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Vittorio Scelzo, head of the International Department of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE),and Kpakile Felemou, head of the CSE in Guinea, on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit on 1 February. Discussions focused on S [...]
2009-02-05 15:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU GN AU
09ADDISABABA318AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Mauritania's National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Boulkheir thanked the USG for its unwavering support of the legitimately elected government of Presi [...]
2009-02-05 15:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU MR
09ADDISABABA319AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Sudan Programs Group Director Tim Shortley, met February 2 with Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Mahamat Faki on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Foreign Minister Faki and the Government of Chad (GoC) to [...]
2009-02-05 15:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU XA SU CD
09ADDISABABA32ETHIOPIA'S NEW PRESS LAW: BEWARE "OFFENSES"
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia's new press law, the "Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation," came into effect December 4, 2008 (although Part Three, the "Access to Information" portion, will enter into force on December 4, 2009 unless that deadline is extended by Parliament). The n [...]
2009-01-06 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA320AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS
[...] (U) Action for Embassy Antananarivo -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 2 AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Malagasy Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva on the margins of the African Union (AU) summit. The discussion focused exclusively on the crisis arising from the conf [...]
2009-02-05 15:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MA AU
09ADDISABABA321AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU
[...] (C) Begin Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Yamamoto and Sudan Programs Groups Director Timothy Shortley met with EU Special Envoy Torben Brylle January 31, on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter discussed the potential impact of the [...]
2009-02-05 15:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SU CD
09ADDISABABA322AU SUMMIT -- ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS UK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 1 Acting Assistant Secretary Carter met U.K. Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations, Lord Mark Malloch Brown, on the margins of the African Union Summit. They discussed Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and the situation in the Congo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) U.K [...]
2009-02-05 16:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SO SU ZI CG XA
09ADDISABABA324AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER
[...] (C/NF) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told Acting Assistant Secretary for Africa Phil Carter and Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates on February 2 that newly elected Transitional Federal Government /Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (TFG/ARS) President S [...]
2009-02-06 05:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA325AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Malawi Foreign Minister Joyce Banda told Acting Assistant Secretary for Africa Phil Carter on January 31 that Malawi would not accept any attempt by the United States to establish a "parallel election process." Carter assured her that the United States' only goal was to help [...]
2009-02-06 05:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM PGOV KPKO MI ZI
09ADDISABABA326AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. They discussed a range of topics including the Secretary's call to Nigerian President Yar'Adua, Nigerian troop contribution [...]
2009-02-06 05:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SO NI AU
09ADDISABABA327AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed e [...]
2009-02-06 05:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL GV EK ECOWAS AU
09ADDISABABA332USAU: PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para. 6. 2. (U) Summary: At its February 5 meeting, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council decided to impose targeted sanctions on the Mauritanian junta that overthrew democratically elected President Abdallahi six months ago. The [...]
2009-02-06 15:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR AU
09ADDISABABA354AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary met with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs AF A/S-Equivalent Stephane Gompertz, Presidential Advisor for African Affairs Remi Marechaux, and Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. On Sudan, the Fr [...]
2009-02-09 16:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR XA AU
09ADDISABABA355AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (U) Action request for Embassy Cairo -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met February 2 with Egyptian Assistant Minister for Africa Mona Omar Atteya on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Atteya to pressure Sudan to pause [...]
2009-02-09 16:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU EG AU CD XA
09ADDISABABA356AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast, met with European Commission Director General for Development Stefano Manservisi on February 1 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter sought EU support [...]
2009-02-09 16:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU XA AU
09ADDISABABA357AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Dlamini-zuma on the margins of the African Union Summit. Their discussion focused primarily on the situation in Zimbabwe and touched on Sudan and Congo. Dlamini-zuma made tw [...]
2009-02-09 17:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XA AU
09ADDISABABA373AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, on the margins of the African Union Summit, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminali, to discuss the Rwandan role in stabilizing Eastern Congo. They recognized the need for a delicate balance in managing the [...]
2009-02-10 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW CG AU
09ADDISABABA379INSIDE MFA: PARTY HACKS AND VIEWS ON BILATERAL
[...] (S/NF) In a private February 10 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, a long-term Foreign Ministry (MFA) official lamented that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has begun stacking government offices with newly-recruited party members through the on-going Business Pra [...]
2009-02-11 13:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC ET
09ADDISABABA380OPIC INVESTMENT FUND: A GOOD CARROT, BUT ETHIOPIAN
[...] (SBU) While an OPIC-supported private equity fund could support U.S. and nominal Ethiopian Government (GoE) economic development objectives in Ethiopia, we assess that Ethiopia's current business and macroeconomic policy environment is not conducive to taking full advantage of such a resource. [...]
2009-02-11 13:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OPIC ET
09ADDISABABA381ETHNIC INSURGENCY AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN
[...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for information on political opposition and ethnic insurgent movements in Ethiopia. A. (C) WHAT POLITICAL OPPOSITION GROUPS ARE ACTIVE IN ETHIOPIA? ARE ANY OF THEM LOOKING TO MERGE AND PRESENT A CHALLENGE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN 2010? -- Unity f [...]
2009-02-11 18:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER ET ER
09ADDISABABA386ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact until March 1: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV After March 1: Deputy Pol/Econ Chief Dante Parad [...]
2009-02-13 06:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC
09ADDISABABA392WHAT NEXT FOR ETHIOPIA AND SOMALIA? THE VIEW FROM
[...] (S/NF) In response to a tasking by Acting Assistant Secretary for Africa Phil Carter, Embassy Addis Ababa offers its perspective on where things stand in Somalia, particularly with regard to Ethiopia's future involvement, and where they might go next. While predicting anything in Somali pol [...]
2009-02-13 07:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA393ANECDOTES ON UNITED WESTERN SOMALI LIBERATION
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief has debriefed two Somali-speaking development workers who have recently traveled throughout Ethiopia's Somali region regarding reports about the United Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF). While we cannot independently verify the information provided, the consistencies [...]
2009-02-13 10:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV MOPS ET
09ADDISABABA454U.S. ENGAGEMENT VITAL TO NILE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) The Nile River runs through ten countries, whose populations depend on its waters for their livelihood. It is a shared, multi-state river basin characterized by water scarcity, poverty, rapid population, and a long history of dispute and instability. Sound and equitable management of the Ni [...]
2009-02-23 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET
09ADDISABABA459ETHIOPIAN FORMIN CALLS FOR SENIOR BILATERAL TALKS TO
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador and USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director February 20 to officially protest Congress' listing of Ethiopia in last year's foreign operations appropriations bill (section 620) with 20 other countries -- including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ir [...]
2009-02-24 04:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA465USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO REVIEW AMISOM MANDATE IN
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a double suicide bombing against an AMISOM base in Mogadishu, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has ordered an "urgent reassessment" of AMISOM's mandate. The Council also appealed to the UN to accelerate implementation of a support package for AMISO [...]
2009-02-24 12:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU BY SO UG
09ADDISABABA47G/TIP FY07 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REQUEST - ETHIOPIA
[...] (U) Per reftel, this cable provides monitoring information for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons' (G/TIP),USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI) to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the identification, rescue, assistance to and referral of tra [...]
2009-01-12 10:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN KTIP ET
09ADDISABABA472WORLD BANK PBS VOTE - SETTING BENCHMARKS AND REVIEW
[...] (SBU) The World Bank's Protecting Basic Services (PBS) project has filled a gap in providing critical health and education services to rural Ethiopians while creating a limited window of significant transparency in illuminating budget allocation and expenditure data to the public. Still, three [...]
2009-02-25 12:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA49USAU: AU'S URGENT REQUEST TO EQUIP AMISOM, SOMALI
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: The African Union is asking the international community, principally the US, EU, and UK, to commit immediate financia and logistical support not only to AMISOM, but also to a 10,000 strong joint security force compose [...]
2009-01-12 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USUN AU
09ADDISABABA495ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE-SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as wel [...]
2009-02-27 09:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09ADDISABABA500SOMALIA: ANECDOTES FROM A TFG INSIDER
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Former Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdul Karin Farah told PolOff on February 26 that TFG President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed intended to reinstate Farah as the TFG's ambassador to Ethiopia as soon as possible. (Note: Farah was the TFG Ambas [...]
2009-03-03 04:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA505ETHIOPIA CIRCULATES DRAFT ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (C) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has drafted a comprehensive anti-terrorist statute (the "Anti-Terrorism Proclamation" (ATP)) that, if enacted in its current form, would give the GoE authorities comparable to those of a police state in matters related to terrorism, as it eliminates most ci [...]
2009-03-03 13:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ET
09ADDISABABA557ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION REQUEST FOR G-20 MEETINGS
[...] (C) Per Ref A, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) relishes its role as the chair of The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as the G-20 is set to convene March 14 to 15, 2009, and sees the position as a platform to help NEPAD revitalize its role in achieving policy autonomy for Afri [...]
2009-03-04 14:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA567AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE OF CONCERN TO TIGRAY
[...] (C) In a February 26-27 visit to Mekele, the Ambassador met with Central Committee members from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF, the core party within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Coalition) to highlight U.S. concerns about Ethiopia's narrow [...]
2009-03-05 05:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA574KENYA: DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP CONDITIONS
[...] (U) Regional Refugee Coordinator (Refcoord) Inga Heemink and Refugee Program Officer Matt Austin visited Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya January 19-26 to review current conditions at the camp, discuss ongoing negotiations for additional land allocation, and monitor PRM-funded projects. Despite th [...]
2009-03-05 11:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV EAID KE ET SO
09ADDISABABA578MELES COMPLAINS OF SHIFTING U.S. POLICY
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi called in Ambassador February 25 to discuss Ethiopia's perception that the U.S. has taken a tougher policy shift towards Ethiopia, stressing human rights concerns over shared objectives on regional stability, counterterrorism and development. The meeting rei [...]
2009-03-06 08:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA594BIRTUKAN MIDEKSSA IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
[...] (SBU) Ms. Almaz Gebre-Egzabhier, mother of incarcerated opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa (reftel),informed Pol/Econ Chief on March 11 that her daughter has been held in solitary confinement at Kaliti prison since January. Birtukan's attorney was able to visit her once in January but has si [...]
2009-03-11 14:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA598USAU: AU SOMALIA ENVOY BWAKIRA ON AMISOM SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The AU's Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira, told USAU on March 12 that Troop Contributing Countries and the African Union Commission are readying to make a strong pitch for stronger equipment and logistical support for AMISOM troops. They deem that in [...]
2009-03-12 09:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SO
09ADDISABABA605ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIAL: TFG PRESIDENT SHARIF IN A
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Ethiopian MFA Official, and former special envoy to Somalia, Abdetta Dribssa told PolOff on March 12 that, in his view, Unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif would have no choice but to ask the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeep [...]
2009-03-13 10:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA606ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Newly-appointed Somali Regional President Dawood Mohammed told the Ambassador and delegation that Ethiopia's Somali region wants U.S. and international support for long-term development, especially in exploiting water resources. Security is still a major issue in the Somali region, Dawo [...]
2009-03-13 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA63ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]
2009-01-13 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA64ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]
2009-01-13 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA640ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES CAUTIONS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles cautioned the Ambassador during a March 7 meeting that foreign diplomats and governments are giving misleading messages to the opposition and domestic insurgent group, the Oromo National Liberation Front (ONLF). The opposition and ONLF come away from their meetings wit [...]
2009-03-16 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA648PUNTLAND MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE TFG
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The newly elected President of Puntland, Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole," told the Ambassador on March 14 that he felt Puntland was not being represented within the Djibouti peace process, and that UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ahmedou Ould-Abdall [...]
2009-03-17 06:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA653SOMALIA: TFG SECURITY OFFICIALS VISIT ADDIS ABABA
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Somalia unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Internal Security Affairs Omar Hashi Aden, National Police Chief Abdi Qeybdiid, and General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, likely to be the next TFG National Intelligence Chief, told the Ambassador on March 6 that the T [...]
2009-03-18 08:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA662ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS MARCH 18, 2009 TO REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, 2009 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to review Mission travel policy for travel to Ethiopia's Somali Region. EAC was chaired by COM and attended: DCM, CON, DAO, P/E, RSO, ORA and the United States Mission to the African Union. EAC agreed to continue to review closely prop [...]
2009-03-18 13:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
09ADDISABABA675FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGE HALTS COCA COLA PRODUCTION
[...] (SBU) Coca Cola's (Coke) primary distributor in Ethiopia, Coca Cola Sabco, stopped production at their bottling facility, outside of Addis Ababa on March 12, 2009, as a result of Ethiopia's foreign exchange (forex) crisis. Coca Cola Sabco's decision to stop production in Ethiopia follows eight [...]
2009-03-19 11:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA677PARTY-STATALS: HOW THE RULING PARTIES'
[...] (C) Upon taking power in 1991, the ruling Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) liquidated non-military assets held by the movement to found a series of companies whose profits would be used as venture capital to rehabilitate the war-torn Tigray region's economy. The TPLF bestowed a porti [...]
2009-03-19 12:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA697MELES TOUTS "GREAT VICTORY" IN SOMALIA, CONCEDES
[...] (SBU) Answering questions from Parliament, Prime Minister Meles' touted Ethiopia's "great victory" in Somalia. Meles said that Ethiopia had achieved its objective of greatly reducing the threat to the Ethiopian "system" posed by the "conspiracy" of Eritrea, Somali extremists and "anti-peace e [...]
2009-03-24 04:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ECON ET
09ADDISABABA708CODEL CARNAHAN APRIL 5-8, 2009
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa warmly welcomes CODEL CARNAHAN to Ethiopia April 5-8, 2009 to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly. Travelers should check with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of travel, and consult the Department of State website at http://travel.stat [...]
2009-03-24 14:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP OTRA AF CY EG ET
09ADDISABABA717SOMALIA: TFG AND AMISOM VIEWS OF SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Defense Mohammed Abdi "Gandhi" told the Ambassador on March 23 that his government was "out-gunned" by the insurgents and said that the UN arms embargo on the TFG should be lifted. He said his government was not engaged in any [...]
2009-03-25 11:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA723ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADORS ON SOMALIA AND SUDAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Ambassadors from Arab League countries raised with the U.S. Ambassador during their regular gatherings, questions about the new Administration in the context of U.S. policy towards Somalia. The Arab Ambassadors pressed the Ambassador on U.S. support for the new Transitional [...]
2009-03-26 13:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ET SO XF
09ADDISABABA725AMHARA REGION TRIP REVEALS POLITICAL TENSIONS
[...] (C) A two-day visit to the Amhara region by Poloff revealed a tense political environment. Despite harassment and intimidation by the local administration, opposition party members and officials were numerous in attendance in meetings with Poloff, indicating a certain amount of freedom of ass [...]
2009-03-26 14:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA728MELES SUMMONS G-20 AMBASSADORS FOR PRE-SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi summoned most G-20 Ambassadors on March 26 to present a briefing of the position he will take in London on April 2 where he will represent Africa at the Summit. The meeting occurred just hours after Meles convened a separate, but supposedly similar, [...]
2009-03-27 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA729(S) BIOGRAPHIC NOTE: INFERRING PRIME MINISTER
[...] (S/NF) After scores of meetings with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Post has strong confidence in our ability to infer Meles's Myers-Briggs type. We strongly believe that Meles is a strong ISTJ. A STRONG INTROVERT "I" 2. (S/NF) We have a high degree of confidence that Meles is a [...]
2009-03-27 12:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA732USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS ETHIOPIAN PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) at Africa Command, met on March 25 with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Their discussions covered a range of security issues including Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea, as well as the command's fledgling m [...]
2009-03-30 08:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA734USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS WITH AU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 09:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XA AU
09ADDISABABA735USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS WITH AU PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities at AFRICOM, met on March 25 with African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra at AU headquarters. Their discussion centered on the political and security situation in Somalia as well [...]
2009-03-30 09:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU XA
09ADDISABABA737INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S JAILS
[...] (C) Recent interviews with individuals who have been held in non-traditional detention facilities have shed anecdotal light on beatings and abuse by Ethiopian security officials against civilians in country. While we cannot confirm the scope or persistence of such mistreatment, these first-han [...]
2009-03-30 10:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA738PARTY-STATAL DASHEN BREWERY SHOWS PROFITS AND THE
[...] (C) In a recent visit to Gonder, PolOff and Political Specialist visited ruling party owned Dashen Brewery to explore a mid-2008 labor dispute, the media coverage of which showed the long arm of the ruling party in protecting its commercial interests. We found a company both profitable and ex [...]
2009-03-30 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA745LUCY CLAIMS ASYLUM
[...] (SBU) In a move that shocked the paleo-human rights community, Lucy -- the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil discovered in rural Ethiopia in 1974 -- claimed asylum in Seattle during the second leg of her North American tour. The move has illuminated socio-political dynamics among our ancesto [...]
2009-04-01 04:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC PREL ET
09ADDISABABA752CENTRAL BANK EASES REMITTANCE FLOWS, MOVING AML EFFORTS
[...] (U) On 26 March 2009, EconOff met with the National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE, Ethiopia's central bank and the regulator of all private banks in country) legal department head Kibre Moges to discuss reports claiming that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had relaxed the process for international r [...]
2009-04-01 12:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA753USAU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LOOKING FOR CHAMPION
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) discussed ref A points with African Union PermReps from Burkina-Faso and Uganda. Both reacted very favorably to the suggestion that one or both of their countries propose to the UNSC a UN Presidential Statement (PRST) on coups in Africa. Burkin [...]
2009-04-02 05:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU LY MR UG
09ADDISABABA754USAU: STATUS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL PROJECT FOR
[...] Summary: USAU held a C3IS workshop on Feb. 25-27 to revive the U.S. commitment to the African Union (AU) for a communications package for the African continent's African Standby Force (ASF) program. The meeting brought together civilian and military communication experts from the AU, UN, U.S. [...]
2009-04-02 06:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR SO UG BU
09ADDISABABA76USAU: US INTERESTS AT STAKE AT ADDIS AU SUMMIT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union Summit in Addis Ababa from January 26 through February 3 presents an opportunity to advance US interests Q or see them take significant steps backward. The crises in Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania, Guinea, and Eastern Congo will all likely be items of d [...]
2009-01-14 12:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA777REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED AMCHAM ETHIOPIA LAUNCH
[...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Ethiopia was officially launched on January 12, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in the presence of the Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Birru, Ambassador Yamamoto, representatives of international financial institutions, and diplomats as well as a ho [...]
2009-04-07 06:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA780COFFEE EXPORTS FALL AS GOE TIGHTENS GRIP ON MARKET
[...] (SBU) The government of Ethiopia (GoE) established a new coffee quality control and marketing law (amended August 25, 2008) in order to enhance its control of the domestic coffee sector and carve out a new strategy for increasing coffee exports. However, over the last eight months, the new law [...]
2009-04-07 09:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA797PRIME MINISTER MELES PRESSES ON HIGH LEVEL SENIOR
[...] (S/NF) After a brief meeting with Senator Inhofe and his delegation on April 7 (septel),Prime Minister Meles took Ambassador to the side and privately raised three issues: 1) the need to "improve" the State Department Human Rights Report (HRR),which he felt was filled with errors; 2) allegat [...]
2009-04-09 09:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA798TREASURY FINDS AN ETHIOPIA MORE RELIANT ON AID THAN REFORM
[...] (SBU) In a March 12 visit to Ethiopia, Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Andy Baukol, found a Government of Ethiopia (GoE) that has become more vocal about its need for sustained aid flows from the West and more recalcitrant about implementing any reforms or liberalization of key sectors [...]
2009-04-09 12:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA799REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAINING
[...] (U) AmEmbassy Addis Ababa's Commercial Specialist (CommSpec) attended the joint State-Commerce Regional Training and Strategic Planning Program in Johannesburg, South Africa in February 2009. CommSpec appreciated the opportunity to network with colleagues from across the continent. A trip high [...]
2009-04-09 13:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA804SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...]
2009-04-10 10:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
09ADDISABABA805SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...]
2009-04-10 10:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
09ADDISABABA82FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAMRAT LAYNE MEETS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) On January 5, the Ambassador met former Prime Minister Tamrat Layne, who spent 12 years in prison before his release in late December, 2008. Tamrat was a stalwart of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) befo [...]
2009-01-14 14:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA83USAU: AU'S URGENT REQUEST TO EQUIP AMISOM, SOMALI
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: The African Union is asking the international community, principally the US, EU, and UK, to commit immediate financial and logistical support not only to AMISOM, but also to a 10,000 strong joint security force compo [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USUN AU
09ADDISABABA84AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09ADDISABABA85AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09ADDISABABA86FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAMRAT LAYNE MEETS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) On January 5, the Ambassador met former Prime Minister Tamrat Layne, who spent 12 years in prison before his release in late December, 2008. Tamrat was a stalwart of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) befo [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA877OPPOSITION HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC PROTEST SINCE 2005
[...] (SBU) Mainstream opposition party Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) staged a peaceful public demonstration in Addis Ababa on April 16 to protest the re-jailing of its Chairperson, Birtukan Midekssa (reftel). The demonstration was authorized by municipal authorities and was the first oppos [...]
2009-04-20 10:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA898COURT ORDERS VISITATION RIGHTS FOR BIRTUKAN;
[...] (C) On Wednesday April 15 the Federal First Instance Court ordered the Kaliti prison administration to respect Birtukan's constitutional right to be visited by family members, friends, religious figures, and her laywer. However, when Deputy Chairman of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Yac [...]
2009-04-21 10:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA899CODEL CARNAHAN MEETING WITH CHINESE IPU DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) On April 7, CODEL Carnahan met the Chinese delegation from the National People's Congress (NPC) on the margins of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, held in Addis Ababa. The two delegations emphasized the importance of the bilateral relationship and discussed opportunities for [...]
2009-04-21 10:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV CH ET SU
09ADDISABABA904ETHIOPIA: REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) This cable presents post's response to reftel questions on Ethiopia's fiscal transparency and direct USG foreign assistance. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is poised to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. While the overwhelming majority of U.S. [...]
2009-04-21 12:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA907SOMALIA: PM SHARMARKE VISITS ADDIS ABABA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, during his first visit to Ethiopia since assuming office, told the Ambassador on April 17 that his message to the Ethiopian government was that he wanted to work with them, and that he [...]
2009-04-22 05:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO PINR SO ET
09ADDISABABA953RELIGIOUS TENSIONS RISE IN GONDER
[...] (C) The spate of religious conflict that erupted briefly in Gonder earlier this year is a manifestation of a long, tense history between Muslims and Christians in the region. From the mid-17th century until 1974, Muslims were not allowed to live or pray in the city. The Muslim community is at [...]
2009-04-24 06:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA963POTENTIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illegal nuclear and/or radiological material. This report came to post's attention via photographic material. Information concerning this report was r [...]
2009-04-24 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAF ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER
09ADDISABABA964CODEL INHOFE DISCUSSES BIRTUKAN, SOMALIA, AND
[...] (C) Visiting Senators James Inhofe, Mike Enzi, and Congressman John Boozman met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on April 7 to discuss the imprisonment of political leader Birtukan Midekssa, recent economic progress in the country, current developments in Somalia, U.S./Ethiopian mili [...]
2009-04-27 11:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MASS PGOV OTRA SO ET
09ADDISABABA97ETHIOPIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] Per reftel, this cable provides information on the child labor and the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia and the Government of Ethiopia's (GOE's) efforts to address these problems for the period March 2008 to present. A. Laws and Regulations ----------------------- 2. Ethiopia's co [...]
2009-01-16 07:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET
09ADDISABABA975ATTEMPTED COUP OR OPPOSITION ROUND-UP?
[...] (C) The Ethiopian Government (GoE) announced on April 25 that it had arrested 35 individuals affiliated with the overseas-based opposition movement "Ginbot 7" who were planning a "terrorist attack" in Addis Ababa. The Government was quick to clarify that it disrupted a "terrorist attack" not [...]
2009-04-27 13:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PTER ET
09ADDISABABA980RELIGIOUS DYNAMICS IN ETHIOPIA; POSSIBLE CAUSES OF
[...] (C) Ethiopia has enjoyed a long history of religious tolerance. In the past year, however, tensions have risen somewhat among Muslims and Orthodox Christians, the two largest religious groups in Ethiopia. Although it is likely that the recent conflicts are isolated incidents and are not caus [...]
2009-04-28 11:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA999SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SE GRATION TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) At the African Union, you will have separate meetings with Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha and Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra. Both have welcomed cooperation from the USG on a wide range of issues, with the notable exception of the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese Pres [...]
2009-04-29 10:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU ET
09AITTAIPEI1002MEDIA REACTION: U.S.' RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS FOR TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1021MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1023MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1029CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT TO TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in response to Typhoon Morakot during the August 20-22 visit of CODEL Berman. President Ma Ying-jeou and opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen both underscored the importance of U.S. security commitments to Taiwan, including th [...]
2009-08-25 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALOREP OVIP MASS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM TW CH
09AITTAIPEI103MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 04:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1030MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25 on two more confirmed deaths linked to the H1N1 virus, on the threat posed by the H1N1 epidemic to the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in the disaster zones caused by Typhoon Morakot, and on the reconstruction a [...]
2009-08-25 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1033MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1040MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 27 on the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus in Taiwan and the Taiwan government's plan to cope with the threat of the epidemic; on the possible visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morako [...]
2009-08-27 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1044MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. DEFENSE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's decision to allow the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan from August 30 to September 4, on the reconstruction plans in the areas hit by Typhoon Morakot, and on the H1N1 epidemic in T [...]
2009-08-28 07:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1051MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 29-31 on the visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to offer blessings for the victims of Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan; and on the landslide victory of Japan's opposition Democratic Party of Japan in nationwide elec [...]
2009-08-31 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1063MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT, JAPAN'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 1 on China's reaction to the visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan; on the "surprising" results of the KMT's primary for the year-end Hualien County Magistrate election; and on the H1N1 epidemic in Taiwan. In terms o [...]
2009-09-01 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1064CROSS-STRAIT PASSENGER FLIGHTS MORE THAN DOUBLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 31, the number of direct cross-Strait passenger flights increased from 108 to 270 per week, pursuant to an April 26 Taiwan-PRC agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, flights from Taiwan's two major airports to any of the 21 approved destinations in the PRC are d [...]
2009-09-01 10:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1067EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1068MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI107MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday from January 24 to February 1, 2009. During this period, news coverage in major Taiwan Chinese-language dailies focused on the weather, traffic and New Year celebrations around the island. In terms of editorials and commentaries, several [...]
2009-02-02 08:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1070DALAI LAMA'S VISIT TO TAIWAN THUS FAR HAS LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary. The Dalai Lama's August 30 arrival in Taiwan caused the PRC to cancel or postpone a range of activities related to the gradual increase in cross-Strait economic cooperation. However, the overall economic impact of the PRC,s actions to protest the Dalai Lama's visit appears to be l [...]
2009-09-02 09:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1074U.S. PARTNERSHIP MUST BALANCE CROSS-STRAIT TIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan needed to balance improving cross-Strait ties with strengthened bilateral relations with the United States, President Ma told the Director on September 1. The United States also wanted to make progress on bilateral trade and other issues, the Director said, and hoped to co [...]
2009-09-02 10:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAIR SENV MARR MASS UNGA
09AITTAIPEI1075NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: F-16S A TEST OF U.S.
[...] (S) Summary: Taiwan will approach political discussions with China with great caution, National Security Advisor Su Chi stressed to the Director during their September 1 introductory call. The Director in turn highlighted the need for close U.S.-Taiwan dialogue as this process goes forward. T [...]
2009-09-02 10:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPREL MARR MASS ECON TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1076VICE PRESIDENT TELLS DIRECTOR DALAI LAMA VISIT MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Director's September 2 introductory call, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan hoped to begin discussions with the PRC on a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in the fourth quarter of 2009, but noted it was unclear if the Dalai Lamai's visit to [...]
2009-09-02 11:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR SENV EINV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1077FRENCH SEEK U.S. COORDINATION ON STALLED BID FOR
[...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for T/ISN in para 4. Â [...]
2009-09-03 04:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV TRGY FR TW
09AITTAIPEI1082DALAI LAMA VISIT ROILS CROSS-STRAIT TIES, TAIWAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: While the initial fall-out from the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan should be manageable, the trip could damage Beijing's confidence in President Ma Ying-jeou in the longer term, according to the KMT official responsible for China affairs. The visit has been a major topic in Taiwan [...]
2009-09-03 10:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR AEMR PGOV PHUM XE CH TW
09AITTAIPEI111MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1110MEDIA REACTION: COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 08:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1117MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused September 15 news coverage on the captain of a Taiwan navy submarine being swept overboard during a mission; on the confrontation between Taiwan and Japan vessels over a Taiwan fishing boat's alleged intrusion into Japanese waters; on th [...]
2009-09-15 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1154VISIT OF PRC CENTRAL BANK OFFICIAL FAILS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan officials say negotiations on a cross-Strait financial MOU are essentially complete, but political considerations appear to have delayed the signing. During his September 7-14 visit to Taipei, People's Bank of China (PBC) Deputy Governor Su Ning canceled his meeting with C [...]
2009-09-23 06:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1171MEDIA REACTION: BURMA, REBIYA KADEER AND THE UNITED STATES
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 26-28 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's decision to not allow World Uyghur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer to enter Taiwan; on the Yunlin County's legislative by-election, and on the referendum on opening casi [...]
2009-09-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1176MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1183MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1188TIME TO BEGIN EXTRADITION TALKS WITH TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary: Starting extradition agreement negotiations as soon as possible would advance key U.S. law enforcement interests and, perhaps just as important, would serve as a low-risk way to underscore our commitment to strong ties with Taiwan. People of all political persuasions on Taiwan hav [...]
2009-10-02 07:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KJUS TW
09AITTAIPEI1197EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) On October 15, the Advisor will attend the grand opening of the MacArthur Center for Security Studies at National Chengchi University. Professor Liu Fu-kuo, the Executive Director of the MacArthur Center, is also a Taiwan representative to the WMD Working Group of the Council for Securit [...]
2009-10-05 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1199MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 3-5 on Typhoon Parma, which is lingering south of Taiwan and bringing heavy rain to northern and eastern parts of the island; and on the island-wide celebrations of the Mid-autumn Festival Saturday. In terms of edi [...]
2009-10-05 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI12MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their January 7 news coverage on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case, on the dual citizenship controversy surrounding legislator Diane Lee, and on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, KMT-lean [...]
2009-01-07 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1201THE DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting with Director on October 5, Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu reiterated that F-16 C/Ds, submarines, utility helicopters and the two remaining batteries of PAC-3 air defense missiles were Taiwan's most pressing priorities. Minister Kao also noted the continu [...]
2009-10-06 07:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1203MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1208MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize winners, among whom one holds an honorary position at Taiwan's Academia Sinica; on the upcoming NBA preseason game in Taipei; and on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrate [...]
2009-10-07 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1210MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI122MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 5 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal cases, and on thousands of people in Taiwan paying homage to Dharma Master Sheng Yen, who passed away Tuesday. I [...]
2009-02-05 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1222MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1227MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1229TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT Econ Officer and FN visited Gao Jun Co. Ltd in Gangshan Township, Kaohsiung County and interviewed the Company's Owner, Mr. Luo Bin and Sales Assistant, Ms. Hsu Pei-hsuen. 2. (SBU) Gao Jun's Sales Assistant Ms. Hsu told AIT that in addition to Gao Jun Co.,Ltd [...]
2009-10-14 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1230TAIWAN RESPONSE TO ADVANCED REACTOR RESEARCH
[...] (U) This message is a response to Ref A action request. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan has no official programs in the field of advanced nuclear reactor research, and nuclear officials here are cool to the prospects of Generation IV reactor technology to play any role in Taiwan's nuclear industry [...]
2009-10-15 07:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON PARM ENERG KNNP TRGY FR TW
09AITTAIPEI1231MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1233TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-0928
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T econoff visited the Ameleks Corporation and talked with Mr. Huang Johnny Jiun-kai, Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Jimmy Hsiung, Chief Strategy Officer; and Ms. Angie Wu, Program Manager. The information collected demonstrates the bona fides of the subject [...]
2009-10-16 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1234TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-2304 AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel requests, AIT/T econoff visited the two subject companies, Evergo Instruments Incorporated (EII) and Evergo Microwave Incorporated (EMI),which are both located at the same address, and are headed by a husband-and-wife team. The information collected demonstrates the b [...]
2009-10-16 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1239MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, SINO-U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 17-19 on the Council of Grand Justices' constitutional interpretation regarding former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; on a seminar held jointly by Taiwan's Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies (APS) and [...]
2009-10-19 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1246TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-2411
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T official and FN visited Tri-Force International, Inc., and interviewed Company President Terence Hou at address listed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Tri-Force was established in 1989, and now has eight employees. There are two vice presidents, Mr. John T.L. [...]
2009-10-20 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1247MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 20 on the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes starting in 2011; on President Ma Ying-jeou's remarks on cross-Strait relations during his interview with Reuters Monday; and on the year-end city mayors' an [...]
2009-10-20 09:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1248TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT Econ Officer and FN visited Golden Orient Ltd. in Kaohsiung City and interviewed the company's President, Mr. James Yu, and Sales Manager, Ms. Silvia Sun, at the company's new office located at 589, Zhengde Road, Tsoying District, Kaohsiung City. 2. (SBU) Ms. [...]
2009-10-20 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI125 TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF THE WAAD PROJECT
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 3, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Waad Project in Lebanon under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) In the [...]
2009-02-06 01:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR ECON LE TW
09AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...]
2009-10-21 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1254MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1256TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) confirmed reftel order from Eugenix Systems through consignee Pegasus Hi-Tek Co. Pegasus President William Mar also provided copies of the order for 20 rate gyros. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ref A requested that AIT/T confirm t [...]
2009-10-23 06:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1259MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASIA, U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 23 on Taiwan re-opening its market to U.S. bone-in beef; on the turmoil inside the ruling KMT over the alleged bribery in the party's recent Central Standing Committee elections; and on the Taiwan military's plan to [...]
2009-10-23 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 24-26 on the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. bone-in-beef and beef products; on the elections for the KMT's central standing committee; and on the Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball leagu [...]
2009-10-26 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1263MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1268MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On October 28, the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. beef continued to receive extensive coverage in Taiwan's print media. Major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported that dozens of trade organizations and hundreds of stores and restaurants in T [...]
2009-10-28 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI127EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) The Advisor was in the U.S. for the month of January on personal leave and consultations. During the consultation week, the Advisor met with State/ISN/ECC, ISN/MTR, ISN/CB, ISN/CPI, EAP/TC, PM/DDTC; DHS/Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; DOC/Bureau of In [...]
2009-02-06 05:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1270MA ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO WITHSTAND BEEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, Premier Wu Den-yih was quoted as stating that Taiwan would reject applications to import U.S. beef offal and ground beef. Editorials in major newspapers remained critical of the beef protocol. The Minister of Health fielded legislators' questions at the Legislative [...]
2009-10-29 09:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR TW
09AITTAIPEI1272MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 29 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan professional baseball players; and on [...]
2009-10-29 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1276MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 30 on prosecutors' investigation into game-fixing scandal in Taiwan's professional baseball league; on the government's warning regarding the hike in prices in the local housing market; and on the upcoming local ele [...]
2009-10-30 07:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI128MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 05:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1284MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage from October 31 through November 2 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan pro [...]
2009-11-02 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1290MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused November 3 news coverage on Shim Nakagomi, former coach of the Brother Elephants baseball team, who was involved in the game fixing scandal in the Taiwan professional baseball league and who attempted to leave Taiwan on Monday but was de [...]
2009-11-03 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1292TAIWAN CONSIDERS LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO RESTRICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of yesterday's official promulgation of enhanced import measures under the U.S.-Taiwan beef protocol (reftel),KMT and DPP legislators agreed in principle to amend the Food Sanitation Act in a way that could restrict some U.S. beef imports. Although details are still [...]
2009-11-03 10:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI1295MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On November 4, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage to the controversy caused by the Taiwan government decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a front-page banne [...]
2009-11-04 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1304TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK K-2388
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ Officer and FN visited Sum-Mit Co. and interviewed the President, Mr. Joseph G.L. Cheng. Collected response shows the bona fides of the subject broker. End summary. 2. (SBU) The company was established in 1989 and now has 10 employees. The ref [...]
2009-11-05 03:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1306MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 5 on Premier Wu Den-yih, who was reported to have traveled abroad with a local criminal gang leader in 2008; on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and [...]
2009-11-05 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1315MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 6 on the earthquake that struck Nantou County on Thursday evening, on the breakout of H1N1 swine flu on a pig farm in Taitung, which was the first case of man-to-pig infection in Taiwan; and on Premier Wu Den-yih's [...]
2009-11-06 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1326MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage from November 7 through 9 on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on U.S. President Barack Obam [...]
2009-11-09 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1337EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER THROUGH
[...] (SBU) On October 23 and November 6, the Advisor, Econ Chief, POL Officer, and Econ Officer met with officials of the Department of North American Affairs of the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA is interested in getting more involved in nonproliferation issues. The Advisor brief [...]
2009-11-10 07:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1339MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 10 on rumors that the United States had halted all U.S. beef exports to Taiwan given the Taiwan government's tight control over the product; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the unidentified cash f [...]
2009-11-10 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1344PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 07:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI135MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 7-9 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on a Central Election Commission decision Friday to revoke the elected status of a former KMT legislator who resigned in January over her U.S. citizenship status; and on t [...]
2009-02-09 08:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1352MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 13 on the Taiwan government's probe into the toxic ducks found in Kaohsiung; on the APEC meetings currently going on in Singapore; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The KMT-leaning "China Times" ran a [...]
2009-11-13 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1356MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN TOKYO
[...] Summary: On November 15, all of Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported on U.S. President Barack Obama's speech delivered Saturday in Tokyo, while some put a special emphasis on Obama's remarks regarding China. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner he [...]
2009-11-15 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1359TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-1385
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T Econoff and FN visited Vichem Company, Ltd. and interviewed Vichem President Mark Hsu, husband of Vichem Chairwoman Tai Wen-min, and Mr. Rocky Pong, Senior Manager. Ms. Tai was not available for the interview. End summary. 2. (SBU) Vichem was esta [...]
2009-11-16 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1360TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-1198
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ officer and FN visited U&U Engineering International Inc., and interviewed Mr. Cheng Tung, who serves as company Chairman and President. End summary. 2. (SBU) U&U Engineering International Inc. was established in 1992 and now employs approxima [...]
2009-11-16 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1362MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 14-16 on a merger announced Saturday between two major players in Taiwan's LCD panel industry; on the APEC leaders' summit in Singapore and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China; on a rally in Taipei Sunday [...]
2009-11-16 12:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1370MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17 on a financial memorandum of understanding inked between Taiwan and China Tuesday evening; on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China and his town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai Tuesday afterno [...]
2009-11-17 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1376MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language papers gave significant straightforward and editorial coverage November 18 to a joint statement released by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Tuesday. News coverage also focused on developments in cr [...]
2009-11-18 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]
2009-11-19 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1390MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 21-23 on developments in cross-Strait relations; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taipei; and on several Taiwan fishing boats, which were detained by the Burmese navy on November 19. 2. Editorials a [...]
2009-11-24 04:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1391MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage November 20 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relation [...]
2009-11-24 04:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1395MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 24 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taiwan; on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island; and on Taiwan's falling unemployment rate from September to October. The pr [...]
2009-11-24 08:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1396TAIWAN ANTICIPATES CONTINUED ADVANCES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan officials have confirmed that the next round of economic talks with the PRC will take place in Taichung on December 21-25, when both sides are slated to ink agreements on agricultural inspection and quarantine, industrial standards, double taxation, and fisheries practices [...]
2009-11-24 10:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1400MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]
2009-11-25 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1401TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)--the research and development arm of the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense Armaments Bureau--and visited the consignee, Carbon-Based Technology Incorporated (CBT). We c [...]
2009-11-25 09:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1404MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-29 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1409MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1411MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1416MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]
2009-12-02 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1423MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 3 on the lead-up to the local elections scheduled for December 5; on the National Communications Commission (NCC)'s review of Next Media's applications to establish TV channels; and on the resignation Masaki Saito, [...]
2009-12-03 09:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1425MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI144MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies February 11 gave extensive coverage to former First Lady Wu Shu-chen, who appeared in court and pleaded guilty to forgery but denied the corruption charges against her Tuesday. News coverage also centered on the island's sagging economy, and on [...]
2009-02-11 06:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1442MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 8 on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, its impact on cross-Strait relations; and on the upcoming fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchan [...]
2009-12-08 07:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1443DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: IRAN SEEKING MACHINE TOOL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 08:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL TW IR
09AITTAIPEI1445TALKS WITH THE PRC ON TRACK AMIDST CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) remain on track to take place in Taichung on December 21-23. The talks are expected to produce bilateral agreements to enhance c [...]
2009-12-08 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1447TAIWAN LEGISLATURE RESUMES DICUSSION OF U.S. BEEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to the party's relatively poor performance in the December 5 local elections, the KMT has revived legislative debate over a Food Sanitation Act amendment that would restrict imports of certain U.S. beef products. Separately, a consumer NGO took an initial step toward [...]
2009-12-08 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI1449MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 9 on the U.S. beef issue, which was stalled at the legislative sessions Tuesday due to a boycott by DPP legislators; on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the isla [...]
2009-12-09 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1451TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK
[...] (U) Summary: Per reftel A request, AIT/Taipei Economic officer visited the subject consignee, Long Sion Corp., and talked to the chairperson Mr. Charlie Chen. An on-site check of the company and the responses from Mr. Chen appear to confirm the bona fides of this consignee. End summary. L [...]
2009-12-09 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1454EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER THROUGH
[...] (U) On November 9, the Advisor met with two researchers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to get a status report on ITRI's study on Taiwan establishing a nonproliferation-focused non-governmental organization (NGO). ITRI officials said t [...]
2009-12-10 06:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1468CONTROVERSIAL COMPUTER-ANIMATED NEWS SERVICE LAUNCHED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taiwan's mass-circulation "Apple Daily" newspaper has come under fire following the launch of its computer-generated graphic motion news service in mid-November. The sensational and make-believe content and graphic animation have been criticized more for depicting violence and [...]
2009-12-11 11:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1470MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 11 on the fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, which will be held in Taichung from December 22-24; on possible U.S. arms [...]
2009-12-11 11:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1503MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 17 on the fourth round of cross-Strait negotiations, which is scheduled to be held in Taichung from December 22 to December 24; on cross-Strait relations; and on the new Secretary-General of the KMT and DPP, respec [...]
2009-12-17 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1504MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1513MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 07:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 07:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1525MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1529MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1532MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1540MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...]
2009-12-31 08:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1541MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...]
2009-12-31 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI159MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 06:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI160 TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF THE WAAD PROJECT
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Waad Project in Lebanon and aliases designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on January 6, 2009. YOUNG [...]
2009-02-13 08:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR ECON LE TW
09AITTAIPEI170VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ECONOMY, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with AIT Director Young, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan's economy faces "a very difficult year", with prospects for growth tenuous at best. According to Siew, the island's economy requires "fundamental restructuring" in order to attract foreign investment. [...]
2009-02-13 10:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW
09AITTAIPEI174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...]
2009-02-17 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI181CEPD CHAIRMAN SURVEYS BLEAK ECONOMY IN FEBRUARY 18
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 18 meeting with the Director, Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Director Chen Tain-jy said exports will be a key indicator in determining when Taiwan's economy has bottomed out, and noted that recent upticks in short term export orders may be a hop [...]
2009-02-18 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR ELAB EFIN TW CH
09AITTAIPEI182TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA ASKS NODEL BERKLEY TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 15-20 Taiwan visit by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NEV),President Ma Ying-jeou asked for her help in achieving a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA),a bilateral extradition agreement, visa waiver status for Taiwan travelers, and meaningful participation [...]
2009-02-18 10:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS ETRD ECON CH TW
09AITTAIPEI188SEF CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang discussed the status of cross-Strait economic relations and previewed Ma administration objectives for the next round of talks with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) during a February 19 meeting [...]
2009-02-19 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR CH TW
09AITTAIPEI189TAIWAN FSC CHAIRMAN SAYS BANKS STRONG, ASKS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chairman Sean Chen of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) told AIT Director Young Taiwan banks are strong enough to weather the current financial downturn, although profitability remains an issue. Unwilling to forecast the length or depth of the current recession, he said [...]
2009-02-19 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI19 TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, designated on November 12 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a supporter of terrorism unde [...]
2009-01-07 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON
09AITTAIPEI191MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI196MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 20 news coverage on Taiwan's sagging economy, on the on-going investigation into the corruption case against former President Chen Shui-bian and his family, on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agre [...]
2009-02-20 07:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI204MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 21-23 on the "national policy conference" organized by the opposition parties; on the local economic downturn plus various government policies; and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China. [...]
2009-02-23 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI208MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI211MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI219MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI226RESULTS OF THE FEBRUARY 2009 TAIWAN GAMEPLAN IMPLEMENTATION TALKS HELD IN TAIPEI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 08:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW
09AITTAIPEI232MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI235EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) Internal Control Program software completion and deployment workshops: Train-the-trainer workshop - March 11 - 13, 2009; Kick-off Conference - March 31, 2009; Deployment 1 (Hsinchu) - April 16 - 17, 2009 (TBC); Deployment 2 (Taichung) - May 2009 (TBC); Deployment 3 (Tainan) - June 2009 [...]
2009-03-04 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI237MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, SECRETARY OF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 4 news coverage on the Taipei District Court's decision to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention; on former First Lady Wu Shu-chen's appearance in a pre-trial hearing; and on the controversy surrounding Ma Ying-jeou ad [...]
2009-03-04 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI24 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
[...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on January 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008 by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Tal [...]
2009-01-08 05:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
09AITTAIPEI242MEDIA REACTION: U.S.'S MIDDLE-EAST POLICY, U.S.'S DEFENSE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 5 on former President Chen Shui-bian's appearance in the pre-trial hearing in his money laundering and corruption cases; on the Cabinet's measures to boost the local economy; and the opening of China's National People [...]
2009-03-05 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI245MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 05:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI25MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI256MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI258 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on March 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation under Executive Order 13224 for supporting te [...]
2009-03-09 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI268MA ECONOMIC POLICY PRESENTS CHALLENGES - AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Entering office last May determined to build cross-Strait economic ties and recharge Taiwan's economic growth, the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou has instead been confronted with an unprecedented global economic downturn. Nearly a year into its tenure, the Ma administrat [...]
2009-03-11 08:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR EFIN PINR TW CH
09AITTAIPEI269MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 11 news coverage on the unexpected resignation of Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Henry Tsai Tuesday; on Taiwan's sagging economy; and on the controversy over the assassination attempt against former President Ch [...]
2009-03-11 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI271 Taiwan's February Trade Figures Show Continued Weakness in
[...] (U) Taiwan exports again took a tumble in the first two months of 2009. Although the decline in February (28.6% y-o-y) was substantially less than the 44.1% drop in January, this is largely due to the fact that the week long Lunar New Year holiday fell in January 2009 rather than in February [...]
2009-03-12 03:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SENV ELAB EPET TW
09AITTAIPEI275REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan law enforcement personnel, who will participate in DEA Chemical Diversion Seminar beginning March 16, [...]
2009-03-12 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW
09AITTAIPEI277THE CASE FOR CONCLUDING AN AIT-TECRO EXTRADITION
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the absence of an extradition agreement, Taiwan has consistently assisted U.S. law enforcement agencies in returning fugitives wanted in the U.S. for major crimes. Taiwan, however, has not been able to secure the return of its fugitives from the U.S., resulting in more th [...]
2009-03-12 10:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN KCRM PGOV ASEC US TW
09AITTAIPEI284TAIWAN HOPES TO CHOOSE FOREIGN DRAM PARTNER BY THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. John Hsuan, the IT executive charged with coordinating Taiwan's DRAM sector restructuring plan (reftel),will visit Idaho's Micron Technology and Tokyo-based Elpida within the next week. By the end of March, Hsuan plans to choose either Micron or Elpida, but not both, as foreign [...]
2009-03-16 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI285MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI292MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVY SHIPS CONFRONTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI298MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI302TAIWAN EXPANDS ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION WITH THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Unofficial Taiwan-PRC interaction on the environment has been ongoing since 1987, primarily sponsored by academic institutions advising Taiwan companies investing in the PRC. These exchanges have since grown, and private Taiwan entities regularly advise PRC government agencies o [...]
2009-03-19 04:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON PGOV PREL ETRD TW CH
09AITTAIPEI305AIT TAIPEI CONFIRMS FSN ATTENDANCE IN 2009 ESTH TRAINING
[...] AIT TAIPEI confirms ESTH Specialist Ms. Yun-ping Chang's participation in the Spring 2009 PE221 FSN Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course, April 27 -May 8, 2009. 2. The health insurance information for Ms. Chang is as follows: A. CHANG, YUN-PING B. Grade FN-10 C. [...]
2009-03-19 09:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV AFSI AFSN TSPL ECON AMGT ETRD
09AITTAIPEI306MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL SHIPS CONFRONTATION,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 19 news coverage on a meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt and a press conference hosted by the latter Wednesday; on cross-Strait relations; and on the ongoing investigation into former Presiden [...]
2009-03-19 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI31MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI328MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...]
2009-03-23 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI33SLUMPING EXPORTS DARKEN TAIWAN'S 2009 ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Although Taiwan's official 2008 GDP growth forecast remains at 2.12%, a 42% year-on-year drop in December exports underscored the economy's vulnerability to slumping global demand. The weak export data prompted the Central Bank to cut its policy rate by 0.5% to 1.5%, and caused t [...]
2009-01-09 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI333MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI335 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation, which on March 5, 2009 was designated under Executive Order 13224 for supporting terrorism. YOUNG [...]
2009-03-25 05:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI337MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 25 news coverage on Taiwan's economic prospects; on the controversies surrounding the anti-Taiwan remarks by a former Toronto-based Government Information Office official; and on the ongoing investigation into former President Chen [...]
2009-03-25 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI359MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI362TAIWAN FINALIZING AGENDA FOR NEXT ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan hopes to schedule the next round of talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait for mid-May, although the actual date has yet to be confirmed with Beijing. The agenda for the talks will encompass cross-Str [...]
2009-03-27 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]
2009-03-30 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI371PSV: INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHY
[...] ON MARCH 19, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHY AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH ASSISTANT RESEARCH FELLOW, DR. YUH-JING HWANG. 2. THE INSTI [...]
2009-04-01 01:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC ETRD TW
09AITTAIPEI372PSV: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
[...] ON MARCH 20, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (GIEE) AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH DR. SHEN-LUAN LIU, [...]
2009-04-01 01:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC ETRD TW
09AITTAIPEI378TAIWAN MULLS NEW ACRONYM FOR CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under domestic political pressure, the Ma administration plans to adopt a new acronym to describe its planned economic cooperation pact with the PRC. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 conversation with econoff, a senior Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official noted that potentia [...]
2009-04-01 07:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI379MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI38PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPECIAL 301 PROCESS
[...] (C) AIT is grateful for the ongoing support of the Washington interagency group as we manage our diverse and complex economic relationship with Taiwan. We share your frustration with the slow pace of Taiwan progress on some of our top agricultural priorities, and continue our effort to remedy [...]
2009-01-12 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL EAGR TW
09AITTAIPEI386MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI4MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 1-2 news coverage on the New Year Eve's celebration in Taiwan and around the world; on Chinese President Hu Jintao's delivering of the "Six Points" of China's Taiwan policy; and on a court ruling on the embezzlement scandal invol [...]
2009-01-02 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI404TAIWAN SATELLITE PROGRAM GOING NATIVE
[...] (C) This is an action cable. Please see para. 6 2. (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan's National Space Program Office Director Miau Jiun-jih told us April 1 that the NSPO's existing two satellite programs, the Formosat-2 and Formosat-3, are continuing to operate as scheduled and have exceeded expectat [...]
2009-04-06 05:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALTSPA ETTC KSCA PREL CH TW
09AITTAIPEI405EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2009
[...] (U) On March 2, the Advisor attended the Taipei International Machine Tool Show. This year's show was most notable for sparse attendance by potential buyers as compared with last year. (U) According to statistics released by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation (TMTF),Taiwan exported US$3.721 b [...]
2009-04-06 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI407MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 4-6 news coverage on North Korea, which launched a long-range rocket over Japan Sunday; on the Local Government Act passed by the Legislative Yuan Friday, which will allow cities and counties to merge and become special munic [...]
2009-04-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI408TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE TO RESUME HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) According to a contact at the Singapore representative office, Taiwan and Singapore are poised to resume high-level economic talks after a six-year hiatus. Our Singaporean contact noted that Singapore suspended the senior bilateral economic dialogue after what it characterized as excessive [...]
2009-04-06 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW SN
09AITTAIPEI413MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...]
2009-04-07 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI415TAIWAN OFFICIALS OUTLINE PLANS FOR CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the April 1-3 visit of an interagency trade delegation led by Deputy Assistant USTR Eric Altbach (septels),senior Taiwan officials outlined Taiwan's plans to negotiate a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Although details remain vague, [...]
2009-04-07 10:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI422U.S. TRADE DELEGATION PURSUES BROAD AGENDA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 1-3 meetings with Taiwan officials, a visiting interagency U.S.trade delegation stressed U.S. interest in concrete progress on beef, rice, pork, maximum residue levels (MRLs),and other agricultural market access issues (septel) as a prelude to reinvigorating the overall [...]
2009-04-08 08:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI423MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...]
2009-04-08 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI446MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 10 news coverage on a Taiwan Intellectual Property Court ruling Thursday, in which the defendant is required to compensate Hermes US$7.58 million for her sale of pirated Hermes Birkin handbags; on the corruption scandals involving [...]
2009-04-10 10:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI45TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050133912
[...] Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC),and TSMC Principal Engineer Kenneth Lin confirmed the details of the reftel business transaction. 2. Lin told AIT/T that he asked the foreign consignee, Semicaps Pte. Ltd., to provide TSMC [...]
2009-01-13 05:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI454MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 11-13 news coverage on a series of government-organized events commemorating the 100th birthday of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo; on the developments in cross-Strait relations and the controversy over Taiwan's plan to s [...]
2009-04-14 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI457LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...]
2009-04-15 02:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH
09AITTAIPEI463TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050153101
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, AIT confirmed reftel transaction details with the end user, and visited the foreign consignee to verify its bona fides. End summary. 2. On April 3, Mr. Liao in the Chung Shan Institute of Science & Technology (CSIST) Procurement Office confirmed the details of t [...]
2009-04-15 02:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI465MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI47PSV: BURNABY INDUSTRIES CO.
[...] AIT COMMERCIAL SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF DARREL CHING AND FN FRANCES LI VISITED BURNABY INDUSTRIES CO. (BURNABY) AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN AND MET WITH THE COMPANY OWNER JOHNSON CHEN AND CONDUCTED A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON JANUARY 12, 2009. 2. BURNABY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 AND HAS 6 EMPLOYEES. [...]
2009-01-13 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC TW
09AITTAIPEI474MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...]
2009-04-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI478MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI48PLC: MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
[...] AIT COMMERCIAL SECTION CONTACTED BIS UNIT CHIEF EDWARD HOLLAND REGARDING PLC CASE 409169 AND CONFIRMED MOVING FORWARD ON THE END USER - MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. (MIC),INSTEAD OF THE PURCHASER EVERGO MICROWAVE. 2. DEPUTY CHIEF DARREL CHING AND FN FRANCES LI VISITED MIC AND MET WITH ELECTRO [...]
2009-01-13 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC TW
09AITTAIPEI483REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct a human rights review of the below listed Taiwan National Immigration Agency personnel, who will participate in a DHS/ICE Human Trafficking and Smuggling Investigati [...]
2009-04-23 05:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMAS PHUM PM PREL KTIP TW
09AITTAIPEI487NATIONAL ENERGY CONFERENCE LEANS TOWARD NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan's April 15-16 third National Energy Conference ended with an informal consensus on what direction energy policy will take in the next decade. President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan both pledged to guide the island toward becoming a "low carbon homeland" by emp [...]
2009-04-24 04:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL KNNP ECON TW
09AITTAIPEI499MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI507MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 29 news coverage on the swine flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. Several papers also carried reports from the "Defense News" saying that the United State [...]
2009-04-29 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI509 Taiwan Enacts New Anti-Terrorism Finance Law
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 14, Taiwan's legislature passed a bill that authorizes financial regulators to take enhanced action against terrorist financing, including freezing bank accounts and financial transactions associated with designated terrorists, entities, and countries. In the past, onl [...]
2009-04-29 09:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI528TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MULLING NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is consulting with other agencies to prioritize Taiwan's international space needs and develop recommendations on next steps now that Taiwan has been invited to observe at this year's World Health Assembly. MOFA International Organizati [...]
2009-05-01 08:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ELAB EPA ILO IMO IO KJUS PGOV PREL
09AITTAIPEI530MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S OBSERVER STATUS AT WHA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 1 news coverage on the world's upgraded alert on the H1N1 flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; on Taiwan's observer status at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA); and on the surge of the Taiwan Stock Excha [...]
2009-05-01 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI534MEDIA REACTION: 100 DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI548MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 23:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI554MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI562EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - APRIL 2009
[...] (U) From April 6-10, Incident Command Systems Training, implemented by Customs and Border Protection, was held in Taipei. Forty-one high ranking officials from the National Security Bureau, the Coast Guard, the Office of Homeland Security of the Executive Yuan, the Environmental Protection Agen [...]
2009-05-11 07:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI57 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions C [...]
2009-01-14 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
09AITTAIPEI574MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND TAIWAN'S STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI58MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 14 news coverage on an AIT statement issued Tuesday confirming that it has discussed with Taiwan the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and that the U.S. Navy has a responsibility to render assistance to any vessel in distress [...]
2009-01-14 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI584UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES
[...] (S) Post delivered non-paper per reftel. Taiwan,s Financial Supervisory Commission has promised to implement the provisions of the U.N. resolution according to Taiwan law and regulation and will report any findings or actions taken. YOUNG [...]
2009-05-15 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO
09AITTAIPEI585MEDIA REACTION: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI59TAIWAN'S MEMORY CHIP SECTOR FACING RESTRUCTURING
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's DRAM manufacturers are in trouble. A combination of over-production, price drops beginning in 2007, and stagnant demand during most of 2008 has produced a serious liquidity problem. Two of the leading producers have looked to the Ma administration for relief. The stakes [...]
2009-01-14 22:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW
09AITTAIPEI598MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TORTURE OF DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 05:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI612008 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC)
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to reftel A. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: The overall crime threat in Taiwan is LOW, with the majority of crime, like many large cities, occurring in downtown Taipei and other metropolitan areas. The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is not aware of any [...]
2009-01-15 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC TW
09AITTAIPEI613MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; U.S.'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 20 on President Ma Ying-jeou's one-year anniversary in office; on Taiwan's first participation in the World Health Assembly in 38 years; and on a Taiwan expedition team's attempt to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. [...]
2009-05-20 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI628MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 23-26 news coverage on the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Taiwan; on former South KoreaN President Roh Moo-hyun's suicide; on the junior high school students' exams for entering senior high schools; and on developments in cross-Str [...]
2009-05-26 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI63MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 15 news coverage on the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office's search of the Presidential Office Wednesday and the arrest of two Presidential Office staffers for allegedly spying on behalf of China; and on the Control Yuan's decis [...]
2009-01-15 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI630TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050169368
[...] Summary: Based on information obtained from the Ministry of National Defense and site visit to the consignee, EZO Corporation (EZO),it appears that EZO is a reliable recipient of USML items. End summary. Ministry of National Defense ---------------------------- 2. Lieutenant Colonel Wang [...]
2009-05-27 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI631MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 27 news coverage on the meeting between KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and Chinese Communist Party Secretary-General Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday and the developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip to C [...]
2009-05-27 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI634MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 04:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI642 MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2 on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to El Salvador, including his interaction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner hosted by outgoing El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca; over the cont [...]
2009-06-02 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI648MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 3 on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Central America, including the Ma Administration's latest foreign aid policies and his interaction with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; on two local companies' alleged ins [...]
2009-06-03 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI652MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI662MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 5 news coverage on the change in the board of directors of Formosa Petrochemical Corp. founded by the late business tycoon Wang Yung-ching; on the results of senior high school entrance exams; and on the commemoration of the twentie [...]
2009-06-05 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI666MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 6-8 on the speculation over President Ma Ying-jeou possibly doubling as KMT chairman after July; on the reshuffle of board members in the Formosa Petrochemical Corp; and on several issues concerning the livelihood of p [...]
2009-06-08 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI674TAIWAN PREPARES TO ALLOW PRC INVESTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In early July, Taiwan plans to open its economy to PRC investment for the first time. Although Taiwan is by some measures the largest external investor in Mainland China, Taiwan has cited national security grounds in banning virtually all PRC investment in its own economy. Taiwan [...]
2009-06-09 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI675EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY 2009
[...] (U) An ICP administrator training program and the last in a four-part series of ICP deployment workshops will take place during the second half of July in Taipei. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Tai [...]
2009-06-10 01:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI682MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 10 on President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to run for the KMT chairmanship in July; on Ma's suggestion that people across the Taiwan Strait be able to read traditional Chinese and write simplified Chinese characters; and [...]
2009-06-10 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI692TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050169606
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) Arsenal Readiness Development Center (ARDC),to confirm the order. Because the incoming cable did not indicate the commodities' quantities, AIT/T also contacted the foreign consignee, Yang [...]
2009-06-12 05:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI694MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 05:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI7MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 08:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI709MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 13-15 on the potential hike in commodities prices; on the legislature's passage of the Act Governing the Development of Renewable Energy; and on President Ma Ying-jeou's running in the election for the KMT chairmanship [...]
2009-06-15 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI711CHINA SENDS BUYING MISSIONS TO TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. A series of large trade missions from the PRC have recently come to Taiwan to place significant orders for products ranging from consumer electronics components to agricultural products. These buying missions, according to public and private sector experts, will likely give Taiw [...]
2009-06-15 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI717Penghu in Lead to Open Taiwan's First Casino
[...] (SBU) Summary: Penghu County recently submitted an application to the Executive Yuan (EY) to establish a casino on the island, and will hold a legally-required referendum on the issue in August. The Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) will soon establish an interagency casino c [...]
2009-06-16 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV TW
09AITTAIPEI721MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI724TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050170334
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),and visited the consignee, U & U International Inc. We confirmed the order with both end-user and consignee, and assess the consignee to be bona fide. END SUMMARY. CSIS [...]
2009-06-17 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI727Global Action on Food Security: Securing
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, AIT economic and agricultural officers shared reftel information with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Director General Weber Shih and Council of Agriculture (COA) International Affairs Department (IAD) Director General Susan [...]
2009-06-18 03:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON PREL APEC TW
09AITTAIPEI728MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 03:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI729THE DIRECTOR'S JUNE 17 FAREWELL CALL ON VICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 17 farewell call on Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director stressed the importance of promptly opening Taiwan's market to all U.S. beef imports. The Vice Premier acknowledged that beef has long been a major bilateral trade irritant, and was optimistic that the issue co [...]
2009-06-18 07:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI732 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to Abdul Haq designated on April 15, 2009, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) for targeted sanctions. [...]
2009-06-18 08:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC ECON CH TW
09AITTAIPEI736 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...]
2009-06-19 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW
09AITTAIPEI739TAIWAN RESPONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On June 17, ESTH officer delivered reftel points to Mr. Hsu Ting Chang, Chief of the Task Force on International Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Hsu stated that German officials have expressed a desire for Taiwan participation in IRENA. Because IRENA [...]
2009-06-22 07:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG SENV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI74MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]
2009-01-20 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI745MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 20-22 news coverage on Tropical Storm Linfa's brush past Taiwan, local economic problems, and on the development of cross-Strait relations. 2. Among editorials and commentary, an editorial in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" u [...]
2009-06-22 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI749 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...]
2009-06-22 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW
09AITTAIPEI751MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 23 news coverage on former President Chen Shui-bian's daughter, son-in-law, and son's admission of perjury in the case of embezzlement of the state affairs fund; on Taiwan's historically high 5.82 percent jobless rate; and on the co [...]
2009-06-23 06:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI76TAIWAN REPORTS IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM DID NOT
[...] (S) In a letter dated December 31, Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Department of Import and Export Licensing and Administration officer Chang Chih-chung replied to reftel requests to investigate, and implement sanctions on, four Taiwan companies for likely violations of export control regulation [...]
2009-01-21 01:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI762MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI766TAIWAN'S MOOTED TRADE PACT WITH THE PRC: STILL A
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although details about the scope and timing of a possible cross-Strait economic cooperation agreement remain scarce, the Ma administration continues to move forward on an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Officials, academics and industry executives [...]
2009-06-25 08:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI768MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI775DIRECTOR TALKS BEEF, CROSS-STRAIT, TAIWAN ECONOMY
[...] (C) In the Director's June 25 farewell call, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said he sees no problems with implementing the proposed plan to re-open Taiwan,s market to the full range of U.S. beef imports, but did not say Taiwan would agree to include a date certain to hold consultations on lifting an [...]
2009-06-26 06:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI777MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI785MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their June 27-29 news coverage on the sudden death of Michael Jackson last Thursday; on the arrest of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday and its impact on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Central Am [...]
2009-06-29 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI786DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES
[...] (C) Pol Chief delivered the points in ref A to MOFA North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng on June 25. Tseng noted that, although Taiwan is not a UN member or party to key non-proliferation regimes, it makes every effort to comply with relevant resolutions and standards. [...]
2009-06-30 01:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TW
09AITTAIPEI791TAIWAN POWERCHIP CHAIRMAN ON FUTURE OF MEMORY CHIP
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 29 farewell call with the Director, Powerchip Semiconductor Chairman Frank Huang expressed guarded optimism about the future of Taiwan's DRAM memory chip sector. Huang dismissed the possibility of a restructuring of the sector, saying the Taiwan Memory Corporation [...]
2009-06-30 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI792MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 30 news coverage on the Executive Yuan's approval Monday of the merger of Tainan City and Tainan County into one special municipality; on Taiwan-born New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming's first victory of the season Sunday; on [...]
2009-06-30 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI795THE DIRECTOR'S JUNE 30 FAREWELL CALL ON VICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 farewell call with the Director, Vice President Vincent Siew on his own initiative said "the beef issue will be solved soon," but did not provide a detailed timeline. Looking wan but engaged after recent cancer surgery, the Vice President called for a vibrant U.S.-Ta [...]
2009-06-30 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD PREL EAGR TW CH
09AITTAIPEI808MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 2 news coverage on Taiwan's university entrance exams; on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; and on the effect of opening Taiwan to Chinese investment. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the centrist, K [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI814MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their July 3-6 news coverage on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Latin America; on the developments in cross-Strait relations; on the university entrance examination for senior high school students island-wide; and on the shoulder injury [...]
2009-07-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI817TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050176409
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),and visited the consignee, SmartStar Technology. We confirmed the order with both end-user and consignee, and assess the consignee to be bona fide. End summary. CSIST -- [...]
2009-07-06 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI826MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA AND RUSSIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their news coverage July 7 on the riots and street battles that broke out in China's Xinjiang region Sunday; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. [...]
2009-07-07 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI829MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN RELATIONS, XINJIANG
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 8 on a Tuesday Taipei County report saying that traces of arsenic were found in the frying oil of two of the county's McDonald's branches and one Domino's Pizza branch; on the escalating riots in China's Xinjiang regio [...]
2009-07-08 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI831EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE 2009
[...] (U) An ICP Deployment Workshop is scheduled to take place in Taipei on July 13-14. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Taipei. 3. (U) An ICP Administrator Training is scheduled for August 27-28 in [...]
2009-07-09 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI832MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF AND APPLES, HONDURAS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 9 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's efforts to fight corruption; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. Several newspapers report [...]
2009-07-09 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI834TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the AIT Kaohsiung branch office (AIT/K) Deputy Principal Officer and Economic Section Assistant visited Gon Cheng Precision Instruments Co. Ltd in Pingtung City, Taiwan and interviewed the company's Manager, Jason Lee. AIT/K also conducted telephone interviews with C [...]
2009-07-09 10:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI837MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 06:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI849TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT POLICY EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with AIT officers, senior staff at Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) underscored what they characterize as generally favorable public perceptions of Ma administration efforts to pursue closer economic integration wi [...]
2009-07-14 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI85MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: January 21, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage to the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday. Almost all papers devoted their first few pages to Obama's taking the helm as the United States' 44th pres [...]
2009-01-21 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI8516.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF TAIWAN'S EAST
[...] (U) On July 13, a total of four earthquakes were recorded overnight off the east coast of Taiwan. The largest occurred at 2:05 AM, located 57 kilometers east of Hualian city. It registered a magnitude of 6.3. The three smaller quakes ranged in magnitude from 3.9 to 5.1 and were located betwe [...]
2009-07-14 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ECON SENV TW XE
09AITTAIPEI859MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA AND U.S. ECONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 07:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI864MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI867MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI881MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 22 on a security breach in Taiwan's Presidential Office in late June; on the solar eclipse that happened on the morning of the 22nd; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials and commentarie [...]
2009-07-22 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI883MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI888MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI89MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 22 news coverage on the son, daughter-in-law and brother-in-law of former President Chen Shui-bian, who all pled guilty Wednesday to involvement in the family's money laundering operations; and on the inauguration of U.S. P [...]
2009-01-22 07:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI897MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25-27 on the 2009 World Games, which closed successfully in Kaohsiung on Sunday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's election as KMT Chairman Sunday; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials a [...]
2009-07-27 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI908MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 29 on former President Chen Shui-bian, who attended the last hearing for his money laundering and corruption trial Tuesday; on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; and on developments in cross-Strait relatio [...]
2009-07-29 10:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI910MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI927MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI932MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI938MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 5 on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; on the Taiwan government's move to take over a financially troubled local insurance company; on the looming water shortage for Taiwan; an [...]
2009-08-05 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI942MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI961MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 7-10 to typhoon Morakot, which hit Taiwan Friday and Saturday, and the record-breaking torrential rains it brought has triggered the most devastating floods in southern Taiwan in the last fifty years. In terms of [...]
2009-08-10 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI971MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI975EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) On July 21, the Advisor and the EconChief met with Lin, Sheng-Chung, Vice Minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The meeting was to provide first-hand knowledge of EXBS work in Taiwan and to elevate export control discussions above the working level. (SBU) Vice Mi [...]
2009-08-13 07:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI977MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 07:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI989MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 05:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI994MEDIA REACTION: U.S-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI999TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050180288
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST),and visited consignees May Geng Duo Development Co., Ltd. and Channel Link Inc. CSIST ----- 2. (SBU) Mr. Liao Wei-yao from CSIST Procurement Office confirmed the or [...]
2009-08-18 05:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TW
09ALGIERS1002ALGERIA PROVIDES ITS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING
[...] (C) The Ambassador on November 8 reinforced ref A demarche on the Goldstone report with MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher, urging Algerian support to help ensure the follow-up process does not further complicate efforts to move Palestinians and Israelis to negotiated peace. Bouzah [...]
2009-11-09 12:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER KPAL IS IZ AG
09ALGIERS1006 SEPTEMBER SUMMARY OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major security-related terrorist activities, terrorist threats, and incidents for Algeria during the month of September 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news reports, and RSO police contacts. Press-based information should [...]
2009-11-12 08:51:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1007 AUGUST 2009 SUMMARY OF TERRORIST AND
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major security-related activities, terrorist threats, and incidents for Algeria during the month of August 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news reports, and RSO police contacts. Press-based information should not be taken a [...]
2009-11-12 09:21:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1008SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ALGERIA
[...] (U) In response to ref A, this message provides information on established security dialogues between the United States and Algeria. 2. (U) Joint Military Dialogue (JMD): The JMD was first held in October 2005 under an informal agreement between the U.S. and Algeria. The second JMD, in No [...]
2009-11-12 14:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR AG
09ALGIERS1009ALGERIA: JULY - SEPTEMBER SECURITY TRENDS SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is the first of a series of quarterly summaries of security trends in Algeria related to terrorism, social unrest and criminal activity. This report refers to trends observed during the period July - September 2009. The information draws on reporting from local pres [...]
2009-11-12 14:18:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PINR PINS ASEC AMGT AG
09ALGIERS1018ALGERIA: SOCCER VIOLENCE AFTERMATH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed reports that Algerian fans were injured and killed in attacks in Cairo November 14 following a soccer match between the two countries' national teams have led to public gatherings and some violence. Embassy has no GOA confirmation of deaths among Algerian fans in Ca [...]
2009-11-17 06:56:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINS AG EG SU
09ALGIERS1026ALGERIA'S RESPONSE ON IRAN-BURMA-DPRK RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel B points on the Iran/Burma/DPRK human rights resolutions to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Salima Abdelhak on November 17. Abdelhak said she had recently returned to Algiers after a four-year posting in Algeria's UN mission [...]
2009-11-17 17:14:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA AG IR
09ALGIERS1037ALGIERS-HOSTED CHEMICAL TERRORISM CONFERENCE
[...] Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director for Disarmament Hamza Khelil November 19, and left a copy of the reftel proposed agenda. Khelil welcomed the conference as an example of U.S.-Algerian cooperation in disarmament. He gave no definitive answers to reftel proposals b [...]
2009-11-21 17:37:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC AG
09ALGIERS104SPORTS DIPLOMACY IN ALGERIAN PRISONS: AN IV
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ideas gained through the International Visitor (IV) Program are contributing tangibly to Algerian efforts to reduce violence and combat radicalization within the prison system, through sports diplomacy in particular. Some of Algiers' most notorious prisons have been organizing [...]
2009-01-28 18:20:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO AG
09ALGIERS1041POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC
[...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...]
2009-11-22 17:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1043ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO EL-BARADEI REPORT ON SYRIA
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the most recent IAEA Director General report on Syria to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs, and left him a copy of para 6 ref [...]
2009-11-23 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNC IAEA SYR AG
09ALGIERS1048ALGERIA ON IAEA - IRAN NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the IAEA case against Iran to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the Algerian MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs. 2. (SBU) Saying he would refer the points to hig [...]
2009-11-25 06:28:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IAEA IR AG
09ALGIERS1049TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: ALGERIA
[...] (U) Summary: Algeria does nothing to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, or to help Cuban civil society. Algeria's commercial relationship with Cuba is focused on health care, pharmaceutical production, and energy. End summary. Democracy, Human Rights, Civil Society ---------------- [...]
2009-11-25 13:11:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PREL CU AG
09ALGIERS106ABC NEWS STORY BREAKS IN ALGERIA
[...] (S/NF) The ABC News story reporting alleged sexual misconduct by the Algiers chief of station first appeared in Algeria the morning of January 29 on the electronic news journal Tout Sur l'Algerie. The story aired late enough in the U.S. on January 28 that it did not appear in the January 29 [...]
2009-01-29 13:02:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1063POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...]
2009-12-01 08:36:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1065ALGERIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] Per reftel, we provide the following summary of Algeria's progress in addressing interim assessment requirements in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as amended. 2. The Algerian parliament enacted new comprehensive anti-TIP legislation in January 2009, criminalizing [...]
2009-12-02 07:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AG
09ALGIERS1069AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH ALGERIAN
[...] (C) Algerian Presidential Counselor for Terrorism Kamel Rezag Bara told AFRICOM Commander General Ward November 26 that Algeria was leading a regional effort with Mali, Mauritania, and Niger against AQIM but that heads of state had yet to set the date for a summit meeting of these countries in [...]
2009-12-02 10:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PINR PGOV PREL AG NG ML MR
09ALGIERS107ALGERIA SCANDAL: LOCAL REACTIONS, EAC ACTIONS
[...] (S/NF) As of Friday afternoon, January 30, there has been effectively no Algerian public reaction to the January 28 ABC News story (reftel). This could change in days to come depending on media coverage and government response. Initial government response, per reftel, has been restrained. We [...]
2009-01-30 17:45:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
09ALGIERS1070AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Medelci registered AFRICOM General Ward's message that AFRICOM's mission was to reinforce African nations' own security efforts and not establish bases. The minister detailed Algeria's efforts within the African Union and regional partners to promote security and conflict [...]
2009-12-02 10:49:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR MOPS AG NG ML MR
09ALGIERS1071DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ALGERIA
[...] (U) Algeria serves as a transit point for drug trafficking, both for cannabis and cannabis resin from Morocco, and increasingly for South American-origin cocaine and heroin, which both transit Algeria to Europe. Algeria's long, remote and difficult-to-secure borders facilitate the drug trade [...]
2009-12-02 11:54:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG PGOV PINS SNAR
09ALGIERS1072ALGERIA AND THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Charge discussed reftel points with Algerian MFA Director General for the Americas, Sabri Boukhadoum on December 1. Charge said we wanted to preview the President's speech because Algeria is a close partner in security matters and in light of Foreign Minister Medelci's upcoming visit to [...]
2009-12-02 16:18:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MARR MOPS AF PK AG
09ALGIERS10762010 NTE ON THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT - ALGERIA
[...] Algeria does not enforce the Arab League Boycott against Israel and purchases some Israeli goods via intermediaries. American firms operating in Algeria report no GOA inquiries related to the boycott. End Summary. Boycott Not Applied ------------------- 2. Algerian law contains no speci [...]
2009-12-03 16:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD KBCT AG
09ALGIERS1077BOUTEFLIKA TO WARD: WE WANT A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General William Ward met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika November 25, during Ward's first visit to Algeria since assuming command of AFRICOM. Ward said AFRICOM's strategy was to assist African nations in providing for their own security needs [...]
2009-12-06 07:57:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL KWBG US IR IZ IS
09ALGIERS1082NGOS IN TINDOUF ON HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: DCM on November 21 met with several UN officials working with the Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria, to discuss the status of assistance and development programs. The groups included the UN peacekeeping force MINURSO, the World Food Program, and the UN High Commission for [...]
2009-12-07 12:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1085ALGERIA CANDIDATES, PD STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Embassy submits the following candidates for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Issad Rebrab - Conglomerate Magnate ----------------------------------- Rebrab is one of Algeria's industrial titans. Born in 1944 near Tizi Ouzou, the largest city in the Berber area of Northern Alger [...]
2009-12-07 15:06:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS1093ALGERIA: RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT
[...] Summary: Since 1948, Algeria has had no diplomatic, cultural, or direct trade relations with Israel. Israeli products are banned and closely monitored by Customs and Inspectors from the Ministry of Commerce. However, some Israeli products make their way into Algeria, with different brands and [...]
2009-12-08 12:54:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ECON ETRD XF
09ALGIERS1117POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...]
2009-12-16 09:21:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS113ALGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BREAKING SCANDAL - JANUARY 31,
[...] SUMMARY: Press reports of the CIA station chief in Algiers accused of raping two Algerian women, which broke on ABC News on the evening of January 28, were splashed across the front pages of almost every Algerian newspaper on January 31. The extensive reporting was largely a translation of the [...]
2009-02-01 06:43:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS PTER AG
09ALGIERS1141ALGERIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high-profile terrorist attacks throughout the country, although ongoing low-level terrorist activities, comparable to guerilla insurgency operations, continued in non-urban areas. Previously, the Salafist Group fo [...]
2009-12-23 07:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1144APPROACHING ALGERIA ON DIFFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] Algeria's national identity is derived from secular-nationalist and Islamic traditions. Although a nominally secular state, Algeria is nevertheless politically sensitive to domestic Islamic political currents and sensibilities. It is a strong advocate in the OIC and the Africa Group at the U [...]
2009-12-23 14:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM OPDC AG
09ALGIERS1148ALGERIA'S 2010 DRAFT BUDGET
[...] Algeria's 2010 draft budget, approved by the government and parliament, boosts public spending to 1 trillion Algerian dinars (about USD 14.1 billion, at the exchange rate of 71 dinars to USD 1),or to more than 12 percent of GDP. Falling oil prices have depressed revenues and will produce a la [...]
2009-12-28 13:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV AG
09ALGIERS115ALGIERS SCANDAL UPDATE: REACTIONS CALM AS EAC MEETS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Pearce chaired an EAC meeting on January 31 to review the fallout from the ABC news story related to a former Embassy officer who allegedly drugged and raped two Algerian nationals (reftels). Because of the Algerian weekend, the story did not break in the local pres [...]
2009-02-01 19:00:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
09ALGIERS1157 SUMMARY OF TERRORIST AND SIGNIFICANT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major terrorist incidents and threats as well as significant security-related incidents (including criminal activities and civil disturbances) for Algeria during the month of October 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news repo [...]
2009-12-29 14:21:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC AG
09ALGIERS116ALGERIA MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S Al-ARABIYA INTERVIEW:
[...] As of Thursday, January 29, President Obama's interview received no front page coverage or commentary in the 70 or so daily Algerian newspapers. Many newspapers did, however, print short, primarily factual articles about the interview on Wednesday, January 28. Most articles were hidden on the [...]
2009-02-02 06:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEINO OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL XF AG
09ALGIERS1162OVER-FLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AFRICOM EP-3 MISSIONS:
[...] (S/NF) OSC Chief delivered reftel request for EP-3 overflight permission to the Algerian Defense Ministry's Office of External Relations and Cooperation (DREC) on December 29. There was no immediate response, but the DREC summoned OSC Chief for a follow-up meeting December 30 to state that (1) no d [...]
2009-12-30 16:33:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR MOPS KCOM AG US
09ALGIERS119INITIAL SCANDAL REACTIONS RESTRAINED, LONGER-TERM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Although initial public and government reaction to the ABC News story regarding misconduct by a former Embassy officer (refs A and B) has been polite and restrained, the medium-term impact on our image and public outreach activities may be linked to how the judicial process pl [...]
2009-02-02 18:35:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AG
09ALGIERS12GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...]
2009-01-04 18:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG
09ALGIERS122PA BUDGET DEMARCHE: ALGERIA PLEDGES SUPPORT
[...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Acting Director of Arab League Affairs Mourad Merhoum told us that Algeria's support for the Palestinian people was a matter of principle, and that Algeria would continue its annual contributions of roughly USD 50 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) throug [...]
2009-02-04 14:57:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG AG
09ALGIERS144SECTARIAN VIOLENCE FLARES UP AGAIN IN GHARDAIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New violent clashes in the town of Berriane (ref A) highlight the ongoing tension between Algeria's Ibadi Muslims (or Kharijites) and the Sunni (Malikite) Muslims of the Ghardaia region. Sectarian clashes broke out last week after Friday prayers and left two people dead and 120 i [...]
2009-02-10 16:59:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS AG
09ALGIERS147DISILLUSIONED INSIDERS LOOK TO U.S. AS ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian political insiders have praised the Obama administration's message of change and told us that change is on Algeria's political horizon as well, despite the likelihood that Bouteflika will be re-elected to a third term on April 9. In meetings between January 31 and Februar [...]
2009-02-11 18:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AG
09ALGIERS158ALGERIA: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW
[...] (C) As Algeria is in the process of implementing an ambitious 2006-2010 increase in its police forces, Embassy Algiers' Mission Strategic Plan reflects priorities and associated training aimed at boosting ourlD J"QQQEQY7W&rganized crime cooperation with law enforcement entities. Such non-mili [...]
2009-02-16 15:07:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC
09ALGIERS160ALGERIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] (U) This cable provides answers to questions in ref A. 2. OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM -- (C) Algeria currently operates two nuclear research reactors at Draria and Ain Oussera. We have been told (refs B and C) that Algeria is roughly twenty years from actually operating a [...]
2009-02-16 16:19:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PREL AG
09ALGIERS164ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...]
2009-02-17 07:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG
09ALGIERS176ALGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR DUMMIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The deadline for submitting candidate dossiers to the Constitutional Council will pass on February 23 at midnight, marking the first bureaucratic hurdle for presidential hopefuls who want to be included on the April 9 ballot. To qualify, potential candidates must meet basic citiz [...]
2009-02-23 16:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AG
09ALGIERS177ALGERIA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The TIP Officer for Embassy Algiers is Ryan Campbell; tel. (213)-(0)770-08-20-00, ext. 2264; fax (213)-(0)21-60-73-35; unclassified email: campbellrt@state.gov. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hour FE-MC, 2 hours FE-OC, 2 hours FS-02, 15 hours FS-03, 25 hours FS-06, 10 hours FSN. SUMM [...]
2009-02-23 17:02:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09ALGIERS18ALGIERS GAZA PROTESTS GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrations of Algerian popular anger over Israeli actions in Gaza and support for the Palestinian people have increased in the past several days. Since much of the frustration is directed at the Algerian regime for its perceived impotence in the face of the Palestinian crisis [...]
2009-01-05 14:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT KMSG PREL AG
09ALGIERS195ALGERIA RESERVED ON MARCH 2 IAEA BOARD MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director of International Security Issues Ali Alaoui on February 25. We underscored USG concerns regarding the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria and urged Algeria to make a strong national statement on both issues at the upcoming Board of Governors [...]
2009-02-25 16:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR AG
09ALGIERS196CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (C) Post does not recommend any modification to the CI/KR list as it relates to Algeria at this time. We note, however, that Algeria and international joint venture partners are constructing two undersea natural gas pipelines to Europe, one of which may be operational in late 2009. Once opera [...]
2009-02-25 17:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AG
09ALGIERS2ALGERIA'S SMOKE-AND-MIRRORS DEATH PENALTY DEBATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: 2008 closed with disproportionate media and public attention being paid to the death penalty debate in Algeria -- a debate largely theoretical since no executions have taken place since 1993. Toward the end of the year human rights activists and an opposition party increased thei [...]
2009-01-04 08:12:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL AG
09ALGIERS210ALGERIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] We delivered reftel to MFA U.S. Desk Officer Ali Drouiche on February 28, asking for Algerian support for the nomination of Judge Mark Painter to the UN Appeals Tribunal. Drouiche gave no substantive comment, but was aware of the Tribunal and ongoing efforts to systemize responses to staff gri [...]
2009-03-01 13:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS221DEFAMATION CHARGE LANDS NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR IN JAIL
[...] (U) The 2005 defamation case of Ouargla-based El Waha newspaper took a sudden turn on March 2 when El Waha director Hadj Daoud Hadjar was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison. From his cell in Chaabet Ennichene prison in Ghardaia, Hadjar will now wait for the local court to make his [...]
2009-03-03 16:37:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO AG
09ALGIERS223EXPANDING ESTH OPPORTUNITIES IN ALGERIA
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian government ministries would like to engage in greater cooperation with the USG pursuant to our 2006 Science and Technology (ST) Agreement. During a visit of the ESTH Regional Hub Officer, officials at the Min [...]
2009-03-03 17:03:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV EINV PGOV AG
09ALGIERS224ALGIERS: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) Algeria is a nominally secular state with a 99-percent Muslim population. There are no identifiable ethnic or religious communities that har [...]
2009-03-03 18:18:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AG
09ALGIERS226HOW TO GET AN ALGERIAN TO VOTE IN APRIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Achieving a respectable level of voter turnout for the April election appears to be the key government concern for legitimizing the presidential electoral process and delivering Bouteflika a landslide victory. Voter turnout has been in steady decline in recent years as Algerians [...]
2009-03-04 16:10:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AG
09ALGIERS228ALGERIA 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's IPR posture remained generally static in 2008, and took a marked turn for the worse in regard to pharmaceutical market access with the imposition of a ban on imported pharmaceutical products that are produced domestically (ref A). Furthermore, it has become clear that [...]
2009-03-04 17:24:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KPIR AG
09ALGIERS234ISLAMIST LEADER BEARISH ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ruling coalition Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP) president Aboudjerra Soltani told the Ambassador on March 4 that he was pessimistic regarding an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement and did not believe "the opportunity was present" right now. Despite his pessimism and initi [...]
2009-03-10 11:22:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL AG
09ALGIERS235ALGERIA'S MODERATE ISLAMIST LEADER: A VIEW FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP - Muslim Brotherhood) President Aboudjerra Soltani gave the Ambassador on March 4 Algeria's official Islamist vision of how to increase political participation and create accountability in local government. Soltani said the most critical need w [...]
2009-03-10 11:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL AG
09ALGIERS246MFA COMPLAINS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DOES NOT
[...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas (A/S-equivalent) Fatiha Selmane summoned the Charge to the MFA on March 11 to express the Algerian government's "disappointment and unhappiness" with the conclusions of the 2008 Human Rights Report (HRR). Selmane said the report was identical to prior [...]
2009-03-11 16:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM AG
09ALGIERS247PROMISES, PROMISES: BOUTEFLIKA BETWEEN CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A week before the official start of the 2009 presidential campaign, President Bouteflika and his government have already chalked up a sizable list of promises and largesse -- a list that exceeds traditional levels of election-year munificence. In addition to a USD 150-million d [...]
2009-03-11 17:09:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON AG
09ALGIERS252FOR THE DISENCHANTED, A FACEBOOK PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the lack of political space in Algeria's real society, some young Algerians are going online, creating an informal political party and engaging on Facebook with someone they believe to be President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika's campaign workers tell us "Facebook [...]
2009-03-14 14:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO SOCI AG
09ALGIERS268ALGERIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PA
[...] (U) In response to ref A, MFA U.S. desk officer Ali Drouiche confirmed on March 14 that Algeria will provide approximately USD 200 million for reconstruction efforts in Palestinian territories, to be channeled through its membership in the Arab League. As reported in ref B, Algeria has alread [...]
2009-03-18 15:14:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN AG
09ALGIERS269ALGERIA OF LIKE MIND ON MAURITANIA
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Maghreb Affairs Ayeche Ouahouah told us on March 18 that Algeria shared the U.S. view on Mauritania, and was confident that the African Union would remain focused on the points contained in reftel demarche. Ouahouah said that Libya's Qadhafi "was playing a rol [...]
2009-03-18 16:03:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MR AG
09ALGIERS273FIND A PARTNER: ALGERIA'S NEW INVESTMENT RULES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has implemented policies that require a majority stake be held by Algerian interests in all new investments in the country, and a minimum 30-percent stake in import businesses. The policies have taken shape through a series of written instructions and guidance sent from [...]
2009-03-21 13:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON KPRV EIND AG
09ALGIERS274ISLAMOFASHION: VEILED BODY, VEILED MIND?
[...] SUMMARY: Less than a decade after a bloody civil war fought to keep Islamic extremists at bay, more Algerian women than ever are wearing the hidjab (veil or headscarf). The phenomenon is only partly due to religion, as the hidjab has become both a social trend as well as a tool Algerian women [...]
2009-03-22 12:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KISL PGOV AG
09ALGIERS278BIOLOGY FAVORS BOUTEFLIKA ON ELECTION EVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: General Larbi Belkheir, known for decades as the kingmaker within Algeria's military establishment, is in declining health and has all but formally faded from the political scene. His impending death will accelerate the decline of the army leaders (the "Janvieristes") who led the [...]
2009-03-23 14:11:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PINR AG
09ALGIERS279THE PLAYBILL FOR ALGERIA'S ELECTION THEATER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 18:05:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL AG
09ALGIERS3GHARDAIA: IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL OASIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Proud of its independent spirit and unique heritage, the oasis town of Ghardaia stands at the gateway to the Sahara as a example of what a community whose traditional structures continue to thrive can achieve when left to its own devices. During his November 14-16 visit to the reg [...]
2009-01-04 08:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL KDEM KPAO AG
09ALGIERS30ALGERIA IMPLEMENTS THREATENED BAN ON PHARMA IMPORTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With no fanfare or public announcement, the Algerian government has implemented a ban on the importation of a wide range of pharmaceutical products that are also manufactured in Algeria. The ban, which took effect on January 1, is designed to spur the development of the Algerian [...]
2009-01-11 16:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL AG
09ALGIERS302E-BARBARY COAST: PROFITS AND PIRACY IN THE
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria was the second-leading growth market for Microsoft in 2008, and even as the global recession appears to be dampening sales, it might maintain its position relative to other marke [...]
2009-03-29 16:33:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EINV ECON TSPL AG
09ALGIERS307VIOLENCE ROCKS TIZI OUZOU ON THE EVE OF
[...] (U) Tizi Ouzou was rocked by violence on the eve of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's March 26 campaign swing through the province, but thanks in part to a massive security presence his tour of two major Kabylie cities occurred without incident. Al'Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) launched [...]
2009-03-31 09:20:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL PINS AG
09ALGIERS308GUANTANAMO: FORMER DETAINEE ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A letter received by the Embassy on March 25 accuses the spouse of former Algerian Guantanamo detainee Sofiane Abar Houari of encouraging her husband to attack the U.S. Embassy in Algiers. The letter, written in mediocre French, purports to be from a concerned citizen presumably [...]
2009-03-31 09:21:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL AG
09ALGIERS309AQIM MEMBER ABOU RIHANA ARRESTED IN ALGIERS
[...] (U) The Algerian government has reported the arrest of senior AQIM leader Abou Rihana aka Z. Kamel. Rihana was described as being responsible for preparing the December 2007 suicide vehicle attacks in the capital city of Algiers. He allegedly planned both the United Nations and the Algerian C [...]
2009-03-31 09:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER KISL AG
09ALGIERS31FIS WRITES TO AMBASSADOR AND RAISES STREET PROFILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ali Benhadj, vice-president and spiritual leader of the disbanded and outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),wrote a letter to the Ambassador in which he advised the United States to revise its support of Israel in the wake of the current situation in Gaza, and in which he decri [...]
2009-01-12 10:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL PTER KDEM AG
09ALGIERS316ALGERIAN BUSINESS BULLISH ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian business leaders welcome new rules requiring a majority Algerian partner for all foreign investments in the country (ref A). They see the rules not as a retreat from capitalism and economic liberalization, but rather as a new economic model reflecting Algeria's unique hi [...]
2009-04-01 13:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON PGOV AG
09ALGIERS326ALGERIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-05 15:38:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AG
09ALGIERS327ATTACK ON CONVOY CARRYING CHINESE WORKERS
[...] On March 29 at approximately 20:00 a group of men presumed to be associated with Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked a convoy carrying Chinese workers employed by STIC CARC, a contracting company engaged in the construction of a highway linking the municipalities of El Ajiba and [...]
2009-04-06 08:05:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PGOV AG
09ALGIERS331CHASTENED JOURNALISTS ADD TO ELECTION DAY CYNICISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tunisian journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was denied entry at Algiers airport on April 4 after being invited by the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) to participate in a program monitoring the media in the run-up to the April 9 presid [...]
2009-04-06 17:40:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM AG
09ALGIERS337CRITICISM AND APATHY DEFINE PRE-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of Algeria's presidential election, a mood of general apathy and cynicism has descended upon the capital, despite the government's best efforts to stimulate voter turnout on April 9. These efforts have consisted largely of an overwhelming Bouteflika propaganda machine, [...]
2009-04-07 10:45:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AG
09ALGIERS34ALGERIA ALLOWS PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS OVER GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bowing to growing public pressure (ref A),the Algerian government allowed protests in the streets of Algiers and other cities January 9 for the first time since 2001 so Algerians could show public support for the Palestinians in Gaza. Thousands participated in demonstrations ar [...]
2009-01-12 18:45:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL AG
09ALGIERS3492009 COUNTRY REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: The absence of reliable statistics makes it difficult to assess the extent of child labor in Algeria, especially the worst forms of child labor. The Algerian government did not update existing legislation concerning child labor during the past year. In January 2009, however, the Alg [...]
2009-04-08 09:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AG
09ALGIERS35BOUTEFLIKA'S ARMY: CIVILIAN CONTROL AT WHAT PRICE?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika famously announced his intention to be "more than three-quarters of a president" following his election in 1999, he has struggled to assert greater control over Algeria's army to avoid becoming yet another leader designated and replaced at will [...]
2009-01-13 07:53:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PTER MARR KISL AG
09ALGIERS352ALGERIA'S ECONOMIC LIBERALS FADE TO THE LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Many observers predict that, as the expected winner of the April 9 presidential election, President Bouteflika will reshuffle his cabinet again and either move or remove certain ministers that were associated with the economic liberalization of his first two terms. Bouteflika ra [...]
2009-04-08 16:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON PGOV KPRV AG
09ALGIERS355AUTHOR OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER SAYS BOUTEFLIKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's de facto human rights ombudsman, Farouk Ksentini, told the Ambassador during an April 4 meeting that Algeria's relationship with the United States is "essential." The Ambassador raised the need to decriminalize defamation, which was intimidating the press. Ksentini agr [...]
2009-04-08 18:30:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AG
09ALGIERS356FM MEDELCI WELCOMES MITCHELL VISIT, SHARES DOHA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci on April 7 welcomed Special Envoy George Mitchell's upcoming visit to Algiers and provided us with a brief read-out of the recent Doha summit. Medelci recalled that he had spoken by telephone with Mitchell and was looking forwar [...]
2009-04-08 18:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL XF AG
09ALGIERS366CHALLENGES FACING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ALGERIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The foreign assistance environment in Algeria is significantly different than in neighboring lower income countries where governments actively seek an open and transparent donor aid process. Donors from different governments and multilateral agencies do not coordinate their acti [...]
2009-04-13 09:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL EU AG
09ALGIERS370BOUTEFLIKA REELECTED IN HEAVILY MANAGED CONTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: To the surprise of noone, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a third term on April 9 in a carefully choreographed and heavily controlled election with official results the main opposition leader called "Brezhnevian." Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni annou [...]
2009-04-13 19:12:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM AG
09ALGIERS381FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to the peace process (reftel),Foreign Minister Medelci raised cooperation on Guantanamo detainees, negotiations on Western Sahara and the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir during his April 7 meeting with the Ambassador at MFA. Medelci said Algeria woul [...]
2009-04-18 11:47:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM ICC SU MO AG
09ALGIERS386ALGERIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR 2009 DISARMAMENT
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Political Affairs and International Security (A/S level) Boudjemaa Delmi briefed the Ambassador on April 15 on Algeria's effort to reinvigorate the work of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD),for which Algeria holds the 2008-09 presidency. The Ambassador to [...]
2009-04-18 16:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV UNDC AG
09ALGIERS39WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA AND POLISARIO WELCOME ROSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an official statement reported in the local press on January 12, the MFA welcomed the UN Secretary General's nomination of Ambassador Christopher Ross as Special Representative for the Western Sahara, expressing Algeria's readiness to cooperate with and assist Ross in his ef [...]
2009-01-13 19:17:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PBTS WI AG
09ALGIERS396ALGERIA: SITUATION IN MADAGASCAR FROZEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 11:16:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID MA AG
09ALGIERS397ALGERIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON MAURITANIA
[...] According to acting Director of African Multilateral Affairs Zineddine Birouk, Algeria sees the April 15 resignation of Mauritanian General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as a "positive sign" towards the expected June 6 elections. Birouk told us on April 21 that the Algerian position on Mauritania w [...]
2009-04-21 11:33:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL USAU MR AG
09ALGIERS415ALGERIA AND MEPI - MOVING FORWARD
[...] (U) MEPI remains a valuable tool in Algeria, both to continue existing programming and to focus future programming on new opportunities we identify. In response to refs A and B, this cable outlines what programs work in Algeria, today and tomorrow, and why. MEPI programs support USG goals of [...]
2009-04-26 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKMPI PREL KPAO KDEM AG
09ALGIERS421WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA POSITIVE BUT GUARDED
[...] (C) MFA Director-General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the Ambassador on April 25 that Algeria had a very favorable opinion of new UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, and that it found the report of his initial impressions "balanced." However, Magramane also poi [...]
2009-04-27 17:47:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UN MO AG
09ALGIERS428THE GESTATION OF A NEW ISLAMIST PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In what appears to be a government-backed effort to energize an alientated Islamist electorate, the traditional tensions within the Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP - Muslim Brotherhood) have sprouted a new formal political movement, the Movement for Preaching and Change (MPC) [...]
2009-04-29 08:31:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM AG
09ALGIERS44ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE: ALGERIA SUPPORTS EGYPT'S
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 14 to MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelhamid Bouzaher, who said that Algeria was in accord in principle with our points on Gaza. He said Algeria supported the UNSCR, and absolutely supported Egypt's efforts. But, he said, the sit [...]
2009-01-14 17:44:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF AG
09ALGIERS442WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA OPTIMISTIC, POLISARIO DOUR
[...] (C) In response to ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the DCM on May 3 that Algeria's response to the MINURSO rollover resolution had been "measured and positive" and that Algeria supported Ambassador Christopher Ross. The Algerian government issued a stateme [...]
2009-05-04 16:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UN MO AG
09ALGIERS443ALGERIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO JOINING IMF
[...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Economic Affairs and International Cooperation (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Amar Abba on May 4. Abba reported that Algeria would cast an abstention vote at the IMF by the May 5 deadline. He also implied that Algeria would proba [...]
2009-05-04 16:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL KV AG
09ALGIERS444GARDENS IN THE SAHARA: PROPOSAL FOR JULIA TAFT
[...] For PRM consideration under the Julia Taft Refugee Fund, Embassy Algiers proposes to fund the development of a demonstration farm and ongoing training program, and to provide 60 Western Sahara refugee families in the Auserd refugee camp with the skills, tools, and supplies needed to grow susta [...]
2009-05-04 17:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AG
09ALGIERS447THE RESILIENT CHRISTIANS OF TAMANRASSET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Some 2000 kilometers south of Algiers in the heart of the Sahara, a small group of Catholics continue to hold small, discreet services, despite the restrictions local officials have placed on their activities. Each week, 20-30 Christians attend services in a tiny sand and mud chur [...]
2009-05-06 11:25:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI PINR KISL AG
09ALGIERS449ALGERIA ACCEPTABLE AS ELS FOR STS 125
[...] In response to reftel, the Government of Algeria (GOA) has no objection to the use of Tamanrasset Airport as an emergency landing site (ELS) for Space Shuttle launch STS-125. Post likewise has no objection. 2. Contact information for the air traffic control tower (ACTC) at Tamanrasset is [...]
2009-05-06 16:08:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA PREL AG
09ALGIERS45DEMARCHE ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS ON MOU: ALGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 10:58:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG IS MARR PREL
09ALGIERS463GUNS IN THE DESERT: ROOTS OF SAHEL INSTABILITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The stability of the vast Sahara region of southern Algeria, northern Mali and northern Niger has become a major source of concern to Algerian officials and local leaders we met during a March 23-30 trip to Tamanrasset and Djanet. They tell us a concerted development program and [...]
2009-05-11 08:46:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS ECON ASEC ML NG AG
09ALGIERS464ALGERIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICAN IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 11:03:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL AG
09ALGIERS465DISEASE IN THE DESERT: FIGHTING HIV/AIDS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A gradual rise in legal and illegal African migration to southern Algeria over the past 15 years has brought an increase in cases of infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS. The Saharan crossroads of Tamanrasset, which with 130,000 inhabitants is the only city in an area large [...]
2009-05-11 13:29:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKHIV PGOV PREF AG
09ALGIERS469PROBLEM CHILD: ALGERIA'S GROWING IMPATIENCE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria has long considered Mali an ally in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, but is losing patience with its southern neighbor. During the week of April 25, the two major independent French-language dailies in Algiers, Liberte and El Watan, accused Malian President Amado [...]
2009-05-12 15:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML AG
09ALGIERS476ALGERIA: PROSPECTS FOR REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ
[...] (S) In response to reftel, Algeria has been reluctant to re-engage fully with Iraq ever since two of its diplomats were killed there in 2005. We have found that until recently, the Algerians lacked direct and reliable sources of information on political and security developments in Iraq, ofte [...]
2009-05-16 13:51:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPGOV PREL AG
09ALGIERS483ALGIERS EAC: DETAINEE PHOTOS AND THE SECURITY
[...] (S) On May 17, 2009, the acting DCM convened a full EAC to assess the impact on mission and AMCIT security from media attention to unreleased detainee photographs (reftel) as well as to evaluate the security situation in and around the city of Constantine for upcoming Embassy travel and activit [...]
2009-05-18 14:30:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETASEC PTER CASC AG
09ALGIERS492DESPERATELY LOOKING NORTH: THE MIGRANTS OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The cities of Tamanrasset and Djanet in the Algerian south have become extended transit hubs for thousands of illegal migrants from sub Saharan Africa who are looking north to seek opportunity. With 130,000 residents, Tamanrasset is the largest population center in southern Alger [...]
2009-05-20 18:57:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PINR PINS SOCI ML NG AG
09ALGIERS496GO WEST! AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT BEYOND ALGIERS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED FOR GOVERNMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ON THE INTERNET. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's recent trip to Oran (Algeria's second largest city) and Tlemcen provided him an excellent platform to highlight existing coo [...]
2009-05-26 13:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV EINV ECON OEXC OIIP SCUL PINR AG
09ALGIERS513ALGERIA DECLINES AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on May 31 to Lounes Magramane, MFA Director General for African Affairs. After conferring with decisionmakers, Magramane told the Ambassador on June 2 that Algeria will not transport weapons or ammunition. He noted that Algeria has supported the So [...]
2009-06-02 15:20:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SO AG
09ALGIERS514BOUTEFLIKA: SERIOUS WESTERN SAHARA AUTONOMY IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bouteflika told Codel Burr Algeria would consider modifying its position on Western Sahara, and engaging the Sahrawis, if Morocco seriously implemented UN resolutions on self-determination. While Algeria would respect whatever outcome the Saharans chose, including auto [...]
2009-06-03 06:36:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OREP PGOV PINR PTER PINS KNNP AG
09ALGIERS543ALGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 17:12:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS553ALGERIA GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON 2009
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; see para 3. 2. (C) The Algerian MFA transmitted a note verbale on June 2 thanking the USG for its support of Algeria's position during the May 29 Conference on Disarmament (CD) vote and providing a copy of the CD's draft decision in English. The MFA's gesture [...]
2009-06-10 15:10:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV AG
09ALGIERS563ALGERIA OPEN TO DISCUSS TIP LAW IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel non-paper and the 2009 TIP Report country narrative for Algeria to MFA American Affairs Director General Fatiha Selmane the afternoon of June 15. Selmane said the government took seriously USG recommendations for Algeria contained in the 2008 TIP Report, and under [...]
2009-06-16 07:56:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ALGIERS564DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 08:03:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AG
09ALGIERS611CODEL SCHIFF ALGERIA SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers welcomes the visit of Representative Adam Schiff and his delegation on June 30 and July 1. Algeria is an important front in the struggle against violent extremism and against Al-Qa'ida in particular. Our primary goal is to help reduce the threat that violent extremists p [...]
2009-06-22 16:18:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OREP PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG
09ALGIERS615 H1N1 FLU CONFIRMED IN ALGERIA
[...] (SBU) The Algerian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed June 21 the first two cases of H1N1 flu in Algeria. The patients, an Algerian-American and one of her daughters, arrived June 16 on Lufthansa flight LH462 from Miami via Frankfurt. On June 19, the woman developed flu symptoms and went to a [...]
2009-06-23 13:17:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR TBIO AMED EAID KSTH AG
09ALGIERS642WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS ROSS THAT ALGERIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Personal Envoy Christopher Ross met with President Bouteflika on June 24 to discuss participation in "informal" talks between Morocco and the Polisario regarding the Western Sahara. After his meetings with Bouteflika in Algiers and later with Polisario leaders in Tindouf, R [...]
2009-06-30 07:01:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UN MO AG
09ALGIERS66ISLAMOFEMINISM: FINDING A FEMINIST AUDIENCE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent American Bar Association (ABA) seminars on sharia law held in Algiers and Oran featured lectures using the theological tenets of Islam to support arguments in favor of gender equality. The lectures, by Islamic feminist scholar and Richmond University law professor Ha [...]
2009-01-21 16:34:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KISL SOCI SCUL AG
09ALGIERS670ALGERIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 17:53:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP AG
09ALGIERS70ALGERIA: OBAMA IS "AMERICA WE DREAMED ABOUT"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While we expected a mostly positive reaction to President Obama's inauguration in the Algerian press (reftel) and among most Algerians, the Ambassador received a surprisingly strong positive reaction from former prime minister and ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) chairman [...]
2009-01-21 18:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AG
09ALGIERS705MIXED MESSAGES ON ALGERIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Members of CODEL Schiff heard mixed-messages regarding Algeria's investment climate during a visit June 30 and July 1. Government officials at once spoke of their desire to see more US companies investing in Algeria outside of the hydrocarbons sector, while describing new res [...]
2009-07-21 15:09:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET EINV OREP AG
09ALGIERS717ALGERIA: ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S CAIRO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's June 4 speech in Cairo was closely watched by a generally receptive Algerian public, as was his July speech in Ghana. Our Algerian contacts appreciated the President's effort at Muslim outreach -- epitomized by opening the speech with "assalaamu alaykum" -- and [...]
2009-07-28 17:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL OEXC ECON EINV SCUL SENV SOCI TSPL KISL
09ALGIERS718ALGERIA CHANGES WEEKEND TO FRIDAY-SATURDAY
[...] Effective August 14, 2009, the weekend in Algeria will change to Friday and Saturday instead of Thursday and Friday. 2. The Algerian Council of Ministers endorsed on July 21, 2009, a draft law to this effect put forth by the Minister of Labor. The law dictates the weekend change in all econo [...]
2009-07-29 16:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA AG
09ALGIERS729ALGERIANS AND POLISARIO READY FOR VIENNA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Algerians and Polisario are both ready for the informal talks on Western Sahara August 9 in Vienna. In separate meetings August 3, representatives of both the GOA and the Polisario told us they respect the effort of UNSYG Special Envoy Ross and find that his no-agenda approac [...]
2009-08-04 19:16:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PGOV PBTS PREF KPKO AG MO MR
09ALGIERS740ALGERIA LINKS RANSOM PAYMENTS TO TRANS-SAHARA
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Algeria considers the payment of ransom to terrorist organizations a serious problem for security in the Sahel region and will propose an UNGA resolution condemning such payments based on a similar proposal recently acted upon by the African Union (AU). Algeria is not circulati [...]
2009-08-09 07:13:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG PBTS
09ALGIERS749ALGERIA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy POC on NPT-related issues will be Michael Bosshart, Political and Economic Section Chief, as of September 1, 2009. 2. (U) We believe that much of Algeria's NPT-related policy is coordinated through Algeria's ambassador to the IAEA in Vienna, although some authority m [...]
2009-08-12 17:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS764ALGERIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR UN ACTION TO BAN RANSOM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Algerian Presidential Counter Terrorism Advisor, Kamel Rezag Bara, said August 12 that Algeria sought U.S. support at the UN for an African Union initiative to strengthen the international legal regime against abductions, including a specific ban on ransom payments to terrorist g [...]
2009-08-20 12:39:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR PBTS UNGA AG ML MR NG US
09ALGIERS765ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS TRANS-SAHARA LEADERS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister of State for Africa and the Maghreb Abdelkader Messahel told a visiting Capstone delegation August 14 that trans-Sahara heads of state will meet in Bamako in early October to discuss security cooperation and regional development. Messahel said that Algerian P [...]
2009-08-23 06:43:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER PGOV AG
09ALGIERS768ALGERIA'S VIEW OF VIENNA TALKS ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Algerian Minstate for Africa and the Maghreb Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's representative at the Vienna informal talks on the Western Sahara, told us August 14 that the talks were generally civil and constructive, and that the parties to the dispute agreed to further meetings i [...]
2009-08-23 10:56:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AG MO UN
09ALGIERS779MEPI ALGERIA SNAPSHOT: PSP ENGLISH TRAINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We saw the MEPI-funded Partnership Schools Program (PSP) in action recently in the western Algerian city of Sidi Bel Abbes as MEPI implementers provided training to a group of government language inspectors. The progress we saw, along with anecdotal evidence from participants, [...]
2009-08-26 14:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI PREL KPAO PGOV AG
09ALGIERS781POLISARIO VIEWS VIENNA AS POSITIVE STEP, BUT NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario "Ambassador" Brahim Ghali praised the positive atmosphere of the Vienna talks and reiterated the Polisario's commitment to continue its cooperation with UNSYG Special Envoy Christopher Ross. Although the talks were a good opportunity for direct dialogue between the part [...]
2009-08-27 17:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS818DEMARCHE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 15:48:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AG
09ALGIERS819WIPO ISSUES DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 15:49:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR ETRD WIPO AG
09ALGIERS822MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 13:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNNP IAEA PREL IS EG AG
09ALGIERS824ALGERIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche September 13 to Hamza Khelif, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the MFA's Office of Security and Disarmament. Khelif noted that as president of the IAEA Board of Governors, Algeria carried a special responsibility to be impartial and listen to all [...]
2009-09-14 16:32:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY AG
09ALGIERS825ALGERIA ON SAHEL SUMMIT PREP: "THE CHAIN IS NOW
[...] (C) Algeria expects a regional heads of state meeting in Bamako on regional security cooperation before the end of the year. MFA Director General for African Affairs Magramane said he expects the summit to result in an action plan to address both joint security operations and development ini [...]
2009-09-14 16:54:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV PBTS AG ML MR NG
09ALGIERS837ALGERIAN MUSLIM LEADERS SAY YOUTH INCREASINGLY
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador hosted an iftar for prominent Algerian Muslim scholars September 8. All in the group, who belong to the Algerian religious establishment, felt that while salafist extremism lacked broad appeal in Algeria, the Algerian religious establishment could do better in offe [...]
2009-09-17 15:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG KISL PGOV PREL SCUL US
09ALGIERS838AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER FOR ALGERIAN PRESS
[...] (C) Human rights lawyers and editors of Algeria's independent French and Arabic language print dailies complained of a continuing oppressive environment for the press over the past year during an iftar hosted by the Ambassador September 15. Government unwillingness to share information with t [...]
2009-09-17 16:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL US
09ALGIERS839ALGERIA TO ENGAGE IRAN ON AMCIT DETAINEES
[...] (C) The Algerian MFA says that Algeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs would engage with his Iranian colleague on the margins of UNGA to help obtain the humanitarian release of U.S. citizens detained in Iran. It would also instruct its Ambassador in Geneva to work with the U.S. and Egyptian del [...]
2009-09-17 17:31:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG CASC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PHUM PTER
09ALGIERS842ALGERIA: FINANCE LAW HAMPERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT,
[...] (SBU) A "complementary finance law" (CFL) adopted by presidential decree on 22 July imposes new restrictions on foreign investment, import companies, and domestic consumer credit. It grew out of government preoccupation with lowering Algeria's growing import bill and more tightly controlling [...]
2009-09-23 07:25:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ETRD ECON AG
09ALGIERS845ALGERIA: AFRICAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points September 24 to Hamza Khelif, in the Security and Disarmament Division of the General Directorate of Political Affairs and International Security. Khelif said he would refer this matter to his superiors, but was fairly certain Algeria would participat [...]
2009-09-27 08:43:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE AG
09ALGIERS887ALGERIAN INDUSTRY MINISTER REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN
[...] Summary: Minister of Industry told USTR Director Burkhead that Algeria remains interested in acceding to the WTO and engaging with the U.S. in the framework of our bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. He nevertheless believed the government had to exert more control over impor [...]
2009-10-01 12:49:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EFIN ECON AG
09ALGIERS888ALGERIA: FINANCE MINISTER BACKS ALGERIA'S NEW
[...] (C) Minister of Finance Karim Djoudi told USTR Director for the Middle East and Europe Paul Burkhead September 28 that the purpose of Algeria's new rules on imports and foreign investment was to lower imports, tighten control on hard currency outflows, reduce tax fraud, and protect and promote [...]
2009-10-01 13:10:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AG
09ALGIERS889COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS ALGERIA SERIOUS ABOUT WTO,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaaboub told USTR Director for the Middle East and Europe Paul Burkhead on September 28 that WTO accession is still a priority and Algeria looked to the U.S. for support in its efforts to complete negotiations. Djaaboub nevertheless defended new rule [...]
2009-10-01 13:44:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AG
09ALGIERS890ALGERIA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DEFENDS DRUG IMPORT
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with visiting USTR director Burkhead, Health Ministry Secretary General Chakou defended Algeria's import ban on a number of pharmaceuticals. He said it was necessary to protect and develop Algeria's domestic drug production, and to reduce the rising import costs for [...]
2009-10-03 18:02:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON AG
09ALGIERS900ALGERIA: USTR DIRECTOR BURKHEAD TACKLES
[...] (C) USTR Director Paul Burkhead told Algerian ministers and senior officials during a September 27-28 visit that the U.S. wants to improve trade and investment ties with Algeria and help Algeria diversify its economy beyond the hydrocarbon sector. GOA officials said Algeria still wants to acce [...]
2009-10-05 15:21:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG
09ALGIERS903ALGIERS MEDIA REACTION TO USTR PAUL BURKHEAD'S
[...] (U) On September 27-28, Paul Burkhead, Director of European and Middle Eastern Trade Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, visited Algiers to meet with senior officials in the GOA and key private sector stakeholders to explore areas of potential cooperation in international t [...]
2009-10-06 07:33:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG US KPAO
09ALGIERS904ALGERIA: RESPONSE TO P5 PLUS ONE TALKS WITH IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 09:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PARM IR AG
09ALGIERS948ALGERIA SAYS BAMAKO SUMMIT KEY TO REGIONAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister Delegate for Defense Guenaizia told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston October 19 that the Algerian, Mauritanian, Nigerien and Malian chiefs of staff had agreed to set up a regional command for joint counter terrorism [...]
2009-10-25 09:28:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09ALGIERS96U.S. COAST GUARD GIVES ALGERIAN PORTS HIGH MARKS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A delegation of four International Port Security Specialists from the U.S. Coast Guard visited the ports of Arzew and Algiers from January 10-14, marking the second visit by the Coast Guard since the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) [...]
2009-01-27 17:49:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALETRD EWWT AG
09ALGIERS961ALGERIA: ELECTIONS NOT ENOUGH IN GUINEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 14:39:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV AG GV
09ALGIERS962ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS CAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for African and Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston on October 17 that governments in the Sahel region have the resources to combat terrorism and criminal networks and have agreed on the [...]
2009-10-27 17:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09ALGIERS969ALGERIA'S ATTENDANCE AT THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 18:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM AG
09ALGIERS970A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) In an October 21 meeting with NEA A/S Feltman, Prime Minister Ouyahia was broadly receptive to the USG theme of economic and security partnership in the region. He said Algeria wants to adopt a market economy but needs time to strengthen its industry to meet world competition. While urgi [...]
2009-10-29 08:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON KWBG KPAL KISR IS IR AG
09ALGIERS973NEA A/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH ALGERIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with Algerian FM Medelci, visiting NEA A/S Feltman said we wished to deepen counterterrorism and regional security cooperation with Algeria. Medelci focused on the economy and the Middle East. Algeria was an open economy that needed foreign and U.S. investment, w [...]
2009-11-02 07:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG IS AG
09ALGIERS980ALGERIA EXBS PROGRAM PLAN
[...] Embassy endorses reftel EXBS programs for Algeria. Embassy agrees that the program "Parliamentary Exchange," despite the program title, should target senior interagency Algerian officials from the executive branch, not parliamentary deputies or senators. Algerian legislators exercise virtuall [...]
2009-11-03 17:25:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL ISTC AG
09ALGIERS982ALGERIA'S 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Algeria is primarily a transit country for drugs, but both domestic production and consumption are rising. Drug seizures increased substantially in 2008 and the first half of 2009. The Government of Algeria (GOA) is committed to addressing the problem and has begun several domestic pro [...]
2009-11-04 06:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AG
09ALGIERS983CTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS REGIONAL CT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Participants at the Italian-hosted Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting of G-8 Embassies in Algiers on October 25 discussed the current status of regional CT cooperation, ongoing Algerian and bilateral CT efforts, and the activities of the African Union Center for the Study and Res [...]
2009-11-04 10:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG
09ALGIERS988ALGERIA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) P/E chief delivered ref A points November 4 to Abdelkedar Hedjazi, Director of the MFA's Office of the Arab Magreb and Arab Maghreb Union, emphasizing in particular the need to avoid UNGA resolutions related to the Goldstone report that could complicate the resumption of Palestinian-Israe [...]
2009-11-04 16:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL AG IS UN
09ALGIERS993UK DEFENSE SECRETARY AINSWORTH VISIT TO ALGERIA,
[...] (C) The UK Ambassador in Algiers told us that the UK Secretary of State for Defense, during his October 26-27 visit to Algiers, signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement that establishes a framework for UK training of Algerian military, information exchanges and joint exercises. A heli [...]
2009-11-05 15:26:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS AG UK IR
09ALGIERS998ALGERIA'S THIRD COMMITTEE RECORD UNLIKELY TO CHANGE
[...] We delivered reftel points November 4 to MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance Ahmed Saadi. Saadi said that Algeria, as a matter of principle, did not support country-specific resolutions in the Third Committee. Dialogue and engagement were more effective approache [...]
2009-11-05 17:42:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN AG
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1234VIETNAM APPROVES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has approved a second stimulus package that extends and modifies elements of the existing package into 2010. This decision was hotly debated, with some economists and National Assembly (NA) members arguing that the danger of resurgent inflation outweighed any need for [...]
2009-11-19 09:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT ETRD KTDB VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1246VIETNAM'S STRATEGY FOR COPENHAGEN
[...] Please see paragraph 7 for Action Request. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) intends to play a more active role during the upcoming fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen next month. While V [...]
2009-11-23 09:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1274Minister Defends Decree 97 in Face of Criticism from Charge,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 05:07:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284(SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...]
2009-12-01 08:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1290(SBU) Avian H5N1 influenza A human fatality, Vietnam
[...] (U) Summary: On November 30, 2009, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the death of a 23 year-old man in Dien Bien province (in northern Vietnam) from the avian H5N1 strain of influenza A. Over one month earlier, on October 21, Dien Bien had reported a poultry outbreak. This is the fi [...]
2009-12-02 03:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1292PETROVIETNAM AND THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel regarding investment in the Iranian energy sector by foreign companies, including PetroVietnam, Ambassador on November 27 in a previously scheduled meeting delivered reftel points to Ms. Nguyet Nguyen Nga, MFA Director General of Multilateral Economic Cooperation. [...]
2009-12-02 09:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI903Vietnam on Anti-Israel UNGA Resolutions
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 09:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI909Vietnam 'Unfriends' Facebook
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of speculation that the Government of Vietnam was considering blocking the popular social networking site Facebook, Internet users' worst fears began to materialize in mid November. The blockage began at first with only a few Internet service providers in certain re [...]
2009-11-25 09:30:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALEINT ETTC PHUM KPAO VM CH
09AMEMBASSYHANOI911Thrown Under the Popemobile? Hanoi Archbishop Submits Letter
[...] (C) Summary: Sources in the Hanoi Archdiocese have confirmed that embattled Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet has offered to resign, citing health concerns and fatigue. The head of the Vatican's delegation to a Jubilee marking the Catholic Church's 350-year presence in Vietnam told the DCM November [...]
2009-11-25 10:08:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI913VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Embassy contacts at the MFA and MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm, "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will support U.S. priorities for Cuba, as outlined in [...]
2009-11-27 02:35:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI917Vietnam Says it is Pressing Burma for ASSK's Release
[...] (SBU) Acting DCM and Poloff met with the MFA's Deputy DG for ASEAN Affairs, Vu Hung, December 2 to discuss EAP A/S Campbell and DAS Marciel's November 3-4 visit to Burma and to urge Vietnam to use its influence with Burma to press for genuine dialogue with Burma's democratic opposition and eth [...]
2009-12-02 05:41:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN BM VM
09AMMAN1006CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH JORDAN'S
[...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah discussed with CODEL McConnell the peace process, Iran, and Syria, as well as Iraq and Qatar. The King stressed the importance of immediately pursuing a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, emphasized that the Arab states could support the U.S. in con [...]
2009-05-03 05:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR IS IZ JO
09AMMAN1007CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: CODEL McConnell met April 9 with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali jointly. Ali expressed her hope that the Senators would help Jordan obtain supplemental economic support. The Foreign Minister stressed th [...]
2009-05-03 05:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1022CHANGES AFOOT IN JORDAN'S PERSONAL STATUS LAW
[...] (C) Summary: The head of Jordan's Islamic courts is working on a package of amendments to the personal status law, which governs marriage, divorce, the status of women, and inheritance issues. The initial read on the amendments is that they would represent a step forward in the promotion of women's [...]
2009-05-04 10:15:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWMN KISL KDEM JO
09AMMAN1024JORDAN PLEASED WITH SPECIAL 301 RESULTS FOR 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Econoffs delivered ref A points separately to Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi and Director General of the National Library Mamoun Talhouni, noting that Jordan would not be listed in the Special 301 report and urging continued engagement with the USG [...]
2009-05-04 10:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR JO
09AMMAN1027DISI WATER PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) The Disi water conveyance, one of Jordan's largest infrastructure projects with a $800 million budget, proposes to convey 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per year from the Disi fossil aquifer on the Jordanian-Saudi Arabia border to Amman. Recent test results indicate that Disi aquifer wa [...]
2009-05-04 11:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR PGOV PREL IS SA JO
09AMMAN1035SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL PELOSI TO AMMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the May 7-8 visit to Jordan of CODEL Pelosi. Jordan is one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. In line with the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah. We expect that the topics of discussi [...]
2009-05-05 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1053Exports to Iraq Increased 52 Percent in Early 2009, But
[...] (SBU) Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS) announced exports to Iraq rose to JD 117.9 million (USD 166.5 million) for January-February 2009, up 52.1 percent from JD 77.5 million (USD 109.5 million) during the same period in 2008. This accounted for approximately 15 percent of all Jordanian [...]
2009-05-06 12:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EIND ELTN JO IZ
09AMMAN1054ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED PUBLICLY,
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Minister of Social Development convened donors and international organizations on April 29 to discuss forward-looking amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society. She has been lobbying tribal conservatives and [...]
2009-05-07 05:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1055AMMAN'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 06:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT JO PINR
09AMMAN1058 TFFLU01 -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVAL OF JORDANIAN
[...] (SBU) EconOffs delivered May 7 ref B demarche urging the lifting of Jordanian trade bans on pork products to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Secretary General Dr. Montasser Okla and MOIT Director for Foreign Trade Policy Maha Al-Ali. Okla clarified that the ban, reported in the press, [...]
2009-05-07 11:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED
09AMMAN1070JORDAN'S TOURISM SECTOR LIKELY TO DECREASE IN 2009 TO 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's tourism sector revenues grew 28% in 2008 to a record $2.97 billion from $2.31 billion in 2007. While officials had hoped for similar growth in 2009, the industry now expects that revenues may return to their 2007 levels due to the slowing worldwide economy. Business tr [...]
2009-05-11 04:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EAID JO
09AMMAN1109VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP --
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 07:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV JO
09AMMAN1113KING ABDULLAH HAS MOMENT IN THE SUN, BUT WILL IT
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts saw King Abdullah's visit to Washington as a success, focusing on how it enhanced his standing among his Arab peers more than on the substantive outcome of his conversations with President Obama. Most thought the King returned from the United States newly empo [...]
2009-05-13 10:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SA SY JO
09AMMAN1115Pope's Visit Brings "Twitter", Tight Security, and Hopes
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Pope concluded his four-day visit to Jordan, which took him to Christian and Islamic historical sites and included a mass attended by around 20,000 people. An increased security presence was seen throughout the city with a show of force from both the Jordanian Pol [...]
2009-05-13 12:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO VT
09AMMAN1116ATHENS RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The second donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) led by the World Bank convened in Athens on May 4. The RDS, which started in May 2008, is studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the Dead Sea, generating hydropower, and constr [...]
2009-05-13 12:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1117KING ABRUPTLY ENDS DRIVE FOR DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's long-standing drive for decentralization of government services came to an abrupt halt on May 3, when he announced that the plan to create three new regional authorities would be dropped in favor of a vague plan to empower existing provincial governors. Little w [...]
2009-05-13 13:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1118CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN, REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: During their May 7-8 visit to Amman, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Representative Rush Holt (R-NJ) met with King Abdullah, Senate President Zaid Al-Refai, and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali. They heard optimism about the President's engagement on the Isra [...]
2009-05-13 13:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO
09AMMAN112JORDAN: JANUARY 13 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Gaza news coverage by Jordanian media outlets on Tuesday described Israel's "methodical destruction" and the fierce battles between Palestinian militants and IDF units. Arab and international diplomatic efforts also received attention, specifically King Abdullah's consultations with [...]
2009-01-13 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1121SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 09:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1125SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAIRD'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 13:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1128DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post requests deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to plan, conduct and execute information programs coordinated through the Embassy Public Affairs Section. MIST programs will support goals of the Embassy's MSP. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) The MIST team will provi [...]
2009-05-14 15:18:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PGOV PREL KPAO JO
09AMMAN1129SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAIRD'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the May 15-18 visit to Jordan of CODEL Baird. In line with the CODEL's request, we have arranged a meeting with His Excellency Eng. Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court, and advisor to King Abdullah II. Since your last visit in February, His Ma [...]
2009-05-14 15:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1130SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the May 15-16 visit to Jordan of CODEL Kerry. In line with the CODEL's request, we have arranged an audience with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. Since your last visit in February, the King had a lengthy and domestically well-received vis [...]
2009-05-14 15:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1157USG ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN AMMAN LEADS NATIONS TO
[...] (U) The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the Department of Justice's Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently delivered in Amman the workshop "Addressing the Challenges of Corruption" to explore and discuss method [...]
2009-05-19 10:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD PGOV PINS SOCI SNAR XF
09AMMAN1176UNRWA WORKERS IN JORDAN STAGE ANOTHER STRIKE OVER
[...] (C) UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees in Jordan went on strike from May 12 to May 15 to demand pay increases to compensate for the decline in the value of UNRWA's pension funds. UNRWA Jordan's already tight operational budget will be trimmed further in the coming year and may forc [...]
2009-05-21 10:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF ELAB KPAL JO
09AMMAN1177 Jordan's QIZ Garment Factories Continue to Close or
[...] (U) Summary: Jordan's apparel sector has been hard hit by the recession in the U.S., where most of its exports are destined, and competition with Egypt (ref A). The Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported that Jordanian garment exports produced in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) pe [...]
2009-05-21 11:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO
09AMMAN1179 Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) in
[...] (SBU) Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI),an Emirati-owned garment factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ),is currently under liquidation after suffering significant financial losses. Since a strike in September 2008 (ref A),MRAI had been having financial difficul [...]
2009-05-21 11:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN1181Regional Leaders Urge U.S. to Push for Progress on
[...] Summary: "If you had just two minutes with President Obama, what would you ask of him and what would you offer in return?" This was the first question posed to political leaders participating in a May 17 World Economic Forum (WEF) panel on regional security held in Jordan. Participants in t [...]
2009-05-21 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PARM XF
09AMMAN1182MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...]
2009-05-21 13:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO
09AMMAN11882009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN JORDAN
[...] (U) In response to ref A, the Embassy is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). 2. (U) The first claim was included in the 2007 and 2008 reports (refs B and C). This dispute is presumed to have ended with the Claimant's cessatio [...]
2009-05-26 07:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV JO
09AMMAN1191ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) EconOff and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attaches delivered ref A demarche to Al-Moutasem K. Alsaket, Director General of the Jordan Maritime Authority (JMA),and several members of his staff in Aqaba on May 18. This meeting also served as the introductory courtesy call by DHS [...]
2009-05-26 07:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KHLS JO
09AMMAN1202JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 1: LOYALTY,
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Jordan's social contract is based on tribes pledging loyalty to the King in exchange for access to the resources of the state. The tribes exercise influence through both national po [...]
2009-05-27 06:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KPAL KDEM JO
09AMMAN1203JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 2: SHEIKHS
[...] Summary: This cable is the second of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Sheikhs are the backbone of the tribal community, acting as informal mediators, employment agencies, moral guides, and the state's eyes and ears in the community. Sheikhs rise to leade [...]
2009-05-27 06:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO
09AMMAN1204JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 3: TRIBAL
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third of a three part series on internal governance structures in Jordan's tribal system. Tribal law acts as an alternative to Jordan's formal legal system. It deals with cases that range from social mediation to first-degree murder. Sheikhs work closely with [...]
2009-05-27 06:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1219ISRAELI EMBASSY IN JORDAN QUESTIONS JORDAN,S WATER
[...] (C/NF) Jordan and Israel, which both suffer from water shortages, have enjoyed a healthy collaboration on this critical issue. The 1994 peace treaty stipulated water exchange provisions between the two countries and as recently as the summer 2008 drought, Israel loaned Jordan extra water (ref [...]
2009-05-28 07:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS
09AMMAN1232AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN: JORDAN HAS NO MI-17
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 09:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PARM PK JO
09AMMAN1236KNESSET RESOLUTION ON "JORDAN OPTION" GENERATES
[...] (C) Jordanian officials, media, and politicians continue to denounce a resolution currently pending in the Israeli Knesset that would recognize Jordan as the Palestinian state. FM Nasser Judeh convoked the Israeli Ambassador on May 26 to deliver a "harshly worded" message designed for public [...]
2009-06-01 12:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS JO
09AMMAN1246Child Abuse Fatalities Spark Outrage and Prompt Royal Push
[...] (U) The recent deaths of two Jordanian children due to child abuse has sparked a media firestorm regarding domestic violence and generated widespread community outrage, including strong public statements from the King and Queen. Queen Rania expressed concern that Jordan has "failed" to adequat [...]
2009-06-03 07:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO
09AMMAN125JORDAN: JANUARY 14 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Clashes between Hamas fighters and IDF units competed for attention with King Abdullah's statements in Wednesday's newspapers published in Jordan. The King reiterated again the urgency of enforcing UNSCR 1860 on Israel and subsequently reaching a two-state solution. Demonstrators nu [...]
2009-01-14 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...]
2009-06-04 12:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN1261JORDAN: MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Post held a viewing of President Obama's speech for approximately thirty students, academia, and civil society at the American Language Center. The speech was followed by a discussion. During the speech, the audience showed very little reaction, except when the Koran was quoted, which was [...]
2009-06-04 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1262GICNT: JORDAN WILL ATTEND AND PRESENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 14:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PGOV PINR PREL
09AMMAN1263JORDAN: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian government officials and members of parliament lauded the tone and content of the President's speech during a lunchtime viewing and discussion at the DCM's residence. Contacts were laudatory of the speech's frankness and sense of balance. While noting the speech's bro [...]
2009-06-04 14:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1264JORDAN: JOURNALISTS BOTH PRAISE AND CRITIQUE CAIRO
[...] (SBU) Ten of Jordan's leading journalists joined the Ambassador for a luncheon to view and discuss the President's speech in Cairo. All responded favorably to the overall substance and tone of the speech. This group also focused in great detail on the language used to deny the legitimacy of [...]
2009-06-04 15:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO JO
09AMMAN1265DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO
09AMMAN1266DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09AMMAN1267JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...]
2009-06-04 15:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO
09AMMAN1278JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S JUNE 11 VISIT
[...] (S) Your visit to the region will be viewed by Jordanians as the first follow-up to the President's speech in Cairo. Despite widespread admiration and praise for the speech, Jordanians at all levels of society believe concrete actions must follow in the next few months before optimism about the [...]
2009-06-07 15:27:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN128JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD
[...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...]
2009-01-14 14:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1287JORDAN: PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PROMPTS CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian contacts continue to focus primarily on language pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President's citation of Islamic scriptures and respect for Islam's cultural contribution throughout history was seen as a [...]
2009-06-08 10:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KWBG JO
09AMMAN129GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...]
2009-01-14 14:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO
09AMMAN1313LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER LAUNCHES NATIONAL TREND PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali officially launched the pro-establishment National Trend Party on May 30. While many in Jordan support the idea of a party to counterbalance the influence of Islamists, deep skepticism remains about Majali's ability to effectively lead th [...]
2009-06-11 09:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN1318JORDAN: TEN HONOR KILLINGS TO DATE IN 2009;
[...] (S) Summary: Recent honor killings continue to spark efforts to end the practice and adequately prosecute perpetrators. Outraged by the recent killings, the King has stated he will push for legislative changes to strengthen judicial sentencing. A new book on honor crimes raises awareness on [...]
2009-06-11 14:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PREL KWMN SOCI JO
09AMMAN1319DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 08:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA JO
09AMMAN1337DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN ON UNSC 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 11:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PARM KNNP KN JO
09AMMAN1339PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: A PREVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah called for an extraordinary session of parliament to start on June 11. The extraordinary session will deal with a crowded slate of political and economic measures, including a revised tax law, amendments to the penal code, amendments to the controversial law on as [...]
2009-06-15 06:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM ELAB JO
09AMMAN134JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
09AMMAN1340PRINCE HUSSEIN INFORMALLY BEGINS OFFICIAL ROLE AS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah marked ten years as Jordan's monarch on June 9 with a parade through Amman which culminated at the city's main soccer stadium. The Minister of Education, who was responsible for organizing the spectacle, resigned on June 11 in what some are calling a reaction t [...]
2009-06-15 06:50:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1349JORDAN: IRANIAN ELECTION RESULTS VIEWED AS
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts believe the large electoral gap between President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Mir Hossein Moussavi may be a legitimate reflection of Iranian popular sentiment. Many blamed Moussavi's loss on his alleged connections to corrupt previous officials and a poor elector [...]
2009-06-15 13:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR JO
09AMMAN1354JORDANIANS URGE ACTING A/S FELTMAN TO BE CLEAR
[...] (C) On June 14, Acting A/S Feltman visited Amman to discuss regional issues with Chief of the Royal Court (CORC) Nasser Lozi and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. The Jordanians said that they were pleased with the election results in Lebanon and believe that the opposition will relinquish claim [...]
2009-06-16 09:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS SY JO
09AMMAN1356JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION REJECTS PROPOSED
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Econoffs delivered ref A points on June 8 to Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khaled Toukan and JAEC Commissioner Kamal Araj, reiterating that the U.S. hopes to conclude a 123 Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Jordan in the near future and urgi [...]
2009-06-17 10:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNENRG KNNP PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN136FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS JORDAN IN SPITE OF DOMESTIC FISCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although Jordan's conservative banking and mortgage practices have partially protected the country from the international financial crisis, Jordan's economy is still suffering from a credit crunch; falling real estate prices and cancelled development projects; a general business [...]
2009-01-15 10:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV EAID KTEX JO
09AMMAN1364JORDAN INCHES TOWARDS RECOGNIZING KOSOVO
[...] (C) The Ambassador again urged Jordan to recognize Kosovo during meetings with PM Nader Dahabi, FM Nasser Judeh, and Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi in recent conversations. All three reiterated the point that recognition was "only a matter of time" and hinted that it would likely occur in J [...]
2009-06-18 05:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV ID TT JO
09AMMAN137DELAYED END OF RENT CONTROL HIGHLIGHTS HOUSING CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government is currently drafting amendments to the Tenants and Landlord Law which was set to end Jordan's de facto rent control as of December 31, 2010, by cancelling and requiring the renegotiation of all rental contracts. The amendments, which are backed by the King and PM [...]
2009-01-15 10:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV SOCI JO
09AMMAN1378Jordan's Trade Deficit Has Decreased 35 Percent in 2009
[...] (U) Summary: After hitting a historic high in 2008, Jordan's trade deficit narrowed by 35 percent to $2.048 billion between January and April 2009, compared to $3.15 billion during the same period in 2008. This is largely due to a significant drop in the price of fuel, which led to a 60.6% d [...]
2009-06-18 12:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
09AMMAN1379JORDAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) POL Off delivered reftel demarche on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),emphasizing U.S. opposition to the formation of an international tribunal to prosecute suspected pirates and soliciting the Jordanian view on the subject. Although [...]
2009-06-18 12:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JO
09AMMAN1391JORDAN: DELEGATION FOR GINCT PLENARY AND RESPONSE
[...] (C) POLOff delivered reftel demarches on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) Per reftel B, Ambassador Mousa Breisat, head of the International Organizations section at the MFA, led the Jordanian delegation to the 2009 Plenary Me [...]
2009-06-21 13:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC JO
09AMMAN1393JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT REJECTS MINOR TAX MEASURE IN A
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament rejected a minor tax-related measure on June 17 in an assertion of independence from the cabinet and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali, who had listed the measure as a key priority. Majali's rivals led the charge in an effort to embarrass him and demon [...]
2009-06-22 07:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM JO
09AMMAN1394JORDAN BRIEFS ISRAEL ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: After consistent prodding from Post since 2007 for the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to engage the Israelis on its nuclear energy plans, Jordanian officials briefed an Israeli delegation on June 11 about the development of Jordan's nuclear energy program (reftels). According to Is [...]
2009-06-22 08:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN1397JORDAN: PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS FEATURE LIMITATIONS
[...] (SBU) A package of over 100 amendments to Jordan's penal code will be discussed in parliament's extraordinary session that began on June 11 (Ref A). The Ministry of Justice has led a lengthy inter-ministerial consultative and drafting process over the past year that resulted in proposed compr [...]
2009-06-22 12:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KJUS JO
09AMMAN1399JORDAN REPORTS 13 H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES
[...] (U) Jordan has reported thirteen H1N1 cases as of June 22. The first two cases were reported on June 15, followed by 8 cases of Jordanian and Palestinian students returning from the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program (ref A). Thermal scanning sensors at Amman's Queen Alia International Air [...]
2009-06-22 12:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09AMMAN1402JORDAN: TRYING TO SET A POSITIVE TONE AT THE ARAB
[...] (C) PolChief shared reftel points with Ambassador Bisher Al-Khasawneh, Director of Foreign Minister Judeh's private office. Khasawneh confirmed that FM Judeh had been instrumental in postponing the date of the Arab League (AL) ministerial by one week. "We knew that Netanyahu would be giving [...]
2009-06-24 02:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL JO
09AMMAN1404JORDAN: CITIZENS CONTINUE TO LACK CONFIDENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Public confidence in parliament remains very low according to several polls released recently. Two polls showed that less than 13 percent of Jordanians were satisfied with the performance of the current lower house of parliament and 81 percent could not name a single parliamentary [...]
2009-06-24 02:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN1408FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund Proposal for Jordan
[...] Summary: The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Jordan has requested Taft Fund assistance to purchase medication and equipment. The grant would support the operations of an existing health care clinic in Amman, which serves Iraqi refugees and Jordanians in need. The Church has been [...]
2009-06-24 10:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID IZ JO SY LE
09AMMAN1412JORDANIAN MEDIA ENDS RETALIATORY BOYCOTT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Newspapers ended a short-lived boycott of parliamentary sessions but maintained their criticism of the legislature in the wake of the lower house's rejection of a bill which would have lifted a tax on media revenues (Ref B). The government has forwarded the bill to the royally [...]
2009-06-25 05:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1414JORDAN: AFGHAN ELECTION DEMARCHE PASSED
[...] (C) On June 24, the Ambassador met with Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Court to share a copy of the President's statement about the start of the Afghan election campaign season. Lozi agreed that a level playing field for all candidates was important and that impartiality on behalf of the int [...]
2009-06-25 09:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF JO
09AMMAN1418 JORDAN TO LIFT TRADE BAN ON PORK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 10:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON JO
09AMMAN1419 JORDAN SUPPORTS GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 10:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL JO
09AMMAN1423ANXIETY OVER PEACE PROSPECTS PROMPTS ONLINE
[...] (C) Summary: An online column that criticized Palestinians in Jordan for failing to protest an Israeli proposal to turn Jordan into an alternative Palestinian homeland continues to reverberate locally. A June 10 column in Ammonnews touched a nerve in the country where Palestinians are the m [...]
2009-06-25 13:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAL PREF JO
09AMMAN1424JORDAN: LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS NOT INCLUDED ON
[...] (C) Summary: Amendments to Jordan's labor law to give foreign workers the ability to more freely join unions and bring the law in line with international standards were unexpectedly left off of parliament's extraordinary session agenda. The cabinet had already approved the amendment package a [...]
2009-06-25 13:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP JO
09AMMAN1425JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the June 27-30 visit to Jordan of Codel Schiff. The Codel's visit comes at a time of heightened expectations of Middle East peace. The President's Cairo speech and PM Netanyahu's response are foremost on the minds of your interlocutors. Domestically, [...]
2009-06-25 15:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1426JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the June 27-30 visit to Jordan of Codel Schiff. The Codel's visit comes at a time of heightened expectations of Middle East peace. The President's Cairo speech and PM Netanyahu's response are foremost on the minds of your interlocutors. Domestically, [...]
2009-06-25 15:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1428 JORDAN WELCOMES U.S. MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (U) EconCouns delivered ref A demarche on possible U.S. membership in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Director for Renewable Energy Engineer Eng. Ziad Jibril on June 24 and to Minister of Environment Khaled Irani on June 25. ESTH [...]
2009-06-28 03:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENG KGHG AORC PREL JO
09AMMAN1449UNHCR-JORDAN: IRAQI REFUGEES WILL ONLY RETURN HOME
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel recently established voluntary repatriation as the goal of U.S. assistance policy for Iraqi refugees and asked post to approach government and IO officials to present the policy. In response to the action request, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Country Representative Imr [...]
2009-06-30 08:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM IX JO
09AMMAN145JORDAN: JANUARY 15 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Beneath sorrowful images from Gaza, banner headlines in today's Jordan-based newspapers focused on the apparent disagreement among Arab League member states. King Abdullah's meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon topped local coverage. Public protests were few as the Islamist [...]
2009-01-15 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN146DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRESSES THAT ARAB
[...] (SBU) EconCouns reviewed reftel on the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait with Finance Minister Dr. Hamed Kasasbeh on January 15. Kasasbeh, who was in Kuwait, welcomed U.S. views on economic integration and the global financial crisis and reported that central bank governors had discussed these [...]
2009-01-15 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD KPAL PREL AL JO
09AMMAN147JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15
[...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...]
2009-01-15 14:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO
09AMMAN1472GOJ SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the ongoing multilateral World Bank led Red Sea - Dead Sea Feasibility study (RDS),on May 17 Jordan announced a unilateral $10 billion Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP). The GOJ sees a Red Sea - Dead Sea conveyance mechanism as the best way forward to solve its [...]
2009-07-01 04:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS
09AMMAN1480CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]
2009-07-01 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN1483JORDAN'S KING, FM DISCUSS MIDEAST PEACE AND IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran dominated Codel Schiff's discussions with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh during a June 27-30 visit to Jordan. The King and FM detailed confidence building measures Arab states would offer in the run-up to final statu [...]
2009-07-02 05:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KWBG IS IR SA SY JO
09AMMAN1489JORDAN STILL OBJECTING TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) briefed a U.S. congressional staffdel on June 29 on the development of Jordan's nuclear energy program. In response to a question about what was impeding a 123 agreement with the U.S., JAEC Chairman Khaled Toukan gave many of the same [...]
2009-07-02 08:38:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PGOV JO
09AMMAN1493Jordan Promises to Implement Regulations to Ease Entry and
[...] (SBU) The Iraqi-Jordanian Technical Trade and Investment Committee announced on June 22 that the GOJ would apply "softer entry and residency procedures" for Iraqi businessmen and investors. The announcement followed a February 2009 decision by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to issue more leni [...]
2009-07-02 11:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD PGOV JO IZ
09AMMAN15GAZA GROUND INVASION FANS JORDANIAN PUBLIC ANGER
[...] (C) Summary: In the face of rising public Jordanian anger over events in Gaza, PM Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Parliament January 4 to say that the government reserves the right to evaluate all of its relations with any side, particularly Israel. Thousands of Jordanians protested over the week [...]
2009-01-04 15:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL PHUM PREL JO
09AMMAN1507JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH NAMES HIS TEENAGE SON
[...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah designated his eldest son Hussein as Crown Prince on July 2. Most saw the move as inevitable, as the throne was already set to pass to Hussein according to the line of succession laid out in Jordan's constitution. Our contacts had no strong opinions about the [...]
2009-07-06 12:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1509JORDANIAN LEADERS REVEAL DIVISIONS ON HONOR CRIMES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The issue of honor crimes was a central theme in the parallel visits of Codel Schiff and a Nodel of Congressional staffers sponsored by the MFA in late June. King Abdullah noted his deep concern with the issue, but blamed poor leadership in the judiciary for lack of action. F [...]
2009-07-06 13:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN1512DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 04:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA JO
09AMMAN1518 JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING
[...] (U) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of International Media Training arranged for a one-week workshop June 14-18 on Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills at the offices of Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV). The training was provided under a ten-year technical support and mainten [...]
2009-07-07 06:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJO KPAO OIIP PREL
09AMMAN1519JORDAN: SWEDISH AMBASSADOR OUTLINES LOCAL PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Swedish ambassador to Jordan outlined her mission's plans to support national objectives for the EU Presidency, which began on July 1. Internationally, Sweden plans to take a leadership role in the preparations for the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhage [...]
2009-07-07 07:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SENV EUN ECON KWMN SW JO
09AMMAN1520JORDANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER RE-OPENS DEBATE OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi disputed in a June 24 interview recent critical speeches by former ministers that the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians was under review. Nevertheless, in recent years, the security services have reportedly engaged in a [...]
2009-07-07 11:38:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN1521PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER DETAILS FATAH
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian National Council (PNC) Speaker Salim Zanoun, whose main office is in Jordan, told Poloff on July 6 that preparations for the upcoming Fatah 6th Congress on August 4 were moving forward. Palestinian and Israeli leaders are coordinating access for members living abroad [...]
2009-07-07 11:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1523JORDAN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON
[...] (C) In courtesy calls to three chief editors, Acting Information Officer asked whether freedom of expression had increased or decreased over the past year in Jordan. All three editors separately acknowledged that journalists routinely practice self-censorship on sensitive topics, including t [...]
2009-07-07 12:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1528JORDAN FORMALLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 10:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV JO
09AMMAN1529JORDAN: POET'S PRISON SENTENCE FOR "SLANDERING
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian poet Islam Samhan was sentenced on June 22 to one year in prison and fined 14,000 USD for using Koranic verses in his published book of poetry. He was charged with "slandering Islam" and "insulting religious sentiment," although he says many of the prosecution's witness [...]
2009-07-08 10:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KJUS JO
09AMMAN1549EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF TEMPORARY LOAN REQUEST
[...] (S) This cable provides information requested by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to the temporary loan of NVDs to deploying Jordanian forces. The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to receive 388 sets of AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Devices (NVDs) from Central C [...]
2009-07-09 12:26:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN1550EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR NIGHT
[...] (SBU) This cable provides additional information requested by Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to the FMS sale of NVDs to Jordan. The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase several types of Night Vision Devices (NVDs) through Foreign Military Financing. [...]
2009-07-09 12:27:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN1558HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN: THE TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tribal leaders have a unique perspective on the issue of honor crimes in Jordan. In their role as mediators of community disputes and exemplars of morality, sheikhs frequently prevent domestic squabbles from escalating into honor crimes. The tribal leaders we talked to criti [...]
2009-07-09 13:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SOCI JO
09AMMAN1561JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 14:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09AMMAN1570JORDAN CREATES TASK FORCE TO FIND COMMON GROUND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has created a high-level, interagency Task Force to consider USG-proposed changes on the bilateral 123 Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement (NCA). This development appears to be the result of the Ambassador going over Toukan's head and speaking [...]
2009-07-13 11:48:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNENRG KNNP ECON PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN1576JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW
[...] (SBU) Jordan's Lower House of parliament approved amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 12. MPs voted to retain the requirement that foreign-origin funding for NGOs operating in Jordan be approved by the full cabinet, rejecting a government proposal which would have de [...]
2009-07-13 16:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KIRF JO
09AMMAN1579Jordanian-Iraqi Technical Committee Discusses Ways to
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian-Iraqi Joint Technical Committee met on June 22 to discuss efforts to advance bilateral trade and economic ties. Jordanian officials viewed the meeting as important for building upon growing bilateral trade levels, as evidenced by Iraq receiving 20 percent of Jord [...]
2009-07-14 09:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PGOV JO IZ
09AMMAN1581Jordanian Government Puts a Six Billion Dollar Railway
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced that a USD 6 billion national railway project had been placed on hold due to a lack of funding and interested bidders. Despite the hold on the national railway network, MOT officials stated that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) [...]
2009-07-14 10:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN1589JORDAN: STATE SECURITY COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE
[...] (SBU) On July 14, the Jordanian press reported that Muammar Ahmad Yusuf Al-Jaghbir had been sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the 2002 murder of Laurence Foley, a USAID employee at Embassy Amman. This ruling represents the third legal decision that has been issued in this case. [...]
2009-07-15 06:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC JO
09AMMAN1611Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
[...] The Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (ANECE) was established during a regional meeting held June 18-19 in Jordan. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),ANECE aims to increase the [...]
2009-07-19 04:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL ECON AORC KMPI XF JO
09AMMAN1618JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
[...] (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the first case, the woman had previously been placed in protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after he pro [...]
2009-07-20 05:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
09AMMAN1619JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT ON TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 09:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS PTER
09AMMAN1620JORDAN'S SENATE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW
[...] (U) Jordan's royally appointed Senate approved the amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 19. The amendments came from the lower house, which last week changed them in order to require cabinet approval of foreign funding for civil society organizations (reftel). Upon th [...]
2009-07-20 09:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1633Jordan Increases Fuel Prices
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) on July 16 announced new fuel price increases, effective July 17. Prices were raised between 1.6% and 10.2% compared to mid-June prices. Since August 2008, the GOJ has implemented eight price reductions followed by four consecutive price increases includi [...]
2009-07-22 08:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON JO
09AMMAN1637RUMORS CIRCULATE ABOUT LAWSUIT AGAINST JORDAN'S
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A London-based website often used to circulate rumors and gossip in the Arab world reported on July 13 that former General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief Mohammed Dahabi was or will be questioned in connection with a lawsuit filed by a former MP, Ahmed Oweid Al-Abaddi. [...]
2009-07-22 10:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KINR JO
09AMMAN164JORDAN: JANUARY 19 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Ceasefire announcements along with rescue and recovery efforts led Jordanian media coverage of developments in and around Gaza over the long weekend. The U.S. - Israel MOU also received front-page attention. King Abdullah's participation at the Sharm El-Sheikh meeting headed local c [...]
2009-01-19 13:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1646JORDAN'S BUDGET DEFICIT BALLOONS, A RESULT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has revised its projected year-end 2009 budget deficit from $975 million to $1.56 billion or 7.3% of GDP. GOJ officials have pointed to the global recession as a main cause for their fiscal dilemma, saying it has caused GDP growth to slow to 3.2%. [...]
2009-07-23 11:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO
09AMMAN165JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON FIFTH GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 05:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER KGIC JO
09AMMAN1659JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF
[...] (S) Jordan is increasing its contributions in Afghanistan and to regional security efforts, reaching out to Syria to provide an alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The King is able to carry out this ambitious [...]
2009-07-23 17:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS JO
09AMMAN1661JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM FATAH
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is attempting to distance itself from the controversy surrounding inflammatory statements issued in Amman by Fatah Central Committee Member Faruq Qaddumi about the circumstances of Yasser Arafat's death. Qaddumi was reportedly asked by Jordan's government no [...]
2009-07-26 07:31:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1664USG AML WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES IN AMMAN RAISES AWARENESS OF
[...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered four, two-day workshops in Amman on "Adjudicating Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Cases" to 86 Jordani [...]
2009-07-26 11:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO
09AMMAN1667JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CITIZENSHIP
[...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi has changed his public stance on the practice of citizenship revocation for Palestinian-origin Jordanians. While he denied the existence of such a policy as recently as June 24, Qadi is now vigorously defending it in domestic and regional [...]
2009-07-26 15:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1673JORDAN: FAMILIES THAT KILL AND THE LAW THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reform of the penal code to ensure that perpetrators of honor crimes face harsher prison sentences has long been a topic of discussion in Jordan. Recently, however, judges have abandoned the use of Article 98, which permitted sentences as low as six months when the perpetrator [...]
2009-07-27 08:41:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO
09AMMAN1674WHY JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT WILL LIKELY DEFEAT OR
[...] (S) Summary: Despite royal and government support, Jordan's parliament is likely to defeat amendments to the penal code which would increase the penalties associated with honor killings. The amendments related to honor crimes are part of a larger penal reform package which includes a reduct [...]
2009-07-27 08:44:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS JO
09AMMAN1675JORDAN AND IRAQ RENEW AIR TRANSPORT MEMORANDUM
[...] (SBU) Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) President Suleiman Obeidat confirmed to Embassy DHS Attache that CARC and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority had renewed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) on July 23, expanding air transportation cooperation between the two countries, and com [...]
2009-07-27 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON JO IZ
09AMMAN1676 EMBASSY AMMAN'S FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in refs D and E, the President's June 4 speech in Cairo was generally well received in Jordan. Most Jordanian audiences focused on language related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but they nevertheless expect and look for increased engagement stemming from the [...]
2009-07-27 11:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN1689JORDANIAN SOCCER GAME HALTED AMIDST ANTI-REGIME
[...] (S) Summary: Anti-Palestinian hooliganism and slogans denigrating the Palestinian origins of both the Queen and the Crown Prince led to the cancellation of a July 17 soccer game between the rival Faisali and Wahdat clubs, who traditionally represent the East Banker and Palestinian communities, resp [...]
2009-07-28 14:27:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV KDEM SOCI JO
09AMMAN1690JORDAN'S ENERGY STRATEGY: MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian government points to the energy sector as a main source of its economic woes. With no oil and limited natural resources, Jordan imports over 96% of its energy needs. Given significant rises in energy demand in Jordan over the last few years, the Government of J [...]
2009-07-29 07:01:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNENRG ECON EINV KNNP EPET PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN1695 THE JORDAN INSTITUTION FOR STANDARDS AND METROLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the new facilities of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) on July 16 where he commended JISM's activism and restated U.S. support for JISM's efforts through the award of INCLE funding for equipment. Though hampered by a weak legal fra [...]
2009-07-29 10:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN1724JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE AND SENATE AT ODDS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Senate and Lower House remain at odds over an amendment to the controversial Associations Law which would restrict the operation of non-Muslim religious charities to those of certain Christian denominations only. The amendment was proposed on the floor of the Lower Hou [...]
2009-07-30 14:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KIRF JO
09AMMAN173JORDAN ALERTED TO U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 05:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JO
09AMMAN1730HOW JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY DROPPED THE BALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a promising start for the NGO coalition which worked with Jordan's government to amend the overly restrictive Law on Associations, the group effectively dissolved at the critical moment that the amendments reached parliament. Egos and personality conflicts of local NGO [...]
2009-08-02 12:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1739GOJ DETERMINED TO CONTINUE WITH JORDAN-ONLY RED
[...] (C/NF) Post continues to engage Jordanian officials on various plans to use the Red Sea to address the country's dire water needs. Minister of Water and Irrigation Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) in a July 22 meeting with OP [...]
2009-08-03 12:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS
09AMMAN1746JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...]
2009-08-03 14:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO
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